Honduras: Human development for youth: overcoming the challenges of migration through employment
JOINT PROGRAMME QUICK FACTS
Total Budget $6,372,000
Delivery Rate
Main Achievements
- 1,500 youth were trained in business development; 750 from rural areas and 800 from urban areas are starting businesses.
- Awareness campaign on the participation of young women in the labor market.
- A National Plan for the Generation of Decent Employment 2008/2011 for youth was designed and is pending approval.
The Programme will create decent entrepreneurship and employment opportunities for vulnerable youth between the ages of 15 and 29, and with equality of opportunity, will insert them in the productive process, promote a sense of belonging and disincentivise irregular migration.
The intervention model will be based on: 1) Improving employability conditions; 2) Promoting entrepreneurship through the creation of micro enterprises which focus on decent employment, promotion of business alliances and environmentally sustainable criteria and; 3) Reinforcing sense of belonging and national identity. The comprehensive strategy combines: a) a production chains approach with high potential to create decent employment b) eligible youth, preferably those who are socially vulnerable and from rural backgrounds, including the Lenca indigenous peoples; c) an intervention area with high migration potential. It will promote the strengthening of local institutions, agreements between businesses and educational centres, and training and succession plans in line with the local demand for labour. The lead institution will be the Ministry of Labour.