USAID/Mozambique commissioned the Mozambique Cross-Sectoral Youth Assessment to inform its forthcoming country development cooperation strategy (CDCS) 2020–2024 and provide programmatic recommendations for its technical offices. The assessment also aimed to offer development practitioners working in Mozambique information about the current situation of Mozambican youth and the challenges of their journey from adolescence to adulthood.

The youth assessment’s main objectives were to (1) understand the assets, needs, challenges, and opportunities of Mozambican youth and identify opportunities where youth can contribute to development and peace in Mozambique; (2) identify context-relevant models and approaches for implementation of evidence-based and gender-sensitive programming for youth between the ages of 10 and 29 by assessing other relevant donor youth programs; and (3) assess and identify lessons learned from USAID/Mozambique’s past and current youth programming that can inform the design of future youth programs to better support youths’ needs and aspirations.