COMMUNITIES OF CARE Design and Implementation of the National Care Policy Pilot in Prioritized Territories in the Dominican Republic

The Joint Programme will pilot the development of communities of care in three prioritized territories of the Dominican Republic, contributing the design and implementation of a National Care Policy and the participative construction of the National Care System. Expected results include three pilot experiences for the implementation and consolidation of a National Care Policy to promote comprehensive solutions to care needs that can eventually be replicated with universal coverage to gradually expand and consolidate the National Care System. In support of the achievement of SDGs and in line with the UNDAF 2018-2022, the Joint Programme will strengthen statistical information for SDG targets monitoring within the National System of Planning and Public Investment to contribute with the design, management and implementation of the Communities of Care pilot and the gradual expansion towards the consolidation of the National Care System, accelerating the advancement of a society with equal rights and opportunities between men and women. This proposal seeks to accelerate substantive equality between men and women by promoting the recognition, reduction and redistribution of unpaid domestic and care work, achieving greater co-responsibility between the State, the market, the community and households in the social organization of care at the national and local levels. To this end, national and local capacities will be strengthened to provide services and infrastructures that facilitate institutional co-responsibility, particularly at the local level, generating a scalable model of public policies and services at the local level that can be replicated at the national level. The program aims to promote comprehensive solutions to care needs by promoting women's economic autonomy and the right to care for children, people in situations of dependency or disability and older adults as a key strategy to accelerate the achievement of SDGs 1, 5 and 8 in the Dominican Republic. To this end, the program focuses on five key components for shaping care policies: the services provided, the regulations established (services and labor), the training of care workers, actions to generate and manage data, information and public knowledge on care, and communication actions aimed at disseminating rights and promoting cultural change. Based on the above, the program will generate the following outcomes: • Outcome 1. The National Care Policy Pilot in territories prioritized by the Government is consolidated and implemented promoting comprehensive solutions to care needs. • Outcome 2. Statistical and information systems strengthened and contributing to the design, management, and implementation of the National Care Policy in support of the achievement of the SDGs and the strengthening of the National System of Public Planning and Invest and the Social Protection System. • Outcome 3. National Care Policy is strengthened and expanded from the pilot experience for the gradual consolidation of a National Care System with universal coverage vocation. To comply with the SDGs and the promise to Leave No One Behind, it is necessary to have quality disaggregated data that provides a panoramic view that allows the analysis of different trends and factors associated with different population groups, especially those in situations of greater vulnerability. Outcome 2 includes technical assistance and support for the strengthening of existing statistical and information systems, as well as their interconnection and interoperability, to contribute to the design, management and implementation of the National Care Policy in support of the SDGs and the strengthening of the National System of Public Planning and Invest and the Social Protection System. Currently, the Single System of Beneficiaries (SIUBEN) has different records, databases and systems that will serve as a starting point for this result, working with the other instances that will intervene in the care

Project symbol

DOM/21/50/UND

Admin unit

DWT/CO-San Jose

Start date

01/01/2022

End date

28/06/2024

Total allocation

134409

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

134406

Development Partners

Multi Partner Trust Fund Office, UNDP

Country/Countries

Dominican Republic

Outcomes

Outcome 5: Gender equality and equality of treatment and opportunities for all