Welcome to the website of the Unit for Social Development and Education (UDSE) of the Organization of American States.

The Unit is comprised of four areas that support its inter-sectoral approach to development, these are: Education, Culture, Labor and Social Development. In each of these areas, the UDSE receives mandates from the Summits of the Americas and implements the lines of actions established by the Heads of State and Government. UDSE also supports OAS Member States through the ministerial processes and the Inter-American Committees in the said areas. Another of its central goals is to promote horizontal cooperation among institutions in charge of designing and executing education, cultural, labor and social polices; and support the dialogue among the main actors of civil society, governmental institutions and international agencies committed to bringing about equitable development throughout the Hemisphere.

For a more detailed look at our activities and initiatives, we invite you to take a look at the UDSE Work Plan up to the next Summit of the Americas, which we drafted jointly with the Member States.

To move forward in the construction of meaningful dialogue on our shared commitments, we are pleased to be reinstate the Discussion Forums in each of the four areas.

OAS General Assembly
The fight against corruption was the central subject of the  last OAS General Assembly in Quito, Ecuador held on  the 6th, 7th, and 8th of June, 2004
Declaration of Quito on Social Development and Democracy, and the Impact of Corruption >>
Draft resolutions considered and approved, in their totality at the General Assembly >>
Inter-American Democratic Charter>>
more >>

Strengthening Democracy in the Americas through Civic Education

The report is an OAS contribution to the hemispheric effort aimed at identifying the best educational practices for citizenship formation in democratic societies.Dr. Francisco Pilotti

See the complete report and Empirical Analysis

New IDB strategies in Social Development
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The IDB jointly edited a new book with HUD.
A room for housing
Housing is more than just basic shelter. Reforming Latin American Housing Markets examines the economic, social and legal dimensions of housing markets in Latin America.

Only in english.

Consultation Workshop with Civil Society in preparation for the II Inter-American Ministerial Meeting on Culture of the OAS
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Preparatory Meeting of the II Inter-American Meeting of Ministers and Highest Authorities of Culture

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Technical Meeting on Early Childhood Education >>

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2004 Meeting of the Working Groups of the XIII Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labour
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II Inter-American Meeting of Ministers and Highest Level Authorities of Culture
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IV Meeting of the Latin American Network of Health-Promoting Schools (LANHPS)

Only available in spanish

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Launching Meeting of the Regional Education Indicators Project (PRIE)

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Meeting of the Executive Committee of CIE

Versão em Português
Version Française
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Promotion of a Democratic Culture
through Education

 

First Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Science and Technology within the Framework of CIDI
Lima, Peru - November 11-12, 2004

It discussed the role of science, technology, engineering, and innovation on the economic, social, cultural and scientific development within the Member States. It also discussed its great impact in the job creation for confronting poverty and strengthening democratic governments, which will be the topics of the next Summit of High Authorities and Governments of the Americas that will take place in 2005.
See the Webpage >>

THE PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND EDUCATION

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SECOND MEETING OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

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Presentation by the troika before the Directing Council of the
Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)

See the documentos of the Meeting >>
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THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETYAND HEALTH (OSH) HEMISPHERIC LEADDERSHIP MEETING IN PREPARATION FOR THE 2005 WORLD SAFETY AND HEALTH CONGRESS
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WORKSHOP ON SUPPORTING ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH EFFECTIVE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
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See the webpage of the Office of Cience and Technology
See the webpage of the Inter-American Cultural Observatory

Questionnaire on Current Practices in Educational Reporting of the Inter-American Committee on Education.

To be completed by the  Ministries of Education of the OAS Member States.

Go to questionnaire >>

Visit the report of the last high level meetings in each of the four areas:

First Meeting of the Inter- American Committee
on Social Development

High Level Meeting on Poverty,
Equity and Social Inclusion

XIII Inter.-American Conference of Ministers of Labor

I Meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Culture

III Meeting of Ministers of Education

Over the course of the next few days we will be launching the Unit's new and improved web-page. It is our hope that this reorganization and updating will make this site more easily navigable, and will keep us permanently informed as well as committed to an integral development within the OAS system.