Larrondo-Petrie, M. M. (2015, June), Engineering for the Americas: Progress on the Action Plans of the Ministers of Science and Technology of the Organization of American States  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE International Forum, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/1-2--17136

\bibitem{asee_peer_17136}
  Larrondo-Petrie, M. M. (2015, June), \emph{Engineering for the Americas: Progress on the Action Plans of the Ministers of Science and Technology of the Organization of American States}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE International Forum, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/1-2--17136

Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie.  "Engineering for the Americas: Progress on the Action Plans of the Ministers of Science and Technology of the Organization of American States".  2015 ASEE International Forum, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/17136 Internet.  24 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_17136}
  Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie.
  "Engineering for the Americas: Progress on the Action Plans of the Ministers of Science and Technology of the Organization of American States".
  \emph{2015 ASEE International Forum, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/17136 Internet.  24 Apr, 2024

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AB  - Engineering for the Americas: Progress on the Action Plans of the              Ministers of Science and Technology             of the Organization of American StatesThe Organization of American States’ First Meeting of Ministers and HighAuthorities of Science and Technology, held in Lima, Peru in November of 2004,resulted in the Declaration of Lima [1], which pronounced that science,engineering, technology, innovation, and education are fundamental to thedevelopment of the countries of the Americas, and needed their sustainedattention and commitment for resources. An emphasis was made on “integral”development and hemispheric cooperation to impact job creation, to combatpoverty and gender inequity, and to protect the quality of the environment. TheLima Action Plan was defined and a commitment to invest and convene annualmeetings of the commissions of science, engineering, technology and innovation(COMCYT) to follow up and disseminate national and hemispheric results. OASestablished Engineering for the Americas (EftA)[2] which permitted broadpartnerships involving activities both at the grass roots and in political policy. Ahemispheric collaboration agreement was signed with the multinationalengineering education organizations key to the region. In addition to theseorganizations, EftA participation included the World Federation of EngineeringSocieties (WFEO – groups the organizations of engineering professionals),government entities, such as the National Councils of Science and Technologyand the US Trade and Development Agency, and was supported by a number ofprivate sector companies, such as Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, and NationalInstruments. One of the first outcomes from EftA was successfully seeking fundsfrom the Inter-American Development Bank to create the Greater CaribbeanRegion Engineering Accreditation System (GCREAS) [3]. In the last Ministerialgathering, held in Panamá, the Ministers developed the Panamá Action Plan,which structured efforts into 4 Working Groups: WG1 Innovation (lead byMexico), WG2 Human Resources Training and Education (led by Argentina),WG3 National Quality Infrastructure (led by Canada) and WG4 TechnologicalDevelopment (led by Colombia). This paper summarizes accomplishments up todate of the groups, and discusses in more detail the outcomes of the efforts ofWG2 that impact engineering education.[1] “REMCYT-I/DEC. 1/04, Declaration of Lima, 12 November 20014”.Accessed 30 January 2015 at http://www.efta.oas.org/documentos/REMCYT-I-DECLARACION-ING.pdf[2] Engineering for the Americas (EftA): Fostering Growth through QualityEngineering. Accessed 30 Jan. 2015 at http://www.efta.oas.org/english/default.asp[3] GCREAS - Greater Caribbean Region Engineering Accreditation System.accessed 30 January 2015 at http://www.caribengine.org
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