From the Puente in the Caribbean Program to the Inter-American Social Protection Network

1. From the Puente in the Caribbean Program to the Inter-American Social Protection Network Francisco Pilotti, DirectorDepartment of Social Development and Employment St. Michael, January 19-20, 2011

2. Puente in the Caribbean:Overview • Background • Content • Training Methodology

3. BACKGROUND

4. 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. • I Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities of Social Development • Foster the establishment of an Inter-American Social Protection Network • V Summit of the Americas • Create anInter-American Social Protection Network • II Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities of Social Development

5. Program Selection Criteria • Effective reduction of extreme poverty • Effective reduction of inequality • Effective targeting aimed at the poorest • Consolidated programs

6. Conditional Cash Transfers • They meet the established criteria • They attack the reproduction of intergenerational poverty • The family as a unit of intervention: delivery of integrated services • Participation of local governments • Empowerment of citizens • User satisfaction

7. CCTs: How Do They Work • Co-responsibilities for beneficiaries: • Regular school attendance • Health care • Vaccinations • Pre- and post-natal visits • Regular check-ups • Participate in seminars/ nutrition education • Cash Transfers to Poor Families: • Targeted to the poor • Benefits set to maximize positive incentives • Paid to women

8. Conditions School attendance Reduction of poverty across generations Investment in children’s human capital Preventive health Nutrition Basic CCT Logic Increased Consumption levels Cash Transfer Program Immediate alleviation of household poverty

9. CCTs are found in 18 LAC countries and cover 25 million families (approx. 113 million persons)

10. Investment in CCTs average 0,40% of regional GDP LAC (18 COUNTRIES): CCT EXPENDITURE CIRCA 2010 (As a percentage of GDP) Fuente: Elaboración propia, sobre la base de CEPAL, División de Desarrollo Social, Base de datos de programas de asistencia social.

11. CCTs cover 19% of the region’s population LAC (18 COUNTRIES): CCT COVERAGE, CIRCA 2009 (As a percentage of total population) Fuente: Elaboración propia, sobre la base de CEPAL, División de Desarrollo Social, Base de datos de programas de asistencia social.

12. CCTs and Social Policy CCTs are not a panacea against social exclusion. Their limitations should be recognized and addressed by focusing on more comprehensive social policy reforms that include, but are not limited to, CCT programs. CCTs may not be appropriate in some settings. CCTs’ effectiveness may increase by strengthening links to the labor market

13. 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

14. Strategic Alliance Chile – OAS - Caribbean • OAS • Chile: FOSIS - MIDEPLAN • Trinidad & Tobago: Ministry of Social Development, • St. Lucia: Ministry of Social Transformation and Poverty Reduction Fund • Jamaica: Jamaica Social Investment Fund and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security • Barbados: Ministry of Social Care, Constituency Empowerment and Community Development • St. Kitts and Nevis: Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Gender Affairs • Suriname: Ministry of Social Affairs and Housing • St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Ministry of National Mobilization, Social Development, Youth and Sports

15. Strategic Alliance: Partners • University of the West Indies • CIDA – Canada • Government of Chile • World Bank • United States Department of State • People’s Republic of China • Educational Portal of the Americas

16. Main Activities – Phase I • 2007 • Formation of task force • Launching workshop, Kingston • Website • Internship, Chile • National work plans • 2008 • Monitoring by FOSIS tutors in the Caribbean • Evaluation of achievements, Trinidad and Tobago, September 9 - 10 • Results presented at Conference for CARICOM countries, September 11 - 12 • Incorporation of 4 new countries into the Program

17. Outcomes - Phase I • Trinidad and Tobago: STEP - UP • Jamaica: BRIDGE • St. Lucia: KOUDEMAIN

18. Main Activities – Phase II • 2009 • St Lucia: Preparatory workshop for 4 new countries • Chile: Internship • 2010 • Launch of virtual forum • OAS monitoring visit to 4 countries • Training materials • Chilean tutors visit 4 countries • Barbados meeting: the way forward

19. CONTENT

20. The Puente Approach Psychosocial Support and Subsidies Follow-Up Families in extreme poverty Autonomous families with access to protection networks 24 months Toolkit: what’s inside? Can the contents be shared?

21. Unpacking the Contents of the Toolkit: Critical Transference • Institutional Framework • Political and Policy Dimensions • Targeting Techniques • Family Intervention Techniques

22. Theoretical Underpinnings • Social Protection and Social Risk Management • Human Capital and Social Capital • Ecological Approach to Child and Family Welfare • Rights Based Approach to Social Policy

23. TRAININGMETHODOLOGY

24. Capacity Building • CAPACITY: The emerging combination of individual competencies, collective capabilities, assets and relationships that enables a system to create value

25. Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening Knowledge – Learning - Application Input: Training Output: Learning Outcome: Changes in the Workplace Impact: Enhanced Institutional Capacity

26. Puente’s Approach to Capacity Building Operations Manual Work Plan Strategy – Implementation - Assessment

27. Capacity Building Through Communities of Practice • A group of persons that share a set of issues and problems, and who deepen their knowledge and expertise in this area by interacting on an ongoing basis. • Interaction allows: joint learning, social relations, sense of belonging and collective commitment • Communities create value for their members

28. Inter-American Social Protection Network(IASPN) “Exchanging experiences, expanding opportunities”

29. Inter-American Social Protection Network (IASPN) V Summit of the Americas April 17 – 19, 2009 Port of Spain Launch of the IASPN September 22, 2009 – New York City

30. What is the IASPN? A community of practice for national social development ministries and agencies to promote the exchange and transfer of experiences and knowledge on social protection, in collaboration with international organizations, non-governmental organizations, private sector and academia.

31. General Objectives Promote inter-American cooperation mechanisms for the exchange and transfer of social protection best practices and experiences. Strengthen the institutional capacity of national social development ministries and agencies in formulating and implementing social protection policies and programs. Bring together key actors and institutions throughout the region to engage in agenda-setting dialogue on social protection. Generate a community of practice of policy-makers and practitioners through a knowledge and learning network.

32. IASPN: Structure and Composition

33. IASPN Political Process: Timeline

34. IASPN Technical process: Timeline