International Cooperation

Social Development SecretariatMexico

Agosto 10 de 2011

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Importance of International CooperationImportance of International Cooperation

With the purpose of enhancing the scope of its actions, the Mexican Government finds within the mechanisms of international cooperation, fundamental allies to help its efforts in the struggle against poverty.

Characteristics of International Characteristics of International CooperationCooperation

Mexico has a dual rol both as a recipient as well as a country which offers cooperation.

The International Law of Cooperation for Development, published at the DOF (acronym in spanish) on April 6, 2011, creates the Agency of International Cooperation for Development.

The SEDESOL, with its counterparts from other countries, highlights cooperation under the format of shared costs, and the contribution of resources varies depending on the modality and the type of agreement reached.

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Principles of International Cooperation in Principles of International Cooperation in Mexico:Mexico:

• EXPERIENCE EXCHANGE: the international cooperation strategy is based in the principle of shared efforts as the best way to obtain mutual benefits.

• STRENGTHENING OF CAPACITIES: through training, joint research, consultants, etc, in a way that they favor integral social development within the different areas of action.

• COMPLEMENTARITY: The object is to contribute and strengthen local efforts and the areas which require improvements, in accordance with the capacities of the various cooperating partners.

• IMPLEMENTING BETTER PRACTICES: exchanging experiences is useful to find out what works and what doesn't in different areas. Through cooperation, what works can be replicated.

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International Cooperation for DevelopmentInternational Cooperation for Development

• Mexico as a dual cooperating partner

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BilateralRegional

TriangularMultilateral

Offerer

Horizontal and vertical cooperation

Receptor

…With countries or international agencies

Triangular cooperation partner

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SEDESOL: Main cooperation axes SEDESOL: Main cooperation axes

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EXPERIENCE EXCHANGEParticipation in multilateral cooperation forums

EXPERIENCE EXCHANGEParticipation in multilateral cooperation forums

Some examples

UN: General Assembly. Meetings with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and its commissions.

Ministerial meetings, to prepare for Heads of State and Government Regional Summits.

OAS: InterAmerican Social Development Commission. (ISDC).

Mexican reports before the Universal Periodic Exam Mechanism of the U.N. Human Rights Council

Other technical forums such as: Latin America and the Caribean No Hunger Initiative Work Group, from FAO

Through its participation in forums, workshops and international seminars, SEDESOLS contributes to:

The exchange of experiences and propagation of better practices in the matter of the fight against poverty. Proposal and discussion of objectives, strategies, and policies pertaining to social development.

The strengthening of its Institutional technical capacity.

The Positioning of Mexico’s Social Politics at an international level.

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COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES.COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES.

SEDESOL participates in Agreements to receive technical cooperation and financing by the World BanK; and it also accepts support for its social programs by the InterAmerican Development Bank.

The SEDESOL takes on technical cooperation projects and seminars with agencies such as: OECD, UNDP, FAO, WFP, U.N. HABITAT, European Union and the OAS.

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COLLABORATION WITH OTHER COUNTRIESCOLLABORATION WITH OTHER COUNTRIES

Between 2007 and 2011, over 60 delegations from different countries have visited SEDESOL, Mexico, amongst them:

• Africa: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Egypt, Guinea Bissau, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria and South Africa

The proven success of SEDESOL programs such as “Oportunities”, has created the possibility to generate a positive impact in the well being of families in extreme poverty, and has allowed for the program to be copied in other parts of the world.

• Latin America: Brazil, Chile,

Guatemala, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay and Peru

• Asia: China, Japan, Pakistan and Vietnam

• Europe: European Commission and France

Through technical cooperation activities, experiences are exchanged and better practices are shared.

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Social Protection Network

Development of Basic Skills Bridges

Economic Development

and Social Wellbeing

Physical and Social Environment

The better living strategy

Social Protection NetworkTo face contingencies and risks through the course of life which

make people vulnerable.

Development of Basic Skills

Programs and actions that allow the leveling of

opportunities through acces to education, health and nutrition.

Bridges between Economic Development

and Social WellbeingTo reduce the breach between social and economic politics. It

entails all programs which allow access to formal

employment and decent wages.

Development and Improvement of the Physical and Social

EnvironmentsTo allow the blending of the social

fabric and an orderly development, regionally balanced

within the territory

Focuses all Government programs and actions towards a same objective – sustainable human development – avoiding dispersion under the following guidelines:

Better living: institutional coordinationBetter living: institutional coordination

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Better living aligns all Government´s scial programs. And it rests in an interinstitutional coordination between the following Secretariats:

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BETTER LIVING: SEDESOL PROGRAMS

Development of Basic Skills

Bridges to Social and Economic

Development

Social Protection Network Development of the Environment

Desarrollo de Zonas Prioritarias

Apoyo Alimentario

EXPERIENCE EXCHANGEMain programs and tools

Programs Opportunities Food support Rural supply Social milk supply 70 and more Temporary employment Childcare Attention to farm hands Development of priority areas 3x1 for immigrants Productive options Support to handicrafts FONART Support to women´s organizations

Programs

Habitat Support to people living in poverty Rescue of public spaces Your home Rural housing Prevention of natural disasters in

human settlements Social co-investment

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SEDESOL´s thematic range

EXPERIENCE EXCHANGEMain programs and tools

Tools

Social program evaluation Monitoring and follow-up Administrative and legislative

institutions for Social Development Social information system: list of

beneficiaries Attention to natural disasters

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SEDESOL´s thematic range

www.sedesol.gob.mx

Contact

Blanca Lila García López

Encargada de la Dirección General Adjunta de Relaciones Internacionales,

Unidad de Planeación y Relaciones Internacionales.

Email: blanca.garcia@sedesol.gob.mx

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