{"id":47059,"date":"2026-01-28T13:26:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wadhwanifoundation.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47059"},"modified":"2026-03-20T13:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T07:58:10","slug":"wadhwani-foundation-deepens-state-and-city-execution-to-deliver-2-5-million-jobs-and-enable-6-million-placements-by-2030-globally-2","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/wadhwanifoundation.org\/es\/news\/wadhwani-foundation-deepens-state-and-city-execution-to-deliver-2-5-million-jobs-and-enable-6-million-placements-by-2030-globally-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Wadhwani foundation deepens state and city execution to deliver 2.5 million jobs and enable 6 million placements by 2030, globally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Foundation is strengthening local execution in Indonesia to accelerate job creation outcomes, while continuing all skilling and entrepreneurship programs at zero cost to partners and beneficiaries<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Jakarta, Indonesia | 28 January 2026<\/u><\/strong>: Wadhwani Foundation, a global not-for-profit focused on job creation, is strengthening its local execution model in Indonesia, moving delivery closer to state and city ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>The focus is on scaling outcomes through stronger execution, ensuring that national platforms and programs translate into tangible results for beneficiaries on the ground. Scaling outcomes means more local jobs, and more local people placed into jobs. This approach enables faster execution, clearer accountability, and closer alignment between local employers, skilling institutions, and job outcomes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why State and City Execution Matters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By strengthening execution at the state and city level, the Foundation is better positioned to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Align employability skilling initiatives with local employer demand<\/li>\n<li>Support aspiring entrepreneurs through locally relevant pathways<\/li>\n<li>Work more closely with academic institutions, ecosystem organisations, employers, and partners<\/li>\n<li>Improve speed, coordination, and accountability for outcomes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over the last 10 years of operating in Indonesia, the Foundation has built strong on-ground impact. Each year, it supports 35,000 learners to become job-ready through employability skilling, and enables 35,000 students, aspiring entrepreneurs, and businesses to start, survive, and grow through its entrepreneurship programs.<\/p>\n<p>Operating through a dual model for maximum impact, national platforms democratise access and enable scale, while state and city teams focus on delivery, coordination, and ecosystem engagement. To support this shift, the organisation is being realigned to strengthen local delivery and align capabilities to the strategy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharpened Ecosystem Focus in Indonesia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As part of this approach, the Foundation is sharpening its focus on one priority ecosystem in Indonesia, with execution concentrated in Jakarta. This enables deeper engagement with local partners, stronger coordination, and clearer ownership for outcomes\u2014helping translate programs into jobs and placements where they matter most.<\/p>\n<p>Learnings from execution in this priority ecosystem will inform how the model is refined and extended to additional state and city ecosystems over time, ensuring that scale is driven by what works locally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Continuity of Programs and Partnerships<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All existing programs continue in Indonesia, including employability skilling, Ignite, and entrepreneurship support, with no disruption to ongoing engagements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Commenting on the approach, Ajay Kela, CEO &amp; Board Member, Wadhwani Foundation<\/strong>, said: \u201c<em>Our mission is to create jobs and improve livelihoods at scale. In Indonesia, we are strengthening execution by working closer to state and city ecosystems, while continuing to deliver our programs nationally at zero cost through strong partnerships. This will accelerate outcomes, creating more jobs locally and placing more job-ready people into them, as we progress toward our 2030 goals.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What This Means for Partners and Beneficiaries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Partners and beneficiaries in Indonesia will continue to have uninterrupted access to all programs at zero cost, with clearer local coordination as execution moves closer to state and city ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>De cara al futuro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By moving execution closer to state and city ecosystems, this approach ensures that programs translate into more local jobs, clearer pathways to employment and entrepreneurship, and more consistent outcomes for people and communities over time.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"template":"","news-category":[],"coauthors":[155],"class_list":["post-47059","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wadhwanifoundation.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wadhwanifoundation.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wadhwanifoundation.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wadhwanifoundation.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wadhwanifoundation.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wadhwanifoundation.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=47059"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wadhwanifoundation.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=47059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}