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Inter-American Social Protection Network (IASPN)

Inter-American Social Protection Network (IASPN). “Exchanging experiences, expanding opportunities”. Francisco Pilotti Director Department of Social Development and Employment OAS. Mandates and Political Support First Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Social Development (2008)

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Inter-American Social Protection Network (IASPN)

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  1. Inter-American Social Protection Network(IASPN) “Exchanging experiences, expanding opportunities” Francisco Pilotti Director Department of Social Development and Employment OAS

  2. Mandates and Political Support First Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Social Development (2008) Fifth Summit of the Americas (2009) Letter of Understanding with Chile (2009) Financial support from USA for the first phase of the launch (2009)

  3. What is the IASPN? A community of practice for national social development ministries and agencies to promote the exchange and transfer of experiences and knowledge on social protection, in collaboration with international organizations, non-governmental organizations, private sector and academia.

  4. General Objectives Promote inter-American cooperation mechanisms for the exchange and transfer of social protection best practices and experiences. Strengthen the institutional capacity of national social development ministries and agencies in formulating and implementing social protection policies and programs. Bring together key actors and institutions throughout the region to engage in agenda-setting dialogue on social protection. Generate a community of practice of policy-makers and practitioners through a knowledge and learning network.

  5. IASPN: Structure and Composition

  6. Sectoral political forums Exchange/learning networks OAS as a cooperation facilitator in social protection areas

  7. 1st phase: Launching (2009-2010) IASPN 2nd phase: Technical/operative consolidation (2011 )

  8. 1st Phase: Launching of the IASPN • Meetings • High-level political launching in New York (2009) • Consultations and technical meetings with stakeholders • - International cooperation and social protection (July 2010, Brazil) • - Social Protection in CARICOM (2010, Barbados) • - Social Protection and Employment Meeting (November- December 2010, Brazil) • - Public – private partnerships meeting (2011, Chile) • Regional technical validation meeting (2011)

  9. 1st Phase: Launching of the IASPN (cont) • Partnerships • Collaboration with international and regional organizations and academia (concept papers, meetings, etc.) • - ECLAC • - ILO • - WFP • - FAO • - UE - FIIAPP • - African Union • JSWG

  10. 1st Phase: Launching of the IASPN (cont) • Virtual Tools • IASPN Web page: Clearinghouse for information and experiences on social protection (programs, publications, meetings, cooperation frameworks, etc.) • www.socialprotectionet.org • Initial design of forums and virtual classrooms for the IASPN in the Educational Portal of the Americas

  11. 2nd Phase: Technical/operative consolidation (2011) • Horizontal Cooperation • Based on results of activities from the 1st phase, and systemization of inter-American cooperation in social protection. • Guided by countries’cooperation requests on social protection issues. • Input and follow-up from CIDES.

  12. Thank You

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