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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

logo 20 Years of LALP's Impact: Now & Beyond, image created by GCL alumna Lula Capriel's Estudio89
Nov
6
2026

Celebrating 20 Years of Impact Event

Registration is now open for the 20 Years of LALP Impact Events, a milestone celebration of Georgetown University’s Latin America Leadership Program (LALP).

As part of the anniversary celebrations, LALP will host a one-day forum, “Ahead of the Curve: Building Regional Advantage in a Shifting Global

GCL Cohort

GCL 2027: Open Call from June 15 though August 14, 2026

The Global Competitiveness Leadership (GCL) Program, a flagship initiative of the Latin American Leadership Program (LALP) at Georgetown University in partnership with the Office of Executive Education at the McDonough School of Business, is now accepting applications for its 21st edition. This ten-week experiential learning program brings together emerging leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean, offering a unique opportunity to strengthen leadership capacity while joining a vibrant, close-knit network committed to advancing positive social change in the region. Over the past 20 years, GCL has trained more than 700 leaders from 22 countries across business, politics, and civil society, fostering regional competitiveness, innovation, and sustainable development. Applications are open until August 14, 2026.

GCG Journal, Volume 20, Number 2

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.

Apply to the 2026 Innovation and Leadership in Government (ILG) Program from April 13 to June 12

The Georgetown University Latin America Leadership Program (LALP) is opening the call for applications for the thirteenth edition of its Innovation and Leadership in Government Program (ILG 2026), an executive training program for government managers, public officials (from the executive, judicial, and legislative branches) at the local, state, and national levels, as well as highly experienced professionals from civil society and multilateral organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean.