Aprender Haciendo (Learning By Doing)
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Institutions and agencies involved
Programme type
Population group
Youth
Programme Details
Programme objectives
The program aims to reduce the unemployment rate of young students graduated from Bachelor, University or Technical Training of the National Institute of Vocational Training and Preparation for Human Development (INADEH), who have not participated in a formal employment. Through investment in training and internships, the program is aiming to include participants in the labour market. Prior to the internship period, the programme participants will enrol in training to strengthen soft abilities for employment, and once the process has begun, they receive PAB$ 300 monthly from the Ministry of Labour and Work Development (MITRADEL). Since 2019, the program Panamá Pro Youth became Learning by doing.
Programme components
i) Soft abilities training; ii) Internship
Start date
2014
Previous programme name (if any)
Panamá Pro Joven (Panama Pro Youth)
Conditionalities (if any)
i) Programme participants should keep attending the workshop until the training concludes;
ii) Accomplish attendance and use of internship work in a real business environment.
Programme expenditure
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Target groups
Youth aged 17 to 23 years graduated from selected vocational and technical schools, who have not had a formal employment relationship.
Eligibility reassessment (if any)
ii) Internships: During the internship the participating company must inform the Ministry every 15 days about the assistance, performance and evolution of the intern. In this way, there will be a follow-up, evaluation and personalized advice to the participant that who requires it. Young interns will obtain the status of a worker, if they successfully complete the program and obtain a job offer at the company in which they developed the internship.
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
Amount of benefits
Payment/delivery frequency
Benefit delivery mechanism
i) Soft abilities training: There will be agreements between the Ministry of Labour and Labour Development (MITRADEL) and other governmental and private entities, to successfully implement the training of the interns. Classes will be held to help participants to develop soft skills such as leadership, emotional intelligence, teamwork, frustration management, financial education entrepreneurship, human relations management, equality of opportunities, labour rights, vocational strengthening and development of technical skills;
ii) Internships: There will not be a relationship between the participating company and the apprentice. This relation will be regulated by a cooperation agreement between the MITRADEL, the participating company and the intern.
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.
Benefit recipients
Minimum and maximum duration of benefits (if any)
i) Soft abilities training: 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;
ii) Internships: The intership will last three months in a private company.
Legal Framework
Law N°121 from December 30th, 2019.
Resolution N° DM-502-2014 and Decree N° 218-2015-DMySC
