Last updated: 02/12/2019

Programme Details

Programme objectives

The programme Projovem was created in 2005 and restructured in 2008 becoming Projovem Integrado. It is part of a federal programme of the National Youth Policy and is divided in four modalities, directed to young persons with different profiles. Each of them is managed by a federal organ, but all have the participation of the State and municipalities. 

 

Programme components
i) Projovem Trabalhador: The programme is composed by clases that prepare young persons to alternative activities of income generation. Is consists in clases of 350 hours divided between social and professional training ii) Projovem Urbano: It is a programme of study levelling for 18 months. It has 3 components: basic training for young people and adults, professional and tecnical (general and specific) training; training for citizenship participation. Projovem Urban Prison started in 2013 in ten states, thanks to the agreement reached between the Ministries of Justice and the MEC. The goal is to improve education and encourage social participation of young inmates. To participate, you must meet four basic requirements: being between 18 and 29, have identity document, read and write (but not haave basic education) and be sentenced. The program gives priority to female inmates. iii) Projovem Campo: It brings the opporunities for young agricultors excluded from the formal education system to conclude the basic education. The course lasts 2 years, organized between school and community work. The beneficiaries receive an allowance of R$ 100 and a diploma when they end the course. iv) Projovem Adolescente: The programme organizes groups of between 15 and 30 young people called "collectives". The collectives are led by an social orientator and supervized by a professional of the Social Assistance Reference Centre (Centro de Referência de Assistência Social, CRAS), also in charge to attend the young people families through a Integral Family Attention and Protection Service (Serviço de Proteção e Atendimento Integral à Família ,PAIF).

Targeting and eligiblity

Target groups
Eligibility criteria
i) Projovem Trabalhador: Young persons between 18 and 29 years unemployed with incomes below 50% of the minimum wage living in municipalities over 200,000 inhabitants ii) Projovem Urbano: Young people between 18 and 29 years who can read and writte but did not ended secondary education iii) Projovem Campo: Young people between 18 and 29 years who can read and writte but did not ended secondary education iv) Projovem Adolescente: Adolescents between 15 and 17 years beneficiaries of the Bolsa Família programme

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