Latin America Leadership Program

Dear friends,

This 2022-2023 academic year, Georgetown University's Latin America Leadership Program (LALP) officially institutionalized its GCL and ILG flagship programs in a hybrid format while strengthening connections with program alumni and celebrating the incredible diversity of its growing regional talent.

For ILG 2022, LALP offered new opportunities for its alumni to engage with its programs. In this sense, ILG alumni were invited to serve as guest lecturers and project mentors to promote further collaboration and shared knowledge across generations. In addition, ILG 2022 participants were invited to join our LALP alumni in an annual alumni reunion on campus, celebrating 25 generations of LALP programs. At the same time, LALP also achieved a number of milestones with GCL 2023. With the 2023 cohort, the GCL alumni network surpassed the mark of 600 members, and it was the first cohort to exceed the program's gender equality efforts, with more than 60% of participants being women.

While advancing our flagship programs, we kept scaling our custom offerings, which included, among others, the on-campus Project Incubation Bootcamp for project finalists of the CAF Governance and Public Innovation Certificate, a virtual workshop for Women in International Trade Leadership, and a new online seminar in collaboration with the Center for the Advancement of the Rule of Law in the Americas (CAROLA) for young lawyers from the region with a vocation to promote the rule of law in their countries.

This year, LALP also celebrated its 2023 Impact Award Winners: Andrea Burt, Director of B Corps and Communications at Sistema B International (GCL 2012, Paraguay), and Sebastian Palacios, Minister of Sports of Ecuador (ILG 2019, Ecuador), and co-presented various public events and webinars, including the Women Entrepreneurs Forum. This unique forum further showcased the impact of our alumni in the region and brought together more than 70 international speakers from 20 countries.

Finally, the Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability (GCG) marked 15 years of publications. During these years, the journal has sought to answer hundreds of questions, and not surprisingly, it has also unlocked hundreds of more questions. But, as always, this continuous cycle of questions and answers builds the advancement of any field of knowledge, and we believe there is a bright future for a better understanding of the challenges of Ibero-America and, in particular, Latin America for better governance, wider globalization, and higher competitiveness. GCG is devoted to helping in that endeavor.

I hope you enjoy this brief but comprehensive snapshot of LALP's 2022-2023 reach and are inspired to join us next year in some of our many initiatives! As always, please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions about our programs.

Sincerely,

Ricardo Ernst, LALP Executive Director

As part of Georgetown University's continuous global commitment to Latin America, LALP designs and implements two annual flagship programs - Global Competitiveness Leadership (GCL) and Innovation and Leadership in Government (ILG). These long-standing and recognized executive education programs have become a landmark of Georgetown University's engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean, and they have resulted in a growing and impactful regional platform of leaders that, with their projects, are generating a multiplier effect across the region.

The Latin America Leadership Program collaborates with other university centers, external institutions, and its extensive LALP alumni network to promote a deeper understanding of the current challenges and opportunities across Ibero-America and the Caribbean and strengthen Georgetown's engagement with the 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. With GCG Volume 16, Number 3 (September 2022), the Journal marked 15 years of publications.

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