Integrating NEETs in Society through Employment, Recruitment and Training in the Belgian Defence (INSERT-BD)

In the light of the considerable NEET group in our society, combined with acute personnel shortages in the Belgian Defence, and its wish to contribute to society, we bring together expertise from HIVA KU Leuven (labour market, HRM, organisational and job design) as project coordinator and the Chair of Sociology of the Royal Military Academy (HRM and work organisation in the Belgian Defence) as projects partner, with committed support by SD Worx Staffing Solutions (partner in recruiting for the Belgian Defence), Antwerp Managment School (future of work, sustainable careers), and the Netherlands Defence Academy (military work and organisation).  By developing and realising a critical research mass, we contribute to short- and long-term capacity development, promote a systemic and integrative approach, and strengthen transdisiplinary research on the topic.  We combine insights on labour market transitions, organization studies, HRM, as the context within which recruitment, training, and sustainable employment of NEETs can be understood.