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Title: Global Learning Process for Scaling Up Poverty Reduction and Conference in Shanghai May 2527, 2004 T


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Global Learning Process for Scaling Up
Poverty Reduction and Conference in ShanghaiMay
25-27, 2004The main objective of the
interactive Global Learning Process and the
Conference in Shanghai is to learn from both
successful and less successful attempts to reduce
poverty in all its dimensions.
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Millennium Development Goals City to City
ChallengePilot ProgramWorld Bank Institute and
Sister Cities International
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Outline of Presentation
  • I. Brief Description of Case Study
  • Historical Background and Recent Activities
  • Literacy Project focusing on
  • MDG 2 Achieve Universal Primary Education
  • Target 3 Ensure that, by 2015, children
    everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to
    complete a full course of primary schooling.
  • Indicator 8 Literacy rate of 15-24 year olds.
  • II. Analysis of factors in city to city
    cooperation between Casablanca and Chicago
  • Learning, experimentation communication
  • Institutional innovation implementation
  • Leadership commitment
  • External catalysts
  • Other factors

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Historical Background
  • 1982 His Majesty Hassan II, late King of Morocco
    and Honorary Citizen of Chicago, accepted the
    ceremony twinning the cities of Casablanca and
    Chicago.
  • 1992 First trade mission to Casablanca involving
    14 Chicago companies
  • 1994 Youth exchange program in both cities.
  • 1995 Agreement between CHU Ibnou Rochd
    Hospital and University of Illinois Medical
    School.
  • 1997 Medical delegation from Casablanca CHU
    Ibnou Rochd hospital to Chicago. There was a
    training program designed for doctors and nurses
    and exchange of experiences
  • 1999 Twinning of LE CEDRE and ABRAHAM LINCOLN
  • 1999 Official delegation from Chicago to donate
    dinosaur skulls and address environmental issues.
  • 2000 Visit of 25 Moroccan architects to Chicago
  • 2002 30 VOSH volunteers examine and offer
    glasses to 2.400 underserved children and adults
    in Casablanca
  • 2003 Construction of a Zellige fountain in the
    Garfield Park Conservatory, offered by M. Lahlou
    to the city of Chicago
  • 2003 Youth exchange program Moroccan students
    and their teacher lived with American families
    and attended a school in Chicago

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Recent Activities
  • Chicago Week in Casablanca March 2004
  • Education -Sister school agreement signed
    between Ben MSik High School in Casablanca and
    Walter Payton High School in Chicago.
  • Civil Society - Literacy was identified as a
    priority issue for pilot program and future
    activities. Volunteerism workshop.
  • Medicine - Six urologists, two nurses from
    Chicago, along with their Moroccan counterparts,
    performed more than 20 micro-surgeries on
    Moroccan patients. VOSH returned and examined
    3137 adults and children.
  • Business - Chamber of Commerce meeting.
    Discussion of Free Trade Agreement and its impact
    on future economic development.
  • Urban Planning - Urban planners from Chicago
    met with their Moroccan counterparts and
    discussed potential cooperation.
  • Arts and Culture - Sweet Home, a Chicago based
    blue-grass group, performed several public
    concerts in Morocco. Discussed a possible
    exhibition in Chicago of contemporary Moroccan
    artists.
  • Sports - Discussed future programs such as a
    basketball clinic.

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Description of the Case Study
  • The pilot program was launched during Chicago
    Week in Casablanca. In Casablanca, local
    associations working in the field of literacy met
    with sister city committee members from both
    Chicago and Casablanca and local government
    representatives to set the pilot in motion.
  • Bringing the literacy associations together
    allowed Chicago-Casablanca to do an inventory of
    existing literacy efforts.
  • After the two committees (in both Chicago and
    Casablanca) worked on the diagnostic tool, the
    diagnostic began in Sidi Moumen community.
  • The diagnostic will communicate data and findings
    of the survey and provide reports allowing good
    decision making for development projects.
  • Further qualitative research will help identify
    and understand motivations of the group for
    overcoming their literacy issues (Focus Groups,
    Personal Interviews, etc.)

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  • Using existing successful literacy programs in
    Chicago, the sister cities will try to understand
    the motivations behind literacy
  • What will drive me to commit to a program to
    read?
  • Whats in it for me?
  • How to tap into motivations? How do you spend
    your time?
  • Based on the results of the diagnostic, Chicago
    and Casablanca will work together to create an
    action plan to address the literacy needs in
    Casablanca. Some early ideas are
  • Identify Best Practice among programs in Morocco
    that are succeeding.
  • What audience do they serve?
  • What makes them successful?
  • Do they have a champion?
  • What resources do they use?
  • What obstacles have they overcome?
  • Offer examples from existing literacy programs in
    Chicago

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Analysis of Case Study
  • The ever-deepening relationship since 1991 has
    allowed Chicago and Casablanca to be able to
    launch long-term sustainable projects including
    health, education, and the pilot focusing on
    literacy.
  • Success factors include open communication and
    citizen-based committees in both cities.
  • Some challenges were the lack of realization of
    the importance of involving the private sector
    and civil society in city-to-city programs.
  • Opportunities
  • Some risks were possible burnout and insufficient
    resources to implement programs and projects.

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Opportunities for scaling up?
  • This project will help Chicago-Casablanca address
    MDGs in future activities.
  • The Volunteerism Workshop during Chicago Week
    introduced the American vision on volunteerism,
    presented fund-raising techniques, and
    highlighted successful volunteer driven Chicago
    programs.
  • Volunteers will be used in the pilot program.
  • Agreed to further develop collaboration between
    Chicago NGOs and Casablanca NGOs
  • The pilot has helped examine literacy issues in
    both cities on a different level
  • Chicago adult population does not enjoy the
    highest rates of literacy! Chicagoans are not
    multi-lingual, as are Moroccans!
  • 53 of adults in Cook County are considered low
    literate
  • Literacy rates in Morocco or Casablanca stand at
    50
  • Awareness of this project and the outcome can
    benefit both cities

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What factors are involved in cooperation between
Casablanca and Chicago?
  • Chicago Sister Cities International is directly
    under the auspices of the City of Chicago
    Department of Cultural Affairs. There is a paid
    staff of ten people.
  • Committees in both cities are comprised of
    volunteers drawn from all sectors of society.
  • The sister cities program facilitates
    governmental and non-governmental organizational
    exchanges in several fields (health, education,
    housing, urban planning, arts and culture,
    business, sports and tourism)
  • Both cities enjoy strong support from local
    governments and public-private partnerships.
  • Corporate partners program in place to support
    activities.
  • Public awareness of Casablanca Sister City
    program heightened by Chicago Week activities.
  • Strong commitment among volunteers and
    committees.
  • Interest in deepening understanding of each
    others culture.

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How can we help replicate the
results?Chicago is developing a manual based on
their successful partnership with Casablanca for
other interested U.S. communities looking to form
a strong relationship with other Muslim or Arab
communities.Help other communities in Morocco
form partnerships with communities in the United
States.
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