{"id":6102,"date":"2025-11-26T08:15:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/?p=6102"},"modified":"2025-11-26T08:15:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:15:27","slug":"erasmus-synergies-for-strengthening-employability-in-guatemala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/?p=6102&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Erasmus+ Synergies for Strengthening Employability in Guatemala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A working meeting was held at the Delegation of the European Union in Guatemala to strengthen cooperation among Erasmus+ VET projects, with the aim of promoting actions that contribute to improving employability and vocational training in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the session, the projects <strong>INNOVET LATAM<\/strong> (\u201cInnovative Vocational Training Experiences in Latin America\u201d) and <strong>ECOCredGT<\/strong> (\u201cTowards a Digital Credentials Ecosystem for Strengthening Employment Generation Initiatives\u201d) were presented. Both initiatives, funded by the European Union, seek to promote educational innovation and digital transformation in technical and vocational education in Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Representatives of the European Union Delegation in Guatemala also shared information about the <strong>Decent Employment Support Program (PED)<\/strong>, an initiative aimed at improving working conditions and addressing poverty in Guatemala through three key pillars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\nInstitutional strengthening\n<\/li><li>\nTraining and capacity-building\n<\/li><li>\nSupport for MSMEs\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These meetings mark the beginning of a valuable collaboration in which ECOCredGT aims to contribute good practices in the issuance and management of digital credentials, thus supporting the development of a national ecosystem for entrepreneurship and job creation. The meeting also included participation from Fundaci\u00f3n Pro Verde and the Conecta Europa project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Representing the ECOCredGT project, Lic. Eduardo V\u00e9liz from Fundaci\u00f3n Kinal and Dr. H\u00e9ctor Amado from Universidad Galileo shared the project\u2019s progress and objectives, focused on strengthening the capacities of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions toward digital transformation and skills recognition through digital credentials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/f3ff8a06-76ff-426f-9472-db6846ad64db-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Participaci\u00f3n en reuni\u00f3n Erasmus+ VET en Guatemala\" class=\"wp-image-6024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/f3ff8a06-76ff-426f-9472-db6846ad64db-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/f3ff8a06-76ff-426f-9472-db6846ad64db-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/f3ff8a06-76ff-426f-9472-db6846ad64db-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/f3ff8a06-76ff-426f-9472-db6846ad64db-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/f3ff8a06-76ff-426f-9472-db6846ad64db-133x100.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/f3ff8a06-76ff-426f-9472-db6846ad64db-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/f3ff8a06-76ff-426f-9472-db6846ad64db.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Participaci\u00f3n en reuni\u00f3n Erasmus+ VET en Guatemala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/74d9fa2f-afda-4b89-9d6c-d139f3ad5bf7-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/74d9fa2f-afda-4b89-9d6c-d139f3ad5bf7-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/74d9fa2f-afda-4b89-9d6c-d139f3ad5bf7-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/74d9fa2f-afda-4b89-9d6c-d139f3ad5bf7-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/74d9fa2f-afda-4b89-9d6c-d139f3ad5bf7-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/74d9fa2f-afda-4b89-9d6c-d139f3ad5bf7-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/74d9fa2f-afda-4b89-9d6c-d139f3ad5bf7.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A working meeting was held at the Delegation of the European Union in Guatemala to strengthen cooperation among&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ultimasnoticias-es"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6103,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6102\/revisions\/6103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}