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CIPPEC: enhancing public policies through
research in Argentina
The Center
for the Implementation of Public Policies promoting Equity
and Growth (CIPPEC) is an independent non-profit organization
working to establish a just, democratic and efficient State
in Argentina to improve citizens' quality of life. It does
this by analyzing and promoting public policies that foster
equity and growth.
CIPPEC was created in 2000 by 11 young professionals, from
various fields and with differing political points of view,
to conduct research and implement evidence-based policies
in the areas of Education, Fiscal Policy, Health Care, Transparency
and Justice. In 2005 it added the areas of Political Institutions
and Local Public Management.
CIPPEC´s involvement in the Civil Society Partnership
Programme (CSPP) developed by ODI has included:
- Organising and hosting a consultative workshop to learn
about the role of research-based evidence in Argentina from
other CSOs, think tanks, and development and policy research
institutes. More
on this workshop...
- Participating, with representatives of 16 other think
tanks from around the world in a 3-day planning workshop
in the UK to develop the next phase of the CSPP. More
on this event...
- Collaborating on a workshop at the UNESCO.
- Organising a meeting to launch a network of CSOS interested
in using research to influence policymaking in Latin America.
With the participation of more than 40 representatives of
CSOs, it provided a space for them to express their needs
and interests in participating in such a network.
Through its involvement in the CSPP, CIPPEC has been able
to further its knowledge of specific tools and methodologies
to address the complexities of policymaking processes as well
as learn about best practices from similar organisations in
Argentina and other developing countries. As a consequence,
CIPPEC has started its own programme to strengthen its internal
capacity to translate research into realistic policy proposals
and recommendations, and to share these ideas and learn more
from other CSOs in the region.
CIPPEC and ODI will shortly sign an MoU outlining a longer
term collaboration on work in this area. Planned activities
in Latin America over the next year will include conducting
a 'Training of trainers'programme with regional and national
organisations, and creating and sustaining a CSO network in
Latin America to exchange information, knowledge and experiences
about how to bridge the gap between research and policymaking.
Some of CIPPEC´s recent successes include:
- Influencing the text of the Law of Educational Funding.
In a document of public policies elaborated by the areas
of Education and Fiscal Policy, CIPPEC supported and recommended:
(a) to soften the financial goal of the project because
the original goal would have definitely implied a non-fulfillment
of the law in case of economic stagnation; and (b) to include
an article that calls to generate information that helps
the monitoring of the law. Both recommendations were introduced
in the law sanctioned by the Senate.
- Contributing to the derogation of the Ley de Lemas
in Santa Fe. The work carried out together with academic
professionals and local NGOs in the province of Santa Fe
contributed to change the electoral system, called "Ley
de lemas". This system allowed a candidate for governor
with scarce popular votes gain elections due to the addition
of votes from diverse sub-candidates (sublemas) from the
same political party. In this sense, we improved the playing
rules in order to guarantee a more equitative political
competence in one of the most important electoral districts
of the country.
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