Of the young Ecuadorians we served together with our local partner, most had either dropped out of school or belonged to a minority ethnic group. In addition to the entra21 graduates who secured jobs and internships, more than half of participants opted to re-enroll in school. The work also garnered national attention and systems change: the government adapted the model for broader replication across the country. In addition, Ecuador’s Fundación Esquel was the first member of IYF’s global partner network.
With youth unemployment almost three times the adult rate and 32 million youth in Latin America and the Caribbean neither working nor studying, identifying effective strategies to expand employment opportunities for the region’s youth is a top priority for policy…
To what extent does information and communication technologies (ICT) training enhance the ability of underserved youth to learn employability skills and find a job? According to a recent study conducted in three Latin American countries on behalf of the International…
More than half of the 19,649 young people from across Latin America who participated in a comprehensive job training initiative were employed as a result, according to the final report of the entra21 program. An initiative of the International Youth Foundation,…
This study is the eighth edition in the entra21 Learning Series, which presents findings from that program. The study describes how successful five projects were in recruiting more vulnerable youth, whether they became more employable, and which practices seem to…
This study is the seventh edition in the entra21 Learning Series, which presents findings from that program. The study describes the cases of E.dúcate (Ecuador), Fundación Universitaria Panamericana (Colombia), and Fundación Chile and whether or not the incorporation of information…
This article by Sheila Kinkade appeared in the Autumn 2011 edition of YOUth magazine. Kinkade is Manager of Marketing & Communications at the International Youth Foundation (IYF). In this article, she discusses how two IYF initiatives, entra21 and Obra, represent…
This fact sheet provides a brief description of the entra21 program in Latin America and the Caribbean. The program provides disadvantaged youth ages 16 to 29 with market-relevant employment training and job placement services to help them find decent jobs…
This report presents findings from the entra21 program. Published by the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank Group, this report describes the program’s accomplishments and findings from 2001 through 2007 regarding vulnerable youth in Latin America and the…