A company’s capacity for innovation can make a difference with respect to its competitors in its sector. As revealing data on business digitization in the islands, only 31% of SMEs in the Archipelago have a presence on social networks and the percentage of companies with less than 10 employees that sold online in 2020 was only 7%, compared to 9 .5% state average. For this reason, programs such as the Innovation Management Program (GDI), a commitment by the Canarian Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society of the Government of the Canary Islands (ACIISI), and developed by the University of La Laguna through its General Foundation, are vital to promote this digital transformation of the productive fabric and increase competitiveness.
During the past year, the sixth edition of GDI, which began in June and ended this January, prepared 370 people from all over the Canary Islands for their incorporation into companies in need of innovation, digital transformation and valorization projects. Of these, almost two thirds were women. In addition, fourteen people were able to carry out paid training practices and more than 800 accreditations were delivered in the different lines of training of the 29 courses offered.
The practical phase of the program is, without a doubt, one of the key points of this training experience. In this edition, the internships were carried out in groups and R&D centers of the University of La Laguna and in companies in Tenerife, Gran Canaria and, for the first time, in El Hierro.
As in the 2020 edition, this training was given entirely online, thus allowing access to residents of all the islands, and incorporating live online videoconferences given by expert teaching staff on these topics, whose contribution generated greater value to the training.
Those interested in participating in future training editions can contact the Innovation Management Program via email [email protected] or fill out the contact form on its page Web.
This Program is promoted by the Canarian Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society of the Government of the Canary Islands, financed 85% by the European Social Fund (ESF), and developed by the University of La Laguna through its General Foundation .
