Angeleño youth put their entrepreneurial skills to the test through USAID’s Design Thinking boot camp
Angeles City is home to nearly half a million people, ranking fifth among the most improved highly urbanized cities in the Philippines. The bustling city is also a known proponent…
DTI’s Youth Entrep Program enhanced with Be Your Own Boss content
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reps gathered for a three-day writeshop to streamline and update the country’s Youth Entrepreneurship Program (YEP) curriculum. DTI’s YEP now adds life skills, business…
USAID, Iloilo City launch new program for out-of-school youth
ILOILO CITY, October 28—The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a new project that will support the education, employment, and livelihood needs of out-of-school…
Youth Access to TESDA Online Program Briefer
Part of the TESDA-USAID Opportunity 2.0 collaboration in response to the pandemic was the ‘Youth Access to TESDA Online Program (YATOP)’ initiative. YATOP supports ‘Oplan TESDA Abot Lahat: TVET in…
U.S. partners with DepEd, TESDA, Pasig City to support education, employability of Out-Of-School Youth
The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), recently launched the Opportunity 2.0 program in Pasig City to address the education, employment, and livelihood needs of…
U.S., Private Sector Highlight Upskilled Out-Of-School Youth As New Workforce For Economic Recovery
With the theme “ONE IN MOTION: Shaping a Shared Future with the New Generation of Workers and Entrepreneurs,” the USAID Opportunity 2.0 Private Sector Summit is the first nationwide face-to-face…
Producing Opportunity: USAID upskills the next generation of Filipino farmers
On the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, 21-year-old Lori Fae Comeros wanders through a field bursting with fresh produce. Coconuts rustle in the gentle breeze, and succulent star apples dangle…
LGBT youth finds success in construction
USAID’s support to strengthen training institutions is including marginalized youth in local growth As the second largest metropolitan area in the Philippines, Cebu is a fast-growing city with international air…
Empowering MSMEs and Out-of-School Youth with DTI and PESO
To connect more local businesses with upskilled out-of-school youth, Opportunity 2.0 hold events with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) in select…
YDA Summit Event Reports (First Rollout)
A series of Youth Development Alliance (YDA) Summit gathered at least 180 local leaders and organizations from 12 cities in a concerted effort to improve outcomes for out-of-school youth in…