college students and student council leaders of universities, such as the University of Northern Philippines (UNP), University of San Carlos (USC), Central Bicol State University of Agriculture (CBSUA) - Pili Campus, Central Luzon State University (CLSU), Romblon State University (RSU), and San Beda University (SBU). Other youth participants are senior high school students from Don Bosco Academy Mabalacat (DBAM) and De La Salle University (DLSU). Scope and Limitations 40. Virtual consultations via Zoom were conducted in place of face-to-face focus group discussions due to the imposition of varying COVID-19 restrictions in the country. Lagging video stream due to weak or intermittent internet connection and background noise that obscured and drowned out the audio of some participants, which made what they were saying inaudible, were also experienced. There were data gaps, particularly among teachers, school administrators, principals, LGUs, and employers, as a limited number of representatives of these sectors were able to respond to CHR’s requests for their participation in the scheduled online consultations. Mapping of Existing Programs, Services, Coordination Mechanisms, and Other Initiatives of State and Non-State Actors This section presents the existing programs, services, coordination mechanisms, and initiatives of different government agencies, local government units, and the private sector. National Government 41. ADB’s Facilitating Youth School-to-Work Transition Program (FYSWP) Subprogram 1 is focused on providing training to “at-risk” youth from poor households, most of whom are either high school graduates or people who did not finish college.103 This program complements other ADB interventions that aim to help accelerate the transition from school to work for young people in the Philippines, including the Senior High School Support Program approved in December 2014.104 The program’s impact is to increase employment rates for young women and men resulting from shortening the school-to-work transition period for youth.105 While the primary target group is youth, many of the program reforms will also assist prime-aged unemployed workers in their job-to-job transition.106 The FYSWP will comprise three subprograms that will include a series of policy reforms and interventions aimed at achieving three outputs: (i) labor market made to work better for youth, (ii) training systems made to work better for 103 Asian Development Bank, Philippines: Facilitating Youth School-to-Work Transition Program (Subprogram 1), ADB project 49117-002 (April 2017). 104 Id. 105 Asian Development Bank, Proposed Programmatic Approach and Policy-based Loan for Subprogram 1 Republic of the Philippines: Facilitating Youth School-to-Work Transition Program Concept Paper, ADB project 49117-002 (February 2016). 106 Id. 27