More than a thousand colonenses will benefit in the first phase of the program ‘Capacítate para el Empleo Colón’

The National Institute of Vocational Training and Training for Human Development (Inadeh) began on Wednesday, June 15, the execution of the programs designed for the plan “Train for Employment in Colón” that seek to strengthen the workforce required by the productive sectors and the works that the National Government is developing in the province with a public investment that exceeds $900 million.

The director in charge of Inadeh, Mariela Salgado, explained that in this first phase of the program, about a thousand people will benefit. “The training at the Marco Antonio Pereira Vocational Training Center, located in the district of Puerto Escondido, began with the participation of 250 colonenses. This is in partnership with the Ministry of Labor and the AIG,” she specified.

He indicated that Inadeh will provide these training programs: Building Maintenance Assistant, Hospitality, Tourism and Gastronomy Assistant, Maintenance Operation Assistant, Conversational English and Plumber Installer.

According to Salgado, the entity will provide technical training to men and women who registered in the Colón del Mitradel National Unemployment Registry attached to the Panama Digital platform in order to lower unemployment rates and reactivate the economy on the Atlantic coast. as agreed at the tripartite dialogue table between the National Government, the private sector and the leadership of the United for Columbus Coalition.