Training for entrepreneurs and rural development
- Local partner: FUNDAP
- Duration: January 2008 – December 2010
- Budget: 439,000 Euros
- Funder: Diputación de Albacete
- Beneficiaries: 1380
Construction and furnishing of two Integral Education Centres, called Ija’ (“seed”), in the provinces Quetztaltenango and Suchitepéquez. Each centre provides technical training – without requiring previous academic education – in nutrition, services and textile. On the other hand, it offers formal education: primary and basic education and high school. The purpose of those courses is to incidence the labour market and to allow a quick entry in a workplace, also through self-employment.