What is CLACSO?

The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) It is an international non-governmental institution with associative status at UNESCO, created in 1967. Currently, it brings together 927 research and postgraduate centers in the field of social sciences and humanities in 56 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean and other continents.

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CLACSO's 10 objectives

  • Promote social research to combat poverty and inequality, strengthen human rights and democratic participation.
  • To contribute, through the contributions of academic research and critical thinking, to promoting sustainable development policies in economic, social and environmental terms.
  • To bridge the gap between social research and public policy, promoting innovative, creative and viable actions in the face of the major social, educational, cultural and environmental challenges of Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • To support the formation of networks of researchers and institutions working in the field of social sciences and humanities.
  • Strengthening academic internationalization processes in Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • Expand South-South and North-South academic cooperation and dialogue.
  • To stimulate the development and consolidation of social sciences and critical thinking in the poorest countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • To intervene in the national and regional public debate, contributing the perspectives and insights of results-based social research.
  • To collaborate in the training of government agents, social activists and press professionals on social, educational, cultural and environmental issues, bringing them closer to problems addressed from the social sciences and the evidence provided by social research.
  • To create conditions for open access to Latin American and Caribbean academic production, contributing to the democratization of access to knowledge and allowing its more active use by public policy managers, social and citizen organizations, the press and the university system itself.

The 10 central axes of CLACSO

  • Reduction of inequalities and social injustice.
  • Combatting racism, ethnic and gender discrimination.
  • Guarantees and legal protection in migration and human mobility processes.
  • Defense of public education and expansion of the right to quality education for all.
  • Contribution to the development of peace processes.
  • Promoting open access and the democratization of knowledge.
  • Promotion of citizen security policies and combating violence.
  • Promotion of the rights of children and young people.
  • Promoting participation, citizen mobilization, and strengthening democracy.
  • Promotion of economically, socially and environmentally sustainable development policies.

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