Canadian University Projects in International Development Database (CUPID)

Americas

El Salvador

• Water Management in Honduras and El Salvador
• Formation en gestion des coopératives

Formation en gestion des coopératives

Project purpose:
The primary objective was to regionalize the University of Costa Rica's master's degree program.

Key results to date:
Through this project the universities of Costa Rica and Honduras established a master's program in cooperative business management; the University of El Salvador now offers four specially designed certificate programs, one of which is in cooperative management; and the University of Panama has developed a business administration degree with a specialization in cooperatives. Approximately 260 people have been trained through these programs and more than 300 people have received ad hoc training. Twenty-six case studies dealing with cooperative problems and organizations have been published. A network linking faculty at the universities of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Panama was formed and has been integrated into the network of the universities of the Americas in cooperative studies.

Water Management in Honduras and El Salvador

Project purpose:
The overall purpose of the project is to strengthen the capacity of Honduras and El Salvador to effectively manage their water resources in order to better protect and conserve these resources. This will be achieved through increased institutional and human resource capacity building, partnerships with the community and national policy reviews.

Key results to date:
The project has strengthened the UES and UNAH in the field of water resource management through the initiation of a two-year M.Sc. program at each institution. The new Master's in Management of Groundwater Resources at UES was launched in September 2008, and the new Master's in Water Resource Management with Emphasis in Hydrogeology at UNAH began in February 2009. To date, the UES program has completed one full two-year cycle (10 students) and has initiated a second cycle (10 students). The UNAH program has almost completed its first cycle (10 students). The project has trained four professors at the University of Calgary (2), the University of Waterloo (1) and the University of Costa Rica (1). Three UES professors have been trained in the UES M.Sc. program. The M.Sc. programs apply water science to key challenges such as water supply, contamination and water basin management. Short courses have been delivered by UES (10) and UNAH (1) targeting the masters students, as well as, government and private sector professionals. The first cycle of UES M.Sc. students have completed their community-based thesis projects and the second cycle has begun field work. The first cycle of UNAH M.Sc. students are working on their field work for their community-based thesis projects. UES delivered a water policy forum on the theme of groundwater contamination and delivered a regional water congress that included a groundwater policy forum.