Department of Human Development and Education Executive Secretariat for Integral Development

Organization of American States

Vision

Be a meeting place where citizens of the Americas can share resources, learn, connect, and join forces to take concrete actions for education and development in the Americas.

Mission Leverage ICTs to create learning opportunities through

quality academic and professional training programs, as well as to promote collaboration through information and

knowledge building networks so that together we can generate innovative solutions for education and

development in the Americas.

History “Connecting the Americas” initiative aimed at:

“Mobilizing and sharing human resources to strengthen our capacities for applying information and communications

technologies to human development” Third Summit of the Americas

Quebec City, Canada in April 2001

Officially launched OAS Second Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education

Montevideo, Uruguay in September 2001

Reach 34 OAS Member States

30,000 trained participants 180,000 registered users

+30,000 website visits per moth +12,000 Facebook followers

Recognition The OAS General Assembly recognized the Portal as “a strategic program for the advancement of human development and competitiveness through professional development and institutional capacity building.” AG / RES. 2638 (XLI-O/11)

June 2011   10 years of the Portal

Public •  Teachers •  Education Professionals •  Students •  Government Officials •  Policy Makers •  Civil Society Leaders •  Entrepreneurs

Public Participants by Region • Caribbean 15% • South America 56% • Central America 14% • North America 15%

Participants by Gender

• Women 58% • Men 42%

Products 1.  Academic programs and professional training courses

offered online and in blended learning formats 2.  Networks and virtual communities to promote dialogue and

collaboration 3.  Technical cooperation missions to strengthen institutional

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1. Courses and programs

+ 30 courses and programs in Spanish, English, Portuguese and French in areas that are key to the integral development of the Americas

Topics Addressed

•  Education •  Development and Management of Public Policies •  Youth •  Disability •  Territorial Development •  Social Protection •  Transparency and Anti-corruption •  Electoral Processes •  Gender Equality •  Sustainable Tourism •  Entrepreneurship

2. Networks and Communities

Virtual Spaces for dialogue and collaboration to: •  Collaborate and dialogue •  Interchange information and resources •  Collectively build knowledge

EducaSTEM – A Regional Knowledge Network on STEM

•  A Regional Knowledge Network of leaders on Science, Technology,

Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in the Americas. •  140 members: government officials, program implementers, academic

experts, among others.

Educatón 2014- Massive Online Event

•  Topic: How to solve educational challenges related to e-citizenship and digital identities?

•  9,000 registered participants and about 36,000 visits to the site •  Activities: workshops, presentations, debates and exhibitions •  Collective products: video library and digital library, photographic

exhibition, gallery of cartoons, Eduhackton (collective solutions to 5 specific problems)

Practice Map •  EducaSTEM: information on innovative

practices and lessons learned in STEM Education at the preschool, primary and secondary levels in the region.

•  Inter-American Education Agenda:

information about practices within the lines of action identified as a priority by the Education Ministers of the 34 member states of the OAS.

3. Technical Cooperation Missions

•  Technical cooperation missions between private, governmental, academic, and civil society institutions in OAS Member States.

•  Regional cooperation for the transfer of innovative practices and lessons learned in STEM Education at the preschool, primary and secondary levels in the region.

Mexico - Ecuador Institutions: •  Programa Adopte un Talento A.C. (PAUTA) •  Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL ) Objective: Share and transfer knowledge and strengthen teachers skills in

STEM education. Results: •  Legal cooperation agreement between PAUTA and UTPL signed . •  33 teachers and educational professionals trained. •  30 match and science kits delivered to teachers. •  Practice sessions implemented with 200 students.

Colombia - Peru Institutions: •  Centro de Ciencia y Tecnología from Antioquia (CTA) •  Caja de Compensación Familiar from La Guajira (Comfaguajira). •  Ministry of Education of Peru •  Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica (CONCYTEC) from

Peru Objective: Strengthen institutional capacities for the development and

implementation of programs of education in STEM, through the exchange of knowledge and horizontal cooperation.

Results: •  Access to experiences in the design and implementation of innovative practices. •  Information and non-financial resources shared to improve current and future

practices. •  More than 150 participants in the workshops.

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