Networking as an Institutional Strengthening Tool

Francisco Pilotti, DirectorDepartment of Social Development and Employment

Organization of American States

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.

Selection Criteria

• Effective reduction of extreme poverty

• Effective reduction of inequality

• Effective targeting aimed at the poorest

• Consolidated programs

Input:Training

Output:Learning

Outcome:Workplace

Change

Impact:Enhanced

InstitutionalCapacity

Knowledge – Learning - Application

Institutional Strengthening

• Political and Policy Dimensions

• Institutional Framework

•Targeting Techniques

• Family Intervention Techniques

Contents

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

Critical Transfer Between the Caribbean and Chile

• Some Critical Differences:

– Legal

– Administrative

– Cultural/Language

– Family Dynamics

– Service Delivery

– Other Variables• Migration• HIV/AIDS

Results CT Chile / Caribe

• Trinidad and Tobago : Step / Up

• Jamaica: Bridge

• St. Lucia: Koudemain

MinistriesSocial

Development

NGO

PrivateSector

OtherMinistries

Donors

AcademicSector

Network: Structure and Composition

Int. Organiz

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