<h6><strong>Eduardo González</strong></h6> <h4><strong>The Cervantes Institute's Annual Meeting concluded this Wednesday with the goal of completing a technological transformation plan by mid-2026 to achieve a "more powerful, broader, and more far-reaching" institution.</strong></h4> The conclusions of these three days of work, held at the University of La Laguna (Tenerife), were presented by the director of Cervantes, Luis García Montero, and the secretary general of the Institute, Carmen Noguero. During her speech, García Montero highlighted the importance of digital transformation and reported that the institute has designed a plan that "responds to new realities." This project, which was the focus of several working sessions, is funded with European funds (more than €40 million) and is expected to be completed before mid-2026. "We have reason to be proud; we are managing to meet our objectives and we are doing so on time, and the only thing left to do is finish it off," she declared. “Institutions only function with human beings, and this entire technological transformation plan now opens the door for Cervantes staff to commit to this from the centers,” added García Montero. The director of Cervantes emphasized that the objective of this plan is to unify services and communications and achieve greater efficiency with the institution's capabilities and services. “Let it serve to create a new framework,” he stated. For her part, Carmen Noguero stated that the Institute is immersed “in a process of digital and technological transformation, and it is a true change that will lead to a new, more powerful, broader, and more far-reaching Cervantes.” In this regard, the secretary general warned that this change “is based on digitalization as something that helps, but does not solve all the problems.” “We are changing the entire engine of our service offering in different decentralized environments. It is a project that is moving forward with firm steps, but we do not want to give up on the human aspect along the way,” she added. Since 2005 (except in 2020 due to the pandemic), the Instituto Cervantes has held annual meetings with the directors of its centers abroad and their entire management team, where they discuss their lines of action for the international promotion of the Spanish language and culture. This was the first time it was held in the Canary Islands. Until now, eleven autonomous communities had hosted these sessions: Andalusia, Catalonia, Castile and León, Castile-La Mancha, Madrid, Cantabria, Extremadura, La Rioja, Galicia, the Basque Country, the Valencian Community, the Principality of Asturias, and Catalonia.
