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Inter-American Cooperation Network for Social Protection

This article discusses the transfer of Chile's successful Puente Program for poverty reduction to the Caribbean region. It highlights the achievements of the Puente Program and the favorable reviews it has received in inter-American forums. The article also outlines the methodology of the Puente Program and the institutional capacity building strategy for its transfer to the Caribbean.

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Inter-American Cooperation Network for Social Protection

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  1. Inter-American Cooperation Network for Social Protection II CIDES MEETINGOctober 23 – 24, 2007 Transfer of Chile’s Puente Program to the Caribbean Francisco Pilotti, DirectorDepartamento de Desarrollo Social y Empleo Departamento de Desarrollo Social y Empleo Organización de los Estados Americanos

  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. Departamento de Desarrollo Social y Empleo Organización de los Estados Americanos

  3. Identifying Poverty Reduction Policies and Programs in the Context of Democratic Governance “Poverty is many things, all of them bad. It is material deprivation and desperation. It is lack of security and dignity. It is exposure to risk and high costs for thin comforts. It is inequality materialized. (..) The challenge today is how to bring the politics of dignity and the politics of poverty into a single framework.” Anjun Appadurai Departamento de Desarrollo Social y Empleo Organización de los Estados Americanos

  4. Selection Criteria • Effective reduction of extreme poverty • Effective reduction of inequity • Focus on citizens’ rights • Innovative service delivery • Effective targeting aimed at the poorest Departamento de Desarrollo Social y Empleo Organización de los Estados Americanos

  5. Chile’s Puente Program Achievements • Five years of implementation • Coverage:270,000 families • High impact in poverty reduction during 2003-2006 • Positive evaluations by ECLAC and World Bank • Widespread international interest Departamento de Desarrollo Social y Empleo Organización de los Estados Americanos

  6. 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 Departamento de Desarrollo Social y Empleo Organización de los Estados Americanos

  7. 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 Departamento de Desarrollo Social y Empleo Organización de los Estados Americanos

  8. The Puente Methodology Psychosocial Support and Subsidies Follow-Up Families in extreme poverty Autonomous families with access to protection networks 24 months Departamento de Desarrollo Social y Empleo Organización de los Estados Americanos

  9. 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 • Mix of educational approaches, traditional and virtual • Permanent connectivity • Network management Departamento de Desarrollo Social y Empleo Organización de los Estados Americanos

  10. 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 Departamento de Desarrollo Social y Empleo Organización de los Estados Americanos

  11. Transfer of the Chile Puente to the Caribbean: Partners Critical Transfer Departamento de Desarrollo Social y Empleo Organización de los Estados Americanos

  12. 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 Departamento de Desarrollo Social y Empleo Organización de los Estados Americanos

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