MiCultura invites to be part of the "Satellite Account"

The Ministry of Culture (MiCultura) in partnership with the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) will build with members of the cultural and creative sector the first "Cultural Satellite Account" that will be financed with resources from the Inter-American Development Bank (BID).

"At this time MiCultura is currently working with a resource consulting with the BID in cooperation with the construction of Panama's first satellite account of culture, which will assist the creative and cultural sector with economic production indicators in the different eight primary sectors of the Panamanian creative industry as well as its other subsectors," emphasized Maru Gálvez, Director of Creative Economics of the cultural entity.

For the construction of the Account, MiCultura invites lovers and entrepreneurs from the cultural sector in Panama to participate in different meetings with the aim of having a feedback, for which a schedule with virtual sessions has been initiated to achieve the objectives outlined.

We started with the publishing, artistic and copyright sector on Tuesday, January 12, and we continued with those involved with the heritage and museum sector on Thursday, January 14. Then, January 19 was the turn of those with audiovisual and performing arts and music and designs.

Those interested in participating in these meetings have to write to icc @ MiCultura.gob.pa where after their registration they will be responded with the link to the concurrently that you applied.

That information was important to reflect not only the amount of direct and indirect employment generated by cultural and creative industries in Panama but also their impact on gross domestic product and to serve as necessary tools and strategies for public policies that would help us to promote Panama's creative and cultural industries and to be able to measure with reference how they had an economic impact on their citizenship, Galvez added.