{"id":2627,"date":"2013-01-31T18:33:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T18:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/CEGSS_2016\/2013\/01\/31\/historia\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T03:56:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T03:56:58","slug":"historia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/2013\/01\/31\/historia\/","title":{"rendered":"HISTORY OF CEGSS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 2006, a group of young professionals, led by Walter Flores, came together to implement a participatory action research project that sought to implement a participatory system for monitoring health services in rural municipalities. The project was based on the premise that mistrust between the population and public servants is a remnant of the armed conflict experienced in Guatemala during the second half of the 20th century, as well as of the historical relations of discrimination and social exclusion that underlie all social interactions. Based on the Urban and Rural Development Councils Law and the Health Code, our project was intended to promote citizen involvement in public policies and health services as a way to bring different actors together, generate dialogue, accountability and, ultimately, contribute to democratic governance of the health system.<\/p>

While the project presented significant challenges, it also showed the enormous potential that exists in addressing the problems of access to health services and shortages of essential inputs. Through the collective action of the rural population learning about their rights and obligations under the country's legal framework, it became clear to us that conceptual frameworks needed to be developed and adapted for this work, as well as methodological approaches that would allow this work to continue.<\/p>

In addition to the need for the academic work described above, the initial group sought to carry out the kind of work that did not separate the academic from the commitment to support the agency of socially excluded populations. In addition, it was clear that the findings and knowledge generated through the research should be communicated and fed into advocacy and advocacy processes.<\/p>

What was described above went beyond an isolated research project to become the intention and then the action of founding a civil association that would allow the above-described purposes to be put into practice. Thus, in January 2009, CEGSS was founded. It originally included Ismael G\u00f3mez, Ana Lorena Ruano, Denise Ph\u00e9-Funchal, Raphael Zepeda, Carlos Qui\u00f1\u00f3nez and Walter Flores. From its founding to date, the CEGSS team has continued to grow and expand its work horizon, which now includes international collaborations. Likewise, it has remained firm in its original purpose of seeking to make research and knowledge collective processes that should serve to counteract social exclusion and discrimination in our societies.<\/p>

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In 2006, a group of young professionals, led by Walter Flores, came together to implement a participatory action research project that sought to establish a participatory system for monitoring health services in rural municipalities. \u00a0This project was based on the premise that mistrust between the population and public servants is a legacy of the armed conflict that took place in Guatemala during the second half of the 20th century, as well as of the historical patterns of discrimination and social exclusion that underlie all social interactions. Based on the Law on Urban and Rural Development Councils and the Health Code, our project aimed to promote citizen engagement in public policies and health services as a way to bring different stakeholders together, foster dialogue and accountability, and ultimately contribute to the democratic governance of the health system. Although the project presented significant challenges, it also demonstrated the enormous potential that exists in addressing problems of access to health services and shortages of essential supplies. Through the collective action of rural communities learning about their rights and obligations under the country\u2019s legal framework, it became clear to us that conceptual frameworks for this work needed to be developed and adapted, and that methodological approaches needed to be devised to enable this work to continue. In addition to the need for the academic work described above, the initial group sought to carry out work that did not separate academic inquiry from a commitment to supporting the agency of socially excluded populations. Furthermore, it was clear that the findings and knowledge generated through the research should be communicated and channeled into advocacy and policy-making processes. What was described above went beyond an isolated research project to become the intention\u2014and subsequently the action\u2014of founding a civil association that would enable the implementation of the objectives described above. Thus, in January 2009, the CEGSS was founded. The founding members were originally Ismael G\u00f3mez, Ana Lorena Ruano, Denise Ph\u00e9-Funchal, Raphael Zepeda, Carlos Qui\u00f1\u00f3nez, and Walter Flores.\u00a0\u00a0 Since its founding to the present, the CEGSS team has continued to grow and has expanded its scope of work, which now includes international collaborations. Likewise, it has remained steadfast in its original purpose of ensuring that research and knowledge are collective processes that should serve to counteract social exclusion and discrimination in our societies.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c16-quienes-somos"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2627"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4816,"href":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627\/revisions\/4816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cegss.org.gt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}