PY/Promotion of Youth Employment through Training and Microentrepreneu

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The project seeks to promote youth employment and entrepreneurship and young people as the key actors in local development contributing to the local and regional development in Paraguay. The direct objective of the project is to improve the employability and life opportunities of 1000 disadvantaged young people in Paraguay, between the ages of 18 and 29, through entrepreneurship and life skills training, starting resources and support for the entrepreneurial initiatives. Young people will acquire employability skills, entrepreneurial and life skills as well as assistance to develop micro and small enterprises. The project aims to contribute to the development of local sustainable platform for the promotion of youth entrepreneurship.