Led Training Program Summary
This document outlines the objectives and strategy of a program to support decentralization and local economic development in Latin American countries. [The general objective is to build capacity for public-private integrated management of sustainable LED processes in Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Guatemala and Peru.] [The specific objective is to train technical and policy professionals to design, implement, and manage production sector development and job creation initiatives using an LED and decent work approach.] [The strategy includes components for strategic alliances, diagnosis and training materials, LED courses, online learning, knowledge management, and monitoring impacts such as improved business climate, increased investment and employment, and growth in the number of LED initiatives.]
Led Training Program Summary
- 2. Argentina Brasil Chile Guatemala Peru
- 3. Objectives General objective: to support decentralization processes in the region by building capacity for public-private integrated management of sustainable local economic development (LED) processes in the participating countries Specific objective: to train technical and policy professionals in order to improve their capacity to design, implement, and manage production sector development and job creation initiatives, using a LED and decent work approach.
- 4. Strategy – Program Structure Preparation Component 1 Component 2 Component 3 Component 4 Strategic Diagnosis and US$ Fund Training material LED courses alliances beneficiaries projects profiles Image and Basic training Tutorships Projects selection Difussion Contents and case studies Training for Webblog + Social trainers Distance course Guidance Network of Network and seniors and Contents Feedback on specialization specialists methodological Methods onsite inputs and online Project proposals learning Component 5 Component 6 Knowledge Observatory and management program monitoring Best practices Dissemination of results Program replicate in other countries Evaluation
- 5. • General impact expected – Improvement of the business climate perceptions in the territories benefited by the program. – Increase of the investment (public and private) and employment levels – Reforms to the political and institutional framework for promoting LED introduced as a result of program activities – Growth of the number of LED initiatives or projects in execution – Increase the income, sales, and productivity (total sales/total costs) of the firms supported by the LED pilot projects – After program completion – A curriculum for training in local development and employment that can be adapted to the characteristics of each territory where training is offered has been developed – At least four institutions per country have been added to the roster or strengthened as providers of high- quality training courses in territorial economic development and employment . – In the regions covered by the program, public-private relations have improved, i.e., operational meetings between the two sectors have increased by more than 50% and at least two specific initiatives are under way in each region/macroregion, in addition to the projects developed under component 4.