The Essential Packages Manual is a comprehensive guide for successful SRHR programmes for young people. It is a starting point for managers, programme officers, monitoring and evaluation staff and others to critically review their programmes against proven standards of good practice, to identify gaps and areas where they could improve to better serve young people, and to learn more about a holistic approach to programming that places young people at the centre.This manual is published as an end product (second edition) and legacy of the "Access, Services and Knowledge" (ASK) programme (2013-2015).