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Summer Application Information

Application Deadline: Early February 2025

Please review the following information carefully before submitting your application for DRCLAS Summer Programs. All SIP applicants will apply through the same application on CARAT, whether for Brazil, Chile or Mexico-based programs. Students may apply to no more than 2 distinct programs. 

Before starting your application, please see options and locations of internship opportunities in the drop-down menu. Internships are sorted by area/field. Students should pay close attention to the internship descriptions within each organization. 

Application Details

Next Deadline: February 5 @ 11:59PM

• Review the internship opportunities in the drop-down menu below
     • Students are able to apply to up to 2 different opportunities across countries
• Once ready to apply, students may view, start, save, and submit applications via CARAT:
     • All application materials may be submitted in English, Spanish or Portuguese
• Selected applicants will be invited to interview in the second round of applications with DRCLAS between February 9 - 22, 2024   
     • Notifications will be sent no later than February 8
 

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Interviews

• Interviews are a requirement of the application process. Every applicant must complete one!
• Interviews are conversations that help DRCLAS learn about candidates, their expectations, and their goals
• Interviews take place for ~15 minutes in the DRCLAS offices (CGOIS South, 2nd Floor)
• Interviews are typically conducted with 1-2 DRCLAS staff members
• Students applying to an internship in Chile and Mexico will conduct interviews in Spanish. Students applying to an internship in Brazil will conduct their interviews in both Portuguese (if relevant), and otherwise English

Funding

Both graduate and undergraduate students who are enrolled, in good academic standing, complete the spring semester, and are returning for the fall semester as full-time students are eligible for funding. No separate application for this funding is required as it is part of your CARAT application to the program.  Funding is based on financial need (through the University's Financial Aid Office). By applying to DRCLAS programs, you grant DRCLAS the ability to receive information regarding your need level through the FAO. 

Internship Opportunities

Students can explore a variety of social, cultural, political and professional opportunities through all DRCLAS Summer Internship Programs. Students may participate in a non-credit internship or community service opportunities, linked to the students' area of academic studies, such as in community and grassroots organizations, cultural, health, and environmental institutions, and international agencies.
 
Please see options and locations in the drop-down menu below. Internships are sorted by area/field. Students should pay close attention to whether the internship offers a hybrid component as part of the work arrangements. 

Internship Host Organizations

Arts & Culture

Ambulante // MEXICO

Organization Description:
Ambulante is a non-profit organization devoted to supporting and promoting documentary films as a tool for social and cultural transformation. Founded in 2005 by actors Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna and Elena Fortes, and currently directed by Paulina Suárez, Ambulante seeks to strengthening documentary film culture in Mexico and Central America, in order to contribute to a more open and critical society, and facilitate access to different perspectives from around the world. Among its work schemes, Ambulante identifies and travels to spaces with limited exhibition offers and training in documentary film, in order to promote cultural exchange, promote a participatory, critical and informed attitude in the viewer and open new channels of reflection in Mexico.
 
Internship Description:
Each year, Ambulante organizes an international film festival, which tours Mexico for two months with a lineup including about 130 titles from 30 countries. Currently, Ambulante is the widest-reaching documentary film festival in Mexico, and a unique exhibition space in the world. This is a noncompetitive festival that offers about 60% of its programming for free. The internship will happen during a definitive period for this years' Festival program, as part of the programming team the intern will be present during the final stages of film curatorship and the early and very much active stages of the programming process for films and various cultural activities, this process includes the selection of dates, timeslots, venues, participants, etc.
 
Interns will be expected to:
- Support for internal processes regarding project management.
- Cleaning and updating databases for films, filmmakers and related data.
- Follow up on linking processes with allies.
- Managing files and materials resulting from various application entries.
- Support with translation (Spanish to English and vice versa) of a diverse range of texts and documents.
 
Intern Qualifications:
- The preferred majors for this internship are: Communications, Sociology, Pedagogy, Cinema, Visual Arts and Culture related majors.
- Interest and familiarity with current social issues is desired, these include: human rights defense, climate crisis, land defense, the advancement of disenfranchised communities, etc. -The intern must be familiar with the Google Drive environment.
- Previous experience with cultural projects, film festivals or film related projects is desired.
- Knowledge about the database platform Airtable is preferred but not necessary.
- Proficiency in the Spanish language is preferred
 
Format: 
Remote or In person - Mexico City
 
Open to undergraduates and graduate students

Museu do Amanhã // Brazil

Organization Description:
Museu do Amanhã (The Museum of Tomorrow) is a Science and Arts Museum, and educational research center in Rio de Janeiro. It is an environment of ideas, explorations and questions about the time of great change in which we live and the different paths that open up for the future.
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Intermediate Portuguese
- Capacity for Autonomous work.
- Creativity and passion for sustainability.
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Stsebetikbolom // MEXICO

Organización colectiva de fotografía y arte Tsotsil

UNESCO // Chile

Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura

Intern Qualifications:
Intermediate to advanced Spanish required
 
Open to undergraduates and graduates

Business & Strategy

Acción Empresas // Chile

Organization Description: 
Acción Empresas positions business sustainability as an essential business vision for the construction of a more egalitarian and sustainable society.
 
Internship Description:
TBD
 
Intern Qualifications:
TBD
 
Format:
TBD
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

AMCHAM // Chile

Organization Description: 
North American Commerce, Amcham, Chile is a non-profit organization that seeks to support and promote joint activities and collaborative relationships between Chile and California. It also supports the materialization of a series of agreements aimed at strengthening cooperation for the development of human capital, promoting innovation and collaboration in the areas of energy, environment, agriculture and education. 
 
Internship Description:
TBD
 
Intern Qualifications:
TBD
 
Format: 
TBD
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

C230 Consultores // Mexico

Organization Description:
C230 is a specialized public policy consultancy firm with vast experience in Mexico and Latin-America. Since 2009, C230 Consultores has executed over 200 consulting and research projects on behalf of governments, international organizations and private clients, across several countries of Latin America and Asia. C230 Consultores was originally born as the consulting branch of Fundación IDEA, one of the first public policy think tanks in the country.
 
At C230 Consultores, we are motivated by the mission of promoting the use of evidence in decisions, plans and strategies to achieve social, economic and political objectives within the public and private sectors, focusing on the design and execution of strategies that create value for the society. We pride ourselves on our expertise in quantitative and qualitative research, data collection and analysis, project management, program design, and monitoring and evaluation. Through our team of over 30 full time consultants, we build strong teams of researchers, whose academic and professional backgrounds complement each other, matching economists with strong quantitative and econometric modeling skills with political scientists and sociologists trained in qualitative methods like interviews.
 
Internship Description:
The Violence Prevention and Reduction (PREVI) Activity is a project of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) that aims to strengthen the capacity of municipal governments and communities to effectively mitigate and resolve local crime and violence by shifting the focus away from punitive justice to preventative and proactive civic justice and policing consistent with the Government of Mexico (GOM)’s National Policing and Civic Justice Model. Through this approach, local authorities will build trust with citizens. PREVI’s three objectives are:
- Municipal authorities, in collaboration with civil society and the private sector, use evidence-based interventions to respond to low-level crimes and community violence that reduce imprisonment and build public confidence in institutions.
- Reduce likelihood of at-risk youth being imprisoned or on probation for crime and violence.
- Improve coordination between civic justice courts, municipal law enforcement, and criminal justice operators through shared information and intelligence cooperation.
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Enrolled in a Master program in fields related to our work (e.g. Public Policy, Public Administration, Education etc.)
- Excellent analytical skills
- Fluency level and excellent writing capabilities in Spanish.
- Good working knowledge of Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
- Experience in the design, implementation, evaluation and analysis of public policies.
- Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative methods for the analysis or evaluation of public policies.
 
Format:
TBD
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

EQUITAS // Chile

EQUITAS

Organization Description:

Equitas Capital is an investment firm for alternative emerging markets in South America. The firm is headquartered in Santiago, Chile from where it manages multiple funds targeting environmental services, natural resources and related industries.

Intern Qualifications:

Intermediate to advanced Spanish required
 

Open to undergraduates and graduates

Grupo Promesa // Mexico

Organization Description:
Promesa is a social enterprise focused on implementing and developing programs that transform the environmental culture of México. We achieve that goal through strategies applied in schools, companies, homes and organizations of the country.

Internship Description:
- Develop one project that can be applied on our network of schools and companies
- Explore different ways to spread environmental awareness on schools, enterprises and ngo's.
- Adapt our programs to this after COVID reality.
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Level of Spanish required: Medium
- Preferred Academic Major: Communication, Marketing or Business.
- Interests on environmental education and innovation.
- Computer skills: Advanced
 
Format:
In Person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

HBS Latin America Research Center // Brazil

The Latin America Research Center (LARC), which opened in 2000, is an arm of Harvard's Business School, and plays an important role in helping HBS develop and strengthen relationships with business and academic leaders throughout Latin America. The LARC was founded to satisfy strong interest on the part of the HBS faculty in this dynamic region. As a result, the LARC's work has greatly increased the volume of in-depth research and course materials that focus on business management issues specific to Latin American companies. In addition, the LARC has strengthened its relationships with important profit and not-for-profit constituencies throughout Latin America. Since its inception, the LARC has supported HBS faculty in developing over 150 research cases and projects on management and economic issues in Latin America, covering 14 countries. To further support research being carried out in this region, additional researchers and leadership staff are based in São Paulo and Mexico City. The LARC's research mission is twofold: to cooperate closely with professors at HBS in their research and course development (by writing case studies), and to work with companies all over the region to identify case studies that present significant learning opportunities.
 
Internship description:
Interns may assist in some or all aspects of the work at the São Paulo LARC office. Depending on what is going on when the interns arrive, students will participate in case writing and analytical work, desk research (e.g. company/industry/country micro and macroeconomic background research based on public data), helping pitch ideas in the discovery/development phase, and more. This is an amazing opportunity for undergraduate students to delve into fascinating management issues. You have some professional experience, preferably international, and are curious to conduct research on business and management issues in several countries and industries in Latin America. You have excellent English (and preferably Spanish or Portuguese) writing skills and you can synthesize and think analytically. You will be part of a small highly integrated research team and hence must demonstrate flexibility, strong interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and professionalism. This intern will be a part of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Internship Program, with Harvard University, which will include an orientation as part of the eight-week internship. The intern will work Monday through Thursday.
 
The HBS LARC internship is for Harvard College students in good standing and returning in Fall 2023 only. 

Nestlé // CHILE 

Organization Description: 
Nestlé is the world’s largest food and beverage company, and they develop the power of food to improve quality of life, both for the people of today and for future generations. They work to ensure the prosperous and resilient development of communities, as well as care for the Earth’s resources for future generations. Interns will work in the communications sector of the company.  
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

The Business Year // Mexico

Organization Description:
The Business Year is a leading provider of economic intelligence and a publisher of annual trade and investment resources. It is a global media group that has been providing investors, businesses, and governments with first-hand insights into the world’s most dynamic markets for over a decade. We conduct hundreds of interviews a week with top decision makers in the Middle East, Latin America, Central and Southeast Asia, Africa, and Europe. Our content is available in printed reports and across an array of digital platforms.
 
Internship Description:
Collaborate with the team in Mexico to design and implement B2B digital marketing strategies for our projects in Mexico and LATAM, while gaining in-depth knowledge of current market trends and business culture in the country. Support the team in daily tasks to produce special edition digital reports on the Mexican economy and thematic digital events that include the participation of high-level panelists.
- Support digital marketing tasks in the project including the management of social media content, the development of lead-generation strategies, and the promotion of thematic digital events
- Collaborate with the team to schedule and prepare meetings with leading CEOs and executives of the Mexican economy
- Establish alliances with other companies or media platforms to strengthen digital visibility of The Business Year Mexico
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Minimum level of Spanish required
- Digital marketing experience/interest a must
- Excellent communication, presentation, networking, and negotiation skills
- Self-starter, functioning well within a team environment while being capable of working independently
- Interest in Mexican and Latin American economic trends
- Experience in basic design platforms and HTML is a plus
 
Format:
TBD
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

WAVE YOUTH BUSINESS IDEAS SA DE CV // Mexico

WAVE YOUTH BUSINESS IDEAS SA DE CV
Organization Description:
A company focused on corporate structuring aimed for family businesses and newly created businesses with a developed MVP and business models that are recurring, profitable and scalable. We create solid foundations to reach your scalability and operability objectives, by offering a comprehensive service that brings together all the areas involved under the same umbrella, facilitating the execution of the tasks of operation, administration, organization, structuring, promotion, financing, commercialization, legal, taxes and software development. Types of companies:
- Family businesses
- Traditional businesses
- Innovative companies with a developed MVP
 
Internship Description:
Students will do their internship in the Trade and Investment Promotion Department, will do activities in a social loan project and will participate in the development of the pension project. The intern will perform research at supervisor's request analysis and investment strategy in non-common assets with returns equal to or more than the stock market with AAA ratings about the expectations, and responsibilities.
- A student Self-directed and able to work without supervision
- Ability to look for information about companies the differents sectors on the Internet and obtain information by phone
- Energetic and eager to tackle new projects and ideas *eager to learn and work with various departments in the company
-Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to multitask
- Cope well under pressure
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Knowledge in Research, Analysis and reports
- Accounts, fiscal, financial or Investment
- Critical Thinking
- Initiative
- Collaboration
- Time Management
- Adaptability
- Basic level of Spanish
 
Format:
TBD
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Universidad Carolina// Mexico

Organization Description:
We are a mission-driven private school with over 4,000 high-school and university students. Founded in 2014 in Saltillo, Coahuila, our mission is to be a platform for the development of our students, our community, and our nation. We are passionate citizens committed to education and see in it the potential to transform our country. Our vision is to build a strong community by forming citizens with the freedom and responsibility to decide and act in favor of their development and that of their community. To achieve this, we strive to create the knowledge and skills that will allow the positive development of our society in its full potential, while preserving and restoring the environment we share in our work and lives.
 
Internship Description: (Education)
Due to COVID-19, our students were in a virtual learning environment for 2+ years. Now that they’re returning to in-person classes, we would like to understand how we can best support them to make up for any learning gaps that could have occurred. To do so, we think that creating and applying an evaluation instrument to diagnose this and set up a plan with specific initiatives to help them, could be useful. However, we’re open to brainstorm, design, and implement other types of tools that we can institutionalize.
 
Interns will be expected to:
- Carry-out a diagnostic about the current state of the organization in terms of educational level (baseline)
- Propose quality education KPIs and how to measure them (i.e. Dashboard)
- Design processes / standards that our education coordinators can follow to ensure we’re achieving the educational outcomes we aim to
- Define set of initiatives to strengthen the quality of outcomes of our students we can implement in the short-term.
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Spanish knowledge helpful
- Education and monitoring / evaluation background useful
- Intermediate Excel and Powerpoint
- Passion for improving education outcomes
 
Internship Description: (Business & Strategy)
If you’re passionate about the intersection of management or business consulting and education this internship is for you! We’re looking for an individual who can help us strengthen our financial planning and analyses, as well as marketing efforts, reporting directly to our General Director.
 
Interns will be expected to:
- Carry-out a diagnostic about the current state of the organization and strategic areas of opportunity
- Help coordinate and moderate strategic planning sessions with the board
- Advise into how to strengthen and automate financial reports and accountability measures in the administrative department
- Help strengthen financial projections taking into account future trends for education in Mexico and historical data
- Propose marketing KPIs and how to measure them (i.e. Dashboard).
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Financial and Marketing background useful
- Advanced Excel (including modelling) and Powerpoint
- Passion for improving organizations
 
Internship Description:  (Urban Planning)
Help us design the second stage of an unprecedented urban development project, build in alliance with Universidad Carolina and the City Government! Calzada Antonio Narro, where the 12-acres university campus is located, is a street in Saltillo’s downtown that was identified to become a statement in state-of-the-art urban development methodologies to improve the experience of students and citizens alike. In January 2022, a first stage to transform this street began. Everything from extending the sidewalks to increase walkability of the area, to a detailed design of the landscape with native trees and grasses was carried out jointly with students, university staff, neighbors, and the City Government. After the success of this first stage, we’re ready to continue further down the street. Bring your design and urban planning know-how and help us continue impacting Saltillo’s downtown!
 
Interns will be expected to:
- Scope the next stage of the project through a diagnostic of the current state of the avenue with the help of our team
- Develop AutoCAD (or similar software) design for second stage of Calzada Antonio Narro taking into account best practices and city norms
- Contribute to discussions around landscaping and construction in weekly meetings
- Coordinate with students, staff, neighbors, and city officials to ensure everyone’s voice is taken into account
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Background in urban planning / landscaping / construction desired
- Knowledge of mapping software (i.e. AutoCAD)
- Passion for city projects
 
Format:
Hybrid or in person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Co-sponsored Public Service Internship

In collaboration with the Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship (CPSES), DRCLAS will offer up to eight co-sponsored internship slots within either SIP Brazil, SIP Chile and/or SIP Mexico for currently enrolled Harvard College students placed with the specified social impact-driven organizations. Eligible opportunities are noted online and listed throughout the internship offerings, in their respective area/thematic categories, as well as below.
 
College students with relevant experience in public service and Spanish language skills are invited to apply! Please note your interest in the collaborative internship opportunity on your DRCLAS SIP Application (in CARAT).

Please note: students who obtain one of the co-sponsored internship offerings will be asked to submit additional reviews, forms, and/or feedback, reporting to both DRCLAS and CPSES throughout and after their experience. 

Economics, Finance, Fintech

Cámara de Comercio e Industria (CCI) France Chile // CHILE

Organization Description:  
La Cámara Francesa in Chile is a professional association of reference in bilateral economic relations between France and Chile. As a top-level trade union in Chile, they represent the Franco-Chilean business community and position themselves as the best interlocutor for the development of business between both countries.  
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to under graduate and graduate students

COMPASS // Chile

Organization Description: 
Compass Group is an economic organization that participates in the local financial market through their three business areas: Asset Management, Wealth Management, and Third Party Distribution. Based in Santiago, Compass Group has offices all throughout the Americas and is one of the leading investors and asset managers in the region. The organization works with institutional investors, intermediaries, family offices, and high net worth Chileans.  
 
Intern responsibilities may include:
Analysis of the Residential Income Market in Santiago
Construction of hedonic rental price models.
Real Estate Fund Study
Information analysis
Search for relevant bibliography
Interaction with external entities that provide market information
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Cumplo // CHILE

Organization Description: 
Cumplo is the largest collaborative financing platform in Latin America, and through technology they manage to disintermediate the financial system, making it more fair and accessible for companies and investors. Their goal is that companies are financed at fairer rates, and they strive to democratize the financial system by connecting companies that need financing to grow with people who are willing to lend them the money. 
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraudate and graduate students

Fundación Chilena del Pacífico // CHILE

Organization Description: 
The mission of the Fundación Chilena del Pacífico is to promote the economic, cultural, and social insertion of Chile in the Pacific Basin, as well as the inform the citizens of the country as to the knowledge of the political, economic, social, and cultural systems of that region, through analysis of its markets, support for bilateral relations, development and participation in cultural projects, all in close collaboration with governmental institutions, the private sector, universities, and study centers. 
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Fundacion MC // Chile

Organization Description: 
Fundación MC exists to transform Chile into a country where each person can forge a better present and future. The organization seeks to promote social projects with a high capacity to generate and measure impact through financing and a comprehensive support model. Through working hand-in-hand with organizations, they strengthen their processes to better reach the beneficiaries.  
 
Internship Description:
The intern will be working in 3 areas:
- Evaluation of the programs and the achievement of the goals
- Visiting the program in the fields
- Reaserch and analitycs
 
Intern Qualifications:
- High analytics and focus
- Soft skills and ability to work with diverse teams and different persons
- Medium/high Spanish, interested in social programs
- Computer skills are required (Excel)
 
Format:
In-Person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

HAL SmartIA // Mexico

Organization Description:
Hal Smartia is a professional services boutique firm that identifies solutions through the intersection of qualitative and quantitative analysis in the context of the global data revolution. The goal of the firm is to accelerate the complete integration between society and digital, information and technological tools. To achieve this goal, Hal Smartia develops affordable, sustainable and useful digital platforms and products in several sectors, such as retail, finance, marketing, agriculture, energy, and mobility. The execution of our solutions considers:
- Use of analytical tools and data exploitation
- Automation in the production chain
- Team with technological and innovation capabilities
- Investments and collaboration with strategic partners
- Integration between intra-company technology sectors
 
Internship Description:
The intern(s) will work in one or more of the following projects:
- Fintech: the intern will develop a low risk trading strategy using novel statistical analysis and other techniques (i.e. artificial intelligence or econometrics) under the Mexican regulatory framework. The intern will also participate in the design of new income sources for the fintech project, which can create long term value.
- Mobility: the intern will develop a pricing strategy for a marketplace of inter-city transportation, performing forecasting and data analysis. In addition, he will participate in the design of indicators that are relevant for the transportation suppliers.
- Agriculture: the intern will work on satellite image processing of Mexican crops, using machine learning algorithms. The goal is to create a real time tool for small farmers in Mexico that provides key indicators of the evolution of the harvest.
 
For either of the projects, the intern task are:
- Data Analysis
- Application of novel statistical, econometrical, machine learning and economics techniques
- Participate in meeting with clients and senior partners
- Prepare research reports
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Strong mathematical skills
- Strong programming skills, preferably in Python, R or Java Script
- English or Spanish
- Preferred majors: Computer Science, Economics, Physics, Statistics or other scientific major
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

IPEA // Brazil

Availability: Remote or In person - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Portuguese Level: No Portuguese Necessary, Basic Portuguese preferred
Field: Science and Technology, Innovation, Public Policies, Health technologies, Economics
 
Organization Description:
The Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea) is a public research institution that provides technical support to the federal government with regard to public policies: fiscal, social and economic. The division offering the position is responsible for studying Science, technology and innovation as well as several public policies on this matter. 
The Center for Research on Science, Technology and Society, as part of Ipea, brings together researchers from different areas of knowledge focused on the study of the impacts of science and technology on society, especially in areas related to health, education and sustainability, and their consequences on the population’s quality of life. Our mission is to produce and disseminate knowledge about the social and economic impacts of the scientific advances and the new technologies, developing public policies capable of amplifying their positive effects on people's lives.

Intern Qualifications:
Economist, Statistician or Social Scientists interested on the effects of new technologies on society.
 

Instituto del Fondo Nacional para el Consumo de los Trabajadores // Mexico

Organization Description:
A financial institution within the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare whose purpose is to provide credits to formal workers of affiliated work centers, according to their debt capacity, to improve the socioeconomic conditions of the workers, thus benefiting their families.
 
Internship Description:
The intern will work in areas related to finance, econometric analysis and modeling, and analysis of credit, commercial and collection processes.
- Statistical analysis and econometric modeling
- Analysis in financial matters
- Information analysis in order to find areas of opportunity for credit, commercial and collection processes
- Suggest improvements in the assigned tasks according to the analyzed information
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Statistics
- Econometrics
- Economy
- Credit
- Finance
- Processes, etc.
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Ministerio de Hacienda // CHILE

Organization Description: 
El Ministerio de Hacienda operates with the ultimate goal of efficiently managing public resources in a modern State that is at the service of its citizens. The Ministry strives to conduct fiscal policy, reduce economic volatility, and raise potential growth in the public and private sectors in order to generate conditions of stability, transparency, and competitiveness in Chile’s internationally integrated economy. 
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Ministerio Economía // CHILE

Organization Description: 
El Ministerio Economía in Chile operates with the mission of promoting the modernization and competitiveness of the productive economic system of Chile. They work to create innovative measures and consolidate the international insertion of the Chilean economy in order to achieve sustained and equitable economic growth. They create policies, programs, and instruments that contribute to the economic growth of the country in both the public and private as well as the national and foreign spheres. 
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Education

ALBA Systems // Mexico

ALBA SYSTEM
Organization Description:
ALBA is an education innovation startup that exists to help young learners, educators and parents explore nature as a model for learning through play. Our team has 8 years of experience designing toys and activities that help children develop the skills they need to face the world's complex challenges. We are currently building a curriculum around collaboration, adaptability, and creativity.
 
We believe that learning systems modeled on the natural world can help address today’s most pressing education challenges and tomorrow’s most complex global problems. We envision young learners that participate collaboratively, adaptively, and creatively in their communities by practicing systemic awareness and collective agency.
 
Internship Description:
We are studying nature’s functional solutions at organismic, ecological and evolutionary scales to understand new ways in which we can learn collaborative, creative, and adaptive strategies from a young age. We envision a healthier system of education that lays down bottom-up approaches to solving systemic health issues. In this view, creativity, as all other 21st century skills, must be understood as a cluster of concepts and behaviors that, in context, create possibilities for greater systemic well-being. Accordingly, our curricular design is based on small modules, delivered in series, that explore the problem-solving strategies employed in the natural world through intuitive lessons and games.

Research & Design Project Description: The R&D Intern works with the core team, reporting directly to the Product Manager. The project is an excellent opportunity for someone with a K-12 education background or with a social sciences background with demonstrated interest in education. Alternatively, students fields related to education innovation, science of learning, living systems, curricular design, assessment, impact evaluation, brain mind and behavior, child development, mechanism design and/or systems thinking are welcome to the table. Tasks may include:
- Design and carry out field research on teachers’ experience using our program.
- Report findings with actionable diagnoses for quick iteration of our project
- Review, tweak and iterate our formative evaluation matrix/system/structure/rubric
- Interns with experience in impact evaluation: Design a small-scale impact assessment
- Leverage your knowledge in science of learning, design or field research to influence the way ALBA nourishes healthy learning communities and develops bottom-up strategies for systemic well-being
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Comfortable speaking, reading and writing advanced Spanish and English.
- Demonstrated interest in education: HGSE students and undergrads writing a thesis on an education-related topics are highly encouraged to join! Experience designing impact assessment tools highly desired.
- Comfortable working collaboratively in a self-organizing team: we practice consent-based decision-making, discourage permission-seeking, celebrate dissent, prioritize transparency in power dynamics, and share ownership of our work
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

AtentaMente // MEXICO

BHP Foundation // CHILE

Organization Description: 
The BHP Foundation is a global philanthropic organization that collaborates to catalyze new solutions to social and environmental challenges. Specifically, the Chile Program of the foundation works to support the inclusion of more disadvantaged and vulnerable young people in education, enhance the resilience of communities to respond to rapid environmental change, and strengthen the capability of organizations and groups to participate in decision-making. 
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Camino21 // Mexico

Organization Description:
Camino21 is a B2B educational services platform that helps HigherEd teachers rethink and enhance their practice. We support institutions to: 1. Transform their learning experiences 2. Achieve lower dropout rates 3. Promote greater inclusion 4. Better prepare graduates for today’s and tomorrow’s world Through synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences and the use of high-impact but easy to implement pedagogical strategies and technologies, Camino21 programs and products support teachers to transform and innovate in their practice. (you can read more of our experience in this article of La ReVista: https://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/lessons-from-those-who-make-learning-... )
 
Internship Description:
Our interns will work alongside our Business Design unit, in which they will contribute to polish the changes implemented in the scaling of our services and products. We follow a mix of Bill Aulet's "Disciplined Entrepreneur" and the Lean Startup framework. (the work is done both in-person and remote, synchronously and asynchronously). The second is to support the automation and product design in our next generation learning environment. We need an intern with great coding skills that will work alongside our CTO and its team.
 
Interns will be expected to:
(The work is done both in-person and remote, synchronously and asynchronously) 
- If interested in experiencing the design and facilitation of our learning experiences, you could support the implementation of Camino21's current programs.
- Explore best practices in teacher professional development in Higher Education
- Research and strengthen Camino21's competitive landscape
- Help and support the design of fundraising efforts
- Translate Camino21's material and documents to English
- Participate in the ideation sessions to review our business model and delivery formats
- Solve use cases designed by the Business Design Unit, drafted to mimic our current challenges when deploying our programs
- Collaborate in the review of Camino21's marketing strategy.
 
Intern Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience in client facing role managing complex relationships (Consulting, Business Development, Account Management, including time in Higher Ed)
- Experience in transforming ventures from startup to scaleup
- Demonstrated understanding of university culture, teaching, and decision-making processes
- Business fluency in English Preferred Qualifications:
- Business fluency in Spanish
- MBA or prior consulting experience strongly preferred
- Higher Education experience
- Experience working in Latin America Additionally we are looking for: - Passion for our mission to transform HigherEd teaching in Latam.
- Strong work ethic and exceptional commitment to deadlines, and a willingness to shift from project to project
- Strategic thinker
 
Format:
Remote or In person 
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students
 

Centro Nacional de Evaluación para la Educación Superior (Ceneval) // MEXICO

Organization Description:
Ceneval is a Mexican organization with over 25 years of experience in designing and administering instruments to evaluate knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies, as well as in analyzing and transmitting their results. All our processes are standardized and follow international norms in assessment.
 
Internship Description:
The intern will support the Research Department in analyzing data from different evaluation instruments (for example, questionnaires, admission or graduation tests) to gather information in order to generate reports that describe the instruments or its examinees. In addition, the intern will get an overview about the processes executed to design, assemble, administrate and grade a test.
- Collaborate on the data analysis of different evaluation instruments, employing a variety of psychometric and statistical techniques
- Make inferences about instruments and examinees
- Give a presentation with a report of the results
- Work from 9-6 pm
 
Intern Qualifications
- Fluent Spanish
- Psychometrics and statistical background knowledge
- Interest in education
- Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Virtual communication skills
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

CHATCLASS.AI // BRAZIL

Field: Education, Technology, Social Entrepreneurship, Business, Engineering
Portuguese Level: No Portuguese necessary
 
Organization Description:
ChatClass is an ed tech startup founded in NYC with the mission to democratize access to English language education in Brazil, using chat and AI technologies to enhance teachers’ work. WhatsApp highlighted ChatClass as an official case study, the only one focused on education.
ChatClass works with public schools in Brazil and Germany and has launched several projects together with the US State Department and the Brazilian embassy. The team is led by a Harvard computer scientist and HBS MBA grad with professional background at the United Nations and McKinsey in New York. ChatClass has been accelerated by Facebook and Google accelerator programs in Sao Paulo and received funding from Brazilian and Silicon Valley VCs plus a group of Harvard alumni.
 
Internship Description:
Interns can help with:
-Designing digital learning experiences with students and teachers
- Analyzing students and teachers data (depending on technical background).
- Developing tutoring and mentoring programs to inspire students and help them achieve their potential
- Training tutors and teachers to work with technology

CIDADÃO PRÓ-MUNDO // BRAZIL

Availability: São Paulo, Brazil
Field: Education, Technology, Computer Science
Portuguese Level: No Portuguese necessary. Basic Portuguese preffered
 
Cidadão Pró-Mundo is a non-profit organization that promotes, for more than 22 years now, equal opportunities and social integration through voluntary English Teaching. Currently, more than 1,400 volunteers impact the lives of more than 2,500 low-income students in 12 communities in the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. With a highly organized administrative, operational and governance structure, CPM is recognized as one of the best English teaching NGOs in Brazil.
 
Internship Description:
The intern will be working directly with a small, but highly professional management team, being able to understand how an organized non-profit organization runs its operation, seeking efficiency and high impact. They will be in contact with many of the +1,400 volunteers and +2,500 students, dozens of partner institutions and the variety of English Learning projects we have.
It’s probable that they will have to focus on one of these projects due to the short duration of the internship. They will be encouraged not only to engage in and support current activities but also to bring in ideas and insights to improve the operation (whether on management areas or more specifically on teaching or English language teaching). As we work with the English language as a tool to reduce social inequalities, it would be a great opportunity for interns that don’t necessarily speak Portuguese but want to get to know Brazil’s social complexities and people that are acting towards its improvement.

Education for Sharing // Mexico

Organization Description:
E4S is an international non-profit organization with the mission of forming better global citizens from childhood through the power of play. We team up with teachers and parents to develop social emotional learning skills among our children and youth through a play-reflect-act framework.
 
Internship Description:
Help People and Talent area to strengthen our E4S Wellness program.
- Generate a diagnostic of the current wellness program.
- Process the information and create an improvement plan.
- Partner with other organizations to establish collaborations to strengthen the wellness program.
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Interest in people development
- Fluency in Spanish
- Ability to work well independently, and within a team
- Must be computer literate
- Interest in build strong connections with people
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Elige Educar // Chile

Organization Description: 
Elige Educar is a public-private organization that works under the wing of the Center for Public Policies of the Catholic University. We have the support and financing of the Ministry of Education and private partners who share our great cause: to work so that all children in Chile have great teachers and early childhood educators. 
 
Internship Description:
TBD
 
Intern Qualifications:
TBD
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Enseña Chile // CHILE

Organization Description: 
Enseña Chile is forming a network of leaders with the conviction and perspective necessary to impact the educational system, both from experience in the classroom and the school community, as well as from different areas of the system. Their mission is to provide quality education to all children in Chile. 
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Fundación Crecer con Todos // CHILE

Organization Description: 
Fundación Crecer con Todos is a non-profit organization that functions with the aim of improving the reading comprehension results of children with limited resources in Chile and who currently do not manage to obtain the necessary results to ensure their school learning and future development. With a collaborative focus on learning and a respect for teaching, they work to carry out their mission of ensuring that all children in vulnerable contexts in Chile read and write comprehensively from first grade.  
 
Formato:
In-person
 
**Co-sponsored Internship with the Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship**

Hacedores // MEXICO

Organization Description:
An educational innovation company, based on learning through experience through the use of technology; it creates learning spaces and design courses and workshops that put Maker Education into practice, fostering creativity and knowledge of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM).
 
Internship Description:
Will be working directly with the CEO to detect opportunities and make proposals that allow us to raise funds, whether institutional or private, to be invested in the expansion of the company.
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Basic knowledge of the Spanish language.
- Mastery in the use of word processing and spreadsheet programs.
- Passion for finances, basic education and community development.
- Good writing and spelling.
- Ease of speech and public relations.
- Interest in technology.
 
Format:
Hybrid
 
Open to undergraduates and graduates

Vía Educación A.C. // Mexico

Organization Description:

Via is a non-profit civil education, which seeks to generate development opportunities through the design, implementation, evaluation and dissemination of educational strategies. It seeks to influence educational quality, public policy, citizen participation and corporate responsibility. Its objective as an organization is to propose methods to overcome poverty through education and generating opportunities for sustainable social development. 

 
Intern Qualifications:
Intermediate to Advanced Spanish language skills
 
Open to returning College undergraduates students only

Un Buen Comienzo // CHILE

Organization Description: 
Un Buen Comienzo is a teacher and management professional development organization that seeks to contribute to improving the quality of education of children in Chile. They support schools in improving pedagogical and leadership practices so that children all throughout the country achieve a better social-emotional and language development. The program promotes collaborative and networked work to continuously improve teaching and learning processes.  
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

UNESCO // Chile

Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura

Intern Qualifications:
Intermediate to advanced Spanish required
 
Open to undergraduates and graduates

Universidad Carolina // Mexico

Organization Description:
We are a mission-driven private school with over 4,000 high-school and university students. Founded in 2014 in Saltillo, Coahuila, our mission is to be a platform for the development of our students, our community, and our nation. We are passionate citizens committed to education and see in it the potential to transform our country. Our vision is to build a strong community by forming citizens with the freedom and responsibility to decide and act in favor of their development and that of their community. To achieve this, we strive to create the knowledge and skills that will allow the positive development of our society in its full potential, while preserving and restoring the environment we share in our work and lives.
 
Internship Description: (Education)
Due to COVID-19, our students were in a virtual learning environment for 2+ years. Now that they’re returning to in-person classes, we would like to understand how we can best support them to make up for any learning gaps that could have occurred. To do so, we think that creating and applying an evaluation instrument to diagnose this and set up a plan with specific initiatives to help them, could be useful. However, we’re open to brainstorm, design, and implement other types of tools that we can institutionalize.
 
Interns will be expected to:
- Carry-out a diagnostic about the current state of the organization in terms of educational level (baseline)
- Propose quality education KPIs and how to measure them (i.e. Dashboard)
- Design processes / standards that our education coordinators can follow to ensure we’re achieving the educational outcomes we aim to
- Define set of initiatives to strengthen the quality of outcomes of our students we can implement in the short-term.
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Spanish knowledge helpful
- Education and monitoring / evaluation background useful
- Intermediate Excel and Powerpoint
- Passion for improving education outcomes
 
Internship Description: (Business & Strategy)
If you’re passionate about the intersection of management or business consulting and education this internship is for you! We’re looking for an individual who can help us strengthen our financial planning and analyses, as well as marketing efforts, reporting directly to our General Director.
 
Interns will be expected to:
- Carry-out a diagnostic about the current state of the organization and strategic areas of opportunity
- Help coordinate and moderate strategic planning sessions with the board
- Advise into how to strengthen and automate financial reports and accountability measures in the administrative department
- Help strengthen financial projections taking into account future trends for education in Mexico and historical data
- Propose marketing KPIs and how to measure them (i.e. Dashboard).
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Financial and Marketing background useful
- Advanced Excel (including modelling) and Powerpoint
- Passion for improving organizations
 
Internship Description:  (Urban Planning)
Help us design the second stage of an unprecedented urban development project, build in alliance with Universidad Carolina and the City Government! Calzada Antonio Narro, where the 12-acres university campus is located, is a street in Saltillo’s downtown that was identified to become a statement in state-of-the-art urban development methodologies to improve the experience of students and citizens alike. In January 2022, a first stage to transform this street began. Everything from extending the sidewalks to increase walkability of the area, to a detailed design of the landscape with native trees and grasses was carried out jointly with students, university staff, neighbors, and the City Government. After the success of this first stage, we’re ready to continue further down the street. Bring your design and urban planning know-how and help us continue impacting Saltillo’s downtown!
 
Interns will be expected to:
- Scope the next stage of the project through a diagnostic of the current state of the avenue with the help of our team
- Develop AutoCAD (or similar software) design for second stage of Calzada Antonio Narro taking into account best practices and city norms
- Contribute to discussions around landscaping and construction in weekly meetings
- Coordinate with students, staff, neighbors, and city officials to ensure everyone’s voice is taken into account
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Background in urban planning / landscaping / construction desired
- Knowledge of mapping software (i.e. AutoCAD)
- Passion for city projects
 
Format:
Hybrid or in person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Environmental Science

CAPSUS // Mexico

Organization Description:
Our mission is to promote urban sustainability and transform cities into spaces with a more inclusive and higher quality of living while having a lower environmental impact. In our projects, we propose grounded, innovative solutions that foresee a better future for coming generations. Our field of work covers sustainability issues in the energy, environmental management, and urban sectors, recognizing that sustainable development should embody continuous improvement in environmental, economic, and social terms.
 
Intern tasks and responsibilities:
Interns
#1: Develop Climate Action Plans Intern
#2: Sustainable Urban Planning
 
Intern #1: Virtual Provide Technical Assistance (TA) to municipal governments in preparing Municipal Climate Action Plans (CAP) and identifying financing instruments to mobilize and diversify financing for urban resilience and climate change mitigation, with the aim of transitioning towards low-carbon, climate-smart development. The Intern will work on the emission diagnosis and vulnerability analysis to address the need to reduce GHGs emissions, adapt to climate change impacts and generate broader social, environmental, and economic benefits. The intern will be responsible for supporting the (i) baseline diagnostics needed for the CAPs (GHGs inventory, business as usual (BAU) and mitigation scenarios based on current plans and actions, and the climate risk and vulnerability assessment); and (ii) developing their CAPs with all their components, including the prioritization of investments and identification of financing instruments, and involving all relevant stakeholders. The climate action plans are expected to inform urban investment programs at the local level and contribute to maximizing their mitigation and adaptation potential.
 
Intern #2:Virtual Work with the team in developing Growth/Shrinkage scenarios for 2 cities reflecting different public policies and urban plans for the physical, spatial, fiscal, environmental, economic and social development of the cities, through: a. Adapting urban scenario tool to the city context in collaboration with the participating municipalities and based on the data availability. b. Developing different scenarios for the next 20-30 years, examining the implications for policy making targeting areas with the greatest population influx, and uneven social, spatial, and economic development. The scenarios will include trend/business as usual scenarios, current planning scenarios, and sustainable development scenarios.
 
Intern qualifications:
Intern1: Environmental Engineer, Environmental policy or similar Fluent in english and spanish Experience in climate change issues Able to work virtually with own computer
Intern 2: Urban Planner or similar Fluent in english Experience in urban planning Able to work virtually with own computer Experience with geographical information systems is a plus Interest in sustainable development.
 
Format
Hybrid
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Center for Genomics, Ecology & Environment // Chile

Organization Description:  
Center for Genomics, Ecology & Environment at Universidad Mayor links genomic organization, structure and functionality with the complexity of ecological systems. We develop fundamental and applied frontier research in the area of ​​natural, genomic and environmental sciences, in order to understand the functioning of ecosystems and contribute to the appreciation of the country's natural and cultural heritage. 
 
Internship Description:
Biocrusts under photobiotic and climate change stress: linking criticality and the functional response of N cycling in endoliths and biological soil crusts of Chilean arid environments (Fondecyt Regular # 1170995). Intern tasks include:
- Data analysis on abundance and functional potential of microbial communities of arid and hyperarid soils. 
- If covid restriction allows traveling to Chile, field work in the Atacama desert to collect soil samples and further lab work to extract DNA.
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Interdisciplinary interest to link ideas from ecology, biogeochemistry and complexity science. 
- Background in theoretical ecology and/or microbial ecology is desirable, as well as some basic understanding of statistics and familiarity with R programming environment (if now, we can teach what is needed). 
- In case of field travel, consider that some sampling sites in northern Chile are above 3,500 masl (medical check-up is advisable).
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

CENTER FOR SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES - FGV // BRAZIL

Availability: São Paulo, Brazil
Field: Education, Environment, Government, Public Policies, Research, Business
Portuguese Level: Intermediate Portuguese preferred
 
The Center for Sustainability Studies (FGVces) of the Business Administration School of Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV EAESP) bases its activities in formulating and following-up public policies, building tools for self-regulation and the development of strategies for business management towards sustainability. The intern will participate in two programs:
(i) GHG Protocol - the intern will integrate a team of researchers who are currently working with 300+ Brazilian companies that voluntarily prepare GHG Corporate Inventories for the year 2022. Information on this project is available here. The Brazilian GHG Protocol Programme is currently the most relevant initiative in the country on this climate change related topic.
(ii) Business initiatives - is a business network coordinated by FGVces, focused on the production of knowledge, exchange of experiences and strengthening of skills necessary for the advancement of business management towards sustainability. The Initiative promotes monthly webinars (or face to face events) with experts so that companies that are part of the Initiative, can learn,discuss and exchange experiences with each other. In 2023, the chosen theme is the integration of climate change and biodiversity strategies to promote these agendas in business.
 
Internship Description:
This internship allows the student to:
In GHG - to work assisting the researchers in the various tasks that they carry out before the GHG Inventories can be made publicly, such as: participating in meetings with the companies; desk-review of the data submitted in the inventories assisting in carrying out a survey on the latest trends and main challenges that these companies face; helping organizing the project´s Annual Event, etc.
In Business Initiatives: to research activities related with biodiversity and climate change (business cases, frameworks, cientific papers, etc) sharing the findings with the team; organize and participate in webinars or face to face meetings; participate in internal meetings (face to face) once a week;
 
Intern Qualifications:
Candidates for the spot must be able to act independently, be proactive and have good oral and written communication skills. It´s important that the candidate can demonstrate an interest in topics associated with (corporate) sustainability, such as climate change, biodiversity conservation, among others. Experience in these fields is not necessary, but will be considered and additional asset.

Ecosystem Modeling & Monitoring Center-Universidad Mayo // Chile

Organization Description:
Ecosystem Modeling & Monitoring Center at Universidad Mayo conducts first-line research to understand the dynamics of complex natural ecosystems. We provide science that supports decision-making in this area, promoting resilience and the sustainable management of ecosystems. Likewise, we generate collaboration networks with research organizations in Chile and abroad that allow us to face the challenges in modeling and monitoring ecosystems at a national and international level. 
 
Internship Description:
Automatic identification of Chilean mammals in camera trap images: Evaluate tools for the classification of Chilean mammal species from camera trap images
What You'll Do
- Identify algorithms and classification tools
- Evaluate applicability to Chilean mammals
- Comparison with manual classification
 
Intern Qualifications:
- General knowledge of Chilean Fauna
- Knowledge of programming in R
- Preferably, students with a vocation in Latin America
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Fundación Ecoscience // CHILE

Organization Description: 
Fundación Ecoscience is an organization that works with the goal of creating bridges between science and society; they achieve this through a facilitating body that generates initiatives connecting people who are passionate about science and technology and others who can contribute to its development and expansion. Their efforts have seen a wide range of results in a variety of fields, from business to politics to school education.  
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Fundación Tierra Austral  // CHILE

Organization Description: 
Fundación Tierra Austral works on research, promotion, and creation of conditions to protect areas of high ecological, scenic, and/or cultural value located on private properties in Chile. They work together with private owners to ensure long-term conservation of biodiversity in the country as well as promote the sustainable management of productive lands and increase citizen awareness of the importance of biodiversity conservation. 
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Green Peace // Chile

GREEN PEACE CHILE

Organization Description:
Greenpeace work to defend the environment, promote peace and encourage people to change attitudes and behaviors that put nature at risk.

Intern Qualifications:
Intermediate to advanced Spanish

Open to undergraduates and graduates

Government

CEPESP - FGV // Brazil

Availability: Remote or In-person (São Paulo, Brazil)
Field: Research, Environment, Government and Urban Planning 
Portuguese Level: No Portuguese Necessary, Basic Portuguese preferred
 
FGV (Fundação Getúlio Vargas) is one of the most important research and teaching institutions in Brazil. The Public Sector Policy and Economy Center, CEPESP, was created in 2006 and is FGV's first multidisciplinary center. The objective of the FGV CEPESP, as well as that of FGV as a whole, is to contribute to the democratic development of the country through knowledge produced by its research. Although the focus is on Brazil, FGV CEPESP dialogues with the knowledge produced abroad, as it recognizes in the comparison with the experiences of other countries a useful way to understand national problems. 
The main research question is the relationship between politics and economics in understanding the restrictions and potential of public policies. In other words, our research aims to assess the influence exerted by institutions (in a broad sense) on public policy decisions. More specifically, the work of CEPESP/ FGV is structured in four main lines of research: Political Institutions; Public Finances; Urban Economics and Transport, and the recent line of Law, Regulation, and Public Policies  
 
Project Description:
We research issues common to many political systems such as local politics, electoral brokers, political parties, and their role in federal representatives' electoral connection. We are also investigating the use of the social network as an electoral resource. 
We expect the student to help in the research described by participating in data collection, literature reviews, or both.
 
Intern Qualification: 
Study interests: political economy, electoral politics, social networks, environment and climate change, urban policies, and public transportation. No Portuguese knowledge is necessary. 

Constitutional Lab, Diego Portales University // Chile

Organization Description: 
The Universidad Diego Portales (UDP) is a non-profit university based in Santiago, Chile. The Institute for Social Science Research (ICSO-UDP) is the Institute that coordinates all UDP’s research projects in social science. ICSO-UDP has focused on: a) promoting relevant knowledge production concerning the social realm with a comparative perspective, b) disseminating knowledge in order to improve social conditions of vulnerable communities, and c) engaging with social actors in collaborative activities in order to find creative solutions to existing problems. Specifically, several projects have focused on social inequalities (Observatory of Inequalities), institutional change (Constitutional lab), and indigenous rights in Chile. The Constitutional Lab has produced relevant research materials concerning the relevance of constitutional change. Moreover, it has particularly focused on addressing issues of enhancing democratic institutions for broad social participation, promoting social rights, and including indigenous peoples’ recognition at the constitutional level. The Constitutional Lab has also promoted direct engagement with communities through workshops, seminars, and summer schools open to all sectors of society and free of charge. After the social disruption of October 18, 2019 the Constitutional Lab has played a relevant role promoting active civic engagement, as the debate on the constitutional process becomes crucial. 
 
Internship Description:
Contexto is a project funded by the Ford Foundation and carried out by the Diego Portales University, in collaboration with three other Chilean non-governmental organizations, that seeks to promote participation and transparency in the Chilean Constituent process. Specifically, Contexto aims to empower citizens to actively participate in the process; promote informed and massive participation, with a particular emphasis on youth, women and indigenous peoples; generate debate based on truthful and reliable information on the process and constitutional content; and ensure the transparency of the constituent process, monitoring its different facets and stages. Activities carried out include training on the process and mechanisms of participation; production of didactic materials and simple briefs on constitutional content and debate to inform the population; the organization of national and regional debates on the process and its role in democracy-building; and an observatory to monitor public discourse, identify disinformation, and maximize transparency and access to information for the public during the process.
 
- Production of a brief in English about the Chilean constituent process, citizen participation and transparency
- Assistance in the organization of online debates and discussions on the process, liaising with US organization working on Latin America
- Participation in team meetings and help with general project coordination
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Good understanding of and skills in written and spoken Spanish
- Interest in Latin American politics
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Fundación Ciudadanía Inteligente // CHILE

Organization Description: 
Fundación Ciudadanía Inteligente is a Latin American organization that develops digital tools to strengthen democracies. They develop technological tools to promote citizen participation, train change agents from all over Latin America to generate real social changes, and create high-impact communication campaigns to influence public policies to protect democracy in Latin America and promote social justice in the region.
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

INOVA_MPRJ // BRAZIL

Availability: In Person, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Field: Public Policies, Technology, Health, Government, Public Policies
Portuguese Level: Basic Portuguese preferred
 
Inova_MPRJ is the government innovation lab of the Rio de Janeiro's Public Prosecutor's Office. Our purpose is to explore daring ideas, evaluating their impact before the institution decides to scale them up.  Inova_MPRJ's differential lies in the interdisciplinarity of its team and in its collaborative work method. The Lab combines data science, service design, communication campaigns, law, and impact evaluation. Inova_MPRJ designs and conducts experiments aimed at solving the challenges of MPRJ's internal and external activities. The Laboratory values the collaborative construction of experiments, working in partnership with different departments of the Public Ministry of the State of Rio de Janeiro and with external actors, whenever possible. Our projects aim to propose solutions for challenges faced by prosecutors and civil servants, with partners who bring their challenges to the Laboratory.
Inova_MPRJ has four strategic objectives: 1. Develop innovative experiments, aimed at increasing the cost-effectiveness of MPRJ's activities. 2. Prospect practices, tools, projects, and innovation opportunities in Brazil and abroad. 3. Spread a culture of learning and innovation, innovative practices and new skills. 4. Promote integration, create and foster innovation networks.
 
Internship Description:
The interns would work on two possible projects within the laboratory, but interacting with prosecutors and other departments. 1) Bussola (compass, in English): launched in 2019, it's focused on monitoring data and intervening in public policies in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Bussola has two branches: one for monitoring the administration of public hospitals and the second for monitoring the construction of public sanitation works in the Guanabara Bay. Bussola requires some knowledge of the public policy cycle and ideally interest in data science and access to public databases. 2) Mosaico (mosaic): this project was launched in 2021 and focuses on organizational aspects of the institution. The goal is to help prosecutors in the prevention, repression, and remediation of acts of corruption and violations of fundamental rights. Through the use of data (surveys, interviews, databases), Mosaico aims to analyze prosecutor's responses and then create a more effective work design.

Interns will: Research and benchmark best practices; Support in creating social media content based on projects; Coordinate closely with project managers on daily activities; Work jointly with the project team to develop and design policies; Work with the project and the communication teams to create engagement of other public servants and prosecutors.
 
Intern Qualifications:
Students must be Interested in data science, communicaton or service design; Interested in working in the public sector; Intermediate knowledge of Excel; Some knowledge of the public policy cycle, preferably with experience; Proactive, doesn't mind working on his/her own; Good team player. 
Possible fields of study are: economics, data science, public policy, design, law, public administration, government. At least a basic level Portuguese is preferred.

Key words: Innovation, technology, service design, public policy, public law, communication, data science

Instituto Nacional Electoral // Mexico

Organization Description:
The National Electoral Institute (NEI) is the autonomous public institution responsible for organizing democratic elections, guaranteeing the exercise of the political-electoral rights of citizens and promoting the democratic development of Mexico
 
Internship Description:
There are two projects available for the interns to choose:
1. Ranking the quality and reliability of the information of one roll record in the Electoral register Have preventive and corrective indicators that reflect the quality and reliability of the electoral roll records and the registration and update procedures. Determine and classify the variables and data to be used. Perform statistical analysis and data mining on the Big Data platform. This internship is ideal for anyone who is looking garner experience in determine and classifying different variables using millions of data to be used and support statistical analysis.  Responsib ilities include:
- Identify the sources of information.
- Perform statistical analysis.
- Identify ranges in which values move.
- The principal responsibility will be elaboration of graphic and control boards which allow executive consultation.
- The intern will receive individual tutoring and will have the opportunity to attend meetings by senior managers who will present results. 

2. Comparative studies of inclusion policies in Latin America The National Electoral Institute, is looking for a capable and enthusiastic intern wishing to conduct comparative research of the policies and actions put into practice the electoral institutions in Latin America in terms of inclusion of citizen priority attention groups, in order to be able to apply affirmative actions and good practices to implement public policies that reinforce political rights and democracy in Mexico. You will work under the mentorship of the Technical Unit for Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination. Responsibilities include:
- Assist in research, policy documents, internal research notes, public policies and initiatives carried out in other countries and institutions.
- Research and document relevant experiences for internal discussion.
- Contribute to the watch of affirmative action strategies and measures and strategic actions to promote the inclusion of citizenship and the political violence against women based on gender during the elections in Mexico.
- Help with the elaboration of the Final Report of the elaborated research, including the preparation of meetings, background research, data entry and internal reports.
 
Intern Qualifications:
1. Ranking the quality and reliability of the information of one roll record in the Electoral register Qualities
- Current enrollment in a program of undergraduate or graduate studies.
- Capability to work with Statistical data, Database information, presentation of data information. • Interested in the electoral process.
- Interested in population data.
- Proposes creative ideas, elaboration of presentations.
 
Skills:
- Spanish verbal and written communication skills are required, including excellent editing skills.
- Experience in the electoral process and population data.
- Preferably knowledge Big Data, phyton, SQL Server.
- Research and analytical skills preferably.
- Mature judgment, strong integrity and the ability to maintain strict confidentiality are required.

2. Comparative studies of inclusion policies in Latin America Qualifications and experience
- Current enrollment in a program of undergraduate or graduate studies.
- Strong Spanish verbal and written communication skills are required, including excellent editing
 
Skills:
- Excellent research and analytical skills required.
- Well organized
- Demonstrated interest and commitment to human rights and political-electoral rights are required.
- Mature judgment, strong integrity and the ability to maintain strict confidentiality are required.
- You must have at least an intermediate level of spoken Spanish, in reading and writing / Fluency in spoken, reading and written Spanish will be essential.
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate or graduate students

Maipú Municipalidad // CHILE

Organization Description: 
Maipú is one of the municipalities of Santiago de Chile, and the Maipú Municipalidad is an organization that works for the establishment of a more sustainable, worthy, and just Maipú for all of its inhabitants. They work with municipal management and active participation of their communities at the forefront of their policies.
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Peñalolén Municipalidad // CHILE

Organization Description: 
Peñalolén is one of the municipalities of Santiago de Chile, and the Peñalolén Municipalidad works with the mission of creating a happy, inclusive, and ecological Peñalolén, with the participation of all and clean and safe neighborhoods. They work through close and quality management, which is a source of pride and a benchmark in innovation. 
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Renca Municipalidad // CHILE

Organization Description: 
Renca is one of the municipalities of Santiago de Chile, and the Renca Municipalidad works with the belief that by feeling pride in the place where you live, you can build a better future. For this reason, they have established a series of actions aimed at rescuing the heritage and identity of the municipality, respecting its traditions and projecting its potential; such actions include Clean Renca and increased cleaning of public transportation services. 
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Health

AtentaMente

Butantan Institute // BRAZIL

INSTITUTO BUTANAN
Availability: Sao Paulo
Field: Science, Technology, Biotech, Biology
Portuguese Level: Basic Portuguese preferred 

Butantan Institute is a Brazilian biologic research center located in São Paulo, Brazil. It is a public institution affiliated with the Sao Paulo State Secretariat of Health and considered one of the major scientific centers in the world. Butantan is the largest immunobiological and biopharmaceutical producer in Latin America (and one of the largest in the world). It is world-renowned for its collection of venomous snakes, as well as those of venomous lizards, spiders, insects and scorpions.
It also holds 3 museums and a park to help connect students of all ages to its scientific production; and a small medical center to treat people flown-in from any part of the country, bitten by venomous animals/insects.
With 121 years of history, Butantan works to prevent diseases like Covid-19, flu, tetanus, diphtheria, hepatitis A and B, chikungunya, whooping cough, dengue, HPV and rabies. In 2021, Butantan produced:
 
-100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine
- 80 million doses of flu vaccine
- 28 million doses of vaccines Against hepatitis A and B, HPV, DTaP and rabies
- 560 thousand units of serum against venoms, bacterial toxins and the rabies virus

Areas of operation:
- Venomous animais & toxins
- Biotechnology
- Biosafety
- Cancer
- Tropical Diseases
- Immunology
- Taxonomy
- Vaccines
- Vírus

Coordenadoria de Controle de Doenças (CCD) // BRAZIL

Coordenadoria de Controle de Doenças (CCD – Disease Control Office of the State of São Paulo)
Field: Health, Public Health, Public Policies
Availability: São Paulo - Southeastern Brazil
Portuguese Level: Intermediate Portuguese
 
The Disease Control Coordination (CCD) is the body of the State Department of Health of São Paulo responsible for surveillance and health promotion, documentation, teaching and scientific dissemination. In the structure of the CCD are the institutions that carry out surveillance activities for diseases and risks, laboratory diagnosis, research and assistance, within specific programs. The CCD is responsible for coordinating these institutions, promoting integrated work with the aim of ensuring the best results for health.
 
CCD Mission: Coordinate the state response to existing or potential diseases, injuries and risks, within the scope of collective health, with emphasis on planning, monitoring, evaluation, production and dissemination of knowledge, for the promotion, prevention and control of the population's health conditions, in consonance with the regional characteristics and the principles and guidelines of the SUS.

Centro de Investigación en Sociedad y Salud - UM // Chile

Organization Description:
The overarching mission of the Society and Health Research Center is to advance well-being at the individual, social, and institutional levels in a context of global demographic, epidemiological, technological, and environmental change. To pursue this mission, the goals of the center are to conduct world-class interdisciplinary research with real-world implications, train new researchers, and disseminate evidence to broad audiences.
Our research strengths are grouped into three clusters: (1) social and life-course determinants of health and aging, (2) social relationships and cohesion, (3) and institutions and regulation from a cross-national and comparative perspective. To study these issues, we use mixed methods and embrace the new opportunities arising with an era of big “cells to society” data.
 
Internship Description:
The project seeks to study the moderating effect of alcohol and other substances on the association between the transition to retirement and depression in older people. The focus of the study is a comparative analysis between 20 to 25 countries, which have longitudinal questionnaires about old age, retirement and health. The data will be harmonized and studied through a three-level mixed model, considering variables that change over time and variables that do not, at the individual and country level.
This project will be carried out at the Center for Research in Society and Health of the Universidad Mayor.
Intern Tasks:
- Support with preliminary data analysis
- Harmonization of data between countries
- Support with literature review
- Learn to drive mixed and multilevel models
- Learn about the different questionnaires of each country
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Use of Stata and excel
- Academic Writing
- Intermediate to high written English
- Preferably from the area of ​​social sciences, epidemiology, and the like
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Departamento de Salud Pública y Medicina Familiar PUC // CHILE

Organization Description: 
The Departamento de Salud Pública y Medicina Familiar is a division of the Universidad Católica de Chile that focuses on the advancement of knowledge through the investigation of priority health problems in Chile. The department is a national reference point in Chile that strives for innovation in teaching, in management, and in the design of appropriate health care policies and systems, both in Chile and in Latin America as a whole. 
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Facultad de Química y de Farmacia PUC // CHILE

Organization Description: 
The Facultad de Química y de Farmacia at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile is recognized as a leading institution in education and research in the areas of chemical and pharmaceutical sciences. The Faculty’s strong record of achievements along its illustrious history is based on its excellence and commitment with the country’s development, which is reflected on its curriculum and research, as well as in its close relationship with industry and the public sector. Through innovative and flexible study programs focused on the students, the Faculty advances chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences critically and rigorously preparing the next generations of scientists. Presently it has 64 faculty members, 21 of whom are women, dedicated to teaching and research. 
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Fundación Nuestros Hijos // CHILE

Organization Description: 
Fundación Nuestros Hijos is an organization that works so that children and adolescents with cancer, as well as their families, receive necessary comprehensive rehabilitation, psychological support, education, and shelter. They conduct research as well as provide an oncology rehabilitation center, oncology units, hospital schools, housing placement, and medical and social support to children and their families that are affected by cancer.
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students  

PTG Salud // CHILE

Organization Description: 
PTG Salud is a division of the Center for Public Policies and Corporate Strategies in Chile that works to innovate the management of civil society organizations as well as public and private institutions in the health sector of Chile. Combining specialized professional health with political strategies and relations with citizens, PTG Salud develops academic investigations and creative strategic recommendations for organizations in the Chilean health sector.  
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Population Council (PC-Mx) // MEXICO

 Institituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas/UNAM
Genomic Medicine and Environmental Toxicology
 
Organization Description:
The Mission of the Institute is the study of biological and biomedical phenomena at the molecular, biochemical, cellular, organismic and population levels, to contribute with this knowledge to scientific development, and to the teaching and dissemination of science in our country with a view to development healthy world.
 
Internship Description:
Healp in research:
-Exposure to environmental toxins and risk of cardiovascular disease.
-Pregnancy and childhood as periods of susceptibility to environmental toxins.
-Mitochondrial DNA and microRNA content as biomarkers of exposure to environmental toxins and cardiovascular disease.
-In vitro models for the study of mitochondrial biomarkers and endothelial dysfunction.
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Demonstrated interest and experience in any of the areas related to public health or molecular biology.
- Graduate students with prior research experience preferred.
- The intern must be proficient in Spanish, as all team meetings and communications are in Spanish.
- Ability to work well independently and within a team.
 
Format
Presencial
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Tecnologico de Monterrey // Mexico

Organization Description:
The Global Health Initiative – led by Tec alumni and professors –- has gathered support and enthusiasm across the public health and medical community in Mexico to formalize the first Global Health Institute (GHI) in Latin America. The Tecnológico de Monterrey (aka the Tec) is uniquely positioned to launch the first GHI because of its innovative educational approach, network and connections to the global health field, and world-wide reputation of excellence and entrepreneurship. The Tec ranks first in Mexico amongst all education institutions. In our approach to launch and design the GHI, we are using Marketing Research and Community Organizing frameworks along with a diverse array of research and implementation methodologies and projects that go from semi-structured interviews, surveys, to community organizing and design thinking.
 
Internship Description:
Current projects (subject to change):
1. Mixed methods analysis on the impact on healthcare access by the new health reform recently issued by President AMLO (creation of INSABI. Nov, 2019)
2. Develop contents for a global health certificate at Tec de Monterrey
3. Quantitative study on the economic impact of vaccination gaps in Mexico
4. Quantitative study on the relationship between non-pharmacological interventions in the states of mexico and the burden of COVID-19
5. The influence of the Rockefeller Foundation on the political economy of the Mexican Healthcare System New research projects are expected to be developed in the coming months.
6. Proposals from students are also welcomed.
 
The duties depend on the research topic selected. But in general terms:
- Carry out qualitative and/or quantitative work, data processing, analyzing and leading process for publication submission.
- Perform qualitative and/or data analysis and writing findings.
- Coordinating diverse stakeholders interested in collaborating with the GHI A possible deliverable for a research projects it may be a first draft of a peer-reviewed paper for publication.
- The intern will be acknowledged accordingly in the authors’ list.
 
Intern Qualifications
- The Global Health Research Intern must be passionate about global health and problems that transcend borders. Likewise, they should see the value of the new generations to influence the future of the country. In addition, having some basis on qualitative and quantitative methods to perform research in global public health would be desirable, however, not necessary.
- Fluency in Spanish is required.
 
Format
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Human, Women & Gender Rights

ACNUR // CHILE

Comisión de Derechos Humanos, UN Alto Comisionado para los Derechos Humanos (ACNUR)

Organization Description:
ACNUR provides technical assistance and dialogues with governments and other State powers, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and with the agencies, funds, and programs of the United Nations System.
 
Intern Qualifications:
Intermediate to advanced Spanish required
 
Open to undergraduates and graduates

América Solidaria // CHILE

Organization Description: 
América Solidaria is an international NGO that works all throughout the continent of South America to ensure that the rights of all children and adolescents are respected and that they have a fair and dignified life. They focus on working with children and adolescents to guarantee their development and ensure their full participation in society; specifically, they work with the most excluded communities on the continent to help all children in developing their full potential.  
 
**Co-sponsored Internship with the Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship**

Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. // MEXICO

Organization Description:
Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM) supports Mexico-based migrant workers to defend and protect their rights as they move between their home communities in Mexico and their workplaces in the United States. With our binational, multilingual staff and geographic reach we have grown in response to increasing needs for its advocacy and services and seek to overcome the border as a barrier to justice.
 
Intern Qualifications:
The elegible intern(s) must be fluent in Spanish, since all internal communications and meetings are held in Spanish (it doesn't have to be native, but students should be fluent enough to communicate with other members of the team). Law students and/or students interested in a career in public service would greatly benefit from working with an organization that provides both legal services as well as does policy advocacy work. Prior experience in labor rights and social justice is desirable.
 
 
**Co-sponsored Internship with the Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship**

Chiapas Enea // MEXICO

Organization Description:
Chiapas Enea is a civil association that works specifically with women from indigenous communites in the Southern zone of Mexico, in Chiapas. The organization is dedicated to strengthening. The organization is dedicated to strengthening training processes for women both in their ancestral knowledge and in new knowledge for their empowerment.
 
Internship Description:
The intern will be working in the area of communications and publicity, consulting in both marketing and advertising strategies, as well as dissemination strategies for a better development of the association's processes.
Tasks:
- Create a marketing and advertising partnership strategy for the work that is being developed in the association
- Create an advisory strategy in communication and dissemination so that the association has a greater impact
- Advise on design and advertising programs for the projects required by the association
- Develop project-strategy for work in the area of communication and dissemination of the organization
 
Intern Qualifications:
- A high or medium level of Spanish
- Knowledge of marketing and advertising
- A/V skills
-Knowledge in broadcasting and advertising
- Desire for approach and knowledge of Latin American cultures and especially the indigenous cultures of Latin America
- Respect for Latin American processes in matters of cultural difference
- Creativity 
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Comunidad Mujer // CHILE

Organization Description: 
Comunidad Mujer is an organization that works with the goal of allowing women in Chile to be born and grow in a society that gives them equal rights and opportunities. They push for social, cultural, normative, and organizational change to fight for gender equality in Chile. 

**Co-sponsored Internship with the Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship**

Conectas Direitos Humanos // BRAZIL

Availability: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Portuguese level: Intermediate Portuguese
 
Conectas’ mission is to enforce and promote human rights and combat inequalities to build a fair, free and democratic society from a Global South perspective. More than a non-governmental organization, we are part of a lively and global movement that continues in the fight for equal rights. Connected via a broad network of partners, spread across Brazil and around the world, we are always available, and we participate in various decision-making debates that advance the path of human rights from the Global South perspective. We work to secure and extend the rights of all, especially the most vulnerable. We propose solutions, avert setbacks, and denounce violations to create transformations.
 
Internship Description:
The intern will collaborate with one of Conectas’ programs: - Fighting institutional violence; - Strengthen democratic space; - Advocacy; - Strategic litigation. - defense of socio-environmental rights. Depending on the program's needs, and on the intern's interest and expertise, placement will be made in one of these three areas.
The person will research and support the program's work on one or several of the following issues: prison system, police violence, impacts of the “war on drugs,” and right to protest; migration and refugees’ rights, the defense of democratic space and participation of civil society, religious freedom; combating contemporary slavery and precarious work, impact of the extractive industry, environmental and climate racism.
Interns will work on: 
- Gathering and systematization of data related to the topics addressed in the Program;
- Research and elaboration of reports;
- Collaboration in the elaboration of documents (for internal and external use)
- Participation in internal and external meetings.
 
Intern Qualidications:
- Comitment to the defense of human rights and Conectas' values;
- Intermediary to advanced level in Portuguese;
- Creativity and sense of initiative;
- Understanding of deadlines and a strategic vision aligned with results;
- Ability to work in team and on multidisciplinary themes.
 
Key words: human rights, democracy, migration, anti-racism, access to Justice, digital surveillance, environment, indigenous peoples, climate racism, slave labor

Data Cívica A.C. // MEXICO

Organization Description:
Data Cívica is an organization that uses data and technology as tools for the defense of Human Rights. Our agenda focuses on fighting against gender and femicide violence; defend human rights violations and accompany the search for disappeared persons; generate memory and truth processes; transform transparency into accountability; and reduce the gap in the use of data and technologies. We seek to promote social change, promote and defend Human Rights in Mexico, as well as strengthen civil society and journalism in the country and the region. To achieve our objectives, we have followed a comprehensive strategy that includes advocacy through research, journalism, and data analysis; the development and strengthening of technological processes and tools; and the increase in capacities in the use of data and technologies.
 
Internship Description:
The interns will be working on research, development, workshops and creation of projects aligned with our agenda, wich focuses on fighting against gender and femicide violence; defend human rights violations and accompany the search for disappeared persons; generate memory and truth processes; transform transparency into accountability; and reduce the gap in the use of data and technologies.There are three departments in Data Civica where interns can work: Data Analysis, Data Journalism and Technological Development.
 
Interns will be expected to:
Data Analysis: Interns will support tasks of processing, analyzing and making visualizations of data and relevant information for reports, papers and digital platforms.
Data Journalism: Interns will support making research based on statistics and public data analysis for blogs or advocacy projects. Technological Development: Interns will support the creation and adaptability of technology to offer solutions that adapt to the needs of each organization, researchers or journalists.
 
Intern Qualifications:
Profile
- Social Science, Political Science, International Relations, Data Science, Economy, Communication, Journalism, Software Engineering
Language skills
- Spanish required
- Interest in Human Rights, Gender violence, transparency.
Past work experience:
- NGO, Civil Society, preferable Undergraduate/graduate level students
Work style:
- Hybrid, in-person and virtual.
Computer skills
- Data Science: Data analysis in R, Python, Shell scripts.
- Data Journalism: Data analysis in R or other package software
- Technological Development: Python, DevOps, Web Developer Full-Stack, Front-end or Back-end Developer, Scrapping, UX.
 
Format
Hybrid or in-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

GELEDÉS - Instituto da Mulher Negra // BRAZIL

Availability: Remote or In-person in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Portuguese level: Intermediate to Advanced Portuguese
 
GELEDÉS Instituto da Mulher Negra is a civil society organization that stands in defense of women and black people because it understands that these two social segments suffer from disadvantages and discrimination in accessing social opportunities due to racism and of sexism prevailing in Brazilian society. 
Priority areas for political and social action at Geledés are racial issues, gender issues, the implications of these issues for human rights, education, health, communication, the job market, academic research and public policy. Geledés develops its own projects or in partnership with other organizations that defend citizenship rights, in addition to monitoring the public debate on each of them in Brazil and around the world on the Geledés Portal.
 
Intern Qualidications:
- Comitment to the defense of human rights and Geledés' values;
- Intermediary to advanced level in Portuguese;
- Creativity and sense of initiative.

Ministerio de la Mujer y Equidad de Genero // CHILE

Organization Description: 
El Ministerio de la Mujer y Equidad de Género is a ministry of the Chilean government that works with the mission to create policies, plans and programs that benefit women and work to eliminate any type of gender discrimination, making Chile a more equitable country.
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students  

Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos // CHILE

Organization Description: 
The Museum of Memory and Human Rights seeks to draw attention to human rights violations committed by the Chilean state between 1973 and 1990. Its mission is to allow dignity for victims and their families, stimulate reflection and debate, and promote respect and tolerance in order to ensure that these events never happen again. 
 
Internship Description:
During the last months, the museum's education department has developed a program of free virtual courses for the community. In the context of the constituent process that is being developed in Chile, we have decided to generate a basic course about constitution and human rights, to apply during 2021.
 
What You'll Do:
- Collaborate with the department of education, in the design of the course project "human rights and constitution" creating inputs for course content
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Open to undergraduate and graduate students
- High level of spanish
- Students related with social sciences or pedagogy
- Experience with team work and investigation
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Proyecto de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales // MEXICO

Organization Description:
The Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Project, (Proyecto de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales, A.C.) is a Mexican intersectional feminist human rights defense organization founded in 2005 by Alejandra Ancheita, a lawyer and human rights defender.
With the implementation of the comprehensive defense method, designed under a series of strategic guidelines, the ProDESC team defends a-and accompanies community processes focusing on three fundamental rights:
- Right to land and territory
- Human rights at work
- Right to defend rights
 
ProDESC’s main goal is to defend and promote Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ESCRs) in order to contribute to their enforcement, justiciability (the possibility to demand compliance in the courts of justice) and claimability, thus constructing a more just and equitable society.
 
Format:
In-person
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

**Co-sponsored Internship with the Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship**
 

 

Servicio Jesuita a Migrantes // CHILE

Servicio Jesuita a Migrantes (SJM)

Organization Description:
SJM promotes and protects the human rights of migrants and refugees, working to detect and overcome the various barriers to inclusion that they face in Chile

Intern Qualifications:

Intermediate to advanced Spanish required
 

Open to undergraduates and graduates

Tatiana Camps // CHILE

Organization Description: 
Tatiana Camps is an expert in Organizational Transformation and in Female Leadership, and she has oriented her career convinced of the idea that personal talent is a powerful tool to address complexity and build sustainable organizations. Identifying and recognizing the qualities of each person, in a co-design work it is possible to create wellness spaces and achieve better results for the company.  
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Journalism

El Mostrador // CHILE

Organization Description: 
El Mostrador is the first digital newspaper established in Chile. It operates with the fundamental principles of independence, journalistic commitment, democratic commitment, and economic-social commitment. 
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduae students 

La Segunda // CHILE

Organization Description: 
La Segunda is a Chilean newspaper that circulates daily from Monday to Friday. It is active in the Valparaíso, Metropolitan, and O’Higgins regions, and tends to be right-wing and conservative.  
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergaduate and graduate students

Radio Cooperativa // Chile

Organization Description: 
Radio Cooperativa is a means of communication with more than 80 years of experience and a serious informative commitment. They provide coverage on national, political, soccer, and cultural news and events, as well as on a variety of other topics. 
 
Internship Description:
The student will join the work of a daily news program. Its mission will be to incorporate global issues into the news schedule of a radio newscast and its digital news site, through interviews, analysis, translation and adaptation of content.
The intern will be tasked with exploring new ways of distributing and analyzing content through networks.
 
Intern tasks will include:
- Search and propose global content for a daily news program.
- Conduct interviews with professors, analysts and experts on topics that are part of the international news agenda and adapt those interviews to a massive local audience.
- Produce and transfer content from English to Spanish.
- Propose ways of distributing audio content, in radio and digital formats.
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Interest in the media and its role in social life.
- Interest in new forms of content distribution in the digital environment.
- Interest in learning about the processes in a country like Chile, which faces a series of important public policy reforms, after years of economic stability and persistent inequality.
- Management of Spanish intermediate level. The student will have opportunities to communicate in English and Spanish, and will have support in the development of content that requires greater command of the Spanish language.
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergrad and graduate students

Law

Conectas Direitos Humanos // Brazil

Availability: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Portuguese level: Intermediate Portuguese
 
Conectas’ mission is to enforce and promote human rights and combat inequalities to build a fair, free and democratic society from a Global South perspective. More than a non-governmental organization, we are part of a lively and global movement that continues in the fight for equal rights. Connected via a broad network of partners, spread across Brazil and around the world, we are always available, and we participate in various decision-making debates that advance the path of human rights from the Global South perspective. We work to secure and extend the rights of all, especially the most vulnerable. We propose solutions, avert setbacks, and denounce violations to create transformations.
 
Internship Description:
The intern will collaborate with one of Conectas’ programs: - Fighting institutional violence; - Strengthen democratic space; - Advocacy; - Strategic litigation. - defense of socio-environmental rights. Depending on the program's needs, and on the intern's interest and expertise, placement will be made in one of these three areas.
The person will research and support the program's work on one or several of the following issues: prison system, police violence, impacts of the “war on drugs,” and right to protest; migration and refugees’ rights, the defense of democratic space and participation of civil society, religious freedom; combating contemporary slavery and precarious work, impact of the extractive industry, environmental and climate racism.
Interns will work on: 
- Gathering and systematization of data related to the topics addressed in the Program;
- Research and elaboration of reports;
- Collaboration in the elaboration of documents (for internal and external use)
- Participation in internal and external meetings.
 
Intern Qualidications:
- Comitment to the defense of human rights and Conectas' values;
- Intermediary to advanced level in Portuguese;
- Creativity and sense of initiative;
- Understanding of deadlines and a strategic vision aligned with results;
- Ability to work in team and on multidisciplinary themes.
 
Key words: human rights, democracy, migration, anti-racism, access to Justice, digital surveillance, environment, indigenous peoples, climate racism, slave labor

Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Católica // Chile

Organization Description: 
The Faculty of Law's mission is "to train professionals in the legal field and upright people who are motivated and willing to live their professional practice in a dimension of service to people and society. In addition, it will contribute to the generation of knowledge through the development of quality research open to dialogue between faith and reason, seeking to exercise leadership and influence in the national and international legal debate from an academic perspective.
 
Internship Description:
Join a research plan on constitutional processes compared to the experience we are living in Chile.
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Good understanding of written and spoken Spanish
- Majors could include social and political sciences, journalism
- Interest in Latin American politics
- Good writing style
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduates and graduate students

World Justice Project // Mexico

Organization Description:
World Justice Project works to promote criminal justice and rule of law reforms in Mexico.
 
Internship Description:
The Criminal Justice Reform Intern (CJRI) is a research assistant position that will mainly focus on carrying out literature review research on comparative international criminal justice policies related to alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in diverse countries using official and academic documents. The intern may also evaluate quantitative data derived from government statistics and large-scale surveys on the use of ADRs.
 
Overall Responsibilities and Expected Results:
-Carry out literature review research from official and academic documents concerning specific criminal justice policies
Specific Responsibilities and Activities:
-Review international academic and policy literature regarding criminal justice policies focused on measures that limit or prevent time in prison, such as bail and ADRs. The work will entail: bibliographic searching, compilation, review and synthesis, as well as written and oral communication of main findings.
- Contribute to identification, selection and presentation of international governmental data to be included in WJP’s compilation indicators on characteristics and performance of criminal justice institutions such as police department and prosecution offices. Expected routine activities
- Deliver weekly notes on the reviewed literature.
- Participate in WJP meetings (virtual/electronic/phone): internal general and ad hoc, with government officials and independent experts.
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Major in a field related to public policy or criminal justice institutions. At least three semesters completed.
- Excellent reading, strong oral and proficient writing skills.
- Ability to read and communicate in Spanish is strongly preferred.

International Relations

Academia Diplomática // CHILE

Organization Description:  
The “Andres Bello” Academia Diplomática of Chile is a dependent entity of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Chile. It has a long tradition of training and international cooperation, and in its sixty-six years of existence it has trained both national and foreign diplomacy professionals.  
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undegraduate and graduate students

Instituto de Investigación Ciencias Sociales Universidad Diego Portales // Chile

Organization Description: 
The Instituto de Investigación Ciencias Sociales at the Universidad Diego Portales brings together academics from the schools and programs of the Faculty of Social Sciences and History of the Universidad Diego Portales. Its objectives are to promote dialogue and academic collaboration between researchers from political science, history, and sociology, as well as to contribute to the dissemination of topics that are relevant to society. 
 
Format: 
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores // CHILE

Organization Description: 
The mission of the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores is to contribute to the formulation of Chile’s foreign policy, implement the coordination of said policy through its organizational structure and the interaction of public and private actors, and protect the interests of Chile and its citizens in their relationship with the world. The Ministry works to promote regional integration within Chile, conserve the territorial integrity and political independence of the country, and maintain relations of peace, mutual trust, integration, and cooperation with other actors on the world stage. 
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Social Impact

América Solidaria // CHILE

Organization Description: 
América Solidaria is an international NGO that works all throughout the continent of South America to ensure that the rights of all children and adolescents are respected and that they have a fair and dignified life. They focus on working with children and adolescents to guarantee their development and ensure their full participation in society; specifically, they work with the most excluded communities on the continent to help all children in developing their full potential.  
 
**Co-sponsored Internship with the Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship**

Ashoka // Mexico

Organization Description:
Ashoka identifies and supports the world's leading social entrepreneurs, learns from the patterns in their innovations, and mobilizes a global community that embraces these new paradigms to build a "world in which we are all changemakers."
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Fluent Spanish required
- Interest in Social Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Social Ecosystems and Systems Thinking
- Interest in understanding social ecosystems in the region
- This opportunity is focused in Social Studies based students but is open to other academic majors that are interested.
- We are looking for disciplined, and detail oriented individuals that passionate to learn and are active participant in proposing new ideas.
- Diligent.
- Creative
- Proactive
- Likes to promote new ideas and initiatives
 
**Co-sponsored Internship with the Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship**

Center for Economics and Social Policy (CEAS) // Chile

Organization Description:
The goal of the Center for Economics and Social Policy (CEAS) at the Universidad Mayor is to accomplish rigorous, relevant, and innovative research in a collaborative and interdisciplinary environment focusing on pressing matters such as inequality, economic development, and social well-being. 
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Centro de Estudios de Conflicto y Cohesión Social COES // Chile

Organization Description:
The Centro de Estudios de Conflicto y Cohesión Social is a division of the Universidad Mayor that develops collaborative research on issues related to social conflict and cohesion (coexistence) in Chile, through a multidisciplinary team from the social sciences and humanities. COES focuses its academic and dissemination activities on the analysis of the multiple manifestations of social conflict in Chile, its causes as well as its cultural and historical context. 
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Fundación 99 // Chile

Organization Description:
Fundación 99. We live in a highly segregated society where our family name, gender, race or birthplace defines a good part of our fate. Inequality gaps are not only significant, but have become extremely polarized, thus increasing the concentration of wealth and social tension. In a world reaching historic levels of development, there is still 800 million people who live with less than 2 dollars a day, 175 million children who do not have access to early education (UNICEF, 2019), and at the pace we are going, we lack 99 years to level the field between women and men in political, social and economic matters (WEF, 2020). This is not about some people winning while many others suffer. We all lose with inequality.  A highly inequal structure prevents social cohesion, increases tension among individuals, makes societies burst and makes sustainable development impossible to build. We believe the best way to achieve sustainable social development is by reducing inequality and we do this by intervening from three specific areas: education, public spaces and infrastructure and local economic development in developing countries. We coordinate these three areas horizontally with gender equity, inclusion and community engagement. In order to do it we focus on the most vulnerable population, particularly in rural areas, where 46% of the world population live today (WB, 2020). 

For us, it is not about the good and the bad, nor that some are the problem and the rest just need a solution. We think both the problem and the solution are part of an indivisible phenomenon to which we all belong and must work collaboratively as a society, so that the 1% concentrating approximately 26% of the world’s wealth understand their responsibility with the remaining 99%. That is how Fundación 99 was born; because we can all build a better society if we have the chance to develop with the qualities and tools we have, however, despite we all have the skills, we do not have the same opportunities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwRMcAuz19Y
 
Internship Description:
Fundación 99 is a non-profit organization based in Chile. We are focus in reducing inequality gaps in 3 areas: education, public spaces and infrastructure and local economic development.The intern will be working close to the executive director in the strategic development area. The intern will take leadership in the following products:

Product 1 (20%): Mapping different donors / funding that might be aligned with our goals and describe potential opportunities. In order to set expectations: the delivery can be an Excel with the list of the donors/funds, time, strategic areas, scope.

Product 2: (30%): Review and feedback to our covid strategic plan for 2020 in terms of education.

Product 3 (40%): Elaboration of local economic development plan.

Product 3 (10%): Review (not translate) our English website
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Language skills: Fluent in Spanish and English
- Social interests in gender issues, education, local economic development, urbanism and rural areas.
- Social commitment, non-profit expertise
- Familiar with social investment, corporate social responsibility.
- Collaboration, communication and critical thinking skills.
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Fundación Amparo // MEXICO

Fundación Amparo

Busca Consolidar, profundizar, difundir y asegurar la continuidad de sus proyectos faro: el Museo Amparo y el Proyecto Roberto Alonso Espinosa. Espera posicionarse como una institución referente de excelencia en propuestas de desarrollo integrales a través de la educación y el arte que respondan a los desafíos del mundo actual.

Grupo Promesa // Mexico

Organization Description:
Promesa is a social enterprise focused on developing programs dedicated to transform the environmental culture of Mexico. We achieve this goal through different strategies applied on companies, schools and NGO's.
 
Internship Description:
Environmental: Develop and improve didactic activities for schools and companies online to promote environmental education and awareness.
Global business: Work with the P&L of Promesa for this year and proyections of the next 2 years. IT: Program and make improvements to the online platform of Promesa.
- Develop one project that can be applied on our network of schools and companies
- Explore different ways to spread environmental awareness on schools, enterprises and ngo's.
- Adapt our programs to this after COVID reality
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Intermediate level of Spanish
- Passionate about environmental education and awareness
- Promote positive change
- Undergraduate or graduate level students
- Preferrably past experience on environmental field
- Experience on coding (only for the IT internship)
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Makesense // Mexico

Organization Description:
Since the beginning of the pandemic we adapted all our formats to virtual events and programs. The intern will be working remotely on two main projects we designed for our online community of citizens, social entrepreneurs and organizations:
- Makesense TV, online platform for our community to share knowledge and connect around social and environmental issue
- Re_action, online guided volunteering program to engage citizens to design solutions to the negative consequences of COVID for the most vulnerable populations in Mexico and the region.
Additionally, in Makesense we value curiosity, so the intern can be involved in any other program(s) we will be running during their internship if they wish to.

Internship Responsibiliities:
- Content curation on makesense TV
- Follow-up of speakers and participants in both programs
- Community management and development for both programs
- Support in virtual facilitation for both programs
- Support in partnerships development for both programs
 
Intern Qualifications: 
- Proactive
- Interested in social and environmental innovation
- Experience using social media and digital platforms
- Intermediate level of Spanish
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Museu da Língua Portuguesa // BRAZIL

Availability: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Portuguese Level: Intermediate Portuguese
Fields: Museology, Education, Languages, Social Impact, Visual Arts, Technology
 
The Portuguese Language Museum, was created to help bring value to the diversity of the Portuguese language, celebrate it as a fundamental and founding element of culture, and bring it closer to speakers of the language throughout the world. 
Opened in 2006 in Sao Paulo city, it is located within the restored and beautiful Luz Train Station - historically one of the main passage points for immigrants arriving in the country and, to this day, it is a dynamic space for contact and coexistence between various cultures and social classes, sheltering accents from all over Brazil. In its first 10 years of operation, the Portuguese Language Museum received 3,931,040 visitors, who were able to connect in a playful and exciting way to the language’s origins, its history, its influences and the forms it takes in the daily lives of the population.

Tierra // Mexico

TIERRA
Organization Description:
Tierra is a data analysis platform that focuses on mapping crime and violence in Latin America. By helping companies, government, and regular citizens navigate and make more informed decisions about risk, we are trying to help make the world a safer place.
 
Internship Description:
The intern will be working with Tierra's data science team on the development and testing of a machine learning model to predict crime counts in the state of Mexico.
- Using a published whitepaper as a reference (and with guidance from the Tierra data science team), attempt to replicate results by developing and testing a machine learning model to predict crime counts in the state of Mexico
- Daily check-ins with the Tierra data science team to discuss progress, obstacles, etc.
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Required: Proficiency and interest in statistical modeling and machine learning
- Required: Proficiency in Python
- Required: Own a computer that runs either macOS or Ubuntu and have a strong internet connection
- Required: Be based in the United States or Mexico and be comfortable with remote work
- Preferable: Working proficiency in Spanish preferable but not required
- Preferable: Final year undergraduate or graduate students
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

World Justice Project // Mexico

Organization Description:
World Justice Project works to promote criminal justice and rule of law reforms in Mexico.
 
Internship Description:
The Criminal Justice Reform Intern (CJRI) is a research assistant position that will mainly focus on carrying out literature review research on comparative international criminal justice policies related to alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in diverse countries using official and academic documents. The intern may also evaluate quantitative data derived from government statistics and large-scale surveys on the use of ADRs.
 
Overall Responsibilities and Expected Results:
-Carry out literature review research from official and academic documents concerning specific criminal justice policies
Specific Responsibilities and Activities:
-Review international academic and policy literature regarding criminal justice policies focused on measures that limit or prevent time in prison, such as bail and ADRs. The work will entail: bibliographic searching, compilation, review and synthesis, as well as written and oral communication of main findings.
- Contribute to identification, selection and presentation of international governmental data to be included in WJP’s compilation indicators on characteristics and performance of criminal justice institutions such as police department and prosecution offices. Expected routine activities
- Deliver weekly notes on the reviewed literature.
- Participate in WJP meetings (virtual/electronic/phone): internal general and ad hoc, with government officials and independent experts.
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Major in a field related to public policy or criminal justice institutions. At least three semesters completed.
- Excellent reading, strong oral and proficient writing skills.
- Ability to read and communicate in Spanish is strongly preferred.

Sustainability

ASIPLA // CHILE

Trade Association of Plastics Industries (ASIPLA)

Organization Description:
ASIPLA is the Trade Association of Plastics Industries and they have represented, for more than sixty years, a sector that has historically put innovation and sustainability at the service of people, to contribute to improving their quality of life.
 
Project Description:
The student will join the team of the Association of Plastic Industries (ASIPLA) to support different and diverse activities related to daily work, as well as collaboration in long-term projects that require information gathering and analysis that the student can develop.
 
Intern Qualifications:
Intermediate to advanced Spanish required
 

Open to undergraduates and graduates

CAPSUS // MEXICO

Organization Description:
Our mission is to promote urban sustainability and transform cities into spaces with a more inclusive and higher quality of living while having a lower environmental impact. In our projects, we propose grounded, innovative solutions that foresee a better future for coming generations. Our field of work covers sustainability issues in the energy, environmental management, and urban sectors, recognizing that sustainable development should embody continuous improvement in environmental, economic, and social terms.
 
Intern tasks and responsibilities:
Interns
#1: Develop Climate Action Plans Intern
#2: Sustainable Urban Planning
 
Intern #1: Virtual Provide Technical Assistance (TA) to municipal governments in preparing Municipal Climate Action Plans (CAP) and identifying financing instruments to mobilize and diversify financing for urban resilience and climate change mitigation, with the aim of transitioning towards low-carbon, climate-smart development. The Intern will work on the emission diagnosis and vulnerability analysis to address the need to reduce GHGs emissions, adapt to climate change impacts and generate broader social, environmental, and economic benefits. The intern will be responsible for supporting the (i) baseline diagnostics needed for the CAPs (GHGs inventory, business as usual (BAU) and mitigation scenarios based on current plans and actions, and the climate risk and vulnerability assessment); and (ii) developing their CAPs with all their components, including the prioritization of investments and identification of financing instruments, and involving all relevant stakeholders. The climate action plans are expected to inform urban investment programs at the local level and contribute to maximizing their mitigation and adaptation potential.
 
Intern #2:Virtual Work with the team in developing Growth/Shrinkage scenarios for 2 cities reflecting different public policies and urban plans for the physical, spatial, fiscal, environmental, economic and social development of the cities, through: a. Adapting urban scenario tool to the city context in collaboration with the participating municipalities and based on the data availability. b. Developing different scenarios for the next 20-30 years, examining the implications for policy making targeting areas with the greatest population influx, and uneven social, spatial, and economic development. The scenarios will include trend/business as usual scenarios, current planning scenarios, and sustainable development scenarios.
 
Intern qualifications:
Intern1: Environmental Engineer, Environmental policy or similar Fluent in english and spanish Experience in climate change issues Able to work virtually with own computer
Intern 2: Urban Planner or similar Fluent in english Experience in urban planning Able to work virtually with own computer Experience with geographical information systems is a plus Interest in sustainable development.
 
Format
Hybrid
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Fundacion Chile // CHILE

Fundación Chile

Organization Description:
Fundación Chile (FC) are a public-private partnership whose purpose is to promote Chilean’s transformation towards sustainable development. FC has been pioneer enabling and promoting different productive sectors, such as aquaculture, agribusiness, solar energy, and Latin America’s first venture capital funds. While the problems and interventions FC have worked on have focused on Chile’s needs, many other parts of the world confront challenges in those same topics: energy, water, natural resources, worker training, venture capital and the like. FC partners with 160 organizations from 35 countries, from the public and private world, to share expertise, scout solutions and tap into new markets.

Intern Qualifications:
Intermediate to advanced Spanish required
 
Open to undergraduates and graduates

Green Peace // CHILE

GREEN PEACE CHILE

Organization Description:
Greenpeace work to defend the environment, promote peace and encourage people to change attitudes and behaviors that put nature at risk.

Intern Qualifications:
Intermediate to advanced Spanish

Open to undergraduates and graduates

Museu do Amanhã // Brazil

Organization Description:
Museu do Amanhã (The Museum of Tomorrow) is a Science and Arts Museum, and educational research center in Rio de Janeiro. It is an environment of ideas, explorations and questions about the time of great change in which we live and the different paths that open up for the future.
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Intermediate Portuguese
- Capacity for Autonomous work.
- Creativity and passion for sustainability.
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Oficina de Resiliencia Urbana (ORU) // MEXICO

Organization Description:
ORU is an emerging practice of applied research, urban design and landscape infrastructure that explores the socio-environmental impact of a territorial dimension in design to build resilience and improve the human experience. For this, ORU expands the technical capacities of different regions, cities and communities to strengthen a culture of multi-scalar, multi-temporal and multi-actor planning that allows them to design and implement projects of urban regeneration and systemic integration.
 
Internship Description:
We’re woking on multiple urban planning, urban design and landscape infrastructure projects. Also, we’re doing a research for the Mexico Innovation Fund at Harvard, exploring water infrastructure with Anita Berrizbeitia (Chair of the Landscape Department, GSD).
 
The responsibilities include:
- Joining the ORU team for 3 weeks,
- Helping us organize and coordinate a workshop and
- Joining our team within our varios projects and tasks.
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Experience with Urban design or landscape and mapping
 
Open to undergraduates and graduates

Urban Planning

Oficina de Resiliencia Urbana (ORU) // Mexico

Organization Description:
ORU (Office for Urban Resilience), an urban design and applied research practice that has specialized in resilience and climate-sensitive landscape infrastructures. ORU started operations in 2013, in Mexico City, and is formed by a team with more than ten years of experience in the academic, public and private sectors, as well as in various multilateral organizations. Their collaborative approach brings together high-level professionals in multiple fields of knowledge such as sociology, geography, hydrology, geology, data analysis, resilience and landscape, among others, which has contributed to successfully implement a wide array of urban design projects.
 
ORU explores the urban-environmental dimension at different scales and contexts. Its specialization has allowed it to contribute to strengthen a culture of multi-scale, multi-temporal and multi-stakeholder planning, obtaining with this the implementation and gradual and progressive development of processes of urban resilience in cities of different scales and complexities, from regions, to small, medium and large cities.
 
Internship Description:
ORU is currently working in multiple projects with multilateral organizations such as the InterAmerican Development Bank or the World Bank. We're also working together with the Government of Mexico City in urban planning, design and resilience. Depending on the expertise of the intern, we will assign her/him to one of our key projects.
Intern will support ORU's development team on analytical research, writing, mapping, data analysis and visualization, urban design, landscape or planning strategies.
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Collaborative and eager to collaborate with a young team of enthusiastic professionals
- Excellent written skills (English is excellent as some of our clients are international organizations
- Spanish is also preferable, but not required).
- Skills for working on data analysis and urban-territorial diagnostic
- Design skills either with landscape, urban design or planning focus
- Mapping and geographical analysis with use of Geographic Information Systems with platforms such as QGIS (geographer or designer)
- Data analysis with programs such as python, excel or R would be a great fit to our team (economist)
- Interest or experience in policy making related to climate change and resilience
- Use of design programs such as Rhino, Adobe Suite is a good fit, but not an impediment
 
Format:
Hybrid

CAPSUS // Mexico

Organization Description:
Our mission is to promote urban sustainability and transform cities into spaces with a more inclusive and higher quality of living while having a lower environmental impact. In our projects, we propose grounded, innovative solutions that foresee a better future for coming generations. Our field of work covers sustainability issues in the energy, environmental management, and urban sectors, recognizing that sustainable development should embody continuous improvement in environmental, economic, and social terms.
 
Intern tasks and responsibilities:
Interns
#1: Develop Climate Action Plans Intern
#2: Sustainable Urban Planning
 
Intern #1: Virtual Provide Technical Assistance (TA) to municipal governments in preparing Municipal Climate Action Plans (CAP) and identifying financing instruments to mobilize and diversify financing for urban resilience and climate change mitigation, with the aim of transitioning towards low-carbon, climate-smart development. The Intern will work on the emission diagnosis and vulnerability analysis to address the need to reduce GHGs emissions, adapt to climate change impacts and generate broader social, environmental, and economic benefits. The intern will be responsible for supporting the (i) baseline diagnostics needed for the CAPs (GHGs inventory, business as usual (BAU) and mitigation scenarios based on current plans and actions, and the climate risk and vulnerability assessment); and (ii) developing their CAPs with all their components, including the prioritization of investments and identification of financing instruments, and involving all relevant stakeholders. The climate action plans are expected to inform urban investment programs at the local level and contribute to maximizing their mitigation and adaptation potential.
 
Intern #2:Virtual Work with the team in developing Growth/Shrinkage scenarios for 2 cities reflecting different public policies and urban plans for the physical, spatial, fiscal, environmental, economic and social development of the cities, through: a. Adapting urban scenario tool to the city context in collaboration with the participating municipalities and based on the data availability. b. Developing different scenarios for the next 20-30 years, examining the implications for policy making targeting areas with the greatest population influx, and uneven social, spatial, and economic development. The scenarios will include trend/business as usual scenarios, current planning scenarios, and sustainable development scenarios.
 
Intern qualifications:
Intern1: Environmental Engineer, Environmental policy or similar Fluent in english and spanish Experience in climate change issues Able to work virtually with own computer
Intern 2: Urban Planner or similar Fluent in english Experience in urban planning Able to work virtually with own computer Experience with geographical information systems is a plus Interest in sustainable development.
 
Format
Hybrid
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Technology & Innovation

C Minds // Mexico

Organization Description:
C Minds is a women-led action tank that works in the intersection of new technologies, society, and the environment, with a strong focus in Latin America. It achieves this by designing digital policies and ethical frameworks and deploying initiatives that harness artificial intelligence (“AI”) to advance sustainable development goals. C Minds seeks to future-proof communities, governments, and companies in light of the accelerated digital transformation by contributing to more inclusive and human-centered public policy and advancing the debate around ethical tech. This is achieved by collaborating with international organizations and all levels of government, from federal to state and municipal, to co-design and implement pioneering strategies that place people at the center of the conversation.
 
C Minds is part of the initiative fAIr LAC Jalisco, alongside the Inter American Development Bank (IDB), the Technological Institute of Monterrey (ITESM) and the Government of Jalisco. This initiative seeks to promote the responsible adoption of Artificial Intelligence for social good. At the same time we are part of the regional fAIr LAC initiative, from the IDB, a partnership between the public and private sectors, civil society and academic institutions, designed to influence public policy and the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the promotion of the responsible and ethical use of AI. Within the initiative C Minds, through it's AI for Good Policy Lab Area is in charge of documenting and strengthening the methodology of the project, focusing on the ethical adoption of AI based systems, and the adoption of different tools developed by fAIr LAC, as well as producing public policy and data governance recommendations, in close coordination with area specialists, stakeholders and the working group that forms fAIr LAC Jalisco. The intern will take part in researching, documenting and strengthening the different deliverables related to the projects. The specific project will be determined based on the intern’s skills and interests.
More about the AI for Good Policy Lab here: https://www.cminds.co/aiforgood-policylab
 
Internship Description:
- Research in the fields of Ethical AI, Public Policy, Data Governance, Tech for Good and others of interest to the project.
- Strengthening, translating and coordinating the peer reviewing of different deliverables focused on recommendations on public policy and regulation frameworks.
- Documenting the challenges and learnings of the different projects within fAIr LAC Jalisco
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Experience in social development projects involving the application of technology
- General understanding of AI
- Background in International Relations, Government, Social Impact or Law
- Driven and curious
- Team player
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students
 
 

Camino21 // Mexico

Organization Description:
Camino21 is a B2B educational services platform that helps HigherEd teachers rethink and enhance their practice. We support institutions to: 1. Transform their learning experiences 2. Achieve lower dropout rates 3. Promote greater inclusion 4. Better prepare graduates for today’s and tomorrow’s world Through synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences and the use of high-impact but easy to implement pedagogical strategies and technologies, Camino21 programs and products support teachers to transform and innovate in their practice. (you can read more of our experience in this article of La ReVista: https://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/lessons-from-those-who-make-learning-... )
 
Internship Description:
Our interns will work alongside our Business Design unit, in which they will contribute to polish the changes implemented in the scaling of our services and products. We follow a mix of Bill Aulet's "Disciplined Entrepreneur" and the Lean Startup framework. (the work is done both in-person and remote, synchronously and asynchronously). The second is to support the automation and product design in our next generation learning environment. We need an intern with great coding skills that will work alongside our CTO and its team.
 
Interns will be expected to:
(The work is done both in-person and remote, synchronously and asynchronously) 
- If interested in experiencing the design and facilitation of our learning experiences, you could support the implementation of Camino21's current programs.
- Explore best practices in teacher professional development in Higher Education
- Research and strengthen Camino21's competitive landscape
- Help and support the design of fundraising efforts
- Translate Camino21's material and documents to English
- Participate in the ideation sessions to review our business model and delivery formats
- Solve use cases designed by the Business Design Unit, drafted to mimic our current challenges when deploying our programs
- Collaborate in the review of Camino21's marketing strategy.
 
Intern Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience in client facing role managing complex relationships (Consulting, Business Development, Account Management, including time in Higher Ed)
- Experience in transforming ventures from startup to scaleup
- Demonstrated understanding of university culture, teaching, and decision-making processes
- Business fluency in English Preferred Qualifications:
- Business fluency in Spanish
- MBA or prior consulting experience strongly preferred
- Higher Education experience
- Experience working in Latin America Additionally we are looking for: - Passion for our mission to transform HigherEd teaching in Latam.
- Strong work ethic and exceptional commitment to deadlines, and a willingness to shift from project to project
- Strategic thinker
 
Format:
Remote or In person 
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students
 

Entropía // MEXICO

Entropía

We are a leading artificial intelligence company in Latin America. We create AI-powered applications for augmented decision-making using an auto-ML framework. Our mission is to help every organization to benefit from the rise of AI.

Fraunhofer Chile Research // CHILE

Organization Description: 
Fraunhofer Chile Research conducts applied research to solve the industrial needs and accelerate technologies, both in Chile and in Latin America as a whole. As one of the research headquarters of the Corfo International Centers of Excellence Attraction Program, they play a key role in the innovation process of new technologies and in their utilization in the business and industry fields. Notably, their Center for Solar Energy Technologies works for the development of a world-class solar industry 
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Global Edtech Impact Alliance // Mexico

Organization Description:
Global Edtech Impact Alliance is an Education technology ecosystem for LATAM.
 
Internship Description:
Build education projects (consulting, network building, social media, project mgmt, research), responsibilities include:
- Research
- Analyze tools for community building
- Coordinate activities
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Good communication skills in English and Spanish
- Research methods
- Social media
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

HAL SmartIA // Mexico

Organization Description:
Hal Smartia is a professional services boutique firm that identifies solutions through the intersection of qualitative and quantitative analysis in the context of the global data revolution. The goal of the firm is to accelerate the complete integration between society and digital, information and technological tools. To achieve this goal, Hal Smartia develops affordable, sustainable and useful digital platforms and products in several sectors, such as retail, finance, marketing, agriculture, energy, and mobility. The execution of our solutions considers:
- Use of analytical tools and data exploitation
- Automation in the production chain
- Team with technological and innovation capabilities
- Investments and collaboration with strategic partners
- Integration between intra-company technology sectors
 
Internship Description:
The intern(s) will work in one or more of the following projects:
- Fintech: the intern will develop a low risk trading strategy using novel statistical analysis and other techniques (i.e. artificial intelligence or econometrics) under the Mexican regulatory framework. The intern will also participate in the design of new income sources for the fintech project, which can create long term value.
- Mobility: the intern will develop a pricing strategy for a marketplace of inter-city transportation, performing forecasting and data analysis. In addition, he will participate in the design of indicators that are relevant for the transportation suppliers.
- Agriculture: the intern will work on satellite image processing of Mexican crops, using machine learning algorithms. The goal is to create a real time tool for small farmers in Mexico that provides key indicators of the evolution of the harvest.
 
For either of the projects, the intern task are:
- Data Analysis
- Application of novel statistical, econometrical, machine learning and economics techniques
- Participate in meeting with clients and senior partners
- Prepare research reports
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Strong mathematical skills
- Strong programming skills, preferably in Python, R or Java Script
- English or Spanish
- Preferred majors: Computer Science, Economics, Physics, Statistics or other scientific major
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

Instituto Milenio Fundamentos de los Datos // CHILE

Organization Description: 
The Instituto Milenio Fundamentos de los Datos is a multidisciplinary center in Chile that brings together experts in science from computing, mathematics, and statistics to political science and communications, with the goal of conducting frontier research in data science to face the great problems that exist today in this field. The organization is headquartered at the Universidad de Chile and the Universidad Católica de Chile, with a presence in other universities all across the country. 
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

INOVA_MPRJ // BRAZIL

Availability: In Person, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Field: Public Policies, Technology, Health, Government, Public Policies
Portuguese Level: Basic Portuguese preferred
 
Inova_MPRJ is the government innovation lab of the Rio de Janeiro's Public Prosecutor's Office. Our purpose is to explore daring ideas, evaluating their impact before the institution decides to scale them up.  Inova_MPRJ's differential lies in the interdisciplinarity of its team and in its collaborative work method. The Lab combines data science, service design, communication campaigns, law, and impact evaluation. Inova_MPRJ designs and conducts experiments aimed at solving the challenges of MPRJ's internal and external activities. The Laboratory values the collaborative construction of experiments, working in partnership with different departments of the Public Ministry of the State of Rio de Janeiro and with external actors, whenever possible. Our projects aim to propose solutions for challenges faced by prosecutors and civil servants, with partners who bring their challenges to the Laboratory.
Inova_MPRJ has four strategic objectives: 1. Develop innovative experiments, aimed at increasing the cost-effectiveness of MPRJ's activities. 2. Prospect practices, tools, projects, and innovation opportunities in Brazil and abroad. 3. Spread a culture of learning and innovation, innovative practices and new skills. 4. Promote integration, create and foster innovation networks.
 
Internship Description:
The interns would work on two possible projects within the laboratory, but interacting with prosecutors and other departments. 1) Bussola (compass, in English): launched in 2019, it's focused on monitoring data and intervening in public policies in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Bussola has two branches: one for monitoring the administration of public hospitals and the second for monitoring the construction of public sanitation works in the Guanabara Bay. Bussola requires some knowledge of the public policy cycle and ideally interest in data science and access to public databases. 2) Mosaico (mosaic): this project was launched in 2021 and focuses on organizational aspects of the institution. The goal is to help prosecutors in the prevention, repression, and remediation of acts of corruption and violations of fundamental rights. Through the use of data (surveys, interviews, databases), Mosaico aims to analyze prosecutor's responses and then create a more effective work design.

Interns will: Research and benchmark best practices; Support in creating social media content based on projects; Coordinate closely with project managers on daily activities; Work jointly with the project team to develop and design policies; Work with the project and the communication teams to create engagement of other public servants and prosecutors.
 
Intern Qualifications:
Students must be Interested in data science, communicaton or service design; Interested in working in the public sector; Intermediate knowledge of Excel; Some knowledge of the public policy cycle, preferably with experience; Proactive, doesn't mind working on his/her own; Good team player. 
Possible fields of study are: economics, data science, public policy, design, law, public administration, government. At least a basic level Portuguese is preferred.

Key words: Innovation, technology, service design, public policy, public law, communication, data science

Kodea // CHILE

Organization Description:  
Kodea is a foundation that promotes the growth of talent for the digital world. They foster a more inclusive technological development, the search for computer skills in groups of people who are marginalized from this training and an education that promotes from the adoption of technological information to technological creation, to support Chile’s transition to the knowledge economy and face the challenges of the digital age. 
 
Format:
In-person
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

RECODE // BRAZIL

Field: Education, Technology
Availability: São Paulo - Southeastern Brazil
Portuguese Level: No Portuguese necessary.
 
Recode is a civil society organization that never stops innovating in the search for the most modern and effective ways to transform lives through digital empowerment. Through virtual training and projects that unite technology and education, we train young people and adults in the use of fundamental digital tools for the period in which we live.
Recode's objective is to present technologies and train transformation agents so that each person can impact their own life and that of the region where they live, recoding destinations, be it driven by games, programming, virtual reality, artificial intelligence or any other other technology.

Yalo // Mexico

Organization Description:
At Yalo, we aspire to help major global brands delight more than a billion people each day through the power of instant messaging. We’re focused on emerging markets like Latin America, India and Southeast Asia -- markets in which mobile consumers spend 85% of their time on messaging apps. Now, we’re marrying the omnipresence of messaging with the strength of AI to help businesses know their customers well, engage with them directly, and serve them better than ever before.
 
Internship Description:
We're looking to improve our selection process by creating a new interview structure that reflects modern research on behavioral / performance / visualization type of questions or assessments. This may apply to tech or non-tech roles.
- Review cutting-edge interview techniques
- Gather UX (hiring managers) insights - focus groups or surveys
- Identify which new techniques would make sense to implement
- Consolidate results of the intervention (small group of hires)
 
Intern Qualifications:
- Intermediate to advance spanish would be a must (will interact mostly in spanish)
- Any notion in Human Resources or Talent Acquisition
- Interest in gathering data and generate insights
- Highly empathic and willing to interact with business leaders to better understand their talent needs
 
Open to undergraduate and graduate students

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