Over 200 public authorities in Argentina trained in governance and political management
December 02, 2009
- CAF executes this program in alliance with University of San Andres, University of El Rosario and the Graduate School of George Washington University .
- Students developed capacities for participation, negotiation, communication management, and building political, economic and social viability.
(Special, December 2, 2009).- In a ceremony held in San Andres
University in Argentina, CAF and the Graduate School of George
Washington University closed the II Governance and Political
Management Program, with the satisfaction of having trained over
200 people, including public authorities and officials and support
teams, to achieve processes of transformation with low levels of
conflict.
Rolando Terrazas Salinas, CAF deputy director-representative in Argentina, said, "the CAF Governance and Political Management Program, which began in 2001 in Bolivia, now has over 8,400 participants in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela after nine years of successful development, and is now expanding into Panama and the Dominican Republic."
"The program offers an integrated view of the problems of economic and social development, and contributes to building the capacities needed to implement that view in a coordinated framework of action based on technical elements, and political, economic and social viability," Terrazas said.
The training, which lasts six months to one year, has been given to mayors, councilors, heads of vigilance committees, departmental officials, municipal technical teams, politicians and leaders of organizations which work with local governments on specific matters applicable to them, in support of government actions.
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