Partners launches its flagship leadership program, the Fellowship in International Community Development, with the support of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The program lasts 18 years, making it the longest-running program supported by the Kellogg Foundation. 400 leaders—200 from Latin America and the Caribbean and 200 from the United States— participate.
A Partners’ regional office is set up in Bogota, Colombia, to serve Spanish-speaking partnerships in South America.
Two universities in Connecticut establish formal ties with the Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil. A year later, Partners of the Americas launches its “University Linkages” Program to promote similar ties between other universities.