The five finalist proposals of the second call on Innovation and Skills of the International Labor Organization (ILO). On this occasion, the main topic was e-formalization and skills development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
“As in the region is recoveringWe see that we have not learned the lessons of the past, given that a large part of the jobs that are being generated are informal, ”said Vinicius Pinheiro, ILO regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean.
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The finalist initiatives were presented to an international jury and a global audience. Its creators, members from different countries: Brazil, Ecuador and Chile, had to use new technologies, take advantage of ILO mentoring and strengthen different skills to present their projects.
The first place will be credited with $ 30,000 and the second place at $ 20,000, as well as the accompaniment of specialists and international visibility. The results will be published by the ILO portal in the following days.
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According to Srinivas Reddy, Head of The Theoretical and Practical Knowledge and Employability Service (SKILLS), there were 60 proposals that were presented in the present edition of the challenge of e-formalization and development of competencies in ALyC.
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This initiative responds to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the workplace. According to the ILO, the vast majority of the 158 million informal workers in the region have been severely impacted on their employment and the new trend of the digital future and new trends associated with the future of work.
Among the finalists was the project ElasporElas, from Brazil, which promotes digital education for entrepreneurship for women in vulnerable situations to find a new job digitally. There is also the application Digital productive chains, from Ecuador, to promote micro and small businesses and be a meeting point between factories and suppliers.
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On the other hand, he presented himself to the initiative AVAC: Virtual Construction Learning Environment, from Brazil, which promotes a virtual learning environment for the construction and creation of formal work; the application My future is today Ecuador, which promotes the search for formal employment for young people and the initiative I formalize CL, from Chile, which promotes formalization in new digital ventures.
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