What is the name of your organization?
CAMPUS LANDS SAS BIC
What is the name of your solution?
CAMPUS LANDS SUSTAINABLE JOBS
Provide a one-line summary or tagline for your solution.
CampusLands: an educational ecosystem for inclusive innovation and employability that merges academic training, technology and sustainable development
In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia
In what country is your solution team headquartered?
Colombia
What type of organization is your solution team?
For-profit, including B-Corp or similar models
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What specific problem are you solving?
In Colombia, there exists a critical gap between labor demand in the technology sector and the availability of qualified talent in software development. The country faces alarming youth unemployment exceeding the national average, particularly severe for young women who experience rates up to 1.5 times higher than men.
While the tech sector grows and requires IT-trained human talent, this vulnerable population of approximately 748,000 young people remains excluded from quality employment opportunities. Local, national, and international technology companies cannot fill their technical vacancies due to the shortage of professionals with updated skills, a problem exacerbated by expensive and inaccessible traditional educational programs.
This project addresses this issue by identifying and preparing young people to access existing intensive technical training scholarships that guarantee employment in the IT sector and align with technological labor market needs.
From day one, students immerse themselves in a tech ecosystem designed to face current challenges. Future developers use intelligent assistants to program, solve problems, learn new technologies, and simulate complex scenarios. They learn with AI, about AI, and to create with AI.
What is your solution?
The technology of the Campus model consists of an integrated platform that covers the entire IT training cycle. It begins with a recruitment system that includes applicant registration and automated evaluation of logical-mathematical aptitudes and attitudes.
The core of the platform is a personalized learning environment that combines project-based and collaborative methodologies, allowing students to immediately apply theoretical concepts in practical situations. The platform monitors each student's progress in six programming languages in real-time, using code development metrics to evaluate their evolution.
The system integrates personalized mentoring tools that respond to the specific needs of each learner, adapting to their learning pace and strengthening areas of opportunity. This educational technology significantly shortens the learning curve by simulating real work environments, allowing young people to acquire in 10 months skills that would traditionally require years of professional experience.
This technological solution facilitates the formation of cohesive IT work teams trained to quickly integrate into the labor market, thus fulfilling the main objective of the Campus model.
Campus integrates tech labs and AI with physical learning spaces, developing IT skills, English, leadership, and creativity. Strategic industry partnerships enable job opportunities, internships, and employment programs aligned with market needs.
Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?
CL works to improve lives of youth aged 18-28 facing socioeconomic barriers to technology jobs. The program serves Colombians and migrants in poverty, without work experience and limited access to specialized training.
These young people are underserved due to economic barriers, geographical obstacles, and lack of free intensive programs guaranteeing employment.
In its demonstration phase, CL successfully positioned graduates in IT companies nationally and internationally, connecting 80% of 370 graduates to employment within 10 months. Participants included 85% from poverty backgrounds, 17% women, 5% migrants, 5% ethnic communities, and 2% LGTBIQ+.
The solution provides intensive technical training (1,600+ hours) in six programming languages and technical English. The program's differential approach prepares participants as technical professionals and change agents, developing leadership skills to drive innovation while creating direct connections to the technology job market.
Results show significant impact on nearly 300 families of these young people (average age 22), who now earn formal incomes above market minimums. This transformation substantially improves quality of life for both participants and their families.
