Regional Funds for Triangular Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Fondo regional para la cooperación triangular en América Latina y el Caribe

Project details

  • Project number:2015.2121.0
  • Status:laufendes Projekt
  • Responsible Organisational unit: 2C00 Lateinamerika, Karibik
  • Contact person: Barbara Scholz 
  • Partner countries: AMERICA, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Repuplic, Ecuador, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Paraguay, El Salvador, Tunisia

Summary

  • Objectives:

    Triangular Cooperations between Latin American and Caribbean partner countries and Germany strengthen public policies for sustainable development in the Partner Countries

  • Client:

    Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit u. Entwicklung

  • Project partner:

    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

  • Financing organisation:

    not available

 

Volume of commission

  • Financial commitment for the actual implementation phase:19 080 869 Euro

Cofinancing

  • not available

 

Previous project

  • 2010.2085.8

    Förderung der Dreieckskooperation in Lateinamerika und der Karibik

Follow-on project

  • not available

 

Term

  • Entire project:
    (including all previous, current and following project implementation phases, if existing)
    24.11.2010 - 30.07.2024
  • Actual project implementation phase:21.10.2015 - 30.07.2024

other participants

  • not available

 

Further information

  • Project websitesnot available

 

Policy markers

  • Gender Equality

    Significant (secondary) policy objective

  • Democratic and inclusive governance

    Significant (secondary) policy objective

CRS code

    43010 Multisector aid

Evaluation

not available

 

Project description (DE)

Ausgangssituation
Dreieckskooperationen (DEK) sind gemeinsam geplante, finanzierte und durchgeführte Projekte zwischen
1. Einem begünstigten Partner entsprechend der Länderliste des Development Assistance Committee (DAC), der Unterstützung bei einer konkreten Herausforderung angefragt hat,
2. einem Hauptpartner, der die Herausforderung bereits in einem ähnlichen Kontext bewältigt hat und Wissen, Expertise und Ressourcen teilt,
3. einem unterstützenden Partner (Fazilitator), der die Partnerschaft finanziell und/oder fachlich unterstützt.
Dreieckskooperationen stärken Partnerschaften im Sinne der Agenda 2030, indem sie zur gemeinsamen Erreichung globaler, nachhaltiger Entwicklungsziele beitragen. Komplementäre Stärken der Partner und gegenseitige Lerneffekte bieten einen Mehrwert gegenüber Projekten, die nur zwischen zwei Ländern stattfinden. Zudem bilden die Projekte eine Brücke zwischen der Nord-Süd- und der Süd-Süd-Kooperation.

Ziel
Dreieckskooperationen zwischen lateinamerikanischen und karibischen Partnerländern und Deutschland stärken öffentliche Politiken für nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Region.

Vorgehensweise
Der Regionale Fonds ermöglicht den beteiligten Ländern ein gemeinsames, systematisches Lernen zu Chancen und Grenzen der Dreieckskooperation. Alle Länder Lateinamerikas und der Karibik können sich dabei als Kooperationspartner anbieten. Als Empfänger kommen auch Partnerländer anderer Regionen in Frage.
Bei halbjährlichen Ausschreibungen können die Länder Vorschläge für Dreieckskooperationen einreichen. Thematische Einschränkungen gibt es nicht, allerdings müssen der Mehrwert für alle Beteiligten und die Nachfrage im Empfängerland deutlich erkennbar sein. Außerdem müssen die Ziele mit den entwicklungspolitischen Prioritäten der Partner übereinstimmen.
Deutschland unterstützt die gemeinsame Entwicklung und Umsetzung der Dreieckskooperationen insbesondere über deutsche und regionale Fachkräfte, durch Wissensmanagement und Vernetzung, Fort- und Ausbildungsmaßnahmen sowie Sachlieferungen.



 

 

Project description (EN)

Context
Triangular cooperation projects are planned, financed and implemented jointly by an established DAC donor – an industrialised country that is a member of the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD – an emerging economy that can be a second donor or beneficiary, and a third country as a beneficiary. In practice, there are various additional constellations that German development cooperation recognises as triangular cooperation projects. Due to the complementary strengths of the partners, triangular cooperation projects yield added value compared to bilateral projects.

The global cooperation architecture has changed radically. Emerging economies have significantly expanded their South-South cooperation arrangements in recent years. Particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean, many countries are already implementing development measures in third countries.

Triangular cooperation projects serve as a bridge between North-South and South-South cooperation arrangements; they are an instrument for supporting strategic partnerships in meeting global challenges together. International interest in triangular cooperation projects has risen dramatically. With the Regional Fund for the Promotion of Triangular Cooperation, the German Government is helping to harness the potential of this powerful instrument more effectively.

Objective
Latin American and Caribbean partners engaged in German international cooperation work together with Germany to implement effective, demand-driven development measures in third countries. In this process, the knowledge, experience and resources of new and traditional donor countries are applied in a complementary way to help achieve sustainable development in the respective third country. Both donor and recipient countries benefit from the resulting added value.

Approach
On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), GIZ established the Regional Fund for the Promotion of Triangular Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Fund aims to enable the participating countries to systematically learn together about the opportunities and limitations of triangular cooperation.

Any of Latin American and Caribbean countries can be cooperation partners. Partner countries in other regions may also be beneficiary countries. Proposals for triangular cooperation projects can be submitted at calls for tender, which are issued twice per year. There are no limits regarding themes and there are no prescribed priority areas. The added value for all participants and particularly the demand in the recipient country must be clearly identifiable, and the objectives must coincide with the development policy priorities of all of the partners involved. The egalitarian nature of the partnerships is also reflected by the balanced financial contributions of the Latin American providers to the triangular projects. The contribution of the Latin American provider is at least as large as the German contribution.

By advising lead agencies in emerging economies and third countries, Germany supports the joint development and implementation of triangular cooperation projects. This is accomplished by drawing on German and regional specialists, knowledge management and networking, training and further education measures as well by providing supplies.

Results achieved so far
The regional fund makes Germany unique among the traditional actors: the Fund's regional approach – so far unique - underscores the importance that the region has for Germany, for example regarding global themes in the area of climate and the environment as well as good governance.

The regional fund has a very good reputation in Latin America and the Caribbean as an instrument that promotes cooperation between equals and that takes into account the growing involvement of emerging economies in global processes. The considerable demand from the partners demonstrates this impressively.

To date, a total of 19 participating countries have launched 34 individual measures on various themes, 20 of which are currently being implemented. In Guatemala, for example, Chile and Germany are promoting food security. And together with Mexico and Chile, Germany is strengthening the sustainability of production and consumption in Colombia and Peru within the framework of the Pacific alliance. In Bolivia, Colombia is working together with Germany to bolster indigenous justice.

In the meantime, interregional triangular cooperation projects are also being supported by the Regional Fund. Following cooperation with Brazil and Mozambique, there is now a cooperation project with Costa Rica and Morocco for managing forests, conservation areas and watersheds in the light of climate change.

Cooperation agencies involved in development cooperation and relevant ministries in Latin American and Caribbean are being strengthened with systematic step-by-step training measures. The partners are obtaining qualifications to enable them to carry out effective development measures (Human Capacity Development).

The Fund promotes regional dialogue on triangular cooperation. By systematising lessons learned, it contributes to continuing the development of triangular cooperation with and within the region.

Regional conferences provide venues to exchange views and experiences, and for political dialogue between countries, as in Bogotá in 2012, in Mexico City in 2013 and in Santiago de Chile in 2015.

The expansion of skills and systematic knowledge on the efficient implementation of triangular development measures, as well as networking actors, are supported by the Fund through a training network. The Red de Capacitación en Cooperación Triangular para proyectos entre América Latina y el Caribe y Alemania was founded in 2013 in conjunction with the respective partners.

The innovative range of services like training modules on triangular cooperation have been well received by the partners. They are being offered in e-learning format via the Global Campus 21 platform. This is complemented by regional face-to-face workshops on project management topics related to triangular cooperation; so far, workshops were held in El Salvador, Dominican Republic and Guatemala.

Project description
Title: Chilean-German Projects within the Scope of the Regional Fund for the Promotion of Triangular Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Commissioned by: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Countries: Chile and third countries in Latin America and the Caribbean
Lead executing agency: Agencia de Cooperación Internacional (AGCI); cooperation agencies in various third countries
Overall term: 2010 to 2016

Context
As an emerging economy, Chile is currently transitioning from a recipient to a donor country. Now that Chile has become of a member of the OECD, it is seeking to engage in new forms of international cooperation. Financed by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the Regional Fund for the Promotion of Triangular Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean, Chile and Germany are jointly implementing development projects in Latin America. GIZ’s direct cooperation partner on the Chilean side is the Agencia de Cooperación Internacional (AGCI), Chile’s government agency for international cooperation. A total of four projects have reached successful completion since the Fund was launched. Five other projects are still running. Using resources from the Fund, Germany and Chile have worked together in the following partner countries: Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras and Paraguay

Objective
Selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have worked with Germany to implement successful development measures in third countries.

Results
In the Dominican Republic, Chile and Germany are promoting employment opportunities for young people in marginalised rural and urban areas. To date, this has involved training a total of 80 lecturers and instructors at various basic and further training centres across the country. Applying the new methods and the knowledge they have gained, these lecturers have gone on to teach some 900 young people. More than 800 course participants have drawn up self-employment project proposals, and nearly half of those completing a course have been able to find a job – either with a company or working for themselves – thanks to the supported measures. Some 40 basic and further training centres have incorporated the youth-promotion methods and topics disseminated by the project into their respective syllabuses.

In Paraguay a joint project is helping public authority staff to improve service delivery at local level. To this end, the project partners have devised a management model that ensures more efficient application of social policy while raising the quality of social services by improving coordination between the institutions involved. The focus is on child and youth protection services as well as social housing. The model is one of the central instruments deployed by Paraguay in the fight against poverty. For the first time, the responsible authorities have put together a nationwide plan for designing and implementing the country’s housing policy. Among other things, this plan is used as a basis for assessing housing needs and determining the volume of public investment required.

In Honduras the project partners helped to improve solid waste management. As part of the project, they compiled a manual for managing dumps and landfills which also provided a basis for designing and rolling out training courses for various institutions and municipalities. Both the manual and the training courses take conditions in Honduras into account. The country’s Secretariat of Natural Resources and Environment (SERNA) uses the manual nationwide.

In Colombia, where the focus was on hazardous waste management, the partners assisted Colombia’s Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MADS) in setting up and rolling out a monitoring system. This system makes for more effective waste management by enabling authorities to keep a better eye on the producers of hazardous waste as well as on the transport and final disposal of these waste products. Furthermore, studies have been conducted on extended producer responsibility (EPR), eco-toxicity testing and handling hazardous waste in hospitals, all of which have helped both Chilean and Colombian ministries to draft policies. 

 

Project description (ES)

Situación de partida
Las cooperaciones triangulares son proyectos de cooperación planificados, financiados y ejecutados conjuntamente por un donante del CAD establecido –es decir, un país industrializado que es miembro del Comité de Asistencia para el Desarrollo (CAD) de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE)–, un país emergente que puede actuar como segundo socio cooperante o país beneficiario, y un tercer país receptor en calidad de beneficiario. En la práctica, la cooperación alemana para el desarrollo reconoce además como cooperaciones triangulares otras múltiples configuraciones. Las ventajas complementarias de los socios aportan a las cooperaciones triangulares un valor agregado frente a los proyectos bilaterales.

La arquitectura mundial de la cooperación ha sufrido una fuerte transformación. En los últimos años, los países emergentes han ampliado significativamente sus cooperaciones Sur-Sur. En América Latina y el Caribe, en particular, numerosos países implementan ya medidas de desarrollo en terceros países.

Las cooperaciones triangulares tienden puentes entre la cooperación Norte-Sur y Sur-Sur y son un instrumento para establecer asociaciones estratégicas con el fin de resolver conjuntamente retos globales. En el plano internacional, el interés en las cooperaciones triangulares ha aumentado enormemente. Con el "Fondo regional para el fomento de la cooperación triangular en América Latina y el Caribe", el Gobierno alemán contribuye a aprovechar mejor el potencial de este eficaz instrumento.

Objetivo
Los socios latinoamericanos y caribeños de la cooperación internacional alemana, junto con Alemania, ejecutan en terceros países medidas de desarrollo exitosas con orientación a la demanda. En estas medidas, los conocimientos, las experiencias y los recursos de los cooperantes tradicionales y nuevos se aportan de manera complementaria, en interés del desarrollo sostenible del tercer país. El valor agregado repercute por igual en los países cooperantes y beneficiarios.

Procedimiento
Por encargo del Ministerio Federal de Cooperación Económica y Desarrollo (BMZ) de Alemania la GIZ ha establecido el "Fondo regional para el fomento de la cooperación triangular en América Latina y el Caribe". El Fondo busca facilitar a los países involucrados el aprendizaje conjunto y sistemático sobre las posibilidades y los límites de la cooperación triangular.

Pueden ser socios de cooperación todos los países de América Latina y el Caribe. Como países beneficiarios entran en consideración también países socios de otras regiones. En dos licitaciones al año pueden presentarse propuestas para cooperaciones triangulares, sin limitaciones con relación a los temas ni prescripciones sobre prioridades. El valor agregado para todos los países involucrados, y sobre todo la demanda en el país beneficiario, deben ser claramente reconocibles. Los objetivos deben ser coherentes con las prioridades de política de desarrollo de todos los socios. La cooperación en pie de igualdad se manifiesta también en unas contribuciones financieras equilibradas de los socios latinoamericanos a los proyectos de cooperación triangular. La contribución del socio latinoamericano que actúa como cooperante es como mínimo igual de alta que la contribución alemana.

A través del asesoramiento a instancias estatales en los países emergentes y terceros países, Alemania apoya el desarrollo y la implementación conjuntos de las cooperaciones triangulares. Para ello facilita expertos alemanes y de la región, fomenta la gestión del conocimiento y el establecimiento de redes así como medidas de formación y perfeccionamiento, y aporta bienes y equipos.

Resultados logrados hasta la fecha
Con el Fondo regional, Alemania posee una característica que la distingue de otros actores tradicionales. Este enfoque regional, hasta la fecha único en el mundo, pone de relieve la importancia que la región de América Latina y el Caribe tiene para Alemania, por ejemplo en relación con temas de pertinencia mundial en los ámbitos medioambiente y clima, buena gobernanza y otros.

El Fondo goza de gran aprecio en América Latina y el Caribe como instrumento que fomenta la cooperación en pie de igualdad y tiene en cuenta el creciente compromiso de los países emergentes en el diseño de procesos globales. Prueba contundente de ello es la fuerte demanda de este instrumento por parte de los socios.

Hasta la fecha se han iniciado con éxito, con 19 países participantes, 34 medidas individuales sobre temas variados. 20 de ellas se están implementando actualmente. En Guatemala, por ejemplo, Chile y Alemania fomentan la seguridad alimentaria. En Colombia y Perú, Alemania fortalece junto con México y Chile la sostenibilidad de la producción y el consumo en el marco de la Alianza del Pacífico. Colombia y Alemania participan en Bolivia en el fortalecimiento de la justicia para las poblaciones indígenas.

Entretanto, el Fondo regional fomenta también cooperaciones triangulares interregionales. Además de cooperaciones con Brasil y Mozambique, existe una cooperación con Costa Rica y Marruecos para la gestión de bosques, áreas protegidas y cuencas hidrográficas en relación con el cambio climático.

Mediante la capacitación sistemática y complementaria se fortalece a las agencias de cooperación para el desarrollo y los ministerios sectoriales en América Latina y el Caribe. Los socios son cualificados para ejecutar con éxito medidas de desarrollo (desarrollo de capacidades humanas, DCH).

El Fondo fomenta el diálogo regional sobre la cooperación triangular. Mediante la sistematización de lecciones aprendidas contribuye a seguir desarrollando las cooperaciones triangulares dentro de la región y con ella.

Las conferencias regionales –2012 en Bogotá, 2013 en Ciudad de México y 2015 en Santiago de Chile – ofrecen un espacio para el intercambio y el diálogo político entre los países.

A través de una red de capacitación, el Fondo apoya el desarrollo de competencias y conocimientos sistemáticos para ejecutar eficientemente medidas de desarrollo (de cooperación triangular), así como el establecimiento de redes entre los actores. La "Red de Capacitación en Cooperación Triangular para proyectos entre América Latina y el Caribe y Alemania" fue fundada en 2013 junto con los socios.

Las innovadoras ofertas, como los módulos de capacitación sobre cooperación triangular, tienen gran aceptación entre los socios. Se puede acceder a ellas, en formato de aprendizaje electrónico, a través de la plataforma Global Campus 21. Complementariamente se celebran talleres regionales presenciales sobre temas de gestión de proyectos de cooperación triangular. Hasta la fecha se han celebrado talleres de este tipo en El Salvador, República Dominicana y Guatemala.