Communities of Care. Design and implementation of the National Care Policy Pilot in Prioritized Territories in the Dominican Republic
UNRCO/UNDP
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United Nations / Multilateral body
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Description
The Communities of Care program contributes to the design and implementation of a National Care Policy and the participatory construction of the National Care System in the Dominican Republic. By promoting comprehensive solutions to care needs, it improves the quality of life for Dominican families by addressing the demands of those in need of care and caregivers, while also promoting women's labor force participation, thus contributing to economic growth and the reduction of poverty and inequality. By consolidating the National Care System, progress is accelerated towards a society with equality of rights and opportunities between men and women.
Under the leadership and coordination of the Resident Coordinator (RC), UNDP directs the implementation of the Joint Programme. This program includes a Technical Committee composed of one representative from each of the agencies: UNDP, ILO, UN Women, and UNFPA, which are responsible for coordinating the initiatives to be developed and reporting to the involved entities. Through the figure of a program coordinator, the implementation of the initiatives is monitored, and constant communication is maintained with the government team to ensure proper monitoring and the establishment of new alliances or supports. Technical follow-up meetings are periodically held with the government team, where the technical committee reports on the progress of the initiatives and any issues that may have arisen. Similarly, participation in the intersectoral care table takes place, which includes representatives from the government, civil society organizations, including those representing persons with disabilities, women's organizations, child rights organizations, unions, other workers' organizations, and the academic world.
Their role is to advise and make recommendations on policy development, coordinate contributions from civil society, the private sector, workers' organizations, the academic world, and development partners to policy implementation, and provide a forum for contributions from service beneficiaries (including youth, children, persons with disabilities, and the elderly).
Lastly, annual meetings are held to ensure accountability to the donors of the SDG Fund, sharing the project implementation balance, as well as achievements and challenges. This provides an opportunity to discuss and reflect on identifying collaboration opportunities and support for the National Care Policy, consolidating and strengthening the commitment of all parties to the National Care Policy to contribute to its success and sustainability.
Analysis of the state of development of the Care Communities Pilot Program, assessing the main challenges and progress achieved, and formulating a set of recommendations to strengthen the governance and management mechanism and key strategies for the continuity and sustainability of the model.
Preparation of inputs and technical support for the preparation of the Intersectoral Care Table Agreement, which consolidates the Intersectoral Care Table, comprised of 10 institutions (MEPYD, MIM, MT, Supérate Program, SIUBEN, INAIPI, CONANI, CONAPE, CONADIS, and INFOTEP).
Preparation of a Methodological Guidance Document for the design and implementation of Local Care Plans and governance and management schemes, including the development of inputs for the identification of needs, capacities, and care services.
Preparation of the curricular proposal “Personal assistance to people with disabilities with support needs”. This proposal seeks to move towards the coverage of assistance services for people with disabilities with support needs, to carry out daily living activities from the Human Rights’ social paradigm, the current regulations and in accordance with the instructions of the individual using the service, in order to guarantee having independent living and personal autonomy.
Specialized technical assistance to review and improve the technical-professional offer of training programs in early childhood care.
Specialized technical assistance to review and improve the technical-professional offer of training programs in eldercare.
Coordination and hiring of a nationally recognized advertising firm, to design the communication strategy for the National Care Policy, in coordination with national counterparts. This visibility product is consistent with the vision of ensuring the comprehensiveness and articulation of policies for sustainable human development in the country and to promote a culture that values care and vindicates the work done historically by women.
Technical support to the social system for beneficiaries (SIUBEN) in the collection of socioeconomic information from eligible households for the pilot of the National Care Policy. A survey identified the demand for care and future candidates for social benefits in vulnerable communities, as part of the Joint Program. The goal was to reach 9,000 households and it stood out by completing 103%, equivalent to 9,246 completed home interviews.
Preparation of a methodological guide with strategies and key steps to achieve the establishment of the Non-Governmental Partnership Space and the implementation of the social mobilization process in favor of care that supports the development of the care policy.
Under the leadership and coordination of the Resident Coordinator (RC), UNDP leads the implementation of the Joint Programme. All involved agencies (UNDP, UN WOMEN, UNFPA, and the ILO) will provide high-quality technical assistance and implement actions for the development of the National Care Policy. The Joint Programme was formulated within the work plan of the UNDAF 2018-2022, integrated into the upcoming United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2023-2028, and on the agenda of the Program Management Team (PMT). The Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development (MEPyD) leads and co-coordinates the development of the National Care Policy, which includes nine other public institutions (the Supérate Program, the Unique Beneficiary System (SIUBEN), the National Institute of Comprehensive Care for Early Childhood (INAIPI), the National Council for the Elderly (CONAPE), the National Disability Council (CONADIS), CONANI, the National Institute of Technical and Vocational Training (INFOTEP), the Ministry of Labor, and the Ministry of Women).
Reports on the Joint SDG Fund will be results-oriented and evidence-based. Each UN Agency will provide the Convening/Lead Agency with the following narrative reports prepared in accordance with instructions and templates developed by the Joint SDG Fund Secretariat: - Annual progress narrative reports, to be submitted no later than one (1) month (January 31) after the end of the calendar year, and should include the results matrix, updated risk register, and planned expenditures and results for the next 12-month funding period; - Mid-term progress review report, to be submitted halfway through the implementation of the Joint Programme; and - Final consolidated descriptive report, after the completion of the Joint Programme, to be submitted no later than two (2) months after the operational closure of the Joint Programme activities.
SDGS & Targets
Goal 5
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
5.1
End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
5.1.1
Whether or not legal frameworks are in place to promote, enforce and monitor equality and non‑discrimination on the basis of sex
5.2
5.2.1
Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age
5.2.2
Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence
5.3
5.3.1
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2
Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
5.4
Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate
5.4.1
Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location
5.5
Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
5.5.1
Proportion of seats held by women in (a) national parliaments and (b) local governments
5.5.2
Proportion of women in managerial positions
5.6
Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences
5.6.1
Proportion of women aged 15-49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care
5.6.2
Number of countries with laws and regulations that guarantee full and equal access to women and men aged 15 years and older to sexual and reproductive health care, information and education
5.a
Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws
5.a.1
(a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and (b) share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure
5.a.2
Proportion of countries where the legal framework (including customary law) guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control
5.b
5.b.1
Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex
5.c
Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels
5.c.1
Proportion of countries with systems to track and make public allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment
Goal 8
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
8.1
8.1.1
Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita
8.2
Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors
8.2.1
Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person
8.3
Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services
8.3.1
Proportion of informal employment in total employment, by sector and sex
8.4
Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, with developed countries taking the lead
8.4.1
Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP
8.4.2
Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP
8.5
8.5.1
Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age and persons with disabilities
8.5.2
Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
8.6
8.6.1
Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training
8.7
Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms
8.7.1
Proportion and number of children aged 5‑17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age
8.8
Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment
8.8.1
Fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 workers, by sex and migrant status
8.8.2
Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of association and collective bargaining) based on International Labour Organization (ILO) textual sources and national legislation, by sex and migrant status
8.9
By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
8.9.1
Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP and in growth rate
8.10
Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all
8.10.1
(a) Number of commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults and (b) number of automated teller machines (ATMs) per 100,000 adults
8.10.2
Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a bank or other financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider
8.a
8.a.1
Aid for Trade commitments and disbursements
8.b
By 2020, develop and operationalize a global strategy for youth employment and implement the Global Jobs Pact of the International Labour Organization
8.b.1
Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for youth employment, as a distinct strategy or as part of a national employment strategy
Goal 17
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
17.1
Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection
17.1.1
17.1.2
17.2
Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries
17.2.1
17.3
Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources
17.3.1
Additional financial resources mobilized for developing countries from multiple sources
17.3.2
17.4
Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress
17.4.1
17.5
Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries
17.5.1
Number of countries that adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for developing countries, including the least developed countries
17.6
Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism
17.6.1
Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed
17.7
Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed
17.7.1
Total amount of funding for developing countries to promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies
17.8
Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology
17.8.1
17.9
Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation
17.9.1
Dollar value of financial and technical assistance (including through North-South, South‑South and triangular cooperation) committed to developing countries
17.10
Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda
17.10.1
17.11
Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020
17.11.1
Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports
17.12
Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access
17.12.1
Weighted average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States
17.13
Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and policy coherence
17.13.1
17.14
Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development
17.14.1
17.15
Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development
17.15.1
17.16
Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries
17.16.1
Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
17.17
Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships
17.17.1
Amount in United States dollars committed to public-private partnerships for infrastructure
17.18
By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts
17.18.1
Statistical capacity indicators
17.18.2
17.18.3
Number of countries with a national statistical plan that is fully funded and under implementation, by source of funding
17.19
By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries
17.19.1
17.19.2
Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration
SDG 14 targets covered
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Countries
SIDS regions
- Caribbean
Samoa pathway priority area
- Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
- Social Development
- Means of Implementation, including Partnerships
- SIDS Priorities for the post-2015 Development Agenda
Contact Information
Mildred, Development Coordination Officer - Partnerships and Development Finance