Executive summary: What works in systems change interventions?

Summary

The review was conducted by the Institute for Employment Studies and the Global Development Network and reviewed the literature on systems change interventions, with a focus on youth employment. The research was commissioned to inform the approach taken by Connected Futures – Youth Futures’ flagship systems change programme.

It investigates effective principles and practices for interventions that aim to shape and transform England’s complex youth empoyment system so that better outcomes can be achieved for young people.

This executive summary offers an overview of the research and insights.

Contents

1. Inclusive terminology
2. Introduction
3. Defining systems change
4. Effectiveness in systems change
5. Levers of systems change
6. Applying systems change in practice
7. Systems change in the youth employment landscape
8. Lessons for systems change
9. Systems change checklist