1. GSN EVENTS AT SLACA/SFAA MEETINGS IN MERIDA

2. WORLD BANK NEEDS CONSULTANT FOR SUMMER/FALL 2010 TO STUDY INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN GUATEMALA, NICARAGUS AND BOLIVIA!(SEE MS WORD ATTACHMENT ABOVE)

3. ANYBODY KNOW OF ANY GOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS GOING ON IN RURAL GUATEMALA???

4. PNUD NEEDS CONSULATANTS FOR MAJOR PROGRAMS IN GUATEMALA (SEE PDF ATTACHMENTS ABOVE)

1. GSN EVENTS AT SLACA/SFAA MEETINGS IN MERIDA

JAMES LOUCKY HAS ARRANGED FOR THE FOLLWING EVENT ON THURSDAY FROM 3:30-5:20 Maya and Mayanists Open Forum, Thursday, 3:30-5:20, Ek Balam
AND I PROPOSE AN INFORMAL MEETING AT THE HYATT MAIN BAR ON FRIDAY FROM 5:00-6:00 FOR FELLOW GSN’ERS TO PLOT THE FUTURE OF OUR ORGANIZATION (NO BARBERSHOPS AVAILABLE SO JUST LOOK FOR THE BIGGEST BAR ON THE MAIN FLOOR)

2. WORLD BANK NEEDS CONSULTANT FOR SUMMER/FALL 2010 TO STUDY INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN GUATEMALA, NICARAGUS AND BOLIVIA!

Here at the Word Bank, we are looking for a consultant to conduct a study on access to higher education for indigenous peoples in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama and Bolivia. I am attaching the terms of reference for this study, as a reference, so maybe we can identify a potential candidate. For more information:

Carlos Perez-Brito [cperezbrito@gmail.com]

Carlos T. Perez-Brito
Human Development Specialist
Education - Health and Social Protection

World Bank

3. ANYBODY KNOW OF ANY GOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS GOING ON IN RURAL GUATEMALA?

Subject: What good educational programs have you seen in Guatemala?

Cooperative for Education (CoEd) is a Cincinnati, Ohio and Guatemala City-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1996. Our mission is to break the cycle of poverty in Guatemala through education. We do this by providing development assistance to Guatemala by collaborating with (mostly rural, indigenous Mayan) schools to create sustainable educational programs in impoverished and under-served communities. Our website can give you more background on our organization and our programs: www.coeduc.org .

We are currently looking to the future of the organization and considering how we might improve upon our existing programs and design new ones that will best achieve our mission. We are interested in getting input from others who have spent time in Guatemala, as to what good educational programs you’ve seen implemented by NGOs. We’re hoping to learn and improve our programming based on best practices in the field.

Please be in touch if you’ve seen any promising programs. You may email Katie: katie@coeduc.org.

Katie Camillus
International Programs and Research
Cooperative for Education
www.coeduc.org
katie@coeduc.org
513.731.2595 x107

4. PNUD NEEDS CONSULATANTS FOR MAJOR PROGRAMS IN GUATEMALA (SEE PDF ATTACHMENTS ABOVE)

Estimadas/os colegas,

El Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo –PNUD-, a través del proyecto Fortalecimiento de las Capacidades Nacionales para la prevención y recuperación de crisis en Guatemala, convoca a personas interesadas y calificadas para aplicar a las siguientes posiciones:

1. Coordinador(a) del Programa de Monitoreo al Acuerdo Nacional para el Avance de la Seguridad y la Justicia –ANASJ-

2. Asistente Técnico del Programa de Monitoreo

3. Asistente Técnico del Eje III

4. Asistente para Difusión y Archivos

Sírvanse consultar el Anuncio Vacante adjunto con Términos de Referencia y Formulario de Aplicación P11, los cuales pueden ser consultados también en http://www.undp.org.gt/frmJobs.aspx

Agradecemos dar una amplia difusión a esta convocatoria.

Se estimula una amplia participación en las candidaturas a este puesto, en cumplimiento a la política de desarrollo humano de promover la igualdad de oportunidades desde la perspectiva de género y de inter y multiculturalidad.

Thomas A. Offit Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
Baylor University
(254) 710-6226