Escuela de Liderazgo Juvenil

Youth Leadership School

Project's name

Youth Leadership School “Oportunidades Delagente”.

Contractor

Alliance between Transmission of the Bogotá Energy Group and the Family Compensation Fund Comfenalco Valle Delagente.

Aim

Strengthen the capacities for political advocacy of young people in formal instances of participation. Empower the participants in their individual, sociopolitical and community dimensions, promoting significant changes in them.

project value

$80,000,000 Eighty Million Pesos M/CTE

Number of total beneficiaries

100 young people between 14 and 28 years old.

Allied entities

Mayors of the municipalities of Tuluá, Andalucía, Candelaria and Buga.
Simón Bolívar Educational Institution of Cartago
Educational Institution Eleázar Booksellers of Andalusia
La Marina de Tuluá Educational Institution
Buga Agricultural Educational Institution

Start date

March 2022.

Finish date

November 2022.

Achievements achieved

Training and capacity building for political advocacy of approximately 100 young people.
Formulation by young people of political advocacy plans related to peasant markets (Cartago), leadership training (Tuluá), increased youth participation (Andalusia) and higher education (Candelaria).

Impacted Population

Young people from the age of 14, students from the municipalities of Cartago, Tuluá, Andalucía, Candelaria and Buga, Councilors and members of the Municipal Youth Platforms.