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The Pathways to Advancing Viable Alternatives to Education and Employment (PAVE) methodology

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The case manager coordination and liaison role

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Effective mapping of existing local services – this was coordinated by case managers using local youth to catalogue services in their areas

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Ministry ownership of high quality training for labor inspectors, through their involvement of effective adaptation to the Moroccan context

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Identification and capacity building of key partners at national and local levels, including some material improvement to facilities to broaden opportunities

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The project identified the importance of adapting to challenges using imagination and creativity and then testing solutions.

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It is good to include local trainers to work with youth, starting with life skills training, and then quickly integrating economic empowerment aspects into clubs and other subsequent training.

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The project learned that it is the diversity of income generating options that leads to increasing income as youth try different products and services and test their local markets. Many youth were engaged in more than one activity.

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In vocational and skills training, it is good to provide short alternative training sessions— Alternative Skills Training—on simple subjects (such as baking bread and cakes, making liquid soap, and shoemaking) using motivational speakers. These courses helped supplement other sources of income that youth obtained through longer types of training. Earning money early in training can help build excitement and motivation in youth and their caregivers. It can also help mitigate periodic participation in hazardous labor during their training period, as they now had a source of income in decent work. Finally, it can help with income diversification which is an important element for ensuring youth and their families have various options to mitigate economic shocks.

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The project integrated agriculture in different project components, including NFE, even if that was not the original subject of the NFE. They persisted with agriculture even when initially there was resistance from youth, and the youths’ attitudes changed when they gained more experience with the benefits of agricultural activities. Learning agriculture enabled youth to earn an income using improved farming techniques to supplement work they obtained after NFE. Such additional skills can also help them to earn an income to buy the inputs and tools needed for their NFE-generated skills