Study on Young people in transitions from learning to decent work (and within work) in MENA: Analysis of bottlenecks, good practices and way forward

The key purpose of this study is to generate evidence and recommendations for the Regional Summit on Learning to Earning, and beyond to influence policies, institutions and practices that enable effective transition from learning to work and transitions within work, in response to rapid technological transformations and changing labour market demand. The objective of the consultancy is to Summarize the existing quantitative evidence on young people’s learning to work transition and generate new evidence on existing policy and programmatic responses to this challenge in order to identify gaps and bottlenecks to young people’s transitions from learning to work. The assignment will map out successful practices/ initiatives facilitating skills development that ease the transition to and within the labour market, document evidence of their success (when they exist), analyse their impact and inclusiveness across the countries in the region. It will provide evidence based recommendations for discussion and finalization during the Regional Summit on Learning to Earning and for dissemination among national and regional stakeholders and policy makers to feed into reforms of national policies, systems and services.

Project symbol

RAB/21/01/CEF

Admin unit

RO-Arab States/DWT-Beirut

Start date

13/09/2021

End date

30/04/2022

Total allocation

26386

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

26386

Development Partners

United Nations Children's Fund

Country/Countries

Arab States - regional

Outcomes

Outcome A: Authoritative knowledge and high impact partnerships for promoting decent work