15 years of GCL, 7 years of ILG, 6 years of LALP custom programs
GCL alumni 536, ILG alumni 171
Dear friends of LALP,
An "unprecedented year." Those two words seem to resonate in our minds when we think about the widespread disruption and uncertainty that the world experienced this past year. However, as I reflect on Georgetown University's Latin America Leadership Program (LALP) during this period, I also see the incredible drive of Georgetown University, our program team and faculty, and the growing and far-reaching LALP community of friends, participants, alumni, and generous supporters that inspire new ways of thinking as we construct a brighter future.
For us, building a brighter future means educating, empowering, and connecting the new voices of agents of change from Latin America and Spain, committed to leading a positive transformation in their lives and the lives of their communities. This past year, with mindful action and enthusiasm, LALP reimagined its flagship offerings, the Global Competitiveness Leadership (GCL) and Innovation and Leadership in Government (ILG) programs, moving them to live virtual platforms to respond to the times. The format redesign allowed us to welcome over 70 emergent leaders from over 20 countries, and more than 100 other leaders participated in our custom program offerings, including ILG Brazil 4.0, Leading Education, and our Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative - DC programs. In addition, LALP continued to strengthen the ties between Latin America and the wider university community through the Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability and a series of public dialogues addressing the key themes of governance and the rule of law, economic growth, and social and cultural inclusion that drive the university's engagement with the region. But all of this can only be possible thanks to the unwavering support of individuals like you, the Georgetown University Latin American Board, LALP Advisory Committee, individual donors, corporate sponsors, and LALP alumni and friends. Thanks to all of you, LALP celebrated 15 years of programming, educating emergent leaders, and recognizing the relentless work of our incredible network, which now amounts to more than 700 agents of change across the region.
I am so pleased to see that LALP continues to reimagine itself to better equip emergent leaders and bring Georgetown and Latin America closer together. I hope you enjoy this glimpse of what the 2020-2021 academic year has meant for all of us.
With my very best wishes and sincere appreciation,
Ricardo Ernst
Executive Director, LALP
12 women and 20 men
in ILG 2020
ILG 2020
18 women and 19 men
in GCL 2021
GCL 2021
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The crisis derived from the COVID-19 pandemic is having a different impact on women. Various analyzes are looking at the deepening of gender inequalities, being the gaps linked to the participation of women in the economy and their economic empowerment those that present a worse outlook for their advancement.
The COVID-19 crisis is affecting the world in unprecedented ways, stretching thin the resources of both the public and private sectors and exposing the long-standing tensions and growing edges of political and economic models. Latin America, in particular, has seen much of its hard-earned recent growth and democratization called into question, and the countries in the region have responded with widely differing policy measures.
This webinar series sought to uncover trends and divergences across the hemisphere, aiming to identify opportunities and best practices that can foster future growth and inclusion in the Americas. The series was co-sponsored with the Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown University.
COVID-19 has triggered severe health, economic, human, and political crisis throughout the world. Latin America must lead the road ahead through international cooperation, high impact initiatives from both public and private sectors, policymaking, and collaboration from all sectors including academia and civil society. Joint cooperation among nations has never been as important as today.
Through our LALP Alumni Webinar Series, "Latin America: Leading the Road Ahead," our goal is to strengthen international cooperation, promote the exchange of best practices and knowledge among countries to mitigate COVID-19, and support our almost 700 alumni within the whole Ibero-American region.
The Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness and Governability, published by Georgetown University, aims to become a source of new ideas about the effects of globalization on the competitiveness and governability of businesses and countries in Latin America, and particularly on the tools available to managers and politicians to design better strategies to benefit their respective businesses and countries.
Access the journal at gcgjournal.georgetown.edu
Editor in Chief:
Professor Ricardo Ernst, Georgetown University, United States
Senior Editor:
Professor Jose Ignacio López-Sánchez, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
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Message from LALP Alumni Presidents Slider
Faced with a world on hiatus, the GCL Alumni Network became a space of continuity. We have supported the first virtual edition of GCL, strengthening ties between alumni. We facilitated team building through mentoring; we opened thematic conversations that multiplied the ability to generate projects and their impact. Likewise, collaborating with the ILG Alumni Network, we resumed the annual face-to-face meetings, maintaining a virtual instance to involve the entire network.
It fills me with hope to know that this network has become a community involved in the development of the region.
Laura Paonessa, President of the GCL Alumni Network (2018-2021)
This year has been a great challenge for the entire alumni community of Georgetown University’s Innovation and Leadership in Government Program. The pandemic required us, as never before, to apply all those skills and tools we acquired in the program to come up with optimal public policy solutions that responded to the current needs and realities of our countries.
Throughout the process we witnessed how important it is to belong to a network like ours, whose members act in key spaces and actively collaborate in an empathic and supportive way. We learned together and, despite the great challenges, we were able to reach many of our goals, and despite the distance, we were able to be more connected than ever. With great pride and gratitude, we want to share some of the impact our network has been able to achieve, and we thank all of those who supported us along the way and made it possible for us to be part of this incredible network of agents of change.
Romina Sarmiento, President ILG Alumni Association
The map on the left shows the number of participants as of June 30, 2021 in GCL 2021 and ILG 2020, as well as the number of alumni since the inception of the programs.
Georgetown University’s Latin America Leadership Program particularly thanks the Latin American Board and the LALP Advisory Committee, as well as all the sponsors and donors who have supported our programs throughout the years and helped LALP connect and empower the next generation of Latin American leadership in action.
For questions about LALP programs, please contact
Cristina Ruiz,
Associate Director of Programs and Operations
Lina Zuluaga,
Program Manager
lalp@georgetown.edu
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