.... Faces and Places of the MDG Intersectoral Strategic Alliance at the Local Level A Call to Action Mirta Roses Periago September 2006 Faces and Places of the MDG Intersectoral Strategic Alliance at the Local Level A Call to Action Mirta Roses Periago September 2006

Pan American Health Organization Where does PAHO stand on the MDGs? Emphasize the equity challenge, Going beyond awareness and advocacy to ownership and critical intervention at the local level Shift from focusing on poor countries to poor peoples Where inequity and poverty are most frankly expressed. Concentrate efforts on the most vulnerable municipalities Agreement ECLAC/CELADE for sub national mappings. Work on all the MDGs from the health perspective, understanding the principle of indivisibility and synergy in community work. Emphasize the equity challenge, Going beyond awareness and advocacy to ownership and critical intervention at the local level Shift from focusing on poor countries to poor peoples Where inequity and poverty are most frankly expressed. Concentrate efforts on the most vulnerable municipalities Agreement ECLAC/CELADE for sub national mappings. Work on all the MDGs from the health perspective, understanding the principle of indivisibility and synergy in community work. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS Faces & Places

Pan American Health Organization Key Actions to Accelerate the MDGs, How to coordinate targeted actions to create synergies. Implementation of Critical Interventions Quick Fixes (targeted concerted actions with quick returns) Lessons Learned of best local practices to advance on each of the MDG Efforts based on the instruments and methodologies developed at PAHO, and other agencies with the proper adjustments at the local level. Implementation of Critical Interventions Quick Fixes (targeted concerted actions with quick returns) Lessons Learned of best local practices to advance on each of the MDG Efforts based on the instruments and methodologies developed at PAHO, and other agencies with the proper adjustments at the local level. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS Faces & Places We do not need to re-invent the wheel ! BUT WE NEED TO MAKE IT TURN

Pan American Health Organization Faces and Places MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS CountryCommunity / Municipality ArgentinaMunicipio de Maipou de la provincia Mendoza Municipio Paipala de la Provincia de Jujuy Costa RicaMunicipalidad de Coto Bruz Municipalidad de Corredores EcuadorMunicipio de San Lorenzo, Provincia de Las Esmeraldas Municipio de Nabon, Provincia de Azuay Haiti*Cite Soleil* El SalvadorTacuba and Apaneca, Departamento de Ahuachapán Corola, Departamento de Morazán Nicaragua*Rio San Juan* ParaguayYutuy, Municipio de Cazapa Natalio, Municipio de Itapua PanamaMunicipio de Antón, Provincia de Coclé Municipio de La Pintada, Provincia de Coclé PeruVentanilla, CallaoChetilla, Cajamarca Trinidad & Tobago Las CuevasPlum Mitan * Special Strategy for Priority countries Selected Municipalities Faces & Places Priority Country Community/ Municipality 1Bolivia* 2HaitiCite Soleil 3Honduras* 4Guyana* 5NicaraguaRio San Juan

Pan American Health Organization 1 Poverty & Hunger 2 Universal Education 1 Poverty & Hunger Faces & Places Empowering Vulnerable Communities Ventanilla

Pan American Health Organization 1 st On Going Regional Strategy in LAC & DR MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS Each country will elect one MDG to develop an Inventory Guide at the municipal level with the support of the respective technical unit. Faces & Places Guatemala – Goal 1 Inventory-Guide Poverty, Nutrition, and Nutritional Security Costa Rica – Goal 2 Inventory-Guide Education, Health & Intersectoriality Dominican Republic – Goal 3 Inventory-Guide Health & Gender Equity Nicaragua Goals 4 & 5 Inventory-Guide Infant & Maternal Health Honduras – Goal 6 Inventory-Guide HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Panama – Goal 6 Inventory-Guide Malaria, Dengue, and Tropical Dis. Belize – Goal 7 – Inventory-Guide Water, Basic Sanitation El Salvador – Goal 8 – Inventory-Guide Inter Agency Partnerships

Pan American Health Organization Sub-Regional Initiative 1 Central America and Dominican Republic Dept. Rio San Juan

Pan American Health Organization MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MAP, jointly with OTCA A strong emphasis on environmental issues Intercultural perspective Develop indigenous ownership MAP, jointly with OTCA A strong emphasis on environmental issues Intercultural perspective Develop indigenous ownership Amazonia Zone Faces & Places 2 nd On-Going Regional Strategy in the Amazonia

Pan American Health Organization Peru Sub-Regional Initiative 2 M.A.P. Madre de Dios AcrePando Brazil Bolivia

Pan American Health Organization 1 Poverty & Hunger 2 Universal Education MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS Faces & Places: Empowering Vulnerable Municipalities 1 Poverty & Hunger 2 Universal Education 3 Gender Equality 4 Child Mortality 6 Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria & other diseases 7 Ensure Environmental Sustainability 8 Global Partnership for Development 5 Maternal Health Strategic Intersectoral Alliance and Inter Agency Collaboration Local Intervention/Answer to Equity Empower communities and Grassroots as Key Partners Achieve the MDGs/local level Call To Action