Name of best practice
Proyecto Ámbar (Amber Project)
Entity
(Type of entity implementing the initiative)
‘Fundación 26 de Diciembre’
(Funding: Community of Madrid grant)
Purpose
Reducing the unemployment rate among the trans community.
Target
(youth LGBTI+, adult LGBTI+, schools, labour market)
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Kind of intervention
Individual interventions, as to encourage skills and/or personal competences development, which should foster self-knowledge
Objectives
Training and support for trans people
Description of the implementation
Training: Free training sessions aimed at mastering work skills. The foundation works with partner institutions and companies that are in charge of these workshops.
Individual Employment support: Support in all stages of job hunt, including professional and soft skills training, search strategies, job interview preparation.
Professional Intermediation: Mediation between job candidates and hiring companies. Creation of a network of partner companies (Ámbar network), including relevant firms such as Pantene, Carrefour or PayPal.
Resources needed to implementation
Human resources to offer training
Mediation team.
Funding
Results of implementation
No available data yet (recent implementation).
Facilitators
Human capital trained in social integration
Barriers
Lack of financing
Reference website of Best Practice Ambar: fundacion26d.org/proyecto-ambar
Link to video about Ambar project (include contact): Link