WP1: Completed in period 1
WP2: Living Labs are established in Bulgaria, Finland, Netherlands and Portugal. In each Living Lab action plans were co-created and implemented involving research partners, municipalities, regional employers, and other key actors. This was supported by regional coalition meetings and activation events promoting the SYNCLUSIVE approach and showcase project achievements. In parallel, realist evaluation interviews and quantitative evaluation activities were carried out. Realist evaluation training in Nov 2023 was followed up in 2024/2025 to better understand the ENGINE mechanisms.
WP3: Rounds of reflection meetings in Ireland, Estonia and Italy were conducted in 2024/2025. Discussions revealed interrelated interventions at organizational and regional levels to be most suitable for promoting inclusion in low-skill, entry-level careers across different countries. Insights from these reflections will inform policy recommendations and scaling strategies at regional, national and EU levels.
WP4: SYNCLUSIVE developed a Monitoring Framework (D4.1) to support impact analyses—assessing the effects of the integrated interventions—and a realist evaluation to understand underlying mechanisms. Measurement instruments were prepared and piloted. Indicators will be identified. Part of these will be generic, others will be specific for different Living Labs and contexts.
For the realist evaluation ‘CMO’s’ are developed based on ‘middle-range theories’ to identify why an intervention works or not, for whom in which context, based on interviews.
WP5. The project website attracted over 14,000 unique visitors, its social media channels are followed by around 1,000 users each, the newsletter has over 500 subscribers. SYNCLUSIVE has been presented at seven scientific conferences, some together with sister projects, and other events to engage diverse audiences. Approved deliverables are openly disseminated. Project partners' own published materials on the project so far are 173 in total, in 7 languages.
Synclusive achieved good media coverage with a total of 127 mentions in 35 media outlets and social media channels.
Synergies were established with sister projects funded under the same call: Care4Care and PATHS2INCLUDE, as well as with other relevant projects.
WP6: The 3rd annual meeting was held in April 25, Sofia. In September, SYNCLUSIVE organised a mid-term symposium entitled “Labour Market Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups” in Brussels (hybrid) with 80 participants, followed by a policy roundtable held back-to-back with the event.
