In South-East Asia, young people from vulnerable communities are struggling to benefit from the economic boom. To reduce the barriers to employment, the IECD works with companies, adapting its vocational training programmes to the skills required in the hotel and catering, bakery, electrical maintenance and solar energy sectors.

In Vietnam, young people follow short training courses that focus on practical skills and employability. The ASSET-H&C network is launching a ‘career accelerator’ pilot scheme to increase the impact of its hotel training courses tenfold, leading 1,380 young people into sustainable employment.

The network strengthened the skills of its trainers through the PROF digital training programme in Cambodia and the Philippines.

In Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, the social enterprises guarantee practical, high-quality training and generate resources that are then used to train young people.