Skills for Employment in the Extractives Sector of the Pacific Alliance

The project supports Pacific Alliance countries (Chile Colombia Mexico and Peru) in strengthening their technical and vocational education and training and establishing strong demand-driven and industry-responsive training systems in the extractive sector. The project supports clean development and inclusive growth by collaborating with civil society and the private sector and promoting responsible natural resource management and commercial practices. Project activities include: (1) providing training for the qualification and employability of vulnerable women youth and Indigenous peoples on environmental management and rehabilitation of mining sites; (2) sharing best practices in Canadian and Pacific Alliance institutions on self-employment; and (3) organizing thematic forums to disseminate policies developed on themes common to all Pacific Alliance countries.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased sustainable dialogue among Pacific Alliance countries on policies guidelines and sustainable practices on professionalization of the extractive sector’s technical workforce and on equitable employment conditions in order to ensure academic achievement of women and men; and (2) improved beneficiaries’ employability particularly women in technical and vocational training (TVET) in some regions of the Pacific Alliance countries in the extractive sector factoring sustainable development.