HOW EDUCATION IS IN LATÍN AMERICAAND HOW MUCH IS INVESTED IN CLIMATEEDUCATION AND SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT.
FIRST FOCUS: MEXICO
Lic. Berenice Danaé Espinoza Hernández.
General Coordination of CLIC!

Introduction
Latin America is one of the regions of the world characterized by inequality. According tothe United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPALfor its acronym in Spanish):A large part of the distributive problems in the countries of the region have their origin
in inequality of opportunities at the beginning of life and during the education cycle,which in turn impacts significant in the possibilities of achieving higher levels ofproductivity, development and employment quality.
International agreements and policies related to the right to education have encouraged
the region to promote access to educational services, mainly at the primary level andsecondary. However, the situation in the region is still deficient, showing in its diversityof situations some countries that are just beginning this complex process.

Characteristics of education in Latin
American Countries•

Most of the Latin American countries prioritize educational reforms as part of theirnational agendas.

•The educative system in Latin America is constantly under double demand. Given this,the efficency on education finance is growing year by year.

•Latin America has many differences in its society: territories with different allocation offactors; between urban and rural areas; poor and not poor students (or, in any case,students of different socioeconomic strata), and indigenous and non-indigenous
populations. (CEPAL, 2017)•The financing mechanisms for education in the region are varied. However, there are still
deficiencies in the distribution of the financing according to the reality (legislation,population, development plans, national agenda) of each country.

•Latin America is considered a region far from the educational standards of developed
countries, but it is not fully developing an education according to its reality.

STORIES

What is formal education and nonformal
education?
Formal education is classroom-based, provided bytrained teachers.

Nonformal education happens outside the classroom,
inafter-school
programs,
community-basedorganizations, museums, libraries, or at home.

HIS NAME IS DIEGOVALDIVIA. HE COMES FROMCHIAPAS, MEXICO AND HE
IS A TEACHER OF A
PRIMARY SCHOOL IN THE
SAME STATE.
ESCUELA PRIMARIA“FRANCISCO I. MADERO”
RANCHERIA LOS LIMONES,MAPASTEPEC, CHIAPAS.
CICLO ESCOLAR 20182019

■All the didactic resources to implement workshops, talks and many activities
have been donations from civil organizations along with their own financial
contribution for the case of the transfers and transportation of the executors.

■The other activities and teaching materials have been achieved with his own
resources as a teacher and with the support of parents and the children, whoare looking for the materials that they have reused.

My story.

IN MEXICO WE DEVELOPED A PROJECT FOCUSED ON EDUCATION FOR A RURAL-INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY
NEAR TO THE CAPITAL OF MEXICO CITY.

Financing for Education
Every country in Latine America and the Caribbean has a legislation for Education,
except Haiti. To achieve greater growth with equality are necessary Policies thatgenerate more employment and of higher quality from a convergent productive structurewith a better distribution of the productive factors. Additionally, compliance with that
purpose implies that universal social protection systems must be consolidated, the fulldevelopment of capacities and the sustainability of the environment, modifying
consumption and production patterns. (CEPAL 2017).

Linked with these policies in financing. Every country has their own system to provide
financial support focused on education public and private. Usually the funds allocatedto education come from the national budget or, if applicable, from local and municipal
governments. These financial resources can also come from MDBs, such as the InterAmerican Development Bank (BID) or International Cooperation Agencies as GIZ for
specific projects.

Thank you!
Danaé Espinoza: danae.espinozah@gmail.com
General Coordination of CLIC!