Design, Approval and Implementation of National Care Systems and/or National Care Policies
In July 2022, the “Experience exchange workshop on the design, approval and implementation of National Care Systems and/or national care policies” was held by the Global Alliance for Care, in collaboration with the Government of Mexico, through the National Institute for Women, as well as the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations of Peru, UN Women and the European Union Program for Social Cohesion in Latin America EUROsociAL+. One of the expected results was the creation of a publication describing the main findings from the exchanges that were held during the meeting.
This document is an exercise to systematize the results of the above mentioned workshop. It is divided into five sections. The first one presents the methodology used to carry out the workshop, as well as a conceptual introduction to the National Care Systems. The second section contains the central points of the interventions of the people who participated on behalf of the convening institutions. Their messages are useful to highlight the objectives of the workshop and the importance of this exchange exercise for those who are members of the Global Alliance for Care. The third section focuses on the analysis and summary of each of the interventions made by the representatives of the participating governments. In order to contribute to a better understanding of the interventions and to facilitate the comparison of the progress presented in each case, this section has been
divided in different categories of analysis, as followed:
a. Care policy conceptualization and principles
b. Regulatory strategies implemented
c. Management structure and government agencies involved
d. Challenges and opportunities
The fourth section is a comparative exercise between the cases presented, in order to trace common elements, identify similar strategies and actions, as well as recognize the challenges of each stage within this process of institutional change regarding care. The last section lays out the conclusions drawn from the systematization and analysis exercise presented here.
The analysis in this paper refers exclusively to the contents presented in the workshops, which may not reflect the current reality of the countries in terms of public care policies.
