Partners of the Americas (POA) developed and implements the “A Ganar/Vencer” program, a program that targets at-risk youth, ages 16-24, in Brazil, Ecuador and Uruguay. A Ganar/Vencer uses a soccer-based methodology to motivate and assist youth in translating sports skills and values into market-driven employment skills. The goal is to provide youth with the knowledge, skills, confidence, experience, and work history that will enable them to successfully compete in the marketplace.
Training includes market-driven employability skills, market-driven technical skills, practical experience, mentoring, and community service. A Ganar/Vencer training typically takes between seven to nine months and is implemented in three integrated phases.
- Phase 1 combines soccer field activities and examples with classroom activities to help youth develop key workplace skills such as teamwork and discipline. Information technology skills, discussions on gender and activities focusing on critical decision-making are also part of this highly interactive phase.
- Phase 2 brings these employability skills into hands-on activities to learn market-driven vocational/technical skills. Vocational areas vary by country and group, based on changing market conditions.
- Phase 3 offers youth the chance for practical experience via internships, apprenticeships or other activities. Throughout training, youth are mentored by members of the local business community and carry out community service.
The Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank provided $3.6 million in funding to start the program but required POA to raise an additional $1.2 million in cash match and $1.2 million of in-kind match. This match requirement motivated Partners to market itself as a training provider and training broker to potential employers, in return for funding. In order to do so, POA developed sponsorship packages and worked closely with potential employers. This helped them to ensure market relevance at the same time as they raised necessary funds.
In order to assure the market relevance of their programming, POA has developed sponsorship packages in conjunction with potential employers. Through the sponsorship packages, POA establishes partnerships with companies that are interested in hiring youth trained for a specific sector. In return, the companies provide funding to offset the cost of this training - in essence, hiring POA to be a training provider for youth employees. The situation is a win-win-win for all three parties: the companies secure low-cost, high-quality training for new hires; POA receives knowledge about growing employment sectors; and the youth receive training for jobs that are actually available upon graduation.
This project is also active in Brazil and Ecuador
SEEP PLP for Youth and Workforce Development
Paul Teeple
pteeple@partners.net
2005-Present
Partners of the Americas (POA) developed and implements the “A Ganar/Vencer” program, a program that targets at-risk youth, ages 16-24, in Brazil, Ecuador and Uruguay. A Ganar/Vencer uses a soccer-based methodology to motivate and assist youth in translating sports skills and values into market-driven employment skills. The goal is to provide youth with the knowledge, skills, confidence, experience, and work history that will enable them to successfully compete in the marketplace.
Training includes market-driven employability skills, market-driven technical skills, practical experience, mentoring, and community service. A Ganar/Vencer training typically takes between seven to nine months and is implemented in three integrated phases.
- Phase 1 combines soccer field activities and examples with classroom activities to help youth develop key workplace skills such as teamwork and discipline. Information technology skills, discussions on gender and activities focusing on critical decision-making are also part of this highly interactive phase.
- Phase 2 brings these employability skills into hands-on activities to learn market-driven vocational/technical skills. Vocational areas vary by country and group, based on changing market conditions.
- Phase 3 offers youth the chance for practical experience via internships, apprenticeships or other activities. Throughout training, youth are mentored by members of the local business community and carry out community service.
The Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank provided $3.6 million in funding to start the program but required POA to raise an additional $1.2 million in cash match and $1.2 million of in-kind match. This match requirement motivated Partners to market itself as a training provider and training broker to potential employers, in return for funding. In order to do so, POA developed sponsorship packages and worked closely with potential employers. This helped them to ensure market relevance at the same time as they raised necessary funds.
In order to assure the market relevance of their programming, POA has developed sponsorship packages in conjunction with potential employers. Through the sponsorship packages, POA establishes partnerships with companies that are interested in hiring youth trained for a specific sector. In return, the companies provide funding to offset the cost of this training - in essence, hiring POA to be a training provider for youth employees. The situation is a win-win-win for all three parties: the companies secure low-cost, high-quality training for new hires; POA receives knowledge about growing employment sectors; and the youth receive training for jobs that are actually available upon graduation.
This project is also active in Brazil and Uruguay
SEEP PLP for Youth and Workforce Development
Paul Teeple
pteeple@partners.net
2005-Present
Partners of the Americas (POA) developed and implements the “A Ganar/Vencer” program, a program that targets at-risk youth, ages 16-24, in Brazil, Ecuador and Uruguay. A Ganar/Vencer uses a soccer-based methodology to motivate and assist youth in translating sports skills and values into market-driven employment skills. The goal is to provide youth with the knowledge, skills, confidence, experience, and work history that will enable them to successfully compete in the marketplace.
Training includes market-driven employability skills, market-driven technical skills, practical experience, mentoring, and community service. A Ganar/Vencer training typically takes between seven to nine months and is implemented in three integrated phases.
- Phase 1 combines soccer field activities and examples with classroom activities to help youth develop key workplace skills such as teamwork and discipline. Information technology skills, discussions on gender and activities focusing on critical decision-making are also part of this highly interactive phase.
- Phase 2 brings these employability skills into hands-on activities to learn market-driven vocational/technical skills. Vocational areas vary by country and group, based on changing market conditions.
- Phase 3 offers youth the chance for practical experience via internships, apprenticeships or other activities. Throughout training, youth are mentored by members of the local business community and carry out community service.
The Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank provided $3.6 million in funding to start the program but required POA to raise an additional $1.2 million in cash match and $1.2 million of in-kind match. This match requirement motivated Partners to market itself as a training provider and training broker to potential employers, in return for funding. In order to do so, POA developed sponsorship packages and worked closely with potential employers. This helped them to ensure market relevance at the same time as they raised necessary funds.
In order to assure the market relevance of their programming, POA has developed sponsorship packages in conjunction with potential employers. Through the sponsorship packages, POA establishes partnerships with companies that are interested in hiring youth trained for a specific sector. In return, the companies provide funding to offset the cost of this training - in essence, hiring POA to be a training provider for youth employees. The situation is a win-win-win for all three parties: the companies secure low-cost, high-quality training for new hires; POA receives knowledge about growing employment sectors; and the youth receive training for jobs that are actually available upon graduation.
This project is also active in Ecuador and Uruguay
SEEP PLP for Youth and Workforce Development
Paul Teeple
pteeple@partners.net
2005-Present
