National Institute for Labour Training - INFOCAL

INFOCAL
Fundación Nacional para la Formación
y Capacitación Laboral - INFOCAL
(National Institute for Labour Training)

The Private Entrepreneurs Confederation of Bolivia (CEPB) created the National Institute for Labour Training (INFOCAL) in January 17th, 1996. INFOCAL was created in the framework of the agreement approved by law in February 14th, 1996 between the CEPB and the Ministry of Human Development.

It is a non-profit-making private institution of public welfare. Its mission is to lead the vocational training in the country.

The Foundation’s goal is the technical and vocational training. This goal is directly informed by the labour market requirements with the goal of achieving labour competitiveness, as well as to contribute to improve the country productivity and the standard of living of its inhabitants.

INFOCAL is conceived as a National System integrated by the National Foundation and nine Departmental Foundations in which the directories are presided by a representative of CEPB and the departmental federations of private entrepreneurs.

The basic transversal principles are at all levels that sustain the activities of the institution and determine the services of vocational training in the diverse contexts: quality, employability, gender equity and sustainable development.

The global strategies are:

Organizational-institutional: to consolidate the INFOCAL foundations as a system of training at the National level.
Technical pedagogic: to seek the modernization of the INFOCAL offer orient permanently to satisfy the demand.
Administrative-financial: to seek the economic strength of the INFOCAL system and the continuous improvement of its administrative management.
With this directions INFOCAL establishes a harmonious and uniform action in all the country.