Panama
Strategies for youth employment
- Strategies for youth employment
- Yes
Youth employment strategy planned in the next 2 years
- Discussions within the government
- Yes
- Consultations with national-level stakeholders (e.g. employers’ and workers’ associations, youth councils, etc.)
- No
- A draft strategy already exists
- No
- Other (please specify)
- No
Countries with national action plans for youth employment
- Monitoring framework (timeline and activity/outcome indicators, e.g. youth labour market indicators)
- Yes
- Funding (indicative budget to implement the plan)
- Yes
- Institutional responsibilities (e.g. ministries/agencies in charge of specific planned activities )
- Yes
- Other, specify
- No
Public funding for the national youth employment strategy
- Public funding for the national youth employment strategy
- Yes
Additional information:
• The My First Job Programme is financed through the General State Budget. • Funding for the Department of Socio-Economic Integration of Persons with Disabilities is included in the Ministry of Labour and Workforce Development’s annual investment budget. • The Vocational Guidance and Employment Programme is also financed through the General State Budget.Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Yes
Additional information:
The My First Job Programme (Mi Primer Empleo) and the Vocational Guidance and Employment Programme (POVE) include youth as a target group within national employment strategies.Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
Targets are set out in the Annual Operational Plan (POA) of the Ministry of Labour and Workforce Development, which includes the various programmes and projects implemented throughout the year.Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Yes
Policy areas in national youth employment strategies
- Macroeconomic and Sectoral policies
- Yes
- Enterprise Development
- No
- Education, Training and skills development
- Yes
- Labour Demand
- Yes
- Labour Law and Legislation
- Yes
- Labour Market Policies
- Yes
- Other (please specify)
- No
Social partners' inclusion in the youth employment strategy
- Workers
- Implementation of youth employment strategies/programmes (e.g. social partners as official implementers of the strategy or programme)
- No
- Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
- No
- Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
- No
- Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
- No
- Formulation of youth employment strategies (e.g. national action plan for youth)
- Consulted
- Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
- No
- Employers
- Implementation of youth employment strategies/programmes (e.g. social partners as official implementers of the strategy or programme)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
- Fully involved
- Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Formulation of youth employment strategies (e.g. national action plan for youth)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
Youth-led organizatios' inclusion in the national strategy
- Fully involved
- No
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- No
- Consulted
- Yes
- Informed
- No
- Not involved
- No
Countries with national partnerships for youth employment
- Countries with national partnerships for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
2025 Framework Cooperation and Technical Assistance Agreement between IFARHU and MITRADEL (2020-2025); Inter-institutional Framework Agreement between La Caja de Ahorros and MITRADEL (2020-2025); Framework Cooperation and Technical Assistance Agreement between the University of Panama and MITRADEL (2020-2025). 2024 Memorandum of Understanding with MIVIOT (2021 - X), Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Culture (2021 - X), Framework Cooperation Agreement between MEDUCA and MITRADEL (2020-2025), Memorandum of Understanding with MIDES (2022-2024), Framework Cooperation and Technical Assistance Agreement between IFARHU and MITRADEL (2020- 2025), Framework Inter-institutional Cooperation Agreement between La Caja de Ahorros and MITRADEL (2020-2025), Framework Cooperation and Technical Assistance Agreement between the University of Panama and MITRADEL (2020-2025), Memorandum of Understanding Nestlé - MITRADEL (2020-2023), Framework Cooperation Agreement between INADEH and MITRADEL (2020-2025), Framework Cooperation Agreement between the Union of Industrialists of Panama and MITRADEL (2021), Framework Cooperation Agreement between the Private Sector Council for Occupational Assistance and MITRADEL (2023-2025), Memorandum of Understanding with Nevada, S. de R. L. - MITRADEL (2023), Memorandum of Understanding with Fundación Espacios Creativos (2023), Memorandum of Understanding with Universidad Iberoamericana de Panamá (2023-2025), Memorandum of Understanding with Universidad de Santander (2023-2025). --------------- 2023 The Alliance for Youth was created by the SUMARSE organisation, in which Mitradel participates together with an important group of companies.Inclusiveness of vulnerable groups in national strategies
- Women
- Yes
- Migrant Workers
- Yes
- NEETs
- Yes
- People with disabilities
- Yes
- Low skilled workers
- Yes
- Rural workers
- Yes
- Other (please specify)
- No
Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
- Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
- Yes
Additional information:
2025 Framework Cooperation and Technical Assistance Agreement between IFARHU and MITRADEL (2020-2025); Inter-institutional Framework Agreement between La Caja de Ahorros and MITRADEL (2020-2025); Framework Cooperation and Technical Assistance Agreement between the University of Panama and MITRADEL (2020-2025). 2024 Inter-American Development Bank - IDB for the development of programmes, training and cooperation. International Labour Organisation - ILO for the development of training on youth employment. RIAL Chile (International Technical Cooperation) International Organization for Migration - IOM for training on labour migration. ------------ 2023 The Public Youth Policy is supported by UNPD and the Employability Policy for Vulnerable Youth was supported by the IDB.