Knowledge Bank

The ADELANTE Programme has been structured around 8 Triangular Cooperation projects in various thematic areas, in several countries, with all types of actors (more than 50 organisations from 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, in addition to several European institutions), with diverse forms of collaboration between them and with different intervention strategies. These projects have contributed significantly to the Region´s sustainable development and have generated interesting and useful sectoral and cross-cutting learning.

This section makes available to all interested parties the main learning resulting from the ADELANTE Programme, identified and systematised thanks to an interesting knowledge management collaborative exercise, and organised in three sections: success stories (´ways of doing´ that have generated positive results and whose replication in other projects can certainly bring the same results), best practices (reports on achievements highlighting the key success factors that influenced to achieve them) and lessons learned (experiences about events occurred during the development of a project and that have left useful learning for its dissemination and reuse).

See the knowledge that has been generated thanks to the ADELANTE programme

Good Practices

AUTHOR:
COUNTRY WHERE THE ACTION THAT ORIGINATED THIS KNOWLEDGE TOOK PLACE:
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
México
Panamá
Paraguay
Uruguay
PHASE OF THE OPERATION CYCLE FOR THIS KNOWLEDGE:
Implementation
ACTORS INVOLVED IN THE GENERATION OF THIS KNOWLEDGE:

Agencia Chilena de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AGCID) - Chile

Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina (CAF)

Comitato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo dei Popoli (CISP) - Italia

Departamento Nacional de Planeación (DNP) - Colombia

CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Mapping similar initiatives and projects to establish synergies

Description of the practice:

Identify and map initiatives related to the project's subject (even if these were not contemplated in the original approach) in order to create working synergies (take advantage of previous experiences) and avoid duplication.

In the case of the DIALOGAS project, synergies were created with actions carried out by the Development Bank of Latin America – CAF - on the same subject, in countries and with institutions not originally identified.

Differentiating factors:

It is considered as a best practice as it facilitates synergies, avoids duplication of activities and maximizes the scope of cooperation. Therefore, by joining efforts to achieve the same objective, reinforced action is achieved.

Impacts:

  • Increase the number of partners, collaborators, interested entities.
  • Leverage additional resources to reinforce some project activities or add new ones.
  • Take advantage of best practices from other institutions and countries.

The added value of Triangular Cooperation: (more information here)

1. Building ownership and trust.
2. Promoting complementarity and increasing coordination in development cooperation.
3. Sharing knowledge and learning jointly.
4. Co-creating solutions and flexibility.

5. Enhancing the volume, scope and sustainability of Triangular Cooperation
6. Achieving global and regional development goals through strengthened partnerships for sustainable development.

Useful links to deepen or support this knowledge:

http://mesacts.com/