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- Nominated to the Príncipe de Asturias Award, 2005.
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- Guest speaker at Stanford University’s Seminar "The use of Technology in Latin America" coordinated by the Education Working Group of the Center for Latin American Studies, Palo Alto, CA.2002.
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- IESO Award - Initiative in Social Enterprises - School of Business Administration, University of Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, 2002.
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- Selected as one of the 40 Exceptional Social Entrepreneurs of 2001 by the Schwab Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland. www.schwabfound.org
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- Invited, as an author, to participate in the Seminar "Towards a Culture of Comprehension: Generating and maintaining change in individuals, groups, organizations and systems", Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Project Zero, Cambridge, MA., 2001.
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- Invited Speaker, "II International Congress of Education for Young people and Adults: Quality in Continuous Education", Panama, 2000.
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- Invited as an author and consultant for the UNDP, in the "Meeting of the Americas for the Evaluation of Education for All - EFA 2000" Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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- Diploma of recognition given by the President of Guatemala for his collaboration as a consultant and for the role of the Spanish abc methodology in the reduction of the illiteracy index in Guatemala, September of 1999.
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- Speaker, as an author and consultant for UNDP, in the "First International Congress of Educational Innovations", Santo Domingo, 1998.
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- Awarded life membership in Ashoka for his accomplishments in international education. Ashoka is an international organization that recognizes Social Entrepreneurs worldwide through a competitive selection process, 1997 www.ashoka.org
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- Honored as "TEACHER OF TEACHERS" for his contributions to education in Cartagena de Indias, City Hall Decree, Colombia, 1997.
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- Selected as a finalist in the "Competition of Educational Innovation", by the General Director’s Office for Quality in Education of the Ministry of Education of Colombia, in collaboration with the Andres Bello Executive Secretariat - SECAB- and the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation, Bogotá, 1991.
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- Speaker, "II Inter-American Symposium of Educational Renovation", Salesian Family, Bogotá, 1990.
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- Speaker, "Workshop on Innovations in Mathematics and Literacy Education" Medellín, Colombia, 1989.
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- Presenting author, "XXXIX World Book Fair" Frankfurt, 1987.
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- Presenting author, "V Room of the International LIBER 87", Madrid, 1987.
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- Selection in a national competition, to participate in "Colombia: Creative Solutions", Inter-American Didactic Fair, Bogotá, 1985.
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- Special Mention in the "National Contest of Science" of the Alejandro Angel Escobar Foundation, Bogotá, 1983.
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