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• Mapping the Media in the Americas
  A joint project of the University of Calgary's Latin American Research Centre, the Carter Center, and FOCAL will seek to engage media professionals - owners, editors, columnists and journalists - in efforts to improve campaign and party finance practices.
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• RedLEIDH Human Rights Education Network is a CIDA funded project which brings together York University's Centre for Research on Latin America & the Caribbean (CERLAC) and the Osgoode Hall Law School in a new network of Latin American universities and civil society organizations to promote human rights education, applied research and capacity-building in the region.
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Centre for Developing-Area Studies (CDAS)

The Centre for Developing-Area Studies (CDAS) is an interdisciplinary research centre and part of the Faculty of Arts, McGill University. While CDAS members, including graduate students, faculty members and postdoctoral fellows, conduct research on international development in all regions of the so-called developing world, Latin America has always been a central focus. This research is intended to contribute directly to understanding the foundations of democratic governance. This larger question, in turn, is approached in terms of three distinct axes or research clusters: 1) Economic Development, 2) States and State-Building, and 3) Social Pluralism and Civil Society. In addition to our teaching and research activities, CDAS is committed to building bridges between academia, policymakers, and business and community leaders. For further information, visit CDAS' website at http://www.mcgill.ca/cdas

Centro Latinoamericano de Economía Humana (CLAEH)

Founded in 1957, CLAEH was officially recognized as a University Institute in October 1997. CLAEH's education is oriented to post graduate studies (diploma and masters degree) in social sciences and focuses in the least attended regions of Latin America or those who are in need of highly qualified human resources. Training is offered and integrated with national and international university systems. This allows CLAEH to maintain agreements with local and foreign universities and institutions.

CLAEH's courses in 2007 include, among others: Diploma in Local Management of Development, Masters Degree in Social Policies, Specialization and Masters Degree in Integration and MERCOSUR, Masters Degree in Child and Teenage Policies for Prevention of Drug Addiction, Diploma in Health Economics, Specialization and Masters Degree in Health Policies and Management, International Course of Health Promotion, Diploma in Digital Documentation, Post graduation in Sociology of Communication, Masters Degree in Educational Technology, Masters Degree in Education Policies and Management, Masters Degree in Education and Work.

CLAEH maintains cooperation agreements with:

• Syracuse and Pittsburgh Universities -New York and Kansas, USA
• Catholic University at Lovaina - Belgium
• Sciences Po - Chaire Mercosur - Paris
• Universidad Nacional de La Plata - Argentina
• Universidad Centroamericana - El Salvador
• Instituto Roberto Simonsen - FIESP - Brazil
• Instituto de Estudios Estratégicos - Portugal
• Universidad Católica del Uruguay
• Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia - UNICEF
• Instituto Interamericano del Niño
• Universidad de la República, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales ICP
• Plenario de Instituciones de Asistencia Médica Colectiva - IAMC
• IHEAL (Institut des Hautes Etudes de l'Amérique Latine), Universidad de Paris

The Centre for Human Settlements (CHS) at the University of British Columbia

The Centre for Human Settlements (CHS) at the University of British Columbia develops research programs and provides multidisciplinary training in urban, regional and communal development. CHS is a unit within the School of Community and Regional Planning. Professors and students from many departments participate in CHS projects CHS is qualified as "Centre of Excellence" in planning of human settlements by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA-ACDI).

The Centre's partners conduct policy related research on research topics including gender equity, sustainable and healthy communities, urban-rural relations, metropolitan governance, disaster management, risk analysis and community planning. Its biggest projects focus on capacity building in Vietnam, China, Brazil and Sri Lanka.

Centre supporters:

• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA - ACDI)
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP - PNUD)
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
• International Development Research Centre (IDRC-Canada)
• The Hampton Foundation
• The Japan Foundation

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