Program of Support to Communities in Solidarity
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Institutions and agencies involved
Programme type
Population group
Children
Programme Details
Programme objectives
Conditional cash transfer programme (CCT), known until 2009 as Red Solidaria. It retains the structure of Red Solidaria, maintaining the axes of human capital (cash transfers), basic services (expansion of local infrastructure) and income generation and productive development (microcredit programs and training with an emphasis on food security), and adding new transfers and a fourth component of territorial management to strengthen the local management of municipal governments and their communities. While the programme used to operate only in rural areas ("Comunidades Solidarias Rurales"), from 2009 it is also implemented in urban areas ("Comunidades Solidarias Urbanas").
Programme components
i) Bono de educación (Education Bonus).
ii) Bono de salud (Health Bonus).
iii) Programa “Nuestros Mayores Derechos“ (“Our Elderly Rights“ programme).
iv) Expansion of services and / or infrastructure: Axis II "Red de servicios básicos".
v) Programa de Apoyo Temporal al Ingreso (Temporary Income Support Program) (PATI);
Previous programme name (if any)
Rural Communities in Solidarity or Network of Solidarity
Conditionalities (if any)
i) Bono de educación (Education Bonus): Education: School enrollment and attendance for all school levels; Sanctions: The transfer will be suspended if the beneficiary incurs more than four unexcused absences per month;
ii) Bono de salud (Health Bonus): Health: vaccination compliance; Attendance to weight and height controls; Attendance at prenatal controls.Sanctions:The transfer will be suspended if there is breach of two consecutive conditionalities or if there is breach of three during 12 months;
v) Programa de Apoyo Temporal al Ingreso (Temporary Income Support Program) (PATI): Attendance of 6 hours daily on work programmes.
Coverage
Programme expenditure
0.16% of the GDP (2016); Source of funding: World Bank (WB), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), other bilateral and multilateral sources.
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Proxy Means Test
Categorical Targeting
Geographical Targeting
Target groups
Extremely poor families with children under 21 years old and / or pregnant women living in municipalities with "severe" extreme poverty or in urban slums.
Eligibility criteria
i) Bono de educación: Children between 5 and 15 years old (rural areas) & Children between 6 and 15 years old (urban areas);
ii) Bono de salud: Children 0 to 4 years old & Pregnant / breastfeeding women;
iii) Programa “Nuestros Mayores Derechos“: Adults over the age of 60 living in poverty (the “Universal Basic Pensión for Elderly“ is granted to adults over the age of 70 living in poverty);
iv) Expansion of services and / or infrastructure: Axis II "Red de servicios básicos": Priority municipalities (rural areas) and urban slums;
v) Programa de Apoyo Temporal al Ingresos (PATI): Young people between 16 and 24 years without a formal employment.
Eligibility reassessment (if any)
Exit strategies or criteria: Registry of Participating Families
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
Cash, Expansion of services and / or infrastructure, Microcredit and trainning.
Amount of benefits
i) Bono de educación (Education Bonus): US$ 15 per month. If the household receives both the education and the health bonus, the transfer is US$ 20 per month; Maximum per household: One transfer per household; Limits to the amount considering both bonuses (for rural areas);
ii) Bono de salud (Health Bonus): US$ 15 per month. If the household receives both the education and the health bonus, the transfer is US$ 20 per month; Maximum per household: One transfer per household; Limits to the amount considering both bonuses (for rural areas);
iii) Programa “Nuestros Mayores Derechos“ (“Our Elderly Rights“ programme): US$ 50 monthly.
Payment/delivery frequency
1) Bono de educación (Education Bonus): Bimonthly
2) Bono de salud (Health Bonus): Bimonthly
3) Programa “Nuestros Mayores Derechos“ (“Our Elderly Rights“ programme): Monthly
4) Programa de Apoyo Temporal al Ingreso (Temporary Income Support Program) (PATI): Monthly (limited time of 6 months)
Benefit delivery mechanism
Benefit recipients
i) Bono de educación (Education Bonus): Cash delivery at public events.
ii) Bono de salud (Health Bonus): Mothers.
iii) Programa “Nuestros Mayores Derechos“ (“Our Elderly Rights“ programme): Direct beneficiary.
iv) Programa de Apoyo Temporal al Ingreso (Temporary Income Support Program) (PATI): Direct beneficiary;
Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and frequency
Registry of recipients: Registry of Participating Families
Legal Framework
Executive Decree 11 (2005); Executive Decree N° 56 (2009); Executive Decree N° 72 (2010).
MIS
Instrument of selection: Integrated Index of Municipal Marginality of the Poverty Map, for rural municipalities; Map of urban poverty and social exclusion for urban settlements; and the Quality of Life Index of the Unique Registry of Participants (RUP).
