Overview

Programme of Cooperation 2012-2016

The Dominican Government and UNICEF have started their planning process for 2012-2016

Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Government and UNICEF recently held a working meeting with their national allies to share the general elements of what will be their new Programme of Cooperation 2012-2016, a period during which they plan to focus their efforts on creating a protective environment for children and adolescents.

The meeting, which was coordinated by the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development, was attended by representatives of the Health, Education and Women’s Ministries, the Chamber of Deputies, CONANI (the National Council for Children and Adolescents), the Dominican Municipal League, the Solidaridad (Solidarity) Programme and others, as well as non governmental organisations, to discuss UNICEF’s areas of cooperation in the country.

At the start of the meeting, the Deputy Minister for International Cooperation, Mrs. América Bastidas, stressed the government’s mandate for working under the slogan of Transparency and Institutionalism this year, and also mentioned the importance of international cooperation in skills development and strengthening national government and civil society institutions.

UNICEF’s representative in the Dominican Republic, María Jesús Conde, stated that in the framework of United Nations cooperation and taking into account the National Development Strategy,(available in Spanish) UNICEF would continue to support improving hospital management in order to help reduce maternal and neonatal mortality rates, to ensure that all children are in mid-level education and to eliminate all the exclusion factors affecting adolescents, and continue developing community models for integrated child development.

Contributions
Following group discussions, the participants presented the areas of work that they considered priorities, such as the importance of Education being one of the areas of work in the next programme of cooperation, the need to advocate for an increase in social spending and to ensure that gender issues are incorporated across all areas of work. Proposals and suggestions were also made on adolescents in conflict with the law, youth and children’s participation ,and adolescent pregnancies.

UNICEF is interested in continuing to provide support for natural disaster preparedness, encouraging South-South cooperation and focusing its cooperation on reducing disparities and monitoring the fulfilment of children’s rights.

This meeting marked the start of a participative process that is due to be completed in the next three months with an agreed programme of cooperation, its components, strategies and budget.

Summary of indicators
MICS indicators and their equivalents in some of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), ENHOGAR 2006

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