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

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

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

Departamento de Desarrollo Social y Empleo Organización de los Estados Americanos 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 Building a Bridge for the Puente Critical Transfer must take into account differences such as: –Legal –Administrative –Cultural/Linguistic –Family Dynamics –Service Delivery –Other Variables Migration HIV/AIDS Bridging Puente

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

Departamento de Desarrollo Social y Empleo Organización de los Estados Americanos Planning Meeting, OAS. FOSIS March 2007 January February MarchApril MayoJune 2008 Follow up in Trinidad & Tobago: site visitors and tutors from Chile Follow up in St. Lucia: site visitors and tutors from Chile Permanent academic support by UWI Closure of the first stage of the program Planning Meeting, OAS, FOSIS, UWI May June Chile Puente in the Caribbean Workshop, Jamaica October XIV Annual Meeting of the Social Network, (Brazil) November Evaluation workshop and Planning for future activities workshop Follow up in Jamaica: site visits by tutors from Chile Permanent communication and support through virtual tools: website, online forum,etc November Internships, Chile Timeline

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