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Development of Robust
Place-based Economic
Opportunities for Rural Youth
Global opportunity Youth Network is a global
place-based multi stakeholder initiative led
by the Aspen Institute Forum for Community
Solutions in partnership with Prudential, the
Global Development Incubator, YouthBuild
International, and Accenture with
Transforming Rural India Foundation as the
anchor partner in Rural India. The vision of
the initiative is for the Youth to have access to
dignified, productive, sustainable
entrepreneurship, and employment
pathways. With TRIF’s focus on accelerating
economic and livelihood opportunities, TRIF
is anchoring development of protype of
scalable solutions in Ramgarh, Jharkhand as
part of the GOYN program. The interventions
span across rural entrepreneurship,
promotion of agri-based livelihoods and
development of rural value chains.
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Pillars
Place based
collaboratives Call to action
Youth Voice and Funding
Solutions Mobilization
Co-design partners
GOYN Highlights of 2020-21
An intensive ecosystem mapping
A long term, 11-year program towards achievement exercise was conducted in Ramgarh
of local development goals and Sustainable with the design partners to understand
development goal 2030. the macro-view of the Youth opportunity
in the District and identifying the
economic potential. A multi-stakeholder
Advisory Board has been setup. The
Board will be instrumental in providing
With TRIF’s focus on accelerating support for developing a plan for
economic and livelihood opportunities, saturating, ‘Opportunity youth’ reach in
TRIF is anchoring development of Ramgarh over the next 2 years. Further,
a district level Youth Advisory Group
protype of scalable solutions in has been set up to assess the
Ramgarh, Jharkhand as part of the aspirations of the Youth in Ramgarh.
GOYN program.
As part of the initiative, in 2020-2021,
Youth Opportunity Hubs have been
Neeraj Ahuja established. These hubs are digitally
Lead - GOYN, TRIF
Learning Agenda
Pillars
Data and Digital
Platforms
Connected Physical hubs along with
qualified HR will be key success
enabler for connecting rural youth
with opportunities.
The hub is placed at the union of Youth
aspirations, Youth Aptitude and Local
Skill demand, providing services of
Higher Education Enrolment
Entrepreneurship Capability
Building
Employment Linkage
Financial assistance
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