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YouthPower Learning, a component of the larger YouthPower program, funded by USAID, leads research, evaluations, and events designed to build the evidence base for what works in positive youth development (PYD). To improve PYD practice, YouthPower Learning develops guidance for measuring PYD, builds the evidence of PYD practice, and organizes and disseminates results of activities from across YouthPower.

The Learning Network, including YouthPower.org, this web site and communities of practice, engages and informs the global community to help advance solutions to improve young lives.

Furthermore, YouthPower Learning has also awarded several grants.

Targeting, Recruitment, and Retention Strategies for Youth Skills Development: How Do Skills-Building Initiatives Ensure Youth Participation?

When: September 14th, 10 AM EST

Skills-building initiatives for youth have become a prominent component of youth development work in developing countries, working across a number of sectors and themes. However, ensuring participation of youth beneficiaries that are most likely to benefit from these skills-building initiatives remains a challenge for many. Some program implementers have taken deliberate steps to facilitate effective targeting, recruitment, and retention of youth in skills-based programs.

This webinar, organized by Cross-Sectoral Skills Community of Practice under USAID's YouthPower Learning, featured presentations from a number of innovators and researchers working on skills-based youth development. Panelists provided insights based on their own experience and elaborated on challenges and effective approaches to promote effective targeting, recruitment, and retention of youth participation in skills-building initiatives.