Peru
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.)
- No
- 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)
- 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:
National Employment Programme "Productive Youth".Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Yes
Additional information:
Peru includes youth as a target group in its adopted National Development Strategy and National Employment Policy. The National Youth Policy (Decree No. 013-2019-MINEDU), under its Priority Objective No. 2, refers specifically to increasing access to decent work for young people. The National Decent Employment Policy includes six Priority Objectives, three of which focus on services for young people: • OP1: Enhance the labour skills of the working-age population. • OP2: Strengthen the link between labour supply and demand. • OP5: Increase employment equity within the potential workforce. This Policy and its related services are aligned with the Strategic Plan for National Development to 2050, approved by Supreme Decree No. 095-2022-PCM, which includes the objective: "To raise competitiveness and productivity levels through decent employment, based on the sustainable use of resources, human capital, intensive use of science and technology, and the digital transformation of the country." It is also aligned with Axis 2 of the General Government Policy 2021–2026, approved by Supreme Decree No. 164-2021-PCM, which seeks to "Promote decent employment and employability," contributing to national productivity and the protection of labour rights, including occupational safety and health. Furthermore, the Employment Policy is aligned with the National Youth Policy, approved by Supreme Decree No. 013-2019-MINEDU, particularly through the following three priority objectives: • OP1: Develop competencies in the educational process of the young population. • OP2: Increase access to decent work for young people. • OP5: Reduce discrimination against young people in vulnerable situations.Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
There are national goals and objectives in Peru aimed at promoting youth employment, including the provision of employment support services for young people. The National Decent Employment Policy (PED) includes six Priority Objectives, three of which involve services specifically focused on young people: • OP1: Increase the labour skills of the working-age population. • OP2: Strengthen the link between labour supply and demand. • OP5: Increase employment equity within the potential workforce. The PED and its services are aligned with the Strategic Plan for National Development to 2050, approved by Supreme Decree No. 095-2022-PCM. This Plan includes the objective: "To raise the levels of competitiveness and productivity through decent employment, based on the sustainable use of resources, human capital, the intensive use of science and technology, and the digital transformation of the country." The Policy is also consistent with Axis 2 of the General Government Policy 2021–2026, approved by Supreme Decree No. 164-2021-PCM, which aims to "Promote decent employment and employability," contributing to the country’s productivity while ensuring respect for labour rights, including occupational health and safety. The PED is aligned with the National Youth Policy, approved by Supreme Decree No. 013-2019-MINEDU, particularly in the following priority objectives: • OP1: Develop competencies in the educational process of the young population. • OP2: Increase access to decent work for young people. • OP5: Reduce discrimination against young people in vulnerable situations. The Institutional Strategic Plan of the Ministry of Labour and Employment Promotion outlines the following objectives: • OEI.01: Promote the employability of the working-age population for their integration into the labour market, with an emphasis on vulnerable groups. • OEI.02: Promote formal employment among the working-age population, also with a focus on vulnerable groups.Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
• Increase the proportion of people in decent employment (Level 1 – encompassing all core and complementary indicators defining decent work) from 14% in 2019 to 20% by 2030. • Raise the share of the working-age population with completed secondary and/or upper secondary education from 67.33% in 2019 to 81.54% by 2030. • Increase the transition rate from basic education to higher or technical-productive education from 33% in 2019 to 48% by 2030. Reduce the occupational mismatch rate among employed individuals with tertiary education as follows: • From 54.36% to 39.21% for all higher education graduates (university and non-university), • From 46.31% to 26.74% for university graduates, • From 63.19% to 55.34% for non-university graduates, all by 2030, using 2019 as the baseline. • Reduce the gender gap in employment rates among individuals with completed secondary education, narrowing the difference between male and female employment from 17.0 percentage points in 2019 to 9.5 percentage points by 2030.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)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- 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)
- Informed
- Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
- Informed
- 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)
- 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)
- Informed
- Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
- Informed
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:
During the year 2024, agreements have been signed with strategic allied companies, with which to guarantee a minimum of 60% job placement of trained people, based on the involvement of the company in the selection of the beneficiary and in the job training process on the basis of the required professional profile.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)
- Yes
Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
- Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
- Yes
Additional information:
2025: The ILO has contributed with budget to carry out the training of the beneficiaries during the year 2024, and to date 125 beneficiaries have been assisted. 2023: Currently, within the framework of the National Policy for Decent Employment and the Sectoral Working Group, of a temporary nature, under the Ministry of Labour and Employment Promotion (MTPE) called "Working Group in charge of proposing specific mechanisms for the promotion and formalisation of productive self-employment in decent work conditions", approved by R.M. N°229-2022-TR; the ILO is assisting in the design of these specific mechanisms for the promotion and formalisation of productive self-employment in decent work conditions. the design of these specific mechanisms for the promotion and formalisation of productive self-employment in decent work conditions. _____ 2022: Technical support of the ILO in the elaboration of the National Youth Policy and overall in matters related to employment and employability.