USAID. MISSION TO ECUADOR
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND PARTICIPANT TRAINING WILL ASSIST IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECUADOREAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE (SEV), NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC BOOKSTORES (ANAUPE), AND MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NATIONAL BOOKSTORE SERVICE (SNALME).
HERRIOTT, ANDRA J. · 1971
Abstract
PROJECT WILL PROVIDE YOUTHS WITH TRAINING AND WORK EXPERIENCE IN INTEGRATED RURAL AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND WILL STRENGTHEN THE ABOVE INSTITUTIONS BY PROVIDING ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDANCE, THE COMBINED THRUST OF WHICH WILL ENCOURAGE YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN DEVELOPMENT. SEV WILL BE A VISTA-LIKE ORGANIZATION THAT RESPONDS TO NEEDS OF MARGINAL COMMUNITIES WHILE BEING ABLE TO TRAIN, EVALUATE, AND PROVIDE FIELD SUPPORT TO ITS VOLUNTEERS. TO INCREASE SEV EFFECTIVENESS, RESOURCE AND TRAINING MATERIALS WILL BE CULLED FROM LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS WHILE LINKAGES BETWEEN IT AND OTHER SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS WILL BE ESTABLISHED, MAXIMIZING HUMAN AND ECONOMIC RESOURCE UTILIZATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL PLANS. SEV WILL ALSO CONDUCT SEMINARS AND PUBLIC LECTURES FOR YOUTHS ON DEVELOPMENT RELATED TOPICS. BESIDES CUSTOMARY TRAINING ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS. SEV TRAINEES WILL RECEIVE MOTIVATIONAL TRAINING THAT EMPHASIZES EFFECTIVENESS FROM WITHIN THE SYSTEM AS OPPOSED TO REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVISM. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANAUPE AND SNALME WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH FOUNDING BOOKSTORES THAT PROVIDE TEXTS AND REFERENCE WORKS NECESSARY TO UPDATE QUALITY OF CURRICULUM IN MODERN FUNCTIONAL EDUCATION FIELDS SUCH AS SCIENCE, MATH, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, ECT, FROM PRIMARY TO UNIVERSITY LEVELS. AVAILABILITY OF QUALITY TEXTS, AT A REASONABLE COST, CREATES STUDENT INTEREST IN READING WHILE PERMITTING TEACHERS TO CHANGE WITH THE TIMES. THESE INSTITUTIONS WILL COORDINATE THEIR PURCHASING AND PROMOTION ACTIVITIES, BUILDING PERMANENT STOCKS OF BOOKS AND ADVISING OTHER BOOKSTORES.
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