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Nicaragua

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
Yes
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)
No
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 Finance and Public Credit

Youth in the national development / employment strategy

Youth in the national development / employment strategy
Yes

Additional information:
National plan for the fight against poverty for human development 2022-2026

Countries with national goals for youth employment

Countries with national goals for youth employment
Yes

Additional information:
• Facilitate opportunities for young people to enter the labour market with better preparation and support, whether for personal development or business initiatives. • Provide follow-up support to at-risk youth through the promotion of social, recreational, and educational activities. • Promote solidarity actions and initiatives for social, cultural, environmental, and educational integration that contribute to the common good.

Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment

Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
Yes

Additional information:
• Consolidate youth participation and leadership in the country’s economic, political, and social development through 107,100 solidarity work actions, engaging an average of 441,516 young people annually. • Engage 119,795 young people in creative and innovative spaces, supporting 455 creative and innovative projects at the national level. • Deliver 1,230 training events to strengthen young people’s knowledge and foster the development of innovative, creative, and entrepreneurial ideas. • Conduct 24 studies and research initiatives on youth perceptions and interests to ensure timely and effective responses to their needs and the realisation of their rights. • Award 9,541 scholarships to young women across various levels of education. • Provide 15,778 scholarships to low-income youth for technical, undergraduate, postgraduate, and master’s level studies at national and international institutions.

Policy areas in national youth employment strategies

Macroeconomic and Sectoral policies
Yes
Enterprise Development
Yes
Education, Training and skills development
Yes
Labour Demand
No
Labour Law and Legislation
No
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)
Fully involved
Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
Fully involved
Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
Consulted
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)
Fully involved
Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
Fully involved
Employers
Implementation of youth employment strategies/programmes (e.g. social partners as official implementers of the strategy or programme)
Fully involved
Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
Fully involved
Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
Consulted
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)
Fully involved
Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
Fully involved

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:
2024 and 2025: partnerships considered in the framework of the national plan to fight poverty for human development, with different actors of the economy.

Inclusiveness of vulnerable groups in national strategies

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

Youth employment strategies and international cooperation

Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
No