National Assessments of the Institutionalization of the Environmental Commitment in Latin America

The National Assessments of the Institutionalization of the Environmental Commitment at Latin American Universities have 4 national assessments with the participation of 228 higher education institutions.

The distribution of the universities by country:

PAÍS AÑO INSTITUCIÓN O RED ENCARGADA INSTITUCIÓN O RED QUE APOYÓ HEIs
Perú 2014 Ministerio del Ambiente Red Ambiental Interuniversitaria 37
Colombia 2014

Red Colombiana de Formación Ambiental

Red Ambiental de Universidades Sostenibles

Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible

Asociación Colombiana de Universidades

47
Ecuador 2015 Ministerio del Ambiente   17
México 2015 Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior 127



Assessments are starting in Chile and Argentine and in the next year assessments will take place in Cuba, Guatemala and Costa Rica.

All the assessments are based in a survey with 25 basic questions or indicators. These questions were taking from the RISU study, lead for Javier Benayas in 2014. Example questions can be found below.

2 articles that report the results of the assessments in Peru and Ecuador can be found below. These articles were published in the journal AMBIENS in June 2016.

A copy of the survey used in Colombia and the other Latin American countries can be found below.