Analysis of public employability policies and their results in the metropolitan area of Cúcuta, 2016-2019. Análisis de políticas públicas de empleabilidad y sus resultados en el área metropolitana de Cúcuta vigencia 2016-2019

Abstract

For a community to emerge economically, its inhabitants must be able to meet their minimum needs, which generates social welfare and a productive dynamic of the economy. This is why the State, through public policies, seeks to eliminate or reduce the problems that afflict society. In Cúcuta and its Metropolitan Area, there are different problems to be solved from the departmental and municipal structure, however, there is a very important one, unemployment.  Unemployment statistics are above the national average; therefore, it is necessary to look for the reasons why even when different public employability policies are implemented, unemployment figures increase. In order to carry out this research, it was essential to study the programs and projects implemented by the mayors of the AMC and the governor of the department to verify their effectiveness. The management reports of each mayor's office, DANE and the Chamber of Commerce were studied.  Accordingly, different findings were observed. According to the analysis of the development plans, each municipality, according to its location, main economic activities and needs, proposes its own solutions; however, there is a notable lack of planning in each of the plans according to the institutional capacity and budget of each of the entities.