2020 Subaward - Cochabamba - Programa de Empleabilidad Juvenil

Programa de Empleabilidad Juvenil – Trabajando Juntos por un Mundo de Oportunidades. (Youth Employment Program) 

Chapter:  Cochabamba, Bolivia 

Location of the Grant:  Bolivia  

Duration:  3/1/2021 – 9/30/2021 

Description of the Grant:  The purpose of the project is to increase the employability and economic empowerment of Bolivian youth, high school and college students, through an online training program that strengthen the three areas of the 21st century soft skills: learning and innovation skills, digital literacy skills, personal and professional life skills. During the workshops, the youth will be shaped as agents of change, thanks to the knowledge and materials that they will gain in the program, as well as be provided with tools to access a direct job, gain advice to develop a life and career plan, a well-developed curriculum, and practical guidance about job interviews, among other benefits detailed in the workshop curriculum map that will be presented. This program seeks to support the 8th Sustainable Development Goal: “Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.”

The project seeks to strengthen and motivate the 21st century skills of a total of 100 young students, 50 university youth between 18 and 25 years old (25 women and 25 men) and 50 school-aged students in their last two years of high school (25 women and 25 men) under the youth employment program. The program will encourage citizen participation and use of soft skills, under the “projects method” that will be evaluated upon the completion of the program by a qualified committee. Each student that presents a Social Impact project, will be able to finalize the Training Program and receive their certification. The project will support professional and personal training through educational workshops. Additionally, 10 students will receive partial study scholarships of 30-40% to the Universidad Tecnica Privada Cosmos. 

Key Audience:  The project will benefit outstanding low-income students from public schools from across national territory, from the ages of 15-17, 50% female and 50% male. The project will also benefit outstanding university students form different university across the national territory, ages between 18 and 25 years old. 50% female and 50% male. 

Key Partners:  Partners of the Americas Cochabamba Chapter/ Pearson / YLAI Alumni / AMCHAM Junior-Chamber of American Commerce / Empleabilidad Emprendedora / UNITEPC- Universidad Técnica Privada Cosmos / PartnersCampus San Simón 

Tags:  Education, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Professional Development, Community Empowerment