{"id":3780,"date":"2011-01-11T16:31:39","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T23:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.colef.mx\/elmuro\/?p=3780"},"modified":"2011-01-11T16:31:39","modified_gmt":"2011-01-11T23:31:39","slug":"institute-of-the-americas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colef.mx\/elmuro\/institute-of-the-americas\/","title":{"rendered":"Institute of the Am\u00e9ricas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.colef.mx\/elmuro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/instituteamericas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3781\" title=\"instituteamericas\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.colef.mx\/elmuro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/instituteamericas.jpg\" alt=\"instituteamericas\" width=\"510\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span><span>Davidow to  retire as president of Institute<br \/>\nof the Americas; search for successor  begins<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span><span><span><a title=\"http:\/\/www.iamericas.org\/ioa\/events\/critical-issues-in-latin-america.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iamericas.org\/ioa\/events\/critical-issues-in-latin-america.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"http:\/\/www.iamericas.org\/ioa\/events\/critical-issues-in-latin-america.html\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iamericas.org\/images\/stories\/jeff-davidow.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Davidow to retire as president of Institute of the Americas\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" width=\"339\" height=\"203\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>LA JOLLA \u2013 Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow will retire from his position as  president of the Institute of the <\/span><span>Americas at the end of his second  four-year term in May 2011, David Weaver, chairman of the board of directors,  said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In announcing Ambassador Davidow&#8217;s decision, Weaver praised him for  injecting new vitality into the Institute&#8217;s programs, expanding its profile and  credibility throughout the Americas and turning it into the premier center for  Latin American-focused activities on <\/span><span>the West Coast. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a title=\"http:\/\/www.iamericas.org\/en\/recent-articles\/1621-davidow-to-retire-as-president-of-institute-of-the-americas-in-may-2011-search-for-successor-begins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iamericas.org\/en\/recent-articles\/1621-davidow-to-retire-as-president-of-institute-of-the-americas-in-may-2011-search-for-successor-begins\" target=\"_blank\"><strong title=\"http:\/\/www.iamericas.org\/en\/recent-articles\/1621-davidow-to-retire-as-president-of-institute-of-the-americas-in-may-2011-search-for-successor-begins\">\u00bb  Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span><a name=\"12d7721e584cee17_eclac\"><\/a>Winners of ECLAC awards  recognized during forum on Social Innovation <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iamericas.org\/images\/stories\/eclac.jpg\" alt=\"Winners of ECLAC Awards Meet at the Institute for Program on Social Innovation\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"262\" height=\"172\" align=\"left\" \/><span>LA JOLLA \u2013 The Institute&#8217;s Friend Plaza was  transformed into a colorful marketplace of award-winning social innovative  projects from Latin America and the Caribbean during the Nov. 17-19  international seminar, \u00abSocial innovations in Latin America and the Caribbean.\u00bb  The projects were identified over five annual cycles of the Experiences in  Social Innovation contest organized by the Economic Commission for Latin  American and the Caribbean (ECLAC) of the United Nations and the Kellogg  Foundation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span>Each of the 25 winning projects was judged by ECLAC for  innovation, cost-benefit ratio, impact on poverty, social responsibility,  sustainability, potential for replication, potential to become public policy and  potential to reduce discrimination and exclusion. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span>The projects were selected from among 4,800 entries from  across the region, in a wide variety of thematic areas including reduction of  teen violence, improving maternal and child health and the creation of micro  cooperatives to produce pasteurized milk. Representatives of the 25 projects  shared their experiences during seminar sessions. More than 200 students,  faculty members, and community organizers participated in the program, which  featured the release of the new book from ECLAC, \u00abFrom Social Innovation to  Public Policy: Success Stories in Latin America and the Caribbean,\u00bb written by  Nohra Rey de Marulanda and Francisco Tancredi. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span><a title=\"http:\/\/www.iamericas.org\/en\/recent-articles\/1621-davidow-to-retire-as-president-of-institute-of-the-americas-in-may-2011-search-for-successor-begins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iamericas.org\/en\/recent-articles\/1621-davidow-to-retire-as-president-of-institute-of-the-americas-in-may-2011-search-for-successor-begins\" target=\"_blank\"><strong title=\"http:\/\/www.iamericas.org\/en\/recent-articles\/1621-davidow-to-retire-as-president-of-institute-of-the-americas-in-may-2011-search-for-successor-begins\">\u00bb<\/strong><\/a> <a title=\"http:\/\/www.iamericas.org\/en\/recent-articles\/1622-oaxaca-nopal-project-wins-international-award-for-social-innovation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iamericas.org\/en\/recent-articles\/1622-oaxaca-nopal-project-wins-international-award-for-social-innovation\" target=\"_blank\"><strong title=\"http:\/\/www.iamericas.org\/en\/recent-articles\/1622-oaxaca-nopal-project-wins-international-award-for-social-innovation\">Read  more<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"http:\/\/www.iamericas.org\/en\/workshops-videos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iamericas.org\/en\/workshops-videos\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"http:\/\/www.iamericas.org\/en\/workshops-videos\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iamericas.org\/images\/video_icon.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Watch Video\" width=\"30\" height=\"31\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"http:\/\/www.iamericas.org\/en\/workshops-videos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iamericas.org\/en\/workshops-videos\" target=\"_blank\"> Watch  Video<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Davidow to retire as president of Institute of the Americas; search for successor begins LA JOLLA \u2013 Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow will retire from his position as president of the Institute of the Americas at the end of his second four-year term in May 2011, David Weaver, chairman of the board of directors, said. 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