Youth Skills Development Initiatives
How Do They Ensure Effective Targeting, Recruitment, and Retention?
This Technical Brief explores strategies used by skills-based youth livelihood programs to target, recruit, and retain youth beneficiaries for optimal impact, providing concrete examples of how program implementers have addressed these challenges, and documenting some lessons and best practices. This brief sheds light on how skills-based livelihood programs for youth have tackled the challenges inherent in targeting, recruiting, and retaining youth. It consists of three sections. A brief background section first outlines the need for these three activities within skills-based livelihood programs, highlighting the diverse skills needs of youth globally. The second section elaborates on how implementers have approached targeting, recruitment, and retention challenges, providing specific program examples. Lastly, the conclusion summarizes some key takeaways and recommendations for relevant stakeholders based on these program examples.