Strengthening innovation, entrepreneurship and formation of informal sector vendors

Start activities

04/02/2018

End activities

12/07/2018

Partner Institution

Institute for Social Economy [Instituto para la Economia Social]

Type of Assistance

Institutional Strengthening

Code

2017-16

Description

The Instituto para la Economia Social (IPES) of Bogotá provides care and attention to informal street vendors. This action served the purpose of setting up tools for the design, the management and the follow-up of policies related to training, work and employment of informal street vendors. French experts first assessed IPES’ current programme in favor of street vendors, including orientation counselling, vocational training, training on merchandising. Recurrent problems were identified, and assessment results presented and discussed with the partner and its teams. A set of preliminaries recommendations was formulated. Specific attention was given to evaluate the actions aimed at promoting entrepreneurship among street vendors.