Students from the fifth quarter of the Master’s Program in Formulation and Evaluation of Projects from the University of San Carlos in Guatemala, visited the headquarters of the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations –CIAT- in Panama City on October 29, 2010.

The group of students was cordially welcomed by the CIAT Executive Secretary, Mr. Márcio F. Verdi and his team of collaborators, who shared their experiences on various projects carried out and the tools used for achieving the objectives.

They were also briefed on the experiences dealing with the implementation of the new web page, one of CIAT’s recent projects that required creativity and dedication for its development. One of the lessons learned by this group of students is that in every project one must consider the use of the necessary tools for its development, which are not precisely the most complex ones but rather those better adapted to it.

The Executive Secretary also shared his experiences in relation to CIAT counseling to the Guatemalan Tax Administration, such as  Technical Assistance for Strengthening the Tax Administration in 2006-2008, Strengthening of the Superintendency of Tax Administration –SAT- 2004-2005 and the Program for the Consolidation of the Integral Tax System and Strengthening  of the Tax Administration.

The CIAT Executive Secretary, Mr. Márcio F. Verdi with students from the University of San Carlos of Guatemala.