Applying An Inclusive Market Systems Development Approach to Youth Employment: Lessons from the EYE Program

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1 Youth Economic Opportunities Network (YEO) Applying An Inclusive Market Systems Development Approach to Youth Employment: Lessons from the EYE Program

2 Demand-Driven Training (DDT) Leaders

3 How do we define DDT? Demand Driven Training (DDT) in youth workforce development refers to those skills development initiatives which are customized to respond directly to specific requirements of a job role for an employer or a group of employers. (i.e. training youth for customer chat support positions at Amazon).

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6 Applying an INCLUSIVE MARKET SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT APPROACH to Youth Employment: Lessons from the EYE Program in Kosovo Matthias Herr Team Leader Eastern Europe Regional Program

7 MAIN TAKE-AWAYS THINK HOLISTIC ABOUT LABOR MARKETS BE SYSTEMIC IN YOUR AMBITIONS AND ACTIONS PROMOTE INCLUSIVE CHANGE AND EQUITY

8 HOLISTIC: acting mulit-dimensional Employability Vocational training & education Youth employment Information Labour market services Job growth Private sector promotion SYSTEM PERFORMANCE INCLUSION Policies and regulations

9 Bosnia and Herzegovina Youth Employment Project (YEP) Focus ALM (FS), Duration Skills for Jobs (S4J) Focus SD, Duration Market Makers (MM) Focus PSD, Duration Mozaik Model Generation Focus Youth, Duration Serbia Education to Employment (E2E) Focus SD, LMS, Duration Private Sector Development (PSD) in Southwest Serbia Focus PSD (FS), Duration Private Sector Development (PSD) in South Serbia Focus PSD (FS), Duration Kosovo Enhancing Youth Employment (EYE) Focus SD, LMS, PSD, Duration Promoting Private Sector Employment (PPSE) Focus PSD, Duration SECO Investment Climate Promotion (ICP) Focus PR, Duration Albania Territorial Employment Pact (TEP) Focus PR, Duration RisiAlbania (RiAl) Focus, LMS, PSD, Duration Skills for Jobs (S4J) Focus SD, Duration Macedonia Legend Increasing Market Employability (IME) Focus PSD, Swiss Contribution to EU Enlargement Education for Employment Transition Focus SD, Duration Co-operation SDC Creating Job Opportunities for All Focus LMS, Duration Source: Stefan Butscher, SDC

10 Typical markets: manufacturing, ICT, tourism, retail, agro-business Non-typical markets: career guidance, VET schooling, media, job portals, etc.

11 SYSTEMIC: adapting to complexity Monitoring. for learning and adaptation. Rationale for system change Facilitative. action for ownership and scale. Analysis of underlying causes. Vision for sustainable and inclusive change

12 MSD / M4P is not about markets or private sector Youth employment requires a systemic response for scale & sustainability Source: The Springfield Centre (2015) The Operational Guide for the Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) Approach, 2nd edition funded by SDC MSD: focussed interventions in complex, dynamic and interdependent systems Systemic action requires adaptive management (USAID: CLA approach )

13 Facilitate sustained changes in the behavior & capacities of actors in job matching services Intervention System change Effective support services for business planning & product development of online job matching services providers Competitiveness & innovation of services improved; access to differentiated services is easier Improved access & usage Increased employment opportunities More private sector employers paying for services & more job seeks

14 INCLUSIVE: creating equal opportunities Affordability Accessibility Relevance REDUCE SYSTEMIC ENTRY BARRIERS

15 Need to test new models for socially inclusive job portals and matching services

16 Fostering public-private partnerships Building on a vision of the future of world of work Decent Work vs just jobs : how far do / can we go? Combining youth employment with other SDGs (esp. environment) Measuring jobs: definition, attribution, multipliers

17 ARE THE THREE TAKE-AWAYS APPLICABLE TO YOUR CONTEXT? HOLISTIC SYSTEMIC - INCLUSIVE WHAT EXPERCIENCES HAVE YOU MADE SO FAR?

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