Workshop on Leadership and Socio-Economic Development

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Workshop on Leadership and Socio-Economic Development for Communities 
of African Descent in Latin America and the Caribbean 

La Ceiba, Honduras - February 1-4, 2004 

DATE AND VENUE 
OBJECTIVES 
PARTICIPANTS 
TRAVEL GRANTS AND SELECTION PROCESS 
HOW TO APPLY 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

The Inter-Agency Consultation on Race in Latin America (IAC) is 
holding a workshop on leadership and socioeconomic development that 
will present good practices in local economic development in Afro-
descendant communities and will also conduct training on implementing 
local development partnerships. With trainer-facilitated group and 
plenary sessions, presentations and panels, the workshop will allow 
participants to be actively engaged and learn from each other's 
experiences. A site visits to local community projects will 
complement the workshop's agenda.

The IAC participating institutions, in particular the Inter-American 
Foundation (IAF), will be the sponsor of the event. In addition, 
local civil society organizations and other interested parties will 
also contribute to the workshop.

A Steering Committee consisting of representatives of the IAC 
participating institutions and civil society leaders will oversee the 
selection process and assist in the finalizing of workshop 
activities.

 
DATE AND VENUE  

Hotel La Quinta, La Ceiba, Honduras February 1-4, 2004

 
OBJECTIVES  

The workshop's objectives are as follows:

Provide training on implementing local development partnerships


Draw attention to the successes as well as the challenges of 
implementing local economic development partnerships


Create an opportunity for increasing channels of communication among 
civil society, private sector, local and national governments and 
with officials from participating institutions of the IAC


Promote the increasing participation of Afro-Descendant youth 
leadership


 
PARTICIPANTS  

Participants of the workshop will include representatives of Afro-
descendent civil society organizations from throughout Latin America 
and the Caribbean, officials from local and national governments, and 
representatives of international development agencies.

 
TRAVEL GRANTS AND SELECTION PROCESS  

Around 30 travel grants will be awarded to representatives of non-
governmental organizations and civil society groups and will consist 
of full sponsorship for the workshop including travel expenses, hotel 
accommodations and miscellaneous expenses. We encourage organizations 
based in Latin American and the Caribbean at different stages of 
developments to apply, as we will award grants based on the potential 
contribution individuals can make and also their ability to benefit 
from the workshop. In order to ensure the active participation of 
youth (age 18 to 24 inclusive, according to UN definition) in our 
training and capacity building sessions, we encourage applications 
from young leaders.

The travel grants are to be awarded to up to 2 (two) members of each 
organization and individuals are to apply based on their affiliation 
with non-governmental and civil society organizations.

 
HOW TO APPLY  

Those interested in applying for a travel grant please fill out the 
online Application Form by the December 19th deadline and you will be 
notified if you have been selected by January 7th.

Please read the Application Instructions.

If you wish to send your application via fax or mail, please use our 
fillable PDF form (PDF, 104 KB). Requires Adobe® Reader®.

 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  

If you plan on attending the conference but are not applying for a 
travel grant, please fill out our registration form. Hotel 
arrangements can be made directly with Hotel la Quinta (Reservations: 
504-443-0223, 504-443-0224 - Fax: 504-443-0226, 
www.hotellaquinta.com).