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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

COUNTRY WHERE THE ACTION THAT ORIGINATED THIS KNOWLEDGE TOOK PLACE:
Chile
Cuba
PHASE OF THE OPERATION CYCLE FOR THIS KNOWLEDGE:
Implementation
ACTORS INVOLVED IN THE GENERATION OF THIS KNOWLEDGE:

Agencia Chilena de Cooperación Internacional (AGCID) - Chile

Servicio Agricola y Ganadero (SAG) - Chile

Unidad de Laboratorios Centrales de Sanidad Agropecuaria (ULCSA), Ministerio de Agricultura (MINAG) - Cuba

Development of internships in both countries, as mechanisms for capacity building

Description of the practice:

Developing an internship programme between countries, involving top-level professionals to learn first-hand about best practices in each of the countries and thus encourage the transfer and assimilation of knowledge.

During the development of the "Contributing to food security for the population of Cuba" project, different internships were carried out in Chile and Cuba, focused on the various areas of intervention. In this context, the coordinating team was able to demonstrate that the training sessions generated opportunities for mutual learning and capacity strengthening.

Differentiating factors:

Although the formulation of this initiative was carried out to transfer knowledge from Chile to Cuba, the development of internships served to enhance the exchange of experiences and knowledge between Cuban and Chilean specialists, further strengthening the skills and abilities of both technical teams. This also helped facilitate the transmission of information in a systematic and efficient manner.

Impacts:

  • Sharing and replicating successful actions, minimizing the risk of repeating weaknesses or hindrances;
  • Generating a network of support and collaboration between specialists, with expectations of remaining in time once the project is completed;
  • Complementing training actions and strengthening capacity building;
  • Contributing by generating institutional commitment beyond the coordinating teams, with active participation from technical professionals and obtaining transversal support for the project's implementation.

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:

https://www.adelante-i.eu/tecnicos-cubanos-capacitados
https://www.adelante-i.eu/pasantias-de-profesionales-cubanos-en-chile

Keywords:

Capacity strengthening
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