Sustainable Development Leadership Training

Summary

The project will annually provide practical on-the-ground training in sustainable development to 100+ grassroots practitioners and Latin American professionals via courses, internships, and exchanges.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $700 was raised for this project.

Received $700 from 5 donations from people like:

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Rural and indigenous communities need to strengthen and diversify their productive activities in a sustainable and environmentally responsible manner. ANAI has 25 years of experience helping communities put such activities into practice. Through practical training, this will be shared with representatives from other regions, enabling them to promote similar initiatives in their own communities throughout Latin America and creating a mutual support network of grassroots practitioners.

Activities

-6 month practical internships -Courses on implementation of sustainable development initiatives -Courses on stream based biomonitoring and community conservation -Exchanges -Leadership participation in international forums and organizations

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $700

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $700.  The original project funding goal was $446,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project will annually train 100+ grassroots practitioners in best practices and strategies for rural sustainable development and conservation, becoming focal points for implementing such strategies in their own community and region.

Project Message

Because of ANAI’s efforts, Talamanca is now a region where rural economic development goes hand in hand with the conservation of biodiversity and natural resources
- Thomas J. Dodd, U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1998-2001

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Benson Venegas,
Executive Director
Apartado 170-2070
Sabanilla, Montes de Oca
Costa Rica
5062243570
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

ANAI
Apartado 170-2070
Sabanilla, Montes de Oca .
Costa Rica
+506 224 3570
http://www.anaicr.org

Learn more about ANAI and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Costa Rica and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about Costa Rica, read the Human Development Report on Costa Rica or the Wikipedia entry for Costa Rica.

When this Project was Updated

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 27, 2007.