System approach to close the employment gap and create a more inclusive labor market for vulnerable groups

SYNCLUSIVE is a research and innovation project testing and studying an innovative, integral, and interdisciplinary systems’ approach to stimulate inclusion of vulnerable groups in the labour market. The project is carried out by sixteen research, academic and stakeholder organizations and SMEs across Europe. In the 4 Living Labs SYNCLUSIVE develops and consolidates a network of stakeholders to test the usefulness and applicability of the system-based approach for different vulnerable groups. Within these labs drivers and barriers are identified and an integrated pack of interventions is implemented for both upward or sideward mobility of employees and the inflow of vulnerable groups. We develop interoperable and comparative indicators and standards relevant for the labour market inclusion of vulnerable groups considering the regional, national and cultural context, and assess the impact on the labour market mobility and inclusion of the vulnerable groups in the region. Lastly, transition pathways from the regional to the (inter)national EU policy level are formulated.