1. Source of funding

Public-Private partnerships

     2. Mission and Objectives

To improve the quality of trained manpower to meet demand.

     1. To help meet the demand of the economy for trained manpower;
     2. To establish a national apprenticeship program through the participation of employers, workers and government and non-government agencies; 
     3. To establish apprenticeship standards for the protection of apprentices; and
     4. To strengthen manpower education and training in the Philippines by institutionalizing the DTS as an instructional delivery system of technical and vocational education and training (TVET).

     3. Areas of work relating to youth employment

Apprenticeships; Public-Private partnerships and School-to-work transition

     4. Partners and areas of partnerships

TESDA approved companies

     5. Potential or existing partnership with the ILO

     6.  Successful youth employment interventions

     1. Apprenticeship Program: A training and employment program involving a contract between an apprentice and an employer on an approved apprenticeable occupation. Generally, it aims to provide a mechanism that will ensure availability of qualified skilled workers based on industry requirements. The period of apprenticeship covers a minimum of four months and a maximum of six months. Only companies with approved and registered apprenticeship programs under TESDA can be hire apprentices.

    2. Learnership Program: A practical training on-the-job for approved learnable occupations, for a period not exceeding three months. Only companies with TESDA approved and registered learnership programs can hire learners.

    3. Dual Training System: An instructional mode of delivery for technology-based education and training in which learning takes place alternately in two venues: the school or training center and the company.