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Bandera de Colombia
Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes

Red Unidos (Unidos Network formerly Juntos Network) (2007-)

Date

2007-

Description

This programme is an intervention strategy that provides comprehensive and coordinated family and community support to families subject to its intervention and facilitates access of beneficiaries to the offer of State social services, in order to achieve 45 basic goals.

Characteristics

Target population

1.5 million families living in extreme poverty and / or in displacement condition.

Geographic scale

National

Targeting method

1) Proxy means test: all families at SISBEN- Level 1.
2) Categorical: Displaced families enrolled in the Unique Registry of Victims (RUV) and families registered in the Census for indigenous population.

Instrument of selection

1) System for the Identification of Potential Social Programme Beneficiaries (SISBÉN).
2) Unique Registry of Victims (RUV)..
3) Census for indigenous population.

Registry of recipients

Information system SIUNIDOS

Exit strategies

Maximum time in the program: 5 years.

Comments

The Familias en Acción programme is the entrance to "Red Unidos" (ex "Red Juntos").
Cash transfers offered are incompatible with other monetary benefits.

Institutionality

Legal framework

Social Conpes Document 102 (2006); National Development Plan (2006-2010) Community State: Development for All. Law 1785 of the 21st of June, 2016 through which a network to abolish extreme poverty is established - Unidos Network and other provisions.

Responsible organization(s)

National Planning Department,Administrative Department for Social Prosperity, Ministry of Social Protection

Executing organization(s)

Department for Social Prosperity (DPS)

Responsible organization(s) for the registry of recipients

Department for Social Prosperity (DPS)

Source of funding

National Government (PGN), Departments and Municipalities.

1) Acompañamiento Familiar y Comunitario (Family and Community Support)

Recipient(s)

All beneficiary households of the programme

2) Oferta y Acceso Preferente (Offer and Preferential Access)

Recipient(s)

All beneficiary households of the programme

3) Fortalecimiento Institucional (Institutional Strengthening)

Recipient(s)

All municipalities involved

4) Ingreso para la Prosperidad Social

Recipient(s)

Heads of household or their spouses, aged between 18 to 35 years old, with schooling between 5th and 11th grade, who do not have formal employment.

Periodicity of delivery

Bimonthly

Comments

As corresponsabilities, the beneficiary must fulfill the following commitments:
1) Study until reaching a grade in technical/technological formation
2) Take an active part in social services activities
3) Fulfill their achievements in the Unidos Network
4) Save money

Amount

Minimum amount of COP $250,000 and maximum of COP $300,000 bimonthly; see Data Excel format

Evaluación de Impacto de UNIDOS - Red de protección social para la superación de la pobreza extrema. Informe de evaluación para población en situación de desplazamiento y población focalizada con SISBEN.

Author

ANSPE, UNIDOS, DNP, Econometria, IFS, Fedesarrollo and SEI

Date

2012

Publication info

Report

Topic

Impact evaluation

Evaluación de la gestión y operación de la prueba piloto de JUNTOS

Author

Econometría S.A.

Date

2008

Topic

Evaluation

Evaluación Interna de la Prueba Piloto de JUNTOS

Author

Coordinación Nacional de JUNTOS

Date

2008

Topic

Evaluation

Red de Protección Social para la superación de la pobreza extrema - JUNTOS. Manual de Operaciones - Versión 5

Author

Comité Ejecutivo de Red JUNTOS

Date

2009

Publication info

[online]

Topic

Manual

Metodología para la elaboración del Plan Familiar

Author

Coordinación Nacional de JUNTOS

Date

2010

Topic

Methodological

Manual de recolección de línea de base

Author

Coordinación Nacional de JUNTOS

Date

2010

Topic

Methodological

Cuaderno general de acompañamiento

Author

Coordinación Nacional de JUNTOS

Date

2010

Topic

Conceptual