IMAGINE aims at tackling youth unemployment by providing sustainable job prospects in the horticulture sector, more specifically for young people (15-34 years old) who are NEET – not in education, employment or training - in the (peri-)urban areas of North-West Europe.
In these regions, horticulture, urban agriculture and short food supply chains sectors are growing rapidly and require a lot of low-skilled labour. However, job entry rate after a training is currently 20%. Indeed, these sectors face significant barriers to fully develop their potential, including, lack of access to land and weak youth empowerment.
Local organisations can help to overcome these deficiencies by facilitating free access to their hectares of vacant land and by involving young people through an innovative co-production methodology.
IMAGINE will therefore support the development, testing and implementation of different social incubation models (access to land + support) for young people in the peri-urban horticulture sector on the outskirts of London and Paris, in central Belgium, in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and in Eindhoven.
The objective is also to create a transnational network in charge of social innovation issues in (peri-)urban horticulture to ensure long-term effects and help organisations to replicate the model.
Posted on 26-05-2023
We are thrilled to announce the launch of MAGNET, the online platform for the IMAGINE network. MAGNET serves as a hub for individuals passionate about social issues, providing a sp... Read more
Posted on 08-03-2023
During its four years of development, the IMAGINE project has enabled many young people to discover the world of agriculture in its many forms, but also and above all has enabled t... Read more
County Hall, Penrhyn Road
Kingston upon Thames
KT1 2DN
United Kingdom
75 Avenue Parmentier
Paris cedex 11
75544
France
Place Charles de Gaulle
Moussy-le-Neuf
77230
France
153 rue de la Croix Nivert
Paris
75015
France
1-06 Kanaaldijk-Zuid
Eindhoven
5643 TZ
Netherlands
104 Boulevard Joseph Tirou
Charleroi
6000
Belgium
72 Avenue Lucien Salentiny
Ettelbruck
9080
Luxembourg
2 Avenue Sergent Vrithoff
Namur
5000
Belgium
Lead partner
| Organisation | Address | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bureau Economique de la Province de Namur |
2 Avenue Sergent Vrithoff Namur 5000 Belgium |
crl@bep.be | www.bep.be |
| Name | Contact Name | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surrey County Council | Vincent O'Connell | Vincent.oconnell@surreycc.gov.uk | United Kingdom |
| Palme Association | Catherine Liefooghe | contact@palme-asso.eu | France |
| Moussy-Le-Neuf municipality | Valérie Simil | valerie.simil@moussyleneuf.fr | France |
| Action & Transition | Djamilla Boukercha | djamilla.boukercha@icloud.com | France |
| Phood Farm | Tim Elfring | tim@phoodfarm.org | Netherlands |
| Walloon office for vocational training and employment | Gelsomina Capierri | gelsomina.capierri@forem.be | Belgium |
| Agricultural Technical School Ettelbruck | Gerard Conter | gerard.conter@education.lu | Luxembourg |
In a series of videos entitled “IMAGINE portraits”, discover the testimonies of young people who have followed the market gardening training courses of the Interreg IMAGINE project. This week, find out more about Alpha ! Read More
In a series of videos entitled “IMAGINE portraits”, discover the testimonies of young people who have followed the market gardening training courses of the Interreg IMAGINE project. This week, find out more about Justine ! Read More
In a series of videos entitled “IMAGINE portraits”, discover the testimonies of young people who have followed the market gardening training courses of the Interreg IMAGINE project. This week, find out more about Alain ! Read More
In a series of videos entitled “IMAGINE portraits”, discover the testimonies of young people who have followed the market gardening training courses of the Interreg IMAGINE project. This week, find out more about Soizic ! Read More
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For the past decade, the Association de préfiguration de la régie de quartier Vaugirard has been carrying out its activities of local animation and social integration within the 15th district of Paris. Read More
Last week, on December 2nd and 3rd, the 6th PSC organised by the BEP, lead partner of the IMAGINE project, took place in Namur. This was the first face-to-face meeting between all the project partners since the launching event in Paris at the end of 2019. Read More
The association de préfiguration de la Régie de Quartier Vaugirard and its local partners Vergers Urbains, Ecoterale, Samusocial, have just acquired a 5,000 m² space… Read More
On september 11th 2021, the Association de préfiguration de la régie de quartier Vaugirard participated to the annual associations forum of the 15th district of Paris. Read More
On september 24th, the Bureau Économique de la Province de Namur (BEP) and BEP Expansion Economique invite you to discover... Read More
After having filmed the models in Paris and Namur, we continued our video shooting in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Our partners from the Lycée Technique Agricole d'Ettelbruck presented us their social incubation model with their local partners on June 28th and 29th, 2021... Read More
Video shooting in Namur Read More
Video shooting in the 15th district of Paris Read More
Video training for communication Read More
IMAGINE participated in a Quebec virtual conference Read More
T.1.1.2 - Co-production manual Read More
T.1.4.2 - Roadmap on the minimum technical skills and social competencies required in horticulture in NWE Read More
T.1.4.4 - Technical requirements regarding the minimal equipment needed to train neets directly on ground instead of in traditional training centers Read More
C5.1 - Support to reach NEETs Read More
C1.1 - Communication strategy Read More
IMAGINE Brochure Read More
