Global Opportunity Youth Network
What is the Global Opportunity Youth Network?
GOYN is a multi-stakeholder initiative committed to creating place-based systems shifts for youth economic opportunity.
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Multi-Stakeholder
GOYN brings together young people, public authorities, private sector and nonprofit actors to co-create and implement solutions.
Place-Based
GOYN brings together young people, public authorities, private sector and nonprofit actors to co-create and implement solutions.
System Shifts
GOYN works to create long-term, sustainable change by focusing on the systemic barriers and underlying drivers of youth unemployment.
Opportunity Youth
GOYN aims to create economic mobility for “Opportunity Youth” — young people aged 15-29 who are out of school, unemployed, or working in informal jobs.
A Differentiated Approach Based on Six Core Pillars
Place-based Collaboration
- Design for scale commensurate with a community’s youth unemployment challenge
- Partner with OY & community leaders to build collaborative infrastructure guided by a shared vision for impact
- Coordinate the local employment ecosystem to address structural barriers, including systemic injustice, to youth economic opportunity
- Customize youth employment strategies to local needs & current and future market demand
- Advance a “suite of solutions” for youth employment and entrepreneurship, including effective programming as well as policy & advocacy
Movement- building
Reinforce a global narrative that reflects the full value of investing in young people
Engage new partners, advocates and investors to advance greater economic opportunity for OY
Influence shifts in mindsets, practices, and popcies to create lasting systemic change
Learning Network
Disseminate high- quality research, evidence and best practices
Host vibrant communities of practice to promote knowledge-sharing and innovation
Track, evaluate and share lessons learned from systems shifts in GOYN communities
Youth Voice & Leadership
Center the perspective of young people in the creation of solutions
Partner with a global network of OY leaders, to share learning, actions, and innovations
Link young people to resources, support and allies to build youth agency
Diversified Financing
Mobilize diverse and innovative sources of global and local financing to increase investment in support of economic opportunity for OY
Support communities in building compelling business cases for investment in OY
Data & Technology
Build community capacity to adopt data- driven approaches to problem analysis, collaborative decision- making and strategic planning
Support communities in gathering and sharing new data about OY
Accelerate digital platforms that have potential to shift outcomes at mass scale
Snapshot of GOYN
