Best Practices for Youth Engagement in the Caribbean to Promote a Shift to Better Citizen Securityy: Prevention, Participation and Potential, UNDP (Caribbean)

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Baird
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Youth Engagement ◽  
The Caribbean

Selection Criteria for PPP Projects: Determinants of Value Generation in the Use of Public Resources (Value for Money)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Villa Zárate ◽  
Daniel Vieitez Martínez ◽  
Carlos Mondragón ◽  
Miguel Á. Martínez ◽  
Jaime Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
Public Resources ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Economic Infrastructure

The Discussion Papers PPP Americas 2021 are a series of documents written to prepare for PPP Americas tenth edition. The event is the most important forum on Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), organized every two years by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Driven by PPP Americas 2021, we gathered eight thematic groups were, with specialists, professionals, consultants, and scholars engaged directly in the preparation, identification, structuration, and management of PPP infrastructure projects in countries of the region. IDB specialists coordinated the groups to review the main hot topics on PPP projects for social and economic infrastructure, aiming to exchange experiences, debate successful cases and lessons learned. The present Discussion Paper, “Selection Criteria for PPP Projects,” collects the main conclusions and recommendations discussed by the group and intends to consolidate a knowledge exchange environment in infrastructure and PPP inside the region, offering best practices on infrastructure projects selection and value generation in the use of public resources in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Encouraging youth engagement in marine protected areas: A survey of best practices in Canada

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (S2) ◽  
pp. 223-232
Author(s):  
Da Chen ◽  
Alysia Garmulewicz ◽  
Caroline Merner ◽  
Cassandra Elphinstone ◽  
Conor Leggott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Youth Engagement

scholarly journals Governance of knowledge and innovation in the Ibero-American agri-food system

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. e0112
Author(s):  
Jose-Maria Garcia-Alvarez-Coque ◽  
Eugenia Saini ◽  
Esther Esteban-Rodrigo ◽  
Francisco Mas-Verdu
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Food System ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Organizational Evaluation ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
And Gender

Aim of study: Governance and the knowledge and innovation system (KIS) are interrelated concepts. Knowledge management best practices are linked to KIS performance. This article explores the governance of the leading research, development, and innovation institutes in Ibero-American agriculture, food, and agro-industry sector. The paper reports mapping of the governance of 20 agricultural research institutes.Area of study: Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal.Material and methods: In total, 51 strategic objectives for effective governance were identified. Self-evaluation by the National Agricultural Research Institutes (NARIs) was validated at a workshop backed by FONTAGRO, a cooperation mechanism amongst Latin American and the Caribbean countries, Portugal and Spain, and the Ibero-American Network of NARIs.Main results: As a strength, the key dimension of NARIs appears to be coordination and cooperation. This result was acknowledged in the internal and external evaluations and supports previous research on the relevance of innovation networks in Latin America. By contrast, as a challenge, the key dimension appears to be demand articulation, followed closely by capacity building. Most of the institutes are also well-positioned to develop deeper ties with social and environmental challenges.Research highlights: In the medium and long term, NARIs should make efforts to improve the processes of organizational evaluation and learning, demand articulation, and strategic direction of the institutions. Improvement in management processes, in addition to best practices social responsibility and gender equality, appear to be short-term priorities.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurship Education in the Caribbean: Learning and Teaching Tools

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Alexander Pounder
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Support Students

This article reports on research that took place over two academic years running from September 2013 - April 2015. It provides a rich understanding of entrepreneurship education based on experiential knowledge and best practices from five entrepreneurship educators who have all worked as consultants to entrepreneurs, advisors to government on entrepreneurship and have taught entrepreneurship at the tertiary level for several years in the Caribbean. The findings illustrate that experiences, sense of purpose, reflective practice, lecturer's passion, mentoring, simulation and practice are seen to collectively offer a significant contribution to learning. Further, the findings support the view that teachers of entrepreneurship should draw upon highly developed techniques in their range of teaching methods that demonstrate aptitude of the subject matter. The participants agreed that ideally, the ultimate course goal is to support students in remembering techniques learned in an entrepreneurship class that contribute to gaining confidence in setting up their own venture and that assist with avoiding pitfalls. The purpose of this paper is to provide methodical ways that will improve the entrepreneurial orientation of students in entrepreneurship classes. 

Strategies and Business Models for Improving Broadband Connectivity in Latin America and the Caribbean: Guidelines for the Planning, Investment, and Rollout of Broadband Networks

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pau Puig Gabarró ◽  
Antonio García Zaballos ◽  
Enrique Iglesias Rodriguez ◽  
Ana Sepúlveda ◽  
Alex Wong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Regulatory Climate ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The Caribbean

Achieving universal and affordable digital connectivity is an essential goal for all countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Although significant progress has been made to advance the state of connectivity for the countries in this region, there are still significant challenges ahead (both from the private and public sector perspectives): high financial and operating risks; energy supply issues; poor coordination among regulatory and policy making bodies; lack of public sector capacity and resources, and the absence of a conducive investment and regulatory climate that promotes investment and competitive principles. The objective of this report is to: first, make a compilation and analysis of global business and financial models, best practices, innovations and progresses around the topic of digital infrastructure, including middle and last mile connectivity; and second, serve as a guidance tool for policy makers, regulators, government officials as well as private sector and community leaders in LAC, to better assess alternatives for improving broadband connectivity, and tailor best practices and approaches to their own country's needs.

scholarly journals Quantifying the Effects of Diver Interactions on Manta Ray Behavior at Their Aggregation Sites

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel de Jesús Gómez-García ◽  
María del Carmen Blázquez-Moreno ◽  
Joshua David Stewart ◽  
Vianey Leos-Barajas ◽  
Iliana Araceli Fonseca-Ponce ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
National Park ◽  
Video Data ◽  
First Order ◽  
Potential Source ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The World ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Revillagigedo Archipelago ◽  
Manta Ray

Manta rays (Mobula birostris, Mobula. cf. birostris, and Mobula alfredi), the largest mobulid rays, are subjected to exploitation and overfishing in certain parts of the world. Tourism has been supported as a sustainable alternative for the conservation of the species, and a potential source of economic spillover to local populations. Nevertheless, the effects of tourism over these highly social animals remains unknown. Manta rays aggregate at three sites in Mexico: Oceanic manta rays (M. birostris) in The Revillagigedo Archipelago and Banderas Bay in the Pacific. Caribbean manta rays (M. cf. birostris) around Isla Contoy National Park in the Caribbean. We analyzed the behavior of manta rays using video data collected by local researchers and tourism operators to determine how diver behaviors and techniques (SCUBA and free diving) affect them. Diver activities were grouped into passive and active categories. We described 16 behaviors and grouped them into four behavioral states: Directional, erratic, attraction and evasion to divers. We modeled the sequence of behaviors exhibited by manta rays via first order Markov chains. Our models accounted for passive and active diver behavior when modeling the changes in manta behavior. Manta rays in Banderas Bay and Revillagigedo displayed a higher frequency of erratic behaviors than at Isla Contoy, while Banderas Bay manta rays transitioned to evasion behaviors more often. Manta rays responded similarly in both sites to active divers. At freediving sites, manta rays from Isla Contoy displayed evasion less frequently than at Banderas Bay. Changes in manta ray behavior were similar for both sites, but mantas in Banderas Bay transitioned to evasion more with active divers. The increased food availability for Isla Contoy manta rays could be the reason for the reduced response toward divers in this site. The existence of additional stressors such as both traffic in Banderas Bay could be causing the mantas in this site to respond more frequently to active divers. This study, the first of its kind in oceanic and Caribbean manta rays, highlights that regulations and the use of best practices are vital for achieving longer and less disturbing encounters for both manta rays and divers.

Implementing Net Metering Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Design, Incentives and Best Practices

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Ji ◽  
Michelle Hallack ◽  
Alexandre Novaes Mejdalani ◽  
J. Enrique Chueca ◽  
David Daniel Lopez Soto
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Net Metering ◽  
The Caribbean
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