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Colombia

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)
No
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
No

Youth in the national development / employment strategy

Youth in the national development / employment strategy
No

Countries with national goals for youth employment

Countries with national goals for youth employment
No

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
No
Enterprise Development
No
Education, Training and skills development
No
Labour Demand
No
Labour Law and Legislation
No
Labour Market Policies
No
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)
No
Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
No
Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
No
Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
No
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
Employers
Implementation of youth employment strategies/programmes (e.g. social partners as official implementers of the strategy or programme)
No
Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
No
Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
No
Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
No
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
Yes
Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
No
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: no answer 2023: Alliances with the private business sector are developed and their implementation is supported through incentives for hiring young people between 18 and 28 years of age. The Public Employment Service has also designed a strategy for the inclusion of young people in the labour market, which includes business management as an instrument to promote youth employment with the business sector. _________________________ 2022: Partnerships with the private business sector are developed and their implementation is supported through incentives to hire young people between 18 and 28 years old. Work is also being carried out in the National Qualifications System to improve the relevance of the training process with a view to introducing changes in productivity.

Inclusiveness of vulnerable groups in national strategies

Women
Yes
Migrant Workers
No
NEETs
Yes
People with disabilities
No
Low skilled workers
No
Rural workers
No
Other (please specify)
No

Youth employment strategies and international cooperation

Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
Yes

Additional information:
2025: no answer 2024: The ILO, in the framework of cooperation processes carried out in coordination with the Ministry of Labour, has carried out diagnostic actions on the public employment service, as well as recommendations on adjustments to be made to its inclusion model to enable actions aimed at the employability of young people. ______________ 2023: Technical support in the discussion of problems and the design of measures and/or interventions.