Portobelo Entrepreneurs First Training from Crea in Panama

A total of 501 entrepreneurs from the "Crea En Panama" training program have successfully completed the course "To prepare for change new economic models of the Creative Economy" the first of four courses that make up the training with the participation of 1,200 entrepreneurs from every province and region of the country, and that is organized by the Creative Economics Section of the Ministry of Culture (MiCultura).

As part of these training sessions, Maru Gálvez, national director of Creative Economics, participated in the session of the Portobelo Municipal Council where she took the opportunity to give certificates to the first 11 artists and entrepreneurs from the Portobelo District that completed the course.

Paintings, representatives of dance schools, promoters of artisan cuisine, fashion design, among other residents of the village of Portobelo are part of the 35 entrepreneurs of this place that once they have completed the 4 courses, they will have an opportunity to be elected for the final phase of the program in which they will be supported, mentored and non-refundable funds by the amounts of 5,000, 10,000 or 15,000 balboas for their projects.

Tatiana Muñoz, with his experimental cuisine project that incorporates elements of the culture of the Black Christ of Portobelo and Felicio Velásquez with his undertaking of a digital platform to create the first cultural agenda of Portobelo, Yaremis Delgado, and designer of bathroom dresses with tissue technique, some of those benefitted from training have shown their complacency by being selected and acquiring new skills that will give him that support to more forcefully follow his actions.

This week will start the second course for Creative and Cultural Industries, entitled "Digital Marketing," with our entrepreneurs acquiring tools to enhance their jobs or artistic projects.

The Training Programme for Entrepreneurs of Cultural and Creative Industries called "Crea En Panama ″" by MiCultura has been supported by the City of Knowledge Foundation through its Innovation Center and is developed with funds from the Inter-American Development Bank (BID) as part of the Cultural Heritage Loan that aims to restore the heritage sites of Portobelo and San Lorenzo and the Reina Torre Museum of Araúz as well as building the creative ecosystem of artists and entrepreneurs, who will be the managers of the cultural products and services that will be visited by these tourists.

At the same time we call upon those who have been selected and contacted to conduct their training process to the post office where they have been notified of their choice.

Learn more about this program by entering the website createnpanama.gob.pa