inkluí hende, inspirá mente! - Kòrsou Kapasitá, UNDP Curacao

Government of Curaçao
IN THIS ISSUE
Preface by Program Manager
Mr. Iwan Zunder
What is UNDP project about
Curacao Inclusion Symbol:
The use of Art to stimulate collaboration
“Inclusion & Awareness” interview UNDP
Young Leader Mrs. Sara dos Reis Monteiro
South-South Cooperation for Curacao:
Dr. Inyang Ebong-Harstrup
Next Steps UNDP Kòrsou Kapasitá!
Kòrsou
Kapasitá:
inkluí hende,
inspirá mente!
Volume 1 • Issue 1 - Dec ’13 - Jan ‘14
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Preface
Dear UNDP Friends and Colleagues,
It is with great pleasure that we present to you the first issue
of the UNDP digital newsletter:
Kòrsou Kapasitá: inkluí hende, inspirá mente!
The UNDP project Capacity Development and Institutional
of Curacao. Our main counterpart and initiator of the project is the
Strengthening for Curacao, better known as Kòrsou Kapasitá, got a
Ministry of Economic Development and we are working with different
fresh restart as of June of 2013 when a new project-manager and com-
other mi-nistries, the private sector, civil society and media to make
munications officer were added to the UNDP team on Curacao. Further
a sustainable development impact. Within Kòrsou Kapasitá we aim
commitment was built among high level stakeholders through the visit
to be practical (focus on getting things done) and innovative (deviate
in August 2013 of Mr. Richard Blewitt, the UNDP Resident Coordinator
from the traditional approach). We hope to continue our efforts and
for Trinidad and Tobago, St. Maarten, Aruba and Curacao.
include a diverse set of actors to make a sustainable and lasting impact
on Curacao.
Since then we made several concrete steps towards achieving the project objectives through various round tables, training-sessions and high
Enjoy reading, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2014!
level government workshops.
Our national conference: “Inclusive Development Curacao: difficult
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decisions, bright future!” was well-received, with a very satisfactory
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attendance, inspiring content and inclusion of a diverse set of actors.
All these efforts have resulted in a firm acknowledgement within
Iwan Zunder
the Governing Programme 2013-2016, where the UNDP programme
Program Manager
is to be utilized as a catalyzer towards the sustainable development
UNDP Project Kòrsou Kapasitá
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Kòrsou Kapasitá: inkluí hende, inspirá MENTE!
What is the UNDP project about?
Short project description
The main objective of the UNDP project: Kòrsou Kapasitá is developing capacity among a broad range of stakeholders (government,
private sector and civil society) to improve the ‘ability to execute’ towards a more sustainable development process. As such ensuring that
better implementation is possible in this new island nation.
The UNDP project Capacity Development and Institutional
Strengthening for Curacao has 4 major outputs:
1. Direction and inclusion: building national capacity and start the
process towards a National Development Plan (NDP) using a
participatory dialogue approach;
2. Act on fact: develop a national socio-economic database
(DevInfo) and assist in institutionalizing its use;
4. Funding! Resource mobilization for the new country; identifying
and capitalizing on new donor options.
Check out
Short Film
Kòrsou Kapasitá:
inkluí hende
i inspirá mente!
3. Fostering Social Cohesion! Design and execute a pilot programme to assist the country to meet Millennium
Development Goals: MDGs 1 (extreme poverty reduction) and
MDG 7 (environmental sustainability);
The Curacao Inclusion
Symbol: the use of Art to
stimulate collaboration
Visitors from UNDP HQ in New York during
the Inclusion Symbol Ceremony.
Part of the CL-training is a contribution
to the Curacao Inclusion Symbol as a concrete, practical and collective anchor point
and deliverable of this part of the module.
This Symbol becomes then a practical and
tangible way to show alignment and the
intention to work together between different groups and on different levels.
Who is involved?
The UNDP has started working together with some well-known artists from
Curacao (Ellen Spijkstra, Thirzo Martha
and David Bade) and on an institutional
level with Instituto Buena Bista (IBB), a
well-known institution that teaches and
guides Curacao’s talents in Visual Arts. We
will also work with community organizations, starting with Federashon Otrobanda,
to make the Symbol part of local communities.
How is it made?
The Inclusion Symbol will be a testimonial
Art and culture serve as important generators of shared energy, inclusion and original
innovative ways of reaching goals. Internationally we have seen different examples of Art
being used as a tangible symbol of progress, of collaboration between different people and
groups, so-called socially engaged Art. This is the reason for the Curacao Inclusion Symbol.
A key component in the UNDP programme is the module of Collaborative Leadership (CL),
where trainees from different groups and levels learn to better cooperate and to take ownership and responsibility in order to get things done.
of all the different initiatives and events
executed within the Kòrsou Kapasitáproject. It will be composed of balls of
clay with fingerprints of the various participants. The clay fingerprints will be integrated into a final Symbol, inspired by the
structure of DNA, bringing the message
that different small parts add to a strong
and inclusive collective.
Why choose DNA as the inspiration?
DNA is the most important chemical carrier of hereditary information in all known
organisms. All of the particles of DNA
are committed to work together, share
information with each other and sustain
each other in creating the development of
the organism. DNA thus becomes a perfect inspiration for our Curacao Inclusion
Symbol.
Key objective for the UNDP project is
to empower different actors on different
levels towards a more sustainable develop-
ment of Curacao and building capacity is
the UNDP’s way of reaching this goal. To
be able to build capacity, commitment is
needed. Commitment of all the different
parts of our community; each with their
own strengths and weaknesses, but each
committed to include each other’s knowledge and specialties, willing to share and
sustain each other. All different elements
in a sort of DNA-structure
Curious?
We still need to determine where the
Inclusion Symbol will be positioned and
what it will actually look like, similar to
what the future of Curacao will look like.
But that’s the great thing about art and
being creative…we are confident that
eventually something unique and beautiful
will be created, symbolizing the diversity
and potential of Curacao as a young new
nation.
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Kòrsou Kapasitá: inkluí hende, inspirá MENTE!
“Inclusion goes hand in hand
with awareness.”
“Inclusion goes hand in hand with awareness.
You might exclude someone without even being
aware of it,” says Sara dos Reis Monteiro (29).
Sara is one of the participants in the UNDP
Young Leaders programme of Kòrsou Kapasitá.
In this article we talk to Sara about what inclusion
means to her.
Richard Blewitt, resident coordinator UNDP and Sara dos Reis Monteiro
“Inclusion is any feeling or experience that you are being treated
fairly, that you are recognized and that you are able to be part of a
group, based on your capabilities.” Sara continues.
“Exclusion is being left out of a group for an unfair reason. Take
for example when we call a person by their origin, e.g. like Chino or
Haitiano (Chinese or Haitian).
We should be more aware of things we do and say that may exclude
an individual or a group of people.” In her daily life Sara tries to
apply her theory in her work as a Senior HR Advisor at PwC.
We need to ask ‘why’ instead of assuming. Inclusion and exclusion
are a two way street,” Sara says. “To reach those that are difficult
to reach, you need pioneers that can bring along the group they
represent and give them a voice.”
A good example of inclusion, according to Sara, is the group
of Young Leaders of the UNDP. “The organization has given
this group, of diverse composition, with different interests and
backgrounds, a voice and has given them a platform to bring their
ideas to life”.
How can we include groups that are not yet included in any kind
of process? Inclusion can be seen as a strategic process. Dialogue is
needed to understand why people feel excluded.
Check out the short movie of
the group of Young Leaders!
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Kòrsou Kapasitá: inkluí hende, inspirá MENTE!
National vision
key for our
participation in
South – South
Cooperation
South - South Cooperation is the new world
economic order. The good news is that Curacao
can also be part of this economic order. The
question now is how and when will Curacao grab
this opportunity?
from the success stories of other southern
countries that have the same reality, and
and use these insights to create a thriving
economy.
That is the question posted to Curacao by
Mrs. Inyang Ebong – Harstrup, Deputy
Director of the Special Unit for South-South
Cooperation of the United Nations in New
York, during her presentation at the UNDP
National Conference: Inclusive Development Curacao; Difficult decisions, Bright
future!
No stranger to our local situation as former UN Resident Representative in the
Caribbean, Dr. Ebong- Harstrup emphasized that Curacao can definitely learn
“South- South Cooperation is ceasing to be
a novelty and is becoming the norm. Of the
top 5 leading world economies today, four
are a southern country namely China, Brazil, South Africa and India. There are countries in Africa with an economic growth of
6% and many of them will soon cease to be
a developing country, Nigeria being one of
them.”
“One of the weak links of the South is the
lack of data. Sometimes you wonder how
policies are made, because they are not evidence based. Right now the Special Unit for
South-South Cooperation of the UNDP is
working on an institution that will develop
some instruments to help the southern
countries access capacity, gaps and needs.
The data is collected over time and allocated in this institution for future research. A
country can use this information as aspiration for growth and/ or commercial advantage. As for Curacao, Dr. Ebong-Harstrup
sees several ways that the island can
contribute and benefit from South – South
Cooperation: access to markets, exchange of
knowledge & expertise and finally access to
funding to finance further development efforts. However there is a ‘but’.
“South – South Cooperation takes effort. In
order for the South- South Cooperation to
be effective, some things have to be clearly
defined, e.g. what is the level of capacity
to organize the government to do South–
South? What is the national vision of the
country? What is the government vision for
the country?” After complying with these issues, a feasible South-South Cooperation is
possible for Curacao.
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Next Steps
Kòrsou kapasitá
Up to the end of 2013 our focus will be on consolidating the achieved
results and continue to build the project-foundation ( e.g. staffing,
online communication platform).
We are aligning and working together with similar initiatives such
as the Implementation of the Long Term Economic Strategy (LTES/
DEO).
Additionally we will extend our programme to build capacity in dialogue, collaboration, leadership and practical project management.
Starting within government and engaging other stakeholders from
the private sector and civil society. Regarding the four major outputs, some concrete actions in the upcoming period are:
Output 1: Design of the participative dialogue process (NDP) for
Curacao
• Expert-meetings on both community and policy-level regarding
the democratic dialogic approach to come up with a final design
for output 1;
• Integrating sessions with Long Term Economic Strategic
Implementation group (LTES-MED) and final design
participatory dialogue process Curacao.
Output 2: National socio-economic database (DevInfo)
• Composition of working group regarding DevInfo: UNDP,
MED, and Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS) and other relevant
stakeholders.
Output 3: Social Cohesion
• Composition of the Working Group Social Cohesion;
• Overview and set up criteria for selection of projects to be
supported in the area of MDGs 1 & 7.
Output 4: Donor mobilization
• Alignment with initiatives regarding the Curacao Development
Finance Institute;
• Composition of a Working Group Donor mobilization.
Allow us to keep you posted of our efforts in Q1 2014
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This issue was made possible by
the following people:
Iwan Zunder
Raynel Martis
Nydia Adam
Corinne Leysner
Artwork and design: Mark Aniceto
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UNDP National Conference on October 22nd 2013
Inclusive Development : Difficult Decisions, Bright Future!