Sustainability Report 2012
Sustainability Report 2012
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OUR TASKFORCE
Felipe Román Restrepo José Alfredo Restrepo Echeverri Juan Pablo Thomas Restrepo Lucía Restrepo Mejía Marcela Restrepo Mejía Santiago Álvarez Patrón Andrés Victoria Peláez Eduardo Jaramillo Robledo Jorge Bernardo Londoño Gutiérrez Pablo Jaramillo Villegas
Ana María González de Londoño, General Manager
Andrea Catalina Piedrahita Meza, Administrative Assistant
Andrea Fernanda Muñoz Cuéllar, Administrative Support
Ángela Cecilia Vásquez Escobar, Strategic Director and Special Projects
Daniela Moreno Gordon, Administrative Support
Diego Cardona Cortés, Accountancy Support
Hernando de León Giraldo GonzálezConstanza Orrego Gómez, LegalAdministrative Management
Hernando Llano Dávila, Messenger Katya Gogova-PiotrKwiatek, International Cooperation Assistance
María Camila Arango Isaza, Education Assistant
Olga Beatriz Pachón Jiménez, General Services
Santiago Isaza Arango, Education Director
Valentina Armel Sanint, Communications Director
Victoria Eugenia Jiménez Castañeda, PA to Management
Victoria Eugenia Tamayo Lozano, Accountant
CREDITS Editorial coordination
Ángela Cecilia Vásquez Escobar Editor
Bernardo González Design and Layout
Azoma Criterio Editorial Ltda. Photography
Carlos Andrés Ramírez Pineda Kevin Toro Peralta Guillermo Sarmiento Estrada Luker Foundation
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Letter from the Management About this Report
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The Luker Foundation
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Strategic Focus
Interest Groups The Foundation’s Economic and Financial Management
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The Foundation in 2012
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Our work concerning education
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Our work concerning entrepreneurship for development
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Our work concerning special projects
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Our work concerning culture, leisure and free time
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QUALITY EDUCATION, AS THE ESSENTIAL MOTOR FOR OVERCOMING POVERTY AND INEQUALITY, REMAINED AT THE HEARTH OF THE FOUNDATION’S CONCERNS THIS YEAR.
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Letter from the Management
Dear friends, after ten years at the head of the General Management of the Luker Foundation, it is a pleasure for me to present the sustainability report for 2012. One decade of hard work at the helm of a Foundation that has transformed itself in important and positive terms, fill me with satisfaction and gratitude to the Restrepo family, to the Board of Directors and to my work colleagues, thanks to whose unconditional support we have achieved extraordinary results; the challenge ahead is to maintain and improve those results even further in benefit of the local, national and Latin American socioeconomic situation. The Luker Foundation made a special effort this year to widen and strengthen multisectoral and world alliances, which allowed us to improve education quality and the entrepreneurial ecosystem, and achieve an efficient investment in human and economic resources, not only of our own, but also of third parties, in order to leverage and render our efforts sustainable. Quality education, as the essential motor for overcoming quality and inequality, remained at the heart of the Foundation’s concerns this year. Measurement, in keeping with international standards, was carried out once more by applying PISA tests, where private colleges in Manizales were included for the first time. Similarly, the goal of a multisectoral alliance for education, which contributes to the definition, flawless implementation and monitoring of action plans, with a view to achieving our goals, in a shared manner, was recognized in 2012 as an example for Colombia. The 34 interconnected organizations prepared, in a participatory manner, the document Inputs for the Education Master Plan 2032 for Manizales, Colombia, for which we have been praised by the World Bank (WB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), as well as the Faculty of Education at Harvard University. 7
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THE SUSTAINED EFFORT OF THE LUKER FOUNDATION SINCE 2009 TO BUILD A WIDE, MULTISECTORAL ALLIANCE IN ORDER TO ATTRACT THE WORLD’S BEST ENTREPRENEURSHIP UNIVERSITY, WAS FORMALIZED IN JUNE 2012.
In the Saber tests, none of the colleges making use of the Active Urban School methodology obtained ‘low’ or ‘inferior’ performance levels in 2012, and half achieved the ‘high’ and ‘superior’ categories. The collaborative work undertaken with entities and bodies such as OECD-PISA, Microsoft and McKinsey, among others, reported results that have contributed to quality improvement actions throughout the country, with the possibility of implementing international programs. With a view to contributing to the development of the economy, in 2012 we began to execute a project that has many challenges in store:“Manizales más” (‘Manizales Plus’). The sustained effort of the Luker Foundation since 2009 to build a wide, multisectoral alliance between universities, government and the private and professional sectors, in order to attract the world’s best entrepreneurship university, was formalized in June 2012 through an agreement aimed at strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem by means of a world standard university education and the growth of high potential ventures. Hundreds of university professors were trained at Babson College in Boston and in Colombia. The mention made of this project in the Harvard Business Review as a world pioneer, in June 2012, is certainly a motivation to us. On another level, the alliance among eight business, professional, academic and media organizations for the consolidation of the Manizales Cómo Vamos (‘Manizales How Are We Doing’) program, produced a Quality of Life report for this capital city. This report included technical indicators in various areas and a citizen survey that allowed us to show how the people from Manizales perceive life in their city. We have also maintained our postulate to ensure that each peso the Foundation spends is subject to minimum administration costs; in turn generating maxim results. In 2012, for each peso invested by the Foundation in projects, it managed $1.6 and leveraged $2.86. The creation of 359 direct jobs and the investment of $12.882 millionin the local economy throughout 2012, contributed to attaining a more equitable GDP per capita in the city.
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About
this Report
T h e L U K ER F O U N D A T I O N SUSTAINABILITY REPORT accounts for the activities undertaken during 2012, and it is the second such report developed with the parameters of the GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) methodology. This sustainability report seeks to highlight the organization’s performance in all its areas and to present the main actions taken in the economic and social domains. This printed document is a summary of the complete document, which can be downloaded at www.fundacionluker.org. co/informedesostenibilidad2012 The stated scope of the report is level C and renders the information in keeping with the guidelines proposed in the framework for the drafting of GRI records, as well as the GRI supplement for NGOs, applicable to non-profit organizations.
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The Luker Foundation
The Luker Foundation is a private non-profit organization, with a business origin (Casa Luker S.A.), created in 1994 with the aim of contributing to improving the quality of life of the people of Manizales (known as Manizaleños) and fostering social development. Ever since its inception, the Luker Foundation has worked in different education and leisure projects, which have generated demonstrative effects for other regions of Colombia and Latin America. In 2010, the Luker Foundation redefined its strategy to respond to the new global challenges affecting the region and to the city’s needs identified through various studies.Therefore, its mission was reworked as provided below.
Mission To provide leadership, in order to contribute to the social and economic development of Manizales as a city of knowledge, through education and enterprise projects, in partnership with local and world leaders.
Work area EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT seeks to lead actions towards the consolidation of a high quality
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education system in Manizales, as a pre-requisite for the development of the city as a knowledge society, promoting the acquisition of all the necessary knowledge, capabilities, skills and attitudes for an adult life of wellbeing and happiness among children and young people. ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT is purported to contribute to economic development, through the strengthening of the city’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, with emphasis placed on capacity building, world-class entrepreneurship education and the economic growth of high-potential ventures. SPECIAL PROJECTS are intended to support the social work of beneficiary organizations working, among others, in areas such as health, housing, education and elderly care as a means to ensure that their actions and social efforts are sustained over time. CULTURE, LEISURE AND FREE TIME seeks to
contribute to improving the quality of life of children and young people involved in projects, by offering them training in values and peaceful coexistence that includes sports and music trainings; as also, workingon the consolidation of a self-sustainability strategy for these projects.
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IN 2010, THE LUKER FOUNDATION REDEFINED ITS STRATEGY TO RESPOND TO THE NEW GLOBAL CHALLENGES AFFECTING THE REGION AND TO THE CITY’S NEEDS IDENTIFIED THROUGH VARIOUS STUDIES. 11
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Key milestones and decisions made in 2012 In the course of 2012, the Luker Foundation made the following strategic decisions: Measure the impact caused by its actions and projects, as a crucial step necessary to establish the attainment of the previously defined goals. Design a system to monitor and assess strategies. Set goals and indicators for each of the projects. Define shared goals with the stakeholders of each project in order to generate a collective impact. Focus on interventions, especially in Education. Define the Foundation’s high impact entrepreneurship project in Education, by means of a participatory proposal involving strategic local stakeholders.
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Design and implement a communication plan essential for fulfilling the Foundation’s mission. Increase the strategic value given to alliances, in order to achieve organizational objectives. Concentrate the Foundation’s role in providing leadership, in order to contribute to the development of Manizales.
Prizes and distinctions The Luker Foundation was a finalist of the Portfolio 2012 prizes, among 850 nominated entities.
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Strategic focus
IN 2012, THE LUKER FOUNDATION continued its process of implementing the new strategy defined in 2009: “To provide leadership, in order to contribute to the social and economic development of Manizales as a city of knowledge, through education and entrepreneurial projects, in partnership with local and world leaders� At the end of the year, the strategy was validated through an exercise focused on achieving greater impact. For this purpose, the Foundation reviewed and evaluated decisions, advances, difficulties, achievements and results in the implementation of the strategy, seeking to make adjustments that enable the attainment of the strategic objectives. As a result of this validation, strategic decisions were made for the purpose of achieving the collective impact put forward in our mission, where the harmonization of the institutional sector and the mobilization of vital forces stand out as essential conditions, given that social and economic development can only be achieved with the effective interinstitutional coordination of actions. 13
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Diagram 1
STRATEGIC MAP LUKER FOUNDATION
Provide leadership to contribute to the social and economic development of Manizales as a city of knowledge, through educational and entrepreneurial projects in partnership with local and world leaders ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Stakeholders
Social Impact
EDUCATION
Promote and develop actions to enhance the quality of education as a pre-requisite for the development of Manizales as knowledge society, with demonstration effects from Manizales to Colombia and Latin America.
LEISURE, FREE TIME AND CULTURAL PROJECTS
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Develop an entrepreneurial ecosystem with demonstration effects for the country and Latin America, focusing on actions in developing highimpact companies and world-class education that creates opportunities of economic growth, leading to the development of Manizales as a city of knowledge
Government
Partners
Society
Beneficiaries
Have a bearing on public policy as a basis to consolidate development processes
Get their engagement, correspondence and effectiveness
Generate commitments and mobilization of live forces, citizen’s appropriation and participation
IInvolve the beneficiaries in a proactive manner
Organizational Skills
Relational and Financial Skills
Key Processes
Guarantee assertive communication as a fundamental element to comply with the institutional mission
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∙ Design and carry out high-impact educational projects ∙ Lead / provide ongoing support to citizens’ mobilization processes ∙ Monitor performance of the educational system
Ensure financing and co-financing of projects
Human talent with suitable organizational skills
Provide follow-up on projects, ensure sustainability and self-sustainability strategies for sports and cultural projects, follow-up on the nutritional projects’ definition and strengthening of social programs in housing projects.
Lead, enable and promote the empowerment, participation and mobilization of players and stakeholders
Effective follow-up and monitoring of projects
∙ Develop local conditions and capabilities ∙ Grow leadership and commitment in the making of policies that promote entrepreneurship ∙ Construction of an entrepreneurial culture ∙ Provide education to create growing endeavors ∙ Boost high-potential companies
Management of multi-sector partners and setting of high-level international partnerships for projects
Knowledge management and innovation
Standardization and implementation of critical processes
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Interest groups
THE FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED to achieving a positive impact through its activities and projects in the city of Manizales and in the country. Therefore, the Foundation attaches great importance to communications and good relationships with their beneficiaries, partners and co-financiers, through mechanisms that facilitate the evaluation, adjustment or innovation in the actions leading to successful projects.
organizations, for the design, management and implementation of projects in all of the Foundation’s work areas. By taking as interest groups those individuals or groups that affect or are affected by the organization and its activities, the Foundation has identified, chosen and classified them according to their degree of responsibility, influence, proximity and dependence, as well as their external or internal nature.
Over the last two years, new partnerships have been set up with more than fifty local, national and international Diagram 2
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Founding Family General Assembly Board of Directors Taskforce Casa Luker Collaborators
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Contractors/Suppliers Consultants Executors of our programs Partner Foundations Local/National Government Academic Sector Private Business Media Manizales community Program beneficiaries International cooperation bodies Professional guilds Associations we belong to
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Public policy The Foundation firmly believes that public policies are the basis for the consolidation of development processes, as well as for cementing citizen participation and commitment. For this reason, it leads, convenes, participates and contributes to citizens’ alliances purported to go beyond the mere intervention, seeking to achieve a greater impact on public policy. 2012 was a year that yielded early results in terms of the process needed to involve the interests groups in the design, execution, follow-up and assessment of the policies and programs undertaken by the Foundation. The two broadest processes of this kind were achieved in Education and Entrepreneurship, that is, in the Foundation’s strategic areas.
Participation in Public Policy in 2012 Agreement between twelve public, private and academic stakeholders, in order to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem and its inclusion in the city’s Development Plan. Alignment of the Foundation’s strategy with the Manizales 2012-2015 Development Plan. Twenty one multisectoral leaders, including the political government sector, align their entrepreneurial knowledge and expectations with a world leader. A Public Policy Advisory Committeewas formed, at the suggestion of Alianza por una Educación de Calidad (‘Alliance for a Quality Education’), and under the coordination ofthe Luker Foundation. The Municipal Education Secretariat (SEM) creates the School of Schools, based on the Magistra model, following a visit to Minas Gerais by invitation of the Alliance for a Quality Education. The Education budget of Manizales city was slightly increased. Approval of the institutional university participation in the methodology used to prioritize the actions of the Education Master Plan 2032. 16
Alignment of the Foundation’s strategy with the conclusions of various citizen, academic, professional, government and political actions with respect to the vision of Manizales as a city of knowledgeand to quality education as the strategy to achieve this vision.
Our allies and contractors in 2012 During 2012, and in the pursuit of its mission, the Luker Foundation was backed by the involvement of many actors in the execution of its projects. The Foundation profoundly thanks all of them for their commitment to education, entrepreneurship and to improving quality of life. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Administración y Logística (ADYLOG). AIESEC. AM Copiano. Alianza Provalor S.A.S. Asociación San Vicente de Paul. Babson College. Cárdenas & Cárdenas. Cámara de Comercio de Manizales. Casa Luker. Ceder. Centro Colombo Americano. Children Inc. Comité Asesor Voluntario de Nutrición, Nutrir. Comité Intergremial de Caldas. Cooperativa de Trabajo Asociado Calzado y Ropa (Cootracar). Contabilita S.A.S. Colseñora. Centro de Estudios Regionales, Cafeteros y Empresariales (Crece). Conexión Colombia Cruzada Social. Diario La Patria. Organizaciones de la Alianza por la Educacion. Fe y Alegría. Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia, Comité de Cafeteros.
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• Fundación para la Estimulación Adecuada del Niño con Proyección Comunitaria (Fesco). • Fundación para el Desarrollo Educativo de Caldas, (Fundeca). • Fundación Barcelona. • Fundación PAS. • Fundación Bolívar-Davivienda. • Fundación Saldarriaga Concha. • Fundación Centro Internacional de Educación y Desarrollo Humano (Cinde). • Fundación Empresarios por la Educación-ExE. • Fundación Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Caldas-Batuta. • Fundación Alejandra Vélez Mejía. • Fundación San Ezequiel Moreno. • Fundación Corona. • Hijas de los Sagrados Corazones de Jesús y de María - Instituto Ravasco. • Instituto Colombiano para la Evaluación de la Educación (Icfes). • Corporación Incubadora de Empresas de Base Tecnológica de Manizales (Incubar). • Instituto de Fomento al Desarrollo de Manizales (Infimanizales). • Inmobiliaria Piedad Pinzón.
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Instituto de Cultura y Turismo de Manizales. Instituciones Educativas EAU. Instituto Caldense para el Liderazgo. Lowe. Microsoft. Municipio de Manizales – Secretaría de Educación Municipal (SEM). Municipio de Manizales – Secretaría del Deporte. Municipio de Manizales – Secretaría de Salud Ministerio de Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación. Monasterio de La Visitación. Orden de Religiosas Adoratrices. Obras Sociales Betania. Panadería La Victoria. Parque Tecnológico del Software (Parquesoft). Seminario Mayor Nuestra Señora del Rosario. Universidad de Manizales. Universidad Autónoma de Manizales. Universidad Católica de Manizales. Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Manizales. Universidad de Caldas. Fundación San Ezequiel Moreno. Sistema Universitario de Manizales (SUMA). SES – Hospital de Caldas.
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The Foundation’s Economic and
Financial Management
In 2012 the Luker Foundation managed its resources as follows: Total social investment: $12.882 million
Own resources: $2.349 million Third-party resources managed: $3.797 million
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Third-party resources leveraged: $6.736 million Operating costs: $1.318 million Direct beneficiaries: approximately 24,000 manizaleĂąos. Social housing projects benefited 225 families.
Social investment 17.914.055.271
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14.135.566.468
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11.382.213.460
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2008
2009
2010
13.608.913.685
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12.882.057.822
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The increased investment recorded in 2009 was a result of an atypical disbursement in housing and health. Investment in 2012 decreased due to a lower investment in education, as the foundation decided to concentrate its efforts in defining a new project that have an impact on education quality.
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Resources were socially invested as follows: Education and others matters associated with the strategy: 27,3% Culture, leisure and free time: 8,6% Special projects: 13,4% Communication: 1,5% Entrepreneurship: 49,2%
Third-party resources, both managed and leveraged, were applied as follows: Education and others matters associated with the strategy: 63,4% Culture, leisure and free time: 3,1% Special projects: 4,3% Entrepreneurship: 29,2%
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Own resources 4.424.826.884 3.919.812.853
2.140.318.824
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2010
2011
2.349.541.829
2012
Third-party resources 7.775.054.981 7.261.395.104
6.735.622.040
Third-party resources Unmanaged third-party resources
4.207.199.757
3.796.893.953
2.304.868.489
2010
2011
2012
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The Foundation in 2012
Key results, risks and opportunities of the Foundation’s strategy The Luker Foundation does not undertake the projects directly, therefore, the results can be seen through the projects in which the Foundation participates as comanager and/or co-financier. We participated in the design, follow-up and co-financing of “Manizales Más”, a high-impact entrepreneurial project, which has yielded the following results: Partnership with Babson College for the strengthening of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, entrepreneurship education and growth of high potential ventures. Partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, for the Entrepreneur Mentoring program. Entrepreneurship training for 110 higher education instructors by the world’s best university in the field: Babson College. Selection of twelve high potential ventures that began to receive ongoing support and training by Babson College in January 2013 in order to double their sales within six months, receiving also advice on
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a mentoring scheme by MIT. As of the date of this report, these ventures have shown increased sales and created new jobs. Entrepreneurial model mentioned in magazines such as the Harvard Business Review, and nationally recognized as pioneering. In Education, the Luker Foundation participates in the design, follow-up and financing of projects that contribute to improving education quality in the city, including the following highlights: From 2007 to 2012 in the three higher categories of the Saber 11a Test, the growth of EAU schools stood at 127.5% compared to a growth of 57% in the official schools not linked to the program. Thanks to a public-private partnership set up to develop the Urban Active School project, this project has managed to remain included at the development plans of the last six municipal administrations. As a result of the Foundation’s management, a sample of private schools of Manizales was included by the first time in the international tests of education quality known as PISA.
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Collective construction from the “Alliance for a quality Education” of the Inputs for the Education Master Plan 2032 for Manizales. Recognition by the IADB, World Bank and Harvard University of the document Inputs for the Education Master Plan 2032, as a valuable collective action of construction, highlighting the plan’s integral and comprehensive vision of individuals and its ambition in the attainment of objectives. The foundation takes part in the alliance with the universities that are designing the Master’s Degree Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology; during 2012, it is worth highlighting the agreement of these universities with Cenicafé and
COLLECTIVE CONSTRUCTION FROM THE “ALLIANCE FOR A QUALITY EDUCATION” OF THE INPUTS FOR THE EDUCATION MASTER PLAN 2032 FOR MANIZALES. Microsoft Research for the structure and design of the programs. Similarly, Cornell University visited these institutions to provide follow-up on the design of the Master’s Syllabus with the funding of the Foundation. Participatory construction, collaborative work and networking allowed for the following results in 2012:
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Establishment of alliances with international leaders in entrepreneurship and education in order to obtain technical support and high-level consultancy. Strengthening of new local multisectoral alliances with over fifty entities for the design, management and implementation of projects.
The foundation’s impact strongly relies on the will and participation of other players. Creation of an overly ambitious strategy, whose dimension may render difficult the measurement of impacts. Saturation in convening the city’s stakeholders.
Start the “Manizales Como Vamos” Program, of which the Luker Foundation takes part. This program conducted the first report on technical indicators and the “Survey on the citizen’s perception of quality of life in 2012” Creation of 359 direct jobs in the city, out of which, 238 were created for the priority-interest housing construction project.
Risks Decrease in the perspective, prospects and creativity of actions, given the rigor of the Foundation’s aims to achieve a collective impact. Decrease in the long-term strategic thinking, given the pressures exerted by the need to deal with poverty. Lack of sufficient ‘early victories’, in order to keep players engaged to the projects. Shared vision of the Luker Foundation failed to be integrated in the development plans and budgets of new local administrations. Delay in interventions due to the need to build broad inter-institutional alliances that guarantee participatory processes.
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Lack of assertiveness in communication. Some stakeholders are yet to reached.
Opportunities The Foundation’s ability to summon stakeholders, the broad alliances established, networking and the high levels of trust in the Foundation. Willingness of the city’s leading stakeholders to take part in fundamental issues aimed at local development. Citizen and multisectoral consensus around the quality of education, implemented through joint efforts by different stakeholders. Presence of high-level international partners, such as Babson College, MIT, Cornell University, IADB and WB in Manizales. Development of communication plans and strategies that allow for strengthening the participation of vital forces in city projects, which are promoted and supported by the Foundation as part of its foundational strategy.
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OUR WORK CONCERNING: EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL PROJECTS culture, LEISURE AND FREE TIME
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Education
for development
Active Urban School Program beneficiaries: 12,189 students, teachers and head teachers of twelve of the city’s public educational institutions. “Escuela activa urbana” (EAU – ‘Active Urban School’) is a program that has been designed and developed since 2002 in partnership with the Manizales Major’s Office. Dozens of local, national and international partners have participated in the implementation of this program aimed to contribute to improving the quality of preschool, elementary and high school education of official educational institutions, through the inclusion of active teaching methods in the classroom, the strengthening of the school’s institutional management and the relationships with parents and the community. The year 2012 marked the tenth anniversary of the program’s implementation and a set of actions were undertaken with the purpose of improving and sustaining the program over time, including the decision to concentrate efforts in keeping the pedagogical model. In addition, by means of an agreement with the Caldas Coffee Producers’ Committee, a partnership was established to undertake a school performance improvement project for educational institutions by designing educational materials oriented towards strengthening the project. 24
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Evolution of Saber 11 Tests EAU vs. Official Non-EAU Schools
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During 2012, Manizales was home to the application of the international PISA test, promoted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In the Saber 11° Tests, 45,5% of EAU colleges were ranked in superior categories (High-Superior-Very Superior), while in the remaining official colleges only 30,8% of their students managed to reach such a high score. Between 2007 and 2012, the three highest categories of the Saber 11º Tests in EAU colleges increased in 127.5%, compared to a growth of just 57% in official schools not associated with the program.
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for providing a systematic structuring of the results presented in the publication “A successful experience. Systematization of the Active Urban School Project“ in July 2012. In 2012 a partnership was established with the Saldarriaga Concha Foundation for the development of diploma courses to foster improved quality in education through inclusion: “Dealing with diversity in the early years” (86 teachers) and “Flexible Didactics” (88 teachers).
Furthermore, drop-out rates in EAU colleges between 2011 and 2012 stood at an average 52% less than in the rest of official colleges, according to the information published by the Manizales Education Secretariat.
Two EAU educational institutions, Escuela Nacional Auxiliares de Enfermería and Colegio La Asunción represented Colombia in the global challenge known as Vex Robotics Competition that took place in Anaheim, California.
Additionally, the support of the Centro de Estudios Regionales, Cafeteros y Empresariales(Crece – ‘Center for Regional, Coffee and Enterprise Studies’) allowed
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resources such as Multi mouse, Mathematics 4.0 Math Worksheet Generator, KODU and World Wide Telescope.
Alliance with Fundación Empresarios por la Educación(Entrepreneurs for Education Foundation) Theprogram known as “Un país unido por la educación” (‘A country united for education’) was promoted by ExE. This program focuses on the creation of alliances to position the education agenda as a State policy. This public mobilization, both in Manizales (‘Alliance for a Quality Education’), as well as nationally (‘A country united for education’), laid the grounds for the decision to do an internship in Brazil in order to learn about the progress of the State of Minas Gerais in terms of education and the Foundation Todos pela Educação (‘Everyone for Education’) in São Paulo. This internship provided some important lessons to boost change in Education quality.
THE OBSERVATORY HAS MANAGED TO POSITION ITSELF, BOTH IN THE CALDAS DEPARTMENT AND NATIONWIDE, AS A RESPECTED SOURCE OF INFORMATION UPON WHICH EDUCATION MOBILIZATION GROWS.
Quality of Education Observatory: a quality perspective Five years after its inception, in 2007, the Observatory has managed to position itself, both in the Caldas department and nationwide, as a respected source of information upon which education mobilization grows. The Luker Foundation has co-financed the Observatory and has found in it an opportunity for monitoring indicators as a source of awareness and mobilization with regard to Education, particularly, in projects such as ‘Alliance for a Quality Education’. In 2012, the Observatory and its activities benefited 100,738 students. It is worth highlighting the importance of the Observatory in the definition of the 2012 indicators and goals for the program ‘A country united by Education’. Equally significant was the Observatory’s participation in various citizen initiatives, such as “Foro Ciudadano” (‘Citizen Forum’), “Estoy con Manizales” (‘I’m with Manizales’), ‘Manizales How Are We Doing’, ‘Alliance for a Quality Education’ and “Junta Asesora en Políticas Educativas” (‘Education Policy Advisory Committee’). The 2011 Education Statistical Report, which provides a comprehensive analysis of the sector going from elementary schooling to higher education was also published in 2012.
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and Computational Biology, based in Manizales, came to life. During the year, the Foundation achieved the following objectives: definition of the plan of studies and contents of the subjects; standardization of research lines; articulation with the Center of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology of Manizales; design of the Congress on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology; and finally, the visit of an expert from Cornell University that came to validate the program and actions for a possible alliance with Purdue University for internships and double degrees.
Leading Heads for Transformation This program seeks to strengthen and develop, among heads of 16 official colleges in Manizales, those basic abilities of being, cross-cutting to doing, and specific to their role as leaders for transformation, who can impact onthe students’ learning and the life of the teaching community. In this first cohort ‘Leading Heads for Transformation’ reached 28% of the total enrolment records, which amounts to 16,782 students.
Alliance for a quality education The Luker Foundation was one of the prime movers in 2011 of the ‘Alliance for a Quality Education’, made up by a diverse group of 34 organizations which decided Table 1
to actively work together, in order to influence the different players in charge of Education in the city, and hence, achieve an impact on the social and economic development Manizales needs in the long term. The Luker Foundation has played a leading role as the Alliance’s convener, as well as being the guarantor of its permanent agenda. The Alliance began its actions amid the political juncture of the 2011 municipal elections, in which the Alliance put forward a citizen desire to the candidates and supported “I’m with Manizales” in an initiative known as “Citizen Vote for Education”, which attracted nearly 100,000 votes in favor of this cause. Thanks to its first actions, the Alliance was invited to take part in selecting the city’s Secretary for Education and ensured that the 2012-2015 Manizales Development Plan included Education and Knowledge-based Development as its key pillars. It was also invited to form an Education Policy Advisory Committee, which is currently working on an Education Quality Master Plan for the city. The IADB, the World Bank and Harvard University were invited by the Foundation to review the inputs for the city’s Education Master Plan developed by the Alliance. A note by these three entities, highlighting its collective construction, the integrated and comprehensive vision of individuals and the ambition of its goals, has been included in the document.
Social Investment in Education during 2012 LUKER FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTION ($)
COFINANCING MANAGED BY THE LUKER FOUNDATION ($)
OTHER COFINANCING NOT MANAGED BY THE LUKER FOUNDATION ($)
Quality of Education Observatory
19.453.196
14.456.925
0
33.910.121
Enterprise for Education
79.316.000
24.000.000
2.241.374.008
2.344.690.008
6.387.292
45.105.305
0
51.492.597
385.772.683
539.438.462
0
925.211.145
8.454.135
0
0
8.454.135
499.383.306
623.000.692
2.241.374.008
3.363.758.006
PROJECT
Master’s in Bioinformatics Active Urban School Other project costs Education Total ($)
TOTAL COST ($)
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Our work concerning
Entrepreneurship for Development
Manizales Más “Manizales más” is the program for transforming Manizales’ entrepreneurial ecosystem, launched with a view to underpinning the development of more highimpact ventures and creating more opportunities for economic growth for all. The goal is to contribute to the development of the economy, by strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem, with an emphasis on high-level entrepreneurship education, along with a sustainable number of ventures and their accelerated growth over time, all of which seeks to produce a demonstrative model for the country as a whole and for Latin America. The project began in July 2012, thanks to a partnership formed by eleven local institutions, including five universities, the Major’s Office, the Chamber of Commerce, the city’s business incubators, the regional network of entrepreneurs and the Luker Foundation. The investment made amounted to $18.000 million and the project enjoys the support of the leading entrepreneurship university: Babson College. The initial alliance was put in place for three years. However, the aim is to prolong it over a longer term, in order to impact on the city’s economic development. For this reason, one of the project’s priorities is to define sustainability strategies, including the strengthening of 28
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a solid inter-institutional local alliance as a vital pivot for its success.
Key objectives and achievements of the project In 2012, six members of the SUMA alliance received training in Boston, at the Babson College Campus, in the Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators (SEE). These members replicated the course in each university, thus, resulting in the training of over thirty higher education instructors and administrators, in entrepreneurial thinking and action. One hundred fourteen university teachers were also trained in the preparation of Case Studies and in their application to teaching environments. So far five case studies on businesses in the region are being prepared. In December 2012 more attention was given to how to teach entrepreneurship to 120 SUMA higher education instructors with the Module in Education for Entrepreneurship (MEE), taught by Babson College tutors. In the second semester, entrepreneurship courses were evaluated against the fundamental elements of their teaching in Babson. At the end of the year, and following a selection process led by Babson, twelve high potential ventures were
THE INITIAL INVESTMENT COMMITTED BY THE PARTNERS WILL AMOUNT TO $18,000 MILLION. THE PROJECT ENJOYS THE SUPPORT OF THE LEADING ENTREPRENEURSHIP UNIVERSITY: BABSON COLLEGE.
chosen (from a total of 390 that applied) to participate in the acceleration program, aimed at strengthening those initiatives already consolidated and wishing to grow, through increased sales and the improvement of the ecosystem’s capability to support the growth of ventures. At the closing date of this report, the increase in sales and the creation of new jobs, among other aspects, are remarkable. Similarly, twenty-one leaders of the city’s public, private and academic sectors, including representatives from the media and banking, took a training program on global standard entrepreneurship at Babson in 2012. In addition, forty-five leaders in Manizales have been trained in entrepreneurial thinking and action. At the time of closing this report, the empowerment of local players is noticeable, which contributes to their sustainability. 29
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Also in the same year, a capacity assessment was conducted among the local players of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. This assessment will enable each and every one to take actions that have an impact on the city’s ecosystem. Besides, the following objectives were achieved in 2012: An entrepreneurship model generated for Colombian Information Technology (IT) businesses. Visits by eight entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley, with the FUMEC-Techba model. Mention of the program in high-level international magazines and media (Harvard Business Review, PR Newswire, United Business Media, The Business Journals, InnovationDaily). A multisectoral alliance was formed to spearhead the project, committed to its results and impacts, and associated with the world’s finest entities in these fields.
TablE 2 CONTRIBUTING BODY
Luker Foundation
Social investment in Enterprise, 2012. LUKER FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTION ($)
COFINANCING MANAGED BY THE LUKER FOUNDATION ($)
259.338.569
Manizales Catholic University
259.338.569
Manizales University
259.338.569
National University of Colombia
209.075.069
Caldas University
208.938.569
Chamber of Commerce
72.826.433
Manizales City Authority
800.000.000
Incubar
133.377.700
Parquesoft
123.377.700
MinTic
30
TOTAL ($)
1.156.656.682
Manizales Autonomous University
TOTAL ($)
OTHER COFINANCING NOT MANAGED BY THE LUKER FOUNDATION ($)
750.000.000 1.156.656.682
2.325.611.178
750.000.000
4.232.267.860
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Special projects
During 2012, the Luker Foundation continued supporting the work of institutions that provide important social services in the city, mainly in the areas of health, elderly care, housing and nutrition, in response to the legacy of one of its most prominent benefactors. Important achievements stand out in the San Sebastiån de Betania Social Housing Project, which has been developed thanks to a public-private partnership between Betania and Caja de la Vivienda Popular (Popular Housing Fund), with subsidies by local and national government amounting to $5.578 million and with a contribution of $2.892 million by the Luker Foundation. With these resources, 280 apartments have been built, directly benefiting 225 families. 136 apartments were handed over in 2012, including 88 to low-income families. In addition, 238 direct and 48 indirect jobs were created as a result of the construction works. Project for the strengthening of the neonatal and the medical-surgical gastroenterology units of the Special Health Services of Caldas Hospital, developed since 2009 through a public-private partnership between the Manizales Major’s Office and the Luker Foundation, with an investment of $1.996 million. This project intends to reduce complications, improve life expectancy and health-care opportunities for dealing with complex neonatal pathologies, as well 31
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as decreasing morbidity, mortality and costs among patients with complex gastroenterological ailments. Important results were observed in 2012: Decreased mortality rates in newborn babies weighing less than 1000 grams going from 100% to 20% and newborn babies weighing between 1000 and 2500 grams going from 16 to 3% both in the 2008-2012 period; Assistance given to 242 newborn babies through the “Madre canguro” (‘Kangaroo Mother’) program, launched in June 2010. Assistance given to 57% of new mothers in the municipality and 20% in the department, transforming the hospital into a point of reference for treating high-risk obstetric cases. The acquisition of state-of-the-art technology enabled access to highly complex gastroenterological procedures and earlier and better diagnoses. TablE 3
In addition, in 2012, the Foundation sponsored a visit to learn from the Nutritional experience of Brazil, with the involvement of the city’s academic, public and private sectors and with a view to enriching the formulation of an inter-sectorial project geared to have an impact on malnutrition indicators in Manizales. Support was also given to a partnership with Manizales University, with the aim of researching on the changes in the genetic material among persons with sporadic colorectal cancer, in the pursuit of improved treatment possibilities and better quality of life for patients. During its first year, this research enabled the consolidation of an interdisciplinary team and the establishment of a line of research focusing on Biotechnology in Health.
Social investment in Special Projects during 2012. LUKER FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTION ($)
COFINANCING MANAGED BY THE LUKER FOUNDATION ($)
OTHER COFINANCING NOT MANAGED BY THE LUKER FOUNDATION ($)
La Visitación Monastery
21.838.628
24.998.881
0
46.837.509
Betania Social Works
38.436.885
35.802.000
0
74.238.885
Ravasco Institute
79.337.134
49.022.718
6.700.000
135.059.852
San Ezequiel Moreno Foundation
54.824.599
6.600.000
0
61.424.599
Health Project
10.000.000
73.855.029
17.750.000
101.605.029
Alejandra Vélez Mejia Foundation
50.668.483
105.735.834
0
156.404.317
Adoratrices
22.641.136
31.020.866
43.127.492
96.789.494
192.768
0
0
192.768
36.988.445
61.300.000
0
98.288.445
PROJECT
Contribution to the Aged Priestly vocations Nutrir TOTAL
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DURING 2012, 136 APARTMENTS WERE HANDED OVER, INCLUDING 88 TO LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. IN ADDITION, 238 DIRECT AND 48 INDIRECT JOBS WERE CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKS.
TOTAL COST ($)
70.528.938
17.742.000
3.676.670.540
3.764.941.478
385.457.016
406.077.328
3.744.248.032
4.535.782.376
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Leisure and free time
Sports schools for peace This project promotes training in values through sports and contributes to the integral development and the improvement of the living standards for over a thousand low-income children and young people in Manizales. The project was carried out between June and November 2012 and directly benefited 1122 children. The project was operated by the Luker Foundation, which helped bring together sports hotbeds and Football for Peace schools, which until 2011 had been working separately. This strategy allowed for a 40% saving in the annual budget of these projects. Through a partnership between Caldas University, the Mundos Simb贸licos research group and the Luker Foundation, the following publications were launched in 2012: Building Citizenship: A Possibility through Sports Training and Beyond Sports: A bid on Citizen Education. These publications not only assemble the experience of more than nine years of projects, but equally put forward a methodology centered on the strengthening of values. In the same year, the target coverage and continuance of the participants in the project was exceeded, and over sixty parents became involved in the family coresponsibility strategy. 33
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‘Batuta’ (baton) symphonic musical training schools The Batuta Caldas Foundation, in partnership with Manizales City Authority and the Luker Foundation, developed a project for symphonic musical education in some of the city’s most vulnerable neighborhoods (San José and La Fuente), with the aim of providing integral musical education to children and young people, thus encouraging a productive use of their free time and the development of their individual and social abilities.
Likewise, the musical training process was reinforced in the San José neighborhood, which since 2007 has its own symphonic orchestra, a transition orchestra and an ample breeding ground at the pre-orchestral stage. The Symphonic Orchestra of La Fuente neighborhood was also set up and already offered its first public concerts.
In 2012, the project assisted 180 children and young people in San José, and 120 in La Fuente neighborhood; as well as favoring a total of 2,424 indirect beneficiaries. As a strategy for self-sustaining the Batuta programs in these neighborhoods, in 2012 a technical program of music and audio production was launched by Moog, the business unit specialized in sound technologies created in 2011 with the support of the Luker Foundation. A communications campaign was also financed, in order to make Batuta and Moog visible through their participation in city events and the inclusion of Batuta orchestras in the local public agenda. These events attracted around 4,000 spectators. TablE 4
LUKER FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTION ($)
COFINANCING MANAGED BY THE LUKER FOUNDATION ($)
OTHER COFINANCING NOT MANAGED BY THE LUKER FOUNDATION ($)
Batuta La Fuente
36.836.354
85.733.202
0
122.569.556
Batuta San José
39.781.646
105.341.950
0
145.123.596
Sports and Leisure projects
24.320.434
107.257.605
0
131.578.039
Auto-sustainability strategies
99.056.787
30.604.000
0
129.660.787
ACTIVITY
Other costs TOTAL
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Social investment in Leisure and free time projects. TOTAL COST
1.920.432
0
0
1.920.432
201.915.653
328.936.757
0
530.852.410
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