Summary

Youth-friendly spaces designed to assist young people with post-education or further education pathways. Services and activities in career centers may help young people develop their job search skills, explore career options, identify and work toward career goals, find additional training or learning opportunities, get referrals to employers, and boost networking skills.

Program Examples

Asia: USAID Achieve (Thailand)

LAC: Positive Pathways Initiative (Jamaica)

MENA: Higher Education Scholarships  (Lebanon), USAID Scholars (Egypt)

Sample Indicators

Standard Indicators

Applicability depends on structure and content of center programming.

Custom (Illustrative) Indicators

# of youth placed in jobs, internships, apprenticeships, or further education through career center; # or % of youth with increased professional networks; Increased # of services/facilities with youth-responsive characteristics; Increase in youth-responsive characteristics for a single service/facility.