The Global Opportunity Youth Network is housed at Aspen Institute’s Forum for community solutions and is co-designed by partners Prudential, Global Development Incubator, YouthBuild International, Accenture and CRS( Catholic Relief Services).
GOYN is a global initiative catalysing system shift for youth opportunity through the creation of sustainable training, employment, and income-earning pathways. GOYN works with “Opportunity Youth”(OY) — young people aged 15-29 who are out of school, unemployed, or working in informal jobs.
Tenets of GOYN:
GOYN has chosen “Anchor Partners’ in various communities across the world, who facilitate a deep level of ecosystem collaboration and coordinated action. Lighthouse Communities Foundation (formerly known as Pune City Connect) is the anchor partner in Pune.
Lighthouse Communities Foundation in partnership with Pune Municipal Corporation has been working tirelessly to improve youth’s lives and livelihood , empower citizens with digital literacy, and improve the quality of education in PMC Marathi medium schools. The Collective Action ecosystem comprises 50+ donors, 45+ implementation partners, and 2000+ employers.
Goals:
GOYN collaboratives are led by local Anchor Partner institutions who convene and organize community leaders committed to expanding youth economic opportunity. Collaboratives conduct in-depth research and data-gathering to examine the causes and drivers of youth employment and identify a suite of priority youth employment pathways and policy advocacy activities to be accelerated.
In 2018, GOYN conducted a comparative study of 30 global communities to determine those most suitable and ready to implement a place-based systemic change approach. The first nine communities and Anchor Partners are:
