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(IDRC - IDRIS DATA BASE) [Project value: Quoted in Canadian dollars not deflated]
Youth Policy Evaluation and Design in Latin America
The project will contribute to the implementation and monitoring of
the "Regional Action Program for Youth Development in Latin America"
(PRADJAL), which was prepared by the Ibero-American Youth
Organization (OIJ) following a mandate from the Third Summit of Ibero‑American
Heads of State and Government. The project's general objectives
are to evaluate Latin American youth policies to prepare recommendations
for the design, implementation, and evaluation of PRADJAL; formulate
methodologies to reinforce youth policies in the context of economic,
social, and environmental policies; and contribute to the technical
and institutional strengthening of the national institutes of youth
and the OIJ's regional cooperation role. The project will result in
an up-to-date database on youth policies, which will be available
to institutions involved in youth programs in the region; a general
evaluation of youth policies in ten case studies; a set of recommendations
to reformulate youth policies at local, national, and regional levels;
and a strategy for the monitoring and evaluation of PRADJAL.
http://www.idrc.ca/lacro/foro/results/juventud.htm
Social Policy Evaluation
This project is the outcome of a joint IDRC/Inter-American Development
Bank (IDB) initiative. The idea emerged from a perception held
by IDRC and IDB about the importance of the human and social policy
dimensions of development to their respective corporate objectives
and mandates. The general objective is to identify, develop,
and disseminate methods to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency
of social programs in Latin America and the Caribbean. The specific
objectives are to evaluate relevant social program experiences in
selected countries; identify, select, and develop available or new
cost-effective methods and tools for the indexing, analysis, and
evaluation of program effectiveness and efficiency; identify and develop
available or new methods to obtain the participation of key social
actors in the social policy-making process; identify training
needs; and disseminate results among local authorities, NGO
managers, community leaders, and central government officials.
Researchers will conduct case studies of program experiences, dissemination,
and training activities in three areas: decentralization of basic
education programs; populations at high social risk; and reform of
the health systems.
http://www.idrc.ca/lacro/foro/projects/soceval-s.htm
Municipal Management of Social and Environmental Policies (Ecuador)
The general objective of this project is to identify means for improving
municipal government's capacity to implement social and environmental
policies in Ecuador, which will be done through a study of two
municipalities: Machala and Ibarra. The specific objectives are
to analyse the institutional, administrative, and financial conditions
of municipal administration to assess its capacity for implementing
decentralized social and environmental policies; assess the information
systems available to municipal and central governments for policy
implementation; examine current training programs for municipal
authorities and officials; evaluate municipal human resources, and
identify training needs; and identify methods to improve social
participation in social and environmental policy implementation at the
municipal level. Results will include a diagnosis of the municipal
administration's current general and specific conditions; guidelines
for the organization of an information system adapted to the needs
and resources of municipal administration; guidelines for improving
the training of municipal human resources; and a portfolio of policy
recommendations to improve the management capacity of municipal
governments. The study will follow a participatory research
approach by the involvement of municipal officials in the processes
of data gathering and analysis, and elaboration of the research results.
The general objective of this project is the identification of institutional
mechanisms and policy instruments for the successful design and
implementation of decentralized and sustainable integrated social
policies in Bolivia. To this purpose, the project will identify,
develop, and test policy tools to prioritize needs; identify strategic
technical cooperation demands; and explore mechanisms of coordination
between grass‑roots organizations, GOs, and NGOs. The
specific objectives are to examine the political, institutional, social,
and cultural conditions that were conducive to the successful
implementation of public policies in four selected provinces,
particularly in the social area; identify appropriate institutional,
administrative, information, and financial structures and mechanisms
required for the coordinated implementation at the local level of
integrated social policies sensitive to economic and environmental
concerns; identify the planning procedures required at the central
government level for the inclusion of local priorities; scan, evaluate,
transfer, develop, and test policy tools required by local and central
level institutions to implement national reform plans and
programs; and identify training and institutional strengthening needs
to overcome obstacles to the implementation of integrated social
development plans. Results will include a model of an institutional
framework appropriate for the implementation of integrated social
policies at the local level.
http://www.cebem.com/implement/caratula.htm
Health Systems in the Southern Cone of Latin America
The region is facing numerous challenges which require the generation
and use of new knowledge on health systems and services research.
These include an epidemiologic transition to chronic diseases, accidents
and violence, accompanied by important demographic changes; rapidly
shifting models or organization and financing of national health systems;
inequitable distribution of access to health care and frequently
precarious levels of quality of care; and, regional economic and
political integration characterized by the formation of the MercoSur.
Current constraints to research in the region include a restricted
number of experienced researchers and precarious infrastructure,
financial support to research, and access to information and peers.
The Network for Health Systems and Services Research in the Southern
Cone of Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay)
was founded in August 1994 with International Development Research
Center (IDRC) support, and involves academic, research and health
services institutions. It proposes to promote research in this area
and improve the quality and use of research results by 1) administering
a small grants fund; 2) articulating high‑quality and priority proposals
for the region; 3) carrying out or supporting educational activities
on research methods applied to health systems; 4) disseminating research
results; 5) creating a network of exchange of ideas, information
and support between researchers in the Southern Cone of Latin America;
6) mobilizing financial and political support for research and working
as an advocate for research in this area |