Programme for the promotion of equal opportunities for women on employment and vocational training. (Programa de promoción de la igualdad de oportunidades para las mujeres en el empleo y la formación profesional) Uruguay MTSS - DINAE/JUNAE - Cinterfor/ILO

 

Abstract

Programme's Objectives

The general objective of the programme is to promote an active employment policy in the field of training. This policy is intended to increase the quality of women´s labour supply according to the requirements of the labour market regarding new competences.

The specific objectives are:
1. To enable women in the Programme to develop skills to face all kind of situations within the labour setting.
2. To enable women in the Programme:

a. To develop an attitude of appropriation of the training process as well as a commitment to continuing it due to the accelerated process of skill obsolescence.
b. To develop positive attitude towards permanent change and self-generation of alternative job opportunities.

3. To increase employability of women in the Programme as well as to enable participants to design their own training project. A labour or occupational project is the set of co-ordinated actions that an individual defines, plans, execute, revise and planifies in order to entry the labour market. It involves an objective, a self-diagnosis and the planification of the steps ahead. The Programme will develop training activities regarding gender and transversal competences in order to accompany this process.
4. To enable participants to develop their vocational training process according to their individual characteristics, potential capabilities and labour market demands.
5. To achieve the entry into working life of 30% of the participants of each of the vocational training courses and to improve the employability of 50% of all participants in the Programme.
6. To transfer methodology and relevant experience to the DINAE so that it can be included in employment and training policies.
7. To generate inputs and learning on gender perspectives in order to incorporate them in the active employment policies that the DINAE-JUNAE system develops in the country as well as to technically stregthen the Vocational Training Centres.

Institutional framework of the Programme

• The Co-ordination Unit of the Programme is in charge of the direction and co-ordination of the Programme and also participates in the evaluation of it. This Unit is composed by a working group proposed by the DINAE and supported by the JUNAE and is followed up by representatives of the employers and workers.
• According to the agreement signed by the DINAE and endorsed by the JUNAE, Cinterfor/ILO is the central office of the Programme that offers technical and methodological assistance in the design and management of the Programme. Cinterfor/ILO transfers methodologies, strategies, teaching and training materials as well as learned lessons, specifically those acquired in the framework of the Regional Programme for the strengthen of technical and vocational training of low-income women - FORMUJER. This programme was co-financed by IADB and executed by the Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Formación de recursos humanos of Argentina, the INFOCAL of Bolivia and the INA of Costa Rica.
• The local Council in each department of the country promotes the insertion of the Programme acting as the link between the local agents and the potential beneficiaries of the programme according to the agreements that have been established.
• The Technical Multidisciplinary Teams and the Vocational Training Centres that are selected will execute under the supervision of the Co-ordination Unit the different stages of the Programme in order to accomplish the objectives established in the call and the agreements.
• The Programme is financed by the Fondo de Reconversión Laboral (Retraining Fund) of Uruguay administrated by the JUNAE.

General Features of the Programme

This is a pilot programme which seeks to generate inputs and learning about the promotion of equal opportunities in vocational training and the improvement of the quality of female labour supply. These inputs and experiences are intended to be incorporated to the permanent programmes of the institution.

The creation of an interinstitutional area where the Technical Multidisciplinary Teams, the Training Centres, the local Councils and the local actors participate under the co-ordination and supervision of the DINAE through the Co-ordination Unit is one of the main strategies of the Programme. In this way of public and private management, the state delegates competencies but keeps its responsibility regarding quality and coverage of the services.

Call for Technical Multidisciplinary Teams

The purpose of this call is the presentation of proposals for the implementation and execution of the Programme. The criteria for the selection are based on quality and prices and will enable the hiring of the Multidisciplinary Team.

The Multidisciplinary Team must present one proposal for each Department (Cerro Largo, Montevideo, Río Negro and Rocha). The team can choose whether to work only on one or more departments. In the case of Montevideo the team must present one proposal per region (east and west) and it can select both regions or only one of them. If the team chooses to present more than one proposal, each of them must contain all the required information because they will be evaluated separately.
The following numbers represent the coverage regarding beneficiaries:
- Cerro Largo: 85
- Montevideo East Region: 125
- Montevideo West Region: 125
- Río Negro: 85
- Rocha: 85

Participation of the Technical Multidisciplinary Groups in the Programme

The Programme grants the participation and articulation of different actors and institutions with specific responsibilities and spheres of activities.
The contribution of the Technical Multidisciplinary Teams is placed within the diversity of practices, strategies and actors of the programme. In this sense the specific role of these Teams is related to their technical quality and their experience in the field of gender.
The role of the Technical Multidisciplinary Teams is:
- To accompany the whole process of the Programme
- To design the strategy to involve other actors at the national o local level as well as the public or private sphere
- To co-ordinate and articulate with the local Councils and actors to inform about the programme and to elaborate a diagnosis, the guidance and the entry into working life of the participants.
- To elaborate the prospective diagnosis of required competences and tasks for the participants in order to enable the Vocational Training Centres to design the contents of the training courses as well as the graduate profiles.
- To advise the Co-ordination Unit in the call and selection of the Vocational Training Centres.
- To develop complementary activities to the training to guide beneficiaries in the creation of their personal occupational projects.
- To guide beneficiaries in order to stregthen their role as active subjects in their learning process.
- To achieve the entry into working life of 30% of the participants as well as the improvement of the employability of 50% of them
- To promote the appropiation by the different actors involved in the Programme of the gender perspectives as well as the issues related to employability and labour guidance.
- To apply the evaluation and follow up methodologies created by the Co-ordination Unit.

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