21 May
The SABF had the honour of having Félix Luna, a renown argentinian historian and writer, answer some questions referred to his vision of Southamerican Institutions. It is worth noticing that Luna has worked as professor of “History of Institutions” in the University of Buenos Aires, and also received the Konex prize for “Historical Biographies” in 1994.
SABF: What institutions do you consider key for the regional integration of South America? How could they be strengthened?
F.L.: I believe that the key institutions for regional integration and other progress purposes should be from the private sphere, and at the same time, they should come from a democratic context.
SABF: In what aspects do you consider that the lack of institutuionality affects the country’s development?
F.L.: The development of any country is affected by the lack of institutionality, if you consider the confidence that the country has to offer. A country without institutions, or with weak ones, is a country you cannot trust.
SABF: What is the influence of the formation of leaders in achieving institutional empowerment?
F.L.: Forming leaders in different areas is instrumental for institutional empowering, since they are the ones who must lead with the example when it comes to respecting the rules of institutionality.
SABF: What do you think can university students do to achieve the institutional empowerment?
F.L.: University students must be the first guardians of institucional empowerment, since the university itself will be strengthened by a clear institucional system.
The SABF team would like to thank Félix Luna for having taken the time to share his knowledge and opinions with us.
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12 May
We are very glad to announce that more than 1200 students have registered at our site showing the increasing interest in the South American Business Forum.
We would like to thank all those young students who expressed their interest and enthusiasm! We consider very important to emphasize the effort and time invested by the applicants when writing their essays!
Every applicant will be informed of the jury´s decision via e-mail during the first days of June, 2008.
If you have any doubt, don’t hesitate to contact us: students@sabf.org.ar.
Published by Georgina Becciu
9 May
Have you started to write your essay? The application deadline is this Sunday, May 11th at 24.00 hs. (Time of Argentina)… But you still have got time, take advantage of the weekend! We do encourage you to participate in this amazing opportunity. You won´t have the opportunity to share ideas hand in hand with such outstanding people and students from around the world every day in such a wonderful city as Buenos Aires!!
Don´t forget you must choose one of the three sub-topics that come from the main topic “Empowering Agents of Change” which engage issues like institutions, entrepreneurship and resources. In the The Forum section of our web-page you will find a description of each sub-topic. To avoid any kind of inconvenience, we recommend not to wait until the last moment to submit your essay. Remember you may change all the information submitted (even the essay) until the application deadline.
The essay is the main piece of the evaluation process made by the jury in order to select the 100 participants. Remember that the essay extension goes from 1200 to 1600 words and all kind of figures, statistics or graphics that allow deeper analysis may be included. Remember NOT to include your name in the essay document. Do you need more information about the characteristic of the essay? Visit the Register section of our web site!
If you have any doubts, you already know that you can send us an email to students@sabf.org.ar. The entire Student Relations Department is waiting for your inquiries! =)
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