Training in local development projects: Need for economics and planning cadres and specialists

Abstract

Local development in Cuba has become a priority of strategic importance as part of the National Economic and Social Development Plan until 2030, as well as a central axis and articulator of the agendas of governments at the municipal and provincial level as an alternative to Promote the development of the territories based on the country's strategy, so that municipalities are strengthened as a fundamental entity. The objective of the article was aimed at socializing the results of the initial diagnosis based on the training for the management of local development projects of the staff and specialists of the municipal directorates of economy and planning of the Pinar del Río Province. The use of theoretical level methods such as: historical-logical, analytical-synthetic, inductive-deductive and empirical level methods such as: observation, interview, survey and document review allowed us to verify that the diagnosis of training needs. about the contents for the management of local development projects and their planning are insufficient, there are few spaces for scientific exchange that guarantee socialization, limited use of information technology and communications technologies in training, imbalance between theoretical and practical in training activities and poor motivation of staff and specialists.