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Proposed 2011 Program BudgetChapter 7

Executive Secretariat for Integral Development

Executive Secretariat for Integral Development

Cooperation in the OAS: Political foraThe Inter-American Council for Integral Development The Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI)(CIDI)

Organ of the OAS with decision-making powers on matters of partnership for integral development.

The purpose of CIDI is to promote partnerships among its member States for the furtherance of their integral development and, in particular, to help eliminate poverty.

CIDI also constitutes an inter-American fora for political dialogue at ministerial level with the purpose of establishing priorities and promoting a dialogue on policy. Currently in the framework of CIDI high-level authorities meet in the areas of:education,

Science and technologylaborSocial developmentSustainable developmentCulture tourism

And now, cooperation

Cooperation in the OAS: Political fora

The Inter-American Council for Integral The Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) (cont)Development (CIDI) (cont)

Bodies of CIDI:Bodies of CIDI:The Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-

American Council for Integral Development (CEPCIDI);

The Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development (AICD);

Nonpermanent Specialized Committees (CENPES); Inter-American Committees; and Other subsidiary bodies and agencies created by the

Council

Political dialogue and technical cooperation

Sectoral meetings at ministeriallevel and Inter-American Committee Meetings

EducationLaborScience and TechnologyCultureTourismSustainable DevelopmentSocial Development

Specialized meetings

IACD Management Board

Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development

(Supports CIDI and its subsidiary organs, responsible for the

execution and coordination of projects)

CIDI Regular MeetingCIDI Regular MeetingAt least once a year at At least once a year at Ministerial levelMinisterial level

Cooperation Mechanisms:

• FEMCIDI, • Other projects of

cooperation of various modes

• Scholarship and training programs

• Collaboration via networks (RIAL, etc.)

• Foundations linked to the OAS (FUPAD, Trust, YABT)

Political dialogue Technical cooperation

(Strategic Plan for Partnership for Cooperation)

CIDI can be convened as: Regular, special,

specialized or sectoral meetings

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Inter-AmericanCommittees

Subcommittee on Partnership for

Development Policies

Subcommittee on Program, Budget and

Evaluation AICD

ManagementBoard

NonpermanentSpecializedCommittees(CENPES)

FEMCIDI

Sectoral meetings at Ministerial level:1. Education 2. Labor3. Science & Tech. 4. Culture5. Tourism 6. Sustainable Develop.7. Social Development

WorkingGroups

Permanent ExecutiveCommittee of CIDI

(CEPCIDI)

CIDI

CIDI reports to the General Assembly through the

Permanent Council(OAS Charter Art. 91F)

IA COMMITTEES 1. Education - CIE2. Science & Technology

COMCyT3. Culture - CIC4. Sustainable Develop. - CIDS5. Social Development - CIDES6. Ports - CIP

SEDI - Support

Political Dialogue

Inter-AmericanaAgency for Cooperation

and Development (AICD)

Summit Process and CIDI Ministerials

SUMMITS OF THE AMERICASSUMMITS OF THE AMERICAS

MINISTERIAL MEETINGSMINISTERIAL MEETINGS

INTER-AMERICAN COMMITTEESINTER-AMERICAN COMMITTEESAuthorities of the Committees

Establishes mandates and hemispheric priorities

Opportunities for political dialogue and decision-making at the highest sectoral level

Follow-up to Summits and Ministerial mandates

Provides technical advice

Translates the ministerial dialogue into concrete cooperation strategies with the support of SEDI and its Departments

Promotes the political

dialogues and functions as Secretariat

Provides support to

member states in implementing

activities

TripleTriple the added value of the OAS

Political prioritiesPolitical priorities• Political validation• At three levels:

Summits of the Americas, Ministerial meetings and Inter-American Committees

Concrete actionsConcrete actions• Cooperation projects• Exchange of experiences

and best practices• Institutional

strengthening• Training• Effective public policies

From political mandates and From political mandates and priorities to concrete actions and priorities to concrete actions and

projectsprojects

Ability to conveneAbility to conveneWork in coordination and support of other international organizations and with the

participation of civil society

OAS Support structure: Executive Secretariat for Integral Development

SEDISEDI

Mission:Mission: To provide support to member To provide support to member states in their efforts to reduce poverty and states in their efforts to reduce poverty and achieve greater economic and social achieve greater economic and social development bydevelopment by:• Supporting dialogue at the highest level.• Acting as an agent that catalyzes and translates

political agreements into concrete actions.• Promoting, coordinating, and facilitating the

execution of programs projects and activities

Office of the Executive Secretary of SEDI

(Alfonso Quiñonez)

Department of Economic Development, Commerce

and Tourism(Jorge Saggiante)

Development Policies Section(Monica Villegas)

Development Programs and Projects Management

(Catherine Pognat)

Administrative Support Section(Lynn Swenson)

FEMCIDI

Office of Education and Culture

(Lenore García)

Department ofSocial Development

and Employment(Francisco Pilotti)

Department ofHuman Development, Education and Culture

(Maria Levens)

Department ofSustainable Development

(Cletus Springer)

Office of Educational Portal

of the Americas (Cecilia Martins)

Office of Scholarships, Training and

Capacity Strengthening(Lesley Zark)

Secretariat for the Leo S.

Rowe Fund(Lina Sevillano)

Office of Science, Technology

and Innovation(Oscar Harasic)

Office of Competitiveness(Gisela Vergara)

Office of Tourism(Richard Campbell)

Office of Trade

(Maryse Robert)

Environmental Law, Policy and Good Governance

Section(Claudia de Windt)

Foreign Trade Information System – SICE

(Fabian Victora)

Topics:• Social development policies and combating poverty• Labor policies• Technical Secretariat for the Draft Social Charter• Coordinates and executes the Migration and Development Program

Integrated Water Resource Management

Section (Max Campos)

Biodiversityand Land

Management Section(Richard Huber)

Risk Management and Climate

Change Adaptation

(Pablo González)

Energy and Climate Change Mitigation Section(Mark Lambrides)

Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI)

Opportunities for cooperation

• Regular Fund• Multilateral Fund (FEMCIDI)• Specific Funds • Scholarships and training programs• Foundations• Alliances with the private sector

Multilateral Fund (FEMCIDI)

• Principle of partnership for development cooperation partnership for development cooperation non reimbursablenon reimbursable..

• ““Contribute to participate” Contribute to participate” Since its inception in 1997, the Fund has financed more than 1,000 projects for approximately US $100million.

• Reduce poverty, inequality, and promote equal opportunities through– Human capacity building, and– Institutional strengthening.

• Annual contributions from member states. Annual contributions from member states.

• Eight priority areas (from the Strategic Plan)

1. Social development and creation of productive employment

2. Education3. Diversification and integration, trade

liberalization, and market access4. Scientific development and exchange and

transfer of technology

5. Strengthening of democratic institutions 6. Sustainable tourism development7. Sustainable development and environment8. Culture

Contributions or donations for a specific Contributions or donations for a specific purpose made by a country or public or private purpose made by a country or public or private

entity to carry out partnerships for entity to carry out partnerships for development projects or activitiesdevelopment projects or activities

Actions to diversify the sources of non diversify the sources of non reimbursable financing (Grants)reimbursable financing (Grants) of the cooperation activities at the same time we try to increase the existing resources.

Contributions from diverse sources Contributions from diverse sources (Member states, Permanent Observer States, international organizations, foundations and the private sector for specific activities)

Attract both direct financing and non direct financing and non financial contributions,financial contributions, such as successful experiences that are systematized, experts, offers for training or internships.

Specific Funds:

Some examples of cooperation within the OAS

Social development: PUENTE

Receiving countriesReceiving countries: Puente methodology adapts to the receiving member State: Jamaica, St. Lucia y T&T. For 2009 Barbados, St. Vicente and the Granadinas, St. Kitts & Nevis and Surinam are added to the program

ResourcesResources: Chile (US$200,000), Canada (US$330,000), Jamaica, St. Lucia y T&T, University of West IndiesChina (US$30,000) , World Bank (US$75,000)

Experience from Chile shared through OAS Experience from Chile shared through OAS political political fora (CIDES)fora (CIDES)

Psychosocial supportand subsidies

Self supporting families with access to networks of social protection

Follow-up

24 months

Tool kit: how to share?

Families in extreme poverty

• Integral program of social welfare. • Family unity of intervention for 24

months. • In seven dimensions: Health,

Education, Civil Registry, Housing, Employment, Family dynamics, income generation

• Agreement between Brazil and the United States to share experiences and technology to develop biofuels.

• Assist third countries expand the development and use of biofuels: Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica El Salvador, Dominican Republic and Saint Kitts & Nevis.

• Technical assistance through SEDI. Funds from the United States (2007-2009) Total 2,490.000. Some activities:

• Development of policies in bioenergy (Guatemala and Jamaica)• Development of policies for the use of Ethanol (El Salvador and the

Dominican Republic)• Feasibility study for the use of ethanol from sugar cane (St. Kitts &

Nevis, Dominican Republic and El Salvador)• Feasibility study for production of biodiesel (Haiti)• Development of institutional capacities and establishing alliances with

partner countries

• Alliances and work in coordination with other entities (IDB, Fundación Getulio Vargas of Brazil, etc.)

Sustainable Development:Sustainable Development: BIOENERGY

Some examples of cooperation within the OAS

Ministers of Educations’ hemispheric alliance to strengthen civic education through cooperation, research and training.Investment: More than a million and a half dollars since its inception in 2005

Partners: Advisory Group, experts from the region.Alliances with international organizations, universities, civil society and private sector.

Components 1. Research and professional development:

• Inter-American Journal of Education for Democracy - www.ried-ijed.org

• On-line courses• Researchers program• Series of policy snap shots• On-line bulletins

2. Exchange of information:• Seminars and workshops for policy

makers, researchers and those with an interest in the topic.

• Horizontal cooperation Fund (technical Assistance)

www.educadem.oas.org / www.ried.ijed.org

Inter-American Program in Values and Democratic Practices

Some examples of cooperation within the OAS

Labor: Inter-American Network for Labor Administration (RIAL)

Among the Ministries of Labor of the region to contribute with their institutional strengthening

RIALOrganizes hemispheric workshops for exchanges (migration, employment

services, health and occupational safety, labor

aspects of FTAs)

Trains representatives from the Ministries of Labor, labor unions and business sectors

Works in coordination with int. organizations (ILO, IDB, etc) and with participation of centers of research and NGOs Sponsors technical studies (ie. Gender and labor)

Promotes and supports bilateral

cooperation activities between Ministries of

Labor

Integrated Water Resources Management Supports member states in their Supports member states in their

efforts to improve the management efforts to improve the management and sustainable conservation of water and sustainable conservation of water resources, particularly cross border resources, particularly cross border basins and aquifers.basins and aquifers.Financial support: Financial support: Green Environment

Fund (GEF) and the European Union OAS Department of Sustainable

Development– Acts as a regional implementation agency

Cooperation agreements with UNEP, the World Bank and the IADB

Actions aim at:Actions aim at: Strengthening of institutional capacities Assisting member states in the development of legal and institutional

frameworks Designing and implementing of measures to rehabilitate ecosystems Developing information networks and programs and environmental

education initiatives with public participation.

Some examples of cooperation within the OAS

Scholarship and Training Program:Scholarship and Training Program: Support the efforts of member states in their integral development objectives supporting the training of human resources

More than 36 million dollars More than 36 million dollars between 2002-2007. between 2002-2007.

ProgramsPrograms

1.1. Academic studiesAcademic studies– PostgraduatePostgraduate– Special Program for the Caribbean Special Program for the Caribbean

states (undergraduate)states (undergraduate)– Technical studiesTechnical studies

Some 150 scholarships a yearSome 150 scholarships a year

2.2. Professional developmentProfessional development Each year more than Each year more than 700700 people benefit from the professional development courses people benefit from the professional development courses

3.3. Portal of the AmericasPortal of the Americas– Professional human development using information technologies Professional human development using information technologies

and communicationsand communications– Each year more than Each year more than 3000 people benefit3000 people benefit

4.4. Educational Loans – Leo Rowe FundEducational Loans – Leo Rowe Fund

Some examples of cooperation within the OAS

Challenges

1.Need to strengthen the links between the political dialogue and the technical cooperation.

2.Need to mobilize more resources (financial, human, and in kind).

3.Focus and prioritize4.Take advantage of the OAS Secretariat

to translate the political definitions in cooperation programs, projects and activities

5.Establish effective research and analysis mechanisms about the opportunities/needs of cooperation.

Challenges

6. Counter the notion that the OAS has no relevant role in cooperation.

7. Identify mechanisms to coordinate the cooperation received from different sources, and its allocation to different areas.

8. Increase the capacity of institutions to design and implement high quality projects.

9. Sustainability of projects. 10.Find more effective mechanisms to

work with other actors in the field of cooperation.

SEDI: Yearly changes in Regular Fund and Posts by Subprogram

SEDI: 2011 Proposed Posts by Subprogram

SEDI: 2011 Projected Sources of Financing

Reduction in US$400,000 (Scholarship Program: Reduction in US$400,000 (Scholarship Program: Academic and Professional Development Studies)Academic and Professional Development Studies)The number of scholarships (150 per annum) and the quality of programs could be maintained through:- The continued expansion of the Consortium of Universities,

resulting in reduction in tuition and more opportunities. For this it is important to:

- Have 100% of appropriations fully available.- No additional cuts to the budget for scholarships.

- Implementation of Partnerships for Education and Training Programs:

- Expansion of partnerships with governments and public and private institutions for onsite and online degrees and certificate programs at reduced costs to GS/OAS.

- US $250,000 from Scholarship Program to attract new institutional partners.

Scholarship Program 2011

Scholarship Program 2011Reduction in Staffing for Academic and Professional Reduction in Staffing for Academic and Professional Scholarship Programs and Educational Portal of the Scholarship Programs and Educational Portal of the Americas:Americas:

- Transfer of financial Officer and incumbent, will have the following consequences:

- Reduced financial and administrative support capacity which will impart the Program financial efficiency.

- Constrained ability to expand the program to include other scholarships from multiple donors

- Transfer of Educational Portal Specialist:- Will impact the ability to expand program and to attract

external resources.

CIDI Ministerial and Inter-American Committee Meetings

Account 72H:20.5% reduction (from US$151,000 to US$120,000)– Impact:Impact: Less sectoral meetings. These funds

finance the following sectors: education, labor, social development, tourism, culture, sustainable development, science and technology, plus the regular CIDI meeting and the CIDI specialized meeting of high—level cooperation authorities)(The funds are assigned with a CEPCIDI resolution taking into account CP/RES. 872 (1459/04), “Update of costs of Conferences and Meetings funded by the OAS”)

Executive Secretariat for Integral DevelopmentInter-American Agency for Integral Development

Organization of American States