AIMS is a consortium of experienced policy analysts, technical assistance experts and other specialists in public policy and administration who provide a variety of services to the private and not-for-profit sector, as well as international organizations, on critical and emerging issues of international policy and management. Working with a network of highly qualified professionals, AIMS participates in training and advisory research as a principal or as a contributor, undertakes policy research and provides information about international policy issues.
- short-courses and seminars and develops training materials on the functioning of the international public sector,
- interacting with the international public sector, governmental and non-governmental, international organizations
- conflict resolution
- specific issues in the international domain including, especially, the new global information infrastructure.
- project design and appraisal in United Nations system organizations,
- systematic monitoring and evaluation of integrated programs,
- developing and applying a gender perspective to projects and programs, building community participation into projects and
- leadership and advocacy training in the area of disability.
Some recent training activities include:
International information Structures and Technologies
International Policy Analysis and Programme Formulation and Evaluation
International Organizations and Conflict Resolution (workshop at the Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, July 1998)
Accessibility 1998; Seminar on Internet information policies, structures and technologies
Internet Accessibility: An ASEAN Perspective, Bangkok, July 1999
Issues and Strategies for Building National Capacities to Promote and Monitor Implementation of Norms and Standards Related to Persons with Disabilities, Hong Kong, December 1999
In addition, many of the associates are full- or part-time faculty members at major universities and offer formal courses based on their expertise. Examples include:
- evaluation of Programs and projects
- incorporation of gender dimensions and community participation in project design,
- mid-term and final evaluation of project impact in terms of gender and participation dimensions,
- impact of changes in international norms, standards and regulations on business activities,
- international human rights standards and their applicability in practice in government and the private sector,
- organization for advocacy in the area of disability,
- development and use of the Internet for communication and advocacy
- conference planning and management in organizing and conducting large international conferences.
Recent examples include:
Evaluation of the work of the SSM Foundation of the Dominican Republic (July-September 1998) and follow-up (January 1999, February 2000).
Development of a Management Certificate Curriculum at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria (September 1998-December 1999).
Assistance in the development of results-based programming for the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria (March-August 2000)
Facilitation of the annual management retreat of the Provisional Technical Secretariat of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (January 1999, January 2000, January 2001)
Facilitation of the annual management retreat of the International Atomic Energy Agency (January 2000)
Assistance in devising strategies for incorporation of issues on aging in the follow-up to the United Nations conferences of the 1990's, for the AARP (September 1999-December 1999)
A Future for INSTRAW? An analysis of why the United Nations International Institute Research and Training for the Advancement of Women needs to be preserved, revitalized and given the resources to do its job. Also a possible strategy for re-vitalizing the Institute and details on how and why INSTRAW should be a hub for a network of academic and non-governmental gender researchers.
- Planning for international seminars, expert meetings and conferences
- Preparation of background documentation to assist in discussions
- Facilitation of meetings to help them reach international standards,
- Preparation of final reports to reflect the results of the meetings
Recent examples include:
Planning for the Fifth World Assembly of Disabled Persons' International (Mexico City, December 1998), including support to the National Organizing Committee in Mexico.
Assisting the Ministerio de la Juventud, la Familia y la Mujer and the Instituto de HabilitaciŪn Especial of the Government of Panama to organize a Regional Seminar on Children with Disabilities (Panama, October 2000).
- policy research on emerging issues as part of AIMS, as part of their academic affiliations or through individual grants.
The results of the work feed into the training and advisory services. Some recent examples of on-going policy research include:
International public management
International regulation of the Internet
World Citizenship: the individual and international governance
A presentation on older persons and development based on an evaluation in the Dominican Republic to the annual conference of the International Council on Caring Communities: Imagining the Possible.
AIMS assisted a group of non-governmental organizations faciliated by AARP to preapre for the Second World Assembly on Ageing that will take place in Madrid, Spain in April 2002. This has included preparation of input for a revised World Plan of Action on Ageing. AIMS facilitated an innovative on-line Seminar on Aging and Rural Development that has been part of AARP's contribution to the Assembly.
An address to the annual meeting of the Capital District World Federalist Association on A New United Nations for a New Millennium.
A series of analyses of the United Nations International Training and Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW), including a proposal for INSTRAW as a hub for a global network.
- backgrounders, contextual material, speakers and expert commentary on
- development in the economic and social sectors of the United Nations system,
- administrative reform efforts being undertaken,
- human rights standards and their applicability, including especially rights of persons with disabilities, and
- new norms, standards and regulations being developed in the international public sector in historical context.
Recent examples include:
Cooperation with Voices of Our World, the radio program of the Maryknoll Missioners.
Speaking engagements on behalf of the United Nations Association of the United States (US/UNA)
Associates for International Management Services, Inc. 538 Fayette Blvd Syracuse, NY 13224-1306 U.S.A.Telephone: +1 (315) 446-2964 Fax: +1 (315) 410-5430
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This page is current as of December 29, 2005