| Date: | 2013- |
| Web: | Official website of the programme |
| Description: | To promote the integration into the formal labour market of adolescents and young people between the ages of 16 and 25 in urban and rural areas, in situations of poverty, extreme poverty and unemployment, through temporary hiring as apprentices. The programme has a total duration of eight months and is divided into two phases: 1) training of 5 hours per week for a maximum period of 60 hours and 2) internship in the assigned company. If the users comply with the established co-responsibilities, the Ministry of Social Development will deliver 2,000 quetzales in bank transfers and the employer will make a payment equivalent to 40% of the current minimum wage plus an incentive bonus of 250 quetzales. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Adolescents and young people aged 16 to 25 |
| Area of intervention: | 1) Professional and vocation training |
| Geographic scale: | National |
| Targeting method: | Categorical |
| Registry of recipients: | SAB Scholarship Management System. |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | Ministerial Agreement No. 64-2012 |
| Responsible organization(s): | Ministry of Social Development |
| Executing organization(s): | Ministry of Social Development |
| Source of funding: | Government of Guatemala |
1) Training
| Recipient(s): | Programme participants |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participants |
| Description: | The Technical Institute of Productive Training -INTECAP- provides training to the users of the programme. The training consists of 5 hours per week for a maximum period of 60 hours during the first phase of the programme, which is a prerequisite for the young apprentice to be certified in a trade. |
2) Professional internship
| Recipient(s): | Programme participants |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participant |
| Conditionalities: | Punctual attendance at the company assigned to the apprenticeship training, completing 35 hours per week, for the purpose of learning a trade. |
| Comments: | The grant will be withdrawn when the user does not comply with the co-responsibilities |
| Description: | For the purpose of learning a trade, the apprentice will carry out an internship in an assigned company for 35 hours per week. |
