Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic 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
- 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:
The financing strategies are determined through the annual approval of projects submitted by various public sector bodies. These projects align with directives issued by the Presidency of the Republic and are channelled via the Ministry of Popular Power for Planning. These directives establish priorities based on social categories, which are reflected in strategic projects linked to the Social Vice Presidencies. They also set sectoral priorities, serving as key inputs for the Programmatic Agenda of each sector. The projects are designed to meet targets within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and are considered national strategic priorities when it comes to approval.Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Yes
Additional information:
Youth are a key target group within national development and employment strategies. This is reflected in the framework of the Gran Misión Chamba Juvenil, which outlines programmes aimed at facilitating youth inclusion in the labour market. The National Government, through the Sectoral Vice-Presidency for Social Socialism, works in coordination with government entities to provide direct responses across the country, particularly through the Plan for Assistance to the Victims of the Economic War. It is important to highlight that Venezuela not only continues to address the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic but also confronts the severe impact of an economic war, blockade, and unilateral coercive sanctions that contravene international law and significantly affect the fundamental human rights of the population, especially young people.Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Yes
Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
• Reduce the youth unemployment rate from 16% in 2019 to 6% by 2025. • Number of young people incorporated into the Gran Misión Chamba Juvenil, a policy aimed at ensuring first employment for Venezuelan youth from 2,721,480 to 3,500,000. •Productive land allocated for youth from 123,200 hectares to 300,000 hectares. • New students enrolled in the basic education system: Increase from 6,580,720 to 10,250,000 students in the initial, primary, and secondary education system. • Increase the number of university students from 3,145,869 to 3,500,000 by 2025, incorporating 900,000 new students. • Increase the number of young entrepreneurs and producers from 836,150 to 1,000,000.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)
- 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)
- Fully involved
- Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
- Fully involved
- 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)
- Fully involved
- Employers
- Implementation of youth employment strategies/programmes (e.g. social partners as official implementers of the strategy or programme)
- Consulted
- Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
- Consulted
- 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)
- Consulted
- 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)
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 Within the framework of the public sector and state industries in the areas of Education, Health, Construction, Telecommunications, Basic Services, Electrical Energy, Oil, Agriculture, Aquatic, Sports, Recreational and Social Promoters. Alliances with the private sector through the programme of the National Training Institute for the incorporation of young people into their first job through tax incentives. 2024 In the framework of the public sector and State industries in the areas of Education, Health, Construction, Telecommunications, Basic Services, Electrical Energy, Oil, Agricultural, Aquatic, Sports, Recreational and Social Promoters. - Alliances with the private sector through the programme of the National Training Institute for the incorporation of young people into their first job through tax incentives.-------------- 2023 - In the framework of the public sector and state industries in the areas of Education, Health, Construction, Telecommunications, Basic Services, Electrical Energy, Oil, Agricultural, Aquatic, Sports, Recreational and Social Promoters. - Alliances with the private sector through the programme of the National Institute for Socialist Training and Education (INCES) for the incorporation of young people into their first job through tax incentives.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