FEMCIDI: Building Integral Development in the Americas

1. Special Multilateral Fund of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development – FEMCIDI Inter-American Committee of Culture - CIC

2. FEMCIDIPartnership for Development Fund: Building Integral Development in the Americas

3. FEMCIDI – OVERALL VIEW • Established in 1997 to convert the political priorities identified by the OAS member states into concrete development activities, and for the purpose of attending the most urgent needs of the countries , particularly those with the smallest and most vulnerable economies. • Since its onset, FEMCIDI has financed over 1,100 projects for a total surpassing US $100 millions. Financing is provided by the voluntary annual contributions of the OAS Member States. • FEMCIDI projects focus especially on capacity building of human resources and strengthening of institutions, and may act as seed funds to launch larger and farther reaching development programs.

4. FEMCIDI and CULTURE • FEMCIDI has financed around 50 projects for a total surpassing US$ 2.0 millions. • Among these projects are, for instance, a project currently in execution of: The Inter-American Year of Culture - Gabriela Mistral 2010, coordinated by the National Council of Culture and Arts of Chile (CNCA), and the project: • Fostering Culture Diversity and Creative Expression through Education: Sharing Good Practices, coordinated by the Ministry of Community Development and Culture of Barbados.

5. FEMCIDI operates in the OAS Framework, an institution recognized in the whole Hemisphere Political Mandates – The Fund’s actions emanate directly from the mandates established by the Member States: Summits, General Assemblies and Ministerial Meetings. Direct Access to Governments – Direct access and constant communication with the highest level cooperation authorities and National Liaison Offices (ONEs), responsible for the selection of projects OAS Local Presence – Only institution in the Americas who has offices in almost all the Member States to provide support for the management of funds and monitoring of projects. Through FEMCIDI, the countries design, present and execute their projects. Measuring of Results: Evaluations have revealed positive projects such as the implementation of national policies, reforms and job creation. Comparative Advantages of FEMCIDI

6. Benefits of FEMCIDI for the Sectoral Areas • Priorities established by the Member States’ top-level political bodies are translated into concrete projects and activities aimed at common objectives, with visible and measurable results and impact. • The Inter-American Committees play a central role in the definition of the Programmatic Approaches, the review and selection of the projects to be financed and receive continuous feedback on the progress and results of the implementation of these initiatives. • The FEMCIDI mechanism promotes dialogue and the exchange and transfer of good practices and successful experiences through horizontal cooperation; • Optimization of the use of FEMCIDI resources and multiplication of effects with external funding;

7. New FEMCIDI Structure • Ministerial Meetings every three years: Ministers define two Key Action Themes for financing through FEMCIDI • Inter-American Committees contribute to the establishment of a Programmatic Approach for each theme, under which projects are presented and executed for a three year period, • Presentation of project profiles by the countries. • Inter-American Committees take part in the Meeting for the Design of the Framework Program during which, among others: • They identify and select those project profiles which best fit within the Programmatic Approach; • They promote the integration of national, horizontal and multinational project, when possible; • They identify preliminary indicators; • Programming Meeting with Partners and other Donors to seek complementary funding and support; • Implementation of projects by the member states. • Monitoring, Evaluation and visibility of results – Results presented at the following Ministerial Meeting.

8. Implementation of the transition phase towards the new FEMCIDI • In october of 2010, the countries approve the transition period for the implementation of the new proposed FEMCIDI structure • The topics selected for 2010-11 are: • Education • Culture • Science and Technology

9. KEY THEME: Consideration of up to two Key Themes for FEMCIDI financing at the II Special Meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Culture (CIC) – December 2010 March 2011: Key Themes approved at the Meeting of the Ministers of Culture in Rio de Janeiro. PROGRAMMATIC APPROACH: Developed by the Secretariat: it defines the problem, objectives and expected results as well as the lines of action for the presentation and implementation of projects The Programmatic Approach is distributed to the members of CIC for feedback and is approved by CEPCIDI. PRESENTATION OF PROFILES: The countries present project profiles that bear a clear and direct relation to the objectives of the Programmatic Approach. Culture under the new FEMCIDI:

10. Culture under the new FEMCIDI (2): MEETING FOR THE DESIGN OF THE FRAMEWORK PROGRAM - CIC: Review of the profiles presented by the Member States and identification and selection of those which best respond to the Programmatic Approach; Recommend the integration of National Projects and Projects presented under other cooperation modalities into multinational or regional projects.; Identify transversal issues in all the projects and recommend adjustments to allow synergies among the projects; Review the proposed consistency of the activities and training with the full Program. Identify preliminary indicators and baseline data corresponding to the problem presented in the project profile. Provide a space for dialogue to allow the countries participating in multinational projects to coordinate their participation; Provide a space to identify and pledge additional technical support Promote additional and/or complementary activities that can be financed with external funding.

11. Definition of Key Themes for Culture under the FEMCIDI framework CIC members are invited to consider possible KEY THEMES taking into account that: Each Key Theme will lead to the design of a Framework Program for a three year implementation period; The projects and activities financed under the Key Theme will focus on Promoting Capacity Building of Human Resources and Strengthening of Institutions When defining the Key Themes, the CIC members will also have to take the following into account: The priority areas established by the Ministries of Culture at their Inter-American Meetings The areas designated as priorities in the CIC Work Plan