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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INVITATION TO CO-INVEST
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Social Media
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APPENDICES
2015 Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit
Participating Organizations
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Meeting the needs of the global youth population requires evidence-based, scalable, and sustainable initiatives.
In response, Making Cents International offers a demand-driven Knowledge Management (KM) platform that
builds the capacity of youth development stakeholders to design, implement, and evaluate high-impact youth
economic opportunity programs, policies, and partnerships. The platform components are:
Online Learning Hub
Social Media
Implementers, donors, leading global companies, youth leaders, policymakers, researchers, and educators from
across the globe benet from the concrete and actionable information made available through our KM platform. In
2015, 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 exchange
and knowledge capital and contributed to changed practices and improved performance among organizations and
individuals engaged in the sector.
Looking Ahead: Our 10th Anniversary Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit takes place September
2830, 2016 in Washington DC. Organizations and individuals committed to increasing youth economic inclusion
and reversing global youth unemployment trends are invited to become Summit partners and to use this
engagement to meet their strategic goals.
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OPPORTUNITIES
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$100,000
$150,000
Quarter
page
Half
page
Full page
2 pages
2 pages
Logo in pre-Summit
communications (website and
e-announcements), in Summit
program, and on banners
Small
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Medium
Large logo,
front of
program
Extra large
logo, front
of program
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Making Cents has operated our KM platform since 2007. We do so on a sustainable basis, thanks to the
hundreds of organizations and individuals who contribute nancial and in-kind resources to the annual
Summit (see page 24 for a list of supporters). This model differs from other KM activities linked to project
funding, as these usually end when the project closes.
Special Options
Lunch Sponsor: $50,000 (silver-level benets and recognition during the event and in the program). Each sponsored lunch incorporates up to 45
minutes 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 5
minutes of presentation time at the receptionan ideal opportunity to announce an exciting initiative, commitment, tool, or report.
Global Youth
Economic
Opportunities
Summit
CONVENING
OF GLOBAL
COMPANIES
450 50 199
PARTICIPANTS ORGANIZATIONS COUNTRIES RESOURCES
REPRESENTED REPRESENTED SHARED
16 11 3
PARTICIPANTS
virtual
learning
events
online
learning
hub
social
media
COUNTRIES ORGANIZATIONS
REPRESENTED REPRESENTED
COUNTRIES
WEBINARS &
REPRESENTED TWITTER CHATS
247 67 4
RESOURCES
POSTED TO
ONLINE
LEARNING HUB
COUNTRIES FROM
WHICH USERS
ACCESSED THE
LEARNING HUB
321 187
COMBINED
FOLLOWERS
ON TWITTER
& FACEBOOK
3,653
3
90%
22
240
84%
83%
90%
of participants shared
information with people whom
they would not otherwise have
had the opportunity
resources shared: webinar
digital recordings, webinar
Power Point presentations
and Project reports, blog
posts and events relevant
to Twitter Chat topics
100%
21,534
50,603
48,840
subscribers to E-Bulletin
2,652,494
17,568
129
77%
of webinar participants
agree that they have gained
new knowledge and/or
resources that can be
applied to their work
163
countries represented by
subscribers
views of recorded
webinars
73%
73%
of participants strengthened an
existing partnership as a result of
attending the Summit
100%
78%
70%
90%
70%
80%
This level documents information about a specic knowledgesharing 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 of
impact.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
NUMBER OF COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED
NUMBER OF RESOURCES SHARED
NUMBER OF EVENTS ORGANIZED
STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIPS
CHANGES IN ORGANIZATIONS PERFORMANCE
CHANGES IN IMPACT, SCALE OR
SUSTAINABILITY OF PROGRAMS, POLICIES,
OR PARTNERSHIPS
6%
9%
Others
Youth
4%
6%
Policy Makers
8%
Leading Global
Companies
43%
Implementer
Educator
COUNTRIES ORGANIZATIONS
REPRESENTED REPRESENTED
450 50 199
Level 2: Knowledge capital
55 resources shared such as: presentation materials, reports, and data collection tools.
Funder
94%
of participants shared and learned information with people whom they would not otherwise have had the opportunity.
13%
84%
of participants said the Summit has expanded the availability of knowledge and resources on youth economic opportunities.
83%
of participants plan on applying some of what they learned at the Summit to their work.
Researcher
PARTICIPANTS
11%
SUSTAINABILITY
Summit
results
"It was a great pleasure to speak and share my experiences as a young entrepreneur at the Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit.
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
78%
73%
73%
I am the head of research for an organization that teaches entrepreneurship in low income schools globally. The conference exposed me to a
diverse array of evaluation programs like ours, and helped me nd the language and context I needed to better explain my process and efforts to
my 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 our
organization was having. During the Summit, I learned that many organizations and funders were investing budget, support, and programming
efforts towards developing resources for teachers. I was able to share this key information back with our team and we have incorporated this
change 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 Practice
really stood out for me. It was great learning about tools for measuring and evaluating projects based on sustainability and scaling
opportunities, 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 the
development 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, USA
At 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 over-arching
concepts and themes and utilize that for a total rebranding of the foundation's website and social media presence. It was very inuential in the
re-branding process, especially in updating the language and bringing it into more current terms. These changes were then translated into
requests for funding, strategic plans, and partnership agreements.
- Susan Lightfoot, Independent Consultant, USA
At the conference, I learned that Microsoft was looking to provide more online educational resources as a part of their jobs portal. I was able to
connect 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 does IT
training for rural workers to get better jobs. After learning about their mission, we offered them 1,000 of our top quality business training
courses at a reduced cost. This enabled their program graduates to access top quality training on marketing, leadership, technology, design,
and 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
The rst or second year I attended the conference, I networked with someone from Vietnam in one of the early breakout sessions. Two years
later we partnered with his organization, Reach Vietnam. Now, ve years later, we are still working together and they are fantastic partners.
They have even started their own youth employment programs! We have also combined some of our programs together, making ours much
stronger. Now, we're looking to expand together to other parts of Vietnam.
- Alberto Canovas, Operations Manager, Youth Career Initiative, Business in the Community, UK
One presentation I attended at the Summit a few years ago reviewed online and ofine databases used in schools. At the time, in our own
programming in schools in East Africa, we had limited access to electricity and online access. After learning about this particular database
called RACHEL at the workshop, we were able to install a server and load all necessary tools for the classroom. Now, even though there is no
internet access, students and teachers can log on to the server. This is not only helpful for students and their ability to do research and study, it
is really helpful for teachers and provides 163,000 youth from 200 schools access to the resources they need in order to continue learning even
when 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
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INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
SUPPORT THE SUMMITS GLOBAL
REACH AND REPRESENTATION
MANSA
COLABS
WORLD BANK
ORGANIZATIONS
REPRESENTED
COUNTRIES
RESOURCES
REPRESENTED SHARED
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How Can Leading Global Companies Address Global Youth Employment at Scale?
In 2015, Making Cents organized a convening that brought together leading global companies to share best practices, build on
lessons learned, and create sustained relationships of trust, goodwill, and effective collaboration that positively impact youth
employment.
CONVENING
OF GLOBAL
COMPANIES
The meeting agenda was structured to exchange concrete knowledge and information on the following key issues:
Addressing youth unemployment at scale through partnerships with government, civil society
organizations, and other companies
Resources shared: Southwire and 12 for Life: Scaling Up? (Southwire)
90%
90%
100%
The private sector meeting at the 2015 Summit offered a rare and valuable opportunity to directly engage with other private sector
practitioners who are developing sustainable business models, cross-sector partnerships and innovative technologies to help their
companies better address global challenges related to youth economic empowerment. The meeting provided an open space where participants
were eager to exchange ideas and examples of best practice, build new relationships and identify opportunities for collaboration. With the
private sector seeking to make meaningful contributions to the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals, opportunities to take part in open and
collaborative discussions are more important than ever.
- Matt Wilson, Global Community Investment, Barclays, UK
Southwire
Walmart
Yellowwoods Venture Investments
Making Cents International
Solutions for Youth Employment
of participants feel an increased sense of connection to the community of leading global companies working on issues of youth economic
opportunity as a result of attending the convening
70%
70%
90%
of participants met someone at the convening with whom they anticipate exploring a collaboration or partnership
Virtual Learning Events results were collected through social media analytics,
a survey completed by 60 webinar participants, and email exchanges.
Making Cents organizes the Apply It Webinar Series to provide a global roster of participants with an enhanced learning
experience that offers concrete tools and knowledge they can apply to their work. We offer these webinars both in real time and as
delayed 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 key
topics in the youth economic opportunities eld.
The development and implementation process for these virtual learning events includes:
Identifying demand-driven webinar and chat topics
Facilitating engagement through question and answer sessions
Encouraging feedback through webinar evaluations
Posting recordings of webinars on YouTube and highlights of Twitter chats on Storify
Actively promoting recorded webinars and Twitter chat highlights through the KM platform and other leading industry
channels
PARTICIPANTS
virtual
learning
results
COUNTRIES
WEBINARS &
REPRESENTED TWITTER CHATS
247 67 4
Level 2: Knowledge capital
22
129
240
views of recorded
77%
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
of webinar participants believe what they learned can have an impact on their work
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 of
the education programme I'm currently working on, to one that focusses more on youth economic empowerment. That webinar was very useful
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 a
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 adaptive
management in development. It's extremely useful to learn about the experience of implementing partners in the eld, like Save the Children,
regarding their experiences and approaches to manage adaptively. I plan on sharing the Structured Experimental Learning approach presented
in the webinar with my colleagues.
- Bari Rabin, Learning Specialist, Dexis Consulting Group, USA
2%
17%
Pacific Islands
14%
Europe
Asia
8%
Sub-Saharan
Africa
39%
North America
4%
Middle East
& North Africa
Online
learning hub
results
COUNTRIES FROM
WHICH USERS
ACCESSED THE
LEARNING HUB
321 187
21,534
50,603
48,840
subscribers to E-Bulletin
717
163
Looking for opportunities that could expand the horizon of youth who are working towards empowering themselves and their communities has
always been a tough task for those who have tried. However, with important resources and information about access to different kinds of
resources, we always nd the task less tough and more interesting. YouthEconomicOpportunities.org is the home of such great ideas and
opportunities shared with an active global platform that champions progress for young people around the world.
- Simeon Ogonda, Consultant, Youth Enterprise Development, Kenya
4%
Latin America
& Caribbean
It is a very comprehensive collection of the key resources and best practices in youth economic development. We often recommend the Youth
Economic Opportunities website to those looking for an overview of materials in this area.
- Jared Penner, Education Manager, Child & Youth Finance International, The Netherlands
Social
media
3,653
Level 2: Knowledge capital
2,652,494
17,568
ENSURING UPDATE
Integrated KM Platform Offers Greater Return on Investment
In 2015, the Citi Foundation supported Making Cents to create a learning product for youth economic opportunity practitioners that
helps them to analyze their current and future urban-focused youth economic opportunity programs. The resulting report, Cities of
Opportunity: Drivers and Priorities for Urban Youth Economic Inclusion, draws upon research and best practices globally to frame
key activities that improve urban youth economic opportunities. The report centers on the global south, outlines promising
initiatives, 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 mutually
supportive KM platform activities that promoted awareness and application.
POSTED ON THE
YOUTHECONOMICOPPORTUNITIES.ORG
ONLINE LEARNING HUB, WHERE IT WAS
VIEWED 283 TIMES BETWEEN OCTOBER
AND DECEMBER 2015
UK, India
USA
Colombia
Saudi Arabia
Italy
Colombia,
USA
USA
USA
Uganda
Nigeria
USA
USA
USA
Norway
USA
Senegal
United States
USA
UK, USA
UK
USA
USA
USA
USA
El Salvador,
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Canada
USA
Argentina
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Canada
USA
USA
South Africa,
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
UK
USA
USA
UK, USA
Canada
United States
South Africa
USA, UK
USA
USA
Netherlands
USA
USA
Tanzania,
Uganda, USA
British Council
Business in the Community
California Workforce Association
CAP Youth Empowerment Institute
CARE International
Careerbox
Carrefour Jeunesse-Emploi AhuntsicBordeaux-Cartierville
Catholic Relief Services
Center for International Private Enterprise
Centre for Domestic Training and
Development
Child and Youth Finance International
Child Trends
ChildFund International
Children International
Colectivo Integral de Desarrollo
Community Empowerment Network
Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
CORDAID
Digital Opportunity Trust
Educate!
Education Development Center
Education For Employment
Educational Testing Service
EMpower
Enterprise Uganda
FHI 360
Future Work Consulting
Futurpreneur Canada
GeoPoll
Glasswing International
Global Communities
Grads of Life
Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator
Heifer International
HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
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Myanmar
UK
USA
Kenya
UK, USA
South Africa
Canada
El Salvador,
Honduras,
USA
USA
Kenya
Netherlands
USA
USA
USA
Peru
USA
USA
Netherlands
Canada
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Uganda
USA
USA
Canada
USA
El Salvador
USA
USA
South Africa
USA
USA,
Switzerland
I Create Incorporated
Impact Campus
Independent Consultants
Institute of International Education
Instituto Salvadoreo de Formacin
Profesional
International Center for Research on Women
International Executive Service Corps
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
International Rescue Committee
International Research & Exchanges Board
International Youth Foundation
Junior Achievement Worldwide
Kepler
Kesserwan
Lend a Hand India
Mercy Corps
Mennonite Economic Development
Associates
METAS Youth Council
Micronance Gateway
National Cooperative Business Association
National Youth Service
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
One Hen Campaign Project
Open Futures Foundation
Our Piece of the Pie
Overseas Development Institute
Pakistan International Human Rights
Organization
Palestinian Youth Association for
Leadership and Rights Activation
Partnership for Change
Plan International
Population Council
USA
Canada
USA
USA
El Salvador
USA
USA
USA
USA
Palestine,
USA, West
Bank/Gaza
USA
USA
USA
Canada
India
Liberia, USA
USA
Honduras
USA
USA
Jamaica
USA
Kenya
South Africa
USA
UK
Pakistan
Palestine
Norway
Guinea,
Nicaragua,
Thailand,
Egypt, France,
The
Netherlands,
USA, UK
USA
USA
USA
Lebanon
USA
Myanmar
UK
USA
Albania
El Salvador,
USA
Canada, USA
USA
Nigeria
USA
Peru, Kenya
Palestine
Netherlands
USA
South Africa
Kenya
USA
Tanzania, UK
Nigeria
USA
USA
USA
USA
Australia,
Armenia, USA
Indonesia
USA
UK
Spain
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Ghana
Canada
USA
Ethiopia
USA
Nigeria
Honduras
USA
South Africa
Mexico
USA
USA
Tunisia
Canada
USA
USA
Tunisia
Brazil
Ghana
USA
Ghana
USA
USA
USA
Colombia
USA
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New Zealand
Zambia
USA
UK, USA
Switzerland
USA
Kenya
USA
Jamaica
Connexus
Armenia,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Indonesia,
Jordan, South
Africa,
Tanzania,
USA, Zambia
USA
Ghana
USA
Kenya
Singapore
Malaysia
Canada
UK
South Africa
Canada,
Egypt, Spain,
USA
USA
Benin
Colombia,
UAE
USA
USA
Norway
Canada
Senegal
India
Nepal
USA
USA
USA
Nigeria, Peru,
Tunisia,
Uganda, USA
USA
El Salvador,
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Cambodia
USA
USA
Germany
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Netherlands
USA
Rwanda
USA
USA, Haiti
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Indonesia
USA
Canada
USA
UK, USA
Haiti
USA
USA
USA
UK
Vietnam
USA
Netherlands
USA
Guyana
Canada,
Rwanda,
Tanzania
Nigeria
USA
USA
USA
USA
Canada
USA
USA
Zambia
USA
Uganda
Mexico
Global Communities
Global Fairness Initiative
GO Project
Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator
HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
Her Liberty Namibia
Hodari
IkamvaYouth
Impact Enterprises International
Innovation Network
International Executive Service Corps
International Foundation for Electoral
Systems
International Research & Exchanges Board
International Youth Foundation
Junior Achievement Americas
Junior Achievement Worldwide
Leer y Aprender
LivelyHoods
Mennonite Economic Development
Associates
Mercy Corps
USA
USA
USA
South Africa
Switzerland,
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Namibia
UK
South Africa
United States
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Argentina
Barbados
Guatemala
USA
USA
Afghanistan,
China, Israel,
Kenya,
Kosovo,
Liberia, USA
Togo
Jordan
USA
USA
Vietnam
USA
Mexico
USA
USA
Myanmar
USA
USA
Canada
UK
Plan International
Raleigh International
RTI International
San Diego Workforce Partnership
Seed Project
Shuraako
SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
Swisscontact Rwanda
T21
Team Academy Romania
TechnoServe
Trickle Up
TrueValueMetrics.org
Voluntary Service Overseas
VoxPacis International Development
VVOB
WEConnect International
West African Vocational Education
Winrock International
WISE, Inc.
WoMena
Women's Refugee Commission
Working in the Spirit
World Education Inc
World Learning
World Relief Canada
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Canada,
Guatemala,
India,
Senegal,
Spain, The
Netherlands,
Togo, UK, USA
UK
USA
USA
Canada,
Indonesia,
Italy,
Lebanon,
Mali, Nairobi,
Philippines,
Rwanda, UK,
USA
Senegal
USA
Peru
Rwanda
USA
Romania
Tanzania, USA
USA
USA
Tanzania, UK
USA
Belgium,
Rwanda,
Vietnam,
Zambia
USA
Nigeria
USA
USA
Uganda, UK
USA
USA
USA
USA
Canada
World Vision
Australia,
Dominican
Republic,
Kenya, Israel,
Switzerland,
USA
Germany, UK
UK
USA
Cambodia
USA
USA
USA
Malaysia
USA
Pakistan
Indonesia
USA
Philippines
USA
USA
USA
UK
USA
Pakistan
USA
USA
Trinidad
USA
USA
USA
Malaysia
Ghana
Philippines
Canada
Nigeria
World Vision
Australia,
Dominican
Republic,
Kenya, Israel,
Switzerland,
USA
Germany, UK
UK
USA
Cambodia
USA
USA
USA
Malaysia
USA
Pakistan
Indonesia
USA
Philippines
USA
USA
USA
UK
USA
Pakistan
USA
USA
Trinidad
USA
USA
USA
Malaysia
Ghana
Philippines
Canada
Nigeria
Vanderbilt University
World University Services of Canada
Private Sector Companies
AMGlobal
Associates Incorporated
Bank for Investment and Development of
Vietnam
Business Clinics Services Ltd
Business Development Services Africa
CropIn Technology Solutions
Dare to Innovate
E-Line Media
Employ Africa
GOGREENTOURS
Grifn Enterprises
Henkels & McCoy, Inc.
Independent Consultants
USA
Canada
USA
Jamaica
Vietnam
Nigeria
Zambia
India
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Canada,
Cameroon,
France, India,
Kenya, Spain,
USA
USA
Nigeria
Indonesia
India
USA
Tunisia
South Africa
USA
USA,
Zimbabwe
Ghana
USA
USA, Sierra
Leone
Netherlands
USA
Laos
Botswana
USA
USA
Ghana, USA
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