+3200
People worked on the construction of Q2.
Elige Crecer
The initiative promoted by Teck seeks to transform people’s lives in the Tarapacá Region through various training alternatives, employment opportunities, and support for local suppliers.
Context
What does Teck’s commitment to the Tarapacá Region respond to?
Teck is a leading Canadian resources company focused on the responsible supply of essential metals for development and the global energy transition.
In Chile, it has operations at Quebrada Blanca, a copper mine located in the Tarapacá Region in northern Chile. This is the basis of its strategy and commitment to the social and economic development of the territory and to each of the people who live there, enabling them to expand their employment expectations and become relevant actors in strengthening a sustainable regional economy.
The construction of Teck’s Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 (QB2) project was an opportunity to promote the hiring of local people and services, contributing to both the social and economic development of the Tarapacá Region.
That is why, in 2019, the Elige Crecer program was created as a result of the alliance between Teck and Fundación Chile, focused on human capital development and labor intermediation, with the purpose of ensuring that people in the region received the tools needed to apply to QB2’s network of contractor companies.
Today, Elige Crecer has become a strategy based on the creation of public-private partnerships through four pillars:
- Promotion of connection networks.
- Development of local human capital.
- Support in job search.
- Strengthening of regional suppliers
Objectives
Objectives
- Employment and economic growth: Promote local employment and inclusive, sustainable regional economic growth.
- Ethnic inclusion: Achieve greater participation in the industry by women and people belonging to Indigenous peoples.
- Diversity: Generate tools that support progress in inclusion and diversity initiatives.
Governance
Governance
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Expected results
+230
Training courses in construction, food services, and general service trades.
+5700
People trained by technical training organizations.
+18.000
People registered in its database
Associated SDGs
Associated SDGs
This initiative contributes to the following Sustainable Development Goals:
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