Youth employment and digitalisation

Financed by the Luxembourg Cooperation, the aim of the "Youth employment and digitalisation" project is to improve the conditions for the inclusion of young people in El Salvador, through actions to promote employability and professional integration. It is in line with the Sustainable Development Goal no. 8, which advocates sustained and inclusive economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

An ambitious and necessary project

The five-year, EUR 7.5 million project is being rolled out nationwide. It targets young people aged between 18 and 35 with limited digital skills, particularly those from vulnerable groups such as returnees, people with disabilities or those in social reintegration.

Concrete and diversified results

The project has four key results, aligned with the priorities of the Government of El Salvador and private companies.

• improving employability: thanks to comprehensive job matching services, the project will help 2,500 young people enter the job market in their region;
• encouraging self-employment: the project will support 200 young people towards self-employment and job creation through incubation and acceleration efforts;
• strengthening the productive fabric: a laboratory providing services tailored to the needs of businesses will be set up to offer digital solutions to local businesses;
• consolidate public policies: better governance will be facilitated by more effective data management in the digital employment ecosystem.

A partnership with key players at national and international level

The project's anchor point is the Ministry of the Economy; the main stakeholders are the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, the National Commission for Micro and Small Enterprises (CONAMYPE) and the National Training Institute (INCAF).

The project is also part of the Team Europe Initiative (TEI) known as LAMARR and, therefore, complements the actions implemented by other European cooperation agencies in El Salvador. In this sense, the direct implementation of the training processes is ensured by other stakeholders, while the contribution of the Luxembourg intervention focuses on facilitating access to the world of work for young people coming out of these processes.