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Observatory on Latin American (OLA) is a research and practice center created in 2006 at University The New SchoolThe New School of New York. The Observatory creates new opportunities for multiple narratives and public debate in hemispheric processes of reform and change. It was created within framework of Argentina Observatory.

It seeks to support and disseminate the development and articulation of new political, social and economic models in Latin American and to facilitate their communication and dissemination in the United States and across the region.

Since 2006, the OLA has organized more 60 events in the region. The OLA has the unique position of not only being part of The New School but also being located in New York, an international metropolis and site for discussion for politicians and intellectuals. This has helped to link the OLA and its activities to a wide audience and allowed for many important events to take place through its programs.

Objectives
The Observatory on Latin American seeks to support and disseminate the development and articulation of new models of political, social and economic development in Latin American and to facilitate communication and dissemination in the United States and across the region. The main objectives of the OLA are to :
 * To improve academic and public understanding of Latin America about the processes of political and economic change underway in the region.
 * To foster a public dialogue between the United States and Latin America by creating opportunities for Latin American leaders to directly express their views to audiencies in the United States.
 * To develop research platforms about the implementation of urban policies and new urban practices in the region.
 * To collaborate with Latin American institutions to promote the exchange of research, practices, and ideas, in line with our objectives.

OLA is housed at the Studley Graduate Programs in International Affairs in the Schools of Public Engagement.

Latin American on Move
The Latin American on the Move program is a series of debates and encounters that take place in New York among Latin American and United States leaders and intellectuals in which they discuss the challenges and changes underway in their countries.

Each year, the OLA brings together high-level political and public leaders (press, NGOs, business, culture) to present and discuss how the region is changing its constraints and opportunities.

In this conferences there is discussion provoking an intensive search for alternative approaches to improve the lives of people in Latin America after evident failure of neoliberal economic policies to generate sustained economic growth and social development.

Design and Development
This program is the side of multidisciplinary, transnational, and networked research and advocacy in the field of design ans social development with a particular emphasis on urban policy.

The first phase of program was named "Urban Anticipations, Making Cities" took place between 2011 and 2015 in collaboration with university research teams from: Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, University of Buenos Aires, and The New School in New York City. Together, the worked building a joint understanding of the relationships between design, social science, and history.

The second phase of the Design and Development program began in 2016 with two projects related to the implementation of global commitments in the region, in particular, the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda: Habitat in Debt and SDG and NUA in Buenos Aires.

New Urban Practices
This program calls for new urban practices where problems are no longer addressed in conventional disciplinary silos, but focus on integrated solutions in which economic, environmental and social consequences are considered together in the design and implementation of policies, actions, and physical interventions.

The New Urban Practices program is currently working on these issues through two projects: The Urban Resilience in Latin America and Evaluation of Neighborhood Improvement.

Cuba program
In 2016 its created the International Field Program in Cuba to promove applied research on Cuban realities within New School students and faculty and beyond.

Current work is focused on a 3 year master course: Havana Studio: Historic Preservation and Urban Strategy, in collaboration with the Cuban Office of the City Historian with support from the Ford Foundation the Havana Studio was launched in the Spring of 2018. Its first activity is the development of a Building Survey for the Regla municipality, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Old Havana.

Members
The OLA is integrated by:


 * Michael Cohen
 * Magarita Gutman