Creates in Panama continues to impact more entrepreneurs

About 70 colonist entrepreneurs have been awarded their completion certificates from the Ministry of Culture (MiCultura) for the first phase of the "Create in Panama" training and have been awarded technologies and capabilities for digital marktig, creative and digital stores.

These entrepreneurs, of whom a high percentage are women, will have to continue a second phase where they will have to get jobs and production and innovation workshops and then move to the third phase where they will be eligible for non-refundable funds from the Inter-American Development Bank (BID).

Gabriel González, Vice Minister of Culture, stated that for the Ministry of Culture it's a pleasure to be able to give these certificates, because we are committed to the growth and development of our country's cultural and creative sector, so we have to facilitate tools so that entrepreneurs, artisan and artists can offer their goods or services following the latest trends and that the efforts of each course have been reflected in every undertaking.

"I urge them to continue to train and to make the most of training that doesn't only work with tangible results but with their knowledge as tenacious and capable people," said Gabriel González.

Maru Gálvez, director of creative economy, explained that this fund will be distributed as follows, five thousand pat for new ideas, ten thousand pat for microenterprises and another fifteen thousand pat for Pymes.

Iracema de Dale, Governor of Colón and Ernesto Polanco Province and Provincial Director of MiCultura at Colón, were part of the authorities that participated in this event.