Distance Education for the Americas Beginning of a Joint Program IICA-CATIE

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Distance Education for the Americas Beginning of
a Joint ProgramIICA-CATIE

• ADEC Annual Meeting, May 2006

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Mission

• To support the Member States  in their pursuit of
  progress and prosperity in the hemisphere 
  through the modernization of the rural sector,
  the promotion of food security, and the
  development of an agricultural sector that is
  competitive, , technologically prepared,
  environmentally managed, and socially equitable
  for the peoples of the Americas.

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Vision

• To transform IICA into a development agency
  designed to promote sustainable agricultural 
  development, food security and prosperity in the
  rural communities of the Americas.

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Brief history of IICA

• 1942 Founded as The Inter-American Institute Of
  Agricultural Sciences
• Located in Turrialba, Costa Rica
• Purpose Research on strategic tropical crops
• Established as a Center for Education and
  Research.

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Brief history of IICA

• 1944 First multilateral Convention on IICA was
  signed
• 1948 Creation of OAS, IICA became the
  specialized agency for agriculture of the
  Inter-American System.
• 1964 21 Member States of the OAS became members
  of IICA
• 1970s IICA carries out multinational programs
  for hemispheric projection
• Moves Headquarters to San José

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Brief history of IICA

• In 1973 Creation of the Tropical Agriculture
  Research and Education Center (CATIE) in
  Turrialba
• 1979 Leading role in agricultural development
  and integration.
• Creation of the Inter-American Board of
  Agriculture (IABA).
• Renamed the Inter-American Institute for
  Cooperation on Agriculture. (29 Member States)

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Strategic Areas of technical Cooperation

• Education and Training
• Technology and Innovation
• Sustainable Rural Development
• Policies and Trade
• Agribusiness Development
• Agriculture Health and Food Safety
• New Hemispheric Programs
• Biotechnology
• Bio-Energy

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IICA Offices and Member States in the Americas
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Distance Training CenterCECADI

• Objective To support training and agribusiness
  development within public and private
  institutions in the member countries and to
  facilitate the role of technical cooperation as
  part of IICA's educational mission.

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CECADI

• Services
• Adaptation of course contents to multimedia
  format
• Adaptation of teaching materials to multimedia
  formats for distance training
• Distance education
• via multimedia and
• videoconferencing

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CECADI

• Services
• Interactive CD-Rom courses
• Online Training with McGill University
• Videoconferencing System with GDLN network (World
  Bank)

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Mission

• Contribute to poverty reduction and rural
  development in the American tropics, through the
  promotion of diversified and competitive
  agriculture and sustainable management of our
  natural resources

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Regular Members
1- Belize2- Bolivia 3- Colombia 4- Costa
Rica5- Dominican Republic 6- El Salvador7-
Guatemala8- Honduras9- Mexico10-
Nicaragua11- Panama12- Paraguay 13-
Venezuela 14- IICA
2003
2005
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Our Strength
Lies in the integration of our programs
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Education Program
OUR GRADUATE SCHOOL, CREATED IN 1946
IS THE OLDEST IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
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Post-Graduate ProgramsM.Sc. Ph.D.

• Tropical Agroforestry,
• Integrated Watershed Management,
• Forestry and Biodiversity Management,
• Tropical Agriculture,
• Environmental Economics.

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OUTREACH Outreach activities include

• Joint research with partner organizations
• Participative work with communities
• Training and dissemination of new knowledge and
  
• technologies
• Support for improving national policies
• Technical assistance and national and regional
  institutional
• strengthening
• Validation of new technologies in the field

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• RESEARCH
• CATIE is a regional platform for the generation
  of cutting-edge technology and knowledge in
  agricultural and silvopastoral systems,
  socio-economics, integrated watershed management,
  competitiveness of eco-enterprises, agroforestry,
  forestry, climate change, biotechnology, as well
  as natural resource conservation and management
  of biodiversity.

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• TRAINING
• Strategic Courses CATIE strengths
• Agroforesty
• Forest Mangement
• Silvopastoral systems
• Protected Areas
• Specialized Courses according to demand
• Virtual Classroom for video conferencing

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IICA-CATIE Joint Program Distance Education
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• IICA-CATIE Historical Alliance Extensive
  presence in Latin America and the Caribbean
  Countries
• Shared objective Provide educational services to
  Member Countries
• Development of multimedia courses in order to
  establish distance education programs
• Contacts, agreements, and projects with various
  Universities in the USA, Latin America and the
  Caribbean

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Future Plans

• Build a joint program in distance education for
  the Hemisphere
• Develop joint educational materials to carry out
  distance education programs
• Identify and adapt (tropicalizar) available
  courses from ADEC members for Latin America and
  Caribbean target groups
• Develop strategic alliances and joint projects to
  enhance distance education in the Hemisphere
• Learn from the experiences of ADECs members in
  developing materials and offering courses

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• Target Groups
• Educational Leaders
• National research Institutions
• Leaders within public sector
• Farmers and farm groups
• Policy makers
• Private sector
• Graduates

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• STRENGTHEN OUR CAPACITIES TO OFFER DISTANCE
  EDUCATION
• Non-degree continuing education.
• Develop strategic partnerships.
• Target group needs and marketing.
• Identify and adapt existing materials.
• Design quality courses to ensure learning.
• Appropriate and most effective delivery
  mechanisms.

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Thank you

• 2006

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• Contact information
• Juan Caliva juan.caliva_at_iica.int
• Jim French james.french_at_iica.int
• Glen Galloway galloway_at_catie.ac.cr
• Gabriel Robles grobles_at_catie.ac.cr