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105-1008: El Sistema (which translates to The System) is a publicly financed, voluntary sector , music-education program, founded in Venezuela in 1975 by Venezuelan educator, musician, and activist José Antonio Abreu . It later adopted the motto "Music for Social Change." El Sistema-inspired programs provide what the International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies describes as "free classical music education that promotes human opportunity and development for impoverished children." El Sistema has inspired similar programmes in more than 60 other countries. By 2015, according to official figures, El Sistema included more than 400 music centers and 700,000 young musicians. The original program in Venezuela involves four after-school hours of musical training and rehearsal each week, plus additional work on

210-563: A goal and plan to more than double in size and to engage 10,000 children and youth in New Brunswick over the life of the plan. Sistema NB is generously supported by the Province of New Brunswick and many individuals, businesses, charitable foundations and others. Sistema Toronto was founded in 2011 by businessman and community activist Robert Eisenberg. Sistema Toronto's first centre opened at Parkdale Junior and Senior Public School;

315-925: A graduate-level degree program based on the tenets of El Sistema, including Master of Arts in Teaching in Music degree. First Notes in Vail Valley, Colorado; CityMusic in Cleveland, Ohio; Club O in Fort Wayne, Indiana; Kid Ovation program in Des Moines, Iowa; and Orchestrating Diversity in Saint Louis, Missouri are also inspired by El Sistema. Other El Sistema-inspired programs in the US include: In 2024, El Sistema USA launched A Musician’s Guide to Reaching for

420-452: A large non-profit sector is sometimes seen as an indicator of a healthy economy in local and national financial measurements. With a growing number of non-profit organizations focused on social services , the environment , education , and other unmet needs throughout society, the nonprofit sector is increasingly central to the health and well-being of society. Peter Drucker suggests that the nonprofit sector provides an excellent outlet for

525-638: A meal, choir, orchestra, and social programming. Sistema Winnipeg performs regularly with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and is led by Music Director Naomi Woo , also assistant conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. YONA-Sistema (Youth Orchestra of Northern Alberta – Sistema) ( Edmonton , Alberta) was established in September 2013. It serves students at Delton School and Mother Teresa Elementary School in Edmonton, Alberta and

630-402: A modern structure that has various spaces distributed in musical instruction areas, instrumental rehearsal and choral practice rooms; in addition to a library, recording booths, dressing rooms, cafeterias, administrative and health services. Among the areas open to the public, the large Simón Bolívar Room stands out, with a capacity of 1,100 people and equipped with a large tubular organ donated by

735-458: A multisector agenda e) Support the construction and maintenance of an environmentally and socially sustainable infrastructure f) Promote ongoing improvements in infrastructure governance Of the 44 new projects, 32% are in the infrastructure and environment sector. There are claims that operations funded by the IDB may have adverse impacts on local environments and indigenous peoples . According to

840-590: A nationwide fervor for social service. Founded in the United States in 1881, it was reorganized in 1905 to focus on military personnel. With this pivotal decision, the business of organizing charities quickly evolved into the business of social work. According to a recent study by Johns Hopkins University , the Netherlands has the largest third sector of 20 countries across Europe. Ireland's non-profit fundraised income formed 0.33% of Irish GDP , less than

945-466: A number of focused special programs: AquaFund, Energy Efficient, Hydro-BID, and AquaRating. In order to support the Latin American and Caribbean region to address water resources challenges, the IDB has created Hydro-BID, a tool that allows the efficient management and planning of water resources by predicting water availability taking into consideration the impacts of climate change. Hydro-BID

1050-552: A number of former students at El Sistema had told him that there was underage sex between students and teachers, "sexualized grooming" and "trad[ing] [of] musical benefits ... for sex" at the institution. Overseas affiliates of El Sistema in England and Canada expressed concern at the allegations in the Washington Post article. El Sistema expressed "absolute solidarity with the victims and their families" and said it would ask

1155-627: A partnership In Harmony, which will result in children from both England and Venezuela to work together in a series of music-making projects. The Nucleo Project was founded by Lucy Maguire in February 2013, in a basement in Notting Hill. It is a social action programme in North Kensington that uses the pursuit of musical excellence as a way to enrich the lives of children, young people and their families. Beginning with five children,

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1260-714: A pilot program that provides monetary incentives to students, faculty and staff to improve student achievement in mathematics. Brazil also supports the tutoring program, Multiplying Knowledge, where academically successful students help children in the last years of primary school with mathematics. and the implementation and evaluation of Enseña Chile, a program that attracts outstanding college graduates to teach for two years in vulnerable schools. The Inter-American Development bank focuses on three main areas: incentives (with particular emphasis on teachers), supplies (with emphasis on teacher training and capacity building), and administration (targeting school management). The IDB supports

1365-639: A project to improve education activities and learning quality in Mexico; and a comprehensive care program for children in Nicaragua, which contributes to the development of children living in extreme poverty within rural areas under 6 years old. Climate change threatens both to undermine the long-term efforts of the region to achieve sustainable development and to affect the most vulnerable members of society disproportionately. To respond to increasing demand for clients for assistance in addressing climate change ,

1470-417: A release order dated from 18 June. In court, her mother was asked not to make her daughter's case public because "it was going to be resolved soon." Palacios was released on 16 July 2019. In November 2014, British musicologist Geoffrey Baker published a newspaper article and a book that disputed many of the claims made by and about El Sistema and suggested that much of the publicly circulating information about

1575-557: A replenishment of the Fund for Special Operations, which finances operations in the region's poorest nations. The Bank's capital increase will be implemented through 2015 as parliaments in each of its member countries appropriate the necessary funds. In March 2015, the Bank updated its Institutional Strategy for 2010–2020. The document says that to ultimately transform Latin American and

1680-681: A subordinate and gave her a pay raise. The affair allegedly occurred during Claver-Carone's tenure on the National Security Council during the Trump administration. Executive Vice President Reina Irene Mejía of Honduras took over as acting president. Ilan Goldfajn of Brazil was elected on November 20, 2022, and assumed his responsibilities as president on December 19, 2022. The IDB's Education Division works in partnership with 26 borrowing countries in Latin America and

1785-663: A variety of society's labor and skills. In 1976, Daniel Bell predicted that the third sector would become the predominant sector in society, as the knowledge class overcame the effects of the private sector. The first two decades of the 20th century were characterized by a public zeal for social reform and social justice known as the Progressive Era. The newly founded National Association of Societies for Organizing Charity had immediate influence during that era. Its extensive field work helped organize new societies and strengthen others. Smaller cities became well-organized, with

1890-702: A violin in prison, Wuilly decided to sing, reaching the point where other prisoners asked him for songs, especially vallenatos . The place where he spent most of his time was in the bohío, where he ended his imprisonment, an octagonal cell in the General Command of the National Guard in Caracas, where there were about 14 prisoners. While he was imprisoned he had nowhere to write, it was forbidden to receive or send letters, there were no visitors, they were isolated and without ventilation. Even so, he composed

1995-522: A vital and critical project, both orchestrally and socially. The program has a reputation for rescuing young people in impoverished circumstances, directing them away from lives of drug abuse and crime, into which they would likely otherwise be drawn. The Venezuelan government of President Carlos Andrés Pérez began fully financing Abreu's orchestra after its success, in 1976, at the " International Festival of Youth Orchestras " in Aberdeen , Scotland. From

2100-777: A wide geographical area ranging from Kidznotes in North Carolina, JAMM (Juneau Alaska Music Matters) in that state, and ICAN (Incredible Children's Art Network) in Santa Barbara, California. In 2011, Longy School of Music of Bard College , Bard College , and the Los Angeles Philharmonic formed Take a Stand to promote and support the El Sistema-inspired music education movement in the United States. Based in Los Angeles, it also offers

2205-434: Is a factor now considered in the analysis of efficiency wage . More recent researchers such as Peter Frumkin (2005) have also supported the concept of considering "non-profit" and "voluntary" organizations together. Rob Macmillan observed that the nature of this sector is "a hugely contested domain", with issues raised over "whether there is a coherent 'sector' at all, and if so what it should be called". The presence of

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2310-815: Is assumed to comprise volunteers (unpaid) while the voluntary sector is considered to employ staff working for a social or community purpose: "hence the phrase 'voluntary and community sector' (VCS) [is used] to encompass the full range". In addition however, the not-for-personal-profit sector is also considered to include social firms (such as cooperatives and mutuals) and more recently governmental institutions (such as Housing Associations) that have been spun off from government, although still operating fundamentally as public service delivery organizations. These other types of institutions may be considered to be quasi-private or quasi-public sectors rather than stemming from direct community benefit motivations. The entry of nonprofit organizations into commercial activities (competing with

2415-513: Is commonly called the "joint sector", and includes the industries run in partnership by the state and private Sector . In a wider sense the initial investment is made by the state and later the handling is done by the private sector. But here the private sector is responsible to the state when it comes to handling. In Israel, this sector is commonly called the "Third Sector", ( Hebrew : המגזר השלישי ) and generally refers to non-profit organizations (NPOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with

2520-453: Is in use to describe the non-governmental, not-for-profit sector, including "voluntary sector", "third sector", "community sector", and "nonprofit sector". In 1965, Richard Cornuelle coined the term "independent sector" and was one of the first scholars to point out the vast impact and unique mechanisms of this sector, but in some contexts, such as social care, this term includes businesses operating for profit. A formal economic theory of

2625-677: Is made possible through its many partnerships with local community supporters like: OCDSB, and the National Arts Centre . Quintissimo ( Belleville, Ontario ) was established in January 2023. Its mission is to create positive social change by providing free music education to underserved children in the Bay of Quinte area. Lessons are currently offered out of Prince Edward Collegiate Institute . Saint James Music Academy ( Vancouver , British Columbia) Canada's first El-sistema program,

2730-759: Is offered through a partnership between the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra , the Edmonton Catholic School District, the Edmonton Public School Board, and the Inner City Children's Program. In Harmony is a British government-led music education and community development project which is based on El Sistema It was begun in 2009 with Julian Lloyd Webber appointed chairman of its steering group. The project receives funding from

2835-419: Is often weak or non-existent. Poverty reduction depends largely on business investment in global markets to create sustainable jobs for economic empowerment of individuals. International companies need funding, and difficulty lies on the inability of the investment banks to overcome regulatory obstacles. Small business entities are largely responsible for improving lives, as they play an inherent role in raising

2940-527: Is still widely known by the FESNOJIV acronym. Abreu has said that "music has to be recognized as an agent of social development in the highest sense because it transmits the highest values – solidarity, harmony, mutual compassion," crediting it with the ability to "unite an entire community and express sublime feelings." Abreu led the program for nearly four decades with the backing and material support of seven consecutive Venezuelan governments, ranging across

3045-683: The British government until 2010 had an Office of the Third Sector that defined the "third sector" as "the place between State and (the) private sector". The Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition Government renamed the department the Office for Civil Society. The term third sector has now been replaced in Government usage by the term Civil Society, or for a while under the Cameron government,

3150-554: The Caracas Symphony Youth Orchestra and a newly constituted National Children's Orchestra consisting of 358 musicians. On 3 May 2017, 18-years-old El Sistema violist Armando Cañizales was killed when he was shot by a spherical metallic projectile by security forces while participating in a demonstration in Caracas . Conductor Gustavo Dudamel condemned Nicolás Maduro 's response to the protests for

3255-481: The Internal Revenue Service in 2015. These reporting nonprofits identified $ 2.54 trillion in revenues and $ 5.79 trillion in assets in 2015. Over $ 400 billion in revenue comes through private support and fundraising . The U.S. nonprofit sector contributed an estimated $ 985.4 billion to the U.S. economy in 2015, composing 5.4 percent of the country's gross domestic product and employed 11 percent of

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3360-959: The International Water Association . The rating system has already been piloted in thirteen utilities in nine countries in Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean. A worldwide market introduction is planned during 2015. The satisfactory provision and administration of infrastructure stimulates economic growth and competitiveness. It is also essential for improving the quality of life and inclusion in modern society. The infrastructure strategy identifies priority areas of action: a)Promote access to infrastructure services b)Support infrastructure for regional and global integration c)Foster financing mechanisms and leverage private sector participation in infrastructure d) Adopt and promote

3465-678: The Joe Chithalen Memorial Music Instrument Lending Library (Joe's MILL). Sistema New Brunswick (Moncton, New Brunswick) A program of the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra , Sistema NB was started in 2009 in Moncton and has since grown to include centres all across the province. It is an intensive music education program engaging more than 1,200 children and youth, 2–3 hours after school, 5 days per week during

3570-703: The Polaris Dawn space mission Sarah Gillis performed a concert in the Crew Dragon capsule alongside El Sistema music students from around the world including Brazil, Haiti, Sweden, Uganda, USA, and Venezuela. She played the solo violin part of "Rey's Theme" by John Williams from the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and El Sistema. El Sistema-based programs exist in almost every province of Canada, with over 20 programs in existence and more being started each year. El Sistema Aeolian ( London, Ontario )

3675-461: The demand in the labor market and the supply of the education systems in the field. As part of its research agenda, the IDB conducted a survey of young students from Chile analyzing their educational labor trajectory while measuring certain cognitive and non-cognitive skills, relating them to the education and labor performance of adolescents. The IDB also implemented The Employers’ Survey of Mandatory Skills (ENEHD, Spanish Acronym), that investigated

3780-406: The 22 non-borrowing members, which include the world's wealthiest developed countries , therefore functions as a guarantee for the bonds that the IDB sells. This arrangement ensures that the IDB maintains a triple-A credit rating , and as a result can make loans to its borrowing member countries at rates of interest similar to those that commercial banks charge their largest corporate borrowers. At

3885-551: The Alliance for Children Initiative (Alianza por la Iniciativa Infantil), an initiative that seeks to foster collaboration between governments, families, civil society and the private sector to support innovative interventions in the field. The IDB supports interventions to improve teacher quality in Latin America and the Caribbean and conducts research in the field. It supports the Aligning of Learning Incentives (ALI) in Mexico,

3990-744: The Bank Information Center (BIC), "civil society groups have long been concerned about the negative impacts the IDB's operations have on the environment and on indigenous and traditional peoples, as well as on the prospects for genuine economic and democratic reform in the region". The BIC cites environmental and social damage funded by the IDB as adversely impacting local economies , contrary to IDB's stated goal of fostering social and economic prosperity. Governments of developing countries are not equipped to reduce poverty due to heavy responsibility to build and maintain infrastructure, as well as meet payroll and debt obligations. Tax revenue

4095-526: The Bank's 47 member countries, plus (b) the sum of the callable capital subscriptions pledged by the Bank's 22 non-borrowing member countries. Together these constitute the Bank's ordinary capital , some US$ 101 billion. Of this amount, 4.3 percent is paid in, while the remaining 95.7 percent is callable. Aside from its lending activities for its member countries, the IDB also has lending operations with private sector companies, both directly through its Structured Corporate Finance Department and Opportunities for

4200-486: The Caribbean 'into a more inclusive and prosperous society, three main development challenges must be addressed: social exclusion and inequality, low productivity and innovation, and limited economic integration." Moreover, the document also says that "these three challenges are inter-related and certain overarching issues cut across them that public policies need to address: gender equality and diversity; climate change and environmental sustainability ; and institutions and

4305-687: The Caribbean Leveraging the IDB's institutional strengths and its unique advantages, the CCS will promote the development and use of a range of public and private sector financial and nonfinancial instruments for strengthening the institutional, technical, and financial capacity to address climate change challenges. There are four programs in the Water and Sanitation Division: 100 Cities Program, Water for 3,000 Rural Communities, Water Defenders and Efficient and Transparent Utilities. The Bank has also

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4410-524: The Caribbean to ensure that children and adolescents exercise their right to a quality education, achieve their potential, and reverse the cycle of poverty. Given that education is a key to development and a prerequisite for a genuine equality of opportunity , and given its strategic importance to the region, the IDB has an Education Initiative that focuses its research and projects in three main areas: Early Childhood Development , School to Work Transition and Teacher Quality. The callable capital pledged by

4515-634: The Conservatory Lab Charter School in Boston and other musical institutions in the United States to create a Pan-American movement. "The New World," he said, "is nothing less than all three Americas. And so what we are in the process of creating is really an expression of a new, transcontinental social and musical culture." The Conservatory Lab school is associated with the New England Conservatory of Music , and

4620-530: The Department for Education and Arts Council England. On 22 November 2007, Julian Lloyd Webber noted the following in regard to the UK government's announcement of an infusion of £332 million dedicated to music education: We also have an impoverished South American nation to thank. Last August, in the midst of school holidays, when an uncomfortable number of British children seemed even more disaffected than usual,

4725-675: The General Capital Increase (GCI-9) commits the Bank to support mitigation and adaptation efforts of borrowing members while meeting their developmental and energy requirements. GCI-9 sets a target of 25 percent of total lending going to a growing portfolio on climate change, environmental sustainability, and renewable energy. The objective of the Climate Change Strategy (CCS) is to serve as a guiding instrument for scaling up IDB support for actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change within Latin America and

4830-404: The IDB are the majority shareholders , and therefore control the majority of the decision-making bodies of the Bank. Each member's voting power is determined by its shareholding: its subscription to the Bank's ordinary capital. The United States holds 30 percent of the Bank's shares, while the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean combined hold 50.02 percent but with another 20% from Europe

4935-581: The Inter-American Development Bank as of December 2020. After the 2010 Haiti earthquake , the IDB pledged to provide Haiti more than $ 2.2 billion in grants over the next decade to fund its recovery efforts and long-term development plans, working closely with the Haitian government and the international community. The Bank's Board of Governors also agreed to cancel all of Haiti's outstanding debt. President Préval also gave

5040-432: The Latin America and the Caribbean region. The IDB makes loans to the governments of its borrowing member countries at standard commercial rates of interest , and has preferred creditor status, meaning that borrowers will repay loans to the IDB before repaying other obligations to other lenders such as commercial banks . The IDB has four official languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese and French. Its official names in

5145-752: The Majority Initiative, and by means of the IDB Invest, a multilateral lender created by the IDB member countries, and part of the IDB Group, to help develop small and medium-sized companies in Latin America and the Caribbean. An affiliate of the IDB, IDB Lab (formerly the Multilateral Investment Fund - FOMIN), uses loans, grants and equity investments to support private projects seeking to bring innovation , boost entrepreneurship , or expand access to financing throughout

5250-803: The Plan Ceibal in Uruguay; a community education program in Mexico, which aims to raise quality of educational services for marginalized communities; a project to support the education plan in the Dominican Republic; the National Infrastructure Program for the universalization of education quality and equality in Ecuador; a program to support policies for the improvement of education equity in Argentina (PROMEDU);

5355-575: The Polar Foundation; in addition to a theater, chamber music rooms and an outdoor acoustic shell, located in the southern area of the building, which is part of Los Caobos Park; as well as musical instrument manufacturing workshops and a space for the “Inocente Carreño” National Audiovisual Music Center (CNAMIC) On 6 June 2007, the Inter-American Development Bank announced the granting of a US$ 150 million loan for

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5460-494: The Public Prosecutor’s Office "to support opening investigations of any complaint related to any form of violence or human abuse". El Sistema USA is a membership organization, which supports and encourages more than 80 El Sistema-inspired programs throughout the United States, a number which are growing rapidly. Its philosophy and aspirations are expressed on its website: A visionary global movement that transforms

5565-1164: The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra arrived from Venezuela to deliver performances at the Edinburgh Festival and the London Proms that were, quite simply, miraculous" Lloyd Webber visited Venezuela in late 2009 and reported on what he saw there. The project has centers in Lambeth (led by Lambeth Council's Children and Young People's Service), Leeds, (led by Opera North ), Liverpool (led by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ), Newcastle Gateshead, (led by The Sage Gateshead ), Nottingham, (led by Nottingham City Council), Norwich, (led by NORCA and Sistema in Norwich ), and Telford and Stoke-on-Trent (led by Telford and Wrekin Music) In 2013, El Sistema announced

5670-477: The Simón Bolívar B" The Simón Bolívar B is now the touring orchestra and, in 2007, made its debut at the BBC Proms in London's Royal Albert Hall and later at Carnegie Hall under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel , receiving enthusiastic reviews. 2009 saw the orchestra touring in the US, but also in Europe as well. In the spring of 2010, however, a tour to the Lucerne Easter Festival drew comments from reviewers, such as Tom Service of London's The Guardian, that

5775-535: The Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra was "youthful no longer." This struck home, and Abreu decided, as he put it, "the time is once again ripe for new, younger national orchestras." And so, he set about creating new ensembles. The Teresa Carreño Symphony Youth Orchestra , named for the famous Venezuelan pianist , started international touring in the autumn of 2010 with appearances at the Beethoven Fest in Bonn, followed by Vienna, Berlin, Salzburg Festival , Milan, Amsterdam, Madrid, and London. Other new youth orchestras include

5880-533: The South and Northwest particular areas of focus. To permit membership of Canadian societies, the association changed its name in 1912 to the American Association of Societies for Organizing Charity. In 1917, it became the American Association for Organizing Charity. These agencies increasingly were providing direct service to individuals and families. Pauperism, child welfare, juvenile justice, sanitation, tuberculosis, and other health issues were emergent problems for new and existing agencies. The American Red Cross fueled

5985-464: The Stars, an online curriculum developed in collaboration with the violinist and astronaut Sarah Gillis and the Polaris Program , designed to encourages teachers, parents, students to explore the connections between music and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) as well as social-emotional skills. The curriculum offers five Mission Readiness Zone modules, each with a fun challenge activity for students to attempt. In September 2024 during

6090-466: The U.S. workforce in 2015. Each year, seven out of ten Americans donate to at least one charitable cause. Contributions are from two to 20 times higher in the U.S. than in other countries of comparable wealth and modernity. Inter-American Development Bank The Inter-American Development Bank ( IDB or IADB ) is an international development finance institution headquartered in Washington, D.C. , United States of America , and serving as one of

6195-424: The UK and US, in 2016. In Sweden, the nonprofit sector is attributed with fostering a nationwide social change towards progressive economic, social and cultural policies, while in Italy the third sector is increasingly viewed as a primary employment source for the entire country. In the United States, approximately 10% of GDP is attributable to the third sector. Donating to private religious organizations remains

6300-446: The US can veto decisions. This arrangement is unique in that the developing member countries, as a group, are the majority shareholders. Though this arrangement was first viewed as risky, it is believed by some that strict peer pressure prevents the borrowers from defaulting , even when under severe economic pressure. Mauricio Claver-Carone was removed by the governors of IDB after an ethics investigation found that he had an affair with

6405-488: The bank calculated that every dollar invested in El Sistema was reaping about $ 1.68 in social dividends. Supported by the government, El Sistema started introducing its music program into the public-school curriculum, aiming to be in every school and to support 500,000 children by 2015. The project has also been extended to the penal system. On 25 May 2008, Leidys Asuaje wrote for Venezuelan daily El Nacional : "The plan to humanize jails through music began 11 months ago under

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6510-455: The beginning, El Sistema came not under the ministry of culture, but under the umbrella of social-services ministries, which has strategically helped it survive. The current Maduro administration has been El Sistema's most generous patron so far, covering almost its entire annual operating budget, as well as additional capital projects. Abreu received the National Music Prize for his work in 1979 and became Minister of Culture in 1983. In 1995, Abreu

6615-450: The construction of seven regional centers of El Sistema throughout Venezuela. Many bankers within the IDB originally objected to the loan on the grounds that classical music is for the elite. But then the bank has conducted studies on the more than 2,000,000 young people, educated in El Sistema, linking participation in the program to improvements in school attendance and reduction in juvenile delinquency and crime rates. Weighing such benefits,

6720-412: The development of knowledge, interventions, programs, and policies to improve the competencies and skills acquired by adolescents in the education system so they will contribute to a student's successful transition between school and work. The projects for this field include supporting the government of Costa Rica to improve the English as a foreign language project in order to close the skills gap between

6825-451: The first time the day after the killing, writing in social media: "I raise my voice against violence and repression. Nothing can justify bloodshed. Enough of ignoring the just clamor of a people suffocated by an intolerable crisis." Violinist Wuilly Arteaga  [ es ] also participated and played his instrument during the protests that year. On 24 May, a National Guardsman officer ripped and broke his violin. His images crying over

6930-483: The leadership of José Antonio Abreu (7 May 1939 – 24 March 2018) with 11 students in an underground parking garage. For many years, its official name was Fundación del Estado para el Sistema Nacional de las Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela, ( FESNOJIV ), which is sometimes translated into English as "National Network of Youth and Children's Orchestras of Venezuela." The organizations has recently changed its name to Fundación Musical Simón Bolívar ( FMSB ), but

7035-431: The leading sources of development financing for independent countries of Latin America and the Caribbean . Established in 1959, the IDB supports Latin American and Caribbean economic development, social development and regional integration by lending to governments and government agencies, including State corporations. At the First Pan-American Conference in 1890, the idea of a development institution for Latin America

7140-421: The line between the two quite fine. These organizations generally fill a gap in the existing government or municipal service provision. Examples include United Hatzalah for emergency medical first response, Yad Sarah for free loan of medical equipment, Yad Eliezer for poverty relief efforts, Akim for assistance for the mentally handicapped, and SHALVA for children with special needs. The Cabinet Office of

7245-399: The lives of children through music. A new model for social change. Abreu appeared in a public symposium on El Sistema on 7 November 2007 in Boston, Massachusetts, where he gave the keynote speech of the public symposium on El Sistema on the WGBH Forum Network. A significant panel of speakers was present. At the November 2007 symposium, Abreu expressed delight at the prospect of joining with

7350-444: The mid-1990s, Abreu formed the National Children's Youth Orchestra, and many young musicians graduated from it to the Simón Bolívar which grew considerably in size. This became an opportunity to re-create the ensemble as two separate performing entities. The first generation of members was designated the Simón Bolívar A; the younger, newer members, who had recently been brought in from the new National Children's Orchestra, now constituted

7455-423: The most popular American cause, and all religious organizations are entirely privately funded because the government is limited from establishing or prohibiting a religion under the First Amendment . Although the voluntary, community, and not-for-personal-profit sectors are frequently taken to compose the "Third Sector", each of these sectors or sub-sectors have quite different characteristics. The community sector

7560-583: The other three languages are as follows: The IDB is governed by its Board of Governors, a 48-member body who regularly meets once a year. In March 2010, reunited in Cancun , Mexico, the Board of Governors of the Bank agreed on a $ 70 billion capital increase, along with full debt forgiveness for Haiti, its poorest member country, devastated by an earthquake that had destroyed its capital, Port-au-Prince , two months before. The developing countries that borrow from

7665-595: The political spectrum from center-right to the current leftist presidency of Nicolás Maduro . Abreu has been "careful to keep El Sistema separate from partisan politics". "Play and Fight" was the title of the El Nacional news story about the National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras of Venezuela that appeared on 2 February 1976. The organization soon adopted that phrase as its motto, expressing its members' determination and commitment to El Sistema as

7770-494: The president's office took direct control. El Sistema's mission runs parallel to Mr. Chávez's program to provide subsidies and services to the poor." The institution's closeness to the government has caused the perception that the institution and the orchestra serve as a propaganda instrument of Nicolás Maduro's government. Since 2011, El Sistema has operated in the National Center for Social Action for Music in Caracas,

7875-415: The private sector) was identified in the 1980’s. There have also been concerns about the financial accountability of the nonprofit sector throughout Western society . There is also ongoing concern whether the nonprofit sector will unequally draw retiring workers from the private sector as the currently large baby boomers age. Development of the third sector, it is argued, is linked to the restructuring of

7980-454: The program was hyperbolic or false. The book's allegations included a culture of authoritarianism, hyper-discipline, exploitation, competition, and gender discrimination. It argued that the program was deeply conservative beneath its progressive exterior and that its claims of social transformation were unproven and exaggerated. For example, Baker's work alleges that the IADB's claim that El Sistema

8085-924: The project grew rapidly, with over 200 children of ages 2–18 in six different orchestras. Sistema Scotland was established with a grant from the Scottish Arts Council in 2008, as a result of an initiative by its chairman Richard Holloway in the economically deprived area of Raploch , in Stirling . They run 'Big Noise' programmes across Scotland, which are high-quality music education and social change programmes that work intensively with children, young people and families within targeted communities. The charity now run six Big Noise programmes, in Raploch (Stirling), Govanhill (Glasgow), Torry (Aberdeen), Douglas (Dundee), Fallin (Stirling), and Wester Hailes (Edinburgh). Voluntary sector A variety of terms

8190-535: The region, thus facilitating policy dialogue between governments on how to best address the needs of young children and their families. Participating countries include Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru and Paraguay. The IDB also participates in the Support for a Seamless Education System Program in Trinidad and Tobago, which aims to improve the quality of early childhood care and primary education , and

8295-476: The region. The Bank, IDB Invest and IDB Lab constitute the IDB Group. The Bank is owned by 48 sovereign states, which are its shareholders and members. Only the 26 borrowing countries are able to receive loans. On July 21, 2010, the Board of Governors agreed to increase the Bank's ordinary capital by $ 70 billion, the largest expansion of resources in the Bank's history, and to provide an unprecedented package of financial support to Haiti. The agreement also includes

8400-536: The room have created with their left" rather than systemic change. Discourse on the "third sector" began in the 1970s in France as a result of the crisis in the welfare state . Many associations rely at least partly on government subsidies or other payments, it has been criticized at times by association heads (among some), as a way to control charities, some charities do refuse all government payments, while others try to rely partly on gov's aid. In India, this sector

8505-553: The rule of law." The IDB supports readiness to learn interventions so that children can have access to quality programs within the region. Among the projects in this area are the Regional Project on Child Development Indicators (PRIDI), which provides high quality, policy-relevant, and regionally comparative data on the situation of young children and their families. These data will allow countries to benchmark progress on childhood development both within their borders and in

8610-409: The same time, the 22 non-borrowing countries are only putting up guarantees – not actual funds – so their support of the IDB's lending operations has a minimal impact on their national budgets. The funds that the IDB lends are raised by selling bonds to institutional investors at standard commercial rates of interest. The bonds are backed by (a) the sum of the capital subscriptions actually paid in by

8715-440: The school year. It comprises a network of 1) local children's orchestras in 9 communities throughout the province of New Brunswick, 2) regional youth orchestras, and 3) a renowned provincial youth orchestra. Sistema NB serves urban and rural communities, operates in both English and French, and engages children and youth from under-resourced, indigenous and newcomer communities. In 2021, Sistema NB launched ’10,000 Children’, with

8820-683: The second opened in 2013 at Jane/Finch's Yorkwoods Public School. Sistema Toronto has since opened two centres at Military Trail Public School and St. Martin de Porres Catholic School in Scarborough's Kingston-Galloway-Orton Park neighbourhood. As of 2017, enrollment is 240 children aged 6–13. Sistema Winnipeg was started in 2011 as a partnership between the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra , Winnipeg School Division , and Sevenoaks School Division. The programme runs every day after school for approximately 130 students, and includes

8925-597: The situation and at the abuse of the security forces. Later, on 1 June 2019, Karen would be detained by officials from the Directorate General of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM) and charged with the crime of instigation to hatred. She was detained in the National Institute for Female Orientation (INOF), in Los Teques , Miranda state, and confined to a highly dangerous cell, despite having

9030-647: The socio-economic status of families, making it possible to combat poverty in the long range, as employed heads of household are in better positions to finance the education of children for a better future. Hence, empowering institutions, such as, The World Bank , IFC, the IADB, and others can exercise their due diligence to fit those promising entities in their projects with eased regulatory restraints, as certain regulations that work in developed nations are obstacles to progress in developing nations. The following table are amounts for 20 largest countries by subscribed capital stock, voting power, and FSO contribution quotas at

9135-686: The song " Cárcel de libertad " (Freedom Prison) along with his best friend Aarón, also detained. Clarinetist Karen Palacios signed in favor of the referendum organized by the opposition led National Assembly . She was later notified that her contract with the Philharmonic Orchestra was canceled because her political position was not convenient for the orchestra. Palacios denounced the incident on her Twitter account and it went viral. The clarinetist started to receive attacks and threats on social networks and during that year's protests her tweets began to be cited, where she expressed anger at

9240-574: The supervision of the Ministry of Family, Health and Sports. A goal of El Sistema is to use music for the protection of children through training, rehabilitation, and prevention of criminal behavior. In September 2007, with Abreu present on the television talk-show, Aló Presidente , Hugo Chávez announced a new government program, Misión Música, designed to provide tuition and music instruments to Venezuelan children. It has been noted that "various ministries oversaw El Sistema until two years ago, when

9345-857: The term Big Society , which was devised by political advisers and which featured prominently in the Conservative Party's 2010 election campaign. Organisations leading and supporting the voluntary sector in the United Kingdom include the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (Acevo), the National Council for Voluntary Organisations , Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action , Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations , and Wales Council for Voluntary Action . The U.S. nonprofit sector consisted of approximately 1.56 million organizations registered with

9450-622: The tutelage of the Ministry of the Interior and Justice and FESNOJIV...." A 2022 investigation by Connectas, with the help of the International Center for Journalists , concluded that the regional centers funded by the IDB were never built and therefore the bank's long-term project to decentralize El Sistema had failed. An important product of El Sistema is the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra. In

9555-468: The twenty-first century skills demanded by entrepreneurs for people under 25. The Bank also has interventions in other areas that affect children and adolescents in the region, such as education inputs, equity, and compensatory programs. The initiatives in these fields are support projects for the reconstruction of educational infrastructure in Haiti; a support project for the consolidation and expansion of

9660-533: The violin went viral, and several people offered to give him a violin to replace the broken one, including singers Oscarcito, Chyno Miranda and Marc Anthony , flutist Huáscar Barradas and former baseball player Melvin Mora . Wuilly was imprisoned in July for 19 days on charges of public instigation and possession of incendiary substance. During his detention he was transferred four times and subjected to torture. When he

9765-421: The voluntary, nonprofit sector and its role was developed by Burton Weisbrod in the 1970’s, and subsequent decade. It distinguishes its incentives and behaviors from that of the private and public sectors of the economy, and recognizes non-profit organizations as suppliers of public goods that are under-supplied by government. This enabled calculation of the value of voluntary labor in the United States, which

9870-401: The weekends. The institution's closeness to the government has caused the perception that the institution and conductor Gustavo Dudamel serve as propaganda instruments of Maduro's government. Several musicians of El Sistema participated in the antigovernment 2017 protests . According to an OAS report, an 18-year-old violist was shot and killed by the National Guard. El Sistema began under

9975-465: The welfare state and further globalization of that process through neo-liberal strategies of the Washington consensus . In a 2013 New York Times op-ed and radio podcast, The Charitable-Industrial Complex , Peter Buffett uses the terms "philanthropic colonialism" and "conscience laundering", and describes his insights into "searching for answers with their right hand to problems that others in

10080-483: Was appointed Special Ambassador for the Development of a Global Network of Youth and Children Orchestras and Choirs by UNESCO . He also became a special representative for the development of orchestras within the framework of UNESCO's "World Movement of Youth and Children Orchestras and Choirs." At the time, its network of 102 youth and 55 children's orchestras (including approximately 100,000 youngsters) came under

10185-460: Was arrested, they burned his hair with a lighter for having very long hair, he was beaten with sticks and helmets when he was transferred to Fort Tiuna , and before arriving at the last prison he was hit in the back of the head with a metal tube, causing him internal bleeding and leaving him deaf in his right ear. During his detention he denounced that he witnessed how they raped a young woman detained on top of him inside an armoured vehicle. Not having

10290-431: Was developed to respond to the challenges related to lack of information, reliable data and the lack of tools to support governments, water utilities, the private sector and other institutions to plan and make better decisions for a sustainable management on behalf of the consumers of water, the people. AquaRating is the first rating agency for the water sector. It is an Inter-American Development Bank venture, hosted by

10395-700: Was established in 2012 serving students at two South London schools. In 2018, the program expanded to serve schools in St. Thomas, Ontario. Also in 2018, a new program entitled Ability Through Drumming was established to provide drumming lessons to children in London with physical and developmental disabilities. OrKidstra ( Ottawa , Ontario) was established in October 2007. It serves 400 students from Centretown inner-city schools through in-school programming (150 students) and after school programming (250 students). The program

10500-545: Was established in November 2011 and grew out of The Aeolian Performing Arts Centre, in London, Ontario. It serves approximately 75 students attracted from the greater London area. Currently, the program runs 4 days per week and includes youth string orchestra, choir, an adult orchestra, a full meal/snack, Indonesian gamelan , free donated pianos/lessons and gives between 15 and 20 performances per year. El Sistema South London (ESSL) ( London, Ontario and St. Thomas, Ontario )

10605-595: Was established in September 2007. It serves 480 students from Downtown Eastside inner-city schools through its outreach (280 students) and after school program (200 students). The program is an official community partner of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra . Sistema Kingston is a program based at Molly Brant Elementary School in Kingston , Ontario. The program's partnership includes The Dan School of Drama & Music at Queen's University and

10710-545: Was first suggested during the earliest efforts to create an inter-American system. The IDB became a reality under an initiative proposed by President Juscelino Kubitschek of Brazil. The Bank was formally created on April 8, 1959, when the Organization of American States drafted the Articles of Agreement establishing the Inter-American Development Bank. The IDB is one of the largest multilateral source of financing for

10815-481: Was reaping about $ 1.68 in social dividends for each $ 1 invested was based on dubious calculations and had been withdrawn by the bank itself. In his review of Baker's book, Damian Thompson , arts editor of The Spectator , said Baker contended that the alleged sexual abuse of young musicians in El Sistema is part of "classical music's dirty little secret" that exists in other musical institutions. Baker's research

10920-568: Was supported in a 2016 article by Lawrence Scripp in which he interviewed the Venezuelan violinist Luigi Mazzocchi , who studied for 15 years at El Sistema starting at age nine. In 2018, Baker analysed external evaluations of El Sistema dating from 1996 to 1997, and concluded they confirmed many of the issues he had reported earlier. Baker and William Cheng published an opinion piece in the Washington Post in 2021, in which they said

11025-655: Was the first El Sistema-infused charter school in Massachusetts. It has been estimated that there were five or six El Sistema-based programs in the US in early 2009, but "by mid-2011, there were at least 50 such programs – and list is increasing by the week..." In addition, many of the original Abreu Fellows who came together at the New England Conservatory as a result of Abreu's TED Prize , have gone into their local communities to start new programs or to expand upon or within existing ones. These cover

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