1. Fourth Year of the Implementation of the PAIGH 2010-2020 Pan American Agenda Rodrigo Barriga-Vargas Secretary General Organization of American States Pan American Institute of Geography and History

2. The PAIGH Founded in 1928, permanently headquartered in Mexico Specialized body of the inter- American system coordinated by the OAS 21 member states (21 national sections) and 4 observer countries Assists member states with interpreting their territory based on geographic and historical analyses: Continental vision Innovative measures Heightened scientific relevance Scientific program: Commissions on Cartography (1941) Geography (1946) History (1946) Geophysics (1969) The PAIGH liaises with international organizations such as the FIG, ISO/TC211, ICA, ISPRS and GSDI. Over the past eleven years, 526 projects have been submitted to the consideration of the Officers with the participation of 14 countries

3. PAIGH 2010-2020 Pan American Agenda Natural disasters Territorial planning Climate change The Agenda guides the relationship the PAIGH has with the inter - American system coordinated by the OAS. Expansion of the Institute's operations depends on its ability to receive additional administrative revenue since maintenance quotas have not changed since 1996, 18 years ago

4. Modernization Continental geographic information Regional leadership Multi-disciplinary participation New specialized generations Liaisons with relevant bodies PAIGH 2010-2020 Pan American Agenda

5. Execution of Budget on Scientific and Operational Activities, 2003-2013 The distribution of operational and administrative expenses tends to be equal and proportional to budgetary allocations made to scientific endeavors

6. Execution (%) of Technical Assistance Projects and Publications, 2004 – 2013 (US$) Over the past ten years, technical assistance and publications programs have had an average annual execution rate of 82%

7. Periodic and Occasional Publications of the PAIGH Since 2004, the General Secretariat has had very positive results with the on - demand production of its periodic and occasional publications. The PAIGH’s “José Toribio Medina” Bibliographic Fund has 231,078 titles

8. 2013 Highlights The 20th General Assembly (Uruguay, 2013) approved a program consisting of 19 projects worth US$137,340. Six correspond to the Commission on Cartography, 4 to Geography, 3 to History and 6 to Geophysics. Two of the approved projects are of an inter-disciplinary nature: Cartography/Geography and History/Geophysics. All are committed to the Pan American Agenda The technical assistance program was efficiently carried out “2013 Geocentric Reference System for the Americas: Technical- Scientific Capacity – Building of Reference Systems” (Commission on Cartography, Panama) “Teaching and Learning Geography with New Communication and Information Technologies” (Commission on Geography, Argentina) “The Cultural Heritage of the Americas: Preservation, Commerce and Social Uses” Seminar (Commission on History, Mexico) “Contributions to the Study of Global Climate Change and Space Climate Forecasts “ and “Seminar on Measures to Prevent, Mitigate and Adapt to the Impact of Climate Change, Tropical Hurricanes and Tsunamis” (Commission on Geophysics, Dominican Republic)

9. 3rd Central American Data Integration Workshop (El Salvador) 2013 Highlights AAG - PAIGH Session on Latin American Topics (USA) 23rd "José Joaquín Hungría Morell“ Course on Geographical Names (Panama) First Pan American Workshop on Geomagnetism (PANGEO) (Mexico)

10. Silvio Zavala “Images to Fight Obscurity: Colonial Peru Through the Illustrations of Brother Pedro de Ocaña”, Beatriz C. Peña (Venezuela) Leopoldo Zea “Introduction to Uruguayan Thought”, Lía Berisso and Horacio Bernardo (Uruguay) Wallace W. Atwood (Unpublished work) “Art and Literature: Creating the Social Imaginary of the Porfiriato Elite, 1904-1912”, Imelda P. Ugalde (Mexico) Honorary Affiliate Noé Pineda Portillo (Honduras) 50 years of service to the PAIGH Héctor Pena (Argentina) 25 years of continuous service to the PAIGH Francisco García (General Secretariat/ Mexico) 2013 Commission on History Awards2013 Recognitions

11. Carlos López-Vázquez, Chair of the Commission on Cartography (Uruguay) Jean Parcher, Chair of the Commission on Geography (United States of America) Walter Fernández, Chair of the Commission on Geophysics (Costa Rica) Patricia Galeana, Chair of the Commission on History (Mexico) Rigoberto Magaña, Acting President (El Salvador) Rodrigo Barriga-Vargas, Secretary General (Chile) 2013 - 2017 Officers

12. 20th General Assembly 22nd Meeting of Consultation of the Commission on Cartography 12th Meeting of Consultation of the Commission on Geophysics 18th Meeting of Consultation of the Commission on History 20 Asamblea General 19th Meeting of Consultation of the Commission on Geography Meetings of Consultation of the Commissions Montevideo, Uruguay, November 18 - 22, 2013

13. 2014 PAIGH Outlook To strengthen its relationship with the OAS and the bodies of the inter - American system “Joint Action Plan to Expedite the Development of Spatial Data Infrastructure of the Americas” To consolidate the PAIGH as a specialized technical body at the service of the Pan American community To index its periodic publications in the main regional indexes To continue strengthening its international ties

14. 2014 Outlook (Commissions) CartographyGeographyHistory On-line human resource training - Interdisciplinary multinational projects - Climate change - Territorial planning - Natural disasters Geophysics Bolster specialist networksIndexed periodical e-journals Re-invigorate activities, work committees and groups Strengthen leadership role in the field of geography Disseminate historical topics in the media Pan American Laboratory for the Observation of Natural Disasters Produce SDI - GI Re-launch “Revista Cartográfica” Coalesce agency -academia-industry-NS

15. PAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY A Specialized Body of the OAS The PAIGH is the continental entity that provides the scientific setting to rethink the AMERICAS based on its geography and history