HISTORY
In 2003, a group of psychology professionals requested from SIP that Guatemala be permited to host a Congress in 2005. The SIP directors decided to sponsor a smaller congress and it granted Guatemala the right to serve as the location for a Regional congress (Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean). So, in October of 2004, the FIRST REGIONAL CONGRESS of the Inter-American Society of Psychology took place. It was a successful congress, with 181 presentations and 458 registered participants from 14 countries of the Americas.
In order to host an Interamerican Congress of Psychology in Guatemala, the creation of a legal entity was required. Therefore, the executive committee organizing the congress initiated the process in May, 2004, under the name of SIP Association/Guatemala Chapter; the head of this committee, functioning as the Congress President, was appointed as legal representative.
At the present time the SIP Association/Guatemala Chapter, in its third year, undertakes academic activities from a psychological perspective that revolve around themes pertaining to Guatemala's social reality. Moreover, the SIP Association/Guatemala Chapter is organizing the XXXII Interamerican Congress of Psychology that will take place in 2009.
VISION
To share and to integrate the contributions of psychology from Guatemala and the other countries of the Americas to strengthen ties to improve individuals’ quality of life, building peace from our endeavors.
MISSION
The XXXII Congress of the Interamerican Society of Psychology cultivates efforts to integrate procedures, training, research, application, and publication within psychology and its specialties, fostering participation and solidarity among psychologists.
OBJECTIVES
To promote scientific and professional relations and exchanges among psychologists and psychologists of the Americas.
To disseminate the results of psychological research, programs of intervention and services inherent in psychology in the Americas.
To establish ties among members to facilitate collaboration in projects of common interest related to our discipline.
To foster the development of psychology in the country where the meeting is held.
To encourage participants to show the richness and cultural diversity of the country.
To stimulate the participation of professionals and students in psychology-related fields
To facilitate informal exchange among participants.
To obtain continuing revenue that allows SIP to attain its goals.