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Enabling capacities project (2011-12)

GLOBAL IGNATIAN ADVOCACY NETWORK (GIAN)

Presentation to Social Coordinators Rome May 2012

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GIVING SOME BACKGROUND

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IT TOOK A LONG WAY TO ARRIVE HERE…

 Coordinators’ meetings in Rome since 2003:

 International collaboration among Social Centres was identified

as an important need

 Advocacy was also established as a specific field for this

collaboration

 Networking at different levels and on different topics

was decided to be promoted

 Trying to establish collaboration with other sectors  Being advocacy an important common initiative

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IT TOOK A LONG WAY TO ARRIVE HERE…

 The GC 35 introduced the concept of adv

advocac acy (d.3, n.28):

The complexity of the problems we face and the richness of the

• pportunities offered demand that we engage in building bridges between

rich and poor and establishing advocacy links of mutual support between those who hold political power and those who find it difficult to voice their

• interests. Our intellectual apostolate provides an inestimable help in setting

up these bridges, offering us new ways of understanding in depth the mechanisms and links among our present problems...

 And it also encouraged networkin

ing:

We encourage the Society’s government, at all levels, to explore means by which more effective networking might take place between Ignatian and Jesuit apostolic works.

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IT TOOK A LONG WAY TO ARRIVE HERE…

 El Escorial (2008):

 It gathered people from all over the world  Advocacy was the

common field identified for collaboration

 Some thematic issues

were selected

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IT TOOK A LONG WAY TO ARRIVE HERE…

 Fernando and Social Coordinators

decide to initiate a project

 Funding for the

project “Enabling capacities”

5 Thematic Issues were selected

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ENABLING CAPACITIES PROJECT (2011-12)

Gener eneral al O Objec jectiv ive

Create and develop the capacities of the five networks (thematic groups) comprising Jesuit social centres around the world and, wherever possible, other Jesuit institutions (Universities, pastoral centres included in the networks) so that they can respond effectively to the call of GC 35 to engage in advocacy, that is, to build bridges between those who have voice and shape public policy and those who do not.

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ENABLING CAPACITIES PROJECT (2011-12)

SPE PECI CIFIC O C OBJECT CTIVES S

• 1. Design, and conduct one international formation programme on raising

capacities and skills to develop a network on international advocacy. The programme will touch, at least, on three areas: Ignatian leadership, new techniques of social communication & networking, and methodology for doing strategic planning of advocacy actions.

• 2. Design and conduct five international formation programmes for each of

the five networks. The objectives of these five formation programmes will be:

• to disseminate and share the information and knowledge developed in the

formation programme (a); and

• to plan the future (advocacy) actions of the network with the help of the available

new instruments.

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ENABLING CAPACITIES PROJECT (2011-12)

Enabl bling ng Capac acit itie ies Proje ject

201 012

Active ve Adv dvocac acy Netwo works wit with cle lear

• bjectives

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STEPS TO BE TAKEN (2011 – 2012)

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Lead aders

• Understand our work
• Get training
• Decide GW

Core Gr Groups ps

• Form Core Groups
• Get training
• Decide mapping & planning
• 1. Pr

Prelim iminar ary wo workshop

• p
• 2. Gen

General Wo Workshop

• What is being done
• Identify allies
• Draft network’s mission
• Propose actions
• 3. Map

Mappin ing an and plan lanning

A A group of

• f memb

members

• Finalise and agree on the

planning of the networks

• 4. Sp

Spec ecific Wo Workshops

Led by by Core Gr Groups ps

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STEPS TO BE TAKEN (2011 – 2012)

3. . Mappi pping and and Pl Planning anning (I) (I)

(Work at t Conference and G Glo loba bal l lev evel, 20 2011 1 -12) 12)

Mappi apping:

• What is being done by Jesuit institutions
• Identify allies from the Church and Social Movements working in

this area

Planni nning ng: :

• Draft network’s mission
• Propose actions for network
• To be completed and agreed on during Specific Workshops

Co Core Gro roups an and d Groups ps in n Confere rences

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STEPS TO BE TAKEN (2011 – 2012)

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3. . Mappi pping and and Resear earch (II) (II)

(Work at t Conference and G Glo loba bal l lev evel, 20 2011 1 -12) 12)

The The re research needs to to be be broad ad:

• Involving the members of the Core Groups
• To be followed up at the level of Confences
• Identifying experiences, allies, good practices…
• Possibly with the help of a Research Centre

The The dr draf aft missio sion statement pr propo posed by by the he leader: r:

• From the above research, adding creativity
• In dialogue with the Core Group members
• Possibly with some help from a Research Centre

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STEPS TO BE TAKEN (2011 – 2012)

Co Core Gro roups an and a d a fe few othe hers rs

• Meeting of people that represent the network and are able

to take part in the process of leading it

• Few participants (more efficient; not much funding

available)

• Involve all Conferences represented in the network
• Reach an agreement on the mission, vision, strategies of

the network; a plan of action

4. . Spe pecific Work rkshops

(Some meti time me in 20 2012) 12)

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STRUCTURE OF GIAN

Leaders of Networks and SJES

Lead Leading ing group

• Social Coordinators
• Facilitator
• (President of Conference
• High. Ed. Secretary)

Contac act grou

• up

Lea eader er Core Group Institutions Members Lea eader er Core Group Institutions Members Lea eader er Core Group Institutions Members

Networks

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THIS NEEDS COORDINATION WITH CONFERENCES

 Many issues will be addressed at the Conference (regional)

level

 Conferences are the way in which the Society is organized

today at the international level

 The coordinators will be involved in this way  There are many facilities for meetings and relations inside the

Conferences

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THIS NEEDS COORDINATION WITH CONFERENCES

Structure at Global al le level

• 1. A lea

eader er of the Thematic Network

• Takes part in the Leaders’ meetings
• 2. Core Group that drives the Network:
• Each representative is sent by a Jesuit

social institution

• 3. Possible Res

esea earch Insti titu tuti tion of reference (university-based or other)

Structure at Conference le level (new)

• 1. A repr

epres esen entative in the Conference

• Takes part in the Core Group
• 2. Jesuit Insti

titu tuti tions:

• With experience in the field
• That wish to take part in the network
• It needs a Leading

ng Gr Group up at Conference level

• Strong colaboration with Social A

Apo postolate Co Coordinator

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THE WORLDWIDE GIAN (GOES BEYOND 2012)

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• f Leader)

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CONFERENCES DECIDING WHERE TO BE PRESENT

 Two main questions:

 Which are the topics that can help articulate the social

sector at (my) Conference?

 Which are the topics that may find in my Conference some

few institutions ready to collaborate?

 Then, a decision needs to be taken:

 Is there going to be in a (my) Conference a network related

to any of the topics?

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LEADERSHIP

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 Leaders of the networks

 Meeting in November in Rome

 Follow up from the Secretariat and collaboration

with them

 Role of Social Coordinators:

 Accompaniment of the leaders in their conference  Develop the networks at the Conference level when

they are strategic for the Conference

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WHERE ARE WE?

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 Sharing where is each one of the networks…

 Migration  Education  Peace and Human Rights  Governance of Natural and Mineral Resources  Ecology

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QUESTIONS TO SHARE…

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 In which of these thematic issues does your Conference have

an active network? In which other issues do you expect this coordination to evolve given the challenges ahead?

 In which of the five thematic issue(s) do you reasonably think

that your Conference can give more? Could you take a leading role?

 How can we (coordinators and SJES) help the networks? What

else can we do?

 Other questions you may have