Francisco Pilotti, Director IASPN and International Cooperation January 19-20, 2011

Summit of the Americas Ministerial Forums Inter-American Committees Networks/ Communities Mechanisms Political Dialogue and Cooperation Strategies

DSDE Approach to Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening Main components of the Horizontal Cooperation Strategy Critical transfer of knowledge, skills, and lessons learned Seeks relevance Discards the simple replica of a model Facilitates the comparative approach Ensures mutual learning Emphasizes knowledge over mere information Combines educational, traditional, and virtual approaches Permanent connectivity Network management Academic support

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 PUENTEBRIDGING PUENTE

Institutional roles in typical cooperation program Fosis ChilePuente Critical transfer MSD T&TRise up Fosis: Leadership: Innovation OAS: Leadership: Process MDS: Leadership: Change

The Challenge of Intermodal Cooperation Chile T & Tobago Bilateral Chile T&T OAS Triangular OAS Canada Chile (AGCI) BM T&T +6 Caribbean countries UWI Multilateral 6 bilaterals Feb Bilaterals

IASPN: Foundations Virtual Platform – –Dedicated webpage – –Distance courses Inter-Agency Meeting Engaging civil society and the private sector South-south cooperation in S. Protection Inter-sectoral approach Technical launch of IASPN

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