NEETworkME
Metropolitan Network for Youth Employment — Turning NEET youth entrepreneurial ideas into concrete realities
Youth Policy Fund
City of Messina
NEETs 18-29
2025
An ecosystem for youth entrepreneurship
NEETwork ME is a project led by the City of Messina, funded by the Prime Minister's Office (Department for Youth Policies) under the ANCI "Youth and Business" II Edition call. It aims to create a favorable ecosystem for launching innovative business initiatives aligned with the territory's socio-economic vocations.
The project targets NEET youth (18-29) in the Metropolitan City of Messina, involving a network of institutional, academic, and private partners including the University of Messina, IRCCS "Bonino Pulejo", the Chamber of Commerce, and 10 municipalities.
The University of Messina, through the Department of Economics and the LQS Lab, led two action lines: the analysis and mapping of local entrepreneurial opportunities, and the design of entrepreneurial orientation and culture pathways.
Our action lines
Analysis & Mapping of Local Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Territorial context analysis resulting in the volume "NEETscape 5.0: New Horizons for Youth Entrepreneurship in Messina". For each municipality, key strengths were analyzed to identify latent entrepreneurial opportunities and foster youth retention in the territory.
Entrepreneurial Orientation & Culture Pathways
Design and delivery of an innovative, interactive hybrid training program for NEET youth. Experiential workshops and teaching modules on innovation, sustainability, and digitalization through case studies and successful young entrepreneurship best practices.
Research outputs
NEETscape 5.0
Action 4
