Scope of Project: USAID/Philippines’ University Partnership Linking Out-of-School Youth to Agri-Entrepreneurship and Development to promote Job Opportunities (UPLOAD JOBS) Project for Mindanao was a three-year initiative that sought to address the key constraints to peace and stability in Midsayap, Mindanao. The project aimed to provide quality life skills combined with targeted workforce skills to create pathways for reintegration of out-of-school youth (OSY) as productive members of their communities.

Our Work: Working with an additional external evaluator, Panoply Digital led a field-based evaluation of the higher education partnership on behalf of Higher Education for Development (HED). We traveled to Manila and served as the primary data collector among Mindanao youth involved in the partnership, as well as senior project implementers. Qualitative research methods such as focus group discussions and structured interviews were deployed. This culminated in an evaluation report which was incorporated into a larger USAID report on the partnership outcomes.

Countries Served: Philippines