Executive Education Program in Managing Science, Technology, and Innovation (September 2005 – June 2006): COLCIENCIAS, LASPAU, and the Universidad del Rosario developed this program in conjunction with the University of California at San Diego. The objective of the six seminar series was to train leaders in the governmental, academic and business sectors of Colombia and other countries in Latin America in the most innovative science and technology approaches, policies, tools and practices . The program sought to strengthen the ability of Latin American countries to transform their economies and successfully respond to the challenges and opportunities offered by the Global Knowledge Economy. Seminar series website (en español)    Informativo article (in English)

The Programa para la Excelencia Académica y la Organización del Conocimiento (PLATON) (July 2004-December 2005): The Program sought to strengthen institutions of higher education in order to foster academic excellence and to provide faculty with the necessary theoretical and practical instruments to operate effectively within the context of the Bologna Declaration, which sets education standards for the countries of the European Union. To this end, the Fundación Sergio Arboleda–San Pablo, a nonprofit organization that develops educational initiatives for Spain and Latin America, worked with LASPAU beginning the Spring of 2004 to design, develop, and implement the program. PLATON program seminars organized by LASPAU (with websites in Spanish) include:

I Taller sobre Aprendizaje Interactivo en Ciencias Jurídicas (December 2005, en español) I Taller sobre Aprendizaje Interactivo en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales (October 2005, en español) Taller sobre Aprendizaje Interactivo en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (June 2005, en español) Seminario Herramientas para la Enseñanza Activa (February 2005, en español) Seminario sobre El Arte de la Enseñanza (July 2004, en español)

Fulbright Seminar: Quality and Equity in Education Reform (March 2005): This was a short-term workshop focused on a range of topics including policymaking and educational reform, minority access to education, and institutional change. The seminar brought together leaders in education with scholars in the field to assess efforts to bring about educational reforms dedicated to improving quality, while simultaneously addressing equity issues. It was open to alumni of the Fulbright Faculty Development Program who were and still are active in the education sectors of their countries. Seminar website

Fulbright Seminar: Leadership for Sustainable Development (June 2004): This was a short-term leadership workshop held in Costa Rica, focusing both on leadership training and on key environmental and sustainable development topics.The seminar was funded by the United States Department of State and was developed by LASPAU in conjunction with the Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas (INCAE). It was offered to alumni of the Fulbright Faculty Development and Ecology programs who worked in areas related to ecology and the environment. The central goal of the workshop was to increase both the skills and the subject-matter expertise of participants in a setting where they could learn with peers from 19 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Seminar website

Social Leadership Strengthening Program (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) This four-year initiative was developed by LASPAU for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Each of the four seminars had an onsite component that took place at Harvard University and an onsite component that took place at a Latin American host institution. Between 2000 and 2002, the Latin American component of the program took place at the Tec de Monterrey in Mexico, and in 2003 it took place at the Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas (INCAE) in Costa Rica. Each of these onsite activities was preceded by an online phase. The seminar series targeted leaders of non-governmental organizations that were partnered with the Kellogg Foundation on various initiatives. Topics such as strategic planning for NGOs and leadership negotiation--among others--were integrated with the realization of participant projects within their organizations. 2003 seminar website (passworded, en español)

Information Technologies: New Challenges for Venezuela (October 2002, April 2003) This seminar, sponsored and designed for the Venezuela Competitiva, provided a strategic vision of information technology, which included topics such as distance education, cost-benefit analysis of various information technology systems, and re-engineering administrative processes through the use of IT. Seminar faculty included professors from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Seminar description (en español)

Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (June 2001) One of the most important issues in Latin America and the Caribbean is the impact that economic investment, lack of equity, and high levels of poverty may have upon environmental preservation. Conflicting forces usually have a negative impact on the environment, yet experience shows that solutions can be found. This seminar was intended to provide future environmental leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean with the theoretical framework to understand the many forces that affect sustainable development. Seminar description

Programa de Liderazgo Financiero en la Educación Superior (August – December 2002): In the second Financial Leadership Program for Higher Education, LASPAU once again joined forces with the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Escuela de Graduados en Educación of the Universidad Virtual del Tec de Monterrey in Mexico in order to address the need for strategic capabilities among financial leaders. During four months of online instruction and a two-day capstone seminar at Harvard, FLPHE provides executive training in strategic planning, fundraising, financial administration, and administrative systems.