[{"bbox": [96, 152, 1135, 313], "category": "Text", "text": "Workers with low levels of income value more their actual income rather than social security, preferring to receive the amounts that would go for social security contributions rather than deducting them from their salaries. Liquidity, possibly for the capitalisation, is crucial for the owners/workers of micro and small enterprises. For this reason, subsistence self-employment is extremely high in Paraguay, representing almost 67% of the total self-employed working population (CADEP, 2020). This segment is characterised by its informal nature, working to meet basic needs, and generally earns an income below the current legal minimum wage (CADEP, 2020)."}, {"bbox": [96, 323, 1135, 431], "category": "Text", "text": "In this context, the youth population is inserted in a labour market characterised by non-compliance with labour legislation, with a high proportion of enterprises that are not registered in the tax contribution system, and a low level of social security due to the low weight of the contributory system. It goes without saying that youth labour remuneration is significantly below the minimum legal remuneration established by the law."}, {"bbox": [96, 442, 1135, 498], "category": "Text", "text": "As a consequence of these problems, the main challenge identified in Paraguay is the low proportion of the working youth population, aged 18 to 29, who have access to formal employment and benefit from social security."}, {"bbox": [96, 508, 603, 536], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will be articulated around these challenges."}, {"bbox": [96, 548, 1063, 576], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Key players: institutional framework, capabilities and roles, collaboration with other duty-bearers.**"}, {"bbox": [96, 587, 684, 615], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (MTESS)**"}, {"bbox": [96, 626, 1135, 681], "category": "Text", "text": "The MTESS was created in 2013. It is mandated to guide labour policy and articulate public and private efforts to expand access to formal employment, job training, to promote adequate working conditions and labour rights."}, {"bbox": [96, 691, 1135, 774], "category": "Text", "text": "Under the Action, the MTESS will lead the activities foreseen to strengthen labour policy, the consolidation of existing instruments and the development of new ones, as well as to articulate the different State entities in charge of labour insertion, employment promotion and labour formalisation programmes."}, {"bbox": [96, 783, 1135, 866], "category": "Text", "text": "In this sense, the MTESS will have a key role in promoting regulations, inter-institutional coordination, design of training programmes, construction of an information system, reform of the labour observatory, promotion of public-private dialogue, among others."}, {"bbox": [96, 876, 431, 904], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Ministry of Women's Affairs (MM)**"}, {"bbox": [96, 915, 1135, 970], "category": "Text", "text": "The Ministry of Women was created in 2012, elevating the Secretariat for Women to the rank of Ministry. It is in charge of gender equality and mainstreaming the gender policies and actions."}, {"bbox": [96, 980, 1135, 1088], "category": "Text", "text": "Its main role in the Action will be to accompany and participate in the development of the care component of the public policy, ensuring that occupational training and labour insertion of caregivers are strengthened. The National Care Policy (PNC), under the responsibility of this State portfolio, foresees a set of activities, some of which are aligned with the programme and will be supported and developed by it."}, {"bbox": [96, 1099, 1135, 1179], "category": "Text", "text": "Therefore, the MM will coordinate with the MTESS in the implementation of the National Employment Policy, identifying other public sector entities that directly or indirectly address care activities within the framework of their institutional missions."}, {"bbox": [96, 1191, 467, 1219], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Ministry of Social Development (MDS)**"}, {"bbox": [96, 1230, 1135, 1312], "category": "Text", "text": "The MDS was created in 2018 and coordinates all public social policies of the State, particularly in fighting against poverty and vulnerability. Likewise, it articulates public actions aimed at strengthening human capital capacities to face the lack of protection as well as collective social capital."}, {"bbox": [96, 1322, 1135, 1430], "category": "Text", "text": "Its role in the Action will be to articulate with programmes that promote the human and social capital of the “graduates” and cash transfer programmes, improving employability and formalisation. Through its poverty reduction Plan and the Tenonderâ programme, it will implement the component of the National Employment Policy of the MTESS, which aims at labour insertion and formalisation."}, {"bbox": [96, 1441, 483, 1469], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF)**"}, {"bbox": [96, 1480, 1135, 1588], "category": "Text", "text": "The MEF was created in 2023, merging different Ministries to create a big structure with the purpose of articulating all spheres of economic planning and financial execution of the resources of the State Treasury, as well as governing public policies and planning economic development. In particular, it is responsible for planning of economic policies, the administration of tax and revenues and spending."}, {"bbox": [1038, 1681, 1144, 1707], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 8 of 25"}]