Mayabeque, Cuba: The Municipal University Center (CUM) in Madruga is a determining factor in the implementation of a government management system based on science and innovation, a necessity in the country’s purpose to advance in economic and social development.
The impact of the system in the productive and service areas and the solution to the dissimilar problems that the municipality faces due to the limitations imposed by the hostile policy of the North American empire and other subjective issues is vital.
The professionals of the University in Madruga have an active participation in the strategy of economic and social development and in community projects that weigh creativity and the exploitation of the potentialities and reserves of the locality in terms of development.
The Master in Education Sciences, Arileidis Méndez Sánchez, director of the CUM in Madruga, said that one of the main axes of the strategy is in the training and advice of government decision-makers and the training of capable and prepared cadres and officials who bet for science and innovation to meet today’s challenges.
Madruga has good experiences in the use of these pillars in education and health, but the results are not achieved effectively in other key sectors such as agriculture, urged to advance faster in food production, based on the results scientific research.
The University has a transcendent role in achieving municipal autonomy, through a government management system based on science and innovation.