The university extension and the strengthening of women and men entrepreneurs graduated from the Municipal Trade Schools

Abstract

The Municipal Trade Schools (EMO) are part of the strategy promoted by the Government of Reconciliation and National Unity, to promote learning opportunities through training programs for work, labor assets and productive inclusion, setting as a goal what is contemplated in the National Plan to Fight Poverty and Human Development 2022-2026, registers 138,000 protagonists. This strategy began in 2009 under the name of Mobile Courses, to later be called Casas Comunales de Oficio and from 2014, EMO strategy, contributing since its implementation to the training of more than 400 thousand protagonists in different courses taught by INIFOM, INATEC and the mayors

In addition to strengthening capacities with this program, the growth and scalability of business models for women and men entrepreneurs have been managed, activating local and national economic growth, and the right to technical training has been restored, contributing to gender equality, family integration and improvement of quality of life. This article exposes the participation of the CNU universities in this support program for entrepreneurs, managing to establish a dialogical relationship that allowed the students and teachers who participated to strengthen their knowledge, skills, attitudes and values, acquiring the tutors skills to lead different modalities. of educational practices and the strength of students in situated and experiential learning based on projects, achieving the ability to solve problems, provide solutions and generate significant learning in their professional.