Introduction

The Esquel Group (EG), a private non-profit organization established in 1984. It is a member of the Grupo Esquel network, with entities in Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Honduras and Uruguay. It promotes policies and programs for social equity and sustainable development with special emphasis in democratic citizenship and strengthening of civil society.

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A Network of Networks

A network of development professionals dedicated to the proposition that sustainable economic and social progress in a society emerges from its citizens’ capacity to govern themselves effectively.

Mission

An international consultancy which targets its collaboration on local-area development, network building, and public-private-civic partnerships centered on civil society and participatory sustainable development; the building of grassroots democratic citizenship; philanthropic, corporate and public investing in civic capacities; and the connection of civic strength with economic and social progress.
These collaborations are made directly with grassroots practitioners or with their supporters, in both the developed and underdeveloped countries.

Vision

A community’s self-empowerment depends on its openness, the unique characteristics of its networks of relationships, and the trustworthy economic and social institutions that these networks create and sustain. Community development derives from effective partnerships that include the public, private and civil society sectors. It is sustained by a culture of democratic civic engagement that oversees and fosters accountable, effective governance and a competitive and transparent electoral system.