Quarterly Performance Report

QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT

Fiscal Year 2019, Quarter 2: January 1 – March 31, 2019

Host Country Contact Headquarters Contact Project Summary

Award No. AID-520-A-15- Chief of Party Senior Program Officer 00002 Community Strengthening Project Mercy Corps Headquarters

Start Date: June 12, 2015 End Date: June 11, 2020 Guatemala City, Guatemala

Tel: + Tel 1 Report dates: January 1st – March 31, 2018

Fax 1 Award: $40 million

April 30, 2018 This document was prepared by Mercy Corps for review by the United States Agency for International Development.

Contents Acronyms List 2

Program Overview Error! Bookmark not defined. Problem Statement 5 Theory of Change, Goal and Objectives 5

Executive Summary 6 Key Progress, Fiscal Year 19, Quarter 2 6 Key Indicator Results 9 Challenges and Lessons Learned 9

Update on News and Context Relevant to Program Implementation 10

Analysis of Project Implementation and Partnerships 112 Challenges and Lessons Learned 112 Integration of Gender, Vulnerable Groups, and Compliance with USAID Disability Policy 13 Institutional Capacity Building 144 Short-term Projects and Strategic Activity Funds 145

Progress on Activity Implementation 156 Objective 1: Support community commissions to institutionalize proven, integrated violence prevention initiatives in targeted areas 156 Objective 2: Strengthen and mobilize municipal and national stakeholders and resources to develop and implement municipal level prevention plans through a multi-stakeholder, inter- institutional process. 32 Objective 3: Support secondary prevention projects in close coordination with municipal authorities. 38 Objective 4: Promote and integrate evidence-based policy making among prevention actors. 40 Monitoring & Evaluation 43 Indicator Results 43 Coordination, Communication, Compliance, and Future Activities 45 Collaboration with USAID Partners and Other USG Agencies 45 Social Communication 45 EMMP Compliance 46 Activities Next Quarter 46 Annexes 47

Acronyms List

AMG Advancing the Ministries of the Gospel (International) (International)

APS Annual Program Statements BSMP Branding strategy and marking plan CA Cooperative Agreement CAI Centro de Atención Integral, Comprehensive Support Center

CARSI Central America Regional Security Initiative

CAU Crime analysis unit CCPC Comisión Comunitaria de Prevención y Convivencia, Community Prevention and Coexistence Commissions (formerly Community Violence Prevention Commissions, CVPCs) CENDES Centro de Estudios del Desarrollo, Center for Development Studies

CEPC Comisiones Escolares de Prevención y Convivencia, School (Violence) Prevention and Coexistence Commissions CICAM Centro de Investigación, Capacitación y Apoyo a la Mujer

CICIG Comisión Internacional Contra la Impunidad en Guatemala, Commission against Impunity in Guatemala COCODE Consejos Comunitarios de Desarrollo, Community Development Councils DoD Department of Defense CONJUVE Consejo Nacional de la Juventud, National Youth Council COMUDE Municipal Development Councils (Consejos Municipales de Desarrollo, COMUDE) COMUPRE Comisión Municipal de Prevención de Violencia, Municipal Violence Prevention Commission (formerly Municipal Violence Prevention Commission (MVPC) or Municipal Crime and Violence Commission (MCVC)) CPTED Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

CUB Comité Único de Barrio, Single Neighborhood Committee DMM Direcciones Municipales de la Mujer, Municipal Women’s Offices EMMP Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plan FLACSO Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences FUNDAJU Fundación para la Juventud, Foundation for Youth FUNDAESPR Fundación Esfuerzo y Prosperidad, Foundation for Effort and Prosperity O ICCPG Instituto de Estudios Comparados en Ciencias Penales de Guatemala, Institute of Comparative Studies in Criminal Sciences of Guatemala IDEI Instituto de Estudios Interétnicos, Institute of Inter-ethnic Studies IEE Initial Environmental Examination IEPADES Instituto de Enseñanza para el Desarrollo Sostenible, Institute of Teaching for Sustainable Development INL US Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs IPS Instituto de Protección Social, Institute of Social Protection JOVI Asociación Jóvenes por la Vida, Youth for Life Association LEEP Ley Electoral y de Partidos Políticos, Electoral Law and Political Parties LGBTI Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, intersex MESA DE LA Mesa a favor de las niñas y las Adolescentes, Working Group in Favor of Girls NIÑA and Adolescents/Working Group on Girls’ Rights MICUDE Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte, Ministry of Culture and Sport MINGOB Ministerio de Gobernación, Ministry of the Interior MOPSIC Modelo Policial de Seguridad Integral Comunitaria, Police Model of Integral Community Security NGO Non-government organization OCACGT Observatorio Contra el Acoso Callejero, Observatory Against Street Harassment OCI Índice de Capacidad Organizacional, Organizational Capacity Index

OPNA Oficina Municipal de Protección a la Niñez y Adolescencia, Child and Adolescent Protection Office PENNAT Programa Educativo del Niño, Niña y Adolescente Trabajador, Educational Program for the Girl, Boy and Adolescent Worker PDH Procuraduría de los Derechos Humanos, Human Rights Ombudsman PNC Polícia Nacional Civil, National Civil Police RFA Request for Application

REDMMUTR Red Multicultural de Mujeres Trans de Guatemala, Multicultural Guatemalan ANS Transgender Women´s Network RRF Rapid Response Fund SAF Strategic Activities Fund TSE Tribunal Supremo Electoral, Electoral Supreme Tribunal TSU Technical Support Unit ToC Theory of change UACs Unidades de Análisis Criminal, Crime Analysis Units UMG Urban Municipal Governance UPCV Unidad para la Prevención Comunitaria de Violencia, Unit for Community Violence Prevention USAC Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, San Carlos University of Guatemala USAID United States Agency for International Development USG United States Government YSET Youth Service Eligibility Tool

Program Overview

Problem Statement Staggering rates of theft, human and drug trafficking, domestic violence, child abuse, extortion, kidnapping, assault and murder plague Guatemala, much of it concentrated in urban areas in and around Guatemala City. This chronic insecurity limits Guatemala’s potential. Income and profits are spent on increased security rather than contributing to Guatemala’s economic growth. Job and educational opportunities are limited in vulnerable urban neighborhoods in particular, where population growth has been dramatic over the last 30 years, and where few schools have been built, and where few investors or employers seek business opportunities or to recruit employees. Families often remain isolated in their homes, further disintegrating Guatemala’s social fabric and limiting the development of social capital. Yet staying at home does not necessarily protect women and children, who are the most likely to be the victims of intra- family violence. Some parents prefer the risk of their children migrating alone to the United States rather than having them remain in Guatemala to become a victim of violence or recruited into one of urban Guatemala’s many gangs. Even when children are returned, many try to migrate again. Mercy Corps recognizes that Guatemala is at a critical moment, where violence continues to tear families and communities apart. However, it is also a moment in which positive trends can be built upon to create a tipping point where urban Guatemala becomes safer and more secure.

Theory of Change, Goal and Objectives The Community Strengthening Project, known as the CONVIVIMOS Program, is a five-year violence prevention program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). CONVIVIMOS is based on the following theory of change (ToC): If individual, family, community and government capacities are improved, then communities’ resilience will increase and communities will become safer and more secure. The project goal is to support the Government of Guatemala, municipalities, civil society, and community actors to address the causes and consequences of violence through integrated prevention techniques. CONVIVIMOS has four complementary and mutually reinforcing objectives: Objective 1: Support community commissions to institutionalize proven, integrated violence prevention projects in targeted areas; Objective 2: Strengthen and mobilize municipal and national stakeholders and resources to develop and implement municipal-level violence prevention plans; Objective 3: Support secondary prevention projects in close coordination with municipal authorities; and Objective 4: Promote and integrate evidence-based policy making among violence prevention actors.

Executive Summary

Key Progress, Fiscal Year 19, Quarter 2

Mobilizing communities to prevent crime and violence

Working with community commissions to develop violence prevention projects During this quarter, CONVIVIMOS partner FUNDAESPRO continued working with the CCPCs to update and operationalize the annual work plans derived from the Community Prevention and Coexistence Plans that were developed during the first two years of the project and then subsequently updated last year. Additionally, Mercy Corps continued to support the COCOPREs in San Miguel Petapa to develop their community violence prevention plans. CONVIVIMOS also reinforced the sustainability of community plans by working with the CCPCs to develop project proposals and to identify potential funding sources for the project proposals. During the past quarter, the following projects were developed: In Villa Nueva and Mixco the CCPCs are coordinating with the School of Communication Science in order to carry out a market study about young people to identify priorities for trainings and to segment those trainings based on whether or not the youths are studying, working, or neither studying nor working, and in Amatitlán, CONVIVIMOS is continuing to support the CCPC in developing a “Training and Community Liaison Center”, which is being promoted by the municipal youth network.

Improving community infrastructure Improving community infrastructure raises the quality of life for local residents by mitigating the environmental features that make an area vulnerable to crime & violence, and by strengthening the social fabric by creating new public spaces where neighbors can peacefully coexist. In this quarter, CONVIVIMOS completed two community parks in Guatemala City, a linear park in the La Verbena neighborhood of zone 7, and the “Los Aguilares Park” in the Los in zone 3. CONVIVIMOS also continued work on the Municipal Women’s Office in Guatemala City, completing approximately 10% of the construction work. CONVIVIMOS has also initiated the planning and design work for an additional 10 community infrastructure project spread across the remaining municipalities where CONVIVIMOS operates. Finally, this quarter CONVIVIMOS completed delivery of 22 outdoor gym kits and 20 packages of playground equipment to the municipal governments.

Supporting education initiatives in violence prevention: This quarter, CONVIVIMOS partner Fe y Alegría continued to implement a number of activities to improve early grade reading and to promote peaceful coexistence within school settings. Fe y Alegría continued to implement the “Happy Circles” methodology to provide tutoring to students who required additional academic support. Fe y Alegría also continued to train primary school teachers in project communities on the “PLENITUD” teaching methodology, a methodology emphasizes teaching styles that encourage students to take ownership of their own academic performance, and that fosters emotional intelligence as well as cognitive development. Fe y Alegría also provided trainings to teachers on “Leer en un clic”, an innovative methodology that combines traditional, phonetic, syllabic and global early grade reading techniques to allow students to learn through a process natural to them. In addition, Fe y Alegría trained the teachers who will lead the “School for Parents” sessions during this school year. School for Parents is a 6

methodology for sharing information about parenting techniques and best practices while also providing parents the opportunity to learn from fellow parents. Finally, Fe y Alegría carried out elections for its school governments for the upcoming school year. These school governments serve to promote a sense of activism and civic participation in the student population, as well as serve as a platform for students to carry out violence prevention projects in their schools.

Outside of Fe y Alegría’s work, CONVIVIMOS also continued to partner with the “Instituto Guatemalteco de Educación Radiofónica” (IGER) through FUNDAESPRO in order to allow local residents to enroll in distance-learning alternatives that provide both elementary and high school curriculums offered through radio or digital instruction formats, both certified by the Ministry of Education. Finally, through short-term partners Fundación Paiz and Educaguate, CONVIVIMOS is implementing the “Through my Schoolwork, I Play and Learn” project, which focuses on providing academic support to improve students’ abilities in math, language arts, and technology, as well as improving the students’ organizational skills.

Improving employability for at-risk youth Fundación Jorge Toruño’s “With a firm step, I assure my future” project continued to implement activities with middle school and high school students in Fe y Alegría’s in zone 7 of Guatemala City. This project focuses on preventing violence and helping young people prepare themselves for employment through the following strategies: “knowledge transfer” and academic support, improving emotional and mental health, social activities, and pre-employment scholarships. During this quarter a total of 371 students enrolled in the project.

Supporting municipal and national governments as partners in violence prevention:

Building the capacity of the COMUPREs to carry out violence prevention activities in their communities This quarter, IEPADES began a certificate course for COMUPRE members to provide them with the basic skills and tools necessary to undertake a systematic approach to preventing violence. The first module of the course focused on “Prevention as a strategy for addressing crime and violence”. Additionally, IEPADES continued to support the COMUPREs in Amatitlán and Villa Nueva to develop their 2019 annual work plans. Finally, CONVIVIMOS also supported the restructuring of the COMUPRE in San Miguel Petapa.

Capacity building trainings for COMUPRE members: As part of the capacity-building process for the COMUPREs, CONVIVIMOS provides trainings based on needs identified in their annual work plans. This quarter, IEPADEs provided trainings to the COMUPRE in Villa Canales on “Data management”. The training focused on building the capacity of the COMUPRE to generate relevant information to support their decision-making processes.

Promoting municipal policies to reduce crime and violence: During this quarter, CONVIVIMOS continued to support progress on the development, validation, and approval of a variety of municipal policies designed to increase support to vulnerable populations, including: in Mixco, a Comprehensive Municipal Policy for Women’s Development and Advancement and a Municipal Youth Policy; in San Miguel Petapa a Youth Policy, a Comprehensive Municipal Policy for Women’s Development and Advancement a 7

Violence and Crime Prevention Policy and a Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Protection Policy; un Guatemala City, a Municipal Youth Policy and a Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Protection Municipal Policy; in Amatitlán, a Youth Policy, a Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Protection Policy and a Comprehensive Municipal Policy for Women’s Development and Advancement; and in Villa Canales, a Comprehensive Municipal Policy for Women’s Development and Advancement and a Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Protection Policy.

Strengthening secondary violence prevention services:

Developing a tool for identifying at-risk youth The Mercy Corps Technical Support Unit has adapted and customized a tool used by the Peruvian Ministry of Education to help the project identify at-risk youth. The tool takes into account conditions and situations of psychological risk that affect youth at the individual, household, school and community levels and is designed as an “initial screen” that can be applied broadly in a community and will allow CONVIVIMOS to significantly extend the reach of the project’s efforts to identify at-risk youth. During this quarter, the Mercy Corps Technical Support Unit designed a user guide, data protection protocol, and results format in anticipation of scaling up the tool in the upcoming quarter. Also during this quarter, CONVIVIMOS partner CICAM began the process of screening youth participants in both their youth leadership and psychosocial attention projects utilizing a tool designed by CICAM to identify their levels of risk.

Short-term partnerships with secondary prevention service providers During this quarter, CICAM began implementing the “Psychosocial care in Guatemala City, Villa Nueva, Amatitlán, San Miguel Petapa, Villa Canales y Mixco” project. This project provides psychosocial care and legal support to vulnerable populations and victims of violence in the project’s areas of intervention. During this quarter, CICAM held 13 meetings with key local stakeholders, including local government officials, justice sector actors, and CONVIVIMOS partners to generate buy-in for the project and to identify locations where CICAM can provide services. In addition to these activities, CICAM was able to provide services to 82 individuals (54 females and 28 males) this quarter.

Deepening understanding of crime & violence through innovative research:

Producing research on crime & violence in Guatemala During this quarter, CONVIVIMOS continued to make progress on producing research on a number of topics, including: “Youth in Guatemala City: Employment, Participation and Perceptions of Citizen Security”; a labor market survey in San Miguel Petapa; a study of workplace violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) populations in Guatemala City; an investigation of the development of life skills in CONVIVIMOS school government participants; an investigation of the skills development in children and youth through the “Scary Frights” and “Charged Emotions” educational games; and an ex-post evaluation of the perceptions of security in CONVIVIMOS communities that received street lighting improvements

Increasing local capacity to perform research on violence prevention 8

This quarter, FLACSO launched a year-long post graduate certificate course on social research for violence prevention policy. This quarter, the participants in the course started the first two courses in the curriculum; Qualitative Research Methods and Socio-Political Theory.

Key Indicator Results

● This quarter, 4,708 people (3,100 women and 1,608 men) from target communities benefited from CONVIVIMOS´ community activities. ● This quarter, the project provided psychosocial care and/or legal support to 82 persons from vulnerable populations including victims of violence ● CONVIVIMOS provided technical and financial support to six projects that include activities or services designed to reduce specific risks or harm to vulnerable populations.

Challenges and Lessons Learned

Implementation Challenges

● The 2019 election season continues to dominate current events in Guatemala. While CONVIVIMOS’ direct collaboration has always been with the political institutions that the project partners with rather than any specific individual, the close coordination that the project maintains with municipal officials has the potential to be misinterpreted as an endorsement of an individual’s candidacy. To address this issue, CONVIVIMOS will maintain clear lines of communication with our participants and ensure that project messaging reiterates support for the institutions that the project partners with, rather than specific individuals. Additionally, the project has established mechanisms for reducing the visibility of our coordination with municipal officials.

● The focus of CONVIVIMOS is increasing communities’ resilience to make them safer and more secure. Nevertheless, migration continues to be a pressing concern for policymakers, which has generated interest in better understanding how CONVIVIMOS activities affect migration. While Mercy Corps understands the need to explore linkages between community resilience and migration, and has undertaken research specifically to explore this connection, the team recognizes there are considerable challenges inherent in collecting data about migration among program participants. Most importantly, further data collection might risk eroding the communities’ trust that the project has built up over three and a half years of program implementation. These risks would affect CONVIVIMOS’ implementation and the project’s ability to achieve its objectives and goals. Therefore, Mercy Corps will seek to engage closely with USAID on any sensitive issues around migration to ensure that CONVIVIMOS activities continue to respect the trust that our participants have afforded us.

● One of the main challenges CONVIMOS faces continues to be the project’s work with the National Civil Police (Policia Nacional Civil, PNC). Per the Vice-Minister’s request, Mercy Corps has shared outlines of its training curricula, however the project has not received any response or approval to move forward with the activities. After delaying activities and investing significant time and resources in attempts to overcome these 9

coordination challenges, the project decided to scale back its community policing activities and utilize those resources for initiatives rather than risking further delays in project implementation. The project has met all targets related to community policing, and therefore at this time does not contemplate any additional activities to promote community-based policing initiatives.

Lessons Learned

● As CONVIVIMOS scales up secondary prevention efforts, the project is being particularly careful to ensure that these efforts are aligned with do-no-harm principles. Given that participants in secondary prevention efforts are either victims of violence or populations with an elevated risk of participating in violence, CONVIVIMOS has been particularly intentional in ensuring that our interviews do not expose participants to further violence.

Update on News and Context Relevant to Program Implementation

Electoral Environment

The upcoming 2019 elections continue to be one of the major issues dominating Guatemalan current events. The registration period for candidates officially kicked off on January 18th and the campaigning period began on March 18th and will run until the election day on June 16th. This year, Guatemala has enacted a number of reforms to the Ley Electoral y de Partidos Políticos (LEEP), which both limits the amount of money that can be spent on political campaigns and also reforms the ballot counting process to include invalidated ballots in the total number of votes cast. Since Guatemalan election law requires a candidate to win 50% plus one vote of the totals votes cast, including the invalidated ballots in the total number of votes cast prevents parties from rigging the election by invalidating votes until their candidate has received 50% plus one of the valid ballots. This modification will likely result in a runoff election being held in August between the top two vote-getters in the June elections.

In addition to the electoral reforms, Guatemala has already experienced violence that many believe to be associated with the elections. On January 21st, a grenade was detonated on a public bus in Guatemala City, injuring seven people. This attack has been suspected by some to be election-related violence due to the fact that similar events have happened at times of tense political conjuncture.

This election cycle has been further complicated by the candidacy of former Attorney General Thelma Aldana. Aldana, who was the Attorney General from 2014 to 2018, has been a key supporter of the CICIG, and led the prosecution and conviction of former president Otto Perez Molina. On March 19th, the same day that Aldana officially registered as a presidential candidate, a judge issued a warrant for Aldana’s arrest on charges of embezzlement, lying and tax fraud. While Aldana has since left the country, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) used the charges to reject her candidacy, a decision that Aldana’s party is appealing in the courts.

CICIG and efforts to eliminate corruption 10

The power struggle between Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales and the UN’s International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) continues to be an important topic for Guatemala. In 2018, President Morales announced that he would not renew the CICIG’s mandate when it expired in September 2019. In December, President Morales accelerated these efforts, canceling the visas of the CICIG’s international staff forcing them to leave the country, however, this move was halted by a court order from Guatemala’s Constitutional Court. On January 7th, President Morales announced that he was expelling the CICIG from Guatemala, giving the organization 24 hours to shut down and for international staff to leave the country. This move was also halted by the courts, however, the CICIG staff had already left the country due to fears about their safety in the increasingly hostile context. The CICIG continues to operate from outside of Guatemala, which has resulted in several of its cases being suspended indefinitely due the inability of the CICIG to appear in court to prosecute the cases.

Additionally, on March 14th, the US Department of Defense (DoD) announced that it was suspending training and military aid to Guatemala arising from an incident relating to the closure of the CICIG. On August 31, 2018, the day President Morales first announced that he would not renew the mandate of the CICIG, the government deployed armored jeeps that had been donated by the DoD on patrols around the city, including stationing several jeeps in front of the CICIG and also in neighborhoods near the US Embassy where American diplomats live. These actions were widely viewed as acts of intimidation, and were identified as a misuse of the resources, which were originally intended to be used for anti-drug trafficking operations. The repeated misuse of these vehicles eventually led the DoD to suspend its assistance to the Guatemalan military.

Migration

Finally, migration has continued to be a pressing issue within the Guatemalan context. During this quarter, more migrant caravans have continued to cross through Guatemala heading to the US border. In response, President Trump ordered the US government to end FY17 and FY18 foreign assistance funding to Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

Analysis of Project Implementation and Partnerships

Challenges and Lessons Learned

Implementation Challenges

2019 Election Season The 2019 election season continues to dominate current events in Guatemala. This election season is particularly relevant to CONVIVIMOS efforts in the municipalities of Guatemala City, Mixco, Villa Nueva, Amatitlán, and San Miguel Petapa, where the current mayor is running for reelection. While CONVIVIMOS’ direct collaboration has always been with the political institutions that the project partners with rather than any specific individual, the close 11

coordination that the project maintains with municipal officials has the potential to be misinterpreted as an endorsement of an individual’s candidacy. Additionally, several CONVIVIMOS consortium members have raised concerns about increased pressure from municipal officials to utilize CONVIVIMOS activities to promote their candidacy for elected office. To address these issues, CONVIVIMOS will maintain clear lines of communication with our participants and ensure that project messaging reiterates support for the institutions that the project partners with, rather than specific individuals. Additionally, the project has established mechanisms for reducing the visibility of our coordination with municipal officials. For example, instead of directly participating in the inauguration of the community parks in Guatemala City, CONVIVIMOS and USAID held a private briefing with the mayor and city council to explain the benefits of the parks and to provide an update on ongoing projects.

Migration As mentioned above, the focus of CONVIVIMOS is increasing communities’ resilience to make them safer and more secure. Nevertheless, migration continues to be a pressing concern for policymakers, which has generated interest in better understanding how CONVIVIMOS activities affect migration. While Mercy Corps understands the need to explore linkages between community resilience and migration, and has undertaken research specifically to explore this connection, the team recognizes there are considerable challenges inherent in collecting data about migration among program participants. Most importantly, further data collection might risk eroding the communities’ trust that the project has built up over three and a half years of program implementation. Further data collection about migration, depending on the nature of the information requested, may make local residents less inclined to participate in CONVIVIMOS activities, particularly if they have family members who have migrated to the US. Community leaders and local authorities may also be less inclined to support those projects if those projects are perceived as collecting data on specific individuals who have migrated. These risks would affect CONVIVIMOS’ implementation and the project’s ability to achieve its objectives and goals. Therefore, Mercy Corps will seek to engage closely with USAID on any sensitive issues around migration to ensure that CONVIVIMOS activities continue to respect the trust that our participants have afforded us.

Coordination with the PNC One of the main challenges CONVIMOS faces continues to be the project’s work with the National Civil Police (Policia Nacional Civil, PNC). As mentioned in previous reports, CONVIVIMOS supports the Ministry of the Interior (Ministerio de Gobernación, MINGOB)´s focus on prevention through the Vice-Ministry for Violence and Crime Prevention. The PNC are part of MINGOB and the Prevention Unit reports directly to the Vice-Ministry for Violence and Crime Prevention. Per the Vice-Minister’s request, Mercy Corps has shared outlines of its training curricula, however the project has not received any response or approval to move forward with the activities. After delaying activities and investing significant time and resources in attempts to overcome these coordination challenges, the project decided to scale back its community policing activities and utilize those resources for initiatives rather than risking further delays in project implementation. The project has met all targets related to community policing, and therefore at this time does not contemplate any additional activities to promote community- based policing initiatives.

Lessons learned

As CONVIVIMOS scales up secondary prevention efforts, the project is being particularly careful to ensure that these efforts are aligned with do-no-harm principles. Given that participants in secondary prevention efforts are either victims of violence or populations with an elevated risk of participating in violence, CONVIVIMOS has been particularly intentional in ensuring that our interviews do not expose participants to further violence. For example, in the case of the sub award for a Comprehensive Support Center (Centro de Atencion Integral/CAI) for women who are victims of violence, the final award has been delayed as CONVIVIMOS has been performing due diligence to ensure that the organization and the proposed intervention comply with all of Guatemala’s laws and policies regarding providing care to women victims of violence, particularly as they apply to the security of the women and children receiving services. Additionally, with the identification of at-risk youth tool, Mercy Corps has invested significant time in developing protocols and strategies for ensuring that the identification process does not result in youth being labeled as “at-risk” in their communities.

Integration of Gender, Vulnerable Groups, and Compliance with USAID Disability Policy

Providing care for women, youth, and adolescent victims of violence This quarter, CONVIVIMOS launched a new sub award with CICAM (Center for Research, Training and Support for Woman) to provide care to women, youth and adolescents who have experienced violence. Given that these populations are particularly vulnerable to be becoming victims of violence, the project identified the need to offer them holistic care, including psychosocial counseling and legal advice to enable them to mitigate the effects of the violence that they have suffered.

Empowering Women’s Civic Participation During this quarter CONVIVIMOS has continued to work to integrate women into decision- making spaces. One strategy for achieving this has been the elaboration of Municipal Women’s Policies and another strategy has been building the capacity of the Women's sub commissions of the COMUDEs to gain advocacy skills for engaging with local authorities. These strategies have allowed actors who are working to prevent violence towards women and girls to coordinate their actions and generate buy-in from municipal officials, including police and other public agencies.

Commemorating International Women’s Day This quarter, CONVIVIMOS partners carried out a number of activities in recognition of International Women’s Day on March 8th. FUNDAESPRO carried out activities to raise awareness about the day, and the municipality of Villa Canales held a festival supporting women’s rights and reflecting on the role of women in society.

Supporting Transgender Women This quarter, CONVIVIMOS coordinated with “Multicultural Guatemalan Transgender Women’s Network” (REDMMUTRANS). The project has been supporting them with visibility materials and technical assistance for the organization’s report on “Social Inclusion for

Transgender Women”, which focuses on identifying the challenges that transgender women face in receiving social services.

Supporting the Mesa de la Niña During this quarter, CONVIVIMOS supported the Mesa de la Niña to carry out 8 presentations of the #NoOneDecidesForMe (#NadieDecidePorMi) campaign. During these meetings, the communications materials for the campaign were distributed. The focus of the campaign is on raising awareness about Decree 13-2017, which raises the minimum age for marriage in Guatemala to 18.

Institutional Capacity Building

During this quarter, the Mercy Corps sub grants team organized a training on “Environmental Legislation in Guatemala” for local partners. The workshop was carried out by representatives from the Guatemalan Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources with a total of 19 participants from seven organizations in attendance. CONVIVIMOS then held an additional workshop on “USAID regulations” that was attended by 34 participants from nine local organizations. The M&E team also held a meeting with CONVIVIMOS consortium partners to begin the process of transferring the project’s “SIMA” information management system to their organizations for their continued use beyond the CONVIVIMOS project.

Short-term Projects and Strategic Activity Funds

Short-term projects are funded through the Annual Program Statement (APS), Request for Applications (RFAs) and the Strategic Activity Fund (SAF) (formerly Rapid Response Fund/RFF), mechanisms and are reported by result under Progress on Activity Implementation. Please see Annex B for a list of active short-term projects during FY19Q2, listed by objective and result.

During this quarter, CONVIVIMOS granted two sub awards:

1. Sub award Agreement No. CSP32686S122: Fundación Jorge Toruño was granted an award to implement the program “GuatEduca Valores”. This award started on January 2nd, 2019 and will finish on March 31st, 2020. The focus of this project is to provide young people with pre-employment workforce development services. The project will reach a total of 400 participants, with 100 participants receiving scholarships to take part in pre-employment internships.

2. Sub award Agreement No. CSP32686S123: CICAM (Center for Research, Training and Support for Woman) was granted an award to implement the program “Community Program for Psychosocial Care” to be implemented by CICAM (Center for Research, Training and Support for Woman). This award started on February 7th, 2019 and will finish on January 6th, 2020. CICAM will be working in the six target areas from CONVIVIMOS to provide psychosocial care and legal support to vulnerable populations and victims of violence. The project will reach a total of 1,400 people. 14

CONVIVIMOS is also currently reviewing three more projects, which, if awarded, would be financed through the RFA mechanism:

1. Through the RFA mechanism, CONVIVIMOS has identified a non-profit research institute to undertake an investigation on the “Influence of the outdoor gyms in violence prevention, citizen security and well-being in the community in Guatemala”. The final details of the research design are currently being negotiated with the research institute. 2. Through the RFA mechanism, CONVIVIMOS has selected a local NGO that is currently preparing the milestones to implement the project: “Psychosocial Care to LGBTIQ victims of violence”. 3. Through the RFA mechanism, a local NGO has been selected to carry out the “Comprehensive Support Center” for women victims of violence and is going through its pre-award survey of its administrative and financial structure in order to determine the organization’s capacity to manage USAID funds.

Progress on Activity Implementation

Objective 1: Support community commissions to institutionalize proven, integrated violence prevention initiatives in targeted areas.

Result 1.1 (Governance of the Security Sector) – Treatment communities have developed and are implementing violence prevention plans. Advancing the ToC: The process of developing violence prevention plans strengthens collective action and social capital, contributing to community resilience in the form of resident inclusiveness, community leadership, and public participation.

Community Prevention and Coexistence Commissions and Plans:

During this quarter, CONVIVIMOS partner FUNDAESPRO worked with the project’s Comisiones Comunitarias de Prevención y Convivencia (CCPCs) to finalize their annual work plans and begin the process of implementing the planned activities. These work plans are derived from the community plans that have been operationalized with CONVIVIMOS support. Once the 32 work plans were finalized FUNDAESPRO also supported the implementation of the planned activities. The activities carried out under these plans included:

● Amatitlán: In Amatitlán eight community activities were carried out, including community cleanup campaigns, trainings on gender equality, and workshops on violence prevention.

● Villa Nueva: In Villa Nueva, four community activities were carried out, including cleanup campaigns, and personal safety classes for women.

● Guatemala City: In Guatemala City CONVIVIMOS implemented trainings on “Civic Participation” based on Roger Hart’s “Ladder of Participation”. Additionally, with support Mercy Corps Technical Support Unit (TSU) and MuniGuate’s Precarious Communities Subdivision, CONVIVIMOS carried out an eight-week training series for CCPC and CUB participants. In addition to building the capacity of the CCPC and CUB participants, it also provided a space for these two key organizations to get to know each other and to begin to work together to address the issues facing their communities.

Work plans implemented by youth: During this quarter, CONVIVIMOS worked with the CCPC’s youth subcommittees to finalize and implement their annual work plans. As part of this process, CONVIVIMOS held a participatory planning workshop to help finalize the plans. The activities implemented through these plans this quarter include (by municipality):

● Amatitlán: In Amatitlán, based on the youth work plan CONVIVIMOS organized workshops on “The importance of activism and teamwork”, “Human rights and the responsibility of the State” and “Sexual and reproductive health”. These workshops were implemented through strategic alliances with Fundación para la Juventud (FUNDAJU), the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman, and the Municipal Health Office. ● Guatemala City: In Guatemala City, in response to the youth work plan the project carried out, amongst other activities, a series of workshops on “Human rights in everyday life”, which was facilitated by the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman. ● Mixco: In Mixco, the CONVIVIMOS project coordinated with the PDH to implement a workshop on the “Foundations of Human Rights” that was identified as a priority in the youth work plan.

Table 3: Total activities that were implemented from the operational plans of the youth.

Municipality Total

Amatitlán 2 Guatemala 2 Mixco 1 Villa Canales 3 Villa Nueva 3

Total 11

Table 4: Total participants in activities implemented by the youth, disaggregated by sex, age range and place of origin.

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-49 50-99 Undefined Total Total Municipality F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M Total Amatitlán -- -- 4 5 4 3 1 1 ------1 2 10 11 21 Guatemala 1 -- 2 5 1 -- 1 1 ------5 6 11 Villa Canales 1 2 4 9 -- 8 -- 1 ------5 20 25 Villa Nueva 5 2 8 8 2 5 5 2 6 1 11 2 1 -- 38 20 58 Total 7 4 18 27 7 16 7 5 6 1 11 2 2 2 58 57 115

Inter-municipal youth network work plan development: During this quarter, CONVIVIMOS local partner FUNDAESPRO held a meeting with leaders of the inter-municipal youth network to establish its work plan of violence prevention activities that the network will implement during the 2019 calendar year. The inter-municipal youth network has over 500 participants across five municipalities.

Table 5: Total participants attending meetings of Inter-municipal Youth Network Work Plans, disaggregated by sex

Municipality Women Men Total

Guatemala 24 27 51

Total 24 27 51

Table 6: Total participants attending meetings of Inter-municipal Youth Network Work Plans, disaggregated by age range

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 Total Total Municipality F M F M F M F M F M Total Guatemala 1 -- 16 16 4 10 3 1 24 27 51 Total 1 -- 16 16 4 10 3 1 24 27 51

School Prevention and Coexistence Commissions: During this quarter, CONVIVIMOS partner Fe y Alegría formed its Comisiones Escolares de Prevención y Convivencia (CEPCs) for the 2019 school year. The CEPCs bring together school administrators, teachers, students, and the parents of students to develop plans to reduce violence in their schools. These plans are then carried out with support from CONVIVIMOS. 17

Table 1: Number of school committees for prevention and coexistence formed, disaggregated by municipality.

Municipality Total

Guatemala 4 Villa Canales 5

Total 9

Table 2: Total participants in School Commissions of Prevention and Coexistence, disaggregated by sex, age range and municipality of origin.

10-14 15-19 25-34 35-49 50-99 Undefined Total Total Municipality F M F M F M F M F M F M F M Total Guatemala 11 9 4 2 4 -- 5 -- 4 -- 6 4 34 15 49 Villa Canales 6 5 5 5 4 -- 11 -- 2 -- 4 2 32 12 44 Total 17 14 9 7 8 ------6 -- 10 6 66 27 93

Result 1.2 (Governance of the Security Sector) – Strengthen communication and interaction between treatment communities and government officials, i.e. municipal authorities, COCODEs, police. Advancing the ToC: The enhanced collaboration between communities and government officials improves resource governance and social capital, contributing to community resilience in the form of increased public participation, community leadership, and accessible and responsive services.

Prevention and Coexistence Community Plans presented to COCODEs/CUBs by CCPC: As part of this intervention, CONVIVIMOS partner FUNDAESPRO helped the CCPCs present their community plans to their local COCODE (or, in the case of Guatemala City, CUB). During this quarter, CCPCs in Guatemala City and Amatitlán presented a total of 11 plans to the local COCODEs/CUBs.

Table 7: Number of socialization meetings of prevention and coexistence plans before the COCODE / CUB by municipality.

Municipality Total

Amatitlán 4 Guatemala 7

Total 11

Table 8: Total of participants who attend socialization meetings of Prevention and Coexistence Plans before the COCODE / CUB, disaggregated by sex, age and place of origin.

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-49 50-99 Undefined Total Total Tota Municipality F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M l Amatitlán ------1 ------1 1 10 1 -- -- 12 2 14 Guatemala 1 -- -- 1 3 -- 1 3 11 2 11 2 1 -- 28 8 36 Total 1 -- -- 1 4 -- 1 3 12 3 21 3 1 -- 40 10 50

Mercy Corps Technical Assistance: San Miguel Petapa: Mercy Corps continued to provide technical assistance to the COCOPREs in San Miguel Petapa to support the process of developing violence prevention plans. This quarter CONVIVIMOS supported the COCOPREs to present their plans to the PNC’s Department of Crime Prevention and the project also continued to advocate for the integration of COCOPRE members into the COMUPRE.

Supporting the development of community projects: Through this activity, FUNDAESPRO reinforces the sustainability of community plans by working with the CCPCs to develop project proposals and to identify potential funding sources for the project proposals. During the past quarter, the following projects were developed:

● Mixco and Villa Nueva: Coordination between the USAC’s School of Communication Sciences and the CCPCs in Mixco and Villa Nueva continued this quarter. The CCPCs are coordinating with the School of Communication Science in order to carry out a market study about young people to identify priorities for trainings and to segment those trainings based on whether or not the youths are studying, working, or neither studying nor working. ● Amatitlán: In Amatitlán, CONVIVIMOS is continuing to support the CCPC in developing a “Training and Community Liaison Center”, which is being promoted by the municipal youth network. This center would serve as a community platform for providing violence prevention services, including secondary prevention services. This quarter the CCPC identified a location for the center and developed a schedule for when the center would offer services.

Certificate course on preventing violence against women and girls: During this quarter, IEPADES carried out the third module of the course, which focused on “management and activism” and began the fourth and final module of the course, “integration and evaluation”.

Table 9: Total of women participants in the Diploma of Prevention of Violence against Women, disaggregated by age range.

15-19 20-24 25-34 35-49 50-99 Undefined Municipality Women Total Amatitlán 3 6 6 2 2 -- 19 San Miguel Petapa 1 2 - - 2 -- 5 Total 4 8 6 2 4 -- 24

Trainings for violence prevention promoters: During this quarter, FUNDAESPRO began its training process for women in the project communities who work to empower other women in the community to prevent violence. During this quarter these violence prevention promoters began the first module of their training process which focused on the different types of violence that women suffer.

Table 10: Number of workshops of Module 1 of the training process for Prevention Promoters, disaggregated by municipalities.

Municipality Total

Guatemala 3 Villa Canales 1 Villa Nueva 1

Total 5

Table 11: Total of women participating in Module 1 of the training process for Prevention Promoters, disaggregated by sex and place of origin.

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-49 50-99 Undefined Municipality F F F F F F F Total Guatemala -- 3 1 3 7 11 -- 25 Villa Canales 2 3 1 -- 3 8 2 19 Villa Nueva -- 1 -- 2 1 9 3 16 20

Total 2 7 2 5 11 28 5 60

Women’s Savings Groups: During this quarter, IEPADES continued to work with women’s savings groups in Amatitlán and San Miguel Petapa. These savings groups increase their participants’ economic independence, reducing their vulnerability to gender-based violence. Additionally, the savings groups serve as a platform for CONVIVIMOS to provide participants with trainings about violence prevention. This quarter IEPADES provided trainings to the savings groups on the “Saving for change” methodology and “Child rearing styles”. Additionally, IEPADES compiled all of the methodologies used by the savings groups into one manual contains all of the materials necessary for other organizations to replicate the savings group methodology

Table 12: Total of women participating in the workshops on methodology of the process of saving and child-rearing patterns, disaggregated by age range and place of origin.

15-19 20-24 25-34 35-49 50-99 Undefined Municipality Women Total Amatitlán 1 3 10 4 6 -- 24 San Miguel Petapa -- 4 3 3 4 -- 14 Total 1 7 13 7 10 -- 38

Training of Trainers for COCODE leaders: During this quarter, CONVIVIMOS consortium member IEPADES started its training of trainers workshop series for COCODE members. The training process focuses on increasing the participants’ capacity for community-level activism in community spaces and promoting civic engagement. During this quarter, the first two workshops in the training process, “Educating for transformation” and “The COCODEs and civic engagement” were conducted. Each COCODE member who participates in the training commits to replicating the training with another COCODE not present at the training.

Table 13: Number of workshops of training of trainers workshops by municipalities

Municipality Total

Mixco 4

Total 4

Table 14: Total number of participants that attended training of trainers workshops disaggregated by sex and age range

20-24 25-34 35-49 50-99 Undefined Total Total Municipality F M F M F M F M F M F M Total Mixco 2 2 5 2 8 3 19 9 -- -- 34 16 50 Total 2 2 5 2 8 3 19 9 -- -- 34 16 50

Result 1.3 (Governance of the Security Sector and Basic Education) – Increased civic engagement in treatment communities. Advancing the ToC: Our increased civic engagement activities strengthen human capital and collective action, leading to community resilience in the form of increased public participation and resident inclusiveness.

Community Activities: During this quarter, CONVIVIMOS partner FUNDAESPRO carried out a series of community activities designed to promote civic engagement in project communities, including, amongst other activities, including community health fairs, neighborhood cinemas, and celebrations of international women’s day on March 8th.

Table 15: Total of participants in Community Coexistence activities, disaggregated by municipality, sex and age range.

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-49 50-99 Undefined Total Total Municipality F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M Total Amatitlán -- -- 2 1 4 -- 5 2 10 1 9 -- -- 1 30 5 35 Guatemala 2 -- 2 -- 2 -- 8 -- 8 -- 4 ------26 0 26 Villa Canales -- -- 3 5 2 2 -- 1 3 -- 11 ------19 8 27 Villa Nueva 1 5 11 7 19 3 34 4 33 2 24 4 2 -- 124 25 149 Total 3 5 18 13 27 5 47 7 54 3 48 4 2 1 199 38 237

In addition to these activities, FUNDAESPRO has also been carrying out a series of workshops for CCPC members. This quarter, FUNDAESPRO provided trainings on Guatemala’s “Social Development and Decentralization Law” and “Rural and Urban Council Law”. These trainings build the capacity of CCPC leaders to propose projects to municipal authorities.

Table 16: Total trainings provided to the CCPC, disaggregated by municipality.

Municipality Total

Amatitlán 4 Villa Canales 3 Villa Nueva 4

Total 11

Table 17: Total participants of the training workshops for CCPC disaggregated by municipality, sex and age range.

10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-49 50-99 Undefined Total Total Municipality F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M Total Amatitlán -- -- 2 -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 13 5 1 -- 22 5 27 Villa Canales -- -- 3 2 -- 3 -- 1 2 -- 6 4 1 -- 12 10 22 Villa Nueva 1 -- 3 2 1 1 6 1 3 4 11 4 -- -- 25 12 37 Total 1 -- 8 4 2 4 8 2 8 4 30 13 2 -- 59 27 86

Infrastructure projects: Infrastructure projects serve as a method for improving physical spaces in order to create opportunities that will generate positive social interactions, build social cohesion and augment factors that reduce violence.

Infrastructure Project Implementation:

Guatemala City ● Los Aguilares Park in Zone 3: This project was completed and inaugurated in February. The construction work that CONVIVIMOS undertook consists of the renovation of a public space, including the installation of outdoor games for children, a giant slide, chess boards, an open air gym area, a small plaza and the rehabilitation of pathways with perimeter protection for the street security. The access ramps and the sidewalks were also recovered and refurbished during the construction process. Based on the population of surrounding neighborhoods, CONVIVIMOS estimates that 4,500 residents will benefit from this park. ● Linear Park in La Verbena: This project was completed and inaugurated in February. The design of this park takes advantage of part of an existing street lane that had little vehicular transit and recovers the space for recreation and coexistence for the local population. The park includes games and sports areas, a multi-purpose court (basketball and five-a-side football), a giant chess game, local stage, outdoor furniture, and outdoor

gym equipment. Based on the population of the surrounding neighborhoods, CONVIVIMOS estimates that 23,000 residents will benefit from the park. ● Expansion of the Municipal Women’s Office, Zone 7: During this quarter, construction work began on the renovation and expansion of the Municipal Women’s office in Zone 7 of Guatemala City. At the end of the quarter, approximately 10% of the construction work on the project was completed, the other 90% will be complete during the rest of the fiscal year.

Amatitlán ● In Amatitlán the design and planning process has begun for three community parks in the neighborhoods of Blandón de Cerezo, Colonias Unidas y Villas del Río are almost completed. The design and planning process will be finalized in April and CONVIVIMOS also intends to award the construction contract for the parks in the upcoming quarter.

San Miguel Petapa ● Linear Park in Villa Hermosa I: The design and planning process for this park began this quarter, and is expected to be finalized in the upcoming quarter. CONVIVIMOS also anticipates awarding the construction contract for building the park in the upcoming quarter. ● Community Center in Caserío “El Cerro”: The design and planning process for this community center began this quarter, and is expected to be finalized in the upcoming quarter. CONVIVIMOS also anticipates awarding the construction contract for building the community center in the upcoming quarter.

Villa Nueva ● The design and planning process for three projects, the renovation of public spaces in the “Las Margaritas” community, the renovation of public spaces in the “El Esfuerzo” community, and the construction of a playground in the “Villa Lobos I” community, began this quarter, and is expected to be finalized in the upcoming quarter.

Mixco: ● The design and planning process for two community centers in Zones 4 and 6 began this quarter, and is expected to be finalized in the upcoming quarter.

Outdoor Gyms and Playground Equipment: ● The project completed delivery of 22 outdoor gym kits containing 12 exercise machines each and 20 packages of playground equipment containing two piece of equipment each. The equipment was distributed across the six project municipalities and was delivered to municipal warehouses. As part of their commitment to the project, each municipality has assumed responsibility for the costs of installing the gym and playground equipment.

Short-term partner civic projects

Fundación Jorge Toruño: The “With a firm step, I assure my future” project continued to implement activities with middle school and high school students in Fe y Alegría’s School #9 in 24

zone 7 of Guatemala City. This project focuses on preventing violence and helping young people prepare themselves for employment through the following strategies: “knowledge transfer” and academic support, improving emotional and mental health, social activities, and pre-employment scholarships. During this quarter a total of 371 students enrolled in the project; 356 participated in the reading comprehension lessons as part of the knowledge transfer strategy; 339 students participated in the “Positive self-awareness” social activities; and 334 students participated in the “Emotional self-awareness” workshops and 295 students participated in the “Physical self- awareness” activities that form part of the emotional and mental health strategy

Center for Research, Training and Support for Woman (CICAM): During this quarter, CONVIVIMOS partner CICAM continued to implement the “Youth and Leadership for Transformation” project in the Municipalities of Guatemala City, San Miguel Petapa, and Villa Canales. This project focuses on promoting youth activism to create positive changes that reduce young people's’ risk factors for school-based violence, relationship violence, and drug and alcohol abuse. During this quarter the project carried out violence prevention and leadership workshops including: “Building Leadership Skills” (268 participants) “School-based violence prevention” (280 participants), “Relationship violence” (241 participants), “Pregnancy prevention” (191 participants), and “Preventing drug and alcohol abuse” (246 participants). As part of the “Innovative Solutions” component of the project, participants developed a total of 219 proposals for educational violence prevention activities that innovated on the traditional classroom learning model. Finally, a total of 517 students participated in five inter-school sports championships held in Villa Canales and San Miguel Petapa.

Mesa de la Niña: During this quarter, the Mesa de la Niña carried out 8 presentations of the #NoOneDecidesForMe (#NadieDecidePorMi) campaign. During these meetings, the communications materials for the campaign were distributed. The focus of the campaign is on raising awareness about Decree 13-2017, which raises the minimum age for marriage in Guatemala to 18.

Vice-Ministry for Violence and Crime Prevention: During the previous quarter, CONVIVIMOS continued supporting consultancies for the following activities carried out by the office of the Vice-Minister for Violence and Crime Prevention: ● “Liga Jóven por la Concordia” (Youth League for Concordance): This consultancy focuses on creating a methodology which focuses on organizing at-risk youth and increasing their participation through a multidisciplinary approach that builds individual capacities for violence prevention. This consultancy concluded in March and the consultant delivered a completed methodology to the Vice Minister’s office. ● “Ruta Jóven 2032” (Youth Roadmap 2032): This consultancy focused on developing a methodology for department-level strategy for creating community spaces that can deliver differentiated prevention activities for adolescents and youth from 14 to 29 years of age. The methodology focuses on addressing three focus areas: Integrated development that generates life skills; Youth wellbeing including health, recreation, and sports; Community and Family Coexistence which focuses on strengthening the values of respect and solidarity. This consultancy concluded in March, providing a completed methodology to the Vice Minister’s office.

● “Mi Comunidad Participa, Convive y Previene” (My community coexists, prevents, and participates): This consultancy focused on analyzing a variety of different types of data including crime data and data about socioeconomic conditions to identify priority communities for violence prevention interventions and to develop tailored approaches that prevent violence for children, adolescents, youth, and women. This consultancy concluded in March, providing a completed methodology to the Vice Minister’s office. ● “Orquestando la Paz” (Orchestrating Peace): During this quarter, CONVIVIMOS selected the consultant who will support this cultural project focused on utilizing music and art as mechanisms for promoting positive youth development as a strategy for preventing violence in children and adolescents. This project is derived directly from the Government of Guatemala’s National Violence Prevention Strategy.

Result 1.4 (Governance of the Security Sector) – Reduction of citizen insecurity in treatment communities. Advancing the ToC: The use of data mapping contributes to improved resource governance and security by enabling community representatives and local government to allocate resources appropriately to hotspot areas.

Maps developed under Result 1.1 with CCPCs have been used to support the planning of the infrastructure projects supported under Result 1.3. Each community plan includes a map developed by community members that identifies specific needs related to violence reduction in their neighborhoods. These maps were then used by the Mercy Corps Infrastructure Technical team in their planning process and as supporting documentation for the selected projects. The maps have been particularly useful in identifying lighting projects in areas prone to crime and violence. Since all CONVIVIMOS infrastructure projects are currently in the design, procurement, or construction phase, the project is not currently undertaking any new mapping activities, however, the previous maps continue to serve as a valuable resource.

Result 1.5 (Governance of the Security Sector) – Increased provision of prevention programming/services in treatment communities. Advancing the ToC: Increased provision of prevention services contributes to accessible and responsive services and enhances human capital, leading to community resilience in the form of increased resident inclusiveness and social cohesion.

Violence Prevention Fairs: During this quarter, CONVIVIMOS partner FUNDAESPRO held three community violence prevention fairs. During the violence prevention fairs, various organizations, both governmental and non-governmental, that provide services related to violence prevention such as legal support and counseling for victims set up stands and share information to raise awareness about the services that they offer.

Table 18: Numbers of Fairs of prevention of violence

Municipality Total

Guatemala 1 Villa Canales 1 Villa Nueva 1

Total 3

Table 19: Estimated number of participants participating in the Prevention Fairs, disaggregated by sex and municipality

Municipality Women Men Total

Guatemala 87 6 93 Villa Canales 39 43 82 Villa Nueva 85 65 150

Total 211 114 325

Mercy Corps Consultancies:

Elaboration of a “Manual for Building Social Skills in Youth”: This consultancy was created to develop a training manual for building the social skills of young people (self-esteem, tolerance, assertive communication, and teamwork). When finished, the guide will serve as a tool for municipal officials and other local organizations that are looking for activities to improve these social skills. This quarter, a draft of the guide was reviewed and validated by the Municipal Youth Commission in San Miguel Petapa.

Result 1.6 (Basic Education and Governance of the Security Sector) – Strengthen the role of primary schools in primary prevention. Advancing the ToC: Strengthening primary schools increases human capital, laying the foundation for greater public participation and social cohesion.

Happy Circles: This quarter, CONVIVIMOS partner Fe y Alegría continued to implement the “Happy Circles” methodology to provide tutoring to students who required additional academic support. By providing this tutoring service, Happy Circles helps to improve student’s academic performance, motivating students to continue with their studies and decreasing the likelihood of dropping out of school.

Table 20: Total of schools and students participating in (Círculos Felices) Happy Circles disaggregated by age, sex and municipality.

<10 10-14 15-19 Undefined Number of Total Total Municipality school F M F M F M F M F M Total Amatitlán 2 10 9 -- 2 -- -- 6 12 16 23 39 Guatemala 5 14 23 1 4 -- -- 5 13 20 40 60 Mixco 5 38 47 1 3 -- -- 15 26 54 76 130 Villa Canales 2 12 33 1 1 -- -- 2 5 15 39 54 Villa Nueva 5 18 30 1 2 -- 1 3 11 22 44 66

Total 19 92 142 4 12 -- 1 31 67 127 222 349

PLENITUD teaching methodology: During this quarter, Fe y Alegría continued to train primary school teachers in project communities on the “PLENITUD” teaching methodology. This methodology emphasizes teaching styles that encourage students to take ownership of their own academic performance, and that fosters emotional intelligence as well as cognitive development. The trainings offered this quarter covered the fundamentals of the PLENITUD methodology as well as the different phases of the methodology and the “expanded period” planning strategy, which helps teachers ensure that they are incorporating emotional intelligence into their lesson planning process.

Table 21: Total teachers participating in the workshops of PLENITUD Methodology, disaggregated by sex, age range and municipality.

20-24 25-34 35-49 50-99 Undefined Total Total Municipality F M F M F M F M F M F M Total Amatitlán 1 -- 13 2 16 5 3 1 -- -- 33 8 41 Mixco 1 -- 4 3 16 -- 12 1 -- -- 33 4 37 Villa Canales 3 2 20 5 17 6 10 5 -- -- 50 18 68 Villa Nueva -- -- 6 -- 8 5 5 5 1 -- 20 10 30 Total 5 2 43 10 57 16 30 12 1 -- 136 40 176

Teacher workshops on “Leer en un clic”: With the start of the new school year, CONVIVIMOS partner Fe y Alegría continued to provide trainings to teachers on the “Leer en un clic” early grade reading and writing methodology. This innovative methodology combines traditional, phonetic, syllabic and global early grade reading techniques to allow students to learn through a process natural to them. This quarter Fe y Alegría’s trainings focused on providing an overview of the methodology and training teachers on how to use the classroom materials.

Table 22: Total teachers participating in the workshops ¨Read in one click¨, disaggregated by sex, age and municipality.

20-24 25-34 35-49 50-99 Undefined Total Total Municipality F M F M F M F M F M F M Total Amatitlán -- -- 6 2 5 -- 3 ------14 2 16 Guatemala -- -- 1 -- 4 2 5 1 -- -- 10 3 13 Mixco -- -- 5 -- 6 1 1 -- 1 -- 13 1 14 Villa Canales 1 -- 8 -- 5 -- 3 ------17 0 17 Villa Nueva 1 -- 9 1 15 1 1 ------26 2 28 Total 2 -- 29 3 35 4 13 1 1 -- 80 8 88

Workshops for “School for Parents” leaders: This quarter, Fe y Alegría trained the teachers who will lead the “School for Parents” sessions during this school year. School for Parents is a methodology for sharing information about parenting techniques and best practices while also providing parents the opportunity to learn from fellow parents. The focus of these schools is to engage parents as partners in reducing risk factors for violence within the household. This quarter, the trainings focused on the topics of “What is educating with love?” and “Why is it important for parents to be involved in school activities?”.

Table 23: Total of teachers participating in workshops for School for Parents, disaggregated by sex, age range and municipality.

20-24 25-34 35-49 50-99 Undefined Total Total Municipality F M F M F M F M F M F M Total Amatitlán -- -- 14 2 16 5 3 1 -- -- 33 8 41 Guatemala -- -- 5 1 8 2 7 1 -- -- 20 4 24 Mixco 1 -- 4 4 19 -- 13 1 -- -- 37 5 42 Villa Canales 1 -- 6 1 8 2 ------15 3 18 Villa Nueva -- -- 5 -- 12 4 4 7 -- -- 21 11 32 Total 2 -- 34 8 63 13 27 10 -- -- 126 31 157

School governments: During this quarter, CONVIVIMOS partner Fe y Alegría carried out elections for its school governments for the upcoming school year. These school governments serve to promote a sense of activism and civic participation in the student population, as well as serve as a platform for students to carry out violence prevention projects in their schools. The process of establishing the school governments included a series of trainings on the different roles in the election process, the creation of candidate “tickets”, the creation of a School Electoral 29

Tribunal (reflecting the Government of Guatemala’s Electoral Tribunal) and carrying out a voting process managed by the local student electoral boards. Fe y Alegría also held trainings for the teachers at the participating schools to ensure that they were clear about the limits of their role in the election process.

Table 25: Total of School Governments conformed by municipality.

Municipality Total

Amatitlán 4 Guatemala 6 Mixco 10 Villa Canales 5 Villa Nueva 9

Total 34

Table 26: Total of students participating in School Governments, disaggregated by sex, age range and municipality.

< 10 10-14 15-19 Undefined Total F Total M F M F M F M F M Municipality Total Amatitlán 1 2 10 5 2 2 2 2 15 11 26

Guatemala 1 2 16 14 3 3 -- -- 21 18 39

Mixco -- -- 25 17 5 8 11 4 41 29 70

Villa Canales -- 1 10 9 6 5 1 2 18 16 34

Villa Nueva 1 2 22 16 5 8 4 2 33 27 60

Total 3 7 83 61 21 26 18 10 128 101 229

Enrollment in IGER distance-learning program: This quarter, CONVIVIMOS continued to partner with the “Instituto Guatemalteco de Educación Radiofónica” (IGER) through FUNDAESPRO in order to allow local residents to enroll in distance-learning alternatives that provide both elementary and high school curriculums offered through radio or digital instruction formats, both certified by the Ministry of Education. The objective of this partnership is to allow adults who were unable to complete their schooling the opportunity to continue their personal development, as well as to improve their potential employment opportunities. 30

Table 27: Total students enrolled in distance education programs, IGER, disaggregated by sex, age range and municipality

15-19 20-24 25-34 35-49 50-99 Total F M F M F M F M F M Total Municipality F M Total Amatitlán 11 12 5 2 3 2 3 1 4 -- 26 17 43

Guatemala 2 1 4 1 6 ------12 2 14

Mixco 6 13 -- 2 4 3 -- 1 -- -- 10 19 29

Villa Nueva 1 1 2 2 5 -- 1 1 1 -- 10 4 14

Total 20 27 11 7 18 5 4 3 5 -- 58 42 100

Short-term partner interventions

Paiz Foundation - Educaguate: Through short-term partners Fundación Paiz and Educaguate, CONVIVIMOS is implementing the “Through my Schoolwork, I Play and Learn” project, which focuses on providing academic support to improve students’ abilities in math, language arts, and technology, as well as improving the students’ organizational skills. During this quarter the project, which is implemented in Fe y Alegría’s School #14, completed its assessment of students’ perceptions about school work, and then began offering academic support services, with a total of 491 students receiving support for math, 510 students receiving support for language arts, 535 students participating in the technology activities, and 394 students taking advantage of the organizational skills support sessions.

Objective 2: Strengthen and mobilize municipal and national stakeholders and resources to develop and implement municipal level prevention plans through a multi-stakeholder, inter- institutional process.

CONVIVIMOS supports MINGOB’s focus on prevention through the Vice-Ministry for Violence and Crime Prevention. CONVIVIMOS works with the Unit for Community Violence Prevention (Unidad para la Prevención Comunitaria de Violencia, UPCV), which is the implementing unit of the Vice-Ministry, and the PNC as key project counterparts. The Vice- Ministry’s and the PNC’s national-level initiatives have a direct impact on the six municipalities supported through CONVIVIMOS, particularly since those municipalities have some of the highest levels of crime and violence in the country. As such, Mercy Corps has supported the Vice-Ministry through in-kind support (described below).

Central Government Strengthening Plan: CONVIVIMOS continues to support the second 31

Central Government Strengthening Plan agreed upon by CONVIVIMOS and MINGOB in Year 3. This plan is composed of priority violence prevention projects identified by MINGOB for CONVIVIMOS support. A consolidated list of projects implemented through this plan during Year 4 will be presented with the FY19 annual report.

Result 2.1 (Governance of the Security Sector) – Establishment of inter-institutional crime and violence prevention commissions to manage prevention resources strategically in target municipalities. Advancing the ToC: Strengthening municipal crime and violence prevention commissions contributes to effective local institutions and stronger resource governance, which leads to community resilience in the form of greater political legitimacy.

During this quarter, CONVIVIMOS consortium member IEPADES continued to support the Municipal Violence Prevention Commissions (COMUPRE) in Amatitlán and Villa Nueva to develop their 2019 annual work plans. CONVIVIMOS also supported the restructuring of the COMUPRE in San Miguel Petapa, and also completed the creation of the manual for the certificate course on “Public Policy for Violence Prevention”.

Certificate Course in “Public Policy for Violence Prevention: During this quarter IEPADES began a certificate course for COMUPRE members from the five municipalities that have COMUPREs (Guatemala City, because of its unique organizational structure, does not have a COMUPRE). The course focuses on providing COMUPRE members with the basic skills and tools necessary to undertake a systematic approach to preventing violence. This quarter IEPADES implemented the first module of the course “Prevention as a strategy for addressing crime and violence”.

Table 28: Total of participants enrolled in the diploma "Public Policies for the Prevention of Violence" disaggregated by sex and age range.

20-24 25-34 35-49 50-99 Undefined Total Total F M F M F M F M F M Municipality F M Total Guatemala -- 1 2 1 3 4 1 1 7 9 13 16 29

Total -- 1 2 1 3 4 1 1 7 9 13 16 29

Table 29: Total of participants who attended the first module of "Prevention as a strategy to confront violence and crime" disaggregated by municipality, sex and age.

20-24 25-34 35-49 50-99 Undefined Total Total F M F M F M F M F M Municipality F M Total Guatemala -- 1 2 1 2 3 1 -- 7 8 12 13 25

Total -- 1 2 1 2 3 1 -- 7 8 12 13 25

Table 30: Total of participants who attended the training for strengthening, disaggregated by sex, age range and municipality.

20-24 25-34 35-49 50-99 Undefined Total F M F M F M F M F M Total Municipality F M Total Villa -- 4 1 3 5 4 2 2 -- 2 8 15 23 Canales Total -- 4 1 3 5 4 2 2 -- 2 8 15 23

Result 2.2 (Governance of the Security Sector) – Development and implementation of municipal crime and violence prevention strategies and plans. Advancing the ToC: The development and implementation of the COMUPRE plans contributes to accessible and responsive services and effective local institutions, which leads to community resilience in the form of political legitimacy.

Supporting the implementation of COMUPRE annual work plans: During this quarter, CONVIVIMOS partner IEPADES held 22 coordination meetings to review the implementation of the COMUPREs annual work plans. The purpose of these meetings is to support the COMUPREs to utilize their budgets to achieve the objectives set out in the municipalities’ various crime and violence prevention policies.

Scaling up the dissemination of the “Scary Frights” and “Charged Emotions” educational games: One of the key activities that has grown out of the COMUPRE work plans has been the development of two educational games focused on building capacities for violence prevention, “Scary Frights” and “Charged Emotions”. To support the implementation of this work plan activity, IEPADES has been hosting workshops for “gamers” from different organizations who learn how to play the games and then incorporate the games into their community activities. During this quarter, representatives from a total of 15 different organizations participated in the “gamers” workshops.

Table 31: Number of organizations that participated in “Scary Frights” and “Charged Emotions” game workshops

Organización Amatitlán Guatemala Mixco Villa Canales Villa Nueva FUNDAESPRO X X X X X Dirección Municipal de Cultura y X Deportes Dirección Municipal Organización X Comunitaria Dirección Municipal de la Mujer X Polícia Municipal de Tránsito X Cruz Roja Guatemalteca X Programa de Juventud de UPCV X MOPSIC y Agentes Operativos X Subdirección Prevención PNC X Proyecto Policía Comunitaria X Numbers- Educaguate X TOTAL 15 1 7 1 5 1

Promoting municipal policies to reduce crime and violence:

Mixco: In February, the proposed Comprehensive Municipal Policy for Women’s Development and Advancement was unanimously approved by the COMUDE, and is awaiting approval by the Municipal Council. Additionally, a Municipal Youth Policy is also currently being elaborated by the youth subcommission of the local COMUPRE.

San Miguel Petapa: In January, the Municipal Council in San Miguel Petapa approved the Youth Policy. The proposed Comprehensive Municipal Policy for Women’s Development and Advancement has validated by community leaders and municipal authorities and is awaiting approval from the Municipal Council. Additionally, the municipality’s Violence and Crime Prevention Policy has been approved by the COMUPRE and is also awaiting approval by the Municipal Council. Finally, in February the municipality began the design of its assessment of the vulnerability factors for children and adolescents which will be used as a baseline for developing the city’s Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Protection Policy.

Guatemala City: In Guatemala City, the Municipal Youth Policy has been presented to Municipal Council for its approval. Additionally, the Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Protection Municipal Policy is under review by municipal authorities.

Amatitlán: In Amatitlán, both the Youth Policy and Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Protection Policy are still awaiting review. In addition, the proposed Comprehensive Municipal Policy for Women’s Development and Advancement has been presented to the mayor and is awaiting review by the Municipal Council.

Villa Canales: In Villa Canales, the proposed Comprehensive Municipal Policy for Women’s Development and Advancement is currently under review by the municipalities legal counsel and then will be submitted to the Municipal Council. CONVIVIMOS is also supporting the municipality to undertake the assessment of the vulnerability factors for children and adolescents 34

to use as a baseline for developing the city’s Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Protection Policy.

Short-term partners, consultants and technical assistance to develop and implement violence prevention systems and policies

Mercy Corps Consultancies:

Formulating Municipal Child and Adolescent Protection Systems In March, CONVIVIMOS initiated a consultancy to support the implementation of the Municipal Protection System in Villa Canales. In this quarter, the consultant held preliminary meetings with the Office of Legal Services, where the Municipal Protection office will be housed, and also implemented two workshops with the organizations that support children and adolescents rights in the municipality, including the COMUPRE, COCOPREs, and various health centers.

Formulating Municipal Policies for Integrated Protection for Children and Adolescents In March, CONVIVIMOS initiated a consultancy to elaborate policies for three municipalities (Villa Canales, San Miguel Petapa, and Guatemala City). In this quarter, the consultant has been carrying out interviews with key municipal stakeholders to help determine the needs and capacities of the municipality.

Formulating Municipal Policies for the Promotion and Integrated Development of Women During this quarter, CONVIVIMOS consultants presented the National Policy for the Promotion and Integrated Development of Women to the Municipal Development Council (COMUDE) in the municipalities of Mixco and San Miguel Petapa. The COMUDEs in those two municipalities have then used that policy as the basis for creating the annual work plans for the women’s commission of the COMUDE, with an emphasis on activities that prevent violence against women.

In Villa Canales, the women’s commission has already begun to implement activities from its annual work plan, having organized an awareness campaign with different municipal authorities as part of the municipality’s commemoration of international women’s day.

Technical Assistance for the Elaboration of Integrated Violence Prevention Plans in San Miguel Petapa

In this quarter, CONVIVIMOS completed its technical assistance to San Miguel Petapa’s efforts to develop violence prevention plans. The communities that created plans with technical assistance from CONVIVIMOS were: Playa de Oro, Santa Inés, Callejón Galiz, Aguilar Hernández, El Cerro, Villa Hermosa Sectors 10 and 11, Santa Teresita Sector 4, Las Margaritas, Prados de Villa Hermosa Sector 4 and Villa Hermosa Sector 7 and 9.

Short-term partner interventions: 35

Foundation for the Network of Survivors of Domestic Violence, (Fundación Sobrevivientes): As part of the project “Creation of a municipal protection system in San Miguel Petapa and follow up to systems in Guatemala City and Mixco”, CONVIVIMOS partner Fundación Sobrevivientes presented the findings of its research study “Assessment of vulnerability factors for children and adolescents” to the municipal authorities responsible for the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents in San Miguel Petapa. Fundación Sobrevivientes also carried out a series of three workshops with a total of 20 participants: Integrated Child and Adolescent Protection Systems (11 participants), Functions of the Municipal Offices/Systems for Child and Adolescent Protection (11 participants), and Capacity Building for the Protection Mechanisms for Child and Adolescent Protection and Referral Networks (13 participants).

Table 32: Participants in capacity-building workshops on Protection Systems for Children and Adolescents (disaggregated by municipality and sex)

Municipality Women Men Other Total San Miguel Petapa 13 6 1 20

Total 13 6 1 20

Result 2.3 (Governance of the Security Sector) – Promote inclusive urban planning processes. Advancing the ToC: Consultative and inclusive planning processes contribute to collective action and effective local institutions, leading to community resilience in the form of social cohesion and public participation.

As described in Result 1.3, Mercy Corps implements infrastructure projects validated by both the community and municipality. Many of these infrastructure projects take into consideration Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles (natural surveillance, natural access control, territorial reinforcement, maintenance and management)1. CPTED principles help ensure that the infrastructure projects support the reduction of incidences of violence, as well as perceptions and fear of crime and violence in target communities and municipalities. All infrastructure, municipal, and community projects are identified through an inclusive, participatory process that takes into consideration the needs and interests of diverse groups.

Result 2.4 (Governance of the Security Sector) – Promote and strengthen community-based policing. Advancing the ToC: Effective community-based policing contributes to collective action and security, which strengthens social cohesion, public participation, and resident inclusiveness.

1 Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) is a multi-disciplinary approach to deterring criminal behavior through environmental design. CPTED strategies rely upon the ability to influence offender decisions that precede criminal acts. https://www.portlandoregon.gov/oni/article/320548 36

Mercy Corps community-based policing initiatives: As noted in the previous quarterly report, Mercy Corps has scaled back its community-based policing initiatives after experiencing significant coordination challenges with government counterparts. After delaying activities and investing significant time and resources in attempts to resolve these challenges, the project identified that the resources for these activities would be better utilized for other initiatives, rather than risking further delays in project implementation. The project has met all targets related to community policing, and therefore at this time does not contemplate any additional activities to promote community-based policing initiatives.

Result 2.5 (Governance of the Security Sector) – Establishment and functioning of municipal crime and violence data collection systems. Advancing the ToC: Stronger data collection systems contribute to improved resource governance and security by enabling community representatives and local government to allocate resources appropriately to hotspot areas.

Mercy Corps’ crime analysis initiatives: This quarter CONVIVIMOS has continued to coordinate with the Vice Minister for Violence and Crime Prevention’s office to establish common ground between the municipal level crime analysis units (unidades de analisis criminal UACs) and the department-level observatories. Through these coordination efforts, CONVIVIMOS and the Vice Minister’s office have come to an agreement that the UACs will use the standard indicators and definitions identified by the UNODC, and the community investigators will collect data using the same form reporting form as the observatories. CONVIVIMOS also coordinated with the regional Infosegura project to ensure that UAC members are included in the training that Infosegura is providing on UNODC indicators in April. Finally, during this quarter, the TSU team created terms of reference for a consultancy to build the capacity of the UAC, which will be awarded in the upcoming quarter.

Objective 3: Support secondary prevention projects in close coordination with municipal authorities.

Result 3.1 (Governance of the Security Sector) – Strengthened secondary prevention service providers in target communities. Advancing the ToC: Stronger secondary prevention services contribute to accessible and responsive services, which result in increased community resilience in the form of social cohesion and resident inclusiveness.

Short-term partner interventions

Center for Research, Training and Support for Women (CICAM): During this quarter, CICAM began implementing the “Psychosocial care in Guatemala City, Villa Nueva, Amatitlán, San Miguel Petapa, Villa Canales y Mixco” project. This project provides psychosocial care and legal support to vulnerable populations and victims of violence in the project’s areas of intervention. During this quarter, CICAM held 13 meetings with key local stakeholders, including local government officials, justice sector actors, and CONVIVIMOS partners to generate buy-in for the project and to identify locations where CICAM can provide services. As a result of these meetings, CICAM was able set up two offices to begin delivering services, one in the Municipal 37

Women’s Department, and the other in the Municipal Department of Social Works in the municipality of Amatitlán. Through these activities, CICAM was able to provide services to 82 individuals (54 females and 28 males) this quarter.

10-14 15-19 25-34 35-49 50-99 Total Total F M F M F M F M F M Municipality F M Total Guatemala 1 2 2 1 2 8 2 15 3 18

Mixco 27 21 5 4 2 2 2 38 25 63

San Miguel 1 1 1 Petapa Total 28 23 7 5 5 -- 10 -- 4 -- 54 28 82

Result 3.2 (Governance of the Security Sector) – Increased participation in cultural, community, educational, employment, and sports activities by targeted at-risk youth. Advancing the ToC: Participation in public activities by targeted at-risk youth, including economic opportunities, strengthens their human capital, leading to greater social cohesion and resident inclusiveness.

During the first two years of the project, CONVIVIMOS explored the possibility of implementing the City of Los Angeles Youth Service Eligibility Tool (YSET) model, but decided that the tool was not the right fit for the project because of pushback from community leaders and other key stakeholders. Other regional approaches were also considered, including an adaptation and field roll-out in Year 2 of the Pan American Health Organization methodology, which was considered to be too focused on health and sexual violence incidents for the needs of this project. In its place, the Mercy Corps Technical Support Unit ultimately decided to adapt and customize a tool used by the Peruvian Ministry of Education. The tool takes into account conditions and situations of psychological risk that affect youth at the individual, household, school and community levels and is designed as an “initial screen” that can be applied broadly in a community and will allow CONVIVIMOS to significantly extend the reach of the project’s efforts to identify at-risk youth.

During this quarter, the Mercy Corps Technical Support Unit designed a user guide, data protection protocol, and results format in anticipation of scaling up the tool in the upcoming quarter. Additionally, during the upcoming quarter Mercy Corps anticipates awarding a consultancy to scale up the tool and to support local organizations who are working to identify at-risk youth.

Also during this quarter, CONVIVIMOS partner CICAM began the process of screening youth participants in both their youth leadership and psychosocial attention projects to identify their level of risk. This at-risk identification tool was designed by CICAM and was validated by Mercy Corps’ TSU team. While the initial application of the risk identification tool has occurred, the number of youth identified will be reported in the upcoming quarter. 38

Result 3.3 (Governance of the Security Sector) – Reduction of citizen insecurity in treatment communities. Advancing the ToC: Implementation of projects by young women and men contributes to security and social capital, resulting in greater social cohesion.

Under this result, CONVIVIMOS partner IDEO.org worked closely with the CONVIVIMOS consortium to explore how to inspire at-risk youth to become agents of change in both their schools and communities. IDEO’s sub award concluded in Year 3 of project implementation, as such there are no new activities to report this quarter.

Objective 4: Promote and integrate evidence-based policy making among prevention actors

Result 4.1 (Governance of the Security Sector) – Promote evidence-based crime and violence prevention policy-making processes by supporting local research on citizen security issues and violence prevention models. Advancing the ToC: Evidence-based policy-making contributes to the effectiveness of local institutions, resulting in greater political legitimacy.

Table 33: APS research topics and organizations active in FY19Q2

Partner Topic Status FLACSO has finalized the training of the youth teams and has also finished the process of mapping the “Youth in Guatemala City: neighborhoods in the 39 census areas to FLACSO Employment, Participation and be covered by the study. Updating Perceptions of Citizen Security” these neighborhood maps has allowed the researchers to define the parameters of the universe of 6,747 households for the study.

Table 34: Partner research topics and organizations active in FY19Q2

Partner Topic Status

FLACSO sent a revised proposal to Workplace Violence against Mercy Corps which is currently under FLACSO LGBTI populations in Guatemala review by the Mercy Corps technical City. team.

Mental Health Assessment of in- FLACSO sent the research proposal to FLACSO school children and youth, and the Internal Review Board for the

effects of the “schools for Ministry of Health. The IRB requested parents” modifications to the design. The data collection stage has been completed with 130 surveys having Labor Market Study in San FLACSO been completed. A draft of the study Miguel Petapa will be completed in the upcoming quarter.

Table 35: Progress on upcoming CONVIVIMOS research

Topic Status The Influence of Open Air Gyms on Violence Prevention, Citizen CONVIVIMOS has identified an organization that can carry out the Security, and Wellbeing in research, however the final details of the research design are still being Communities in Guatemala and worked out prior to the award of the study. Villa Nueva. Study of the Community Project Due to the limited capacity of research organizations to carry out an for Psychological Care in experimental design on such a complex topic, this research has been Communities in Guatemala, Villa redesigned to provide a more qualitative review of the experience that Nueva, Amatitlán, San Miguel patients have while receiving these services. Petapa, Villa Canales and Mixco

Investigation of the development Mercy Corps has selected the consultant that will carry out the research of life skills in CONVIVIMOS and authorized the instruments and research design. school government participants Investigation of the skills development in children and Mercy Corps has selected the consultant that will carry out the research. youth through the “Scary In the upcoming quarter IEPADES and Mercy Corps with authorize the Frights” and “Charged instruments and research design, Emotions” educational games Ex-post evaluation of the perceptions of security in Mercy Corps has selected the organization that will carry out the CONVIVIMOS communities research. that received street lighting improvements

Result 4.2 (Governance of the Security Sector) – Build research capacity on citizen security issues among Guatemalan stakeholders. Advancing the ToC: Increased research capacity on citizen security issues strengthens effective local institutions and resource governance, resulting in greater political legitimacy.

1. Qualitative Research Methods 1: This course provides participants with both theory and practical knowledge for conducting qualitative research, with students being able to formulate a research design and utilize several qualitative research techniques by the end of the course.

2. Socio-Political Theory: This course covers the general sociological concepts necessary to understand the roles of power and violence in society.

Table 36: Organizations that received the courses on qualitative methods 1 (M1) and sociopolitical theory (M2).

Organizations M1 M2 CONVIVIMOS Partners FUNDAESPRO x x Mercy Corps x -- FLACSO x x Research Institutes Centro de Estudios del Desarrollo (CENDES) x x Instituto de Estudios Interétnicos (IDEI) x x Instituto de Estudios Comparados en Ciencias Penales de Guatemala x x (ICCPG) Instituto de Protección Social (IPS) x x Municipal Governments Guatemala City x x Mixco x x Central Government Organizations Attorney General’s Office x x Ministerio de Gobernación x x National Council on Adoptions x x Universities Universidad Rafael Landivar x x Otras Asociación Fomento Para el Desarrollo Integral x x Observatorio Contra el Acoso Callejero (OCACGT) x x Programa Valentina x x Fundación Oxlajuj N'oj x x Programa Educativo del Niño, Niña y adolescente Trabajador (PENNAT) x x International Committee of the Red Cross x x

Centro de Acogida de Niños Desaparecidos x x Total

Monitoring & Evaluation

In addition to its regular M&E activities, this quarter the CONVIVIMOS M&E team began collaborating with ASIES, a local evaluation firm selected by USAID to carry out an external evaluation of CONVIVIMOS.

Indicator Results

Please see Annex C for FY19Q2 indicator data.

Cross-cutting Indicators Indicator 1: Percent of women that report meaningful participation in program-related decision- making bodies at community level: This is an annual indicator and as such will be reported on in the FY2019 annual report.

Indicator 2: Number of people from target communities benefiting from community activities (ie cultural, educational, employment, sports, religious, etc): This quarter, 4,708 people (3,100 women and 1,608 men) from target communities benefited from community activities.

Indicator 3: Number of crime and violence prevention projects implemented through CONVIVIMOS: This is an annual indicator and as such will be reported on in the FY2019 annual report.

Indicator 4: Percentage of USG-funded NGO or other international organization projects that include activities or services designed to reduce specific risks or harm to vulnerable populations

Table 37: Percentage of projects that included activities designed to reduce harm

Target Actual % Achieved Status Type

100% 100% 100 Target met Non-cumulative

Indicator 5: Number of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) receiving USG assistance engaged in advocacy interventions: This is an annual indicator and as such will be reported on in the FY2019 annual report.

Indicator 6: Number of people reached by a USG funded intervention providing GBV services (e.g., health, legal, psycho-social counseling, shelters, hotlines, other): No results to report this quarter.

Objective 1

Indicator 1.1: Number of community prevention plans operationalized with USAID support: This is an annual indicator and as such will be reported on in the FY2019 annual report.

Indicator 1.2: Number of community prevention and coexistence plans presented by CCPC members to COCODEs/CUBS or COMUPREs: This is an annual indicator and as such will be reported on in the FY2019 annual report.

Indicator 1.6.1: Number of PTAs or similar school governance structures supported: This is an annual indicator and as such will be reported on in the FY2019 annual report.

Indicator 1.6.2: Number of learners enrolled in secondary schools or equivalent non-school based settings with USG support: This is an annual indicator and as such will be reported on in the FY2019 annual report.

Indicator 1.6.3: Proportion of students, who, by the end of two grades of primary schooling, demonstrate that they can read and understand the meaning of grade level text: This is an annual indicator and as such will be reported on in the FY2019 annual report.

Objective 2

Indicator 2.1: Number of municipalities with Municipal Crime Prevention Committees: This is an annual indicator and as such will be reported on in the FY2019 annual report.

Indicator 2.4: Number of national civil police agents who attend workshops on community policing methodologies: CONVIVIMOS will report the number of national civil police agents who attended workshops on community policing methodologies in the FY2019 annual report.

Objective 3

Indicator 3.1.1: Number of vulnerable people benefitting from USG-supported social services: During this quarter, CICAM began implementing the “Psychosocial care in Guatemala City, Villa Nueva, Amatitlán, San Miguel Petapa, Villa Canales y Mixco” project. This quarter, the project provided psychosocial care and/or legal support to 82 persons from vulnerable vulnerable populations including victims of violence

Indicator 3.1.2 Number of secondary prevention service providers strengthened by the project: This is an annual indicator and as such will be reported on in the FY2019 annual report.

Indicator 3.2: Number of at-risk youth identified using secondary prevention pilot tool: No results to report this quarter.

Objective 4

Indicator 4.1: Number of local organizations/universities/think tanks receiving support for research on citizen security issues and violence prevention models: This is an annual indicator and as such will be reported on in the FY2019 annual report.

Coordination, Communication, Compliance, and Future Activities

Collaboration with USAID Partners and Other USG Agencies

CONVIVIMOS promotes coordination and cooperation among the growing number of USAID violence and crime prevention implementing partners as well as with other USG agencies. In Amatitlán and Villa Nueva, the two municipalities where both CONVIVIMOS and USAID’s Urban Municipal Governance (UMG) project operate, the two organizations have developed a coordination plan to ensure that the projects are not duplicating efforts. CONVIVIMOS has also been supporting UMG to establish contacts with various municipal officials, including supporting their efforts to launch a “school for parents” intervention. CONVIVIMOS has also coordinated with USAID’s regional Infosegura project and the Vice Minister for Violence and Crime Prevention to improve the alignment between all three institutions’ crime analysis efforts. Additionally, in coordination with INL and the other USAID CARSI implementing partners, CONVIVIMOS has held several meetings with the INL team to better understand about the support that INL is providing to the development and implementation of the PNC’s information management system, RAP.

Social Communication

During this quarter, the Communications team focused its efforts on project visibility and producing communications materials

Project visibility

Event visibility The communications team continued to support partners with compliance with the project’s BSMP including reviewing and approving the design of banners, shirts, medals, and invitations. Additionally, during this quarter CONVIVIMOS created two “back panels” (2.3 mts. by 3.0 mts.) with the new CONVIVIMOS logo to increase project visibility at public events.

Social media visibility Facebook continues to be the project’s primary platform for engaging on social media. Through the end of March, the project’s social media platforms have reached the following audience: - 25,045 organic reach of posts - 49,980 user interactions with posts - 1,001 video plays

Communications Materials

Consortium partner communications plans:

During this quarter the communications team worked with consortium partners FUNDAESPRO and Fe y Alegría to create partner-specific communications plans. These plans highlight the different communications activities that the organization will carry out as well as the principal communications methods that they will use to disseminate their messages.

Video clips: This quarter, the communications team finalized four short video clips (each clip is 2 - 2 ½ minutes long) highlighting different project activities. The 4 videoclips completed this quarter include: 1. Infrastructure Unit: Public Street Lighting in Guatemala City 2. Implementation Unit: Principal results through Year 3 3. TSU: Municipal Youth Commissions in San Miguel Petapa 4. FUNDAESPRO: Violence Prevention Fair in Villa Canales

EMMP Compliance

Environmental Procedures: The Cooperative Agreement (CA), section A.11.9, is the basis for USAID environmental compliance on this project. It references the applicable codes and regulations. The referenced CA section includes “Guidelines for Implementing Partners on the USAID/LAC EMMP (Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plan),” which is on file for access within CONVIVIMOS and outlines the procedures in detail. An Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) for CONVIVIMOS has been approved for this CA, covering anticipated activities, including small-scale construction. The conclusion of the IEE was a Negative Determination with Conditions, meaning that the general scope of the program is not expected to have a significant impact on the environment. However, since details on specific activities were not fully defined at the time the CA was signed, additional review/approval is required to ensure that activities align with the IEE assumptions and that mitigation measures are planned for and implemented in a manner that complies with the regulations. As needed, CONVIVIMOS has also prepared specific EMMPs corresponding to the activities carried out in each of the project’s six target municipalities.

This quarter, CONVIVIMOS sent the EMMPs for the in-kind donations to the municipalities of Guatemala City and Mixco to USAID for approval. Additionally, CONVIVIMOS received approval for the EMMP for the in-kind donations provided to Amatitlán.

Activities Next Quarter

Objective 1: ● Continue holding CCPC meetings to present their methodology and objectives to representatives from public and private organizations in the areas of intervention; ● Carry out trainings with community leaders about the importance of civic participation in preventing violence. ● Review and implement school violence prevention plans. ● Continue to hold “School for Parents” when parents come to pick up their children’s grades. 45

● Continuing support to the women's savings groups; ● Support to the CCPCs in implementing and evaluating their community plans; ● Finalizing the planning and design process on all remaining infrastructure projects. ● Finalizing the Training of Trainers course for COCODE members ● Inter-community events; ● Organization of literacy groups for out-of-school young adults; ● Continue implementing happy circle activities for at-risk students; ● Provide training and technical support to school governments in the development of their projects; ● Continue implementing PLENITUD workshops;

Objective 2: ● Implement training activities with each of the five COMUPREs; ● Support the regular COMUDE and COMUPRE meetings; ● Graduation of the COMUPRE diploma course; ● Support the COMUPRE working groups in executing their annual plans; ● Support the Vice-Minister for Violence and Crime Prevention in implementing the National Strategy and Logical Model; ● Identify next steps for supporting crime analysis units

Objective 3: ● Mercy Corps will scale up the application of the at-risk youth identification tool and ensure that identified youth receive secondary attention; ● Mercy Corps plans to adjudicate additional awards to short-term partners to continue to implement secondary prevention projects.

Objective 4: ● Continue to review the CONVIVIMOS research approach and present an evidence generation strategy, which will include evaluation of ongoing and future interventions as well as higher level research; ● Publication of the “Faces of Violence” research; and ● Continued implementation of the post graduate certificate course on social research for violence prevention policy.

Annexes a. Basic Education Earmark Report b. CONVIVIMOS Short-term partners c. CONVIVIMOS M&E Indicator Data for FY19Q2 d. CONVIVIMOS Success Story - English e. CONVIVIMOS Success Story - Spanish