Network of Public Servants from Latin America
We work to promote more transparency, accountability, and ethics in public service in Latin America. Also, we educate young people interested in pursuing a career in the public sector. This project aims to do these objectives by providing training, workshops, and networking opportunities for students and young professionals interested in becoming public officials.
The scale of the problem is significant, as corruption and unethical behavior among public officials in Latin America are pervasive issues that have long plagued the region. According to Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index, Latin American countries usually rank very low, indicating corruption is perceived to be a significant problem.
The impact of corruption and unethical behavior within the public service sector in Latin America is far-reaching and affects the lives of millions of citizens. It leads to inefficiencies, and wasted resources, and undermines public trust in government institutions. Furthermore, corruption and unethical behavior have been linked to a range of other societal problems, including poverty, inequality, and violence.
The factors contributing to the problem are complex but include weak institutional frameworks, a lack of transparency and accountability, and inadequate enforcement mechanisms. The Network of Public Servants aims to gather a network of ethical leaders in the region to address these factors by promoting public service values and ethics among public officials, encouraging transparency and accountability, and fostering a culture of integrity within the public service sector.
Our solution is working to promote public service values and ethics among public officials in Latin America through a range of initiatives, including training, workshops, and networking opportunities.
We focus on fostering a culture of integrity within the public service sector and promoting the importance of transparency, accountability, and ethical behavior among public officials. By doing so, the organization seeks to create a more trustworthy and effective public service sector that serves the needs of all citizens.
The Network of Public Servants relies on a combination of training, education, and networking initiatives to achieve its goals. These initiatives may include workshops, seminars, conferences, and other forms of training and education aimed at promoting public service values and ethics. The organization may also provide networking opportunities for public officials to exchange ideas and best practices and may work to build partnerships with other organizations to promote its mission.
For example, we developed a MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) that covers two years of weekly classes teaching public servants in Latin America the values and necessary tools that professionals could use to be the best public official they could be.
We also organize different events such as conferences, virtual meetings, a book club, a podcast, a blog, among many other initiatives to achieve our goals.
Our solution serves the general population of Latin America by promoting public service values and ethics among public officials.
The target population that the organization seeks to directly and meaningfully improve is public officials working within the Latin America public service sector. These individuals play a critical role in shaping the policies and programs that impact the lives of millions of citizens across the region. By promoting public service values and ethics among these officials, the Network of Public Servants aims to create a more trustworthy and effective public service sector that serves the needs of all citizens.
Currently, public officials in Latin America face significant challenges in promoting transparency, accountability, and ethical behaviour within the public service sector, our solution addresses these challenges by providing public officials with training, education, and networking opportunities aimed at promoting public service values and ethics. By doing so, the organization seeks to address the needs of public officials who are currently underserved by the lack of support and resources available to them to promote transparency, accountability, and ethical behaviour within the public service sector.
We are currently working in 20 Latin American countries and over 400 public servants are part of our network, we aims to grow these numbers in the next year providing more support and more opportunities for young Latin Americans to give them the tools to make a difference in their countries.
The Network of Public Servants has a team of experienced and diverse professionals with a strong track record of promoting public service values and ethics among public officials in Latin America.
The team lead and other members of the network are well-positioned to deliver these solutions because they have a deep understanding of the challenges facing public officials in the region and the importance of promoting transparency, accountability, and ethical behavior within the public service sector. Additionally, the team has experience working with public officials and other stakeholders to promote public service values and ethics through a range of initiatives.
The Networks team's proximity to the communities they serve is evident in our mission to promote public service values and ethics among public officials. By working directly with public officials and other stakeholders in the public service sector, the team has a direct connection to the needs and challenges facing this population.
The team engages in a range of activities, including research, surveys, and consultations with stakeholders. By doing so, the team seeks to ensure that its initiatives are grounded in the needs and priorities of the communities it serves.
The design and implementation of the Network solution are meaningfully guided by the communities' input, ideas, and agendas through a range of consultations and engagements. This ensures that the organization's initiatives are tailored to the needs and priorities of the public officials it serves and are effective in promoting public service values and ethics in the region.
- Help learners acquire key civic skills and knowledge, including how to assess credibility of information, engage across differences, understand one’s own agency, and engage with issues of power, privilege, and injustice.
- Argentina
- Pilot: An organization testing a product, service, or business model with a small number of users
- Financial (e.g. accounting practices, pitching to investors)
Is the first organization in Latin America from the third sector to operate in this way and with our objectives.
- 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
- 9. Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
- 16. Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
- 17. Partnerships for the Goals
We aim to change public service in Latin America by changing the public officials in the region.
We are currently developing software of Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain technology to achieve our goals more efficiently.
- Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
- Blockchain
- Nonprofit