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Minister Oscar Fernandez Caceres and the head of the SNCI, Cesar Candela Jara, signed a technical cooperation document.The Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (MTPE) and the National Society of Construction and Infrastructure (SNCI) signed a technical and institutional cooperation agreement, in order to promote joint actions to strengthen the employability and job skills of workers linked to the construction and infrastructure sector.
The head of the MTPE, Oscar Fernandez Caceres, stated that his sector is committed to strengthening the competitiveness and productivity of the productive sector, particularly the construction sector, for which it will improve the employability and job skills of its workers, based on the demand raised by the National Construction and Infrastructure Society.
We will develop joint training, training and certification actions. With this we seek to reduce skills gaps, promote technical specialization and recognize the experience acquired in practice, especially in young people and active workers. In this way, the articulation between the State and the private sector will allow vocational training to be aligned with the demands of the productive sector, increasing the productivity and competitiveness of the country, he noted.
Minister Oscar Fernandez highlighted that, in the last five years, the construction sector constitutes the engine of national development that, on average, represents 6.3% of the national Gross Domestic Product and generates close to one million jobs. This is equivalent to 6.2% of the total number of employed people in the country (17.4 million). It is a sector that boosts investment and generates employment, he added.
From the Ministry, we reaffirm our commitment to the generation of formal employment, the improvement of work capabilities and the promotion of decent work. Because by working together, we not only build infrastructure, but we build the future, said the head of the MTPE.
According to the agreement, MTPEs commitments include the exchange of technical information, the proposal of lines of work in training and certification, the promotion of the use of digital platforms such as Capacita-T and Mi Carrera, as well as the coordination of technical spaces to align the virtual training offer with the needs of the sector. The SNCI, for its part, is committed to disseminating MTPE digital tools among its associated companies, facilitating the identification of training demands and promoting joint strategies for productive development.
The agreement seeks to strengthen public-private collaboration so that the MTPE responds with training aligned to the demands of the productive sector raised by the SNCI. Likewise, the technical experience acquired on site will be officially certified, facilitating formal job insertion, improving income and promoting labor mobility of workers in the sector.
The signing of the agreement was carried out by Minister Oscar Fernandez Caceres and the Executive Director of the National Construction and Infrastructure Society, Cesar Angel Candela Jara.
