Colombia’s economy continues to boom. Figuring prominently in Colombia’s economic success – GDP growth of almost 8% in the third quarter of 2011

the role of renewable energy such as wind, solar and geothermal, the potential for natural gas, thinking beyond hydroelectricity for the national energy matrix, and an update on the energy reform debate underway and the possibility for greater participation by the private sector in Costa Rica’s electric sector.

Durante los días 26 y 27 de octubre llevaremos a cabo en Washington, D.C. el primer taller sobre Mercados e Interconexión Eléctrica Regional en Centroamérica que el Instituto de las Américas está organizando en nombre del Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos.

The workshop includes discussions with specialists on the issues of accuracy and credibility, libel and other legal questions, reporting ethics and the sourcing of information in electronic media.

On September 1st, just six weeks after President Humala's inauguration, the Institute of the Americas is organizing a one-day executive roundtable in Lima aimed at fostering public-private dialogue in an open setting as the Humala government begins to make critical energy policy decisions.

During the residential camp at the Institute of the Americas, the students will receive classroom and field instruction on the environment, climate change and alternative energy from accredited Spanish-speaking teachers.  The students will conduct laboratory experiments and will be required to report their results on the final day of the camp.

As communities confront rising crime, this workshop will look at successful models in Latin America and elsewhere that involve citizens in the struggle against criminality. Heavy emphasis will be placed on the need to protect citizens while they engage in anti-crime efforts and models for organizing and maintaining group efforts

This science journalism workshop will introduce reporters and editors to leading scientists from world-renowned research centers such as UC San Diego and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The journalists will visit labs, have access to cutting-edge research, build a network of contacts in the region and receive a solid grounding on a variety of green issues.

A report issued by the Institute of the Americas recommends major technical and policy changes that could facilitate greater U.S.-Mexico electricity collaboration. The report is the product of the “U.S.-Mexico Cross-Border Electricity Stakeholder Forum,” which the Institute hosted in late 2010. The meeting brought together representatives of federal and state government agencies, industry, and renewable energy associations to discuss issues pertinent to the fostering of increased electricity trade with an emphasis on renewable energy. More than 70 stakeholders assessed barriers and potential solutions to promoting regional renewable energy markets between the two countries. Subsequent, facilitated break-out sessions focused on four key themes: policy, financing, regulatory, and technical issues.

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