Uruguayan Social Cabinet for Intersectoral Coordination is one example of horizontal coordination. The Cabinet is presided by the Ministry of Social Development and brings together the Ministries of Economy and Finance, Education and Culture, Labour and Social Security, Public Health, Tourism and Sport, and Housing, Land Management and the Environment. The structure is tasked with creating and institutionalizing inter-sectoral linkages amongst the aforementioned important central-level bodies.
27 Jan 2017
Policy Marker under which document was originally uploaded: Uruguay: Horizontal coordination for social development
One of the mechanisms employed for overcoming the gap between provision and uptake is conditional transfers. Imagine a poor family with several school-aged children (there is a potential demand for education), living right across the street from a public school, but not enrolled. Put simply, there is no supply-side limitation (the school exists, including teachers, textbooks etc.) and the (potential) demand exists as well, but they are not coming together.
25 Oct 2016
Policy Marker under which document was originally uploaded: Latin America: Bridging delivery and uptake through transfer programmes
The “Mwana” project in Zambia, launched in 2010 with support from the Ministry of Health and UNICEF, has reduced delays in transmitting results from HIV test laboratories to health facilities via instant SMS message from 66 days to 33 on average in the country’s rural and underserved communities. In addition to strengthening early infant diagnosis and improving the rate of postnatal follow-up, Mwana proved successful in engaging with local health workers and service users in the co-design of m-health information services.
25 Oct 2016
Policy Marker under which document was originally uploaded: Zambia: New technologies in design and delivery
Put in place in various jurisdictions around the world, the Multidimensional Continuum of Care for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH) is another example in this regard.
25 Oct 2016
Policy Marker under which document was originally uploaded: Global: Multidimensional continuums cutting across time and levels in the care context
The Multidimensional Continuum for the Homeless in the US is a complex continuum put in place to assist people living in shelters transfer into transitional houses, get ready for jobs, undergo drug and alcohol treatment, (re)establish contacts with families, and finally find a permanent home alongside long-term support services to help ensure they remain housed. Cutting across sectors, time and levels, this continuum is argued to be as multidimensional and transversal as the exclusion it strives to combat.
25 Oct 2016
Policy Marker under which document was originally uploaded: US: Multidimensional continuum of care and its coordination
The Eleventh Malaysia Plan (2016-2020) is an example of setting inclusion as an overarching goal. The strategy identifies inclusion as one of the country’s six “strategic thrusts”. In addition to making it a standalone priority, the document integrates indicators of inclusion under the rest of its major areas of concern.
24 Oct 2016
Policy Marker under which document was originally uploaded: Malaysia: Inclusion as a supra-goal