Young people come first
We protect participants’ dignity, agency, wellbeing and right to make their own decisions.
A shared practice for young people’s next steps.
YTAA brings young people, educators, universities and employers together around experience, reflection and opportunity. The association helps participants understand their strengths in real situations and connect them with meaningful learning and professional pathways.
Vision and mission
Vision
Every young person aged 15–24 can access practical career experiences, trusted guidance and professional connections that support informed education and early-career decisions.
Mission
YTAA creates equitable access to practical career experiences, reflection, trusted adult professional and tools for building a self-directed pathway.
Every young person, across family circumstances, locations and school settings, deserves opportunities to explore professional fields and learn through meaningful action.
Values
Fair access and belonging
We work to make career-readiness experiences available across different schools, communities and family circumstances.
Experience builds understanding
Meaningful challenges, projects and conversations help participants recognise what they can do and what they want to explore.
Reflection turns experience into direction
Participants use guided reflection and feedback to connect experience with future learning and work choices.
Trusted partnership
Families, schools, universities and employers work with clear roles, participant consent and respectful information handling.
Real-world connection
Partners contribute cases, professional insight, mentoring and opportunities that make career exploration tangible.
A pathway that grows with the participant.
A young person’s future takes shape through experience, relationships, reflection, and the opportunity to take a meaningful next step.
The Association develops career-readiness infrastructure that enables young people to explore their interests and competencies, learn through action, connect with the professional world, and shape their own learning and career pathways.
Our practice
YTAA builds on facilitated learning formats, career guidance and partner collaboration.
Nova Polis supports shared experience and reflection. ConsultBuro supports career conversations and personal action planning.
Working assets of the association
Nova Polis and ConsultBuro are active parts of YTAA’s practice. Together they create experiences, reflection and practical guidance for young people.
Nova Polis
A facilitated team simulation where young people collaborate, negotiate, make decisions and reflect on what they discover about themselves.
Visit Nova Polis
ConsultBuro
A career-guidance platform that helps young people connect their experience, interests and skills with practical next steps.
Visit ConsultBuroYTAA brings these active practices together through shared standards, responsible partnerships and care for participant information.
Governance
YTAA is an active association based in The Hague. Its governance supports transparent decision-making, responsible partnerships and the careful use of participant information.