The training activity is the brainchild of IICA’s Directorate of Management and Regional Integration and its Association of International Professional Personnel.

A Course in Basic Spanish, targeted at Institute officials in the Caribbean countries, got under way on November 15. The objective is to enable English-speaking IICA officials to communicate better with their Spanish-speaking counterparts.

Promoted by IICA’s Directorate of Management and Regional Integration (DGIR) and Association of International Professional Personnel (APPICA), the initiative is drawing on the technological infrastructure and methodological strategy of the Distance Education Center (CECADI).

By the time that the participants have completed the 28 live sessions and 20 additional hours of work, they should be able to communicate in Spanish in everyday situations, using common expressions and basic grammar. The topics covered include personal and family information, interaction in the workplace and details of the participants’ countries.

The course will include live teaching sessions, using virtual meetings and lessons, and a series of complementary activities that students will carry out with technical and professional support from the facilitator. The course will end on March 20, 2012.

Officials from Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago are taking part in the initiative.

For more information, contact
iica.cecadi@iica.int