Integrating NEETs in Society through Employment, Recruitment and Training in the Belgian Defence

The research scope is related to the group of young people who are currently not in employment, education or training (NEET). In the light of the considerable NEET group in our society, combined with acute personnel shortages in the Belgian Defence, this study brings together expertise from HIVA KU Leuven (as project coordinator) and the Chair of Sociology of the Royal Military Academy (as project partner). The project aims at developing scientific knowledge and fostering employment in line with the People Our Priority (POP) global plan implemented since February 2021 at the Belgian Defence; at optimising Defence’s recruitment processes to societal evolutions (in our case, the NEETs) in order to attain the required personnel objectives and at putting a special focus on the diversity of profiles (e.g. gender and ethnic diversity) of potential candidates in the recruitment process in order to encourage a greater diversity in the Belgian Defence.

Implication of Delphine Resteigne (partner institution) at different stages of the project