Young INAU beneficiaries will have their first work experience in the Legislative Branch
The purpose of the signed agreement is to provide a first work experience in Parliament to young people between 18 and 24 years of age, linked to the Institute for Children and Adolescents of Uruguay (INAU). This seeks to generate tools for them to acquire a “responsibility culture” in employment and skills for their future job placement. Internships will last between six months and one year.
The signing of the agreement between INAU and the parliamentary authorities took place in the antechamber of the Senate, in the Legislative Palace. The Vice President of the Republic, Beatriz Argimón; the president of INAU, Pablo Abdala; the vice president of that body, Aldo Velázquez, and the president of the House of Representatives, Ope Pasquet.
Thanks to the agreement, adolescents and young people linked to INAU, in its different forms of protection, will be able to access their first work experience through socio-labour internships. It also seeks to generate an approach to employment, which allows them to acquire a “responsibility culture”, as well as skills for a future labor and social insertion.
The internships will be between six months and one year, with a weekly load of between 20 and 30 hours. The selected young people will carry out the tasks that will be defined, after considering the needs and the proposed profiles, for the work activity that they will carry out in the Senate, the Chamber of Representatives or the Administrative Commission.
In his speech, Argimón described this initiative as an opportunity that demonstrates “the equity that one wants to exist in all spheres of life.” He added that the young people will work in the three executing units of the Legislative Branch and that they will also learn “what it means to continue growing in democracy, one of the best legacies that we can leave to the new generations.”
Looking for an opportunity
Abdala, meanwhile, pointed out that this agreement coincides with INAU’s policies and constitutes a milestone, because it is the first of its kind signed with the Legislative Power. In addition, he defined it as of “enormous relevance” for young people who are looking for their opportunity in life, the construction of their personal autonomy and the stage of leaving the establishment. “We have to give them opportunities to sustain themselves outside the system,” he remarked.
He also reported that the House of Representatives projects the incorporation of between 20 and 30 young people who will enter in the coming weeks. In this sense, he explained that they will learn skills, develop personal skills and approach the job market from “the house of democracy and the representatives of the people”, which will mean “additional teaching” for them.
