The Horizontal Cooperation Strategy and its First Knowledge Sharing Workshop: Background and Purpose

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The Horizontal Cooperation Strategy and its First
Knowledge Sharing Workshop Background and Purpose
Presentation by the Director of the Unit for
Social Development, Education and Culture,
Sofialeticia MoralesOttawa, Canada - October 27,
2003
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SUMMITS OF THE AMERICAS
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Culture in the process of the Summits of the
Americas
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What constitutes the model of Horizontal
Cooperation?
Strategy of financial assistance One-way flow of
resources
Strategy of Collaboration Exchange of resources,
information, ideas and personnel to reach a
shared objective.
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What constitutes the model of Horizontal
Cooperation?
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Horizontal Cooperation
What is the basis of the model?
The political will of a country offering its
consolidated program to share its successes,
processes and lessons learned. The technical
capacity of the countries that are either
offering or receiving an consolidated program to
support and participate in a process of critical
reflection that will allow for the identification
and appropriation of relevant lessons.
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Horizontal Cooperation
Advantages and commitments
FOR THE OFFERING COUNTRY
FOR THE RECEIVING COUNTRY

• It benefits from cooperation that addresses a
  problem that has been identified as a priority.
• It receives materials and knowledge that
  facilitates the development of its own
  strategies.
• It has access to specialists that can support the
  training of personnel
• It receives support to strenghten its strategies
  with the lessons learned from other experiences.

• Its program is disseminated internationally.
• It may support another country, regardless of its
  level of development.
• It benefits from a hemispheric perspective that
  allows it to reveal its accomplishments.
• It allows for a participatory assessment of its
  institutional processes.

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Horizontal Cooperation Strategy among Ministries
and Authorities in Culture

STEPS
CURRENT SITUATION
Identified
Created
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Horizontal Cooperation Strategy among Ministries
and Authorities in Culture

STEPS
CURRENT SITUATION
Identified
Created
Countries have been consulted
First Workshop in Canada...
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Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Cultural
Diversity, Youth Employment and Youth
ExchangesOttawa, October 27-31, 2003
First Workshop of the Horizontal Cooperation
Strategy among Ministries and Highest Authorities
in Culture
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What are the main objectives of this Knowledge
Sharing Workshop?
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Epistemological Framework of the Critical
Transfer
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Epistemological Framework of the Critical
Transfer
It is necessary to analyse the factors for the
sistematization and critical transfer
1. Descriptive factors 2. Historical factors
3. Current factors 4. Evaluation and
prospective factors
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CRITICAL TRANSFER PROCESS OF ACTION AND REFLECTION
History Current moment
Historical
Description What? Who? How? When? Where? Why?
Planning and Evaluation
Sistematization
Planning Project oriented Cooperative learning
Prospective
THINK BIG
Current conditions
Current conditions
Actors Scenarios Opposing Forces
Opportunity Areas
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Epistemological Framework of the Critical
Transfer
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Next Steps - to be explained in greater detail in
the last session
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Invitation to participants and audience