GDA SECTOR GUIDE: WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
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Welcome USAID Alliance Builders!
Public-private partnerships done right are a powerful tool for development, providing enduring solutions to some of our greatest challenges. To help familiarize you with the art of alliance building, the Global Development Alliance (GDA) office has created a series of practical guides that highlight proven practices in partnerships, demonstrate lessons learned, and provide insight on identifying and designing strategic partnerships that will meet your sector-focused development objectives.*
The purpose of this guide is to show you how to build public-private partnerships in Workforce Development. USAID’s education strategy, from 2005, defines Workforce Development as “programs and policy efforts that support young people and adults in gaining the specific skills and attitudes they need to be productively employed.” The Agency’s Foreign Assistance Framework more broadly defines Workforce Development as activities that support “…youth and adults in acquiring knowledge and developing skills, attitudes, and behaviors to find legitimate jobs, establish viable self-employment ventures, and stay employed and productive in a changing economy.”
In short, Workforce Development is all about jobs. Alliances in this sector bring partners and resources together to generate or increase employment prospects.
While this guide is meant to promote your partnership efforts in Workforce Development (WfD), it represents only part of the WfD alliance information available. Basic and Higher Education alliances are covered in a separate sector guide. There are additional Workforce Development resources and guidance readily available to you on the GDA website:
http://usaid.gov/GDA
http://inside.usaid.gov/GDA/resources/tools.pdf
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