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Public Innovation in Entrepreneurship for youth

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The ‘‘Public Innovation in Employment and Entrepreneurship Opportunities for Youth’’ is a strategy of the Government of Guanajuato, implemented through JuventudEsGto, designed to build strategic alliances to provide demand-driven, entrepreneurial skills to young people and encourage their engagement across economic sectors. The strategy is implemented in collaboration with the Secretariat of Sustainable Economic Development, the state’s Agency for Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Science and Technology (IdeaGto) and the Financing Agency (Fondos Gto).

Entity

Government or intergovernmental entity
  • Policy, advocacy and convening power

Partners

  • Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico Sustentable del Estado de Guanajuato

    Technical assistance, expertise and implementation

  • IdeaGto

    Policy, advocacy and convening power

  • Fondos Guanajuato

    Financial and/or in-kind contribution

  • AIESEC

    Technical assistance, expertise and implementation
    Policy, advocacy and convening power
    Financial and/or in-kind contribution

  • Instituto Estatal de Capacitación

    Technical assistance, expertise and implementation
    Policy, advocacy and convening power
    Financial and/or in-kind contribution

Sustainable Development Goals & targets

  • 8.2 Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors
  • 8.3 Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services
  • 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
  • 17.14 Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development
  • 17.16 Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries
  • 17.17 Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships

Themes

  • Quality apprenticeships
  • Transitions to the formal economy
  • Youth entrepreneurship and self-employment

Achievement At Glance

Derived from the signing of commitments between the international program "Decent Employment for Youth" of the United Nations Agency for Labor (ILO) and the Institute for Youth Development and Attention in Guanajuato (JuventudESGTO), a vital alliance has been forged to address and promote decent jobs among the young population of the region.

This strategic alliance emerges in response to the urgent need to offer dignified and sustainable job opportunities to the youth of Guanajuato. Through close collaboration between the mentioned entities, the aim is to implement effective policies and programs that not only facilitate job placement but also foster an environment conducive to the professional and personal development of young people.

In June 2023, we decided to launch the "Juvempresa" alliance, which is a unique model of institutional collaboration to promote JuventudEsGTO services and the youth perspective in corporate environments, as well as promote the insertion of young people from Guanajuato into the labor market through access to professional opportunities within the best companies in Guanajuato.

Key Highlight On Guiding Principle

Our guiding principles is to promote public policies for the development of youth. Among these policies is the creation of dignified job opportunities. We encourage cooperation among the stakeholders involved.

Description

JuventudEsGto will support youth entrepreneurship by providing training on professional skills and the development of business plans. Selected business ideas developed by young people will receive technical support from the Secretariat of Sustainable Economic Development for Guanajuato State.

With the support from IdeaGto and Fondos Gto, young participants will have access to the Programme “Credit to Productive Projects”, through which they will access business incubation services and financing.

JuventudEsGto will establish Labour Intermediation Hubs to boost job placement and the integration of young people in the labour market across the state. Additionally, in collaboration with AIESEC, JuventudEsGto will facilitate the international mobility of young graduates by providing them with work-based opportunities for developing their professional experiences overseas through the program ‘‘GTO Internacional’’.

JuventudEsGto’s goals are to facilitate the alignment of services offered by different stakeholders and support the identification of youth needs at the municipal level, to ultimately enhance access to information and work opportunities in the region.

https://juventudesgto.guanajuato.gob.mx/

Deliverables and links to SDG targets

  • 50
    Young people supported through entrepreneurship training, advisory services, access to markets or access to finance
    8.6 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training

    50 youth business projects selected which will receive trainings, financial and incubation supports.

    BY:
    Dec 2023
  • 1000
    Young people benefitted from employment services, including job search assistance, job fairs and career counselling
    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

    Job centres will be established and young people will receive assistance, career counselling and participating in job fairs.

    BY:
    Dec 2023
  • 100
    Young people gained work experience, including through internships and quality apprenticeships
    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

    Young graduates will gain overseas opportunities to develop their professional skills through the \'\'+GTO en el Mundo\'\' project.

    BY:
    Dec 2023
Mexico

Start

1-Oct-2022

End

31-Dec-2023

2868

young people to benefit directly from this commitment

Target: 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-35

Primarily:
  • Young people in urban areas
  • Young people in rural areas
  • Young women
  • Young men
  • Youth with disabilities
  • Specific ethnic groups
  • Low-income individuals
  • Non-low income individuals
  • Young people with low levels of education and/or drop-outs
  • Graduates of second-level education and students in third-level education or beyond

Challenges faced in implementation

  • Business disinterest
    Youth disinterest
    Poor communication channels
    Apathy of the different related sectors.
    Operational capacity

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