La innovación como proceso articulador institucional

Abstract

This article tries to analyze the new space that innovation
has taken as a social and economic mechanism, to face
the socio-political crisis of 2018, the health crisis caused
by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 and the impact on
Nicaraguan territory. of the hurricanes ETA and IOTA
in the year 2020. Establishing a connection between
the author and the reader, through a dialogue of
knowledge and the sharing of experiences that, from
the university, together with society, have identified
as profitable to achieve a transformation and assume
new challenges as a country in terms of innovation.
For this, the key aspects that have made a difference
are described in the context of the social, health and
natural phenomena that Nicaragua has gone through
since 2018.
In the same way, reference is made to the evolution
that innovation has had at UNAN-Managua,
incorporating it into the study programs as a
transversal axis in the creation of competences and
capacity development, giving a qualitative leap in
the curricular transformation, so that students can
respond to real problems presented by society and the
productive sectors of the country, through strategic
alliances and institutional articulation with the entire
national ecosystem.
It also reflects on the impulse that the government
has given, through policies, programs and plans
that incorporate innovation as the vehicle that leads
towards economic development, through the Orange
Economy model, an important factor to take into
account. From this contextual analysis, it is understood
the social responsibility that academic institutions, the
government and society as a whole have, to give way to
the transformations demanded by the new times and
the paradigm changes that are necessary to respond
to the challenges that are generated as a result of
the economic, political, social and environmental
circumstances of the country.