The OAS and partners - the Argentinean Confederation of Engineering Deans (CONFEDI), the Iberic-American Association of Engineering Education Institutions, the Pan-America Union of Engineer’s Associations (UPADI) and the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI), among others- launched the Program for Mobility and Training of Engineers in the Americas - FINAM, in Buenos Aires, Argentina on September 8-9, 2014.

FINAM cordially invites engineering education institutions from all the countries the Americas to submit academic cooperation projects for undergraduate and graduate students and research professors involving at least two institutions from different counties and with a duration of 3-6 months.

Information on the call for proposals, including financing, can be found in the pdf called Bases for the Call for Pilot Proposals. Also, are the three forms required to submit proposals to the FINAM Council (see sidebar). The deadline for project submission for this year is November 3rd,2014.