Regional : Demonstrating Innovative Employment Solutions through Regional Knowledge-Sharing Partnerships with Youth Organizations

Education / Technical and vocational education and training

Information and communication technology / ICT industries and ICT-enabled services - ICT strategy and policy, and capacity development

Public sector management / Decentralization - Social protection initiatives

Employability and productivity of youth in select DMCs increased

Youth skills for employment enhanced

Road map of demonstration projects that increase youth employability developed

Increased youth skills and employability demonstrated

YES among ADB DMCs, development partners, and youth expanded

Innovative and inclusive youth participation in projects expanded

Output 1. Initial resources have been mobilized for scoping of demonstration projects and preparing inputs to the YES plan being developed for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Work has commenced on updating Youth for Asia (YfA) database of potential projects for youth engagement for sharing with ADB operations departments.

Output 2. The knowledge partner agreement (KPA) nomination is in progress. This KPA will support the monitoring of Jobstart YES activities in Indonesia Youth network awareness initiatives supporting entrepreneurship and innovation dialogue commenced through NGOC's activities with youth and civil society organizations based in the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Inputs of youth in project preparation were initiated in selected ADB projects.

Output 3. Following the success of the 6th Asia Youth Forum organized in Incheon City, Republic of Korea on 9-12 August 2018 in which over 400 youth (70% were young women), from 27 ADB members participated, the AFY7 is planned in August 2019.

Output 4. Activities have commenced across SDG focused projects in ADB operations including youth initiatives in Afghanistan (health and education), Indonesia (financial inclusion and YES), Fiji (localizing SDGs through youth networks), Greater Mekong Subregion (environment and climate change resilience), PRC (natural resources management and YES), and youth raising awareness and taking actions to achieve SDGs.

Consultants were recruited to (i) mobilize and project manage a core youth team to support TA implementation and support operational initiatives empowering, mobilizing, and skills-building of DMC youth into ADB operations; (ii) support youth inputs into TA partnership demonstrations and identify upscaling opportunities; (iii) undertake initial data analysis into Solution for Youth Employment (S4YE) study; (iv) support partnerships and regional working groups and networks, activities of ADB resident mission with DMC youth groups, youth communications through social media channels, and partnering and networking with universities; (v) mobilize local DMC youth partners to build soft-skills through participating in SDGs-related activities; (vi) support implementation of employability and skills-focused youth-led events and workshops including ADB's flagship Asian Youth Forum; and (vi) undertake specialist studies related to youth employment and education.

An international firm was also engaged as International Project Management, Supervision, and Implementation Consultant to manage and facilitate youth support for 30 person-months.

Individual consultants were recruited through Individual Consultant Selections (ICS) to

provide international (8 person-months) and national (3 person-months) consulting inputs. A Youth Employment Solutions Researcher (6 person-months) and a Youth Employment Solutions Senior Expert (2 person-months) will comprise the international consultants, while a Youth Education Researcher will be engaged as national consultant.

ADB will engage the consultants and carry out procurement following the ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and its associated project administration instructions and/or staff instructions.

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