Vision of local development from the university in a Cuban municipality

Abstract

The objective of this research was to contribute to the creation of an organizational culture that fosters the production, exchange and socialization of knowledge and the continuous training of the members of the Local Development Group, according to the need for useful knowledge to solve, in the local business environment, the complex socio-economic problems that arose during the governmental, productive and service management of the territory. Conceptualize a series of basic definitions taken into account in the process of forming the Local Development Management Group in the municipality of Camajuaní. The training is confirmed as a basic process in the preparation for the territory to assume a process of sustainable and self-managed local development. The challenges of great complexity posed by University Knowledge Management at the local level are clarified. It defines the role and functions of the Municipal University Center (CUM) as a local university in the Local Development Network, the main actors of the Network, the results of the initial diagnosis of the municipality, the main Strategic Lines of the territory and the basic composition of the Local Development Management Group in the municipality. Work was carried out on the application of indicators and the measurement of the impact of higher education on local development.