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International Poverty Centre. Francisco Filho and Roberto Astorino Communications and Outreach team New York, November 2008. What is IPC? . Established in 2004 in Brasilia.
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International Poverty Centre Francisco Filho and Roberto Astorino Communications and Outreach team New York, November 2008
What is IPC? • Established in 2004 in Brasilia. • Global centre for applied research and training on development policy and for the promotion of South-South Cooperation. • Partnership between UNDP and the Brazilian Government. • Within UNDP: Linked to the Poverty Practice of the Bureau for Development Policy. • Within the Brazilian Government: Linked to the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea), the Secretariat for Strategic Affairs at the Presidency of the Republic.
Who are we? IPC team
What do we do? Applied Research • Innovative Publications • Seminars, Workshops and Conferences • Visiting Research Fellows South-South Cooperation • Study Tours and Training • Africa-Brazil Cooperation Programme • Advisory Missions Communications and Outreach • Dissemination • Communication Tools • Partnerships • Website Visibility and Impact
A few figures… • IPC’s knowledge-sharing networkcovers 189countries. • 9publication types in 4 different languages, covering 16 thematic areas. • 7 research programmes. • 1-2 new publications per week sent to 27,000 people, including 3,200 UNDP staff. • Training Sessions, Study Tours and Conferences have thus far involved more than 7,000 representatives of around 50 developing countries. • More than 100Advisory Missions. • 1,500 partner research centres in 106 developing countries.
Applied Research: Research Programmes • Social Protection and Cash Transfers • Access to Finance and Basic Services • Economic Policies, MDGs and Poverty • Gender Equality • Labour and Social Inclusion • Macroeconomic Policies to Revert the HIV/AIDS Epidemic • State of the World Economy
Applied Research: Publication Series Poverty in Focus Search
A few figures Number of website visits: 2,161.343 October:121,784 Number of downloads: 397,742 October: 22,264 Number of first time visits in October: 14,171 Number of countries in October: 119 Top-ten in October: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, India, Mexico, Mozambique, South Africa, Sweden, UK, USA Downloads of IPC publications Communications and Outreach: Website
Communications and Outreach: Website Evolution of visits to the IPC website
Applied Research: Events • 9 International Conferences • 70 Seminars Forthcoming: • International Workshop on Equitable Access to Basic Services: Insights to Latin America São Paulo, Brazil Other recent events: • Bi-regional Conference on Social Protection and Poverty Reduction Cape Town, South Africa • The Millennium Development Goals: Beyond Averages 2007 Tegucigalpa, Honduras • Skills Building Workshop on Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) – Nairobi, Kenya
Applied Research: IPC Internship and Visiting Scholars Programmes Olga Lucia Callejas Cortes –Ministry of Social Protection, Colombia Mariana Hoffmann – Institute d’Etudes Politiques d’Aix-en-Provence / France Kelly McCarthy – Irish Centre for Human Rights Pauline Cazaubon – Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Bordeaux (France) / University of Granada (Spain) Christian Lehmann – Paris School of Economics/ The Sorbonne, France & Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Sonal Singh – London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Joe Macharia – Global Labour University Programme Michelle Morais de Sá e Silva – Teachers College, Columbia University, USA John Gahan – The University of the South, USA Portia Meyers Hunt – School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, USA Asad Kamran Ghalib – Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, UK Areas: • Support to Communications and Outreach Activities • Research Assistance – Cash Transfers and Social Protection • Research Assistance – Gender Research Programme • Research Assistance – Macroeconomic policies, economic governance, privatisation and regulation, equitable access to services, HIV and AIDS
South-South Cooperation: Study Toursand Training Promoting partnerships to fight poverty through advocacy and capacity building. Target audience • Government officials from the Global South • UNDP Country Offices Training areas • Social Protection and Cash Transfers • Gender Equality • Pro-poor and Inequality-reducing Policies • Labour Market, Racial Discrimination and Employment Policies • Macroeconomic Policies • Access to Finance and Basic Services for the Poor • Poverty Measurement and Monitoring
South-South Cooperation: Recent Study Tours and Trainings • Study Touron Evaluation and Measurement of Social Policies: Cooperation Agenda Brazil-Venezuela • Study Tour of the Africa-Brazil Cooperation Programme on Social Development • Training Course on Econometric Methods for Impact Evaluation • Mission of the Government of the Republic of South Africa: A South-South Dialogue on Social Protection • Study Touron Participatory Budgeting and Planning • Study Tour on Social Policies for Ethnic Minorities
South-South Cooperation: Africa-Brazil Cooperation Programme on Social Development Promoting international technical cooperation between developing countries to foster social protection policies. • Regional cooperation • Technical cooperation • Study Tours • Distance learning http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/africa-brazil/homeeng.do
South-South Cooperation: Advisory Missions Recent missions: • Angola • Dominican Republic • El Salvador • Ethiopia • The Gambia • Ghana • Kenya • Paraguay • Uzbekistan • Venezuela
Communications and Outreach: How do we disseminate our publications? Global Directory of Contacts IPC’s Knowledge- Sharing Network • 189 countries • 3,200 UNDP contacts • 27,000 contacts • 1,000 new contacts per month
Communications and Outreach: Communications Tools Poverty Networks: Sharing Development Information Facilitating access to development knowledge and helping foster dialogue between researchers, policymakers, civil society and multilateral organizations. An online catalogue of 67 IPC’s collaborative web-based platforms. http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/povnet.do
Communications and Outreach: Communications Tools Media relations and Press Room Developing and strengthening media relations is a core vehicle for communicating IPC’s messages to its target audiences and promoting visibility and support for the Centre’s mandate. Some activities: • Directory of Journalists in Brazil • International catalogue of journalists and communication officers • IPC in the Media • 2 Press Releases per week in 4 languages http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/PressRoom.do
Communications and Outreach: Communications Tools IPC News A monthly newsletter in 4 languages featuring our latest publications and highlights, ongoing and upcoming events and trainings. IPC Interview Series Illustrating the impact of our Research and Training Programmes and highlighting major policy lessons and experiences.
Communications and Outreach: Communications Tools Linking Research Knowledge to Development Practice An online platform for sharing innovative initiatives of UNDP Country Offices and linking these initiatives to IPC’s knowledge products and their main policy recommendations.
Communications and Outreach: Communications Tools Comments and Reviews Space
Communications and Outreach: Communications Tools Awareness raising campaigns • International Day for the Eradication of Poverty • Stand Up and Take Action • UN Day • Brazilian Government events • NGO fairs • UN Brazil Get involved with the IPC: a new section on our website
Communications and Outreach: Partnerships IPC’s online directory of institutions doing research on poverty and human development Promoting the international visibility of research centres in developing countries and advancing dialogue among researchers and policy makers. Forthcoming: • Arab States • Europe and the CIS Goal: • 2,500 centres in the Global South. http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/rs.do
IPC Knowledge Centre A gateway of publications from our partner Research Centres and Poverty Networks for promoting knowledge and experiences sharing. Communications and Outreach: Partnerships
Communications and Outreach: Partnerships UNV Online Volunteering Award 2007 • 691 volunteers in 43 countries • 94 assignments Some recent assignments • Help IPC disseminate development related knowledge in Asia • Transcription of interviews on Social Protection Policies • Recherche de contacts journalistes: Afrique francophone
Communications and Outreach: Partnerships Voluntários Online:a new partnership with the largest volunteer-recruiting NGO in Brazil. Current assignments • Translate IPC website into Portuguese • Translate IPC brochure into Portuguese • Help IPC disseminate development information in Africa
Muito obrigado! IPC’s Communications and Outreach Strategy: http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/paper-seminar/COS.pdf