Amidst the global pandemic, an executive order constituting the very first provincial-wide youth development alliance in the Philippines was signed on March 30, 2020.
Signed by Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Governor Roberto Uy, Executive Order 20-28 or the establishment of the alliance called Zamboanga del Norte Youth Development Alliance (ZNYDA) will now officially roll out.
ZNYDA aims to link the youth to opportunities for education, employment, and entrepreneurship and civic engagement through improving the referral mechanisms between government and private entities. It will reach the youth specifically the completers of the Alternative Learning System (ALS) of the Department of Education, the in-school youth, and the out-of-school youth.
Furthermore, its role is to facilitate referral and information exchange so that ALS completers and other youth have opportunities for post-training activities like job fairs, immersion, scholarships for continuing education and training, and ultimately employment or self-enterprise development.
The alliance is chaired by the Provincial Governor Uy and supervised by the Provincial Youth Development Office led by Carl Michael Rubia, the Provincial Youth Development Officer-Designate, and the Sangguniang Kabataan Provincial Federation President, Miles Tejada.