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The OAS has discussed for several years the real estate issue, the funding required for maintenance and repairs, as well as the deferred maintenance of its historic buildings. The General Secretariat has provided a series of options for funding it. The most recent document, reflecting the current status of the Strategy, is CP/CAAP-3211/13 rev. 4.
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Every year the GS/OAS publishes the annual operating plans for all areas of the Organization, used to aid in the formulation of the annual budget and as a way to provide follow-up on institutional mandates.
Here you will find information related to the OAS Strategic Plan 2016-2020, including its design, preparation and approval.
“ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD” FOUNDER NICHOLAS NEGROPONTE TO HEADLINE NEXT OAS LECTURE
July 17, 2006
Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of the non-profit organization “One Laptop Per ChildOne Laptop Per Child,” will headline the fourteenth conference in the Lecture Series of the Americas on Tuesday, July 25. Negroponte will speak about his efforts to revolutionize education worldwide through the development of low-cost computers.
Author of the 1995 best seller entitled Being Digital, Negroponte is currently on leave from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he was co-founder and director of the MIT Media Laboratory, and the Jerome B. Wiesner Professor of Media Technology. An MIT graduate, Negroponte was a pioneer in the field of computer-aided design, and has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1966. He also serves on the board of directors for Motorola, Inc. and as general partner in a venture capital firm specializing in digital technologies for information and entertainment. He has provided start-up funds for more than 40 companies, including Wired magazine.
Following his main address, which will be webcast live (www.oas.org), Negroponte will take questions from the audience. The event will be broadcast by radio and television at a date to be announced.
After Negroponte’s presentation, a separate ceremony will be held to launch The Lecture Series of the Americas: A Lesson in Democracy, a book marking the first anniversary of the OAS series.
Created by the OAS Permanent Council to promote democratic principles and values in the countries of the hemisphere, the Lecture Series of the Americas invites internationally renowned speakers to address key hemispheric agenda issues, such as the strengthening of democracy, human rights, social development, hemispheric security and the fight against poverty. The conferences are being held thanks to a financial contribution from Peru’s San Martín de Porres University.
WHAT: Nicholas Negroponte headlines OAS Lecture Series, on “One Laptop Per Child” initiative
WHEN: Tuesday, July 25, 2006
TIME: 11: 00 a.m.
VENUE: Hall of the Americas
OAS Organization of American States
17th Street & Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20006
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