A Conversation with Simón Gaviria
With no time to lose, Colombia’s newly appointed Director of National Planning has gotten to work on an ambitious agenda.
En 1995 Colombia se propuso elaborar su primer Plan Decenal de Desarrollo Educativo para el periodo 1996-2005, concebido no como un proyecto de un gobierno sino de toda la sociedad. Este mandato emanaba de la Ley General de Educación de 1994, que establecía la elaboración de estos planes como instrumento para fijar lineamientos, acciones prioritarias y metas para la nación en materia educativa.
With no time to lose, Colombia’s newly appointed Director of National Planning has gotten to work on an ambitious agenda.
What education programs have succeeded, or failed, in developing countries and what can Latin American policymakers learn from them?
In 2015, Colombia enters a critical phase in the effort undertaken by President Santos to end the country’s longstanding armed conflict.