The private sector—Fundacion Cisneros is becoming increasingly involved in education. What is your role within the Fundacion Cisneros?
The Cisneros Group of Companies is deeply committed to improving the lives of all Latin Americans. Together with the Fundación Cisneros, we are responding to the need for a better education in Latin America. Our main collaborative effort with Fundación Cisneros is AME, Actualización de Maestros en Educación, an initiative that creates comprehensive professional development courses and a virtual community for teachers across the region. We are also proud of our Piensa en Arte (Think Art) initiative, an innovative visual-arts education program developed jointly with educational and cultural institutions, which utilizes the traveling exhibitions of the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. In addition, our educational television channel, Cl@se, is the first of its kind and has offered pan-regional, commercial-free educational entertainment since 1996.
