Day organized by the Royal Economic Society Friends of the Country in La Palma on the afternoon of Monday, May 26, in the Salazar Palace of the palm capital.
In 2022, a provision for the Extraordinary Employment and Training Plan of 63 million euros was approved in the State Budgets, in 2023 it became 30 million euros and added another 30 million euros for the last quarter of 2024 and the whole of 2025.
According to data from the Ministry of Labor, responsible for all the data of the labor market in La Palma and its evolution of the RTAs associated with the volcano and the cesantías of the autonomous, the Special Commissioner for the Reconstruction of the island of La Palma, indicates that “the numbers are good, we are close to the growth of 6% of the GDP on the island compared to last year, while the national growth is around 2%.” This figure is complemented by the growing population on the island, “a population that also comes to work in La Palma in sectors related to reconstruction,” the Commissioner said. Residents of La Palma grew by 1.23% compared to 2024, standing at 85,383 inhabitants, despite the fact that the trend in the years prior to COVID and the volcanic eruption reflected a population decline.
The Director General of Professional Training and Special Regime Teachings of the Government of the Canary Islands, Carolina León Martínez, was present and spoke. the training offer in FP in the Island, currently has 20% more students of vocational training, increasing in 15 new degrees in different areas of La Palma for the course 2025/2026. The Canary Islands, according to Carolina León, is a pioneer in the implementation of the figure of job prospectors, who attract new companies in which students can do their internships and thus teachers can focus on professional training, and the intervention of Pilar Natalia Álvarez, president of the School Council of the Canary Islands and Ricardo García Shower, on behalf of Fedepalma, who contributed their vision of training needs and improvements of professional training that will be useful in the local labor market.
Main conclusion.- The reconstruction and economic impulse of La Palma involves the incentive of employment, training and business and professional orientation