Passport to Earning (P2E)
A flagship learning-to-earning programme that equips young people with free, job-ready skills and certifications to access earning opportunities at scale
How it works | Impact | Our unique approach | Partners | Get involved
The world of work is changing faster than many education and training systems can keep up.
Young people need practical, job-ready skills to access earning opportunities, but too many face barriers to relevant learning, certification and pathways into work.
Despite the growing availability of digital skilling opportunities, their impact depends on how well they align with young people's aspirations, labour market needs, and employer demand. Too often, these programmes experience low retention rates, and even successful graduates face barriers to converting newly acquired skills into tangible outcomes, including employment, entrepreneurship, and continued learning.
Passport to Earning (P2E)is a flagship programme by Generation Unlimited that provides young people aged 15–24 with free, job-relevant skills training and certification. Through a digital platform, P2E helps young people build in-demand skills and connect to opportunities for jobs, hands-on experience and entrepreneurship.
How the Passport to Earning programme works
Active in 10 countries, P2E leverages technology and proven programmatic approaches to deliver market-relevant skilling for young people and connect them to earning opportunities.
The platform supports young people by:
- Providing localised access, through customized P2E platforms adapted with country partners
- Offering job-relevant curricula developed with the private sector and young people, including digital, financial, employability and other in-demand skills
- Providing skills certification, helping young people demonstrate what they have learned
- Connecting learning to opportunities by linking youth to partners and programmes providing employment and entrepreneurship support, including career guidance, coaching, job matching, placements, internships, mentorships, inclubation, bootcamps, and others
Partner support is critical
P2E is shaped by:
- Employers and companies, who contribute expertise on hiring, talent development and the skills needed in the world of work
- Government partners, who adapt, certify and deliver skilling programmes that fit local contexts and market needs
- Youth advisers, who help refine the platform’s content and experience so it responds to young people’s priorities and aspirations
What makes the P2E programme unique?
P2E is built to close the gap between skills and livelihoods at scale
- A proven solution, not a pilot, with an operational platform already active across 10 countries and reaching millions of young people, with an average completion rate of 86% — higher than industry benchmarks.
- Built for scale and inclusion, offering free, certified learning to young people who may otherwise be excluded from quality skilling opportunities.
- Focused on outcomes beyond completion, helping young people translate skills into jobs, hands-on experience, entrepreneurship and further learning.
- Flexible enough to plug into wider programmes, working as a standalone platform or as a skilling layer within youth employment, education and entrepreneurship initiatives.
P2E is a proven, scalable model which focuses on young people from marginalised communities.
Passport to Earning stories of change from across the globe.
Related stories
Sarai Sofia, 16, found her first job in a context where every possibility once seemed out of reach. She overcame her fear of public speaking, completed courses, and learned about the possibility of becoming a Young Apprentice, in order to position herself to apply for the jobs she saw herself in.
Through participatory action research, adolescent girls and young women uncovered insights that directly informed the design of P2E 2.0, strengthening relevance, accessibility, and pathways to opportunity.
Muskaan's life took a pivotal turn when she learned about the Passport to Earning (P2E) programme, from which she gained essential knowledge about loans, interest rates, savings, budgeting, and investments. She now shares her knowledge throughout her community.
Partner with Generation Unlimited
Get involved
To scale P2E globally and unlock opportunities for young people wherever they are, GenU is inviting new partners to offer:
- Funding
- Curated content for training and certification
- Apprenticeships and employment opportunities
- Coaching and mentorship
- Technical support
For more details, contact [email protected].
