OAS and Mexico Launch New Scholarship Program

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the government of Mexico, through the National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) today launched a scholarship program for students of Member States who wish to pursue graduate studies in that country.
Within the framework of the 21st Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI), the OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza praised "the generous offer of postgraduate scholarships" presented by Mexico and stressed that the initiative is the "most valuable cooperation that a Member State has given to the OAS in terms of the education human resources, especially in the areas of engineering and science" which, he added, has already achieved broad acceptance among some countries of the hemispheric organization. For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org. More...