Founded in January of 2007, CALI Foundation is a non-profit private foundation based in Panama that seeks to motivate effective and responsible leaders across Central America, to get involved with the pressing issues in their countries, as they struggle to align the demands of globalization with local visions of a “good society”. The aim is to develop a new generation of community-spirited leaders in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. The region is home to a growing number of competent young leaders in all sectors of society. CALI is designed to capture the energy, the talent, and the resolve of these leaders, who have already achieved a certain level of success in their respective fields, to inspire them to make a lasting significance in their region.

Background

While the years of civil war and unrest may be behind Central America, the challenges the next generation of leaders face are immense: poverty, crime, corruption, disillusionment with democracy, and the complexities of globalization, to name but a few...
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Today

From 2007-2011, the Initiative will identify, strengthen and motivate 120 Central America Leadership “Fellows” from six countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama) to assume a more proactive stance in addressing the foremost challenges of their region – and their times...
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The Future

CALI is planned to launch 5 classes in total. It has already graduated its first group of Fellows (CALI I - The Inaugural Class) and it is currently at its second class (CALI II - Calidos), launched in February 7, 2007. CALI is also getting prepared to launch its third group of Fellows on March of 2008....
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