Abstract

Since the return to electoral democracy in 1990, the Chilean Foreign Ministry has emphasized the importance of strengthening international institutions. Consequently, Chile participates in multiple supranational organizations and has sought to strengthen its voice in the United Nations. Chile’s ratification of international agreements express important national commitments to advancing towards shared policy goals, even when Chile has maintained a certain degree of freedom based on its technical expertise and policy success with respect to the Millennium Development Goals. Drawing on the concepts of policy translation, The present paper analyzes the mainstreaming process of two policy goals through collaboration con the FAO and PNUD: 1) “Strengthening the Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change in the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector” and 2) National capacity-building for intercultural conflict prevention and management in Chile. Based in analysis of official documents and semi-structure interviews with the civil servants, we compare and contrast the policy integration narrative promoted by the Indigenous Affairs Unit of the Ministry of Social Development with the interpretation/adaptation of this narrative within each Ministry, visibilizing the learning process as well as the obstacles and advances.