Corporate foundations and public policy advocacy through stakeholder network management: the NiñezYA case in Colombia

This article explores the possibilities of network management to increase the capacity of business foundations to exert influence on the process of agenda-setting in public policies. This case illustrates how three foundations (Éxito Foundation, Alpina Foundation and ALAS Foundation) helped to coord...

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Autores:
Garay, Natalia
Leyva, Santiago
Turriago,Carolina
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Fecha de publicación:
2020
Institución:
Universidad EAFIT
Repositorio:
Repositorio EAFIT
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/31006
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/10784/31006
Palabra clave:
Network management
agenda-setting
business foundations
civil society
public policy
childhood policies
Gestión de redes
redes de política
agendación
fundaciones empresariales
políticas públicas
políticas de niñez
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Copyright © 2020 Natalia Garay, Santiago Leyva, Carolina Turriago
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Summary:This article explores the possibilities of network management to increase the capacity of business foundations to exert influence on the process of agenda-setting in public policies. This case illustrates how three foundations (Éxito Foundation, Alpina Foundation and ALAS Foundation) helped to coordinate one hundred civil society organizations to influence the Colombian National Development Plan (2018-2022). The case shows that business foundations can play an important role in setting the policy agenda by working as articulators of multiple fragmented actors of civil society. The article details the specific mechanisms used to pursue this articulation through the creation of a policy network known as NiñezYA. This in turn suggests that other foundations and NGOs could use the same strategies to increase their influence in policy making.