Project profile — Sustainable Colombian Opportunities for Peacebuilding and Employment

• Colombia (87.43%)
• Ecuador (9.42%)
• Peru (3.15%)

• Basic Education: Basic life skills for youth and adults (11230) (10.00%)
• Secondary Education: Vocational training (11330) (50.00%)
• Other Social Infrastructure And Services: Employment policy and administrative management (16020) (40.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Urban issues (significant objective)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (principal objective)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)

This project aims to develop programs that provide skills training, work internships, and job placements matched to labour market needs for at-risk youth in seven major Colombian cities: Baranquilla, Bogota, Buenaventura, Cali, Cartagena, Medellin, Soacha, and Quibdo. This project seeks to transfer Canadian inclusive training and employment models to Colombian municipalities and private sector partners. In addition, the project will involve deploying 34 skilled Canadian cooperants to build municipal capacities in areas such as employment program planning and gender-responsive employment strategies. The Sustainable Colombian Opportunities for Peacebuilding and Employment (SCOPE) promotes private sector engagement by designing training that responds to the needs of local businesses while ensuring their commitment to providing employment opportunities for poor and vulnerable youth. Project activities include: (1) increasing equitable and inclusive participation of poor and vulnerable youth in the labour market; and (2) improving the design and implementation of market-driven employment policies, strategies and programs for poor and vulnerable youth.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased equitable and inclusive participation in the labour market of poor and vulnerable people in targeted regions in Colombia; (2) improved design and implementation of gender-responsive and market-driven employment policies, strategies and programs for poor and vulnerable people. This initiative directly benefits 4,000 vulnerable youth, with 80% receiving guaranteed employment. Also, 12,000 indirect beneficiaries via youth contributions to their overall family incomes.

Parmi les résultats obtenus à la fin du projet (juin 2024), on compte (1) Le renforcement de l’autonomie de 26 084 personnes (66,6 % femmes, 33,3 % hommes et 0,01 % personnes non binaires) en Colombie, en Équateur et au Pérou par le biais de l’acquisition de nouvelles compétences professionnelles. Le projet a facilité l’embauche formel de 15 543 personnes et le lien avec des services de développement des entreprises pour 2 312 personnes. Les bénéficiaires incluent : les migrants vénézuéliens (24,3 %), les victimes de conflits armés (17,7 %) et les jeunes (69,9 %) ; (2) L’implication active de plus de 500 acteurs privés, publics et gouvernementaux dans des activités de sensibilisation à l'inclusion des personnes désavantagées dans le monde du travail. Ces activités ont permis à 77 parties prenantes de signer des protocoles d'entente, s'engageant à créer des opportunités d'emploi pour les populations vulnérables. 8 gouvernements locaux et nationaux ont adopté des lignes directrices techniques pour les politiques et programmes d'emploi inclusif ; et (3) 82 partenaires du secteur privé ont suivi une formation sur l'égalité des genres et l'inclusion sociale dans le cadre de l'initiative Ruta Inclusiva du projet. 70 des partenaires participants ont élaboré des politiques de ressources humaines (RH) inclusives, et 62 ont mis en œuvre ces politiques et intégré les leurs leçons apprises ainsi que des processus d'égalité des genres et d'inclusion sociale dans leurs procédures de RH.

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