Panama, April 21, 2026. - Each April 21, the world celebrates Creative Economics and Innovation and Panama through the Ministry of Culture highlights the challenges achieved by the National Creative Economics Management during the period 2025-2026.
Under the leadership of Minister María Eugenia Herrera and Director Miguel Fábrega, his country had been able to place itself as a regional reference point for the impetus of cultural industries and had been an outstanding participation in international scenarios such as MONDIACULT 2025 in Barcelona with representatives from 163 countries.

The National Research and Training Centre for Social and Social Research and Social Research and Research and Research and Research and Research have been dedicated to training and training entrepreneurs and training them to turn their vision into sustainable projects.
The MiCultura also puts instructive videos at public disposal on its website, where we explain step by step to achieve creative projects with success, complementing the Master Training Plan that includes proposals in design and cultural management.
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The results of the last biennium reflect a developing industry with an unprecedented economic and social impact. Creative Markets (MEC) reached 150 thousand assistants at 21 points at national level, while large-scale events such as MACROFEST 2026 generated direct transactions with 1.2 million dollars, with the participation of 210 projects. That dynamic spread to other massive sectors such as Comic with Panama, that attracted 15.000 people, and Panama Fashion Week with 10,000 visitors, strengthening a diversity of cultural offer ranging from contemporary art to cuisine.

) The management strategy has also prioritized decentralisation and strengthening of the legal framework. 60 local tourism projects have been implemented in 18 municipalities and the Cultural Development (CFC) attestation has been formalised after its publication in Official Gazette to stimulate investment in the sector.

With the consolidation of the Municipal Compact for the Development of Creative and Cultural Industries, involving 200 mayors, MiCultura continues to show that creativity is one of the most dynamic and organized engines of national development.