The Gomera formation supports the content of the document and demands a firm commitment to the financing, autonomy and strengthening of the University of La Laguna and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Initiative for La Gomera (IxLG) has announced its adherence to the manifesto in defense of the Canarian public universities, fully supporting the content of a document, published by the Platform in Defense of Public Universities which highlights the essential role of the University of La Laguna (ULL) and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) as engines of progress, social cohesion, equal opportunities and development of knowledge in the Canary Islands.
From the La Gomera training they highlight that the Canarian public universities have historically played a decisive role in the social transformation of the Archipelago.
In this sense, Initiative for La Gomera (IxLG) remember that the public university guarantees equality and equity in access to training and employment opportunities for the social majority. Therefore, also shows its concern about the growing questioning of the public university and agrees with the manifesto on the need to stop any attempt to discredit or weaken institutions that they consider strategic for the present and future of the Canary Islands.
The organization considers it a priority to guarantee sufficient, stable and sustained financing for both public universities, in compliance with the provisions of the Organic Law of the University System (LOSU), supporting the objective of reaching at least 1% of the GDP allocated to public university education before the year 2030.
"Defending our public universities is defending equal opportunities, research, the training of talent and the future of our youth. The Canary Islands cannot allow themselves to go backwards in such a determining area," says the spokesperson for the Initiative for La Gomera, Aarón Rodríguez Ramos.
Likewise, the Initiative for La Gomera (IxLG) shares the manifesto's call to build a great social and political pact that protects the financial stability, academic autonomy and research capacity of the ULL and the ULPGC, guaranteeing that the next generations can train, research and develop their life project in the Canary Islands.
