| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(8/15/06)
Contact Information:
Tel: 202-243-7680
E-mail: HED@HEDprogram.org
Website: www.HEDprogram.org
HED ANNOUNCES TEN NEW TIES PARTNERSHIPS
New Partnerships under the U.S.-Mexico Training, Internships, Exchanges,
and Scholarships (TIES) Program Announced
Washington, DC (August 15, 2006) - Higher Education for Development (HED),
in cooperation with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)/Mexico,
announces ten new grant awards under the Phase II Cycle 2 of the U.S.-Mexico
Training, Internships, Exchanges, and Scholarships (TIES) Initiative.
The ten new awards are worth up to $300,000 each.
TIES partnerships seek mutual, fully collaborative relationships between
Mexican and U.S. higher education institutions and their public and private
sector partners on both sides of the border. TIES enhances the capacity
of higher education institutions of both nations to examine mutual development
problems, work in strategic alliances to develop solutions, and assist
Mexico in benefiting more broadly from the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA).
Training from these institutions give Mexican participants the skills
and the collaborative links necessary for them to respond more effectively
to development challenges and opportunities.
The ten new TIES grants were awarded to:
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Southwestern University School of Law & Instituto Tecnologico
y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey to
implement advocacy training for Mexican law students, graduate students,
faculty, and attorneys to meet the widespread need for criminal justice
reform;
-
American University & Universidad Autónoma de
Benito Juárez de Oaxaca to conduct an innovative series
of “hands on” programs to train indigenous lawyers;
-
Oregon State University & Universidad de Guadalajara
to work to improve the management, business, and processing practices
in rural regions in forestry technology and management;
-
University of Arizona & Universidad Autónoma de
Baja California, Mexicali to contribute to watershed management
and riparian restoration practices in the Lower Colorado River Basin;
-
California State University-Fullerton & Universidad Autónoma
de Tlaxcala to build community-based wellness and healthy
life-styles programs designed to prevent obesity and obesity-related
diseases in the low-income urban and rural population;
-
University of North-Texas & Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
to address the unique needs of persons with disabilities by training
graduate level professionals/care providers;
-
University of Georgia & Universidad Pedagógica
Veracruzana & Benemérita Escuela Normal Veracruzana
to strengthen teacher preparation programs for primary and secondary
education in the State of Veracruz;
-
Duquesne University & Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes
to focus on expanding trade and investment between the United States
and Mexico by empowering students, faculty, small Mexican businesses
and entrepreneurs to be more globally competitive;
-
University of Texas at San Antonio & Universidad Veracruzana
to create a sustainable and cohesive national network of over 100
Mexican Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) that will improve
the overall competitiveness of the Mexican economy; and
-
Western Illinois University & Universidad Autónoma
de Querétaro & Universidad Tecnológica de la Selva
to conduct short-term training programs to bring together a consortium
of experts that can provide direct assistance to small-scale, rural
producers.
This brings the total number of higher education partnerships under the
TIES Initiative to 55.
The HED program engages the resources of higher education institutions
in the United States and abroad for global social and economic development
through human and institutional capacity building. HED assists the nation’s
six major higher education associations and their members in partnering
with USAID, as well as other development agencies and donor organizations.
For more information about HED, please visit http://www.HEDprogram.org.
The U.S. Agency for International Development has provided economic
and humanitarian assistance worldwide for more than 40 years. For more
information, please visit http://www.usaid.gov.
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