¿WHO AREYOUTH IN ACTION?THE PARTICIPANTS OF

351,982

graduates 127,665

129,142 95,175

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Main Achievements

¿What are the requirements for Youth in Action programme?

¿Where are they studying? ¿Who are they?

¿Where do they come from?

SENA coverage across the country.

Participation of Colombian vulnerable youth.

Programme´s participants don´t interrupt their studies.

of participants live and study in their hometown.

of targeted population has entered into a higher education institution located in the Departments’ capital cities (A department according with Colombian political division represents a group of municipalities)

There is less participants migration because of programme coverage.

70%

75.5%

11,5%

Bogotá(capital city)

7,2%

Barranquilla

6,3%

Cartagena

7,8%

44,9%

Medellín

municipality of origin other municipality

Cauca

Nariño

Huila

Vichada

Vaupés

Caquetá

Putumayo

Amazonas

64,9% 39,1%Male

94,5% Single

55,1% 20 years old Female Average age

92,7%Childfree

Presence in 98 municipalities

Colombian main cities

Registered in SENA (main Colombian entity that provides

technical and technological education)

Registered in Higher Education Institutions with agreements.

Young people under poverty or vulnerability condition from 16 to 24 years.

High school graduates.

Belong to one out of �ve target population.

Red Unidos (The Colombian strategy that pursues to improve living conditions of families in poverty and in extreme poverty)

Victims of forced displacementSISBEN (The Colombian System that identi�es potential bene�ciaries of social programmes)

Young people with protection measures of ICBF (The Colombian entity that works for children and adolescents welfare)

Indigenous communities

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Life SkillsLife skills is a component that pursues to complement the academic training received by the programme´s participants in higher education institutions, providing tools in order to facilitate their labour and social integration through enhancing and developing noncognitive skills and transversal competences.

25 thousand participants have improved self-knowing, dealing with emotions, decision-making process, creativity and con�ict resolutions skills, thanks to the life skills workshops conducted in 2014.

During 2015 the curricular design for the component was developed, it includes three modules Virtual (conceptual approach through online courses), On-site (emphasis on labour dimension – eight workshops) and experiential (autonomous process via trainee contract and internships)

Getting to know myself! How to enhance my skillsSelf-awareness, Self-esteem, Self con�dence

Becoming stronger through adversityResilience, Dealing with Emotions

My life planPerseverance

Widening my worldDecision making process Initiative

Being in someone else´s placeAdaptability Empathy

I am what I communicateAssertive communication Con�ict resolution

Transitioning to working lifeInitiative Decision making process

My professional developmentAttitude towards work Leadership Punctuality Time management Responsibility

The methodology uses eight “voluntary” workshops using an experiential method, including the following areas:

Workshop 1 -

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Workshop 4 -

Workshop 5 -

Workshop 6 -

Workshop 7 -

Workshop 8 -

In order to attend 79,300 programme´s participants in 2016, the programme has four

periods, the �rst one was developed during February to April, where 23 thousand

participants apply for the workshops through the registration platform

http://hpvjea.prosperidadsocial.gov.co and 86% of them were certi�ed (19,825)

with an 80% of attendance.

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