Pan American Development Foundation

Pan American Development Foundation
AbbreviationPADF
Founded1962
FounderRonald Scheman
TypeInternational Development Organization
Location
Area served
Latin America, Caribbean
Key people
Katie Taylor, Executive Director[1]

The Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) is a non-governmental and non-political organization created in 1962 by the Organization of American States (OAS), the public sector and the private sector to focus on issues of pressing concern in the Western Hemisphere. PADF, a non-profit organization, has worked in every country in the region. PADF aims to bring together stakeholders to create sustainable economic development, strengthen civil society and respond to natural disasters for the most disadvantaged people in Latin America and the Caribbean.[2]

PADF, which also works to support the principles of the Inter-American Democratic Charter,[3] is an independent affiliate of the OAS.[4]

  1. ^ "PADF Selects New Executive Director: Catarina "Katie" Taylor". Pan American Development Foundation. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Pan American Development Foundation". Archived from the original on 2010-10-09. Retrieved 2010-11-26.
  3. ^ "Democratic Charter". www.oas.org.
  4. ^ OAS (1 August 2009). "OAS - Organization of American States: Democracy for peace, security, and development". www.oas.org.