The Making Enabling Spaces Framework situates Respectful Relationships as the guiding value for young people's well being. By doing so, the framework emphasises young peoples' ability to form and sustain meaningful, respectful relationships as a key indicator of success.

The framework positions the guiding value (Respectful Relationships) relative to three organising principles: Connection, Capacity and Meaning. These organising principles are made up of Shared Concepts that can be mapped to Program Objectives.

The framework recognises that successful programs are those which instil young people with a sense of self-agency and ongoing engagement with learning and community. It also recognises that such programs succeed by cultivating an environment of respectful relationships.

The Making Enabling Spaces Framework offers a scaffolding for the youth services sector to evaluate programs that keep young people engaged with learning against this new paradigm, and effectively begin developing a collective evidence base beyond traditional measures of attendance, retention and pathways.