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Future and Jobs for Youth in the 21st Century

  • The Future Fair is a series of events that seek to join young people from 16 to 29 years old in order  to improve their employability conditions and provide tools for access to the labour market, with the support of national and regional companies which represent different productive sectors and providing a regional scope. It is coordinated by the National Institute of Youth with the collaboration of the Ministry of Production and Labour.

Entity

Government or intergovernmental entity
  • Technical assistance, expertise and implementation
  • Policy, advocacy and convening power

Partners

  • Ministerio de Producción y Trabajo

    Technical assistance, expertise and implementation
    Policy, advocacy and convening power

  • Secretaria de Modernización de la Nación

    Technical assistance, expertise and implementation

  • Microsoft

    Financial and/or in-kind contribution

  • World Bank Group (WBG)

    Financial and/or in-kind contribution

  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

    Financial and/or in-kind contribution

Sustainable Development Goals & targets

  • 5.1 End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
  • 5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate
  • 5.5 Ensure women's full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
  • 5.c Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels
  • 8.5 By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
  • 8.6 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training
  • 8.9 By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
  • 8.b By 2020, develop and operationalize a global strategy for youth employment and implement the Global Jobs Pact of the International Labour Organization

Themes

  • Digital skills for youth
  • Transitions to the formal economy
  • Young workers in hazardous occupations

Description

The objectives of the Future Fairs are: facilitate contact with companies,  provide training to support insertion in the labour market, enhance an approach to the digital and technological trends supporting the management of projects, the development of soft and entrepreneurial skills, and the vocational orientation of young people. The activities are managed by the staff of the National Institute of Youth and the Ministry of Production and Labor. The commitment intends to do this by linking youth with the private sector as well as by strengthening their employability skills with the tools and strategies necessary to find and obtain jobs.      

In 2019, the planned fairs are:

  • Mendoza, Province of Mendoza (March)
  • Corrientes, Province of Corrientes (April)
  • Paraná, Province of Entre Rios (May)
  • San Nicolás, Province of Buenos Aires (June)
  • San Salvador de Jujuy, Province of Jujuy (July)
  • Bahia Blanca, Province of Buenos Aires (August)
  • Córdoba, Province of Córdoba (September)
  • La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires (October)

 

https://www.argentina.gob.ar/FeriaFuturo

Deliverables and links to SDG targets

  • 200000
    Young people trained in relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, ICT skills and soft skills
    8.6 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training

    This is number of youths that are expected to be impacted by this policy during the current commitment which is an expansion of 103,000 already reached in previous editions of Future Fairs.

    BY:
    Dec 2019
Argentina

Start

4-May-2017

End

1-Dec-2019

$ 3041613

Estimated total value of the commitment

200000

young people to benefit directly from this commitment

Target: 15-19, 20-24, 25-29

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