University of Cundinamarca: Co-creating Territorial Solutions

The exchange of knowledge is a priority for the institution in addressing translocal issues.

PublishedDecember 12, 2023

Por: El Tiempo

Solutions generated collaboratively among the participating agents from communities affected by problems in the territories are the result of the Social Innovation Laboratory (LIS) initiative, led by the University of Cundinamarca.

The impact of UCundinamarca through Social Interaction processes in the seven municipalities where it has a presence (Girardot, Fusagasugá, Facatativá, Soacha, Chía, Zipaquirá, and Ubaté) is strengthened by this new institutional initiative, which seeks to co-create solutions to the most pressing problems of the communities in these territories through the application of innovative methodologies.

The framework of this living lab is the Learning Field Methodology – LFM, a pillar of the Transmodern Digital Educational Model – Medit, an educational proposal for life, democratic values, and civility, proposed by the University's president, Adriano Muñoz Barrera.

During the LIS launch scenario, the Academic Vice Rector, Víctor Londoño, explained that “The University cannot remain with its back to the community, or simply thought of as a cloister dedicated to transferring knowledge”; two years ago, in the midst of the pandemic, together with the National Consulting Center, we applied a series of instruments to find out from the voices of the community agents what those problems are that are latent in the territory, thus forming the Bank of Translocal Problems, the primary source that mobilizes the Laboratory.

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