Drew Gardiner is a Youth Employment Specialist and member of the Global Technical Team of the International Labour Organization’s Employment Policy Department. He was previously the Chief Technical Adviser of the ILO’s “Taqeem Initiative” which undertakes impact evaluation of policies and programmes on women’s and youth employment. He is a researcher, speaker and adviser on evidence-based active labour market interventions and has mobilized and managed a portfolio of labour market programmes related to skills, entrepreneurship and employment services across Africa and the Middle East, working with stakeholders from the United Nations, the private sector and government.