This link list has 4 sections: North America, Central America, Caribbean and South America. Each section contains various educational institutions of each country which sometimes have a short description added. At the beginning regional institutions from the entire continent are listed.
This website provides information texts of various kinds about problems of vocational training in the two Americas. Thematic areas are: labour competencies; quality management; youth, training and employment; women, training and work; trade unions and training. Publications of CINTERFOR and related links are also presented.
The „Centre for Studies on Science, Development and Higher Education“ (Centro REDES) was founded in 2002 by the nonprofit organisation Grupo REDES. The „National Council for Scientific and Technical Research“ (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas – CONICET) granted the Centro REDES the status of an associated institution in 2003. The Centro’s website provides a lot of information on its work. Among others, you can find information on a research project on the productivity of Argentinian researchers according to the Science Citation Index („Estudio sobre productividad de investigadores argentinos en el Science Citation Index“), on the journal „Revista Iberoamericana de Ciencia, Technologia y Sociedad“ (available in Open Access), on further fulltexts, or on the centre’s participation in the „Network of Indicators in Science and Technology in Latin and Inter-America“ (Red de Indicadores de Ciencia y Tecnología -Iberoamericana e Interamericana- RICYT). [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
Website of the „Latin American Study Centre for Inclusive Education (CELEI)“ in Chile. Unfortunately, the website is somewhat confusing and many parts lead to empty pages. Nevertheless, you get an idea of the research work done by the centre. You can find news on inclusive education in Latin America, on important events and more. One of the most interesting parts of the website is the Open Access catalogue with fulltext books and papers. CELEI furthermore publishes a journal which is Open Access. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
This Wikipedia article provides a short summary of the „Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities“ adopted in 1999. The article furthermore offers links to the text of the concention in English, Spanish and Portuguese, as well as to a list of the participating countries and as to wether they have signed and ratified the convention. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
The pdf document lists Latin American organisations that focus on inclusive education and/ or children with disabilities. The list is sorted by country. It was provided by the Argentinian non-governmental „Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC)“ (Association for Civil Rights) on their separate website for inclusion in education. This website is offline and the ADC does not provide the list on their main website. We therefore link to a copy in the Internet Archive (as of September 2018). [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
This website provides an overview of a project (ca. 2007-2016) on the cooperation of the Central American (and partly Ibero-American) countries in the field of inclusive education. You will find a chronology of important events in educational policy as well as important official documents, programmes and more, for example: * Acciones Destacadas del Proyecto (2001-2010) * Declaración Mesoamericana de Educación Inclusiva * Programa Regional de Educación Inclusiva (PREI) * Red Intergubernamental Iberoamericana de Cooperación para la Educación de Personas Con Necesidades Educativas Especiales * Fortalecimiento de los Procesos de Enseñanza en la Formación y Capacitación para la Vida y el Trabajo de Jóvenes con Discapacidad en su Transición al Empleo Productivo The website is provided by the Department fpr Special Education of the Mexican Secretariat of Public Education. You can find another another account of this and of a predecessor project as a presentation. [Abstract: Site editor’s information supplemented by editors of Education Worldwide]
Very rich website of the „Ibero-American Intergovernmental Cooperation Network for the Education of People with Special Educational Needs (RIINEE)“. RIINEE was created in December 2004 on the occasion of the „1st Meeting on Educational Cooperation with Ibero-America on Special Education and Educational Inclusion“ in Madrid. For all meetings that have taken place annually since then, you will find extensive information and fulltexts of presentations, declarations, agreements, best practice examples and more. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
This site is intended to facilitate your search for pertinent and up-to-date information on international education systems. We have included links to education ministries, universities and colleges, educational organizations and accrediting bodies from countries all over the world.
[Our link leads to an archived site as of 06.02.2015 as the organisation’s new website doesn’t provide info sorted regionally any more but sorted by subject. For current information please visit the original website] Disability Rights International aims at promoting the rights of people with disabilities internationally. Its sub-site on the Regional Office for Mexico and Central America provides information on contact persons, activities, publications and other news on disability issues in this region. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
