Research

2006-2007 CONICET Project, “Types of poverty and environment deterioration. Problems and feasibility of schemes for small and medium-size towns in the Rosario area, Argentina”, Franciscan Center for Regional Studies and Development (CEFEDER), Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Campus Rosario. June 2006 through December 2007.

“Basic Territorial Diagnostic for San Carlos de Bariloche”, Territorial Agreements for the Promotion of Employment, Comprehensive Plan for Training and Promotion of Employment called “More and Better Jobs”, Secretariat of Employment, National Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security – San Carlos de Bariloche Municipality – ILO Area Program in the Province of Rio Negro. December 2006 through February 2007.

CONICET PIP 02609 Project called “Quality of Life and Decentralized Land Management and Participation in the Lakes Region, Province of Rio Negro, North Patagonia, Argentina”, whose general objective was to contribute to the set of initial background conditions to implement the Strategic Planning and the Local Agenda 21 in San Carlos de Bariloche. Project granted through a selective process carried out by CONICET. It was subsidized by the Secretariat of Institutional Relations and Human Rights of the Province of Rio Negro, and was granted a “Municipal Interest” category by the Bariloche City Council.

Academic counseling for the Tres de Febrero Municipality in relation to the Common Project “New Models for integrated urban development for the appreciation of the environmental and cultural budget”, coordinated by the Rome Municipality, Italy, Network 6 on Urban Environment, URB-AL Program, European Commission. Project granted through a URB-AL selective process. Besides Rome and Tres de Febrero, other participants were Alicante (Spain), Guanajuato (Mexico), Colta (Ecuador), and Cuzco and Moyabamba (Peru). 15 April through November 2005.

Assessment on the Technological and Industrial Park Project in San Carlos de Bariloche, Under Secretariat of Science and Technology of the Province of Rio Negro. January through March 2005.

Management of the “Poverty, Perception and Land” Project, Bariloche Foundation - CONICET, March 2004 through April 2005.

Management of the Project titled “Urban land squatters: risks and right to a proper habitat”, Bariloche Foundation – CONICET, 2004 through April 2005.

Joint work with the Participatory Budgeting Committee, Board for Social Concertation of San Carlos de Bariloche Municipality on the Participatory Budgeting Project. September 2004 through September 2005.

Management of the Project titled “Oral and Written reconstruction of the history of neighborhood settlement and identity, with a view to an urban relocation process”, Bariloche Foundation, for the Secretariat of Social Promotion and Youth of San Carlos de Bariloche Municipality. June 2003 through March 2005.

Academic counseling for the Network 6 Common Project, URBAL Program, «Améliorer l’environnement urbain: identification des actions à mettre en œuvre en vue de la valorisation des espaces verts et de la revitalisation des centres historiques des zones urbaines», with the participation of the Ariccia Municipality (coordinator, Italy), Vila Real de Santo Antonio Municipality (Portugal), Tres de Febrero, and San Patricio del Chañar Municipalities (both in Argentina), Ate, and Elías Soplín Vargas Municipalities (both in Peru). Envar s.p.r.l. was a foreign partner. Project granted through a URB-AL selective process. April 2003 through June 2004.

Scientific Counseling for the Common Project Network 7 for the URBAL Program titled “Management of urbanization in tourist cities”, with the participation of the cities of Bariloche, Mar del Plata, and the province of Mendoza (Argentina), Montevideo (Uruguay), Viña del Mar (Chile), Florianopolis (Brazil), Calvia, Malaga and Huelva (Spain) and Rathenow (Germany). The Institute of Housing Studies (Holland) was a foreign partner. Project granted through a URB-AL selective process. February 2002 through February 2004.

Coordination of fieldwork, analysis and proposals for the Project on “Border Trade and Cross-border Movement of People, Lakes Region (Argentina) – Tenth Region (Chile) and Greater Mendoza (Argentina) – Santiago Metropolitan Area (Chile)”, Agreement with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) – Bariloche Foundation Quality of Life Program. October 2002 through February 2003.

Project Management: “Return Migration. Chilean people in Bariloche”, Agreement with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) – Bariloche Foundation Quality of Life Program. April through May 2002.

Project Management: “The urban door model in new urban development suggestions for the city of Rosario, in the air, river and road fronts”, Theory and techniques for Architectural Project Area, School of Architecture, Planning and Design / 1999 Call for Projects, Secretariat of Science and Technology, Rosario National University. March 1999 through December 2002.

Argentine management of the SECYT-CONICYT (CH/11/99) Chile Project titled “Effects of the Globalization Process in the Argentine - Chilean Binational Lakes Region. Joint Integration Strategies,” Bariloche Foundation Quality of Life Program – Center for Regional Studies, Universidad de los Lagos, Osorno. Program granted through a binational selective process. March 2000 through February 2001.

Joint coordination of the Project titled “Evaluation of environmental sustainability in participative contexts. The Case of San Carlos de Bariloche”, Bariloche Foundation-INTA, subsidized by the National Agency for Scientific and Technological Promotion. Project granted by selective process with the support of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. September 1998 through January 2001.

Coordination of the “PROMIN socio-cultural and communication diagnosis in San Carlos de Bariloche”, Agreement with the Provincial Executing Unit for the Mother/Child (PROMIN) and Nutrition Program (Rio Negro) – Bariloche Foundation Quality of Life Program. July through December 1999.