According to the World Economic Forum's 2021 Global Risks Report, young adults around the world are experiencing their second major global crisis in a decade, facing challenges to their education, employment, economic prospects, and mental health; delaying the region's progress towards meeting the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

The Global Report on Youth and COVID-19 of the International Labor Organization (ILO), shows how young people are suffering disproportionately the secondary effects of the pandemic, seeing their access to education and employment restricted, where more than 90% of the population student has interrupted their education due to the closure of schools, one in six young people has stopped working and 42% have shown a reduction in their salaries.

More than 156 million young people live in Latin America and the Caribbean, who face persistent structural gaps and inequalities in the development of capacities, therefore, “Having well-trained leaders is essential to face the increasingly complex development challenges that they face. the region ”(CAF, 2017).