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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.

Events

Ricardo Ernst and Nur Cristiani
Nov
20
2023

2023 GU LATAM Conference Event

On November 20, 2023, Georgetown University presented the relaunch of its Georgetown University Latin American Conference GU LATAM, which aims to elevate an action-oriented debate on the major issues related to the Latin American and the Caribbean region.

This annual conference brings together all…

GCL 2024 cohort posing with President DeGioia and LALP team at the Riggs Library

Open Call for GCL 2025

LALP just opened the call for applications for the 19th edition of its Global Competitiveness Leadership (GCL) program. The GCL Program provides a life-changing ten-week experiential learning opportunity for its participants, as well as access to a tight-knit and exceptionally active network of innovative leaders promoting positive social change in Latin America and the Caribbean. 

Juan Pablo Ospina Yepes from Colombia Wins 2024 YLAI Solution Pitch Competition

Juan Pablo Ospina Yepes (GCL 2016, Colombia) was selected as the 2024 YLAI Solution Pitch Competition winner. Juan Pablo co-founded Emerge, a social business that provides training in the agricultural sector and invests in education access for rural communities. Juan’s participation in the YLAI Fellowship sought to address the business challenge of scaling and expansion to allow communities to learn how to produce income and attract investors interested in education programs.

GCG Journal, Volume 18, Number 2

Georgetown University just released a new issue of their quarterly journal GCG, 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.