Youth Training Program

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The program's overall objective is to help provide economically disadvantaged youths between the ages of 16 and 24 with access to the formal labor market. This is to be accomplished by means of specific activities designed to provide vocational training and work experience, in conjunction with labor intermediation, orientation and information services, that meet the needs of the business sector and labor markets. The program is also intended to foster competition and efficiency in the training services market by promoting greater interaction between training providers and businesses in the production sector. The program's specific objectives are to help raise the labor participation rate, job quality, and wage levels of young people in the target group.