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Inter-American Cooperation Network for Social Protection

Inter-American Cooperation Network for Social Protection. Transfer of Chile’s Puente Program to the Caribbean. November 12-20, 2007 Santiago de Chile. Francisco Pilotti, Director Departamento de Desarrollo Social y Empleo. Mandates. Millennium Development Goal No. 1:

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Inter-American Cooperation Network for Social Protection

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  1. Inter-American Cooperation Network for Social Protection Transfer of Chile’s Puente Program to the Caribbean November 12-20, 2007 Santiago de Chile Francisco Pilotti, DirectorDepartamento de Desarrollo Social y Empleo Department of Social Development and Employment Organization of American States

  2. Mandates • Millennium Development Goal No. 1: • Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger • IV Summit of the Americas: • Identify and exchange, within the framework of the OAS, practices in the region regarding policies and programs to confront poverty. Department of Social Development and Employment Organization of American States

  3. Selection Criteria • Effective reduction of extreme poverty • Effective reduction of inequity • Democratic Governance: Good beneficiary evaluation • Effective targeting aimed at the poorest • Family as intervention unit: delivery of integrated services • Focus on citizens’ rights Department of Social Development and Employment Organization of American States

  4. Effective Programs of Inequality Reduction: The Brazil Case Brazil: Evolution of Gini coefficient Bolsa Familia: 21% BPC: 7% Source: IPEA Department of Social Development and Employment Organization of American States

  5. Positive Institutional Evaluation Department of Social Development and Employment Organization of American States

  6. Chile’s Puente Program Achievements • Five years of implementation • Coverage:270,000 families • High impact on poverty reduction during 2003-2006 • Positive evaluations by ECLAC and World Bank • International interest Department of Social Development and Employment Organization of American States

  7. Favorable Review of Puente in Inter – American Forums • Workshop in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, 2003 • Workshop in Reñaca, Chile, 2005 • XIII Annual Conference of the Social Network, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 2006 • XIV Annual Conference of the Social Network, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2007 • Interamerican Commission on Social Development, CIDES, Washington DC, October 2007 Department of Social Development and Employment Organization of American States

  8. The Puente Program • Established in 2002, the Program focuses on the family as the unit of intervention. During 24 months, Puente seeks to empower the family in order to improve its quality of life in seven dimensions: • Health • Education • Civil Registry (Identification) • Housing • Employment • Family Dynamics • Income Generation Department of Social Development and Employment Organization of American States

  9. The Puente Methodology Psychosocial Support and Subsidies Follow-Up Families in extreme poverty Autonomous families with access to protection networks 24 months Department of Social Development and Employment Organization of American States

  10. DSDE’s Institutional Capacity Building Strategy • Main Components of Horizontal Cooperation • Critical transfer of knowledge, skills and lessons learned • There is no simple replication of a model • Facilitate a comparative approach • Ensure mutual learning • Mixture of educational approaches, traditional and virtual • Permanent connectivity • Network management Department of Social Development and Employment Organization of American States

  11. Building a Bridge for the Puente Bridging Puente • Critical Transfer must take into account differences such as: • Legal • Administrative • Cultural/Linguistic • Family Dynamics • Service Delivery • Other Variables • Migration • HIV/AIDS Department of Social Development and Employment Organization of American States

  12. Transfer of the Chile Puente to the Caribbean: Partners Critical Transfer Department of Social Development and Employment Organization of American States

  13. Timeline Follow up in Jamaica: site visits by tutors from Chile Evaluation workshop and Planning for future activities workshop XIV Annual Meeting of the Social Network, (Brazil) Chile Puente in the Caribbean Workshop, Jamaica Internships, Chile Follow up in St. Lucia: site visitors and tutors from Chile Follow up in Trinidad & Tobago: site visitors and tutors from Chile Planning Meeting, OAS, FOSIS, UWI Planning Meeting, OAS. FOSIS Permanent academic support by UWI Permanent communication and support through virtual tools: website, online forum,etc Closure of the first stage of the program 2007 March May June October November 2008 January February March April Mayo June November Department of Social Development and Employment Organization of American States

  14. THANK YOU! Department of Social Development and Employment Organization of American States

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