PROMOTION OF DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP AND CITIZENSHIP · PROMOTION OF DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP AND CITIZENSHIP Unit for the Promotion of Democracy O R G A N I Z A T I O N O F A M E R I

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PROLIDEM AT A GLANCE“...Special attention shall be given to the development of programs and activities for

the education of children and youth as a means of ensuring the continuance ofdemocratic values, including liberty and social justice.”

Inter-American Democratic Charter, Article 27

BACKGROUND

The sustainability of a democratic political system rests on the strength of its democraticpolitical culture and institutions. Despite the return to democracy to most countries of thehemisphere in the early 1980s, democratic institutions, values, and practices remainrelatively weak.

Efforts to strengthen democracy in the region confront a democratic culture that appearsinsufficient for sustaining the participation of citizens in public affairs, and the functioningof key political actors and institutions.

Therefore, a permanent effort is required to carry out programs and activities designed topromote democratic values and practices in the hemisphere. Particular attention shouldbe given to youth education on democracy as a mean to nurture and strengthen ademocratic culture in the Americas in the short, medium, and long-term.

POLITICAL MANDATES

The mandates from the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS),and the Summits of the Americas, emphasize the need to promote a democratic cultureamong the new generations of the hemisphere. These mandates highlight the importanceto foster the continuous review and design of programs that stimulate the free exchangeof opinions and experiences among young leaders of the hemisphere.

The Inter-American Democratic Charter, signed in 2001, encourages the OAS to continueto carry out training programs for strengthening democratic leadership among youngpeople in the hemisphere in order to ensure the development of a democratic culture(Articles 26 and 27). These training programs and activities to foster a democratic culturein the hemisphere are carried out by the Unit for the Promotion of Democracy (UPD)through the(PROLIDEM for its acronym in Spanish).

Program for the Promotion of Democratic Leadership and Citizenship

PROGRAM AREAS

� Regional Courses for Young Democratic Leaders

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National Courses for Young Democratic Leaders- CALIDEM

Education for Democracy

PROGRAM AREAS

Since 1998, the UPD carries out a program of regional training courses on democracy andpolitical management in cooperation with renowned institutions. This program aims tostrengthen the knowledge of and commitment to democracy among young leaders; tofacilitate the development of political analysis skills; to train in the use of modern technologiesapplied to the practice of democratic politics; and to foster a highly interactive analysis andexchange of experiencies among young leaders of the region.

Subject to available funds, regional courses are held annually in Central America, Mexico, andthe Dominican Republic; the Andean Region; the Southern Cone (MERCOSUR members); andthe English-speaking Caribbean. Thirty-five young leaders between 18 and 35 years old fromkey sectors of society (political parties, academia, civil society organizations, and the media)participate in each nine day intensive course, and follow-up program. The course is taught byrenowned experts and prominent political figures. The program includes a theoreticaloverview, analytical exercises, and case studies on issues such as the challenges todemocracy; political parties and electoral systems; political communication; and negotiationand leadership skills. Due to the high demand for this program, it will also be offered on-line.

The National Training Program for Democratic Leaders (CALIDEM by its acronym in Spanish),a joint initiative of the UPD and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), carries outnational and sub-regional training courses for young democratic leaders. Its goal is tosupport the strengthening of an effective democratic leadership in the hemisphere throughthe training of young political leaders on democratic institutions, values, and practices. TheUPD designed the course framework, contents, and methodologies based on its cumulativeexperience with the regional courses.

Through a competitive bidding process, the UPD selects public and private traininginstitutions to hold national courses in different countries throughout the hemisphere. Duringits its initial funding period (2001-2006), the CALIDEM program provides counterpart funding(approximately US$30,000 per course) for each course. Each course is offered to at leastthirty-six young leaders between 18 and 30 years old. Participants represent a broadspectrum of political parties, academia, civil society organizations, and media.

The UPD, in close cooperation with the Unit for Social Development and Education of the OAS,is supporting Ministries of Education in member states to analyze educational policies,curriculum and methodology available for teaching democratic values in the formaleducational system, and if necessary, to train teachers in methods for teaching democraticvalues and practices in schools. This program is carried out in partnernship with renownedinstitutions such as the Center for Civic Education. asociación con instituciones conexperiencia en la materia como el .Center for Civic Education

REGIONAL COURSES FOR YOUNG DEMOCRATIC LEADERS

NATIONAL COURSES FOR YOUNG DEMOCRATIC LEADERS - CALIDEM

EDUCATION FOR DEMOCRACY

PROLIDEM

ACTIVITIES 2003

Second Regional Training Course on Democracy andPolitical Management for Young Political Leaders ofMERCOSUR

First Andean Course on Democratic Governance for YoungWomen Leaders

Distance Learning: On-Line Pilot Course on Democracy andPolitical Management for Young Political Leaders

July 6-14, 2003. Joinville, SC, Brazil

August 17-24, 2003. Quito, Ecuador

June 2004

National Training Course of Democratic LeadersCALIDEM/Paraguay

National Training Course of Democratic LeadersCALIDEM/Panama

National Training Course of Democratic LeadersCALIDEM/Ecuador

National Training Course of Democratic LeadersCALIDEM/Chile

National Training Course of Democratic LeadersCALIDEM/Honduras

National Training Course of Democratic LeadersCALIDEM/Nicaragua

November 2002-October 2003. Asunción, Paraguay

January-July 2003. Panama City, Panama

May-September 2003. Quito, Ecuador

July--October 2003. Santiago, Chile

August 2003. Tegucigalpa, Honduras

August-September 2003. Managua, Nicaragua

Seminar: Teaching Democratic Values and Practices in theFormal Educational System of Uruguay

June 23-25, 2003. Montevideo, Uruguay

REGIONAL COURSES FOR YOUNG DEMOCRATIC LEADERS

NATIONAL COURSES FOR YOUNG DEMOCRATIC LEADERS- CALIDEM

EDUCATION FOR DEMOCRACY

PUBLICATIONSArterton, Christopher, Roberto Izurieta, and Rubén M. Perina(editors). Unitfor the Promotion of Democracy/Organization of AmericanStates, and The Graduate School of Political Management/TheGeorge Washington University. Quito, Ecuador: Editorial EcuadorF.B.T., 2001.

Estrategias de Comunicación para Gobiernos.

Pressacco, Carlos Fabián (editor).. Unit for the Promotion of Democracy, Organization of

American States, Alberto Hurtado University. Santiago, Chile: Alberto HurtadoUniversity, 2001.

Democracia en el MERCOSUR: Institucionesy Cultura Política

Riquelme, Jorge G. (editor).

. Asuncion, Paraguay: Unit for the Promotion ofDemocracy/Organization of American States, Viceministerio de la Juventud,and Ministerio de Educación y Cultura de la República del Paraguay, 2000.

Desafíos y Oportunidades para laConsolidación de Instituciones, Valores y Prácticas Democráticas en elMERCOSUR

Vanegas Cangrejo, Napoleón and Yepes Ladino, Astrid (editors).. Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia: Unit

for the Promotion of Democracy/Organization of AmericanStates, Instituto Luis Carlos Galan para el Desarrollo de laDemocracia, and Executive Secretariat of the Andres BelloAgreement, 2001.

Compromiso Democrático

Foro Regional sobre Capacitación y Formación de Jóvenes Dirigentes delMERCOSUR. Unidad para la Promoción de la Democracia/Organización de

los Estados Americanos, Fundación Pax e Instituto Wilson FerreiraAldunate. Montevideo, Uruguay: Oficina de la Secretaría General de la

Organización de los Estados Americanos en Uruguay, 1998.

Primer Seminario Internacional Educación para la Democracia.

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Unitfor the Promotion of Democracy/Organization of American States, andMinisterio de Educación y Cultura de la República del Paraguay, 1997

Rodríguez Sánchez, Liliana and Rubén Vélez Núñez (editors).. Unit for the Promotion of

Democracy/Organization of American States, and Andean Parliament. SantaFe de Bogota, Colombia: Andean Parliament, 1998.

Seminario:Jóvenes Líderes Mujeres del Area Andina

Caetano, Gerardo y Rubén M. Perina (editors).Montevideo, Uruguay: Unit for the Promotion of

Democracy/Organization of American States, and Centro Latinoamericano deEconomía Humana, 2003.

Informática_Internet&Política.

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSPROLIDEM activities are jointly organized with renowned international organizations,government agencies, civil society organizations, and political party networks across thehemisphere. These include:

Administración Nacional de Educación Pública(ANEP)- Uruguay

Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el DesarrolloInternacional (USAID)

Associação Gente

Asociación Promoción de Juventudes (APJ)

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID)

Center for Civic Education EE.UU.

Centro de Estudos das Américas (CEA) de laUniversidad Candido Mendes (UCAM)

Centro de Información y Recursos para elDesarrollo (CIRD)

Centro Interuniversitario de EstudiosLatinoamericanos “Mauricio López” (CIELAC)Chile

Centro para la Promoción y Educación de laDemocracia (DEMOCRATICA)- Peru

Colegio de las Américas (COLAM)-OrganizaciónUniversitaria Interamericana(OUI)

Comisión Interamericana de la Mujer (CIM)

Comisión Parlamentaria Conjunta del MERCOSUR(CPC)

Coordinadora de Centrales Sindicales del ConoSur (C.C.S.C.S.)-Centro de Solidaridad

Centro de Asesoría y Promoción Electoral(CAPEL)- Instituto Interamericano de

Derechos Humanos (IIDH)

Centro de Capacitación y Gerencia Política(CECAP)

Centro Latinoamericano de Economía

Humana (CLAEH)-Uruguay

Centro de Planificación y Estudios Sociales(CEPLAES)-Ecuador

DECIDAMOS- Paraguay

Escola de Empreendedores das Américas (EEA)

Fundación Escuelas Campesinas de Ayuda -Panama

Fundación Friedrich Ebert

Fundación Konrad Adenauer

Gobierno del Estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil

Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Políticos(INCEP)

Instituto de Capacitación y Formación deDirigentes Políticos (INCAP) Ministerio del

Interior de la República de Argentina

Instituto Interamericano para el Desarrollo Social(INDES)

Instituto Luis Carlos Galán para el Desarrollo de laDemocracia-Colombia

Instituto Nacional de la Juventud (INJUV)Gobierno de Chile

Instituto Panameño de Estudios Comunitarios(IPEC)

Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)-República Dominicana

International Foundation for Election Systems(IFES)

Itaipú Binacional

Juventud Latinoamericana por la Democracia(JULAD)

Ministerio de Educación - Uruguay

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores - Uruguay

Organización Demócrata Cristiana de América(ODCA)

Parlamento Andino

Parlamento Centroamericano (PARLACEN)

Partners of the Americas

Programa de Apoyo al Liderazgo y laRepresentación de la Mujer (PROLID)/BID

Red Científica Peruana

Secretaría Ejecutiva del Convenio Andrés Bello(SECAB)

Senado y Congreso - Uruguay

The Graduate School of Political Management(GSPM)/The George Washington University(GWU)

Unit for Social Development and Education/OAS

United States Agency for InternationalDevelopment (USAID)

Universidad Alberto Hurtado - Chile

Universidad Católica - Chile

Universidad de Cuenca - Ecuador

Universidad de la República - Uruguay

Universidad del Pacífico - Peru

Universidad Nacional Autónoma - Honduras

Universidad Simón Bolívar - Venezuela

Viceministerio de la Juventud - Paraguay

EXPERTS*ARGENTINA

BARBADOS

BOLIVIA

BRAZIL

CHILE

COLOMBIA

COSTA RICA

ECUADOR

EL SALVADOR

GUATEMALA

HONDURAS

NICARAGUA

PARAGUAY

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Alberto CastellsAna FalúDaniel SabsayDelia FerreiraEdgardo CostaGustavo Martínez PandianiJuan Carlos MaquedaLuciano LeivaManuel CompolongoManuel Mora y AraujoMarcelo AlvarezNatalio Botana

Anne Marie Blackman

Carlos MolinaJose Jorge SaavedraMabel Cruz RomanoMaritza JiménezRené Mayorga

Ana María BrasileiroArmando NascimentoClóvis BrigagãoFátima AnastasiaGeraldo MonteiroGustavo SantosPaula Nielsen de PiraRenato LessaRubens Figueiredo

Alejandro VialAndrés BenaventeAscanio CavalloEduardo SaffirioFabián PressaccoLuis GuastavinoMaría A. HuertaPablo PisaniPablo SalvatPatricio GajardoPatricio MercadoPedro IruretaPedro MújicaSergio Micco

Adriana DelgadoArlene TicknerBenjamín HerreraCarlos CabreraConsuelo AhumadaEdgar Forero PardoEduardo PizarroElizabeth UngarFrancisco GutiérrezGabriel MurilloGonzálo RiveraJavier SanínJosé Francisco ReyesJosé Luis RamírezJuan Camilo RuizJuan Cristóbal ArizaJuan LozanoLuis Camilo OsorioManuel SalamancaManuel Vidal NogueraPedro Valenzuela

Douglas ChacónEduardo NúñezHannia VegaJorge CalderónLuis CervantesOtto GuevaraRodrigo CarazoRonny Rodríguez Chang

Alberto AcostaAlberto LunaAna Lucía ArmijosAnunziata ValdésFernando CarriónGustavo VegaJaime Durán BarbaMaría EspinosaMiryam Garcés DávilaNina Pacari VegaRoberto IzurietaSantiago NietoSilvia Vega

Gerardo Le ChevallierMáximo ZaldívarRubén Zamora

Angel Alfredo Figueroa

Juan Alberto MartínezIsabel Aguilar

Ana Belén CastilloLeticia Salomón

Agustín JarquínCarlos F. ChamorroEdmundo JarquínJosé Dávila MembreñoMariano Fiallos

Agustín CarrizosaCarlos Mateo BalmeliDiego Abente BrunJorge Luis TalaveraJorge RiquelmeLine BarreiroManuel FerreiraRaúl SapenaRigoberto ZarzaSusana Aldana Amabile

Alberto BoreaCarlos CasasFernando TuestaFrancisco EguigurenRicardo BedoyaTarcila RiveraVirginia Vargas

Alejandro Maldonado A.

Carlos Contreras

ERU

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

GERMANY

SPAIN

Aura FernándezFlavio Darío EspinalJosé Angel Aquino

Wilhelm Hofmeister

Miguel PorrúaKoldo Echebarría

EXPERTS*

ALUMNI*

UNITED STATES

Cristopher ArtertonDavid FleischerPaul LutzkerRichard BehnVivian Roza

URUGUAY VENEZUELACarlos LujánCarlos Urruty

Daniel BuquetFranscico SucreGerardo CaetanoLilian CelibertiMario CataldiRafael Piñeiro

Carlos BlancoFelipe Rodríguez

Gustavo VelásquezJosé Enrique MolinaMercedes de Freitas

PROLIDEM

ARGENTINA

BOLIVIA

BRAZIL

COLOMBIA

COSTA RICA

EL SALVADOR

GUATEMALA

HONDURAS

NICARAGUA

PANAMA

PARAGUAY

URUGUAY

María José Pasero

Pedro Piana

Manfredo Bravo

Ana María Dipp

Ana Patricia Carletto

Alessandro Ponce De León

Nicolas Echeverry

Cristian Arroyo

Alejandro Duarte

Blanca Coto

Carlos Cerezo

Ana Matilde Pérez Katz

Marcela Suazo

Jennifer Zapata

Nadia Arévalo

Rodrigo Solís

Oscar Boltes

Arturo Giménez

Andrea Maciel

Gustavo Pacheco

Advisor, Senate

Advisor, Recrear para elCrecimiento

Political Party Leader, MNR

Director, Asociación de MujeresProfesionales

Secretary of Youth Affairs, State ofSao Paulo

Director, Escola deEmpreendedores das Américas

Congressman, Liberal Party

Communications Director, Officeof the President

Political Party Leader, PartidoPopular

Congresswoman, FMLN

Political Party Leader, ChristianDemocrat Party

Fulbright Scholar, InternationalRelations

Minister National Institute forWomen

Program Coordinator, WorldVision

Program Coordinator, Etica yTransparencia

Political Party Leader, PartidoPopular

Journalist, Agencia InformativaJoven Jaku'éke

Vice-Minister of Youth

Member of the City Council,Department de of Flores

Legislative Coordinator, SocialistParty

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Anibelca Rosario

Josúe Fiallo

Héctor Porcella

Julio César Valentín

Journalist

Chevening Scholar, PublicAdministration

Advisor to the President

Congressman, Partido LiberaciónDominicana

* Parcial list from regional courses

Jóvenes por la Democracia (JPD) Youth forDemocracy

JPD organized two important fora in El Salvador

JPD is an example of our alumninetworks. It was established in 1999 by courseparticipants attending the Regional Courses onDemocratic Values, Institutions, and Practices forYoung Leaders of Central America and the Caribbean.Currently, JPD has more than 100 members; themajority are former participants in the UPD regionaldemocracy-training program for young leaders. JPD

members represent different sectors of society, who apply the knowledge and skills learned inspecific initiatives for the promotion of democracy. Since its establishment, the UPD hassupported JPD initiatives with technical assistance.

JPD organized two successful fora: 1) Forum withCandidates to Mayor of the City of San Salvador(January 30, 2003), and 2) Forum with Candidates tothe Chamber of Deputies (February 13, 2003). TheJPD initiative promoted a democratic culture,dialogue, and tolerance in the midst of the 2003salvadorean electoral process. More than 320 peopleattended each forum. Both fora received excellentmedia coverage.

FOLLOW-UP

Socio-Political Camp for Young SalvadoreanLeaders JPD held the First Socio-Political Camp forYoung Salvadorean Leaders (December 14-15,2002). More than 70 young leaders from the capitaland the country side participated in the camp. Thecamp promoted youth participation in thedemocratic political system. High-level nationalauthorities assisted JPD in the organization of thecamp. JPD members designed and conductedgroup activities.

International Electoral Observation Mission for the Elections in El Salvador The JPDorganized and international electoral observation mission for the March 16, 2003 elections fordeputies to the Legislative Assembly and members of themunicipal councils. More than 35 young leaders fromGuatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Ricarepresentatives of political parties, the government, media,academic sector, and civil society organizations participated inthe activity. The Mission received excellent media coverage. JPDpresented its electoral observation report to the authorities ofthe Supreme Electoral Tribunal.

U P DNIT FOR THE ROMOTION OF EMOCRACYGeneral Secretariat - Organization of American States

The Unit for the Promotion of Democracy (UPD) was established to fulfillthe various mandates of the Organization pertaining to support formember states' efforts to preserve and strengthen their democracies. Inrecent years, such activities have been developed and consolidated, whilethe role of the OAS in strengthening democracy in the hemisphere hasexpanded. The best example of the evolving role of the OAS in thedemocratic strengthening process was the adoption in 2001 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, whose conceptual content andinstruments constitute the clearest democratic course yet guided by theOrganization.

Since its establishment in 1990, the Unit has carried out various activitiesthat have had great impact on the hemisphere. In recent years, newmandates emanating from the political bodies of the Organization, thePlans of Action of the Summits of the Americas, and the adoption of theInter-American Democratic Charter have led the UPD to expand its effortsand provide a broader and more complete range of services to memberstates.

Since the early 1990s, the UPD has undertaken over 70 electoralobservation missions in the hemisphere. It has provided advisoryservices, training, and cutting-edge technology to strengthen electoralprocesses. It has played a pioneering part in developing conflictresolution methods and techniques in support of democratic governancein the member countries. It has supported intensive inter-parliamentarycooperation among national legislatures and promoted best practices inthe area of legislative modernization. The Unit has led efforts to designbetter and more appropriate decentralization policies, as well asencouraging increasing citizen participation, in the countries of theAmericas. It has trained hundreds of young political leaders indemocratic values and practices and has supported education ministryefforts to promote a democratic culture. It has conducted importantforums for consideration and discussion of priority topics in theexperience and consolidation of democracy.

Elizabeth SpeharExecutive Coordinator

Unit for the Promotion of DemocracyTel. (202) 458-3589

Rubén M. PerinaCoordinator, Strategic Programs

Tel. (202) [email protected]

Pablo ZúñigaSenior Specialist

Coordinator, PROLIDEMTel. (202) 458-3447

[email protected]

Eduardo JiménezAdministrative Technician

Tel. (202) [email protected]

Ana Matilde Pérez KatzConsultant

Tel. (202) [email protected]

Ana María VillenaConsultant

Tel. (202) [email protected]

General Secretariat of theOrganization of American States

Unit for the Promotion of Democracy1889 F Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006Fax: (202) [email protected]

www.upd.oas.org

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