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Municipal Partnerships for Violence Prevention in Central America Quarterly Report XVIII January 2014 to March 2014 Prepared for the U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean Office of Regional and Sustainable Development International City/County Management Association (ICMA) Cooperative Agreement Award No. RLA-A-00-09-00050-00 Isabelle Bully-Omictin Tel (202) 489-2780 Program Director Municipal Partnerships for Violence Prevention Ms. Brennan Dorn Assistance Officer’s Technical Representative USAID/W/LAC/RSD/DHR USAID 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW RRB 5.09-075 Washington, DC 20523 (202) 712-5942 Subject: Cooperative Agreement Award No. LAG-A-00-98-00060-00 Municipal Partnerships for Violence Prevention in Central America Dear Ms. Dorn, In compliance with 22 CFR 226.51 (d), Monitoring and reporting program performance, ICMA is pleased to submit the following report for the subject cooperative agreement. • Quarterly Report XVIII – January – March 2014 If you have further questions about the technical content of these reports, please contact me directly. For administrative matters, please contact Lisa Lau at (202) 962-3650. For contractual matters, please contact Mr. Krishna Sob (202) 962-3504. Sincerely, Isabelle Bully-Omictin, ICMA 2 Regional Partnership For Decentralization and Local Governance In the Americas USAID Quarterly Report XVIII January through March 2014 Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Major Accomplishments/Progress Towards Results III. Challenges/Remedial Actions Taken IV. Proposed Activities and Expected Results for the Next Quarter Annex 1: Boletín AMUPREV – January-March 2014 Annex 2: Plan Estratégico Institucional – Santa Catarina Pinula 3 I. Introduction ICMA has designed a program that began on October 1, 2009 which focuses on two key objectives: (1) to promote comprehensive municipal-based violence prevention strategies and programs with key Central American stakeholders and foster development of regional peer knowledge networks; and (2) to provide training and technical assistance to local governments and community groups, in coordination with national police efforts and other municipal-based programs. ICMA has worked with key institutions in the region to promote the first objective and engage in outreach. We developed a Toolkit for municipalities to use to promote the creation of municipal-led mechanisms to provide leadership in bringing together key stakeholders to design and implement crime and violence prevention programs. We have facilitated the participation of experts in national, regional and international conferences and conducted workshops for municipal associations and municipal stakeholders. We have developed a website (www.amuprev.org) which showcases daily examples of municipalities throughout Latin America which are taking the initiative to develop programs that are building the foundation for crime prevention in their communities. Furthermore, we have documented via video the experiences of 8 municipalities in Central America which have demonstrated a commitment to crime prevention through the leadership of their elected officials, the dedication of their police forces and the collaboration of representatives from all sectors of civil society, as well as national government agencies. We have shared these videos through our website and at events and workshops throughout the Region. To accomplish Objective 2, ICMA has engaged in a series of municipal partnerships with cities in the US to share the model of community-oriented policing and governance with municipalities in El Salvador and Panama. Through these partnerships, police officers, municipal staff, community and private sector representatives from Santa Ana, California; Arlington, Texas and Pinellas County, Florida, have provided information, training and technical assistance to their counterparts to bring about a greater awareness of the need to prioritize and act upon violence and crime prevention programs in a coordinated and comprehensive fashion. The lessons learned and knowledge gained from the municipal partnerships have been shared with the broader network through the AMUPREV website. In September 2012, USAID issued a six-month extension to ICMA through March 29, 2013. Subsequently, USAID issued a no-cost extension to ICMA through April 30, 2013 and another cost extension through September 30, 2013. During the last year of the Program, ICMA continued to support both objectives. ICMA applied the tools and methodologies tested throughout the first Phase of this Cooperative Agreement to new municipalities in Guatemala and El Salvador; provided continuing support to the Municipal Crime and Violence Prevention Committees of Palencia and Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala; provided continued strategic support to Nahuizalco and Sonsonate, El Salvador; continued to share information and practices with its established network of violence prevention and other interested practitioners in the Region; developed a sustainability plan to maintain the network after project end; and facilitated the sharing of the Youth Services Eligibility Tool developed by the City of Los Angeles Gang Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD) Office with stakeholders in Guatemala and Honduras. 4 In October 2013, USAID issued a two-year cost extension to ICMA to continue our work with supporting the creation and strengthening of Municipal Crime and Violence Prevention Committees in Guatemala and El Salvador. In addition, ICMA will strengthen the Municipal Association Network for Violence Prevention in Central America and the Dominican Republic (the “Red”) formed in August 2013 so that it becomes a sustainable network which carries on the work of AMUPREV in the Region. This report summarizes activities and major accomplishments carried out during the period of January to March 2014. II. Major Accomplishments/Progress towards Results A. Summary of trips in current Reporting Period: Jan to March 2014 Trip No. 66 – Jan 14 – 19, 2014 El Salvador – Carlos Loría-Chaves Purpose: Coordinate 2014 activities for AMUPREV regional and El Salvador activities Trip No. 67 – Jan 20-25, 2014 Guatemala – Carlos Loría-Chaves, Francisco Astacio, Karina Canto Purpose: Promote creation of MVPC in Ata Verapaz and participate in ANAM congress Trip No. 68 – Jan 28-31, 2014 Guatemala and Honduras – Carlos Loría-Chaves Purpose: Present AMUPREV to Parlacen, coordinate participation of AMHON in Red AMUPREV. Trip No. 69 – Feb 2 – 7, 2014 Brazil – Carlos Loría-Chaves Purpose: Coordinate with USAID Mission in Brazil to have a Citylinks program with selected municipalities in Central America under AMUPREV. Trip No. 70 – Feb 11 – 15, 2014 El Salvador – Carlos Purpose: Support the creation of a new MVPC, coordinate activities in Suchitoto with Creative, define communication campaign in Nahuizalco and present risk maps for Ayutuxtepeque. Trip No. 71 – Feb 17 – 22, 2014 Guatemala – Carlos Loría-Chaves Purpose: Activate new MVPC in Alta Verapaz, provide technical assistance to another MVPC in Guatemala and coordinate with Municipal Associations. Trip No. 72 – March 4 – 7, 2014 Dominican Republic – Carlos Loría-Chaves 5 Purpose: Sign MOU and coordinate actions with FEDOMU to implement Red AMUPREV. Present AMUPREV to USAID, IADB and World Bank Missions in DR Trip No. 73 – March 18 – 22, 2014 El Salvador – Carlos Loría-Chaves Purpose: Provide TA to MVPC in Cuscatlan Department, meet COMURES, SICA and Municipality of Nahuizalco Trip No. 74 – March 25 – 29, 2014 Guatemala – Carlos Loría-Chaves Purpose: Provide TA to MVPC in Mixco, Santa Catarina Pinula, Palencia, Coban, Tactic and SJ Chamelco, sign Memorandum of Understandings with ANAM and with AGAAI. B. Accomplishments by Objective Strategic Objective 1: Promote comprehensive municipal-based violence prevention strategies and programs with key Central American stakeholders and foster development of regional peer knowledge networks. Intermediate Result 1.1: Orientation and information provided to local government, law enforcement, and civil society representatives on municipal-based violence prevention. ➢ Integrate website and other ICT The AMUPREV web site (www.amuprev.org) continues to be updated daily with news (http://www.amuprev.org/noticias.php) and articles related to municipal-based violence prevention. Quarterly bulletins continue to be prepared, posted on the website and on Facebook, and sent by email to more than 2000 stakeholders in the Region. (See Annex 1 for copy of this Quarter’s Bulletin) The new Website was launched this Quarter. It includes a section on the Red AMUPREV, with information on each of the Municipal Associations which make up the Red. ➢ Below are the statistics of the AMUPREV site traffic during this Quarter. Visits per page increased from an average of 1819 visitors/month last Quarter to 2016 per month this Quarter. Facebook contacts increased from 1516 at the end of last Quarter to 1645 this Quarter. CONCEPTO SUBTOTAL ENERO FEBRERO MARZO Visitas 1,812 2,095 2,142 Páginas por visita 2.73 2.60 2.17 Tiempo por visita 2:37 2:27 2:12 Páginas visitadas 4,944 5,448 4,639 Noticias 60.15% 55.37% 56.02% 6 Página principal 10.15% 9.32% 8.59% Experiencias 12.91% 15.65% 12.23% Municipales Varias 3.91% 11.17% 12.05% Index 3.31% 5.77% 7.47% Publicaciones 9.57% 2.72% 3.64% Origen de Centroamérica 60.43% 65.15% 62.51% Visitantes Estados Unidos 10.32% 10.74% 9.90% Otros (Latinoamérica) 21.68% 15.27% 17.88% Otros 7.57% 8.84% 9.71% Objetivo de Búsqueda general 63.24% 52.30% 56.95% búsqueda