[{"bbox": [158, 153, 1073, 232], "category": "Text", "text": "The proportion of informal employment in the labour market (unpaid and non-contributory workers, non-professional self-employed workers or workers without income) is very high for a country with a level of economic development such as Peru."}, {"bbox": [158, 244, 1073, 483], "category": "Text", "text": "Because of the pandemic, there was a strong exit of the population from the formal labour market, and despite a post pandemic recovery, the unemployed now take longer to find a formal job. Deteriorating labour market conditions and uncertainty about the future of the economy are discouraging the demand for formal jobs. Extending cash-transfers during the emergency has been instrumental in providing much needed support to contain vulnerable population from falling back into poverty and fighting poverty and extreme poverty. However, cash-transfers are insufficient and unsustainable if not completed with activation measures for working-age people. It is important to strengthen employment policies and Active Labour Market Policies¹⁰ aimed at improving employability and access to formal quality jobs."}, {"bbox": [158, 495, 1073, 576], "category": "Text", "text": "The government has taken some positive steps to promote labour formalisation and employment with the creation at regional and municipal levels of dedicated centres, *Formaliza Perú* and *Centros de Empleo*, both under the responsibility of the Ministry of Labour and Employment (MTPE)."}, {"bbox": [158, 588, 1073, 746], "category": "Text", "text": "*Formaliza Perú* centres are intended to help enterprises and wage workers wanting to formalise themselves providing support in the administrative procedures and taxation obligation they have to comply with; they also provide a virtual platform informing on labour rights. *Formaliza Perú* has received an initial support from EUROsociAL to guide the Ministry on the design of the operational structure of the centres. 16 Centres have been created at regional level but are still not fully operational because the range of services they offer need to be expanded."}, {"bbox": [158, 759, 1073, 813], "category": "Text", "text": "*Centros de Empleo* provide employment services, such as job matching, job seeking support and ad hoc training. They can be either public or accredited private centres."}, {"bbox": [158, 825, 1073, 904], "category": "Text", "text": "Other measures, such as the adoption of favourable legal frameworks for domestic workers or the development of a territorial model to prevent child labour have been initiated but need to be substantially incremented to gain momentum."}, {"bbox": [158, 918, 1073, 972], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Identification of main stakeholders and corresponding institutional and/or organisational issues (mandates, potential roles, and capacities) to be covered by the action:**"}, {"bbox": [158, 983, 1073, 1143], "category": "Text", "text": "**Public sector stakeholders:** all the ministries that are mandated to move forward in the creation of a Social Protection System and form part of the Inter-Ministerial Commission for Social Affairs – CIAS, which are: the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (president of the CIAS): the Ministry of Economics and Finance; the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Population (mandated with the role of setting up a national Care system); the Ministry of Education; the Ministry of Health; the Ministry of Labour and Employment; the Ministry of Production."}, {"bbox": [158, 1155, 1073, 1259], "category": "Text", "text": "Other ministries and agencies that will be targeted, specifically relating to migrant regularisation and inclusion are the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Direction of Human Rights and Special Commission for Refugees; the Ministry of Interior (National Superintendence of Migration) and the National Ombudsman."}, {"bbox": [158, 1273, 1073, 1459], "category": "Text", "text": "**Local authorities** are strategic partners due to their mandate to define and implement strategies and networks of social protection, care services, job creation and formalisation at sub-national level. The action will work with a pilot methodology in to develop specific territorial strategies to improve social assistance service provision, formalisation, regularisation, and integration of marginalised and migrant populations (local plans, pilot care, integrated labour formalisation centres). Priority will be given to regional governments and municipalities with a high percentage of migrant population, primarily Lima and Callao."}, {"bbox": [147, 1539, 1082, 1615], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁰ According to OECD definition, Active Labour Market Policies includes i) training, ii) employment incentives, iii) direct job-creation, iv) start-up incentives, v) employment services (mainly referred to job-matching), vi) sheltered and supported employment."}, {"bbox": [976, 1666, 1081, 1690], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 9 of 27"}]