Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Strategies for youth employment
- Strategies for youth employment
- Yes
Youth employment strategy planned in the next 2 years
- Discussions within the government
- Yes
- Consultations with national-level stakeholders (e.g. employers’ and workers’ associations, youth councils, etc.)
- Yes
- A draft strategy already exists
- No
- Other (please specify)
- No
Countries with national action plans for youth employment
- Monitoring framework (timeline and activity/outcome indicators, e.g. youth labour market indicators)
- Yes
- Funding (indicative budget to implement the plan)
- Yes
- Institutional responsibilities (e.g. ministries/agencies in charge of specific planned activities )
- Yes
- Other, specify
- No
Public funding for the national youth employment strategy
- Public funding for the national youth employment strategy
- Yes
Additional information:
• Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security - MTEPS • Ministry of Development Planning - MPD. -MDPyEP • Ministry of Productive Development and Plural Economy - MDPyEP • Ministry of Justice and Institutional Transparency - MJTI • Ministry of the Presidency - MPR • Ministry of Health and Sports - MSyD • Ministry of Education - ME • Plurinational Youth SystemYouth in the national development / employment strategy
- Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Yes
Additional information:
Bolivia recognises young people as a target group within several national strategies and public policy instruments aimed at employment and development. These include: • Economic and Social Development Plan 2021–2025 Titled “Rebuilding the Economy to Live Well, Towards Industrialisation with Import Substitution”, this plan establishes strategic priorities for inclusive economic growth. It includes a proposed Comprehensive Employment Policy, which incorporates youth employment as a cross-cutting theme. • Methodological Guide for Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship at the Subnational Level Approved through Biministerial Resolution 001/2024 (between the Ministry of Justice and Institutional Transparency and the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Welfare), this guide provides direction for public sector institutions at the subnational level to promote youth employment and entrepreneurship. • Oportunidades Bolivia Programme This programme aims to foster and strengthen entrepreneurial initiatives among young people and individuals in vulnerable situations. It provides them with the necessary tools to develop and manage sustainable businesses.Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
Bolivia has established several national objectives to promote youth employment, particularly through coordinated actions with the Plurinational Youth System. These include: • Promoting the labour market inclusion of young people in public institutions and enterprises, in coordination with the Plurinational Youth System. • Protecting and defending the socio-labour rights of working adolescents (ages 14 to 18) and young workers at their place of employment, also in coordination with the Plurinational Youth System. • Implementing labour intermediation and placement processes focused primarily on productive development sectors. • Promoting self-employment and youth entrepreneurship through job placement services and technical training, aimed at improving employability conditions and access to credit.Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- No
Policy areas in national youth employment strategies
- Macroeconomic and Sectoral policies
- Yes
- Enterprise Development
- Yes
- Education, Training and skills development
- Yes
- Labour Demand
- Yes
- Labour Law and Legislation
- Yes
- Labour Market Policies
- Yes
- Other (please specify)
- No
Social partners' inclusion in the youth employment strategy
- Workers
- Implementation of youth employment strategies/programmes (e.g. social partners as official implementers of the strategy or programme)
- Informed
- Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
- Informed
- Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
- Informed
- Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
- Informed
- Formulation of youth employment strategies (e.g. national action plan for youth)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Employers
- Implementation of youth employment strategies/programmes (e.g. social partners as official implementers of the strategy or programme)
- Informed
- Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
- Not involved
- Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
- Not involved
- Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
- Informed
- Formulation of youth employment strategies (e.g. national action plan for youth)
- No
- Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
- No
Youth-led organizatios' inclusion in the national strategy
- Fully involved
- No
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Yes
- Consulted
- No
- Informed
- No
- Not involved
- No
Countries with national partnerships for youth employment
- Countries with national partnerships for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
2025: Proposal for an Integrated Employment Policy. It includes intersectoral coordination with ministries and other central government institutions and intersectoral coordination with territorial autonomous governments. It also considers coordination with universities to close the employment gap, productive actors and cooperatives. Integrated Employment Programme (PRIE) - Youth Component. A direct link with small entrepreneurs is foreseen, based on the previous experience with the Bolivia C-reactive Programme. The PAE I and PAE II programmes were financed by the Inter-American Development Bank, and PRIE also has an initial financing commitment from the same organisation for implementation in the coming months. __________________ 2024: The aim is to establish an inter-sectoral and governmental articulation for the promotion of employment, aligned with the policy of industrialisation with import substitution.Inclusiveness of vulnerable groups in national strategies
- Women
- Yes
- Migrant Workers
- No
- NEETs
- Yes
- People with disabilities
- Yes
- Low skilled workers
- Yes
- Rural workers
- Yes
- Other (please specify)
- Yes
Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
- Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
- Yes
Additional information:
2025 Inter-American Development Bank - IDB. - Loan contract for the financing of the Employment Support Programme II. - Initial financing commitment for the Comprehensive Employment Programme (currently in process). _______________ 2024 ILO: technical assistance OIM: technical assistance BID: Financing BM: financing