205 public officials from six departments trained in Governance and Political Management

(Lima, December 13, 2008).- The Andean Development Corporation, the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), and the Graduate School of George Washington University (GSPM-GWU) today closed the "VI Governance and Political Management Program" with the satisfaction of having trained 205 people in six departments of Peru, including public authorities and officials, along with support teams to implement transformation processes with low levels of conflict.

 

The ceremony was attended by Ricardo Campins, CAF deputy representative in Peru; María Luz Hernández, coordinator of the CAF Office of Governance and Technical Cooperation; together with Marcial Blondet, dean of the PUCP Graduate School; Henry Pease, coordinator of the PUCP Masters' in Political Science; and Ismael Muñoz, coordinator of the PUCP Governance and Political Management Program.

 

On behalf of PUCP, Muñoz thanked CAF for the support provided to implement the Program, which this year trained 205 participants at national level in the six departments of Arequipa, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huancayo, Lima, and Trujillo.

 

María Luz Hernández said that the CAF Government and Political Management Program now had 5,000 graduates in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela after eight very successful years; for this reason the program would be expanded to Panama and the Dominican Republic in the near future.

 

"The Program helps develop the capacities of participation, negotiation, communication management and building of political, economic and social viability, with the aim of visualizing the exercise of governance as a process of changing the mental maps of authorities and support teams at central, regional and municipal levels of governments; thus achieving the consolidation and effective development which permits institutions and citizens to build democratic governance," she said.

 

Hernández said this objective was clearly linked to the CAF commitment to provide integrated support to countries for their social, political and economic needs and, above all, direct these actions into training men and women who act as transmitters of progress and social equity.

 

CAF supports governance processes in member countries and, for that reason, together with George Washington University, is promoting Governance and Political Management Programs in Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Mexico in an effort to strengthen the capacity of institutions to manage complex problems when executing structural changes.

 

The programs have trained mayors, councilors, heads of vigilance committees, departmental officers, municipal technical teams, politicians and leaders of organizations which work with local government on specific matters relevant to municipalities, as support for government actions.