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South-South and Triangular Cooperation of Argentina, Argentine Fund for Horizontal Cooperation Journal Nr. 10 - 2010 Special Bicentenary Edition SOUTH-SOUTH AND TRIANGULAR COOPERATION OF ARGENTINA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship Secretariat of Coordination and International Cooperation General Directorate of International Cooperation Argentine Fund for Horizontal Cooperation (FO.AR) “To release the voices”, Perez Celis Perez release the voices”, “To FO.AR Illustration on cover: All rights reserved Tamara Toma de Celis and Sergio Pérez Fernández. Paint: “To release the voices”, mixed technique on canvas, Miami (2005), 91 x 76 cm / 36” x 30”. Journal Nr. 10 - 2010 Special Bicentenary Edition SOUTH-SOUTH AND TRIANGULAR COOPERATION OF ARGENTINA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship Secretariat of Coordination and International Cooperation General Directorate of International Cooperation Argentine Fund for Horizontal Cooperation (FO.AR) FO.AR SOUTH-SOUTH AND FO.AR TRIANGULAR COOPERATION OF ARGENTINA AUTHORITIES Cristina Fernández de Kirchner President of the Argentine Nation Héctor Marcos Timerman Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade FO.AR JOURNAL FO.AR Special Bicentenary Edition / 2010 and Worship Alberto Pedro d’alotto 4 Foreign Affairs Secretary Hernán Darío Orduna Secretary of Coordination and International Cooperation Julia E. Levi Director General of International Cooperation Marcelo Suárez Salvia Director of Multilateral Cooperation Rosa Delia Gómez Durán Director of Bilateral Cooperation Miguel Ángel Zanabria Director of International Cooperation Projects Sec. Diego Hernán Boriosi Coordinator of the FO.AR Osvaldo Scaserra Local Coordinator of the Technical Cooperation Committee of MERCOSUR Marina Pecar Coordinator of the Implementation Unit of Programs with External Financing Alicia San Nicolás Coordinator of the Federal Program FO.AR JOURNAL 2010 - N° 10 TECHNICAL TEAM Multilateral Cooperation Department Department of Communication Patricia Baxendale Diego Gonzalo Diaz María Laura Falótico Mónica Iglesias Diana Mayo Alejandro Gil María Celina Luque Lucas Ponce de León Edgardo Marchi JOURNAL FO.AR Special Bicentenary Edition / 2010 Alejandra Schou Diego Molina Implementation Unit of Programs 5 Departament of International Scholarships with External Financing Laura Satragno Jorge Migliore Juan Naveyra Department of Bilateral Cooperation Verónica Parra Alejandro Copertari Santiago Dematine Andrea De Fornasari Julieta Rodríguez Sebastián Baez Alejo Fabián Santemer Fernanda Montero Lacasa Josefina Calatayud Juan Peyrou Laura Gabriela Rodríguez Valeria Susana Giacchino Leandro Carlos Cosentino Adviser to the General Directorate Osvaldo Elissetche Argentine Fund for Horizontal Cooperation Javier Surasky María Daniela Lescano Molina Carola Davicino Coordinator of PNUD Projects Patricia Leitman Miguel Sanabria Andrea Vallarino Mónica Mazzaglia Administrative Secretariat María Florencia Ferrari Leticia Sastre Romina Maciel Juan José Graciano Juan Manuel Boetti Bidegain Ayelén Orduna Ayelén Oliva Dante Edmundo Solmonese Guillermo Prol Drafting Committee Federal Program Diego H. Boriosi José A. Flores Velasco Alejandro Copertari Gisela V. Gatti José A. Flores Velasco Marina Guastavino Gonzalo Mazzeo Technical Cooperation Committee of MERCOSUR Graphic Design María Fernanda Jakubow Juan Furlino Facundo S. Sandoval SUMMARY INTRODUCTION 8. The Cooperation Policy of the Argentine Foreign Ministry in the Bicentenary, by Héctor Timerman 11. Argentina and its South-South and Triangular Cooperation Strategy: two years of devel- opments (2009-2010), by Julia E. Levi ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNANCE NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES PARAGUAY 21. Medicine Quality Control 22. Public Media and Democracy 23. Public policies for older people BOLIVIA 24. Development of a model of intercultural governance 25. Documents from the past to construct our common history 27. Capacity building for the promotion of organ donation BRAZIL 28. Preservation of the environment on the common border OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE REGION PERU FO.AR JOURNAL FO.AR Special Bicentenary Edition / 2010 29. Capacity Building in Project Management COLOMBIA 30. Food security 6 MEXICO 31. Population and Housing Census 31. Exchange on foreign trade statistics: from national to local COSTA RICA 32. Cooperation for the improvement of citizen services EL SALVADOR 33. Prevention of risks in hydroelectric projects HAITI 34. SYSGEP: cooperation in the management of public investment BEYOND THE REGION ANGOLA 35. Cooperation in the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of Development HUMAN RIGHTS NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES BOLIVIA 37. Accompanying the search for truth, memory and justice PARAGUAY 40. Commitment to the truth, memory and justice BEYOND THE REGION EAST TIMOR 40. The cemetery of Santa Cruz SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES PARAGUAY 43. Fish farming and border integration 45. Cooperation in Scientific and industrial Metrology 46. Cooperation in design and cultural identity BRAZIL 47. Cooperation in geology OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE REGION ECUADOR 47. Strengthening an intercultural audiovisual industry PERU 48. Cheese production with a social focus COLOMBIA 49. Cooperation on forage resources in tropical areas 50. Agricultural Risk Mitigation PANAMA 51. Special road surfaces for the tropics NICARAGUA 52. Training of trainers in sustainable fishing techniques MEXICO 53. Exchange of experiences to benefit indigenous peoples JAMAICA FO.AR JOURNAL FO.AR Special Bicentenary Edition / 2010 54. The INTA works to strengthen the Jamaican dairy industry BARBADOS 55. Precision Agriculture with Geographic Information Systems 7 CUBA 56. Cooperation for improvements in potato production 57. Protecting the Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Havana BEYOND THE REGION MOZAMBIQUE 58. Value added for mining expansion ALGELIA 59. Generating links to boost agricultural production SOUTH-SOUTH AND TRIANGULAR COOPERATION 61. New areas for training 62. “Pro Huerta [Pro Vegetable and Fruit Garden] - Haiti”: expansion to the national level 64. The financial efforts of a State to guarantee the rights of children and adolescents 65. Common regulations for medicines for the Anglophone Caribbean SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION 66. How are South-South Cooperation activities carried out through the FO.AR? 66. The Methodology of South-South Cooperation 68. The Funding of the FO.AR 68. What Argentine Institutions Participate with their Cooperation? 68. The Embassies of Argentina: An International Support Network for Cooperation APPENDIX 70. Projects and Cooperating Institutions 90. Acronyms COOPERATION POLICY OF THE ARGENTINE FOREIGN MINISTRY IN THE BICENTENARY Héctor Marcos Timerman Foreign Minister FO.AR JOURNAL FO.AR Special Bicentenary Edition / 2010 Reviewing Argentina’s experience in South-South In the presentation of the central program for and Triangular Cooperation in a time in which we cel- the Commemoration of the Bicentenary of the May 8 ebrate the Bicentenary of the heroic deed which was Revolution, President Cristina Fernández de Kirch- the May Revolution —a year in which a number of other ner proposed that it be developed around three cen- countries on this continent celebrate their own inde- tral themes: an independent and sovereign country pendence— leads us to reflect on the contribution of this through the development of knowledge, science and line of action in foreign policy to the achievement of the innovation, the need to promote the construction of a great objectives that our forefathers dreamed of for our more federal and participative country and the deep- region and on its projection in the international context. ening of Argentina’s belonging to Latin America. The dream of a Patria Grande (Greater Mother- The political will to consolidate a common ap- land) was always on the minds and in the hearts of the proach to the region’s position in the international con- founding fathers of the nations of our continent: men text has been demonstrated, once again, by the support such as Simón Bolivar —who in his Jamaica Letter an- offered in various forums by Latin American countries nounced his plan to form the whole of the new world for Argentina’s position in defense its legitimate rights into a single nation—, Andrés Bello, Francisco de Mi- over the Malvinas and South Atlantic islands. randa, Bernardo O’Higgins and, of course, José de San In the nineteenth century our founding fathers built Martín, the leader of our own liberation movement. the new nations of the continent in just a few years. Bernardo Monteagudo, San Martín’s principal adviser, Between the May Revolution of 1810 and the Declara- in 1824 proposed the setting up of a general federation tion of Independence of 1816 the foundations of the of Spanish American states. They all echoed the desire Argentine nation were laid. Two centuries later we are for integration that was continuously present in our presented with the challenge of honoring the memory peoples over these two centuries and which has been of these great men by setting ourselves goals for the central to the thought and action of popular move- period 2010-2016 of sufficient magnitude and audacity ments, pushing through with important achievements to be worthy of that legacy, goals with the capacity to which the Argentine government has sought to consol- mobilize the energy of our peoples towards achieving idate and deepen. higher levels of welfare and equity. FO.AR JOURNAL FO.AR Special Bicentenary Edition / 2010 The present scene shows us the reality of a velopment objectives, largely framed in terms of process of integration
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