From the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit, María Cano seeks to strengthen support for business proposals and ideas, generating continuous monitoring, establishing routes and opportunities through different strategies, such as Café Emprende, a space created for all entrepreneurs of the Institution, where the responsible teachers Nelson Andrade and Tatiana Ordoñez provide professional and suitable support to the people of Valle del Cauca to achieve the materialization of attractive and solid projects that guarantee the stability, development and continuous improvement of the supported enterprises.

The business ideas are inspired and based on social contribution, from recovery, motivation, physical and sports rehabilitation, as well as the development of aquatic skills. All ventures are born from research and the needs of the community and the María Cano University Foundation, which promotes professional development, generating a positive impact and contributing to the social and economic development of the community.

In this way, constant training is scheduled with professionals from the sector, such as ValleINN, with the support of the manager Claudia Cabrera, who clarifies the route, the requirements, the records and the documentary structure to access the benefits offered by the government. del Valle del Cauca, with the ValleINN entrepreneurship program that seeks to strengthen community initiatives.

Similarly, the María Cano University Foundation is faithful to its commitment to promote the best educational practices to put knowledge at the service of the community, thanks to this proposal, the Dean of Health Sciences, Amilbia Palacios Córdoba, and the Director from the Practice Center, Sonia Welsh Paz, held a discussion with teachers from the Cali campus, where topics such as the importance of practice in the training process, the functions of teaching, administrative work and the projection of the research.

María Cano advances in its consolidation in this important region of Colombia.