| Date: | 2008- |
| Web: | Official website of the programme |
| Description: | Mi Primer Empleo Digno was created in 2008, inspired by the former programme Mi Primer Empleo, implemented by the municipal Government of La Paz. It has the objective of facilitating and improving the labour insertion of young persons between 18 and 24 years with limited economic resources that have completed secondary school in the urban and peri-urban areas of La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, improving their employability conditions in the labour market, through training programmes and internships. The programme execution is made through a registry and selection of the Training Institutes (Institutos de Capacitación, ICAP) that are responsible for the training based on market demand; and the firms where the internships and labour insertion take place. The programme is executed through Employment Promotion Units. Young persons not in fixed-job positions receive support to make their own businesses. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Young persons living in poverty between 18 and 24 years |
| Area of intervention: | Technical and professional training Indirect job creation Support to self-employment |
| Geographic scale: | Urban and peri-urban areas of the cities of La Paz, El Alto, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | Decree 29246 (2007) Decree 29272 (2007) |
| Responsible organization(s): | Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Prevision |
| Executing organization(s): | Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Prevision |
| Source of funding: | World Bank and Government of Bolivia |
1) Training courses
| Recipient(s): | Participants of the programme |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Daily |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participant |
| Description: | The first phase of the programme gives three months of training in specific skills within the construction sector (general and specialized ones), the manufacturing sector (textile, wood, plastic, jewellery), and services (food and beverage, accommodation, publicity, computer repair, office assistant, among others). Young persons between 18 and 24 years who access the programme receive during the three first months of theoretical lectures a daily allowance of Bs.15 to Bs.25 for food and transportation costs, as well as accident insurance during training. |
| Amount : | Men: Bs. 15, Women: Bs. 17, Mothers: Bs.25, Students with disabilities: Bs. 22. |
| Recipient(s): | Participants of the programme |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participant |
| Description: | Those graduates of the first component (training courses) are offered a three-month internship with a workload of 10 academic hours in companies related to the skills acquired during training courses. In this phase, participants receive cash transfers equivalent to one national minimum wage (one proportion is covered by the programme and the other by the company). In addition, participants receive accident insurance during the internship. |
| Amount : | Bs. 350 |
3) Labour inclusion
| Recipient(s): | Participants of the programme |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participant |
| Description: | Graduate trainees from the second component (Internship) may be eligible to enter the labour market. The company covers 100% of the salary. Young people who are not in fixed-job positions can receive support for their own small business |
Diagnóstico del programa "Mi primer empleo digno"como política pública estatal. La experiencia en la ciudad de El Alto 2008-2014
| Author: | Jhonny Mayta Gutierrez |
| Date: | 2014 |
| Publication info: | Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Case study |
Capacitación Laboral y Empleabilidad, evidencia de Mi Primer Empleo Digno
| Author: | Hernani-Limarino, Werner and Villarroel, Paul M |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Publication info: | Working Paper, Marzo 2015, Fundación ARU |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
