“ Integrated Country-Support Strategies for Effective Public Management “A New Initiative in the OAS

February 24th , 2011

Improve the democratic political-electoral processes

Strengthen State institutional capacity

and democratic governance

Risk analysis, crises prevention and conflict

resolution

SAP is structured in three organizational and integrated areas:

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One key for success is: Effective public management for development goals

Public- Private Alliances

Democracy

Capacities(Public and Private)

Public Sector

Public Policies Development Strategies

Public Programs

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Source: Devlin-Moguillansky (2010)

To Better Accomplish its Mission and Have More Impacts in Member Countries DGPE:

• Changed name to better reflect central mission. • Reorganized internal structure (concept of “one team”). • Work Plan based on a strategy expressed in a few key

programs instead of numerous small projects. • Offers a new innovative flagship product: “Integrated

Country Support Strategies (ICSS)”for Public Management. • Implements internally: “Result based Management”

DGPEDGPE

The “Integrated Country Support Strategies" (ICSS) for Public Management:

A very concrete objective: aims to strengthen in an integral way public management and institutional capacities for implementing the country’s own development goals as expressed in their development strategies/plans and legislatives mandates.

Institutional Support

Advantages of the Integrated Country-Support Strategies

• OAS only responds to a government request

• OAS has no ex-ante prescriptions: ensures that projects in Program reflect the priorities identified by the government itself.

• The design of the Strategy helps governments define in an integrated way its goals and priorities for strengthening public institutions.

• By developing the “big picture” of TC needs , the Country Strategy Program allows donors to escape “silos” by channeling technical assistance and funding more effectively into an Integrated Program, promoting synergies, and avoiding flawed sequencing and/or duplication of effort.

• Potential tool to integrate work of OAS Secretariats

Institutional Support

The following Integrated Country Support Strategy Programs are launched:

• 2010 Plurinational State of Bolivia (“Bolivia”) Paraguay

• 2011 El Salvador Belize

Institutional Support

ACTUAL Core Competencies for DEPM DEPM Effective Public Management to be develop if more

budget

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES

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Political and technical Positioning

Non prescriptive approach

Descentralization

Electronic Government

Legislative Assembly

Transparency

Cadastre

Organizational Development

Institutional Arrangement to Support Public Private Policy

Alliances

Civil Service Professionalization

Planning and

Strategic Organization

Techniques for Evaluation of Impact of Public Programs

Steps Already Taken Until TodayExample: Bolivia

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August 2010. One week technical mission to La Paz to define and prioritize the initiatives to be integrated in a Program. As a result 30 initiatives were prioritized.

June- August 2010 Elaboration of Profile I jointly between OAS and the Government of Bolivia.

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September and October 2009. Bolivian Government formally requested OAS support.

February 2010 Upper-management “identification mission” to La Paz.

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May 2010A two week “diagnosis mission” to La Paz, with 13 specialists of OAS, to identify areas of technical assistance in Ministries, the Plurinational Assembly, and the Electoral Court.

September 2010. Elaboration of Profile IIs of prioritized projects of the Program.

September 2010. Technical Assistance provided by OAS to the Ministry of Autonomous Territories of Bolivia in the design of the State Autonomous Service and the elaboration of its quinquenal budget.

November 2010. November 19th 2010 Signing of MOU between OAS and Government of Bolivia

October 2010. OAS donated 160 laptops w/training to the Congress of Bolivia

Signing of MOU between OAS and Government of Bolivia

Evo Morales, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia with José Miguel Insulza, OAS Secretary General, in the Signing of MOU between

OAS and Government of Bolivia. November 19th 2010

NEXT STEPS

• Finish Project Profiles (Level # 3) with our Bolivian counterparts.

• Launch the Steering Committee (Min. Foreign Relations, Planning, Presidency)

• Mobilize “ seed” financing from OAS Budget to preserve forward motion in development of priority projects and maintain credibility of the OAS

• Organize an intensive and very systematic strategy of fund raising for donors.

The Integrated Country - Support Strategies for Effective Public Management have been designated as priority by the OAS Secretary General..... but there are key areas remaining to be consolidated for their success:

• Prioritization of the Integrated Country Support Strategies (ICSS) in the operational budget of the OAS.

• Consolidation of a DEPM team of professionals specialized in public administration.

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