Project profile — Skills for Employment in the Extractives Sector of the Pacific Alliance

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased sustainable dialogue among Pacific Alliance countries on policies, guidelines and sustainable practices on professionalization of the extractive sector’s technical workforce and on equitable employment conditions in order to ensure academic achievement of women and men; and (2) improved beneficiaries’ employability, particularly women, in technical and vocational training (TVET), in some regions of the Pacific Alliance countries in the extractive sector, factoring sustainable development.

Results achieved as of March 2023 include: (1) reviewed 11 training programs within the beneficiary institutions of the Pacific Alliance (PA) countries; (2) delivered 23 technical missions, including exchanges of good practices (nine took place in Canada); (3) launched terms of reference within the network of Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) members; (4) selected Canadian institutions to carry out their start-up missions in their respective PA country through four selection processes that took place in Canada (one per PA country); (5) established institutional alliances in four countries and selected seven Canadian consortia from the 23 submissions received (selected proposals took into account cross-cutting issues, relating to gender equality and the environment); (6) delivered four Gender Equality focussed webinars and training sessions; (7) completed four thematic Forums on topics related to Gender, Indigenous Peoples, Education, and Environment, with over 2,363 participants from four Pacific Alliance countries (Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru ) including Canada; and (8) the Ministry of Education in Colombia carried out the first Technical and Vocational Training (TVET) promotion campaign, reaching almost 300,000 people.