Regional Training Program for Socially Inclusive Local Economic Development

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The general objective of the program is to support decentralization processes in the region by building capacity for public-private integrated management of sustainable LED processes in the participating countries (initially, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, and Peru). The specific objective is to train technical and policy professionals in various regions and communities in the beneficiary countries, in order to improve their capacity to design, implement, and manage production sector development and job creation initiatives, using an LED and decent work approach. The proposed training methodology is based on a territorial development approach, that is, an approach that takes into account not only the sectoral environment of the relationships that firms establish between themselves in their respective supply chains, networks, or clusters, but also the territorial environment in which these relationships unfold, which includes economic, sociocultural, labor, environmental, political, and institutional considerations. The program will target program operators, as well as policymakers, the private business sector, and training institutes in the region. Training will be action-oriented, i.e. focused on the designand implementation of LED initiatives.