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Our Strategy

BUILDING A GLOBAL NETWORK TO CURATE KNOWLEDGE, EXCHANGE PROMISING OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT YOUTH, AND ADVANCE INNOVATIVE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS.

The creation of the “Youth Employment Lab” will develop regional innovations with potential for scale in cooperation with World Bank regional teams. It will prioritize the needs of the World Bank operational teams working on youth employment with client countries (see framework below).

The YE Lab will:

  • fund selected high-potential projects through internal call for proposals
  • facilitate knowledge exchange (peer-to-peer learning across teams and with S4YE partners to support evidence generation), and
  • curate and “innovation and learning portfolio” to track and connect relevant youth employment programs run by WBG globally.

 

S4YE'S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

S4YE 3 Yr Strategic Priorities

 

INNOVATION

IMPACT PORTFOLIO 

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S4YE is creating a “learning laboratory” with a few select existing youth employment programs implemented by a variety of partners to learn, enhance, and strengthen our collective impact on youth employment.

S4YE has begun working with a diverse group of 19 youth employment programs, creating a learning network, and has curated ongoing and live innovations that are being implemented. These lessons will also provide input to the 2nd generation youth employment programs. The Impact Portfolio’s collective reach is over 550,000 beneficiaries annually, across all major developing regions.