Juan Ciudad ONGD attended the IV Meeting of ERCOSOL (Regional Team for Cooperation and Solidarity) of Latin America, which was held on September 11 and 12 at Casa Lucena, Bogotå DC, Colombia, through the participation of Xisco Muñoz Espuig, project technician.
The project managers of all the Provinces and Delegations of the Hospitaller Order in the Latin American Region (Daniel FernĂĄndez, Yasmile Gamboa, Margarita de Almeida and MarĂa Isabel Rosas) participated in this meeting, together with Brother MoisĂ©s MartĂn BoscĂ (Director of the Office of Missions and International Cooperation of the General Curia), Brother Daniel Alberto MĂĄrquez Bocanegra (Provincial Superior, Colombian Province), Brother Jairo Enrique Urueta Blanco (General Delegate for Latin America), Brother Dairon Orley Meneses Caro (General Delegate for the Constitution of the Single Province of Latin America) and Brother Alexander GarcĂa (Superior of the SJD Clinic in Cartagena, Colombia).
The Scalabrinian Sisters, the Cundinamarca Red Cross, the Minuto de Dios Corporation, and Cristina Brazao, a fundraising consultant, also participated.
The meeting served as a platform for sharing experiences that contribute to the development and achievement of the following objectives:
1. Promote the exchange of experiences among peer organizations regarding fundraising for social causes, allowing for the identification of good practices, constraints, lessons learned, and replicable lessons.
2. Strengthen the Team's knowledge and capabilities in new digital fundraising strategies.
3. Promote the SDGs, the logical framework approach, and development cooperation priorities in project formulation and management.
4. Structure the operational plan with short-, medium-, and long-term actions based on the diagnosis and characterization of each area of ERCOSOL's activity in the Latin American region.
In addition, Juan Ciudad NGO took advantage of his visit to BogotĂĄ to learn about the area and the projects that have been and are being implemented in Soacha, Cundinamarca, as well as to meet with other organizations to strengthen a network of work in coordination for the implementation of other proposals on the ground.
Source and photos: Juan Ciudad NGO
