Panama: Key socioeconomic indicators

Instituto Nacional de Formación Profesional y Capacitación para el Desarrollo Humano
National Vocational Training Institute for Human Development (INADEH)
http://www.inadeh.edu.pa/

According to the first article of DECREE LAW Nº 8 (of 15 February 2006), the National Vocational Training Institute (INAFORP) created by Law 18 dated 1983, undergoes a restructuring process adopting the name of National Institute of Vocational Training for Human Development (INADEH).

Inadeh has been founded as an autonomous institution, a legal entity with its own estate and financial, administrative and technical independence in its internal structure regarding the use of its assets and the development of its activities. It is ruled by the general policy of an Executive Body, through the Ministry of Labour and Work Development and subject to the control of the General Comptroller Bureau of the Republic.

Objective
Implementing policies, strategies and programmes on vocational training, labour training and business management training both for the public and the private sector, as well as administrating and allocating public funds to that end.

Mission
Promoting, setting up, managing and sustaining a national system that ensures vocational training of human resources in productive occupations that may be required by the national development process and that take into account the abilities, attitudes and moral and ethical values of individuals.

Vision
Inadeh - with the aid of the civil society and the productive sectors - heads and develops a top-quality vocational training system with excellent management and training products, that has the recognition of its users and the benefit of the human resources required by the labour market, thus promoting and developing a national culture for life and work.

Some of its functions are::
* Offering a national training policy.
* Managing the funds allocated to training.
* Promoting and organising the public and private supply of vocational training, occupational training and business management.

With the creation of INADEH, a National Competency Commission is formed. It is in charge of the processes and mechanisms of certification and recognition of workers' labour competencies.

There will also be a National Commission for Quality Management that will handle the assessment, accreditation and continuous revision of public and private training centres and it will keep a National Register for training. Its aim is to contribute to improve the qualification of national human resources and set out better conditions of competitiveness in the productive sector and of employment for the worker.