Crea in Panama will start training

The Ministry of Culture (MiCultura) reported that 1,200 entrepreneurs from 2,157 registered at the November 2020 call for the 'Crea in Panama' program will be the beneficiaries of the enterprise courses for the creative and cultural industries that the entity promotes through its Economics and Creative Management with resources from the loan from the Inter-American Development Bank as an initiative of the National Government to promote the national enterprises, businesses and cultural and creative ecosystems and their sustainable development.

The first group of 300 people selected online and free of charge will start next January 11 to strengthen their entrepreneurial and digital marketing capabilities applied to cultural creative industries at post-Covio times. The remaining 900 select will be notified on January 18 by email to start training at the other 3 courses on January 25.

Marú Galvez, Director of Creative Economics at MiCultura emphasized his complacency with his great acceptance of the call with a result of 2,175 searches of which most of those applying come from the provinces of Panama, Colón, Chiriquí and Veraguas and 69% women.

The entrepreneurs and their training will be put into phase 2 where they will be accompanied, mentored and have access to non-refundable funds to start their jobs or leverage their existing ones. The sub-sectors with more registration were design, gastronomy, crafts and music.

The training programme forms part of the Crea project in Panama 2030, the national plan for the Creative Economy and its sustainable development currently being put forward by the Ministry of Culture as a whole with the UNESCO and the European Union that consists of a system of public policy governance, regulatory frameworks, strategic alliances and financial opportunities that seek to expand the opportunities of Panamanian and Panamanian peoples so that creative industries can be an axis of social and economic development and generating new jobs in this economic recovery.

To get more information about the projects and activities of this plan you can visit https: / / creaenpanama.gob.pa / and also the miculturapma networks.