LAC Regional Office

LAC Regional Office
Core Capabilities
• Community crime and violence
prevention
• Economic development
• Education
• Environmental management
• Governance
• Health
• Information and communication
technology
• Monitoring and evaluation
RTI International is a leading nonprofit research and development organization that has been
working in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) for more than 30 years.
Working closely with government agencies and local partners, we provide expert consulting
services, technical assistance, training, and applied research—with the goal of building local
capacity to ensure sustainable programs.
Our LAC Regional Office in San Salvador supports project activities throughout the region and
draws, as needed, on the capabilities of our worldwide staff of 3,700 experts in international
development, social and laboratory sciences, and engineering.
Our work in the region spans economic growth, education, environmental management,
governance, health, information and communication technology, and public-private partnerships.
• Public-private partnerships
• Water supply and sanitation
Ongoing and Recent Projects
Barbados
HIV Strategic Information Review and
Prevention Planning with the Barbados Defense
Force, U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
(2013–2014)
Belize
A Behavioral Risk Reduction Intervention in the
Belize Defense Force, DoD (2014–2017)
Brazil
LAC Regional Office
Torre Futura, Local 1, Nivel 9
Calle El Mirador y 87 Avenida Norte
Colonia Escalón
San Salvador, El Salvador
Aldo Miranda, Director
+503.2264.3258/3260
[email protected]
lac.rti.org
Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Study III:
Data Coordinating Center, U.S. National Heart,
Lung, and Blood Institute (2011–2017)
Controlled Release Technology, Advanced
Energy Consortium (2012–2014)
Dominican Republic
Out-of-School and At-Risk Children and Youth,
U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID)/Entrena S.A. (2012–2017)
Ecuador
Municipal Strengthening Project (ProMuni),
USAID (2010–2013)
El Salvador
Grants for Crime Prevention, SABMiller
(2013–2016)
Assessing Crime, Resident Trust and Police
Effectiveness in Usulután, U.S. Embassy, San
Salvador (2013–2014)
Municipal Competitiveness Project, USAID
(2010–2014)
Seguridad Inalámbrica (Wireless Security),
Qualcomm Inc. (2009–2014)
Improving Access to Employment, USAID/
CARANA (2009–2013)
Assessing Resident Trust and Police Effectiveness
in Colon, San Salvador, U.S. Department of State
(2010–2012)
Crime and Violence Prevention Project, USAID
(2008–2011)
Mexico
Thermoelectric-Enhanced Cookstove for
Clean Biomass Cookstoves, U.S. Department
of Energy (2013–2014)
Low Emissions Development Modeling
Workshop, USAID/Tetra Tech (2012)
Ultrasound Use to Improve Pregnancy
Outcomes in Low Income Country Settings,
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2012–
2016)
Preconception Maternal Nutrition, Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation/University of
Colorado (2012–2014)
Violence Prevention Program, USAID
(2010–2014)
Haiti
Local Enterprise and Value Chain
Enhancement (LEVE), USAID (2013–2016)
ENVISION, USAID (2011–2016)
Supplemental Vector Control to Facilitate
Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis: A
Landscape Analysis, Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation (2013–2014)
Tout Timoun Ap Li (All Children Reading),
USAID (2012–2014)
Consultancy for Training in the Use of
Tangerine Software and Technical Support,
Concern Worldwide (2012)
Neglected Tropical Diseases Control
Program, USAID (2006–2012)
Honduras
Assessing Crime, Resident Trust, and Police
Effectiveness in Tegucigalpa, USAID/Creative
Associates International (2012–2013)
Jamaica
Discovery and Development of Anticancer
Agents from Jamaican Plants, Environmental
Health Foundation (2011–2013)
Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) Greenhouse
Gas Emissions Inventory/Marginal
Abatement Cost Model, USAID/Tetra Tech
(2012–2014)
CO2 Abatement Cost Model Support,
Environment Canada/Clearstone
Engineering (2010–2011)
Nicaragua
Community Action for Reading and Security,
USAID/Devtech Systems, Inc. (2013–2015)
Early Grade Math Assessment, World Bank
(2011)
Peru
Quality Basic Education Reform Support
Program, USAID/FHI360 (2009–2013)
Suriname
Support for HIV Surveillance and Research
Studies, DoD (2013–2016)
Uruguay
Low Carbon Development Options, World
Bank (2012–2014)
Regional
Monitoring and Evaluation for the Caribbean
Basin Security Initiative (Antigua and
Barbuda, Dominica, Dominican Republic,
Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica), USAID/Social
Impact (2012–2017)
Prevention with Positive and HIV Prevention
with Central American Military Personnel
(Belize, Dominican Republic, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua), DoD
(2013–2016)
Non-Revenue Water Studies (Barbados,
Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica),
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
(2013–2015)
Regional Water Resources Simulation Model
for Latin America and the Caribbean,
Phase II (Haiti, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago),
IADB (2013–2014)
Benchmarking International Conformity
Assessment Processes (Brazil, Mexico), U.S.
National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health (2012–2014)
Multi-Sector Alliances Program (Alianzas2)
(Guatemala, Nicaragua), USAID (2010–
2014)
Global Adult Tobacco Survey (Argentina,
Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama,
Uruguay), U.S. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (2007–2014)
The Global Network for Women’s
and Children’s Health Research Data
Coordinating Center (Argentina, Brazil,
Ecuador, Guatemala, Uruguay), U.S.
National Institute of Child Health & Human
Development (2001–2014)
Assessing the Impact and Determinants of
Inappropriate Infant Feeding Type (Brazil,
Mexico), Nestec, Ltd. (2012–2013)
Integrated Model of Climate Change and
Water Resources (Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,
Guatemala, and Peru), IADB (2011–2013)
Increasing Capacity in Strategic Health
Communication (Bolivia, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua),
Ipas (2012)
Thematic Study of Multilateral Investment
Fund Youth Related Projects (Argentina,
Barbados, Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru,
Trinidad and Tobago), IADB (2011)
Coordination of the Aspen Network of
Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE)
Central America & Mexico Chapter, ANDE
(2010–2011)
Support Services for Viral Epidemiology
(Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Trinidad &
Tobago), U.S. National Cancer Institute
(1999–2011)
Strategic Alliances for Social Investment
(Alianzas) (El Salvador, Guatemala,
Nicaragua), USAID (2006–2010)
RTI International is one of the world’s leading research institutes, dedicated to improving the human condition
by turning knowledge into practice. Our staff of more than 3,700 provides research and technical services to
governments and businesses in more than 75 countries in the areas of health and pharmaceuticals, education and
training, surveys and statistics, advanced technology, international development, economic and social policy, energy
and the environment, and laboratory testing and chemical analysis. For more information, visit www.rti.org.
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