Who are we?
Management
Opportunity
Y Aprendizaje
Lifelong
GOYA (Management, Opportunity, and Lifelong Learning) is a tool with soul, purpose, and future — a technological solution with educational aims, designed and managed by the Vocational Training team of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Colombia.
This is an interactive space for training in basic, soft, and hard skills, aimed at closing gaps and promoting educational, training, and occupational mobility. Here, you will find different opportunities to acquire new knowledge and strengthen skills that will help you qualify to advance along a path toward income generation and decent work.
Our Journey: Years Transforming Lives in Colombia
Since 2016, the ILO Office for the Andean Countries has developed innovative vocational training programs that have positively impacted the lives of thousands of Colombians, especially young people and victims of the armed conflict.
Our Strategic Partners
Over the past eight years, we have built strong partnerships with key institutions:
Public Policy Impact & Evaluations
Over the past eight years, we have developed a public policy methodology.
The programs have strengthened capacities and public policies to close labor gaps and promote decent work. Through a “bottom-up” methodology, they foster technical education, innovation, multisectoral partnerships, and labor inclusion.
In addition, they promote STEAM education, rural development, and peace, strengthening the National Qualifications System and inclusive and sustainable employment policies in Colombia.
Impact Results Indicators
Over the past eight years, we have achieved essential results.
With nearly
direct beneficiaries in
vocational training programs
of labor insertion in the
training program
for Trainers
of dropout in programs
main
Presence in
more than
municipalities nationwide
Subjects of Reparation
Collectives strengthened
productively
More than
apprentices certified with
our partnership programs
Families affected by the conflict
armed conflict in the country have been
supported through our
collective reparation programs
Complementary Services
Our programs include comprehensive services such as:
- Differential and gender-sensitive psychosocial support
- Childcare services for participants
- Vocational guidance
- Development of 4.0 and digital skills
- Strengthening of parenting practices for families
The ILO in Colombia continues to be a key player in building peace and social justice, economic development, and decent work, constantly adapting to the needs of the country and its regions.