The Regional Team Leader of the Global Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean made an evaluation of the meeting held in Asuncion and made an assessment of the outlook for the region for next year. What is your assessment of this meeting and what do you think will be their short-term results?
I think we left a very positive result, it is the first time we make a match that specific cross-cutting issues are addressed the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM). Addressed issues of enormous importance, as the issue of financing MCPs, the very specific definition of the oversight role of CCMs, the positioning of the private sector, what are the chances of increasing their participation. These are all tactical issues. And the important thing is not only the tactics, which is somewhat circumstantial and very concrete action, is the strategy. We must not confuse tactics with strategy and is a bug in which we are all tempted to fall: the CCM, the Global Fund secretariat, the board, agencies.
And what are the strategic issues to take into account?
Strategically I think two things were clear: the first is that you could build a coordination mechanism, either a country or regional level, that is not based on consensus. Repeat endlessly to be out of the dynamics of the conflict to move to a dynamic consensus. Consensus intelligent, respectful, without imposing views. Consensus negotiation, negotiation not a sector in which a win everything, because it is not a negotiation. The second strategic point is the position of Latin America face a global reality that is undeniable.
Regarding this, how assess the outlook for the region in the short term?
I think next year will be a pivotal year. I do not know if there is time to have a very strong positioning strategy at this time, but you can be featured in the discussion, Latin America has merit to be the protagonist. But to be protagonist must have a political agenda, which involves several elements that are key. We must be innovative in what we propose to the international community. A region with the concentration of an epidemic like ours, with per capita income for countries - despite social inequalities, has to be innovative.
And what could be innovative way?
innovator in the sense that it has to stop spending money and actually invest. Must be strong enough to make conceptual changes in the way we conceive the project, moving from the logic of the project to the program logic. No response can be structured based on a multiply fragmented projects, in which each goes his own way. Another key element that seems to me, from the point of view of the political agenda is to continue using the capacity of local technical assistance as was done in Round 9. I think he's proven that America can produce clear proposals.
What the specific recommendations address this scenario? Mainly
leave fragmented conception of permanent negotiation in CCMs, to be a place of debate, constructive, and not an area where some policies are settled. Politicizing the politicization itself is not very positive in this case. All sectors need to review their way of interacting and trying to imagine a scenario in which the national program is a State project, not a single government or sector, it is a unique project that allows for the different variables of different human groups. Alejandra
Ruffo / Mirta Ruiz
Key Correspondent Team - Asunción 12/11/1909
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