Networking as an Institutional Strengthening Tool

1. Networking as an Institutional Strengthening Tool Francisco Pilotti, Director Department of Social Development and Employment Organization of American States

2. Mandate • 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.

3. Selection Criteria • Effective reduction of extreme poverty • Effective reduction of inequality • Effective targeting aimed at the poorest • Consolidated programs

4. Institutional Strengthening Knowledge – Learning - Application Input: Training Output: Learning Outcome: Workplace Change Impact: Enhanced Institutional Capacity

5. Contents • Political and PolicyDimensions • Institutional Framework • Targeting Techniques • Family Intervention Techniques

6. Critical Transfer • Critical Transfer of knowledge, skills and best practices: • Pertinence • Discards simple replication of a model • Facilitates comparative approach • Stimulates a mutual learning process

7. Critical Transfer Between the Caribbean and Chile • Some Critical Differences: • Legal • Administrative • Cultural/Language • Family Dynamics • Service Delivery • Other Variables • Migration • HIV/AIDS

8. Results CT Chile / Caribe • Trinidad and Tobago : Step / Up • Jamaica: Bridge • St. Lucia: Koudemain

9. Network: Structure and Composition Int. Organiz Private Sector Other Ministries Ministries Social Development NGO Donors Academic Sector

10. Thank you