COOPERATION IN ACTION
OAS-SEDI: Forging New Partnerships for Development
February 5, 2015. Panama
OAS-Bolivia
sign agreement on teacher training. In the framework of the VIII
Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education in Panama City
(February 4 and 5), the
new agreement between the Ministry of Education of Bolivia and
the OAS will promote collaboration between the two institutions on
teacher training at all levels. The agreement lays the foundation
for optimizing resources and joining technical, administrative,
academic and human efforts to undertake actions that contribute to
strengthening the ongoing training and technical development of this
critical group in the country.
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February 10, 2015. Washington, DC
OAS-Mexico
launch the 2015 edition CONACYT-OAS-AMEXCID Scholarship Program.
For the second consecutive year, the citizens of the Americas may
access
postgraduate scholarships in Mexico, in areas such as
engineering; physics-mathematics and earth sciences; biology and
chemistry; medicine and health sciences. The grants are part of an
agreement in which the government of Mexico is providing citizens of
the region 800 scholarships distributed over a period of five years
through the OAS. The particularity of this call for applications is
that for the first time health issues are included (building on an
agreement signed between the OAS and PAHO in 2014) and more courses
are being offered in English, expanding opportunities for Caribbean
students.
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February 12, 2015. Washington, DC
OAS-International
Telethons Organization (ORITEL) to collaborate in campaign for the
inclusion of people with disabilities.
A campaign will be launched shortly by ORITEL-OAS to promote the
inclusion of people with disabilities in all areas of human
development such as education, work and recreation. The objective is
to create social awareness and sensitize governments about the
limitations that society imposes on people with disabilities and
encourage the adoption of measures that promote inclusion.
February 18, 2015. Washington, DC
OAS
- Manchester University to offer scholarships valued at $850,000.
The
new agreement includes two full scholarships for doctoral
studies to be offered every year for the next three years in the
fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, which
are priority areas for OAS Member States and also a main focus for
the University of Manchester. The institution has 25 Nobel laureates
among graduate students and staff, and has three Nobel laureates
among its faculty, more than any other British university.
