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Triangular relations to support SSC
The case of Argentina-UNICEF-Haiti relation for
measuring public spending on childhood in Haiti
Partners
Ministerio de
Economía y
Finanzas Públicas
Argentina
Fondo Argentino de
Cooperación
Horizontal
Ministere de la
Planification
et de la Cooperation
Externe
Ministere de
L´Economie et
des Finances
Triangular relations to support SSC / The case of Argentina-UNICEF-Haiti relation for
measuring public spending on childhood in Haiti
Background
The project was identified in the
framework of the bilateral cooperation
relationship between Argentina and the
government of Haiti that began in 2006.
Argentinean
experts performed exploratory
missions since 2006, in order to jointly
identify possible areas of cooperation,
“taking into account local needs and
capabilities to deliver Argentine
cooperation”
This cooperation agreed on three
projects aimed at strengthening
the institutional capacity of the Haitian
state for planning, economics and
finance.
Triangular relations to support SSC / The case of Argentina-UNICEF-Haiti relation for
measuring public spending on childhood in Haiti
Objectives
Innovation
Estimate the impact of the
Haitian public spending -local
and foreign- on childhood
programs.
Project broke with the traditional approach. It
developed a preliminary phase of mutual
understanding and confidence-building that was
crucial to the whole process.
Enhance the analytical
capacity of budget
implementation by giving
technical support to public
monitoring structure of
poverty in Haiti.
The whole process was based on the principle of
“working together”, which strengthen the
perception of "support" rather than "direction" of
the activities. The learning dynamic throughout
the process focus on experience beyond pure
theoretical or technical knowledge. Adaptation
to the Haitian context was also crucial in this
process.
Each partner offered different kinds of
resources: financial, technical and symbolic,
such as prestige or institutional support.
Triangular relations to support SSC / The case of Argentina-UNICEF-Haiti relation for
measuring public spending on childhood in Haiti
Results
Applicability
1 year of implementation: the
methodology was
developed and adapted to Haiti’s
context.
Argentina and Unicef have
signed an agreement to
develop similar programs
though the region. The
methodology should be
adapted to each context but
it gives a common
background on how to assess
public expenditure on
childhood in the region.
Several public officials and
technical staff of Haiti participated
in the trainings and methodological
discussions. A group of young local
professionals was trained on
gathering, systematizing and
building statistical information to
assess public expenditure.