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Partnerships for Youth Employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States aims to support young women and men between the ages of 15 and 29 who can benefit from integrated, more effective and gender-sensitive youth employment and related policies and programmes in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Georgia. The project aims to use the existing regional network to promote cooperation and knowledge sharing on youth employment. The direct beneficiaries of the project are the decision-makers and staff from the national and sub-regional institutions involved in the formulation, implementation and oversight of policies and programmes for youth employment. The activities carried out in the framework of this network aim to: Strengthen the national capacities of policy makers, public employment services and social partners to analyse the youth labour market trends and youth related challenges as well as to implement, adjust and evaluate employment policies for youth employment; Further develop the existing knowledge sharing and thematic policy review mechanisms among the CIS countries to strengthen and extend the regional cooperation on common current and emerging issues and challenges related to youth employment; Develop and update the key knowledge development initiatives, including the further development of available knowledge management tools; Continue to keep the political momentum for evidence-based, gender-sensitive and cost-effective youth employment interventions. This objective will also involve the BRICS countries and the relevant UN agencies.