Dirección General de Cooperación Internacional Subsecretaría de Coordinación y Cooperación...

Dirección General de Cooperación Internacional

Subsecretaría de Coordinación y Cooperación Internacional

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto

República Argentina

sitio web: www.cancilleria.gov.ar/dgcin.htmlcorreo electrónico: [email protected]

Esmeralda 1212 Piso 12°, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (C1007ABR)tel: (54-11) 4819-7268 - fax: 4819-7272

Octubre 2008

Fondo Argentino de Cooperación HorizontalFondo Argentino de Cooperación Horizontal

FO-AR

The Argentine Fund for Horizontal Cooperation (FO-AR) is the instrument of Foreign Policy trough which the Argentine Republic executes since 1992, the activities of South-South Cooperation, enhancing joint South-South Cooperation initiatives with other countries through association, collaboration and mutual support cooperation mechanisms.

Dirección General de Cooperación InternacionalSecretaría de Coordinación y Cooperación InternacionalMinisterio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto

GOALS

FONDO ARGENTINO DEFONDO ARGENTINO DECOOPERACION HORIZONTALCOOPERACION HORIZONTAL

FO-AR

• CREATING PARTNERSHIPS FOR DEVELOPMENT

• EXCHANGING KNOW-HOW, TECHNOLOGIES AND BEST PRACTICES – STRENGTHENING LOCAL CAPABILITIES

• DEVELOP METHODS AND INSTRUMENTS TO DYNNAMIZE PROCESSES OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

CharacteristicsHorizontalBilateralTechnical (Non financial )Non refundable


FO-AR

Visits of Argentine consultants and experts to foreign countriesTraining courses for foreign professionals in ArgentinaRegional SeminarsCooperation Fora

Types of Cooperation

How does it contribute ?

• Managing Cooperation activities• Covering travel expenses• living costs• Providing Medical Insurance• Supporting the project Formulation,

follow up and assessment.

• Human Resources• Allowing public sector experts to be absent for performing the missions• Hosting foreign professionals during their stages.

FO-ARMinistry of

Foreign Affairs

ARGENTINE INSTITUTIONS


FO-AR

FO-AR Application Process

RequestingInstitution

NationalCooperation

Authority

RequestingCountry’s

Min. of ForeignAffairs

Arg. Embassyin Requesting

Country

Arg. Ministryof Foreign

Affairs

DGCIN

ArgentineHost

Institutions

Requesting Countryevaluates the priority

of its request

FO-AR

Technical Assistance missions Technical Assistance missions according to geographic distributionaccording to geographic distribution

1992- 20071992- 2007


FO-AR

Sudeste Asiático0,14%

Africa Subshariana0,63%

Africa del Norte y Medio Oriente

1,81%

América del Sur38,20%

Europa Oriental2,05%

Asia y Oceanía0,05%

América Central y Caribe57,12%

Aporte del FOAR a los ODM (2000 – 2006)

22%

5%

21%

4%8%

5%

9%

26%

1. Erradicar la pobreza extrema y el hambre

2. Alcanzar la educación básica universal

3. Promover el trabajo decente

4. Promover la igualdad de género

5. Reducir la mortalidad infantil

6. Mejorar la salud materna

7. Combatir el HIV, la tuberculosis, el chagas, elpaludismo y otras enfermedades

8. Asegurar un medio ambiente sostenible

FO-ARFO-AR CONTRIBUTIONCONTRIBUTION TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MDG TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MDG – 2000-2007– 2000-2007

FO-AR 2005-2007:Desarrollo Sustentable

Cuba1,23%

Granada1,23%

República Dominicana1,23%

Brasil1,23%

Venezuela1,23% Costa Rica

0,61%

Angola0,00%

Barbados0,00%

Trinidad y Tobago1,84%

Honduras1,84%

Colombia2,45%

Haití3,07%

Guatemala3,68%

Ecuador3,68%

Panamá4,91%

El Salvador6,13%

Paraguay10,43%

Nicaragua13,50%

Bolivia18,40%

Perú23,31%

FO-AR 2005-2007:Derechos Humanos

Paraguay50,82%

Bolivia19,67%

Guatemala11,48%

Honduras8,20%

Nicaragua4,92%

Ecuador1,64%

El Salvador1,64%


FO-AR 2005-2007:Administración y Gobernabilidad

Cuba1,27%

El Salvador 1,91%

Perú3,18%


Ecuador3,82%

Honduras5,10%

Guatemala8,28%

Paraguay14,65%

Bolivia21,66%

Haití31,85%

Brasil1,27%

Angola1,27%

Nicaragua1,91%

Triangular Cooperation



It implies providing technical cooperation to a third country or

region, through the association of medium development country or

International Organization.


Triangular CooperationMedium development countries share cultural processes and common problems, thus generates a much more favorable working environment in order to:Deploy local capacities and resources;Create a more favorable background for exchanging know-how, knowledge, technologies, etc.To further the chances of strengthening the national development strategies



Quantitatively: Increases and optimizes the resource

allocation.

Enables the expansion of technical

cooperation to other countries or regions.


Cooperación Triangular

Qualitatively : Significantly improves the projects’

sustaintability. Enables the implementation of larger

projects. Longer term projects.


Triangular Cooperation Implemented

by the Argentine Republic


Argentina-ItalyArgentina-Italy

•Memorandum of Understanding signed on March 21st 2007

During the second term, 2008, the implementation of this agreement is in the exploratory stage both in Paraguay and Bolivia.


Argentina - Argentina - WHO/PAHOWHO/PAHO Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2007, being the counterpart the Head of that Organization with the purpose of providing FO-AR technical assistance in Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa.

ArgentinaArgentina - - UNICEFUNICEF

Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2007 being the counterpart the Head of UNICEF Regional Representation, with the purpose of providing FO-AR Technical Assistance in Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa.


Argentina-PortugalArgentina-Portugal

Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs of Argentina and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, within the field of Development.

Signed in Lisbon on July 2008, its’ purpose is to provide technical cooperation in Developing countries, particularly

those Portuguese speaking ones, who may request it.



In process of negotiations with: COLOMBIA UNIFEM IIAC (IICA) IMO International Maritime Organization



Signed in Tokyo in 2001, between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, it is in force since March 2006.

Purpose: to provide joint technical assistance to third countries in the Latin American region.

It provides training courses to third countries and has enabled the implementation of projects in Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru.

THETHE CASECASE OFOF HAITIHAITI

PRO-HUERTA - PROJECTPRO-HUERTA - PROJECT““SELF PRODUCTION OF FRESH FOOD”SELF PRODUCTION OF FRESH FOOD”

Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria

Fondo Argentino de Cooperación Horizontal

Argentina - Fondo InteramericanoArgentina - Fondo Interamericano de Desarrollo Agropecuario (FIDA) de Desarrollo Agropecuario (FIDA)

The joint initiative to provide “Pro-Huerta” to the Central Low Plateau –on the border with the Dominican Republic.

Currently Pro-Huerta has reached 6 local administrations.

Argentina-UNICEF Argentina-UNICEF

Empowerment of the Local Administrations towards International Cooperation. The purpose is to transfer management know-how and the implementation of a statistical tool-kit in order to follow up in real time all the investment projects executed in Haiti.


Argentina-CanadaArgentina-Canada

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Government of Canada and the Argentine Government which will

enable the enhancement “Pro-Huerta” to almost every local government of Haiti. Within a 5 years term, it is expected to

increase the number of people benefiting from “Pro-Huerta” up to 200.000 inhabitants.


Argentine Cooperation in Haiti Argentine Cooperation in Haiti

Dirección General de Cooperación Internacional

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto

República Argentina

Thank you very much.Thank you very much.

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