131 people and 96 organizations
participated in the stakeholder mapping of the four PA countries
Addressing employment challenges through a regional/sectoral approach
The objective of the project was to support the four Pacific Alliance member countries (Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Mexico) to enrich or develop a sectoral approach to improve the alignment between supply and demand for training in the extractive sector.
The sectoral approach is designed to help employers within a given sector to address labour market challenges, to better align workforce supply with demand. The first step in this process was to clearly understand the imbalance between labour supply and demand, and then to identify the underlying factors that caused this imbalance, with a view to creating tools and programs to better support an improved alignment.
The results achieved are linked to the good collaboration with the PA Technical Groups on Education (GTE) and Labour (GTL), with the Ministries of Education, Labor, Mining and Energy, and with the extractive sector.
DISCOVER PROJECT A07.1
SERVICES PROVIDED
A diagnosis was conducted to understand the needs and priorities of the PA partners and to plan the timeline of the work along with the stakeholders involved. In addition, Canada’s experience was shared with sector councils, at both the national and provincial levels (for some specific initiatives), to coordinate training with the extractive sector.
Stakeholder mapping was carried out with each country (independently) to identify the relationships between them and see where these should be strengthened or forged, with a view to creating an equivalent to Canada’s sector councils. In addition, two regional workshops were organized. The first was held in Chile in 2022 to identify the main labour market challenges in each country and which ones overlapped. During the event, a work plan was developed to strengthen multi-sector participation in technical education. The second regional workshop was held in Colombia in 2023 to develop the framework for a gender equality certification for mining companies in the Pacific Alliance, working with representatives of the NGO Women in Mining from the four countries.
It's something to be proud of!
Development of 1 best practices guide on pilot projects for the PA
The only partnership led by
a Canadian consortium that includes a civil society organization (MiHR Canada).
Testimonials
What is the aim of project A07.1?
“We are working on this project [A07.1] with the four countries of the Pacific Alliance: Chile, Peru, Mexico, and Colombia. And what we are trying to do is explore with them how to better implement or integrate a sector-wide approach into their extractive-sector skills development initiatives in their countries.”
OUTCOMES
Promotion of dialogue between different stakeholders in the PA countries
This was achieved through a stakeholder mapping exercise and the communication of gender & inclusion and environmental strategies in the extractive sector.
Development of a Best Practices Guide and Toolkit
The aim of this publication was to provide the four PA countries with a compendium of programs, tools, and best practices to promote the implementation of a sector-wide approach/model to support skills development in the extractive sector. The ultimate goal is to ensure that education and training systems are aligned with the skills and competencies required by employers in the extractive (and all) sectors.
TESTIMONIALS
Hear what they say about it
Alexandra Alarcon
Director promotion and development of productive sectors, CONOCER, Mexico
THEME 1 - Related projects
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THEME 2 J
Employability, educational success, access and recognition of TVET
