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Project ID: | 00067213 | Description: | MDGF-1938-H-CRI Youth, Employm |
Fund: | Start Date *: | 31 Dec 2008 | |
Theme: | MDGF Youth Employ & Migrant |
End Date*: | 15 Nov 2012 |
Country: | Costa Rica | Project Status: | Financially Closed |
Participating Organization: | Multiple |
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Overview:The recent worldwide economic crisis has significantly increased unemployment among Youth. In Costa Rica, in 2009, 21% of the young population was considered poor. In 2010 unemployment rose and so did the general poverty level of the country. The Joint Program “Youth, Employment and Migration” aimed at providing better opportunities in access to decent labour to young people (15 to 35 years old), specially to the most vulnerable groups such as women and migrant population, mostly being Nicaraguan people (constituting 71% of the foreign population living in Costa Rica.) The JP was thus developed around two outcomes: one for coordination of public policies and institutional capacity development for youth employability and entrepreneurship, and the second which aimed through a holistic approach to effectively improve the socio-economic and formative conditions for the targeted youth in Nicaraguan border cantons of Upala and Desamparados. The programme largely achieved its results at the local level: three Attention Office Point E (Ventanillas de Atención Punto E) were created with an Integral Approach Model (MAI) to assist 3,278 vulnerable young people in the target areas to promote employment, employability and entrepreneurship; 25 youth organizations matched the demand of the services required by young people as service providers in Upala and Desamparados. Under the labour component 633 beneficiaries were counseled in labour management in both cantons; capacity development of public servants was undertaken and a module to develop local strategies for collaboration between municipalities and the employment sector with focus on youth was established. Under the entrepreneurship component a wide range of activities was undertaken. Some specific examples include 129 youth who were given financing for their enterprises, 512 youth were trained to develop business plans, and the Canton Upala has a business incubator that will benefit 50 youth and give them access to the benefits of the National Entrepreneurship Policy “Costa Rica Emprende”, and, some 200 public servants and private sector actors received training. Under the migration component a “migration route” was established providing information and funding to young migrants. 752 young migrants were assisted to regularize their migration process and access services to improve their quality of life, 329 benefited from information from the “migration route” to be able to follow up on their migration procedures. Of these 95 already obtained their visa. The education sector was also involved under this component as a training manual on interlculturalism in schools was developed and used to train 120 teachers from MEP (Ministry of Education) and 90 teachers from vocational training schools (INA). An agreement between the MEP and the Nicaraguan Chancellery led to the recognition of the consular identification card as a valid identification document. Under the education component, educative strategies promoting English knowledge among 308 students and promoting retention options to avoid abandonment of secondary education were implemented, and 2 schools were equipped in ICT (Information and Communication Technologies), one in each canton, providing training to 207 youth in ICT. At the policy level, a Technical Norm for Labour Competency was developed to adjust the formal technical education to market needs with two new specialties: Control and Productivity, and Management. This model can be permanently used by the MEP. Under the first outcome, at the national level, a major result was the development of EMPLEATE (employ yourself), a public-private initiative implemented by the MTSS (Ministry of Labour and Social Security) that seeks to employ disadvantaged youth and received public funding of 20 billion colones (local currency). 6,000 young people benefited from the programme, 2,000 have been trained and 250 already found employment. The economic sustainability of the EMPLEATE has been guaranteed through an Executive Order. 11 Attention Office Points were established by MTSS at the municipal level for EMPLEATE. At the national level the main lines of the Youth Employment Plan were agreed upon by the various actors. In addition to the two outcomes, an additional component was added to the programme, called “CUIDO”, a child-care programme for working mothers. Attention to, approximately, 5,867 children was provided, and several guidelines were produced and distributed to 24 public establishments. In addition, 24 staff were trained to assist children in Care and Development Children Centers, 18 young women trained to professionally assist minor people.
Outcome 1:Migrant youth and women in vulnerable situation in the cantons of Upala and Desamparados have an integral programme of attention (ventanilla) that provides access to opportunities and services that improve employment, employability and entrepreneurship. Outcome achievements:
Outcome 2:Coordinated and coherent policies and strengthened capacity of public institutions to improve employability and entrepreneurship of youth. Outcome achievements:
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More details can be found in the final project report: https://mptf.undp.org/document/download/10762 Recent Documents
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