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Philippines  \nAn Evaluation of the USAID Opportunity 2.0 Activity  \nJanuary 2025  \nThis document is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), under Cooperative Agreement 72049220CA00003 . The contents are the sole responsibility of Education Development Center and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID orthe United States Government.  \nPrepared by: Rachel Blum  \nResearch led by: Madelyn Cunningham  \nContributions by: Philip Purnell, Jill Jarvi, Jhon Hayden Bayle, Nancy Wallace  \nEditing and Design: Digital Design Group/EDC  \n@ 2025 Education Development Center, Inc. All rights reserved.  \nContents  \nExecutive Summary ......................................... 4  \nProgram Results .................................................................. 10  \nBackground.................................................... 11  \nSecond-Chance Education in the Philippines ................... 11  \nRecent Reform Efforts ........................................................ 12  \nFrom Policy to Implementation .......................................... 12  \nDesigning a Locally Led Response: Opportunity 2.0 ........ 12  \nBuilding on Prior USAID Experiences................................. 13  \nThe O2 Activity..................................................................... 14  \nDiverse Actors Working Together ...................................... 15  \nThe COVID-19 Pandemic .................................................... 19  \nA Remaining Question......................................................... 20  \nUnderstanding Systems Change........................................ 20  \nEvaluation Rationale............................................................ 20  \nEvaluation Design .......................................... 21  \nPurpose of the Evaluation................................................... 21  \nMethodology ........................................................................ 22  \nData Collection .................................................................... 22  \nAnalysis ................................................................................ 22  \nValidation ............................................................................. 23  \nStudy Limitations................................................................. 23  \nDetailed Findings ........................................... 24  \n1. Improved Service Delivery .............................................. 26  \n2. Greater System Connectedness for OSY Transitions .. 29  \n3. More Effective Government Leadership........................ 31  \n4. Sustained Mechanisms for Youth Engagement .......... 34  \n5. Positive Mindset Shifts among Youth ........................... 35  \n6. Pro-OSY Lens among System Actors ............................ 38  \nLessons Learned ........................................... 40  \nRecommendations ........................................ 43  \nReferences..................................................... 46  \nEnd Notes ...................................................... 49  \nList of Figures  \nFigure 1.  \nSimplified Causal Loop Model Diagram for O2’s Theory of Systems Change ..................... 9  \nFigure 2.  \nMap of O2’s 15 Site Locations ...................... 14  \nFigure 3 .  \nTimeline of USAID Milestones, Mapped Against Philippines Policy Milestones for OSY ............................................................ 15  \nFigure 4.  \nThe Youth Systems Framework .................... 20  \nFigure 5.  \nSimplified Causal Loop Model Diagram for O2’s Theory of Systems Change ............. 25  \nFigure 6.  \nBAE’s Organizational Capacity  \nSelf-Assessment Scores, from Baseline to Endline......................................................... 32  \nFigure 7.  \nFour Intervention Components of  \nO2’s Positive Youth Development Approach ..............","cbCaiucAqyvCPNau","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiucAqyvCPNau","pdf",7127100,"English","# Executive Summary\n## Program Results\n# Background\n## Second-Chance Education in the Philippines\n## Recent Reform Efforts\n## From Policy to Implementation\n## Designing a Locally Led Response: Opportunity 2.0\n## Building on Prior USAID Experiences\n## The O2 Activity\n## Diverse Actors Working Together\n## The COVID-19 Pandemic\n## A Remaining Question\n# Understanding Systems Change\n## Evaluation Rationale\n## Evaluation Design\n## Purpose of the Evaluation\n## Methodology\n## Data Collection\n## Analysis\n## Validation\n## Study Limitations\n# Detailed Findings\n## Improved Service Delivery\n## Greater System Connectedness for OSY Transitions\n## More Effective Government Leadership\n## Sustained Mechanisms for Youth Engagement\n## Positive Mindset Shifts among Youth\n## Pro-OSY Lens among System Actors\n# Lessons Learned\n# Recommendations\n# References\n# End Notes","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the USAID Opportunity 2.0 systems change evaluation?\",\"answer\":\"The evaluation assesses the most salient system-level changes observed by stakeholders over the program life in the Philippines education-to-employment system for out-of-school youth.\"},{\"question\":\"Who implemented Opportunity 2.0 and who was the target group?\",\"answer\":\"Education Development Center (EDC) implemented Opportunity 2.0, targeting 180,000 Filipino out-of-school youth across 15 cities.\"},{\"question\":\"How was Opportunity 2.0 designed and with whom?\",\"answer\":\"The activity was co-designed using a systems lens from the outset with USAID, the Department of Education (DepEd), the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), and EDC.\"}]","Improving Education and Employment Outcomes for Out-of-School Youth: Systems Change in the Philippines | PDF",1792049960,126]