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International Forum for Rural Transport and Development -

Latin America

Acronym: IFRTD Latin America

Keywords: | Development | Gender | All |

Source of Information: Survey of Civil Society Networks 2001

A. Objectives

The IFRTD Latin America subscribes to IFRTD's long-term vision of a world in which rural communities, particularly those who are poor and disadvantaged, have improved accessibility and mobility resulting from the development of rural transport systems that respond to their needs and potential. It also subscribes to the forum's mission to address this problem and to facilitate and promote the successful application of policies and practices that will satisfy the accessibility and mobility needs of women, men and children in rural areas.

B. Contact Information

Coordinator	Ms Ana Bravo
Title	Deputy Executive Secretary, Latin America
Telephone	51 1 431-1754
Fax	51 431-1754
Email	ana.bravo@cwcom.net
Website	www.gn.apc.org/ifrtd
Mailing Address	Av. General Garzón 852, Lima 11 (Jesús María), Perú

C. General Information

Founding year	1998
Legal Status	hosted by Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG), United Kingdom
Types of actions	Based on the IFRTD's vision and mission, the IFRTD Latin America has the following strategic issues: network focus, networking, information, advocacy, research, training, capacity building, institutional learning, monitoring and evaluation.

D. Programs

Name	Goal	Approximate budget ($US)
Integrated rural accessibility planning	Transport planning as a basis for community development
Road safety in rural transport networks	Safety education as part of any transport infrastructure intervention
River transport on the Amazon basin	Improve rural/urban river transport services in the Amazon basin

E. Geographical Reach

Countries in which network participates actively

The Latin America network has members in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Cuba, Mexico, Panama y Peru

F. Members

The network is composed primarily by: X Organizations _ Individuals

Principal Organizations	Central Interest	Country of origin
Instituto Mexicano del Transporte	transport research	Mexico
PROMETA-CIFEMA	animal traction	Bolivia
Universidad de Popayán	transport research	Colombia
FUNPROTECA	community development, gender	Nicaragua
Instituto de Seguridad Vial	transport safety	Argentina
Latin American Forum on Transport	road infrastructure (adoquinado), rural transport, transparency	Panama
Instituto de Investigación del Transporte	transport research (intermediate means of transport)	Cuba

G. Resources

Approximate annual budget of the network (in $US)

Year 2000	Year 1995	Year 1990
45,000

Sources of funding:

Other International Sources

H. Network Infrastructure

Number of paid employees in Central Office(s)/ Secretariat(s) of Network	1
Number of paid employees elsewhere in the network
Does the network have a physical site of its own?	YES

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