Starting April chambers of commerce in the region will be providing free training on phytosanitary controls, management at border posts and customs procedures for exporting firms.
From a statement issued by the Chamber of Commerce of Costa Rica:
As of April, the Chamber of Commerce of Costa Rica will be running a training program on trade facilitation for the public and private sector, within the framework of a cooperation agreement signed between the Federation of Chambers of Commerce of Central America (FECAMCO) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement the USAID Regional Project on Trade and Market Partnerships.
The government has announced that it expects to invest $400 million in the construction of six technical training centers in areas related to ports, logistics, agriculture, tourism and engineering.
The dynamics of business in Panama in sectors such as logistics and customer service, have increased the demand for qualified personnel for these functions.
The government and the private sector are preparing a plan to provide technical training to one thousand Panamanians per year in areas such as logistics, trading, freight and customer service.
An assessment made by the Ministry of Labor and Development of the Workforce in conjunction with 20 productive sectors concluded that "... Although there is a positive trend in employment generation, reaching an average of 8.1% annually, domestic firms have been limited in their efforts to fill vacancies. "
Validation of licenses granted to naval officials will now be the task of the Panama Maritime Authority.
While the transition from the company Orion to the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) is carried out, the evaluation of licenses for marine officials will be temporarily suspended.
The manager of the AMP, Jorge Barakat, told Prensa.com that "...with this decision it is expected that the state will receive money that until now had been feeding the finances of a private company."
The industrial sector has proposed a bill so that the National Training Institute can make more efficient use of budgetary resources.
The proposal would allow the Chamber of Industries National Training Institute (INA by its initials in Spanish) to invest resources not only in new buildings but also in buying new equipment and hiring qualified people to teach.
An intensive course is being offered in the Netherlands on new technologies and innovation in the horticulture industry worldwide.
From information published by NethWork:
Participants will learn about new technologies, innovation, collaboration as well as acquiring practical experience in the most innovative horticulture industry in the world in this three-week intensive course offered by NethWork and the HAS University of Applied Sciences.
The Superior Council of Private Enterprise in Nicaragua has created a special commission to promote the reform of the National Technological Institute.
"... We have created a commission at the Superior Council of Private Enterprise (COSEP) to begin immediate work on the theme of technical education in the National Technological Institute of Nicaragua (Inatec) ...
The company Norberto Odebrecht and the National Institute of Vocational Training for Human Development (Inadeh) have signed an agreement for cooperation and training.
The aim is to cover the lack of trained personnel to meet the demand generated by the third phase of the coastal road "Cinta Costera".
This agreement will directly benefit hundreds of participants in the Continuing Professional Qualification Program (Creer), which develops the sustainability of the project, and consists of technical courses to develop skilled staff. More than 450 residents of the village of El Chorrillo have benefited from this program, 180 in the first round and 300 in the second", reported Capital.com.pa
Orion Maritime Training Center is the only company authorized by the Panama Maritime Authority to certify marine licenses on the Panamanian registry, the largest in the world.
The training center, established in May 2010, has a total of 51 courses approved by the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP in Spanish).
The Panamanian newspaper La Prensa consulted the AMP on the issue of "...
The second of its kind to be tendered in Panama, the training centre is designed to train technical personnel in various disciplines.
Like the previous centre put out for tender, this centre aims to meet the need for trained staff required by multinationals operating in the Panama Pacific Special Economic Area.
The center will be attended by technicians training for industrial welding, electricity, robotics, telecommunications, technology, computer science, English, electronics and refrigeration.
The government will put in place a training center to address the lack of qualified labor in the country.
Such initiative will be executed by the National Training Institute for Human Development and the Panama Pacifico Agency (APP).
Olmedo Alfaro, manager of APP, expressed his concern over the “lack of technical staff, capable of supplying the needs of transnational companies located in this economic area”.
The National Secretariat for Science and Technology (SENACYT) is to create an academy to provide training in unified computing, telecommunications and data centers.
SENACYT needs to fill Panama's knowledge gap relative to other countries in the region in the design, configuration and maintenance of computer networks.
The successful bidder will provide the infrastructure necessary to enable SENACYT to offer up to 540 CISCO certificates in unified computing, switching and routing, and dynamic data centers.
From September Global TSC hopes to be operating a pilot training and simulation center.
With an investment of more than $1.5 million, the center seeks to become a focus for pilot training throughout Central America.
The president of Global TSC, Julio Planas Gómez, commented that the training and simulation center will feature state-of-the-art technology and a team of highly specialized personel, reports Prensa.com.
The project is to provide food processing training facilities.
The facilities, which will be in the centers of Lajas and Guararé, are for the processing of fruit, vegetables and dairy products.
Also out to tender is the purchase of seven agro-industry mobile class rooms with teaching equipment for training in the processing of fruit, vegetables, dairy products, meat, fish, sea food and breads.
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