COOPERATION IN ACTION

OAS-SEDI: Forging New Partnerships for Development

April 1, Montego Bay, Jamaica
OAS-Argentina to work in strengthening the capacity of the Judiciary on environmental matters. The OAS and the Supreme Court of Argentina signed an agreement to work together in strengthening the capacity of the judiciary on environmental matters in the region. The agreement was signed in Jamaica in the framework of the First Inter-American Congress on the Environmental Rule of Law  in a ceremony featuring the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson-Miller; the Chief Justice of Argentina, Ricardo Luis Lorenzetti; Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin; and over 100 chief justices, parliamentarians, prosecutors and experts in environmental law.

April 1, Washington DC, USA
OAS - Inter-American Metrology System Agreement advances Ministerial Agenda. The cooperation agreement signed by the OAS and the Inter-American Metrology System (SIM) --a regional organization comprised by the National Metrology Institutes (NMI) of OAS member states-- seeks to strengthen the development of metrological capabilities in the Americas. The OAS-SIM agreement will serve as a starting point for the implementation of the Plan of Action of Guatemala approved last month, where the region’s Ministers of Science and Technology recognized the importance of metrology for development. Metrology ensures the establishment of national and international measures, norms and standards of products, thus facilitating common progress in manufacturing, and in science and technology, as essential elements to support trade, innovation and competitiveness.

April 17, Washington DC, USA
OAS - International Economic Alliance hold Symposium on Emerging Markets. Stressing the role of public-private partnerships in the economic growth of the region, the OAS-SEDI co-organized a symposium with the International Economic Alliance, Global Political Solutions, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund on emerging markets in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Primary topics discussed during the symposium included global health and innovation, financial inclusion and good governance, and access to capital. OAS Executive Secretary for Integral Development, Sherry Tross, and Retired U.S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering provided introductory remarks at the event, emphasizing that the range of participants at the meeting illustrated the partnerships required to move forward in the area of development.

April-May, Online Application
OAS and Kookmin University, South Korea, support future entrepreneurs. Students from the Americas will have the opportunity to participate in the "Global Entrepreneurship Boot Camp" in South Korea, as part of a new agreement between the OAS and the Kookmin University. The 7-week program is designed for students or recent graduates, under 29 years of age, with innovative business ideas in any area of knowledge and proficiency in oral English. The call for applications to one of the 8 full scholarships available is open until May 21. This opportunity is possible through the Partnership Program for Education and Training (PAEC) of the OAS, which works with partner institutions in the Americas and around the world.