The Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (Spanish: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Portuguese: Faculdade Latino-Americana de Ciências Sociais or FLACSO) is a graduate-onlyuniversity and inter-governmental autonomous organization for Latin America dedicated to research, teaching and spreading of social sciences. Headquartered in Costa Rica, it has several campuses and centers spread across Latin America.
It was created on April 17, 1957,[1] following a UNESCO initiative at the Latin American Conference on Social Sciences in Rio de Janeiro. Its goal was to promote academic research and development in the region.[1]
^ abcdAvendaño, Manuel (2016-07-14). "Josette Altmann, ex primera dama, electa Secretaria General de Flacso". La Nación (San José). Retrieved 2016-06-03.
latin, american, faculty, social, sciences, spanish, facultad, latinoamericana, ciencias, sociales, portuguese, faculdade, latino, americana, ciências, sociais, flacso, graduate, only, university, inter, governmental, autonomous, organization, latin, america, . The Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences Spanish Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Portuguese Faculdade Latino Americana de Ciencias Sociais or FLACSO is a graduate only university and inter governmental autonomous organization for Latin America dedicated to research teaching and spreading of social sciences Headquartered in Costa Rica it has several campuses and centers spread across Latin America Latin American Faculty of Social SciencesFacultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias SocialesEntrance to the Ecuador main campusFormation16 April 1957 66 years ago 1957 04 16 HeadquartersSan Jose Costa RicaOfficial languagesSpanish and PortugueseSecretary GeneralJosette Altmann BorbonWebsiteflacso wbr orgFLACSO EcuadorIt was created on April 17 1957 1 following a UNESCO initiative at the Latin American Conference on Social Sciences in Rio de Janeiro Its goal was to promote academic research and development in the region 1 Its membership is open to Latin American and Caribbean countries that subscribe to the FLACSO agreement Current members include Argentina Bolivia Brazil Costa Rica Cuba Chile Ecuador Honduras Guatemala Mexico Nicaragua Panama Dominican Republic Suriname and Uruguay Josette Altmann Borbon a historian and former First Lady of Costa Rica was elected Secretary General of FLACSO in June 2016 1 She succeeded Manuel Gonzalez on July 31 2016 1 Notable people editTeresita de Barbieri Fernando Cortes Caceres es Carmen Diana Deere Ricardo Lagos Escobar Enrique Correa Fernando Henrique Cardoso Hilda Herzer Amparo Menendez Carrion Juan Carlos Portantiero Suzana Prates Paolina Vercoutere Governor of Imbabura Province 2 References edit a b c d Avendano Manuel 2016 07 14 Josette Altmann ex primera dama electa Secretaria General de Flacso La Nacion San Jose Retrieved 2016 06 03 Paolina Vercoutere Vital Voices Retrieved 2022 07 06 External links editFLACSO In Spanish Flacso Argentina In Spanish Flacso Brasil In Portuguese Flacso Chile In Spanish Flacso Costa Rica In Spanish Flacso Cuba In Spanish Flacso Ecuador In Spanish Flacso El Salvador In Spanish Flacso Guatemala In Spanish Flacso Mexico In Spanish Flacso Panama In Spanish Flacso Paraguay In Spanish Flacso Republica Dominicana In Spanish Flacso Uruguay In Spanish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences amp oldid 1177803577, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
