YouthWorks PH was a youth employability project between PBEd and USAID from 2018 to January 2025. It sought to provide free training and employment support for youth not in education, employment, or training (NEET) to strengthen stakeholder capacity for youth employability.

Our Goals

Increased youth employability skills and competencies
Strengthened stakeholder capacity for youth employability
Improved enabling environment for workforce development

Our Model

Growth Sectors

Food & Beverage Services
Manufacturing
Retail
Construction
ICT

our impact

Priority Areas

The project prioritizes the Greater Manila Area, Cebu,
Cagayan de Oro, General Santos, and Zamboanga

our impact

By its completion, the project achieved
these key milestones

7,000 +

youth not in education, employment or training (NEET) reached

82.5 %

program completers employed

725 M

yworth of support from partners

Their story

Two construction graduates share how their YouthWorks PH training helped them bounce back from life's challenges.
Witness how skills training helped a young mother defy all odds by showing that motherhood and mechanics can go hand-in-hand.
A deaf couple from Metro Manila is now armed with the right skills to get into the food service industry after undergoing skills training.

Flexible Training for
Work Program

YouthWorks PH's Flexible Training for Work Program offers customized training and employment support
to help NEET youth build successful careers. Download our guidebook to learn how you can help create a
community where every young person thrives.

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Our Work in the News

PBEd to DOLE: Strengthen labor market data to close skills gap
March 29, 2025

PBEd to DOLE: Strengthen labor market data to close skills gap

Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to enhance the country’s labor market information (LMI) system by integrating industry-driven reports on skills demand and…

PBEd supports efforts to expand microcredentialing for skills-based workforce development
March 26, 2025

PBEd supports efforts to expand microcredentialing for skills-based workforce development

Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) has reaffirmed its support for the adoption of micro-credentialing in technical-vocational education and training (TVET), recognizing its potential to equip Filipino workers with in-demand skills…

PBEd: Industry-led training to boost employment through EBET Law
March 4, 2025

PBEd: Industry-led training to boost employment through EBET Law

Industry-led advocacy group Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) welcomed the signing of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for Republic Act No. 12063 or the Enterprise-Based Education and Training (EBET)…

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