Victor Valle

Nationality: El Salvador

Current Position within UPEACE

Dr. Valle is the Dean for Latin America and the Caribbean Programme.  He serves as Vice Chair of the Headquarters Management Committee. Chair of the Admission and Scholarship Committe. From 2001 to 2005 he was Dean for Academic Administration.

As Professor of Human Security, he organizes advanced training in the subject, teaches an intensive course on new approaches to security and lectures in graduate programmes on conflict settlement, human security and urban violence in post-conflict societies.

Dr. Valle began his professional career in 1963 as Head of the Admission Office in the public university of his native El Salvador. For 12 year he was Senior Educator at the Organization of American States in Washington D.C. In that position he oversaw educational development projects in more than 30 countries of the Western Hemisphere. After more than three decades as a specialist of international cooperation, an international educator, an active politician and a peace builder, Dr. Valle joined the new team in charge of the renewal of the University for Peace in 2001.

Education and Qualifications

• Doctor of Education, The George Washington University, USA, 1982
• Master of Education, University of Pittsburgh, USA, 1971
• Undergraduate studies, Civil Engineering, University of El Salvador, 1959-1965
• (The University of Costa Rica recognized the degree of Doctor of Education in 1982)

Work Experience

• The University for Peace, affiliated to United Nations, Dean and Professor of Human Security (2000-present)
• National Civil Police, El Salvador, Inspector-General (1995-1999)
• National Revolutionary Movement (political party member of Socialist International), Secretary-General, (1991-1994)
• Organization of American States, Washington D.C., Senior Educator (1980-1991)
• Central American Institute for Public Administration, Costa Rica, Head of Academic Programming and Faculty member (1975-1979)
• University of Costa Rica, Faculty member and educational planner (1972-1975)
• University of El Salvador, senior academic manager (1964-1972)

Courses/Subjects Taught

• Human Security, University for Peace 2001
• Statistics Applied to Education, University of Costa Rica (1973)
• Research Methods in Education, University of Costa Rica (1973-1975)
• Management of Public Enterprises, Central American Institute for Public Administration, Costa Rica (1975-1979)
• Management by Objectives, Central American Institute for Public Administration, Costa Rica (1975-1979)
• Curriculum Development, University of El Salvador (1972)

Occasional Lecturing

• The University of Pittsburgh, International Development and Education Program, 1983 ("Management of Educational Projects)
• The George Washington University, School of Education and Human Development, 1983, "Educational Development and International Cooperation"
• University of Paris, France, 1984, Management Development in Educational Systems
• Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, "Evaluation of University Organizations" 1986

Consultancy Work

• University Planning
• Educational Planning
• Teacher Training
• Educational Administration
• Educational Research
• Project Development
• Public Management Development
• Public Policies Development
• Citizen Security Development

Publications
A. Books and booklets

• Autonomía Universitaria: Tensiones y Esperanzas (University Autonomy: Tensions and Hopes). Organization of American States, 1986.
• Siembra de Vientos (Sowing Winds): El Salvador 1960-69, El Salvador: CINAS (Center for Research and Social Action) publishing, 1993.
• Capacitación de Docentes (In- service Teacher Training) Costa Rica: Editorial Crisol, 1991.
• Modernización de la Universidad (Modernization of the University). Costa Rica: Editorial Crisol, 1991.
• La Educación Universitaria de El Salvador: Un Espejo Roto en los 1980's (The University Education in El Salvador: A Broken Mirror in the 1980's) Publishing, 1991.the 1980's) El Salvador: CINAS (Center for Research and Social
• Perspectivas del Socialismo Democrático en El Salvador (Perspectives of Democratic Socialism in El Salvador) El Salvador: CINAS (Center for Research and Social Actino), 1992.(Co-author)
• Visiones Alternativas sobre la Transición en El Salvador (Alternative Visions on the Transition in El Salvador). El Salvador: Editorial Sombrero Azul, 1993.(Co-author)
• Human Security and Democracy in Central America (Spanish). the University for Peace, Costa Rica. 2003 (Editor).
• The Praise of Co-existence (Spanish). The University for Peace, Costa Rica. 2003 (Editor).

B. Articles published in specialized reviews between 1982 and 1885, registered in the US Educational Resources Information Center, ERIC. The ERIC number appears in parenthesis at the end of the title of the following 15 articles:

• Bases para Organizar Capacitación en Servicio de Especialistas en Currículo (Basis for In-service Training of Currículum Specialists). Venezuela, 1981 (ED 219 221)
• Technical Guidelines for In-service Teacher Training. Washington D.C., 1982 (ed 219 212)
• Cuatro Modelos para Diseñar Actividades de Capacitación Docente (Four Models to Design Teacher Training Activities) Colombia, 1981 (ED 228 026)
• Reflexiones sobre Capacitación de Docentes. (Reflections on Teacher Training). Colombia, 1981 (ED 228 027)
• Pautas para Organizar una Actividad de Capacitación: un Taller para Desarrollo Gerencial de Sistemas Educativos. (Guidelines to Organize a Training Activity: a Workshop for Management Development in Educational Systems). Washington D.C., 1981 (ED 228 028)
• Vinculos entre la Capacitación de Docentes y el Desarrollo de Materiales Educativos Impresos. (Links betwee Teacher Training and the Development of Printed Teaching Materials) Venezuela, 1982. (ED 228 029)
• La Capacitación de Docentes como Prioridad de los Sistemas Educativos de América Latina y el Caribe (Teacher Training as a Priority of Latin American and Caribbean Educational Systems). Peré, 1983 (ED 228 030).
• Desafíos en la Administración Universitaria. ( Challengies in the University Administration), México, 1982 (ED 239 809).
• Criterios Para Evaluar Programas de Educación Superior a Nivel de Posgrado (Criteria to Evaluate Higher Education Program at Graduate Level). Panamá, 1983 (ED 239 810)
• La Capacitación de Docentes en el Marco de la Regionalización Educativa.(Teacher Training and Educational Regional Development) Perú, 1983 (ED 239 811).
• Management Training in Educational Systems , Paris, 1984 (ED 249 628)
• Reflexiones sobre Investigación Educativa (Reflections on Educational Research) Costa Rica, 1985 (ED 258 756).
• Orientaciones Técnicas para el Mejoramiento de la Administración Educacional (Technical Guidelines for the Improvement of Educational Administration). Chile, 1983, (ED 258 756)
• Investigación Participativa y Gestión de Sistemas Educativos (Action Research and Management of Educational Systems). Chile, 1985 (ED 265 995)
• Proposiciones sobre Autonomía Universitaria (Proposals on University Autnomy), Brasil, 1985 (ED 265 996)

C. Other technical articles on education written from 1986 to 1991:

• Evaluación en las Organizaciones Universitaria (Evaluation in University Organizations). Universidades. Anuario 1986. Unión de Universidades de América Latina. México.
• Educación de y para la Mujer en América Latina y el Caribe. (Education of and for Women in Latin America and the Caribbean). OAS institutional document, (OEA/Ser.J/IX.CEPCIECC/DOC.970). Washington D.C., 1986.
• La Sociología en El Salvador: su Evolución Académica. (Academic Evolution of the Sociology in El Salvador). Paper presented in the VII Latin American Congress of Sociology. Guatemala, 1988.
• Higher Education in El Salvador. Essay written in 1989 to be included in the Encyclopedia on Higher Education, published in June 1992 by Pergamon Press, England.
• El Impacto Tecnológico en la Educación. (The Technological Impact in Education). Paper presented in the International Conference on Educational Workers, organized by the National Union of Education Workers, México, 1990.
• La Universidad Latinoamericana como Catalizadora de Consensos Nacionales (The Latin American University: Catalystfactor for National Consensus Building.), Paper presented in the International Meeting "Reflections on New Roles of Higher Education", convoked by UNESCO in Venezuela, 1991

Notes on publications:Several articles, essays and booklets were written from 1965 to 1981 on university reform, educational curriculum development, and training methods for managers. The author's nomadic lifestyle and the political repression have left those items as irretrievable casualties.

From 1991 to 1999, in the apex of real-politick participation (leader of a Salvadoran socialist political party) the author wrote 40 political oriented articles; their contents seem non-relevant for academic purposes.On June 2000 the author became UPEACE faculty member. Since then, the author has written several essays on social disintegration, security and democracy. The more relevant are the following:

• The Long Walk for Democracy in Latin American and the Caribbean. Paper presented to the IV Conference on New and Restored Democracies, that took place in Benin, Africa, on December 2000.
• Spiraling in Human Insecurity. The Historic Evolution of a Country: A Test for Social Integration. Paper presented in an Expert Group Meeting on "Threats to Social Integration" convoked by the Social Integrity Unit, United Nations, on December 2001.
• Human security: The Litmus Test for Central America Peace Building. (Teaching notes for a Lecture delivered at UPEACE campus on 16 November 2002
• Citizen Security: Reflections for Action (Spanish). Presented in Costa Rica on 30 October 2001.
• Human Rights, access to information and Human Security (Spanish) presented in Santiag de Chile (FLACSO conference) in 2003.