| Date: | 2014- |
| Web: | Official website of the programme |
| Description: | The objective of the project is to reduce the unemployment rate of young high school, university or technical training graduates from the National Institute of Vocational Training and Training for Human Development (INADEH), who have not participated in first job projects. Through investment in training and internships, the program's participants will be included in the labor market. Prior to the internship period, young people participate in training to strengthen soft skills for employment, and once the process begins, they receive PAB $300.00 per month from the Ministry of Labor and Labor Development (MITRADEL). Since 2019, the Panama Pro Joven program has been renamed Aprender Haciendo (Learning by Doing). |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Young people between 17 and 23 years old, graduates of selected vocational and technical schools, who have not had a formal employment relationship. |
| Area of intervention: | 1) Technical and vocational training 2) Labour intermediation services |
| Geographic scale: | National |
| Targeting method: | Means test Categorical |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | Law N°121 from December 30th, 2019 Resolution N° DM-502-2014 and Decree N° 218-2015-DMySC |
| Responsible organization(s): | Ministry of Labor and Work Development (MITRADEL) |
| Executing organization(s): | Ministry of Labor and Work Development (MITRADEL) |
| Source of funding: | Government of Panama |
1) Soft skills training
| Recipient(s): | Programme participants |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participant |
| Conditionalities: | Programme participants should keep attending the course until the training concludes |
| Sanctions: | |
| Comments: | The training time of the youth groups will be 20 hours for groups of up to 100 young people, while for groups of more than 100 young people it will be up to 40 hours |
| Description: | There will be agreements between the Ministry of Labor and Labor Development and other governmental and private entities to successfully implement the training of interns. To this end, classes will be held on topics such as leadership, emotional intelligence, teamwork, frustration management, entrepreneurship, financial education, human relations management, equal opportunities, labor rights, vocational strengthening and technical skills development. |
2) Internship
| Recipient(s): | Programme participants |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participant |
| Conditionalities: | To comply with the attendance and use of the internship in a real business environment. |
| Sanctions: | |
| Comments: | There will be no relationship between the participating company and the apprentice. This relationship will be governed by a cooperation agreement between MITRADEL, the participating company and the apprentice. The cooperation agreement will grant the parties the right to terminate the internship before the end of three months. However, the terminating party must present its justification in written form. The cooperation agreement will grant the parties the power to end the intership before three months. However, the terminating party must submit its justification in writing. |
| Description: | The internship will last 3 months in a private sector company. During this period, the young participants receive from MITRADEL an economic support of PAB$ 300.00 and the participating company must report every 15 days to the Ministry on the attendance, performance and evolution of the apprentice. In this way, there will be a follow-up, evaluation and personalized advice to the participant who requires it. The young interns will obtain the status of worker if they successfully complete the program and obtain a job offer in the company where the internship was developed. |
| Amount : | PAB$ 300.00 |
