Alberto Cabré, representing the Gran Canaria Business Circle, has been unanimously re-elected as president of the University Foundation of Las Palmas (FULP). The board also appointed Francisco Rubio as vice-president and Kabir Vaswani as secretary, representing the Illustrious College of Lawyers of Las Palmas. This decision marks the continuity of a project focused on institutional strengthening, improving employability, specialized training, innovation, and the management of strategic projects for the archipelago.
The election took place after the approval of the 2025 Activity Report, along with the accounts and budget liquidation for that year, all with the unanimous support of the trustees. Cabré thanked the trust placed in him, calling it a validation of the work done and a responsibility to continue driving new projects for higher education, talent, and the economic and social development of the Canary Islands.
During his speech, Cabré described his four years leading FULP as "exciting" and extended his gratitude to the Executive Committee, the Board of Trustees, and the foundation's staff, including the general manager, preparing for another four years of progress and project consolidation.
He emphasized that FULP's activity is based on pillars such as training, innovation, entrepreneurship, and employability. As a private foundation, the entity maintains constant collaboration with public and private institutions, managing projects that benefit society, promote employability, and foster technological transfer among young people.
The new term, initiated with vice-president Francisco Rubio Royo and secretary Kabir Vaswani Reboso, aims to further advance FULP for the development of the Canary Islands. The electoral program focuses on reinforcing the foundation's core purpose, expanding its social impact, and consolidating FULP's role as a bridge between the university, businesses, public administrations, and Canarian society.
The main lines of the program include strengthening ties with the trustees, consolidating public-private collaboration, advancing student accommodation solutions, boosting cultural activities, improving transparency and efficiency, caring for the foundation's human team, and reinforcing FULP's presence in society.
Public-private collaboration is highlighted as a fundamental way to address social needs with criteria of public interest, efficiency, and transparency. The candidacy plans to continue supporting public administrations and private entities in managing grants, dual training programs, employment, and job placement, integrating advanced technological platforms and artificial intelligence solutions.
Furthermore, the cultural dimension of the entity is to be enhanced, utilizing the new headquarters to organize workshops, meetings, and conferences related to knowledge, scientific and social dissemination, creativity, critical thinking, and university culture.
This new phase seeks to consolidate FULP as a key player in university-business cooperation, facilitating synergies and joint projects in employability, training, research, and innovation. It will also strengthen its role as a facilitator in addressing the challenges of digitalization, sustainability, and professional updating of the Canarian productive sector.
During Alberto Cabré's first term, FULP has undergone a period of consolidation and transformation, with significant progress in its internal structure, management capacity, and project development in employability, training, innovation, and digitalization. The modernization of management, in collaboration with the Government of the Canary Islands, island councils, and municipalities, has been a key pillar. A notable milestone was the annual management of Social Security contributions for nearly 50,000 vocational training interns and 4,000 ULPGC interns.
Institutional achievements include the rehabilitation of the new headquarters at Calle Juan de Quesada, number 2, in Vegueta, and the acquisition of a property on Avenida Primero de Mayo for a future student residence. This initiative responds to the growing difficulties in accessing affordable accommodation for students from other islands, exacerbated by the rise in holiday rentals. The residence, currently in the basic and execution project phase, will have an estimated capacity of around 40 places.
The 2025 Activity Report, approved during the ordinary session, reflects a period of intense activity for FULP, with 12,736 beneficiaries and the participation of 1,100 companies and entities. 60% of beneficiaries are in the employability area, followed by training (19%), innovation and entrepreneurship (6%), and other transversal actions (15%).
In employability, programs such as Inserta, Cataliza, Diginnova, and the Employment Guidance and Support Service stand out, along with curricular and extracurricular internships from the ULPGC. FULP's employment portal was consolidated with over 3,000 active companies, an average of 160 job offers, scholarships, and internships per month, and 5,000 active CVs. The Employment Observatory continued to advance in the use of artificial intelligence and data mining to analyze the labor market.
