Costa Rica project 515-0254 · 1990–1996 · higher education, universities and scholarships

PACR of a project (5/90-8/96) to provide U.S. training and exposure to a democratic society to Costa Rican leaders and potential leaders (CAPS II project). The project was well-designed, especially in targeting socially and economically disadvantaged leaders, and successfully implemented. CAPS II focused on the private sector, with special attention to women, minorities, and economically disadvantaged groups. Coverage was over a large geographic area to allow participation of leaders at the national, provincial, and local levels. Under the long-term academic program, 2 undergraduate and 85 graduate students studied in the United States in fields such as engineering, journalism, education, agriculture, business administration, public administration, environmental sciences, and international law. In the long-term technical program, managed by FUNAC (the Foundation of Four-S Clubs) in collaboration with the U.S. National 4-H Council, 60 high school students spent a school year in the United States, living with U.S. families. In the short-term training program, 225 participants, mostly community and school leaders from rural and semi-rural areas, received 4 weeks of U.S. training d

Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABN-146 (1996). The source's own text.