We are delighted to announce that we are partners on a brand new project – CORE – the Coalition for Social Studies in Rural and Agricultural Youth in Europe.
This project was created with the aim of constituting a partnership between rural and agricultural youth organisations, research institutes, and the private sector to address the critical issue of youth employment in these fields, and to serve as a blueprint for the establishment of a European think tank specialised in social studies related to agriculture and rural areas.
The objectives of the CORE project are as follows:
- To strengthen the alliances between rural and farmers’ youth organisations through collaboration in social studies on topics that affect their target groups.
- To raise awareness of the specific problems and challenges faced by rural and agricultural youth in the labour market.
- To propose practical and policy solutions to these problems through cross-sectoral dialogue involving all stakeholders.
Who is involved in this project?
Rural Youth Europe sits alongside 5 other partner organisations on this project, including:
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- European Council of Young Farmers – CEJA. CEJA is a non-profit organisation whose mission is to carry the voice of Europe’s next generation of farmers.
- Wageningen University & Research (Applied Plant Research division) – WUR. WUR is the Dutch organisation for agricultural research and together with Wageningen university it forms Wageningen UR.
- On Projects Advising SL – OnP. On Projects has a wide experience in managing projects in the framework of many European Programmes with a special focus on adult education and VET in rural areas, Agriculture/Rural development, culture and cultural heritage, and social integration domains.
- Junge Landwirtschaft Österreich – JLÖ. Junge Landwirtschaft Österreich (JLÖ) is a platform, network and think tank for Austria’s young farmers.
- Dutch Agricultural Youth Association – NAJK. It is an organization for dutch young farmers, but also for other young people between the age of 16 and 35 who care for agriculture.
Why are Rural Youth Europe partners on this project?
With our well-established network, we contribute to the project’s successful development while also aiming to bring benefits for our members.
Some of these benefits could be:
- As this project strengthens collaboration with diverse stakeholders at both national and European levels, it presents an opportunity for RYE to amplify the voices of our members in new spaces.
- Furthermore, by establishing a European think tank dedicated to social studies in agriculture and rural areas—an often overlooked field within rural and agricultural research—the project will contribute to more evidence-based policymaking in the long term. This, in turn, will potentially benefit our members as rural youth by enhancing youth employability and improving access to rights in rural communities.
