Last updated: 08/3/2024

Basic Information

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Programme Details

Programme objectives

The objective of the program is to promote the continuous training of workers as a tool to gain access to decent and quality jobs and contribute to improving the competitiveness. Through training, the development of programmes and actions is promoted, many of which are articulated with active employment policies: education completion, vocational training and competency certification. It also promotes strengthening vocational training institutions throughout the country and has the Tax Credit Programme to encourage and promote training.

Programme components
i) Professional training courses: The courses can be given by the sectoral programme qualifications (union and business actors) and social organisations. The courses last from 50 to 200 hours; ii) Certification of labour skills; iii) Institutional Strengthening; iv) Tax Credit: Its aim is to encourage and promote, through financial aid, that companies undertake and manage their own training programs and training for workers and / or unemployed; v) Training for decent work: Workshops on career orientation and on assistance to access to new labour rights.
Coverage
Professional Training - 860,414 people; Certification of Labour Skills - 112,000 people; Remedial Education - 995,349 people; Institutional Strengthening - 500 institutions; Tax Credit System - 1,400 companies (2008).

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