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About LALP

Pursuing the university’s mission of teaching and service for the common good, Georgetown University's Latin America Leadership Program (LALP) develops regionally-focused experiential executive education programs that aim to educate, connect, and inspire regional leaders to create impact networks with a positive multiplier effect across Latin America and the Caribbean.

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GBEL 2025 Cohort Promoting the 2026 GBEL Call for Applications

For Regional Leaders Towards a Global Impact: Apply to the 2026 Global Business Executive Leadership Program

Georgetown University's Global Business Executive Leadership (GBEL) program is a comprehensive executive education initiative for regional business leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean seeking to multiply their organization's global impact. As part of the program, participants will develop an applied business project proposal in which they identify a challenge their organizations currently face and propose a comprehensive strategy to address it. Upon completing GBEL, regional business executives will gain a holistic understanding of global business dynamics and join an active network of agents of change, able to drive strategic initiatives in their organizations, positioning them as effective leaders in today's rapidly evolving business environment.

Open Call for Applications for the 2026 LALP Impact Awards

Georgetown University's Latin America Leadership Program (LALP) announces the 2026 call for the GCL Impact Award and ILG Impact Award. These annual recognitions celebrate the unique and inspiring journeys of Global Competitiveness Leadership (GCL) and Innovation and Leadership in Government (ILG) alumni who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in promoting the multiplier effect of LALP programs and whose projects have generated innovative and positive impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean. GCL and ILG alumni can submit their nominations at the LALP Alumni Melian platform using their alumni credentials until Feb. 1, 2026.

GCG Journal, Volume 20, Number 1

Georgetown University just released a new issue of their quarterly journal Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability (GCG Journal), which features innovative proposals to help improve the competitiveness and governability of Ibero-American companies and countries in a globalized world. The journal also aims to serve the region’s academic and scientific communities by becoming the reference publication for new ideas.