International Poverty Centre

Francisco Filho and Roberto Astorino Communications and Outreach team

New York, November 2008

What is IPC?

Established in 2004 in Brasilia.

Global centre for applied research and training on development policy and for the promotion of South-South Cooperation.

Partnership between UNDP and the Brazilian Government.

Within UNDP: Linked to the Poverty Practice of the Bureau for Development Policy.

Within the Brazilian Government: Linked to the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea), the Secretariat for Strategic Affairs at the Presidency of the Republic.

Who are we?

IPC Director

Social Protection

andCash Transfers

Team

6 researchers

Gender EqualityTeam

3 researchers

Access to Finance and

Basic ServicesTeam

3 researchers

Labour and Social

Inclusion Team

4 researchers

Operations and

Management Team

3 staff

Communications and

Outreach Team

3 staff

Internship Programme

4 international2 local

IPC team

What do we do?

Applied Research

Innovative Publications Seminars, Workshops

and Conferences Visiting Research Fellows

South-South Cooperation

Study Tours and Training Africa-Brazil Cooperation

Programme Advisory Missions

Communications and Outreach Dissemination

Communication Tools Partnerships

WebsiteVisibility and Impact

A few figures…

IPC’s knowledge-sharing network covers 189 countries.

9 publication types in 4 different languages, covering 16 thematic areas.

7 research programmes.

1-2 new publications per week sent to 27,000 people, including 3,200 UNDP staff.

Training Sessions, Study Tours and Conferences have thus far involved more than 7,000 representatives of around 50 developing countries.

More than 100 Advisory Missions.

1,500 partner research centres in 106 developing countries.

Applied Research: Research Programmes

Social Protection and Cash Transfers

Access to Finance and Basic Services

Economic Policies, MDGs and Poverty

Gender Equality

Labour and Social Inclusion

Macroeconomic Policies to Revert the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

State of the World Economy

Applied Research: Publication Series

Applied Research: Publication Series

Poverty in Focus Search

Applied Research: Evolution of Publications

Communications and Outreach: Website

A few figures

Number of website visits: 2,161.343

October: 121,784

Number of downloads: 397,742

October: 22,264

Number of first time visits in October: 14,171

Number of countries in October: 119

Top-ten in October: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, India, Mexico, Mozambique, South Africa, Sweden, UK, USA

Downloads of IPC publications

Communications and Outreach: Website

Evolution of visits to the IPC website

Applied Research: Events

9 International Conferences 70 Seminars

Forthcoming: International Workshop on

Equitable Access to Basic Services: Insights to Latin America São Paulo, Brazil

Other recent events: Bi-regional Conference on Social

Protection and Poverty Reduction Cape Town, South Africa

The Millennium Development Goals: Beyond Averages 2007 Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Skills Building Workshop on Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) – Nairobi, Kenya

Applied Research: IPC Internship and

Visiting Scholars Programmes

Areas:

Support to Communications and Outreach Activities

Research Assistance – Cash Transfers and Social Protection

Research Assistance – Gender Research Programme

Research Assistance – Macroeconomic policies, economic governance, privatisation and regulation, equitable access to services, HIV and AIDS

Olga Lucia Callejas Cortes – Ministry of Social Protection, Colombia

Mariana Hoffmann – Institute d’Etudes Politiques d’Aix-en-Provence / France

Kelly McCarthy – Irish Centre for Human Rights

Pauline Cazaubon – Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Bordeaux (France) / University of Granada (Spain)

Christian Lehmann – Paris School of Economics/ The Sorbonne, France & Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Sonal Singh – London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Joe Macharia – Global Labour University Programme

Michelle Morais de Sá e Silva – Teachers College, Columbia University, USA

John Gahan – The University of the South, USA

Portia Meyers Hunt – School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, USA

Asad Kamran Ghalib – Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, UK

South-South Cooperation:

Study Tours and Training

Promoting partnerships to fight poverty through advocacy and capacity building.

Target audience

Government officials from the Global South UNDP Country Offices

Training areas

Social Protection and Cash Transfers Gender Equality Pro-poor and Inequality-reducing Policies Labour Market, Racial Discrimination and

Employment Policies Macroeconomic Policies Access to Finance and Basic Services

for the Poor Poverty Measurement and Monitoring

South-South Cooperation: Recent Study Tours and Trainings

Study Tour on Evaluation and Measurement of Social Policies: Cooperation Agenda Brazil-Venezuela

Study Tour of the Africa-Brazil Cooperation Programme on Social Development

Training Course on Econometric Methods for Impact Evaluation

Mission of the Government of the Republic of South Africa: A South-South Dialogue on Social Protection

Study Tour on Participatory Budgeting and Planning

Study Tour on Social Policies for Ethnic Minorities

South-South Cooperation: Africa-Brazil Cooperation Programme on Social Development

Promoting international technical cooperation between developing countries to foster social protection policies.

Regional cooperation

Technical cooperation

Study Tours

Distance learning

http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/africa-brazil/homeeng.do

South-South Cooperation: Advisory Missions

Recent missions: Angola Dominican Republic El Salvador Ethiopia The Gambia Ghana Kenya Paraguay Uzbekistan Venezuela

Communications and Outreach: How do we disseminate our publications?

Global Directory of Contacts

IPC’s Knowledge-Sharing Network

189 countries

3,200 UNDP contacts

27,000 contacts

1,000 new contacts per month

Geographical area Number of Contacts

Africa 3,045

Latin America and the Caribbean 7,185

Europe and the CIS 4,497

Asia and the Pacific 4,143

Arab States 355

“Global” (may include both the USA and some international organizations)

7,688

Type of institution Number of Contacts

Multilateral Organizations 9,207

Research Facilities 4,706

Government Ministries, Agencies or Research Institutes

4,857

Non-Governmental Organizations 2,263

‘Other Institutions’ 5,880

Communications and Outreach: Communications Tools

IPC ‘Blog’

Linking ResearchKnowledge to Development

Practice

IPC Knowledge Centre

IPC Interview Series

IPC News Website

Directory of Research Centresin Developing Countries

Advocacy campaigns

Global Directory of Contacts

Media relations andPress Room

Poverty Networks

Communications Tools

Communications and Outreach: Communications Tools

Poverty Networks: Sharing Development

Information

Facilitating access to development knowledge and helping foster dialogue between researchers, policymakers, civil society and multilateral organizations.

An online catalogue of 67 IPC’s collaborative web-based platforms.

http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/povnet.do

Communications and Outreach: Communications Tools

Media relations and Press Room

Developing and strengthening media relations is a core vehicle for communicating IPC’s messages to its target audiences and promoting visibility and support for the Centre’s mandate.

Some activities:

Directory of Journalists in Brazil

International catalogue of journalists and communication officers

IPC in the Media

2 Press Releases per week in 4 languages

http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/PressRoom.do

Communications and Outreach: Communications Tools

IPC News

A monthly newsletter in 4 languages featuring our latest publications and highlights, ongoing and upcoming events and trainings.

IPC Interview Series

Illustrating the impact of our Research and Training Programmes and highlighting major policy lessons and experiences.

Linking Research Knowledge to Development Practice

An online platform for sharing innovative initiatives of UNDP Country Offices and linking these initiatives to IPC’s knowledge products and their main policy recommendations.

Communications and Outreach: Communications Tools

Comments and Reviews Space

Communications and Outreach: Communications Tools

Communications and Outreach: Communications Tools

Awareness raising campaigns

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Stand Up and Take Action UN Day Brazilian Government events NGO fairs UN Brazil

Get involved with the IPC:

a new section on our website

Communications and Outreach: Partnerships

IPC’s online directory of institutions doing research on poverty and human development

Promoting the international visibility of research centres in developing countries and advancing dialogue among researchers and policy makers.

Forthcoming:

Arab States Europe and the CIS

Goal:

2,500 centres in the Global South.

http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/rs.do

Communications and Outreach: Partnerships

IPC Knowledge Centre

A gateway of publications from our partner Research Centres and Poverty Networks for promoting knowledge and

experiences sharing.

Communications and Outreach: Partnerships

UNV Online Volunteering Award 2007

691 volunteers in 43 countries 94 assignments

Some recent assignments

Help IPC disseminate development related knowledge in Asia Transcription of interviews on Social Protection Policies Recherche de contacts journalistes: Afrique francophone

Communications and Outreach: Partnerships

Voluntários Online: a new partnership with the largest volunteer-recruiting NGO in Brazil.

Current assignments

Translate IPC website into Portuguese Translate IPC brochure into Portuguese Help IPC disseminate development information in Africa

IPC’s Communications and Outreach Strategy: http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/paper-seminar/COS.pdf

Muito obrigado!