Youth, Skills, and Livelihoods
Our work so far has focused on three key areas:
- Understanding skills development systems, through diagnostic studies, strategy, and research work focused on education, skills development, technical vocational education and training (TVET), and employability.
- Using skills development as a lens to engage with a wide range of cross-cutting themes. Skills development is a multidimensional workstream. Increasingly issues relating to skills and livelihoods lie at the core of poverty reduction programmes, just transitions and climate adaptation, healthcare, youth employability and gender and social inclusion. At OPM, we combine in-depth sectoral work on skills development policy and programmes, with cross-sectoral work – collaborating across OPM practice areas such as the climate change, governance, and health teams.
- Monitoring, evaluating and learning (MEL) partner for skills programmes across countries: We specialise in evaluating skills programmes – with a focus on women and youth. We are currently the MEL partner for the Skill Impact Bond in India. We have also evaluated the Jobs, Skills and Finance Programme in The Gambia and also evaluated the Quality and Technical Assurance Group’s (QTAG) Youth Programme in Papua New Guinea, funded by the Government of Australia.
We work with diverse range of clients which include the World Bank, UNICEF, Mastercard Foundation, the German development agency GIZ, Department for Aid and Trade in New Zealand, Central Square Foundation, British Asian Trust, Templeton Foundation, and the Gates Foundation.
Our team
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Divya leads our global work in skills development, technical vocational education and training, and livelihoods.
Jasmine has extensive experience working in both the public and private sectors in education and social development.
Nida has extensive experience in providing technical assistance to provincial governments on increasing marginalised children's access to education.
Jeffrey B. Matu is an education researcher and skills development specialist.
Maryam is an Assistant Consultant in our Education Practice.
Phalasha is our Livelihoods and Social Inclusion Lead, with experience across livelihoods, gender, social inclusion, skill, and youth employment.
Dr. Ankit Saraf is a Senior Education Consultant at OPM with about 15 years of experience in the education sector.
Anjali is an Assistant Consultant in our Youth, Skills, and Livelihoods hub.
Priscilla's expertise focuses on project evaluation, and on designing and implementing robust M&E systems, particularly in education
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