The article describesthe main features and results, of a program of labor
supply that has been implemented in the city of Medellin since 2005, and which has been
implemented as a response from the public sector to the high unemployment rates that
have been taking place in this city. It’s also mentioned in this document the replication of
the model in two other Latin American cities, in the frame of a of south–South cooperation
Project (SSC)
This initiative, catalogued as a good practice, can be framed in promoting synergies and
linkages between the public sector and the private sector in the design, development and
implementation of activities aimed to promote employment.
This strategy is classified as a best practice taking into account that they are actions or
initiatives with tangible and measurable impacts in terms of improving the quality of life
and the environment in a sustainable manner and can serve as models for other countries
or regions, according to their own situation (Hernandez Aja, 2001)