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Projects for social good in Latin America October 2014
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The purpose of this newsletter is to communicate PMIEF activities and share resources and experiences in the region through the chapter’s Liaisons.
Contents Newsletter Team ................................................ 2
Argentina – Nuevo Cuyo .................................... 2
210 CONIN’s administrators learned Project Management ................................................................. 2
A growing interest in social projects ..................................................................................................... 3
México – DF ........................................................ 4
Panamá .............................................................. 5
PMI Panamá Congress .......................................................................................................................... 5
PMIEF in Schools ................................................................................................................................... 6
Perú - Lima ......................................................... 7
Other News ........................................................ 7
The Tower Game – New translations available! ................................................................................... 7
Conference calls for Liaisons ................................................................................................................. 8
Leadership Institute Meeting en Phoenix ............................................................................................. 8
PMIEF Liaisons in Latin America ......................... 9
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Newsletter Team This month we want to share with you a message sent by David Buckman (PMI Educational Foundation) to our team.
“Dear Gerardo, Edinei, Paul, Edith, Pablo and Gabriel, On behalf of PMIEF I would like to thank you for all of your great efforts regarding the production of the monthly Latin America newsletter. The quality of the content and presentation is excellent!
As the person responsible for creating the PMIEF liaison newsletter each month I know that it can be difficult to maintain such high quality on a regular basis and I can honestly say that I’ve learned how to improve my own newsletter just by reading yours each month.” Our team is working hard in order to communicate all the efforts in Latino America and we can only add that when you like what you do, really good things happen.
Argentina – Nuevo Cuyo
210 CONIN’s administrators learned Project Management
Within PMI Educational Foundation scope and with PMI Nuevo Cuyo Argentina sponsorship, a hands-on workshop was given to 210 administrators of CONIN Foundation during its annual event called “Simple ideas, transcendent results”. CONIN Foundation is a non-profit organization who prevents childhood undernourishment, providing assistance to more than 10,000 beneficiaries, in
80 prevention centers, located in 7 countries. The main collaborators for the 1.5 hour workshop were Victoria Ferro (VP Finance PMINC) and Joaquín de Rosas (PMIEF Liaison PMINC). The workshop was delivered by Pablo Lledó (PMIEF Engagement Committee).
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The participants learned the importance to start every project with a project charter, to facilitate transcendent and repeatable results. Also, they now know that a successful project need specific tools before execution. Volunteers from CONIN Venado Tuerto, says: last year we learned about the Project Charter and we started implementing that tool. That was the key for our successful project called “Manalenas”, were we provide work to mothers who produce cakes to sell to enterprises, and this is an important income for the Foundation programs. More information here. Related links: Presentation.
A growing interest in social projects Due to the growing interest in social projects in the region of Nuevo Cuyo (Mendoza, San Juan, San Luis and La Rioja), PMIEF section in Chapter monthly newsletter is increasingly hard. In September, two color pages with news and information were published.
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You can read the Newsletter here.
México – DF Monica and David were talking about the disaster that was their bazaar. An event that will
allow to raise fund for their organization, ended without generating much profits and wore
their team.
Everyone wanted to take decisions and because the chair’s rental was not paid on time, they
didn’t arrived. Getting a last minute provider, resulted in a very expensive cost. Actually what
happened was not strange: last year something similar happened with a canvas…Time-out! Do
you know this story?
Many events, activities and programs arise from the good will of Civil Society Organizations
(CSO), but unfortunately there are not always the knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to
carry out projects.
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On April 3rd, the PMI’s Mexico Chapter offered a training session on Project Management to
ten representatives of EDUCA’s Network organizations (work network formed by 50 institutions
that signed a collaboration agreement with EDUCA Foundation for the joint implementation of
various programs). This formation helps in the planning, execution, monitoring and controlling
of the program, but most importantly, it has created awareness among all in that it is possible
to do better; learn from past experiences and, therefore, grow the organization.
More information here.
Panamá
PMI Panamá Congress During the Panama Congress, PMIEF had a
stand in which they could give information
about their current activities. Special thanks to
the volunteers that made it possible: Alex
Villareal, Carlos Ramirez, Ruth Gomez, Eduardo
Velez, Norma Salguera y Rosemary Saez. Many
members came to express their interest to
support their PMIEF following activities, and to
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hear about PMIEF. Congratulations!
PMIEF in Schools Volunteer Frank gave talk on September 3rd, on project management principles, using as base
material PMIEF, to Finca Blanco School students in the province of Chiriqui. This is the fifth
lecture that school volunteers deliver, which completes the goal of 2014.
Yaravi Cardoze (Panama Liaison) says about their plans: “We are getting prepared for the next
2015 school year, which starts in February, as the coming months, until the end of the school
year in Panama (November) are very irregular and there is low probability that we may deliver
more talks (but if a contact comes in a new school, we will be there). During the month of
January 2015 we aim to organize workshops for teachers from schools with which we have
contact, to continue the process.”
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Perú - Lima SEDIPRO CANTUTA, one Student Section in Lima that works together with PMI is being part of the program they have with PMIEF. Isaí Palavicini, current president of the student section tells us: “The project we are running at school 1270, is part of LIMA 2025-EF PMI Program, which aims to achieve by 2025 all schools in Lima Peru, stakeholders are the students, parents, principals, teachers and the Ministry of Education” By now, they have finished with the teacher’s training and they are getting ready to start the next phase which is giving classes to school students at their own schools with the same teachers that have received the classes in Project Management. You can continue reading here.
Other News
The Tower Game – New translations available! Would you like to explain project restrictions in few minutes and at the same time having fun? The Tower Game is now available in 9 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Polish, Malayalam, Japanese, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. This is an ideal icebreaker and complement to every workshop in project management. Many Liaisons and international organizations are already enjoying this game for free in their programs for social good. You can download it here.
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Conference calls for Liaisons On the 16th of every month, Liaisons meet and share world-wide experiences. During September’s call the Argentina Liaison, Gerardo Blitzer, shared his experience leading the LA Newsletter. Also, Malgorzata Kusyk from PMI Poland Chapter – Gdansk Branch and PMIEF Liaison presented about her chapter’s highly successful English Camps for children. You can access the recorded session here.
Don’t miss the next session: Teleconference is occurring on October 16th at 14:00- 15:00 ET (-4 GMT). Click here to join the teleconference at the start time or up to 30 minutes in advance. After clicking the link, simply register as a guest and type in your name.
Leadership Institute Meeting in Phoenix Activities during LIM PMIEF Phoenix are already scheduled. We will have a great opportunity for those PMIEF Liaisons who can attend, for strengthen this network in person. On Friday 24th October in the morning there will be a presentation of PMIEF coordinated by Roberto Toledo (PMIEF BOD Chair). On Saturday afternoon 25th they will go to repair a low-income school. And on Sunday 26th they will have a PMIEF reception. All Liaisons who attend LIM can contact David Buckman or Pablo Lledó to coordinate face meetings and networking activities.
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PMIEF Liaisons in Latin America
Country – Chapter Liaison Country - Chapter Liaison
Argentina - Buenos Aires Gerardo Blitzer El Salvador Roberto Huezo
Argentina - Nuevo Cuyo Joaquín de Rosas Guatemala Rodrigo Urizar
Bolivia – Santa Cruz Carlos Ruiz Honduras Alejandra Nazar
Brazil – Bahia Carlos Neves Mexico – DF Rosalia Juarez
Brazil – Fortaleza Ailton Queiroz Mexico – Guadalajara Edgar Polanco
Brazil – Manaus Ana C. Gaeta Mexico – Puebla Eric Montero
Brazil – Minas Gerais Rosania Fernandes Mexico – Queretaro Dulce Morales
Brazil – Rio Grande do Sul Vitor Hoffmann Mexico – Sinaloa Francisco Herrera
Brazil – Recife_Pernambuco Ricardo Barros Panamá Yaraví Cardoze
Brazil – Rio de Janeiro Edmilson Oliveira Paraguay Marta Cárdenas
Brazil – Sao Paulo Francis Rimoli Perú – Cajamarca Oscar Zocon
Brazil – Joinville Santa Catarina William Peccin Perú – Lima Felipe Melendez
Chile – Santiago Yezid Cheled Perú – Southern Reg. Cesar Barriga
Costa Rica Tiky Morlaes Puerto Rico Jessica Gonzalez
Dominican Republic Silvana Gálvez Uruguay Gloria Folle
Ecuador Ximena Aguirre Venezuela Marcelino Diez
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Please send us news you would like to share in Spanish, English or Portuguese. LINK TO SEND NEWS Thank you very much for the great work you are doing and continue sharing your experience.
Our team!
Gerardo Blitzer Edinei Carmo L. Gabriel Márquez Edith Camasi Pablo Lledó
