Caribbean Conference on Horizontal Cooperation in Social Protection Barbados, January 2011

COLOMBIA’S INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENDA AGENDA Strategic objectives: 1.Increase efficacy of Official Development Aid in Colombia 2.Strengthen and position Colombia’s South-South Cooperation initiatives 3.Strengthen cooperation ties with emerging economies’ countries 4.Coordinate public, private, social, national and international actors to promote strategic social investments 5.Consolidate and transfer innovative decentralized cooperation schemes (both as provider and recipients)

COLOMBIA’S INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENDA AGENDA Strategic objectives: 1.Increase efficacy of Official Development Aid in Colombia 2.Strengthen and position Colombia’s South-South Cooperation initiatives Visualize and position Colombia as South-South Cooperation Provider Promote high impact of horizontal partnerships for development

HORIZONTAL COOPERATION FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY: Provides policy guidelines on international cooperation. ACCIÓN SOCIAL – INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION DEPARTMENT: Coordinates the identification, prioritization, formulation, execution and follow-up of South- South Cooperation projects. GUIDELINES: - Focus on demand - Programmatic approach - Implementation of sectoral programs - Focus on regional strategies - Replicability and capacity building

HORIZONTAL COOPERATION NEGOTIATION Bilateral ProgramsRegional Programs In force: Mexico; El Salvador; Honduras; Guatemala; Panama; Costa Rica; Cuba; Jamaica; Dominican Republic; Guyana; Peru; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Argentina; Uruguay; Paraguay Underway: Central American Regional Cooperation Program (9 countries) Strategy for the Caribbean Basin (25 countries) Under construction: Africa Strategy Asia Strategy

COOPERATION METHODOLOGY Process: Joint Commission Programming Identification and establishment of national institution’s demands Counterpart country proposals are directed to appropriate institutions Joint Commission meeting to choose official projects Annual follow-up meeting Quarterly meetings to discuss progress Types:  Receiving and sending experts  Seminars, courses, workshops  Internships  Information exchanges  Research and studies

ACHIEVEMENTS Increase in project execution percentage Increase of the International Cooperation and Aid Fund– FOCAI Partnerships to work with other countries Web tool: “Colombia’s Best Practices Manual for South-South Cooperation”

ACHIEVEMENTS Publication “Guidelines for South-South Cooperation” Colombia leads the OECD South-South Cooperation Task Force Technical input for the design and implementation of the Extreme Poverty Reduction Strategy –Programa Familias en Acción and Red JUNTOS

HORIZONTAL COOPERATION: CHALLENGES Strenghten government agency’s capacity in agile project implementation. Consolidate horizontal cooperation monitoring and evaluation to inform on project’s results and lessons learned. Provide mechanisms to ensure financial support for projects’ implementation.

Presidential Program Families in Action (Familias en Acción) Colombia Barbados, January 2011

It’s a CCT program Provides money subsidies to families in vulnerable and extreme poverty situations, with minors younger than 18 years of age, in echange of compliance with a series of coresponsabilities. CCT PFA DESCRIPTION

GENERAL OBJECTIVE Contribute towards families’ in extreme poverty human capital. Srategy Complement famliles’ -with children younger then 18 years of age- income by investing in human capital by: Food consumption. Introducing nutritional habits and health care and nutritional follow-up of children. School attendance and completion rate.

Subsidy types NutritionalEducational

Health and nutrition Targets for % health insurance coverage for targeted population 100% vaccination coverage Reduction of maternal infant mortality and transmitable diseases. Redcution of overall child malnutrition. TARGETS Lined up with MDGs

Targets for 2019 Achieve universal basic and medium level coverage Increase to 50% coverage of superior education with larger participation of technical education Improve education quality EducationEducation TARGETS Lined up with MDGs

RESULTS

Significant decrease of children afected by diaherrea en rural areas (more than 10% for children between 0 y 4 years in rural areas). Significant increase in percentage of children attening development and growth consultations (from 42% to54%). After 6 years, the program shows positive nutritional results as can be seen in child sizes and a significant reduction in acute malnutrition Health results

School attendance rates for children between years of age in rual areas increased from 71% to 85% aprox. School attendance for children between years of age in urban areas increased 87% to 92% due to the program. Education results

Food component: largest impact on highly nutritional food, an increase in the amount of days per week children intake proteins (1,2 more then average). Among items –othern than food- that registered increase in consuption: Children’s clothes and shoes Education (in urban areas) No increases in alcohol, tobacco, adult clothes. Impact on consumption

Women empowerment Children and mothers registered Improvement in providing H and E services. Sensibilization on family roles Coresponsability pedagogy Improvement of interinstitutional action to provide services Dynamic local economy. SOCIAL CAPITAL ACHIEVEMENTS

NETWORK FOR THE REDUCTION OF EXTREME POVERTY (RED PARA LA SUPERACION DE LA POBREZA EXTREMA)

COORDINATION WITH THE JUNTOS STRATEGY IDENTIFICATION INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION HEALTH NUTRITION HOUSING FAMILY DYNAMICS BANKING AND SAVING SUPPORT TO ENSURE ACCESS TO JUSTICE Dimensions and basic achievements:

TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT Imapct evaluation design Institutional and social strenghtening strategies design Social and public communication srategies design Development of efficient technical solutions to provide follow-up on co- responsabilities, indicators, financial managemente and to generate reports

1.CCTs are important, they provide help in protecting human capital and in crisis situations. 2.CCTs can not be stand alone policies, a parallel pedagogical process with families is necessary (promotion component) as well as building a SPN around them 3.It is necessary to develop an institutional strenghetning component in CCT programs in order to coordinate the work of Government at the National level and public local agencies and beneficiaries. 4.All social and social inclusion programs must be part of the SPN 5.SPNs articulate, plan, and follow-up, but concrete actions are the responsability of each SPN program. CONCLUSIONS

FERNANDO SANCHEZ PRADA Institutional Strenghtening National Coordinator Programa Presidencial Familias en Acción Colombia FERNANDO SANCHEZ PRADA Institutional Strenghtening National Coordinator Programa Presidencial Familias en Acción Colombia MARIA ALEJANDRA MATEUS International Cooperation Department Advisor Acción Social Colombia MARIA ALEJANDRA MATEUS International Cooperation Department Advisor Acción Social Colombia THANKS !!!