Build4Skills

<p>Designed as a step-by-step guide this handbook shows how ADB-backed infrastructure projects in Asia and the Pacific can integrate employability and skills development by delivering work-based youth traineeship opportunities that amplify project benefits. </p><p><br></p><p>It provides practical guidance for project processing teams and implementation units including templates for direct use. It also sets out how to weave cost-effective traineeships into project procurement documents and deliver training programs. The handbook shows how integrating traineeships into projects requires marginal budget increases and explains why offering work-based training helps build a more skilled and productive workforce that improves youth inclusion and boosts employability.</p>