Americas

El Salvador

• Water Management in Honduras and El Salvador
• Formation en gestion des coopératives

Formation en gestion des coopératives

Project purpose: The primary objective was to regionalize the University of Costa Rica's master's degree program.

Key results to date: Through this project the universities of Costa Rica and Honduras established a master's program in cooperative business management; the University of El Salvador now offers four specially designed certificate programs, one of which is in cooperative management; and the University of Panama has developed a business administration degree with a specialization in cooperatives. Approximately 260 people have been trained through these programs and more than 300 people have received ad hoc training. Twenty-six case studies dealing with cooperative problems and organizations have been published. A network linking faculty at the universities of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Panama was formed and has been integrated into the network of the universities of the Americas in cooperative studies.

Water Management in Honduras and El Salvador

Project purpose: The overall purpose of the project is to strengthen the capacity of Honduras and El Salvador to effectively manage their water resources in order to better protect and conserve these resources. This will be achieved through increased institutional and human resource capacity building, partnerships with the community and national policy reviews.

Key results to date: Five professors from the University of El Salvador (UES) and the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) are currently studying in a master's program in hydrogeology and water resource management either at the University of Calgary, the University of Waterloo or the University of Costa Rica. They will all return to full-time, permanent faculty positions at UES and UNAH where they will help deliver the new master's programs. The new master's in management of groundwater resources at UES was launched in September 2008 with 10 students currently enrolled, and the new master's in water resource management with emphasis in hydrogeology at UNAH will begin in February 2009. The first project short course on aqueous geochemistry and isotope hydrology was offered by UES to 25 students, including 10 from various government institutes and the private sector. A workshop was also organized to identify thesis projects for students in the municipality of San Salvador in cooperation with the municipality.