The 1st Interinstitutional Collaboration and Regional Integration Forum is being held at ESCEG
Within the framework of the 1st International Convention on Innovation and Leadership in Public and Business Administration (CILAPE2026), organized by the Higher School of State and Government Cadres (ESCEG) and held from October 12 to 16, 2026, the 1st Forum on Inter-Institutional Collaboration and Regional Integration took place. This forum featured the participation of Fernando González Llort, Hero of the Republic of Cuba and President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, and Walter Baluja García, Minister of Higher Education.
The Higher School of State and Government Cadres celebrated its 15th anniversary on October 17, 2026. On the occasion of its 1st International Convention and the 15th anniversary celebrations, it received congratulatory messages from the Ambassadors of the People's Republic of China to Cuba, Mr. Hua Xin; From the Russian Federation to the Republic of Cuba, Viktor V. Koronelli, and from the Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Cuba, Le Quang Long.
Also participating virtually in the Forum were the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba to the People's Republic of China, Alberto Blanco Silva; the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba to the Russian Federation, Enrique Orta González; and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Rogelio Polanco Fuentes.
During the event, congratulations were received from academies and counterpart institutions in the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and the Federative Republic of Brazil. All participants highlighted the fruitful results of the cooperation developed with the School, as a training institution for Cuban state and government officials. The School has signed 57 international cooperation agreements with academies and institutions fulfilling similar missions in eight countries: 1) People's Republic of China; 2) Russian Federation; 3) Socialist Republic of Vietnam; 4) Republic of Belarus; 5) Spain; 6) Federative Republic of Brazil; 7) Mexico; and 8) Dominican Republic.
Since 2014, ESCEG has engaged more than 8,000 managers, officials, and specialists from public and private administration, as well as professors from Cuban training institutions, to whom ESCEG provides methodological guidance.
