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.
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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 Robin ! 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 Robin ! 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 Gadou ! 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 Pierrette ! Read More
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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 Marcia ! 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 João ! 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 Sofia ! Read More
We are pleased to invite you to the closing event of the IMAGINE project on February 9th, 2023 at Château Bayard , Eghezée, Province of Namur (Belgium)
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On January 26th, Association Palme will hold a french speaking webinar about Economic Territories & Urban and peri-urban agriculture.
January 26th, 2021 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm via Microsoft Teams
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Join our workshop “ Empowering Europe’s vulnerable youth! “ during the #EURegionsWeek
Two Interreg North West Europe projects – IMAGINE and EYES - pool their experience for this event, to share lessons learnt with policy makers and practitioners.
When? 13 October 2020 from 9.30am to 11am via ZOOM
Interested? You must register before 7 september via this link: https://europa.eu/regions-and-cities/programme/sessions/1395_en
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The launch and presentation event of the Interreg NWE programme, IMAGINE will be held on the 5th & 6th November 2019 in Paris and Moussy-le-Neuf (Ile-de-France).
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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 space for sharing experiences, knowledge, and fostering collaboration. In this article, we will give you an overview of MAGNET and invite you to join this vibrant community. Read More
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 them to find a rhythm of life, desire and new ambitions. Read More
Save the date and come to the closing event in Namur (Belgium) on February 9th, 2023. Read More
Last Monday, December 5th, the partners of the IMAGINE project met for a steering committee at the BEP in Namur to plan the final events of the project, which was launched almost 4 years ago in January 2019! Read More
The two-days Roadshows event organized as part of the INTERREG ENO IMAGINE programme took place on September 14th-15th, in the 15th district of Paris and in the city of Moussy-le-Neuf. Read More
On July 19th and 20th, the IMAGINE Roadshow was held at the Lycée Technique Agricole in Gilsdorf. Read More
The 7th steering committee of the IMAGINE project took place on June 2nd and 3rd, 2022 in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. The entire IMAGINE project team was invited by the partner Phood Farm. Read More
As part of the INTERREG "IMAGINE" project (2019-2023), the Lycée Technique Agricole (LTA) and the Forum pour l'Emploi (FPE), in collaboration with the Agency for the Agence pour le Développement de l’Emploi (National Center for employment) and the Centre d’Orientation Socio-Professionnelle (COSP), continued the seven-month training programme in market gardening, dedicated to young people who currently are not in education, employment or training (NEETs). Read More
In the beginning of 2021 Phood Farm opened it’s indoor farm doors to start a new Aquaponics Farm in the middle of the city Eindhoven in the South of the Netherlands. Taking over from the former owner of this Aquaponics system “Duurzame Kost”, Phood Farm had the opportunity to continue collaboration with the IMAGINE program. Read More
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T3.3.1 - Benchmark of the existing networks focused on general issues and development lines of an IMAGINE network Read More
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