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2 The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) Is a non-governmental international organization with UNESCO associate status, established in 1967. Currently bring together 394 research centers and graduate schools in the field of the social sciences and humanities in 26 Latin American countries, North America, and Europe.

3 10 Principal Objectives 1.To promote social research in order to combat poverty and inequality, strengthen human rights as well as democratic participation. 2.To advance the promotion of sustainable development policies along economic, social and environmental lines through the contributions of academic research and critical thinking, 3.To build bridges between social research and public policy, fostering innovative, creative and feasible actions to address the great social, educational, cultural and environmental challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean. 4.To support the networking among researchers and institutions operating in the field of the social sciences and humanities. 5. To strengthen the academic internationalization processes in Latin America and the Caribbean.

4 10 Principal Objectives 6.To expand South-South and South-North academic cooperation and dialogue. 7.To encourage the development and consolidation of the social sciences and critical thinking in the poorest countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. 8.To participate in national and regional public debates, providing the perspectives and contributions of social research based on results. 9.To collaborate in the training of governmental actors, social activists and media professionals in social, educational, cultural and environmental issues, bringing them closer to the problems addressed by the social sciences and facts provided by social research. 10.To provide conditions for open access to Latin American and Caribbean academic productions, thereby, democratizing the access to knowledge and allowing for its more active use by public policymakers, social and civic organizations, the press and the university system.

5 10 Key Areas of Action 1.Reducing inequalities and social injustice 2.Combating racism, and ethnic and gender discrimination 3.Assisting in the development of guarantees and legal protection in migration and human mobility processes 4.Defending public education and the accessibility of the right to quality education for all 5.Contributing to the development of peace processes 6.Advocating open access and the democratization of knowledge 7.Promoting citizen security policies and combating violence 8.Advancing children and youth rights 9.Encouraging participation, citizen mobilization and the strengthening of democracy 10.Fostering sustainable economic, social and environmental development policies

6 CLACSO FACTS 394 member institutions in 26 different countries XX General Assembly November, 2001 Guadalajara (Mexico) 123 XXV General Assembly November, 2015 Medellín (Colombia) 430 (expected) CLASCO’s institutional network has grown more than 350% in 15 years. CLACSO’s member institutions bring together over 25,000 Latin American and Caribbean researchers.

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8 CLACSO’S AREAS AND PROGRAMS WORKING GROUPS PROMOTION OF RESEARCH GRADUATE PROGRAMS NETWORK SOUTH-SOUTH PROGRAM PROGRAM ON POVERTY AND INEQUALITY STUDIES LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN UNIVERSITY EVALUATION SYSTEM – SILEU OPEN ACCESS AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE

9 CLACSO’s Working Groups (WG) are interdisciplinary networks of researchers from different countries in Latin America and the Caribbean which gather around a topic or social problem relevant to the region. The WGs work to produce rigorous and relevant comparative knowledge, and seek to achieve an effective relationship among researchers, policymakers and social organizations.

10 46 Working Groups are currently operating with 1,850 2003 - 20062006 - 20092009 - 20122012 - 20132013 - 2016 Working Groups 161425 46 Participating Researchers in the Working Groups 2403295566931.850 Countries Represented in the Working Groups 192122 31 researchers / participants from 31 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as from other regions of the world.

11 Some of our Current Working Groups Governments and Citizens Movements Coordinator: Julio Alberto Aibar (Mexico) Common Goods Coordinators: Eduardo Aguado López (Mexico) and Elena Lazos Chavero (Mexico) Global Environmental Change, Climate Change and Social Movements Coordinators: Mirta Geary (Argentina) and Andrea Lampis (Colombia) University Policies: Priorities and Social Science Agendas Coordinators: Judith Naidorf (Argentina), Ivanise Monfredini (Brazil) and Christian Humberto Mendizábal Cabrera (Bolivia) Communication, Politics and Citizenship Coordinators: Florencia Juana Saintout (Argentina) and Andrea Mariana Varela (Argentina) Development Policies and South-South Cooperation Coordinator: Carlos Milani (Brazil)

12 Global Economy Coordinator: Luis Enrique Rojas Villagra (Paraguay) Gender Inequality, the State and Political Processes Coordinators: Ana Laura Rodríguez Gustá (Argentina) and Constanza Tabbush (Argentina) Social Studies on Health Coordinator: Carolina Tetelboin Henrion (Mexico) Childhood and Youth Policies Coordinators: Valeria Llobet (Argentina), Rene Unda Lara (Ecuador) and Silvia H. Simões Borelli (Brazil) Public Security Coordinator: José Vicente Tavares dos Santos (Brazil) Native Peoples and Indigenous Movements Coordinators: Adriana Petrovna Gómez Bonilla (Mexico) y Pavel Camilo López Flores (Bolivia)

13 CLACSO’s Research Promotion Area aims to promote the production of critical knowledge on social issues of particular relevance to the region. It also seeks to facilitate dialogue among researchers with the deeply held conviction that such exchanges enrich the process and outcomes of research. Finally, the Research Promotion Area also proposes to generate greater ties between the social sciences and public policy, organizing opportunities of exchange between researchers and policymakers, and stimulating, as part of the research results, the formulation of policy proposals and interventions.

14 1005 CLASCO has awarded research and training scholarships in the last 10 years, always taking into consideration a regional and gender balance. CLACSO-OLA/TNS Seminar: “Thirty Years of Democracy in Latin America: Institutions, Rights, and Human Welfare”, developed at the United Nations, New York, USA on May 16, 2014, with the participation of scholars and ambassadors from across Latin America and Sweden. We have conducted more than 60 calls for scholarships over the last decade thanks to the financial support provided by Sida and Norad.

15 Some of our Conteste [2004-2015] YEARCONTEST TITLESUPPORTED BY 2004 The International Relations of Poverty in Latin America and the CaribbeanNorad 2005 Migration and Development Models in Latin America and the CaribbeanSida 2009 The Right to Education, Public Policies and CitizenshipSida 2009 The State and Forms of Participation and Representation in Contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean Sida 2010 Violence, Security and the Construction of Citizenship in Latin America and the Caribbean Sida 2010 Poverty and Universal Social Protection: Compared Latin American Experiences and Perspectives Norad 2011 Common Goods: Space, Knowledge and Intellectual PropertySida 2011 Poverty, Inequality and Health in Latin America and the CaribbeanNorad 2012 Global Climate Change, Agrarian Reform and Food Sovereignty in the South Sida South-South / CODESRIA / APISA 2013 Studies on Public Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean. Democracy, Citizenship and Social Justice Sida 2013 The Peace Process and Democratic Perspectives in ColombiaSida 2014 Haiti: Human Rights and Democratic PerspectivesSida 2014 The Production of Inequality in Latin America and the CaribbeanNorad 2014 Work and Welfare in the South Sida South-South / CODESRIA / IDEAs

16 Some of our Conteste [2004-2015] YEARCONTEST TITLESUPPORTED BY 2014 Democracy, Citizen Participation and Electoral Processes in Central AmericaSida 2014 Womens’ Movements and Feminist Struggle in Latin America and the Caribbean Sida 2015 Democracies in Revolution and Revolutions and Democracy Sida / UNGS 2015 The Right to Education Sida / Plan International 2015 The New Human Rights Agenda in Latin America and the CaribbeanSida / FIBGAR 2015 Education, Public Policies and Rights. Challenges for the South Sida / CODESRIA / IDEAs 2015 The Question of The Malvinas: 50 Years After Resolution 2065 Sida / Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship, Argentina / Ministry of Education, Argentina 2015 Ruy Mauro Marini Essay Prize Sida 2015 The Production of Inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean Norad 2015 Coexistence, Democracy and Citizenship in the Latin American School System Sida / IDEDH-OEI / IDEP

17 CLACSO’s Graduate Programs Network consists of 680 Masters and PhD programs corresponding to 193 institutions. The Graduate Programs Network is a space for horizontal academic cooperation between the master’s and doctoral programs offered by institutions of higher education that form part of the Council. It aims to increase cooperation and exchange between graduate programs in the social sciences, as well as to increase opportunities for graduate training while diversifying the range of disciplines. Secondly, it aims to increase dialogue and the transfer of knowledge between graduate programs in the social sciences, public policy and social organizations.

18 More than 7,400 students have been trained by the 215 courses taught in CLACSO’s Virtual Training Space since its creation in 1999 Seminars offered in 2015 so far include: Cultural Consumption in the South: Culture, Society, and Globalization in Latin America. Dr. Maria del Rosario Radakovich (Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República, Uruguay) Latin American Feminisms: Contemporary Debates. Dr. Marta Jimena Cabrera Ardila (Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia) South Asian and Latin American Subaltern studies: Genealogies of the Countryside / Transit Geographies. Dr. Juan Pablo Gomez and Dr. Iliana Ramirez (Instituto de Historia de Nicaragua y Centroamérica, Universidad Centroamericana, Nicaragua) Children and Youth: Violence, Memory, and Peace Building Processes. Dr. Sara Victoria Alvarado and Dr. Maria Camila Ospina (Universidad de Manizales, Colombia) Globalization, the STate and Transnational Migration: Latin American Perspectives. Dr. Bela Feldman (Centro de Estudios de Migraciones Internacionales, Universidad Estadual de Campinas, Brasil) Critical Thought in the Anglophone and Francophone Caribbean during the XX Century. Dr. Felix Valdez (Instituto de Filosofía, Cuba) Curriculum Development through Social Contours from a Latin American and Internationalization Perspective. Dr. Alicia de Alba (Instituto de Investigaciones sobre la Universidad y la Educación, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México) Dialogues on Knowledge, Transdisciplinary Research and New Paradigms in the Social Sciences and in Development. Dr. Nelson Tapia Ponce (Centro Universitario de Agroecología, Bolivia) Critical Ethnologies and Post-colonial Methodologies in Context: Genealogies, Processes, Themes and Materials. Dr. Alejandro De Oto and Dr. Mariana Alvarado (Instituto de Ciencias Humanas, Sociales y Ambientales, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina) The Essay and Reflections of Latin America. Dr. Liliana Weinberg (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México) New Dimensions of Inequality in Peripheral Urbanism. Segregation, Gentrification and the Return of the Constructed City. Dr. Iban Diaz Parra (Programa de Posgrado en Estudios Latinoamericanos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México) The United States and Cuba: A Historic Turn for All of Latin America. Dr. Leandro Morgenfeld, Dr. Max Paul Friedman and Dr. Luis Suarez Salazar (Instituto de Investigaciones de Historia Económica y Social, UBA, Argentina / American University, the United States / ISRI, Cuba)

19 CLACSO’s webinars as well as graduate diplomas offer world-class graduate training opportunities to those who live far away from institutions of higher education and that for economic reasons or limited time availability cannot attend graduate school. Graduate Diploma in Latin American and Caribbean Social Thought | Graduate Diploma in Regional Integration and South-South Cooperation | Graduate Diploma in Political Ecology and the Environment | Graduate Diploma in Social Research | Graduate Diploma in Gender Studies | Graduate Diploma in Development and Social Rights | Graduate Diploma in Children and Youth Studies and Policies | Graduate Diploma in Education | Graduate Diploma in Cultural Studies

20 CLACSO coordinates 7 Thematic Networks of Graduate Programs Intensive Graduate Schools These schools are intensive one-week graduate level trainings given by renowned professors and directed at researchers (50% of enrollment) and leaders in the fields of public policy and social organizations (the remaining 50% of enrollment) working on issues of high priority to Latin America, including: children and youth, migrations, social policies, education, environment, among others. The Intensive Graduate Schools generate instances of exchange and consolidation of strong ties between researchers in the social sciences and social leaders. The following schools have will be taking place this year: Children and Youth Graduate Network- INJU Network Cultural Studies and Policies Graduate Network- EPC Network Migration Studies Graduate Network and Centers- MIGRARED Critical Studies on Rural Development Graduate Network- ECDR Network Society, the Environment and Climate Change Graduate Network- SACC Network Education Graduate Network - REPE Network Mesoamerican Graduate Programs Network - POSMA Network Third International Institute: “International Migration, Globalization and Social Inequalities: Contributions from Latin America,” Migration Studies Graduate Network and Centers- MIGRARED (CLACSO and CAEU-OEI), Quito, Ecuador, March 2015 | First International Institute: “Debates in the Construction of Latin American Pedagological Knowledge,” Education Graduate Network- REPE (CLACSO, CAEU-OEI, Centro Internacional Miranda, Instituto de Estudios Avanzados, and the Ministry of the People’s Power for Science and Technology of Venezuela), Caracas, Venezuela, May 2015 | Fifth International Institute: “Childhood and Youth, Democracy, Human Rights and Citizenship in Ibero-America,” Children and Youth Graduate Network- INJU Network (CLACSO with further support from OIJ and AECID), June 2015 | First International Institute: “Society, Environment and Climate Change,” Society, the Environment and Climate Change Graduate Network- SACC Network (CLACSP and the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru), Lima, Peru, July 2015.

21 The South-South Program is an inter-regional academic platform for the exchange and discussion of contemporary social issues of common interest to Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. The Program seeks to deepen academic South-South Cooperation and to consolidate an integrated network of researchers from the Global South with a critical and comparative perspective. VII South-South Institute: Inequalities, Democracy and Development during and after Neoliberalism. Bangkok, Thailand.

22 South-South Activities 2013 Sixth South-South Institute: Democratic Renewal versus Neoliberalism: Towards Empowerment And Inclusion. September 25 - October 3, 2013. Santiago, Chile. South-South Grants: Democracy And Empowerment: Contemporary Reality and Emerging Alternatives. 2014 Seventh South-South Institute: Inequality, Democracy and Development Under Neoliberalism and Beyond. November 3-8, 2014. Bangkok, Thailand. South-South Grants: Work And Welfare In The South. Comparative Research Workshop: Inequality And Climate Change: Perspectives From The South. July 24-25, 2014. Dakar, Senegal. 2015 (Forthcoming Activities) Eighth South-South Institute: Inequality and Social Justice: Perspectives from the Global South. September 11 - 18, 2015. Durban, South Africa.

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24 The Workshop “Public Policies for Equality: Social Crossroads and Discussions for the Future” took place from the 16th to the 21st of June (2014) in Port au Prince, Haiti. The Program on Poverty and Inequality Studies is an initiative that aims to generate new knowledge in the field of poverty and inequality studies, as well as ties and exchanges between researchers, and leaders in public policy and social organizations working. Main Lines of Action Administering research scholarships contests on poverty and social inequalities. Hosting annual methodological research training workshops on poverty and inequality for young researchers from Central America and the Caribbean. Organizing workshops and international seminars on topics related to the program from a multidisciplinary and comparative perspective and with the participation of researchers, policy-makers, and leaders of social organizations. Conducting webinars on graduate training for researchers and public policy technical teams.

25 Outstanding achievements 2012 International Seminar “The Multidimensionality of Poverty: Scopes for its Definition and Evaluation in Latin America and the Caribbean.” | November 22 and 23, 2012 - Santiago, Chile Training Workshop on Poverty Studies for Young Researchers from Central America and the Caribbean | May 28 – June 1, 2012 - San Jose, Costa Rica 2013 Research Project Competitions in the categories of “Introduction to Research” and “Upper Level” on “Migrations, Human Mobility and Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean.” | March 2013 International Seminar Call on Poverty, Inequality and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean: Overcoming the Turn Around. | May 8 - 10, 2013 – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2014 International Graduate Institute “Policies for Equality. Social Crossroads and Discussions for the Future.” | June 16 – 21, 2014 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti

26 The system seeks to create a space for reflection on the current state of university evaluation and accreditation policies as well as the collective construction of an evaluation methodology based on relevant criteria for Latin America and Caribbean social sciences. The SILEU revalues the production of social knowledge from a critical and Latin American perspective and prioritizes actions like knowledge transfer and social commitment, in addition to proposing an evaluation based on the dialogue with the stakeholders involved. Main Lines of Action Developing criteria, actions and strategies of institutional assessment and international accreditation for higher education institutions in the field of the social sciences and humanities. Providing support and advice to institutions of higher education in order to strengthen the institutionalization of the social sciences in the region and deepen the development of critical and independent thinking. Participating in the political discussion regarding these issues from a Latin American and Caribbean perspective as a means to weaken the market-oriented positions that are decontextualized from the realities of our region.

27 900 From 1967 to date, CLASCO has published over books and magazines, with over The Open Access and Dissemination of Knowledge Area is a decentralized collaborative service which promotes new ways of dissemination and distribution of social knowledge by promoting open access to research findings and debates in the field of the social sciences. CLACSO also promotes new forms of disseminating knowledge produced by social researchers, in order to reach more audiences and enrich the debate and public opinion in our society. copies printed. 1,500,000 Many of these publications (more than 850) are available on open access

28 OPEN ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE CAMPAIGN CLACSO promotes a model of open access to knowledge as a human right which is managed as a common good, and based on solidarity, inclusiveness, and non-commercial access, and defends this position in the international arena where commercial and non-commercial alternatives are constantly debated, in order to achieve a renewal in scientific and scholarly communications, and society in general. The CLACSO Virtual Library has more than 40,000 open access documents and 1,000,000 average monthly downloads. It is one of the largest Virtual Libraries in the field of the social sciences in the world. CLASCO publications can be downloaded in open access or be purchased in hard copy at the Latin American and Caribbean Library of Social Sciences, with deliveries worldwide.

29 Ebrima Sall, Gambia. Executive Secretary of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA). Interview conducted within the framework of CLACSO’s participation in the XXIX Latin American Congress of Sociology - ALAS, Santiago, Chile, September 29 to October 4, 2013. Susy Castor, Haiti. “Haiti produces very little, 68% of its budget depends on international subsidies”. Interview with Suzy Castor, Director of the Centre de recherche et de formation économique et sociale pour le développement (CRESFED) in Haiti. Buenos Aires, Argentina. March 19, 2014. CLACSO.TV Is a web broadcasting platform for interviews, documentaries and other kinds of audiovisual records, which highlight trending topics in the social sciences and humanities. Seeks to contribute to the analysis of a wide variety of political, educational, social and cultural problems and issues from a critical, pluralistic and academically rigorous perspective. Thrives on its own productions as well as on contributions from other agencies, channels and portals within the audiovisual field which further promote informed public debates on the major issues of contemporary reality. Zahra Karimi Moughari, Irán. Researcher from the University of Mazandaran. The meeting was held in Santiago, Chile, from September 25 to October 3, 2013, within the framework of the third triennial of the Program of Academic Cooperation between Latin America, Africa and Asia.

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