The visibility of science, its impact in rural areas and the links among academia, government and production in the province, are some of the concerns at the Máximo Gómez Báez University of Ciego de Ávila (UNICA).

With the aim of reflecting on the matter, and taking action, the II Provincial Workshop on the impact of science on the socioeconomic development of the province took place at the UNICA headquarters, attended by teachers, directors of centers associated with the university, business leaders, CITMA specialists and territorial authorities.

According to Jorge Martínez Melo, a specialist from the Máximo Gómez Báez institutional communication group, the first point of the day was dedicated to present the results of the diagnosis of the university-government-productive sector link for local development in Ciego de Ávila, with the Dr. C. Duniesky Morales Pérez, head of the Local and Territorial Development Group of UNICA in charge of it.

"The lack of training for government structures, few professional human resources linked to local development actions in the municipalities, lack of identification of scientific potential, as well as the non-commercialization of products and services in the interface company of the university and the need to develop a social communication strategy for local development were identified”.

Consequently, and as a result of the three subsequent panels, the following agreements can be highlighted, in which UNICA can contribute to these processes, the advice of the university towards the productive actors of the territories, entrepreneurs, professors of the University Venues, etc. Direct the investigative work practices of the students to the territories linked to local development projects, and extend the application of the communication campaign "Development starts here", aimed at promoting municipal self-management.

In the conclusions and recommendations of the workshop, in the words of Dr.C.Yurisbel Gallardo Ballat, rector of the University of Ciego de Ávila, the intention to accompany all economic actors, organizations and departments through its product portfolio was explicit; and services, and with the certainty that knowledge is the prelude to development.