Uruguay: Program to Support the National Integrated Care System (UR-L1110) 

The program's objective is to help improve access to, and the quality of, the care of dependent people through the National Integrated Care System (SNIC). Specifically, it will support the institutional strengthening of the SNIC and the expansion of quality care services for children under the age of 3.

Peru: Improvement and Expansion of employment Center Services for Formal Job placement (PE-L1152)

The project objective is to improve and expand employment center services for formal job placement of the economically active youth population of the regions of Arequipa, Ica, Lambayeque, La Libertad, Piura, San Martín, and Metropolitan Lima. The specific aim is to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and relevance of Employment Center services to better match urban youth with formal-sector businesses looking for workers. The project seeks to develop a ¿strengthened Employment Center¿ model and fully implement it in these seven regions.

Bolivia: Program to Support Employment II (BO-L1121)

The general objective of this operation is to improve the workforce integration, in formal economic units, of job seekers who use the Plurinational Employment Service of Bolivia (SPEBO). Its specific objectives are: to strengthen SPEBO's position; and (ii) to improve the effectiveness of services delivered to job seekers who use SPEBO.

Uruguay: Generation C: Strengthening education innovations for 21st Century skills and competencies (UR-L1141)

This objective will be achieved through a program comprising the following three components: (i) Programs to improve learning and teaching practices introducing new pedagogies for deep learning; (ii) Digital resources to improve learning and competencies; and (iii) Management, improvement of monitoring capacity, and evaluation of results.

Bolivia: Grow Well to Live Well (BO-L1064)

Through the Ministry of Health, the Growing Well to Live Well program will provide comprehensive services, implementation of standards and supervision of quality care, in two departments: Potosí and Chuquisaca. The general objective of the program is to help improve the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development of children, improving access and quality offered to children under 4 years of age. The program strengthens child care and parenting practices through home visits and strengthening Childcare Centers. It also creates Stimulation Centers to evaluate and treat children with physical, cognitive and socio-emotional delays. It also aims to improve inter-institutional coordination.

Paraguay: Program to Support Job Placement (PR-L1066)

The purpose of the program is to help improve job placement for young people who participate in new training models, and the expected outcome is to build the capacity of the General Employment Directorate (DGE) to coordinate services through a one-stop window. The program will also set up a web portal and an intermediation system in Paraguay.

Peru: Program to Improve Early Education in Ayacucho, Huancavelica and Huanuco (PE-L1062)

The general objective of the program is to improve the quality of early education services for children ages 3 to 5 years in the departments of Ayacucho, Huancavelica, and Huanuco. The specific objectives are: (i) to ensure suitable, safe educational facilities for children that will aid the teaching/learning process; and (ii) to improve teaching practices and management of education agents through support, relevant educational materials, and family participation, to encourage the children’s learning.

Barbados: Skills for the Future, BA-L1016

The objective of this program is to support the Government’s Human Resource Development Strategy, with an emphasis on improving the quality and relevance of secondary education and the effectiveness of technical and vocational training and education by forging close partnerships between business and training institutions. These partnerships are key to ensure that training is demand-driven and responds to the needs of employers while also resulting in skills certification for the trainees.

Belize: Education Quality Improvement, BL-1018

The objective is to improve the quality of primary education and the governance of the Belize education system. This objective is being achieved by training 50% of classroom teachers, as well as instructors at the Teacher Education Institutes that train future teachers. The program also trains some 37% of primary school principals in instructional leadership and administration, and creates an Education Management Information System.