Guatemala

Projects

Economic Empowerment of Indigenous Youth and Women

The Project will improve the living conditions of indigenous men and women between the ages of 15 and 35 years, so that they can increase their income and improve their capabilities as well as improving the current conditions for autonomous decision-making; gaining access to professional technical education and market insertion opportunities; it...

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Nuevas Oportunidades: productive reintegration of returned migrants

The project seeks the economic reintegration of returned migrants. It enables returned migrants to certify the skills they have acquired in the United States or Mexico. After certification, they are supported in finding a job or starting their own business.

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Innova

Disadvantaged young adults will be able to successfully enter professional life through solid, high-quality training. In this way they will generate income for themselves and their families, freeing themselves from poverty on their own initiative.Young men and women are learning important technical skills in vocational training. Since the project...

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Expert Consulting Services, SEC Guatemala

Although small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Guatemala account for 85% of the total job market, they only represent 35% of the GDP. There are many factors that prevent SMEs from being more productive: low levels of education, lack of access to financing and information on markets, insufficient capabilities in business management and a lack of support for entrepreneurs. Improving entrepreneur’s performance and increasing their participation in local and global markets could have very positive results for the entire economy.

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News

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17.07.2023

Swisscontact reaffirms its commitment to Honduras through a visit by the Chairman of its Board of Directors

Thomas Meyer, Chairman of the Board of Swisscontact, visited Honduras to learn about the reality and the context in which projects are implemented in the country, as well as to strengthen and strengthen ties of cooperation, reiterating the organization's commitment to the positive development of Hondurans.

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17.07.2023

A historic visit for Central America, beginning in Guatemala.

On July 4, Thomas Meyer, Chairman of the Board of Swisscontact, based in Zurich, Switzerland, toured Central America, specifically Guatemala and Honduras, in order to learn about the reality and context in which projects are implemented in those countries.

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12.06.2023

Promoting vocational education and training together with the private sector

At an event in Zurich on June 8, 2023, Swisscontact presented three vocational education projects that underscore the importance of involving the private sector in development cooperation. These projects also highlight how companies in Kenya, Bangladesh, and Guatemala are moving vocational education forward in order to create jobs and a better future for their people. The event was titled "Shifting Power - How the Private Sector Drives Change in State-led Education Systems".

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Country Director Guatemala

Carlos Morales

Interventions

In Guatemala, Swisscontact has implemented projects in different areas such as vocational education and training, retraining and reskilling, labour market insertion, development of "Guatemalan Entrepreneurial Ecosystems" and recently on issues related to Green Cities, such as solid waste management. We partner with the public and private sector, universities and academia, cooperatives, rural and farmers associations. We facilitate access to financial services such as seed capital. We strengthen relationships with institutions (business incubators, startup accelerators) for entrepreneurship and new ventures, targeting the most vulnerable minority groups such as indigenous communities, women, youth and returned migrants.

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