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KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM TO INCREASE THE SCALE& SUSTAINABILITY OF YOUTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMS

2015 RESULTS & 2016 SUMMIT SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION


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1350 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 410, Washington, DC, 20036, USA+1 202 783 4090

www.MakingCents.comwww.YouthEconomicOpportunities.orgwww.YouthEOSummit.org


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2015 Results & 2016 Summit Sponsorship Information

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PLATFORMto increase THE SCALE & SUSTAINABILITYOF YOUTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMS


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Monitoring and Evaluation Framework 6

Annual Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit 8

Convening of Leading Global Companies 14

Social Media

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Online Learning Hub 18

Virtual Learning Events

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23Ensuring Uptake: Integrated KM Platform Offers GreaterReturn on Investment

2015 Global Youth Economic Opportunities SummitParticipating Organizations

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2015 Webinar Participating Organizations 28

TABLE OF CONTENTSEXECUTIVE SUMMARY

SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES AND BENEFITS

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APPENDICES

INVITATION TO CO-INVEST

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM: 2015 RESULTS-AT-A-GLANCE

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYMeeting the needs of the global y outh population requires evidence-based, scalable, and sustainable initiatives.In response, Making Cents International offers a demand-driven Knowledge Management (KM) platform thatbuilds the capacity of youth development stakeholders to design, implement, and evaluate high-impact youtheconomic opportunity programs, policies, and partnerships. The platform components are:

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Implementers, donors, leading global companies, youth leaders, policymakers, researchers, and educators fromacross the globe benet from the concrete and actionable information made available through our KM platform. In2015, 710 people from 67 countries participated in live KM events organized by Making Cents; another 50,000

people from 187 countries engaged virtually with the platform.

The agship activity for our KM platform is the annual Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit. In 2015,Making Cents organized ve interconnected activities anchored to the Summit that increased knowledge exchangeand knowledge capital and contributed to changed practices and improved performance among organizations andindividuals engaged in the sector.

Looking Ahead: Our 10th Anniversary Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit takes place September2830, 2016 in Washington DC. Organizations and individuals committed to increasing youth economic inclusionand reversing global youth unemployment trends are invited to become Summit partners and to use thisengagement to meet their strategic goals.


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On September 2830, 2016, in Washington DC, the Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit willconvene more than 450 leading stakeholders from 50 countries to exchange knowledge that results inchanged practices and improved performance. Leading global companies, donors, implementers,policymakers, educators, researchers, and youth leaders attend the Summit. They bring and share a widerange of lessons and perspectives, including from cross-cutting sectors such as democracy and governance,food security, and global health.

Participation in the two-and-a-half-day program (plus a half-day of pre-Summit activities) strengthenspartnerships, improves technical capacity, and expands awareness of promising practices across technicaltracks: workforce development, enterprise development, nancial inclusion, gender, and monitoring andevaluation (M&E).

We invite like-minded organizations committed to effective collaboration and innovation to join Making Cents

as Summit sponsors and content contributors.

The 2016 Summit theme: Turning Points: Achieving Results and Scale in the Next DecadeDemand driven topics at the Summit will include a focus on scale, technology, the role of the private sector,and soft skills.

Making Cents has operated our KM platform since 2007. We do so on a sustainable basis, thanks to thehundreds of organizations and individuals who contribute nancial and in-kind resources to the annualSummit (see page 24 for a li st of supporters). This model differs from other KM activities linked to projectfunding, as these usually end when the project closes.

how to scale and advance the participation of 1.1 billion young people within the global economy

new technologies that can help to increase the scale, sustainability, and effectiveness of youthprogramming

what private-sector investments are needed to support inclusive economic opportunities for youth,including new business models that create jobs and enable access to appropriate training

Making Cents International - 2015 Knowledge Management Resul

2016 global youth economic opportunities summit

Leading organizations invest in the annual Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit because theysupport economic inclusion and want to reverse global youth unemployment trends. By investing in theSummit, organizations increase their visibility and demonstrate their thought leadership, including to fundersand new partners across the sector. Funding agencies, foundations, and private-sector companies whoinvest in the Summit support capacity building and program improvements and further their strategic goals.

Sponsorship Packages and Benefits

SPONSORSHIP LEVEL Bronze Silver Gold Platinum Diamond

$5,000 $25,000 $50,000 $100,000 $150,000

BENEFITS DURING SUMMIT

Delivery of opening address

Logo on nametags of allSummit attendees

Opportunity to show a 3-minutevideo during breaks

Opportunity to co-develop andbe a speaker on a plenary orlunch panel

Verbal and on-screen

recognition as a break sponsor

Opportunity to lead aninteractive workshop session

Opportunity to host a sidemeeting in private space withinthe Summit venue

On-screen recognition inplenary sessions

Recognition in Summite-bulletin sent to 50,000subscribers

Advertising space in Summitprogram

Quarterpage

Halfpage Full page 2 pages 2 pages

Logo in pre-Summitcommunications (website ande-announcements), in Summitprogram, and on banners

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front ofprogram

Extra largelogo, frontof program

Exhibit table for communicationmaterials

Number of registrations covered 1 4 7 10 15

BENEFITS FROM KM PLATFORM

Featured blog on topic of choiceposted and promoted onwww.YouthEconomicOpportunities.org

Apply It webinar on a topic ofchoice, facilitated andpromoted by Making Cents

Special Options

Lunch Sponsor: $50,000 (silver-level benets and recognition during the event and in the program). Each sponsored lunch incorporates up to 45minutes of presentation timean ideal opportunity to launch a seminal report or bring attention to a topic of choice.

Evening Reception Sponsor: $10,000 (bronze-level benets and recognition during the event and in the program). The Summit offers 5minutes of presentation time at the receptionan ideal opportunity to announce an exciting initiative, commitment, tool, or report.


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Monitoring and Evaluation Framework Answers the Question :

1. Joitske Hulsebosch, Mark Turpin, and Sibrenne Wagenaar.Monitoring and Evaluating Knowledge Management Strategies, I KM Background Papers.


A multiplier effect activates the second level, which examines whatwas produced as a result of participants' interaction with a givenactivity, tool, or resource. This includes non-tangible assets such asknowledge or empowerment gained, as well as concrete productssuch as follow-on document written and web pages viewed.

Level 3: CHANGED PRACTICES

Level 4: PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT

Level 2: Knowledge CAPITAL

This level documents information about a specic knowledge-sharing event or the functionality of a tool or resource that is shared.The delivery of a knowledge-sharing activity or tool is the rst level ofimpact.

(knowledge process enhancing activities)Level 1: Knowledge Exchange

NUMBER OF COUNTRIES REPRESENTED

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS

NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED

NUMBER OF RESOURCES SHARED

NUMBER OF EVENTS ORGANIZED

As individuals and organizations learn from one another through theKM platform, they begin to rene the way in which they carry out theirown act ivit ies. Level 3 captures the changesideallyimprovementsin participants' skills and abilities as a result ofknowledge-sharing activities and the learning that resulted.

Finally, as a result of the changes in practice by organizations' staffand other stakeholders, the performance of the organizationimproves. This leads to a genuine advancement in the eld of youtheconomic opportunities. In the language of our KM platform, thismeans an increase in the impact, scale, or sustainability of programs,policies, and partnerships in the eld.

CHANGES IN PRACTICES AS A RESULT OFATTENDING A LEARNING ACTIVITY

WAYS IN WHICH THE GIVEN LEARNING ACTIVITYHAS INFLUENCED THESE CHANGES

NUMBER OF UNIQUE PORTAL VISITORS

REPORTS OF KNOWLEDGE GAINED

VIEWS OF RECORDED WEBINARS

NUMBER OF LEARNING PRODUCTS GENERATED

Making Cents measures results of our KM activities by using our M&Eframework and four levels of indicators:

CHANGES IN ORGANIZATIONS PERFORMANCE

CHANGES IN IMPACT, SCALE ORSUSTAINABILITY OF PROGRAMS, POLICIES,OR PARTNERSHIPS

STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIPS

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Making Cents regards monitoring and evaluation (M&E) as central to our work and its sustainability. To measure the resultsof our KM activities, we adapted the Ripple Model, a four-level framework for assessing impact. To better identifychanges at the impact level and establish their link to platform activities, Making Cents engaged in rigorous datacollection. We combined website and event statistics with feedback gathered from interviews and surveys with a widerange of platform participants.

Making Cents has been evaluating the effectiveness of the KM platform since the inaugural Global Youth Economic

Opportunities Summit in 2007. Over the years, we have seen that greater knowledge exchange and knowledge capitalwithin the field result in changed practices and improved performance. This process requires continued commitment fromstakeholders to advance from the initial sharing of knowledge to the demonstrated increase in program impact.

The following pages share level 14 results of our KM activities in 2015. Making Cents will continue to track these resultsto determine ongoing performance improvement.

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Is The Knowledge Management Platform achieving its goals? 1) Knowledge Exchange, 2) Knowledge Capital, 3) Changed Practices, and 4) Performance Improveme


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ANNUAL GLOBAL YOUTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES SUMMITThe Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit is designed to increase the impact, scale, and sustainability of youth economicopportunity programming. Each year, the Summit brings together key youth development stakeholders to share concrete andtransferable learning in a forthright, pragmatic, and interactive manner. It is a true global convening with signicant representationof organizations and individuals from emerging economies.

Making Cents operates the annual Summit on a not-for-prot,cost-recovery basis. The Summit's demand-driven nature isdemonstrated by the co-investment that individuals andorganizations make in the event. In 2015, 199 organizations,including presenters, paid for 450 participant registrations. Inaddition to these fees, a wide range of organizationscontributed sponsorships and in-kind support to advanceSummit goals, increase the visibility of their work, andincrease networking opportunities.

Making Cents uses the term co-investment because these

fee s, spo nsor shi ps, and in- kin d reso urce s are theinvestments that have supported the organization of theSummit in each of the past eight years. This proven andsustainable model differs from unsustainable conveningslinked to one-off corporate or foundation grants and projectfunding that comes to an end.

SUSTAINABILITYThe three-day 2015 Global Youth Economic OpportunitiesSummit featured the important theme, Scale in Practice, aswell as a half-day focus on Frontiers of Soft Skills. The eventwas structured along ve demand-driven tracks: workforcedevelopment, nancial inclusion, enterprise development,M&E, and gender. The cross-cutting topics of technology andurban-focused programming were streamlined throughout.

The Summit uses technical workshops, plenary discussions,networking events, and structured meetings to support theexchange of concrete and transferable knowledge on the latest

research, lessons learned, promising practices, and key gapsin knowledge and effective practice. As a result, participantsidentify organizations with whom they form or deepenpartnerships, gain visibility for their work, and improve theirtechnical capacity. In addition, participants report greatermotivation for their work.

TECHNICAL CONTENT AND STRUCTURE


Level 1: Knowledge Exchange Summitresults

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94%

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resources shared such as: presentation materials, reports, and data collection tools.

of participants shared and learned information with people whom they w ould not otherwise have had the opportunity.

of participants said the Summit has expanded the availability of knowledge and resources on youth economic opportunities.

of participants plan on applying some of what they learned at the Summit to their work.

Level 2: Knowledge capital

Level 3: changed practiceS

"It was a great pleasure to speak and share my experiences as a young entrepreneur at the Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summ

I enjoyed the main discussions and the plenary sessions. The rich discourse on youth economic opportunities and the rich of diversity of

participants made the Summit one where I learned a lot. I loved that the youth got an opportunity to make their voices heard."

- Regina Agyare, CEO, Soronko Solutions, Ghana

of participants feel an increased sense of connection tothe youth economic opportunities community

of participants met someone at the Summit with whom

they anticipate exploring a partnership

of participants said the Summit strengthened theircapacity

of participants strengthened an existing partnership asa result of attending the Summit

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Changes in practice reported as a result of attending thSummit, including use of tools for measuring scale ansustainability New approaches discovered

New approaches, expertise and connections made


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PARTICIPANTS COUNTRIESREPRESENTED

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ORGANIZATIONSREPRESENTED

Others

Policy Makers

Youth

Educator

Leading GlobalCompanies

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ResearcherImplementer

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4% 6%

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I am the head of research for an organization that teaches entrepreneurship in low income schools globally. The conference exposed me todiverse array of evaluation programs like ours, and helped me nd the language and context I needed to better explain my process and effortsmy colleagues.- Thomas Gold, Vice President, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), USA

Prior to attending the Summit, the question of whether to target our products to teachers or children was a signicant internal debate that oorganization was having. During the Summit, I learned that many organizations and funders were investing budget, support, and programmiefforts towards developing resources for teachers. I was able to share this key information back with our team and we have incorporated thchange into our strategic plan for next year.- Chandra Pudjiatie, Digital Learning Coordinator, Aflatoun, The Netherlands

The Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit provided great networking and learning opportunities. The theme on Scale in Practicreally stood out for me. It was great learning about tools for measuring and evaluating projects based on sustainability and scalingopportunities, the foundation and ultimate objective of all our programs, and we don't have to reinvent the wheel for measuring such impacts- Ida Kristine Haavi, Managing Director, Partnership for Change, Norway

The Summit was an amazing opportunity for me and our partners from Kenya and Indonesia to talk with other implementers and experts in tdevelopment space. I am pleased to have walked away from the Summit with valuable connections and potential new partners

- Tara Vanacore, Program Officer, East and Southeast Asia, Global Fund for Children, USAAt the time, I attended the Summit as a consultant on behalf of a foundation I was working for. I was able to collect a lot of o ver-archconcepts and themes and utilize that for a total rebranding of the foundation's website and social media presence. It was very inuential in tre-branding process, especially in updating the language and bringing it into more current terms. These changes were then translated irequests for funding, strategic plans, and partnership agreements.- Susan Lightfoot, Independent Consultant, USA

One presentation I attended at the Summit a few years ago reviewed online and ofine databases used in schools. At the time, in our owprogramming in schools in East Africa, we had limited access to electricity and online access. After learning about this particular databacalled RACHEL at the workshop, we were able to install a server and load all necessary tools for the classroom. Now, even though there is ninternet access, students and teachers can log on to the server. This is not only helpful for students and their ability to do research and studyis really helpful for teachers and provides 163,000 youth from 200 schools access to the resources they need in o rder to continue learning evwhen the electricity is out. This change happened two years ago and continues to have a positive impact on our schools today.- Ashley Orton, Global Programs Director, Asante Africa, USA


Level 4: IMPROVED PERFORMANCE

New partnerships formed

Existing partnerships strengthened

New tools implemented

Positive impact experienced

The rst or second year I attended the conference, I networked with someone from Vietnam in one of the early breakout sessions. Two yealater we partnered with his organization, Reach Vietnam. Now, ve years later, we are still working together and they are fantastic partne

They have even started their own youth employment programs! We have also combined some of our programs together, making ours mustronger. Now, we're looking to expand together to other parts of Vietnam.- Alberto Canovas, Operations Manager, Youth Career Initiative, Business in the Community, UK

At the conference, I learned that Microsoft was looking to provide more online educational resources as a part of their jobs portal. I was ableconnect with their team and now we have a wonderful partnership where they are listing all of our best free courses.The other big thing that came out of the conference was our partnership with the Anudip Foundation. They are a group based in India who doestraining for rural workers to get better jobs. After learning about their mission, we offered them 1,000 of our top quality business trainicourses at a reduced cost. This enabled their program graduates to access top quality training on marketing, leadership, technology, desigand human resources. The original pilot was for 300 people, and the hope this year is to expand to a few thousand.- Meg Evans, Business Development Account Manager, Udemy


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WORLD BANK

2015 SUMMIT partners


FUNDERS, NGOS, AND THEPRIVATE SECTOR RECEIVE

SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY ANDADVANCE THEIR GOALS byengaging in the summit

GLOBAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS

2015 media partners


INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHSUPPORT THE SUMMITS GLOREACH AND REPRESENTATIO

MANSACOLABSC


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How Can Leading Global Companies Address Global Youth Employment at Scale?


Accenture

Barclays

Hilton Worldwide

JP Morgan

LinkedInMicrosoft

Southwire

Walmart

Yellowwoods Venture Investments

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Solutions for Youth Employment

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PARTICIPANTS ORGANIZATIONSREPRESENTED

COUNTRIESREPRESENTED

RESOURCESSHARED

The private sector meeting at the 2015 Summit offered a rare and valuable opportunity to directly engage with other private secto

practitioners who are developing sustainable business models, cross-sector partnerships and innovative technologies to help the

companies better address global challenges related to youth economic empowerment. The meeting provided an open space where participan

were eager to exchange ideas and examples of best practice, build new relationships and identify opportunities for collaboration. With t

private sector seeking to make meaningful contributions to the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals, opportunities to take part in open a

collaborative discussions are more important than e ver.

- Matt Wilson, Global Community Investment, Barclays, UK


Level 1: Knowledge Exchange

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Level 3: changed practices

Convening of Leading Global Companies Committedto Youth Workforce Development:

In 2015, Making Cents organized a convening that brought together leading global companies to share best practices, build onlessons learned, and create sustained relationships of trust, goodwill, and effective collaboration that positively impact youthemployment.

The meeting agenda was structured to exchange concrete knowledge and information on the following key issues:

Using technology to address youth unemployment at scaleResources shared: The Dream of a Lifetime: Shaping How Our Children Learn Computing (Microsoft Corporation)

Addressing youth unemployment at scale through partnerships with government, civil societyorganizations, and other companiesResources shared: Southwire and 12 for Life: Scaling Up? (Southwire)

Resources shared: Yellowwoods Impact and Monitoring (Yellowwoods Venture Investments)

Approaches to measurement and assessment

11 organizations participated in the 2015 convening of leading global companiescommitted to youth workforce development:

of participants feel an increased sense of connection to the community of leading global companies working on issues of youth economicopportunity as a result of attending the convening

of participants said the convening strengthened their capacity

of participants said attending the convening strengthened an existing partnership

of participants met someone at the convening with whom they anticipate exploring a collaboration or partnership

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70%

90%

Shared learning with colleagues

70%

Types of resources shared:technology skills training, public-private partnerships foremployment, and framework for impact monitoring

of participants shared information with people whomthey would not otherwise have had the opportunity

90%

90%

100%

of participants learned from people whom they would not

otherwise have had the opportunity learn

of participants plan on applying some of the informationthey heard to their work

CONVENINGOF GLOBALCOMPANIES


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virtual learning eventsHigh-Quality, Low-Cost Learning Activities for Global AudiencesMaking Cents organizes the Apply It Webinar Series to provide a global roster of participants with an enhanced learningexperience that offers concrete tools and knowledge they can apply to their work. We offer these webinars both in real time and asdelayed recordings in order to benet participants from all time zones and all corners of the world.

In similar fashion, Making Cents hosts online Twitter chats to engage a global audience in conversations with experts on keytopics in the youth economic opportunities eld.

IN 2015, MAKING CENTS WORKED WITH DIVERSE COLLABORATORS TO ORGANIZE VIRTUALLEARNING EVENTS THAT COVERED A WIDE RANGE OF IMPORTANT TECHNICAL TOPICS:


Identifying demand-driven webinar and chat topics

Posting recordings of webinars on YouTube and highlights of Twitter chats on Storify

Facilitating engagement through question and answer sessions

Actively promoting recorded webinars and Twitter chat highlights through the KM platform and other leading industrychannels

Encouraging feedback through webinar evaluations

At the time of the webinar on transition between education and employment, we were in the process of writing up our ideas for the extension

the education programme I'm currently working on, to one that focusses more on youth economic empowerment. That webinar was very usef

in crystallising some of my thoughts about what we should do and I remember sharing some of the learning with my colleagues at what was

crucial time in our programme.- Laura Hughston, Learning and Impact Assessment Officer, Plan UK, UK

I work on a support contract to institutionalize USAID's collaborating, learning and adapting approach to strategic learning and adapti

management in development. It's extremely useful to learn about the experience of implementing partners in the eld, like Save the Childre

regarding their experiences and approaches to manage adaptively. I plan on sharing the Structured Experimental Learning approach present

in the webinar with my colleagues.

- Bari Rabin, Learning Specialist, Dexis Consulting Group, USA



virtuallearningresults

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Level 3: changed practices

of webinar participants believe what they learned can have an impact on their work

We are currently examining the skills gap in a project in Latin America, and will use this new information to better inform our project.- Kathryn Cronquist, Program Officer, FHI 360, USA

The development and implementation process for these virtual learning events includes:

EDUCATION TO EMPLOYMENT: SOLUTIONS TO TACKLE YOUTH

UNEMPLOYMENT BY BRIDGING THE JOB MARKET GAP

WHAT'S ALL THE TALK ABOUT DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING?

A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR DATA USERS AND PRODUCERS

SCALE IN PRACTICE TWITTER CHAT FRONTIERS OF SOFT SKILLS TWITTER CHAT

Presenters: Generat ion Jobless, The Educato rs ' Lab, C ircu lar Societ y Presenters: Save the Ch ildren

Expert Panelists: Education Development Center (EDC),Management Systems International, the MasterCard Foundation,Microfinance Gateway, Udemy

Expert Panelists: Educational Testing Services (ETS), EOH HumanCapital Solutions, Helvetas, (International Research & ExchangesBoard) IREX, Junior Achievement Americas, Junior AchievementWorldwide, Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA),ProExam, RTI International, United Nations Youth Envoy

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WEBINARS &TWITTER CHATS

COUNTRIESREPRESENTED

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PARTICIPANTS

resources shared: webinar digital recordings, webinarPower Point presentations and Project reports, blog postsand events relevant to Twitter Chat topics

views of recorded

129 views of Twitter Chat summary

77% of webinar participants agree that they havegained new knowledge and/or resources that canbe applied to their work

Virtual Learning Events results were collected through social media analytics,a survey completed by 60 webinar participants, and email exchanges.

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Shared learning with colleagues


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Our online learning hub, www.YouthEconomicOpportunities.org, offers curated, credible, demand-driven content that fostersactionable learning on youth economic opportunities. The learning hub includes blogs and articles, videos, event announcements,documents, and presentations. Stakeholders are invited to both contribute to and benet from this repository of information.

To highlight the curated content posted on www.YouthEconomicOpportunities.org, Making Cents distributes a monthly E-Bulletin tonearly 50,000 subscribers from 163 countries. The learning hub serves a global population with contributors to and consumers ofknowledge from every region and continent. 321

RESOURCESPOSTED TOONLINELEARNING HUB

Onlinelearning hubresultsLevel 1: Knowledge Exchange


Looking for opportunities that could expand the horizon of youth who are working towards empowering themselves and their communities ha

always been a tough task for those who have tried. However, with important resources and information about access to different kinds

resources, we always nd the task less tough and more interesting. YouthEconomicOpportunities.org is the home of such great ideas an

opportunities shared with an active global platform that champions progress for young people around the world.

- Simeon Ogonda, Consultant, Youth Enterprise Development, Kenya

It is a very comprehensive collection of the key resources and best practices in youth economic development. We often recommend the You

Economic Opportunities website to those looking for an overview of materials in this area.

- Jared Penner, Education Manager, Child & Youth Finance International, The Netherlands

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Online Learning Hub:Engaging Contributors and Consumers Around the World

Online Learning Hub results were collected through website data,hashtracking software and email exchanges.

COUNTRIES FROMWHICH USERSACCESSED THELEARNING HUB

187

21,534 unique website users

50,603 total page views

48,840 subscribers to E-Bulletin

countries represented by subscribers

Participants indicated a sense of gained knowledgefrom accessing the learning hub

163Pacific Islands

Asia Europe

Sub-SaharanAfrica

North America

Middle East& North Africa

Latin America& Caribbean

2%

14%17%

8%

4%

4%

39%

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MAKING CENTS USES SOCIAL MEDIA TO EXPANDTHE GLOBAL REACH OF THE KM PLATFORM


Socialmedia



3,653

COMBINEDFOLLOWERSON TWITTER& FACEBOOK

2,652,494

17,568

Summit social media impression via Twitter (use of hashtag #YouthEO)

Facebook page likes


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ENSURING UPDATE


In 2015, the Citi Foundation supported Making Cents to create a learning product for youth economic opportunity practitioners thhelps them to analyze their current and future urban-focused youth economic opportunity programs. The resulting report, CitiesOpportunity: Drivers and Priorities for Urban Youth Economic Inclusion, draws upon research and best practices globally to framkey activities that improve urban youth economic opportunities. The report centers on the global south, outlines promisininitiatives, and provides links to resources that can help practitioners rene their products and services.

Making Cents ensured increased uptake of the report's recommendations through an array of interconnected and mutua

supportive KM platform activities that promoted awareness and application.

Integrated KM Platform Offers Greater Return on Investment

CITIES OF OPPORTUNITYDriversandPrioritiesfor

Urban Youth EconomicInclusion

FEATURED DURING A PLENARYSESSION AT THE 2015 GLOBAL YOUTH

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES SUMMITWITH EXPERT SPEAKERS FROM UN-HABITAT, MAKING CENTS, AND THE

CITI FOUNDATION

INCLUDED IN THE OCTOBER YOUTHECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES E-

BULLETIN SENT TO NEARLY 50,000SUBSCRIBERS

POSTED ON THEYOUTHECONOMICOPPORTUNITIES.ORGONLINE LEARNING HUB, WHERE IT WASVIEWED 283 TIMES BETWEEN OCTOBER

AND DECEMBER 2015

PROMOTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA,WHERE IT RECEIVED 1,864

IMPRESSIONS ACROSS 3 CHANNELS


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Development Agencies & Government

Commonwealth Secretariat UK, India

Feed the Future Knowledge DrivenAgricultural Development Project

USA

Gobernacin de Antioquia Colombia

Human Capital Development, Ministry ofLabor

Saudi Arabia

International Fund for AgriculturalDevelopment

Italy

International Labour O rganizationColombia,USA

Millennium Challenge Corporation USA

Multilateral Investment Fund - Inter-American Development Bank

USA

National Curriculum Development Centre UgandaOndo State Government Nigeria

The White House Ofce of Science andTechnology Policy

USA

U.S. Agency for International Development USA

U.S. Department of Labor USA

UN-Habitat Norway

United Nations USA

United Nations Capital Development Fund Senegal

U.S. Army Research Institute United States

World Bank USA

Leading Global

Companies

Accenture UK, USA

Barclays UK

Deloitte USA

Land O'Lakes USA

LinkedIn USA

Marriott International USA

Microsoft CorporationEl Salvador,USA

RAND Corporation USAUber USA

Walmart USA

Foundations & Networks

Citi Foundation USA

Fossil Foundation USA

MacArthur Foundation USA

McKinsey Social Initiative USA

Solutions for Youth Employment USA

The MasterCard Foundation Canada

The Rockefeller Foundation USA

Youth Employment Funders Group Argentina

Development Consulting Firms

Banyan Global USA

Beirne Consultancy USA

CARANA Corporation USA

Cardno Emerging Markets USA

Chemonics International USA

Consortium for International Development inEducation

Canada

Creative Associates International USA

Development Alternatives Incorporated USA

Dalberg Global Development AdvisorsSouth Africa,USA

Engility - International Development USA

Integra LLC USA

JBS International USA

Juarez & Associates USA

Making Cents International USA

Management & Training Corporation USA

Management Systems International USA

Mansa Colabs USA

MarketShare Associates USA

Silatech UK

Social Solutions Global USA

Tetra Tech ARD USA

The Springeld Centre for Business inDevelopment

UK, USA

Veronica Torres Consulting Canada

WIN Learning United States

Non-Profit Organizations

4-H South AfricaAbdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab USA, UK

ACDI/VOCA USA

ACT, Inc USA

Aatoun International Netherlands

Akilah Institute for Women USA

Association for Enterprise Opportunity USA

BRAC Tanzania,

2015 Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit Participants:199 participating organizations representing 42 countries


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I Create Incorporated USA

Impact Campus Canada

Independent Consultants USA

Institute of International Education USA

Instituto Salvadoreo de FormacinProfesional

El Salvador

International Center for Research on Women USA

International Executive Service Corps USA

International Initiative for Impact Evaluation USA

International Rescue Committee USA

International Research & Exchanges BoardPalestine,USA, WestBank/Gaza

International Youth Foundation USA

Junior Achievement Worldwide USA

Kepler USA

Kesserwan Canada

Lend a Hand India India

Mercy Corps Liberia, USA

Mennonite Economic DevelopmentAssociates

USA

METAS Youth Council Honduras

Micronance Gateway USA

National Cooperative Business Association USA

National Youth Service Jamaica

Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship USA

One Hen Campaign Project Kenya

Open Futures Foundation South Africa

Our Piece of the Pie USA

Overseas Development Institute UK

Pakistan International Human RightsOrganization

Pakistan

Palestinian Youth Association forLeadership and Rights Activation

Palestine

Partnership for Change Norway

Plan International

Guinea,Nicaragua,Thailand,Egypt, France,TheNetherlands,USA, UK

Population Council USA

Uganda, USA

British Council Myanmar

Business in the Community UK

California Workforce Association USA

CAP Youth Empowerment Institute Kenya

CARE International UK, USA

Careerbox South Africa

Carrefour Jeunesse-Emploi Ahuntsic-Bordeaux-Cartierville

Canada

Catholic Relief ServicesEl Salvador,Honduras,USA

Center for International Private Enterprise USA

Centre for Domestic Training and

Development Kenya

Child and Youth Finance International Netherlands

Child Trends USA

ChildFund International USA

Children International USA

Colectivo Integral de Desarrollo Peru

Community Empowerment Network USA

Consultative Group to Assist the Poor USA

CORDAID Netherlands

Digital Opportunity Trust Canada

Educate! USA

Education Development Center USA

Education For Employment USA

Educational Testing Service USA

EMpower USA

Enterprise Uganda Uganda

FHI 360 USA

Future Work Consulting USA

Futurpreneur Canada Canada

GeoPoll USAGlasswing International El Salvador

Global Communities USA

Grads of Life USA

Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator South Africa

Heifer International USA

HELVETAS Swiss IntercooperationUSA,Switzerland

Population Services International USA

Portal Micronanzas USA

Positive Planet Lebanon

Professional Examination Services USA

Project Hub Myanmar

Raleigh International UK

Right to Play USA

RisiAlbania Albania

RTI InternationalEl Salvador,USA

Save the Children Canada, USA

SED Workforce and Entrepreneurship USA

Shoyemi Abiodun Foundation Nigeria

Shuraako USASNV The Netherlands DevelopmentOrganisation

Peru, Kenya

Souktel Digital Solutions Palestine

SPARK Netherlands

Tech Impact USA

TechChange South Africa

TechnoServe Kenya

The Global Fund for Children USA

Volunteer Service Overseas Tanzania, UK

West Africa Vocational Education Nigeria

Winrock International USA

Women's World Banking USA

World Council of Credit Unions USA

World Learning USA

World Vision InternationalAustralia,Armenia, USA

Yayasan Mitra ImaDei Indonesia

Young Americas Business Trust USA

Youth Business International UK

Youth Business Spain SpainAcademic Institutions

Aidan Montessori School USA

Catawba Valley Community College USA

Duke University Fuqua School USA

Fundacin Universitaria Juan N. Corpas Colombia

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of PublicHealth

USA

Michigan State University USA

Morgan State University USA

The Brookings Institution USA

Tulane University USA

University of Minnesota USA

Wisconsin International University College Ghana

World University Services of Canada Canada

Yale University Center for EmotionalIntelligence

USA

Private Sector Companies

Amhara Credit & Savings Institution Ethiopia

Dare to Innovate USA

Diamond Bank Nigeria

Distribuidora Universal, S.A. HondurasE-Line Media USA

EOH Human Capital Solutions South Africa

Gentera Mexico

Insight Systems USA

LINC LLC USA

Microcred Tunisia

MJ Feed Systems Inc. Canada

NRG Advisory USA

OpenEntry.com USA

ProInvest Tunisia

Sicredi Brazil

Soronko Solutions Ghana

Udemy USA

UT&T Consult Ghana


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Development Agencies & Government

Ashburton District Council New Zealand

Food and Agriculture Organization Zambia

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston USA

Inter-American Development Bank UK, USA

International Trade Center Switzerland

Multilateral Investment Fund USA

Ofce of the Ward Administrator Nyalenda B Kenya

Peace Corps USA

Passport Immigration and CitizenshipAgency

Jamaica

U.S. Agency for International Development

Armenia,Guatemala,Honduras,

Indonesia,Jordan, SouthAfrica,Tanzania,USA, Zambia

U.S. Department of Labor USA

U.S. Department of State, Young AfricanLeaders Initiative

Ghana

U.S. Ofce of Special Counsel USA

United Nations Environment Programme Kenya

Leading Global

Companies

Deutsche Bank Singapore

Intel Malaysia

McKinsey & Company Canada

Ogilvy & Mather UK

Yellowwoods South Africa

Foundations & Networks

Aga Khan FoundationCanada,Egypt, Spain,USA

Anudip Foundation USA

BRNEfonden Benin

Grameen FoundationColombia,UAE

The National Association of County and CityHealth Ofcials

USA

Near East Foundation USA

Stromme Foundation Norway

The MasterCard Foundation Canada

Whole Planet Foundation Senegal

Development Consulting Firms

Accenture India

Adam Smith International Nepal

AMEX International USA

Beirne Consultancy USA

CARANA Corporation USA

Chemonics InternationalNigeria, Peru,Tunisia,Uganda, USA

Connexus USA

Creative Associates InternationalEl Salvador,USA

Cultural Practice, LLC USA

Dalberg Global Development Advisors USA

Deloitte USA

Development Alternatives Incorporated USA

Dexis Consulting, LLC USA

Emerging Markets Consulting Cambodia

Engility - International Development USA

Feinberg Consulting USA

Finance in Motion Germany

Fintrac USA

Hecker Consulting USA

IMPAQ International USA

International Purpose USA

JBS International USA

Making Cents International USA

Management & Training Corporation USA

MarketShare Associates USA

Palladium USA

ReachScale USA

Silatech USA

Social Impact, Inc. USATetra Tech ARD USA

The Kaizen Company USA

NonProfit Organizations

A Self-Help Assistance Program USA

ACDI/VOCA USA

Aatoun International Netherlands

Africare USA

Akilah Institute for Women Rwanda

Alpha HT USA

American Red Cross USA, Haiti

American Refugee Committee USA

Ashoka USA

Association for Middle Eastern Public Policyand Administration

USA

Association of Volunteers in InternationalService

USA

Banyan Tree Foundation USA

BRAC USA

Buku Kami Project Indonesia

Burma Children Medical Fund USA

Canada World Youth CanadaCARE USA

Catholic Relief Services UK, USA

CENEVRAH Haiti

ChildFund International USA

Children International USA

Community Empowerment Network USA

Community Perspectives UK

Compare Vietnam

Co-Partners of Campesinas USA

Cordaid Netherlands

CRDF Global USA

Cuso International Guyana

Digital Opportunity TrustCanada,Rwanda,Tanzania

Divine Act Charitable Trust Nigeria

Econ Illinois USA

Education Development Center USA

Education for Employment USA

Education Resource Strategies USAeffect:hope Canada

EMpower USA

Enactus USA

Engineers Without Borders Canada Zambia

FHI 360 USA

Footmark International Uganda

Fundacion para Unir y Dar AC Mexico

Global Communities USA

Global Fairness Initiative USA

GO Project USA

Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator South Africa

HELVETAS Swiss IntercooperationSwitzerland,Bosnia andHerzegovina

Her Liberty Namibia Namibia

Hodari UK

IkamvaYouth South Africa

Impact Enterprises International United States

Innovation Network USA

International Executive Service Corps USA

International Foundation for ElectoralSystems USA

International Research & Exchanges Board USA

International Youth Foundation USA

Junior Achievement Americas Argentina

Junior Achievement Worldwide Barbados

Leer y Aprender Guatemala

LivelyHoods USA

Mennonite Economic DevelopmentAssociates

USA

Mercy Corps

Afghanistan,China, Israel,Kenya,Kosovo,Liberia, USA

Mrite International de la Jeunesse Togo

Microfund for Women Jordan

National Cooperative Business Association USA

National Democratic Institute USA

NELL Education Vietnam

New Economics for Women USA

New Employment Opportunities Mexico MexicoNorthern Virginia Family Service USA

NRG Advisory USA

Pact International Myanmar

Partners for Development USA

Partners of the Americas USA

Pathways to Education Canada

Peace Child International UK

2015 Webinar Participants: 228 participating organizations representing 65 countries


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Plan International

Canada,Guatemala,India,Senegal,Spain, TheNetherlands,Togo, UK, USA

Raleigh International UK

RTI International USA

San Diego Workforce Partnership USA

Save the Children

Canada,Indonesia,Italy,Lebanon,Mali, Nairobi,

Philippines,Rwanda, UK,USA

Seed Project Senegal

Shuraako USA

SNV Netherlands Development Organisation Peru

Swisscontact Rwanda Rwanda

T21 USA

Team Academy Romania Romania

TechnoServe Tanzania, USA

Trickle Up USA

TrueValueMetrics.org USA

Voluntary Service Overseas Tanzania, UK

VoxPacis International Development USA

VVOB

Belgium,Rwanda,Vietnam,Zambia

WEConnect International USA

West African Vocational Education Nigeria

Winrock International USAWISE, Inc. USA

WoMena Uganda, UK

Women's Refugee Commission USA

Working in the Spirit USA

World Education Inc USA

World Learning USA

World Relief Canada Canada

World Vision

Australia,DominicanRepublic,Kenya, Israel,Switzerland,USA

Youth Business International Germany, UK

Youth Career Initiative UK

Academic & Research Institutions

American University USA

Asian University for Women Cambodia

Ball State University Center for InternationalDevelopment

USA

Center for Strategic and International

Studies

USA

Flux Research, Monitoring and Evaluation USA

International Islamic University Malaysia Malaysia

Institute for State Effectiveness USA

Institute of Management Sciences Pakistan

Islamic University of Indonesia Indonesia

Lake Forest College USA

Lyceum of the Philippines University Philippines

Michigan Community College Center forGlobal Initiatives

USA


New York University USA


Samaschool USA

Swedish College of Engineering andTechnology

Pakistan

Texas A&M University USA

The Ohio State University USA

The University of The West Indies Trinidad

Tufts University USA

Tulane University USAUniversity of California San Francisco,Institute of Health Policy Studies

USA

Universiti Tenaga Nasional Malaysia

University for Development Studies Ghana

University of the Philippines Philippines

University of Toronto Canada

University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Nigeria Nigeria

World Vision

Australia,DominicanRepublic,Kenya, Israel,Switzerland,USA

Youth Business International Germany, UK

Youth Career Initiative UK

Academic & Research Institutions

American University USA

Asian University for Women Cambodia

Ball State University Center for InternationalDevelopment

USA

Center for Strategic and International

Studies

USA

Flux Research, Monitoring and Evaluation USA

International Islamic University Malaysia Malaysia

Institute for State Effectiveness USA

Institute of Management Sciences Pakistan

Islamic University of Indonesia Indonesia

Lake Forest College USA

Lyceum of the Philippines University Philippines

Michigan Community College Center forGlobal Initiatives

USA


New York University USA


Samaschool USA

Swedish College of Engineering andTechnology

Pakistan

Texas A&M University USA

The Ohio State University USA

The University of The West Indies Trinidad

Tufts University USA

Tulane University USAUniversity of California San Francisco,Institute of Health Policy Studies

USA

Universiti Tenaga Nasional Malaysia

University for Development Studies Ghana

University of the Philippines Philippines

University of Toronto Canada

University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Nigeria Nigeria

Vanderbilt University USA

World University Services of Canada Canada

Private Sector Companies

AMGlobal USA

Associates Incorporated Jamaica

Bank for Investment and Development ofVietnam

Vietnam

Business Clinics Services Ltd Nigeria

Business Development Services Africa Zambia

CropIn Technology Solutions India

Dare to Innovate USA

E-Line Media USA

Employ Africa USA

GOGREENTOURS USAGrifn Enterprises USA

Henkels & McCoy, Inc. USA

Independent Consultants

Canada,Cameroon,France, India,Kenya, Spain,USA

Innovations and Development I ncorporated USA

Kiote Services Nigeria

Kompas TV Manado Indonesia

LeadCap Ventures India

MetaMedia Training International USA

New Bridge Training & Consulting Tunisia

nfactorial consulting South Africa

OpenEntry.com USA

OutboxUSA,Zimbabwe

Pathway Micronance Limited Ghana

RCM of Washington USA

Redi4Change LLC

USA, Sierra

LeoneSapient Netherlands

SolarCity USA

STELLA Laos

Success Capital Botswana

Valuing Voices at Cekan Consulting LLC USA

Vatsia Consulting USA

VOTO Mobile Ghana, USA


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