Without a doubt, in Latin America and the Caribbean there are many and much different job experiences with and for young people, that deserve to be recognized for their contributions and learning obtained; that is the main purpose of this section of the Portal. In some areas this experiences are characterized as “good practices”, while in other, are called “successful experiences”. In our case, we prefer to talk –in a more limited way- about work experiences, with no major qualifying, because it seems to us a more pertinent denomination.

In any case, in most of the cases we are talking about experiences that take place in limited local areas, but work around many different thematic spheres and are focused on juvenile sectors, also very different. Our purpose is that this section can show –in the best possible way- this variety and heterogeneity of situations, to the effects of being able to encourage the shared learning, among the different actors (young and adults) that work in this domains.

In all the cases, we try to offer presentations performed by the protagonists themselves, as well as evaluations and systematizations performed in each particular case, as a way of counting on derived versions of the sources. This does not intend to assure “objectivity” (something hard to obtain this way). Actually, what is intended is exactly the contrary. We hope to reflect the necessary subjectivities on the presentations, leaving to the users the generation of opinions and valuations on the matter.