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During
July 16-18, 2003 the "FOURTH REGIONAL MEETING OF THE
CARIBBEAN-WIDE PROJECT ON
DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND
CHILD- ORIENTED POLICIES” was carried out in Kingstown, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines. (July 2003)
(June, 2003)
(June, 2003) From
the 6th to the 8th of May a training process was
carried out for the use of the Action Coordination Site in favor
of Childhood and Adolescence. It was carried out by the Inter-American
Children’s Institute, as part of a project financed by the Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA)
(May,
2003)
Signature
of a General Cooperation Agreement between the IIN and the Universidad
Columbia of Paraguay. (May,
2003)
(May,
2003)
Lic. Alejandro Bonasso,
IIN Director General, Lic. Carmen Berges, President and Delegate of
Dominican Republic to the IIN Directing Council and Dr. Delia Del
Gatto Reyes, Vice-President and Delegate of Chile to the IIN
Directing Council at the Opening Ceremony of the 78th Meeting of the
Directing Council.
National Reports of the
countries, during the 78th Meeting of the Directing Council
On May 22, 2003, the President and the Rector of Paraguay's Universidad
Columbia signed a General Cooperation Agreement
between that University and the Inter-American Children's Institute
(IIN). With this agreement, the two institutions will carry out joint
academic activities, and the participants at the Seminar will receive
evaluations and obtain the corresponding accreditation.
Last
Thursday, May 15, the Seminar "Child Sex Tourism:A Challenge for Responsible Journalists" was held in
Montevideo, Uruguay, organized by the International Federation of Journalists (FIP) and the Uruguayan
Press Association (APU).
The Director General of the Inter-American Children's
Institute, Lic. Alejandro Bonasso, was specially
invited to participate at this Seminar.