Ahead of #InternationalYouthDay : What makes #employment programs "youth-friendly"? Here is a list of 10 cross-cutting design elements that youth employment programs from #TVET to #ALMPs should consider. 1/n

This list of recommendations comes from our work with @WorldBankECA in #Kosovo. Full report: http://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/273531592973030076/pdf/Making-Employment-Services-and-Active-Measures-Sensitive-to-the-Needs-of-Young-People-Recommendations-for-Youth-Employment-Programs-in-Kosovo-Technical-Note.pdf
Big thank you to the local youth serving organizations for sharing their experience. And to @BardhaAjeti for collecting many wonderful good practice examples. 2/n

Having worked on #youthemployment for 10+ years, I am often stunned to see how “youth employment” programs are not geared towards the specific characteristics and needs of young people at all. Many recommendations on youth employment programs are not specific to #youth ... 3/n

... but apply to employment interventions more broadly (e.g. aligning interventions with labour market needs, etc.). As a result, interventions often provide "mechanical" services, without being sensitive to the developmental needs of #YOUTH. 4/n

Surprisingly, there is relatively little written about the specific factors youth employment programs need to consider based on the characteristics of the target group. For our review, the literature on #PositiveYouthDevelopment was particularly useful, especially... 5/n

"The Art and Science of Creating Effective Youth Programs" by @kimsaboflores and @YouthInc_NYC : https://algorhythm.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Algorhythm-The-Art-Science-of-Creating-Effective-Youth-Programs.pdf and ... 6/n

The work on #PositiveYouthDevelopment coordinated by @christyolenik and colleagues at @MakingCentsIntl under @YPLearning: https://www.youthpower.org/positive-youth-development, including a systematic review by Gina Alvarado, @CaitlinCoflan and others. 7/7

I would love to hear other people's thoughts on this topic @helencgale @Susana_puerto @FelixWeidenkaff @dhgardin @nicolegoldin @rrblum @DecentJobsYouth @S4YE_Coalition