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NIMD’s work in Latin America requires a regional approach, in addition to the specific country programmes. The Latin American Regional Programme (LARP) provides support for each country programme.
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The NIMD work in Latin America is organized around five country programmes in Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Suriname, in addition to a regional thematic programme about the relationship between media and politics.
As Latin America is a continent of strong cultural and political similarities, NIMD’s work requires a regional approach, in addition to the specific country programmes. The Latin American Regional Programme (LARP) provides support for each country programme and facilitates:
• South-south exchange of best practices, peer reviews and policy exchanges between practitioners on specific topics and skills;
• Development of local expertise and institutional material for NIMD in the region;
• Representation of NIMD in the Latin American region and related international forums.
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Key achievements in 2008
• Development of a handbook on poverty reduction policies in Latin America.
• Facilitation of cross-country activities between Ecuador and Bolivia related to the Constituent Assembly processes and to the role of social movements in politics and policies.
• Development of the Spanish translation of ‘The Dutch political system in a nutshell’, published by NIMD and the Dutch Institute for Public and Politics. Presented and regionally distributed in May 2008.
Key international partners
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI)
• Proyectamérica (Chilean think tank)
• Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLASCO)
• Radio Netherlands World Service (RNW)
