Municipal Governance Program

QUARTERLY REPORT

October 1 – December 31, 2015

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACRONYMS 2 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3

II. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS 5

III. SIGNIFICANT CONSTRAINTS/LESSONS LEARNED

AND BEST PRACTICES 27

IV. PLANNED ACCOMPLISHMENTS 30 V. ANNEXES 34

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ACRONYMS

AMJOLU Young Women Figthers Association APRODER Association for Promotion and Rural Development ARC Appreciative Review of Capacity BICU Bluefields, Indian and Caribbean University CAPS Potable Water and Sanitation Committees CEIMM Center for Studies and Investigations on Multiethnic Woman CDM Municipal Development Committee CIG Interagency Gender Commission CoMAJ Municipal Committee of Adolescent and Youth CSO Civil Society Organization FADCANIC Foundation for Autonomy and Development of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua FECONORI Federation of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities FUMSAMI San Miguelitos’ Women Foundation IEEPP Strategic Studies and Public Policies Institute LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transexual MDS RACCS Sexual Diversity Movement Southern Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region MGP Municipal Governance Program MINED Ministry of Education NGO Non Governmental Organization OCD Organizational Capacity Development PGR General Budget of Republic PwD Person with Disabilities RACCS Southern Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region RACCN Northern Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region URACCAN University of the Autonomous Regions of the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast

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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The goal of the Municipal Governance Program (MGP) is to strengthen citizen participation and the capacity of civil society organizations to engage and influence key decision makers in order to improve local governance. Under this vision, citizen participation and civic advocacy efforts are tied to achieving short-term tangible improvements in the lives of target citizenry. This quarter MGP was fully involved in the municipal budget cycle, focusing its citizen participation component on the final budget oversight of the 2015 municipal budget, participation in municipal accountability forums, periodic social audits and municipal budget consultation processes as municipalities prepared their 2016 budgets. Additionally MGP continued to support awareness activities focused on individual’s civic rights and duties. Communities and partner organizations presented their plans, which were prepared with participation of their sectors, to the municipal councils for consideration.

Summarized accomplishments from the quarter include:

Citizen Participation

• 2015 Municipal Budget oversight: Due to the advocacy of MGP partner APRODER, the municipalities of Muelle de los Bueyes, Santo Domingo and San Pedro de Lóvago invested US$1,284,085, or 79% of the funds allocated for the 85 projects which APRODER presented for the 2015 municipal budgets • Municipal Accountability Forums: 198 (53% women) members of MGP- supported CSOs participated in the fourth 2015 municipal budget accountability forums in six municipalities as part of their municipal budget oversight and social auditing activities. Participants addressed issues such as the slow progress in gender equality projects. • Social Audits: MGP-supported organizations BICU/CoMAJ and FUMSAMI increased their civic right duties of participating in Social Audits this quarter. BICU assisted the local youth committees (CoMAJ) to analyze government activities in youth related activities and FUMSAMI on women´s rights and opportunities. • Municipal Council Sessions: o 67 (65% women)members of the Citizens’ Networks and CoMAJ attended special municipal council sessions to discuss issues in which they advocated. o 24 members of the Afro-Women’s Network (eight from each municipality) participated in municipal council sessions in Bluefields, Corn Island, and Laguna de Perlas to advocate for the rights of afro-descendent women and provide information about the afro-women’s political platform. • 2016 municipal budget consultation processes: o 3,500 citizens (51% women) from MGP supported CSOs from the municipalities in RACCS, Chontales, and Río San Juan, presented 296 project proposals to municipal governments during the 2016 municipal budget consultation processes. Of these, 137 projects (49%) were included in municipal budgets for a total of US$2,478,462.

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o The CAPS networks secured the approval of non-hazardous solid waste disposal policies in the Pueblo Nuevo, Laguna de Perlas municipality to help reduce water pollution. • Awareness Activities: o FUMSAMI, an MGP supported CSO, advocated for women’s rights on the International Day Against Gender Based Violence. o The Afro-Women’s Network presented their platform to university students from the URACCAN and BICU emphasizing the connections between afro- women’s rights and youth rights, encouraging the attendees to participate in government advocacy activities. o The Youth Roundtable held its eighth session to share the communications tools developed to local mayors to raise awareness about the “Voices and Realities of the South” study which demonstrates the lack of employment opportunities of migrating youth to Managua.

Fiscal Transparency

• MGP completed a study on the proposed 2016 national budget emphasizing issues of budget transparency and social spending. The results of the study were presented to national government representatives and legal advisors from the Independent Liberal Party (PLI) and the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS). • In order to raise public interest in the allocation of funds in the 2015 national budget, IEEPP presented relevant information to CSOs working in the areas of education and healthcare on budget allocations. • IEEPP supported various activities to promote the use of civic apps and infographics to raise awareness about social issues and promote the use of IT by young people with the goal of increasing access to information across the population. • MGP in partnership with NDI, IEEPP, and the Red de Desarrollo Local, publically launched a website providing the details of municipal budgets to 27 CSOs, government officials and the local press.

Climate Change

• Four communities have completed their community adaption plans and have identified priority actions that were presented to municipal councils for inclusion in 2016 municipal budgets • 21 professionals from public institutions and 25 neighborhood leaders completed a university sponsored training course to support climate change adaptation activities in the South Caribbean coast. • MGP partner blueEnergy trained communities in Bluefields and Laguna de Perlas on food security and efficient energy use and held workshops to encourage the use of local strategies to improve food security in the face of adverse climate impacts. • The RACCS region was represented at the COP21 in Paris by the MGP supported South Caribbean Climate Change Alliance. Partner organizations blueEnergy and Centro Humboldt presented the Central American platform.

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II. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Citizen Participation

2.1 Implementation of 2015 Municipal Budgets According to TRANSMUNI Data

At the close of 2015, of the 85 projects included in the 2015 municipal budgets as a result of advocacy by APRODER and the Muelle de los Bueyes, Santo Domingo and San Pedro de Lóvago Municipal Development Comittees (CDMs), financial execution for 70 projects (82%) has totaled US$1,284,085 according to TRANSMUNI data. This financial execution represents approximately 79% of the funds allocated across the 85 projects included in municipal budgets (approximately US$1,284,085 total).

Table #1: Implementation of 2015 Municipal Budgets Included in Municipal Budgets According to TRANSMUNI Data

2.2 Participation in Budget Accountability Forums and Municipal Council Sessions

Members of the Muelle de los Bueyes, Santo Domingo and San Pedro de Lóvago CDMs, Citizens’ Networks in San Miguelito and El Almendro, and Municipal Committee of Adolescents and Youth of Bluefields (CoMAJ) participated in the fourth 2015 municipal budget accountability forums as part of their municipal budget oversight and social auditing activities.

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Table #2: Participation in Budget Accountability Forums

The main concerns expressed by CDM, Citizens’ Network, and CoMAJ members include the following:

 In San Miguelito, participants inquired about a project to bring electricity into a community. The project was included in the 2015 municipal budget, but implementation had not begun as of December 31th , as the Municipal Government has alleged various delays.  In Muelle de los Bueyes, participants requested additions funds for repairs to a school in Presilla, the construction of a road in the Pedro Joaquín neighborhood in La Batea, and repairs to roads in the Rubén Darío neighborhood. Additionally, representatives of the livestock sector requested funds for a project to install a milk storage and cooling tank to sustain productivity.  In Santo Domingo, participants addressed the slow progress in gender equality projects that have seen less than 50% implementation. These projects aim to respond to strategic interests of women, such as a project to promote economic opportunities for women and youth in the municipality and another to ensure a social fund to help rural and urban women.

Additionally, the Santo Domingo and Muelle de los Bueyes CDMs held special sessions for both organizations’ board of directors to present a report on the implementation of 2015 municipal budgets as of September 15, 2015. Participation in Budget Accountability Forums is an exercise in budgetary implementation monitoring that has enabled partner organizations to understand the changes made to the budget upon approval and the reasons why governments make their decisions so they can better advocate for justficiations when they deem decisions arbitrary.

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Table #3: CDM Participation in Budget Accountability Forums

Finally, 67 female and youth (66% of whom were female) members of the Citizens’ Networks and CoMAJ attended special municipal council sessions, as demonstrated in the table below:

Table #4: CDM Participation in Municipal Council Sessions

2.3 Participation in 2015 Budget Consultation Processes

3,418 citizens (51% women) from nine municipalities in the RACCS, Chontales, and Río San Juan participated in 2016 municipal budget consultation processes, presenting 296 project proposals to municipal governments. Of these, 137 projects (49%) were included in

7 MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE PROGRAM AID 524 -10 - 00006 municipal budgets, receiving approximately CS$69,347,373 in funding (approximately US$2,478,462). These figures will be confirmed next quarter (January-March 2016) by partner organizations and their target groups through TRANSMUNI data. As a demonstration of their commitment, representatives from disabled people’s organizations used their own funds to attend budget consultation activities. The proposals included in 2016 budgets include local climate change adaptation plan activities that were well- received by the Bluefields municipal government, which is helping to oversee the planning process.

Table #5: Preliminary Results of Participation in 2016 Budget Consultation Processes

The following table categorizes the 130 projects included in 2016 municipal budgets by project type. Infrastructure and water and sanitation projects received the most funding, reflecting municipal responsibilities.

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Table #6: Preliminary Results of Participation in Budget Consultation Processes

Representatives of MGP partner organizations and their target groups participated in 43 advocacy initiatives related to the budget consultation processes, as demonstrated by the following table:

Table #7: Number of Activities by type of Budget Consultation Events

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2.4 Implementation of the Local Economic Development Policy in Muelle de los Bueyes

In November and December of 2015, the Muelle de los Bueyes CDM, supported by APRODER, advanced in the identification of local stakeholders that are interested in working on the local economic development project and in the definition of a strategy that will support organizations working in priority economic sectors. The following table shows the objectives and results of three work sessions that have been held:

Table #8: Local Economic Development Activities

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2.5 BICU and FUMSAMI Complete Social Audits

The following social audits were completed this quarter:

Table #9: Completed Social Audits

The results of the social auditing processes include the following: a. Members of CoMAJ in Bluefields identified the number of beneficiaries of scholarships: 138 beneficiaries of a full scholarship (food, accommodation and fees); 344 beneficiares of external grants (fees); and 103 beneficiaries of feed and food for a total of 585 scholarships. Of these 59% are women and 41% men. Most of beneficiaries are Mestizos, 42%, followed by Creoles (30%), Miskitu (18%), Ramas (5%), Ulwas (3%) and Garifunas (2%). In El Rama most of scholarships are to cover the costs of transporting students from remote communities. In both social audits, results were considered satisfactory. b. In Corn Island, members ofCoMAJ found that the amounts invested in sports provided by the Municipal Government agrees with the figures reflected in TRANSMUNI. According to interviews, the population is satisfied with the investment in sports infrastructure. c. In Pearl Lagoon, the audit found that while people recognized the importance of the park, they did not feel consulted about its construction. They also mentioned that the construction was not done according to plans drawn up, and the materials used were of poor quality, as the lights no longer work. d. Social audits by FUNSAMI found that despite the magnitude of the problem of violence against women, in their municipalities the various public institutions are not coordinated well enough to provide the necessary care.

11 MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE PROGRAM AID 524 -10 - 00006 e. Youth members of the CoMAJ took ownership of their social auditing activities, recognizing their utility for the identification of public resources for use in initiatives prioritized by youth groups, and for understanding public perception related to investment in projects. However, they also noted the difficulty of collecting and analyzing public information. Irregularities in the process of collecting public information has discouraged some of the members from participation. f. Members of CoMAJ identified that social audits of BICU-controlled funds (which are allocated by the national government under a policy that mandates that 6% of the budget be allocated to public universities) are good practices, as the implementation of the social audits allows the CoMAJ to lead by example and encourage greater use of social audits by the wider population. g. The social auditing committees (CAS, Spanish acronym), organized in each municipality by the El Almendro and San Miguelito Citizens’ Networks with FUMSAMI support, were designated by the Citizens’ Networks to lead initiatives to propose projects for inclusion in the 2016 municipal budgets to municipal councils and provide oversight of the projects that are included in the budgets.

2.6 FUMSAMI Advocates for Women’s Rights and the Commemoration of the International Day Against Gender Based Violence

During this quarter, FUMSAMI and the San Miguelito and El Almendro Citizens’ Networks implemented various activities to advocate for women’s rights, including:

• Three movie and discussion forums held in the Never Oporta community and two urban neighborhoods in San Miguelito and El Almendro titled “The Woman, Her Rights, and the Importance of Her Participation.” The forums encouraged reflection and discussion of the identification of priority issues affecting women and opportunities to advocate for women’s rights. • Movie and discussion forums were held in the urban centers of both municipalities to commemorate the Day Against Breast Cancer and focused on the importance of women’s self-care. The forums were advertised using the slogan, “A healthy life for my grandmother, mother, aunt, and sister.” • 40 female members of the Citizens’ Networks in both municipalities reflected on the results obtained through participation in municipal budget consultation activities and through advocacy activities for project proposals implemented by the Citizens’ Networks. • FUMSAMI held a forum titled, “Women’s Voices for Diversity, Inclusive and Equitable Development, and Non-Violence,” on November 25 in San Miguelito. Members of the Municipal Department for Gender Equality, the local prosecutor’s office, the APRODER team, and Global Communities attended the forum, where they were able to exchange experiences about projects to increase the participation of women in local development and advocacy activities to fight gender based violence.

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• On International Human Rights Day, the Citizens’ Networks held special sessions for the internal approval of municipal budget proposals. The sessions opened with the showing of a movie and a discussion of human rights, with an emphasis on women’s rights.

Finally, with the support of FUMSAMI and the Citizens’ Networks, the San Miguelito and El Almendro municipal governments have continued to provide funding for low-income women to travel monthly to Managua to receive screenings and treatment for uterine and breast cancer. A total of twelve trips benefitting 110 women have been funded, allowing for the early detection of uterine and breast cancer in several cases. Without these trips, many of these women would not have access to specialized health services.

2.7 University Students Introduced to the Afro-Women’s Network Platform

With the goal of strengthening advocacy activities by the Network of Afro-Descendent, Afro- Caribbean, and Diaspora Women, the organization made presentations for university students from the University of the Autonomous Regions of the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast (URACCAN) and Bluefields Indian and Caribbean University (BICU) about the Afro- descendent women’s political platform and provided copies of the platform to participants. 129 young people from both universities (104 women and 25 men) participated in the events and are now aware of how the women have organized themselves to advocate for their rights.

The Afro-Women’s Network emphasized the connections between Afro-women’s rights and youth rights, encouraging the attendees to participate in government advocacy activities to demand the implementation of public policies to benefit Afro-descendent women in the South Caribbean region in recognition of the International Decade for People of African Descent.

October 23, 2015. University students

attend a presentation by the Afro-Women’s Network.

2.8 The Afro-Women’s Network Participates in Municipal Council Forums

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A committee of 24 members of the Afro-Women’s Network (eight from each municipality) participated in municipal council forums in Bluefields, Corn Island, and Laguna de Perlas to advocate for the rights of afro-descendent women and provide information about the afro- women’s political platform. During the forums, the women provided municipal council members with official copies of the political platform.

The presentations emphasized the priority issues identified by afro-descendent women, including: access to quality education, visibility of afro- descendent women in census data and national statistics, and access to natural and economic resources. The council members showed high levels of interest in the platform, especially the mayor of November 26, 2015. Presentation of the afro-women’s Bluefields, who closed the event political platform to municipal officials. by saying, “I participated in the development of this platform during the International Conference for Female Leaders of African Descent last June, and I will make every effort to work hand-in-hand with these women to ensure their demands are met.”

Municipal officials agreed to include a more extensive presentation on the political platform and each of the priority issues it established as part of its agenda for its council session in January 2016.

2.9 The Afro-Women’s Network Plans Activities for 2016-2018

26 afro-descendent women leaders from Laguna de Perlas, Corn Island, and Bluefields planned organizational activities for the next three years using concepts from collective action theory to identify the current situation for women. Based on this analysis, the women designed action plans and follow-on activities to reach the objectives and results outlined in their work plan.

The process included a revision of the goals, objectives and results identified by the Afro- Women’s Network for programmatic activities during the 2016-2018 workplan in order to emphasize initiatives that will guide the Network’s institutional work during this period. The planning activity also allowed the women to analyze the regional context to identify social, political and economic factors that may impede or encourage respect for afro- descendent women’s rights in the RACCS.

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2.10 Eighth Session of the Youth Roundtable

During this quarter, the Youth Roundtable held its eighth session. The main objective of the session was to make a presentation to local mayors to raise awareness about the “Voices and Realities of the South” study. The session was also used to share and validate the communications tools that have been developed to raise awareness about the study among Bluefields officials and more generally across the population in the region.

The communications tools include a documentary that uses the testimony of two young people from the coast that migrated to the Pacific side of the country to demonstrate the experiences that young people from the coast face when migrating due to lack of employment opportunities. Other tools include a digital poster showing the title page of the study that has been placed on the Youth Roundtable’s website and Facebook page, three radio spots in Spanish, Miskito and Creole, and a television spot. A strategy to contact media outlets to share the results of the study through radio programs was also shared. Different members of the Youth Roundtable agreed to be responsible for disseminating these media tools.

Presentation on the “Voices and Realities of the South” study was attended by regional officials allowing them to hear an analysis of the situation for young people in the South Caribbean region and understand the demands of the population in order to increase the level of commitment of regional authorities to the issues.

60 people participated in the activity (31 women and 29 men), including organized youth, regional and municipal officials, media representatives, and civil society organizations. Commentary by the participants demonstrated that the study has played an important role in the design of action plans to support youth development.

Communications strategies to increase the visibility of the study include the following:

• The airing of three radio spots in the three most commonly spoken languages in the region (Spanish, Miskito and Creole). The spots will air on two radio stations: Única and Bluefields Estéreo. • The airing of a video documentary whose production was inspired by the study. The documentary has been aired on the local news show “El Meridiano.” • Members of the Youth Roundtable will visit radio stations to share information

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about the study with listeners and invite the population to learn more about the results of the study.

2.11 Community Diploma Course on Collective Feminist Action and New Masculinities Completed

This quarter, a graduation ceremony was held for graduates of the diploma course titled, “Collective Feminist Action and New Masculinities from an Inter-Sectional Perspective.” The diploma course was developed by the Centro de Estudios e Información de la Mujer Multiétnica (CEIMM) (based out of the URACCAN) in partnership with the feminist collective Aula Propia. 29 female community leaders, university students, lawyers, professors, and human rights workers from civil society organizations in five different municipalities (Nueva Guinea, Bocana de Paiwas, Laguna de Perlas, Desembocadura de Río Grande y Bluefields) participated in the course, with participation reflecting the ethnic diversity of the region. The participants attended four three-day modules between January and September 2015.

135 people (92 women and 43 men) attended the graduation event. The event served as an opportunity to emphasize the importance of developing a critical intercultural and gender- based consciousness as a new aspect of citizenship that will help encourage the strengthening of regional autonomy and the demand for individual and collective rights. The diploma course was a central part of the the project titled, “Advocating for Equality to Encourage Diversity.” The project was financed by the MGP and helped to strengthen the capacities of diverse women’s movements in the RACCS, the collective development of political proposals, and citizen participation.

October 15, 2015. Graduation event at URACCAN University – Bluefields. Left Aula Propia representative, female community leaders and Msc. Alta Hooker Rector URACCAN.

2.12 Discussion Forum for Organized and Non-Organized Women and Decision Makers

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27 women participated in a discussion forum for organized and non-organized women that graduated from the “Collective Feminist Action and New Masculinities from an Inter- Sectional Perspective” diploma course and decision-makers from five municipalities in the RACCS. During the session, the students discussed the main issues that are negatively impacting the situation for women in their communities.

The decision makers informed participants of activities they had implemented in different regions, recognizing that while different State institutions should have the capacity to address some of the issues facing women, this is not necessarily the case. The discussion focused on issues including education, healthcare, employment, and citizen security. Before the program is completed, a final session will be held where proposals developed by the participants in the diploma course will be presented to the RACCS Regional Council.

October 15 2015, URACCAN University-Bluefields.

2.13 Potable Water and Sanitation Committees Networks Present Project Proposals for Inclusion in 2016 Municipal Budgets

This quarter, the Bluefields and Laguna de Perlas Social and Infrastructure Committees participated in activities to develop organizational charters for the Potable Water and Sanitation Committees (CAPS) networks. This collaboration helped ensure that the organizational charters were approved by municipal councils in both municipalities so that the CAPS are recognized as legal interlocutors of communities to local authorities.

The CAPS networks also developed and secured the approval of non-hazardous solid waste disposal policies in Pueblo Nuevo, Laguna de Perlas municipality to help reduce water pollution. The successful effort demonstrated the CAPS’ improved capacities for political advocacy to improve water and sanitation practices in the city. Incidentally, these activities are mutually reinforcing prevention and adaptation to climate change as some of the CAPS

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members have also participated in the design of local adaptation plans and in the community courses on climate change.

Additionally, domestic water filtration systems have been installed in 15 homes, providing 120 people with access to potable water.

Members of the Laguna de Perlas CAPS network working on the solid waste management plan in Pueblo Nuevo.

Fiscal Transparency

2.14 Opposition Party Representatives and Legal Advisors Analyze the 2016 Law on the National Budget

During this quarter, the MGP completed a study on the proposed 2016 national budget. The study emphasized issues of budget transparency and social spending. The results of the study were presented to national government representatives and legal advisors from the Independent Liberal Party (PLI) and the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) that participate in the national government’s Committee on Production, the Economy and the Budget. The committee is responsible for developing the 2016 national budget and presenting it to the full assembly. During the event, which saw the participation of 33 individuals, the representatives agreed to release an opinion statement by the minority party and write a public letter discussing the findings of the MGP implementing partner Strategic Studies and Public Policies Institute (IEEPP) study on the lack of transparency in the 2016 budget.

As part of its follow-on activities, the IEEPP team met with legal advisors from the PLI-MRS coalition and some representatives of the aforementioned committee to advise them on the technical contents of the letter. The IEEPP team also provided a list of the main transparency issues identified in the 2016 budget. Despite the fact that IEEPP provided this information in timely fashion, the PLI-MRS coalition did not release a public letter or minority opinion statement to the committee on the effect of oil funds on contingent liabilities and the debt that Nicaragua has incurred through oil financing and its possible fiscal impacts.

IEEPP’s report titled “The Venezuelan Oil Supply: A Contingent Liability Analysis” warns about the disadvantages involved in this type of aid. One of the principle disadvantages is

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the reliance on privately-held companies, which control 51% of the capital arriving through the aid program, and the lack of evidence that this capital is being invested in social causes. The study was presented to the director of USAID and other officials who demonstrated interest in the study and its findings, including ten economists, sociologists, lawyers, and aid organization representatives that were consulted during the development of the report. Among the attendees was Priscilla Gutiérrez, Country Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank. The study was also shared to the International Monetary Fund’s Resident Representative in Nicaragua.

2.15 CSOs Analyze a Proposal to Allocate Funds to Important Social Sectors Including Education and Healthcare the 2016 National Budget

In order to raise public interest in the allocation of funds in the 2016 national budget, IEEPP made presentations to CSOs working in the areas of education and healthcare on budget allocations in these sectors under the national budget. IEEPP gave one presentation on the 2016 national budget and two presentations on education and healthcare spending. Representatives from various CSOs, including Funides, Fundemuni, Cipa, Conapro, Ideuca, Movimiento Puente, Oxfam, Fe y Alegría, and Nicasalud attended the presentations. Fe y Alegría invited the IEEPP team to make an additional presentation about spending in the educational sector to members of its organization. Approximately 75 people attended the sessions.

It is important to note that representatives from the PLI-MRS coalition on the Economic Committee and the Health and Education Committees attended the presentations. The representatives took notes and, in some cases, shared their concerns with the other participants. Representatives of media outlets including Corporación, Maranatha, Mundial and Universidad also attended the presentations.

2.16 Information on the 2016 National Budget Available on the “Our Budget” Observatory

Because the 2016 national budget provided information on key sectors receiving allocations using the functional classification of “expenses,”1 the bubble map available on the “Our Budget” observatory’s website was updated to reflect these budget allocations. A tree map containing information on the 2016 annual pre-programmatic purchases was also updated. New manuals designed to facilitate trainings for CSOs, and in particular youth organizations, were made available to download from the website. The manuals address open government, public policy, public budgets, and political advocacy. Finally, since the 2015 budget was reformed in 2015, the online information was updated.

1 This category includes new sectors: healthcare, education, security and public order, homes and community services, economic services, social services, recreational services, public debt, and goverenment administration.

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2.17 Demos of Civic Apps Developed During DAL NIC 2015 are Available

As part of the Developing Latin America (DAL, Spanish acronym) 2015 campaign,2 which is led by a group of organizations from 16 countries, IEEPP held various activities to promote the use of civic apps and infographics to raise awareness about social issues and promote the use of IT by young people with the goal of increasing access to information across the population.

Eight groups of approximately 40 young people from different universities across the country participated in an app design competition, and six groups (approximately 12 participants) participated in an infographic design competition. The activity closed with a public presentation (demo day) where the different groups presented their proposals, which were related to issues including the budget, healthcare, education, human trafficking, and child abuse, among others. All of the demo apps are available in open format so that they can be further developed and put to use.

2.18 Civil Society Organizations Have Access to a Website with Information on Municipal Budgets

As a component of MGP’s citizen participation activities in partnership with NDI, IEEPP, and the Red de Desarrollo Local, a website providing the details of municipal budgets designed by the MGP in partnership with Güegüe3 was launched.

In addition to representatives of 27 CSOs and aid organizations, the event was attended by government officials including the Ministry of Finances and Public Credit’s director of municipal finances, who oversees the TRANSMUNI website (the main source of information for the municipal budget website). Unlike TRANSMUNI, the data is disaggregated to reflect municipal management indicators that can be compared individually or across the 2010- 2015 period and show municipal averages in each category. Data will also be displayed in aggregated form on the national level.

Taking note of the advantages of publishing municipal budget information online, the Muelle de los Bueyes CDM, in partnership with the mayor, requested that the 2016 preliminary budget be uploaded to the website as part of the group’s budget consultation activities. The municipal government made information about the budget consultation process available and the website was updated.

2 A Latin American initiative that uses the Hackathon methodology to develop apps and use the power of technology, opern data systems, and collaboration among social actors to find solutions to common issues in the region include healthcare, education, citizen security, and transportation. 3 A Nicaraguan IT company.

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Climate Change

2.19 Climate Change Courses Completed

21 professionals from public institutions and 25 neighborhood leaders from the 19 de Julio and El Bluff neighborhoods and the Tik Tik Kanuu, Laguna de Perlas and Pueblo Nuevo rural communities have received training to support climate change adaptation activities in the South Caribbean coast. The professionals participated in a diploma course titled, “Climate Change: Adaptation and Sustainability of Resources in the South Caribbean Coastal Region.” The community leaders participated in a course titled, “Climate Change: Adaptation and Sustainability of Community Resources.” The training courses were developed and implemented by the Department of Natural Resources and Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental Studies at the BICU. Both courses focused on recent findings regarding the effects of climate change and adaptation measures that can be implemented on different levels.

2.20 Workshops to Improve the Use of Local Resources and Raise Awareness around Climate Change

During this quarter, MGP’s partner blueEnergy held food security and efficient energy use workshops in Bluefields and Laguna de Perlas to encourage the use of local strategies to improve food security in the face of adverse climate impacts, including the use of biointensive gardens.

These workshops focused on the revival of local agricultural, production, and storage techniques and included group activities to identify the most resilient agricultural products in the face of climate change depending on seasonal variation in horticultural and husbandry strategies in different communities. The groups also discussed different practices and strategies for the conservation and storage of local agricultural resources.

Additional workshops improved local journalists’ understanding of climate change issues in order to more effectively raise awareness about the effects of climate change in the region.

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Table #10: Climate Change and Resource Use Trainings

Participants Event Community Hours Men Women Total Under 30

Biointensive Gardening Tiktik Kaanu; 27 9 11 20 10 Techniques Loma Fresca; 27 2 18 20 11

B° Loma fesca 18 2 14 16 8

Water, Sanitation, and B° 19 de Julio 18 9 11 20 9 Hygiene El Bluff 18 3 16 19 2 Tiktik Kaanu 18 10 8 18 11

Tiktik kaanu 18 10 11 21 9

Citizen Participation and Bº Loma 18 6 10 16 3 Advocacy Fresca B° 19 de julio 18 4 16 20 6 El Bluff 18 5 16 21 5 Tiktik Kaanu 16 11 13 24 11 Food Security and Energy El Bluff 16 7 19 26 7 Efficiency Workshop 19 de julio 16 12 14 26 13 Loma Fresca 16 7 21 28 13 Journalist Workshop: "Communicating About Bluefields 8 11 15 26 10 Climate Change" Biointensive Gardening Laguna de 24 11 12 23 4 Techniques Perlas TOTAL 294 119 225 344 132

Men and women learn about food security techniques in the face of adverse climate impacts.

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2.21 South Caribbean Coast Climate Change Alliance Strengthened

blueEnergy and Centro Humboldt, as part of the the South Caribbean Climate Change Alliance, presented the Central American platform at COP21. 4 Central American organizations have consistently communicated information through teleconferences to share the results of activities in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala. Two participants in the diploma course (one off whom is female and both of whom are from the indigenous community Rama) participated in COP21 as part of the blueEnergy delegation.

December 14, 2015, Paris. Centro Humboldt and blueEnergy representatives discuss Central America’s position on COP21 at a press conference.

After COP21, press conferences were held in Nicaragua with the support of the Alianza Francesa, and blue Energy and Centro Humboldt held a workshop for journalists to increase understanding of the terminology used in discussing climate change, share the significance of the results of COP21, and emphasize the need to raise community awareness, increase community education, and strengthen the capacities of local leaders and officials to design climate change adaptation strategies.

2.22 Local Climate Change Planning: An Opportunity for Citizen Advocacy

This quarter, community members from El Bluff completed their local climate change adaptation plan. Four communities now have these types of plans and have identified priority actions that were presented to municipal councils for inclusion in 2016 municipal

4 The XXI United Nations Climate Change Conference, or the 21st Conference of the Parties and 11th Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP21/CMP11) was held in Paris (France) between November 30 and December 11 2015.

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The process of developing the plans occurred between May and November 2015 and helped community members realize that the poorer members of their communities are at the most risk from negative climate-related events. Risk factors include: geography and terrain of the land where they live, the faulty construction and low-resistance materials used in building their homes, the contamination of ground water and hydraulic resources through the disposal of solid waste, illegal electric connections, and the misuse of water.

There was also a consensus about the important role that organized citizens must play in generating change in their communities through the formation of neighborhood groups, advocacy with municipal governments for environmental projects, and through individual actions to reduce their environmental impact on the planet.

Female cooperative members presented a project proposal to the Ministry for Family, Community, Cooperative and Organizational Economies (MEFCCA, Sp.). The proposal encourages the use of sustainable economic practices including biointensive gardens and cooperatively-managed Zero Hunger grants5. The proposal also contains an institutional strengthening component.

2.23 Advances in municipal plans for adaptation to climate change

55 people representing 30 civil society organizations, public institutions and community groups participated in two workshops of five workshops to design the municipal plan for adaptation to climate change in Bluefields. The Municipality of Bluefields also coordinated meetings with the Regional Government, Regional Council of Government, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources and Rama and Kriol Territorial Government. In Corn Island, relevant stakeholders began the intial activities to design the municipality’s climate change adaptation plan with a presentation to members of the Municipal Government and civil society on the island. In both municipalities, the plans had received initial enthusiasm, however motivation has waned towards the end of the quarter (see section on Limitations).

5 Food Production Program, better known as Zero Hunger is the flagship social program of the national government as a central instrument of its policy of food security. The program provides poor female-headed households with livestock to to care for and consume as well as technical assistance.

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Organizational Development

2.24 Reports on Organizational Development Processes Developed

This quarter, the MGP designed two documents to contribute to the systematization of organizational development processes. The first is a final draft of the On-Going Organizational Development Program Analysis, and the second is a report on the Partner Organization Exchange Program held in September 2015. Results of the study of on-going activities were incorporated into programmatic planning for FY2016. The report on the exchange program was used in the development of this year’s technical assistance offers, which will focus on developing organizational gender-based approaches, and developing communications strategies for advocacy and organizational oversight.

The report on the partner organization exchange program addresses organizational approaches to gender equality, citizen participation, climate change adaptation, and local economic development, and emphasize the intersectionality of these different issues in regions where partner organizations operate.

2.25 Technical Assistance for blueEnergy: Improving the Implementation of Operational Plans by blueEnergy Staff

This quarter, the MGP implemented a technical assistance program for blueEnergy focused on the execution of operational plans by staff members. This technical assistance served as a follow-on to the support provided to partner organizations in designing and implementing operational plans. As a result of this technical assistance, an institutional baseline will be identified that incorporates planning documents and monitoring systems.

Implementation of the technical assistance program demonstrated that it is easier and more efficient to develop monitoring systems for organizations that have strategic and operational plans, rather than attempt to monitor individual projects implemented by partner organizations. This presents a challenge to organizations that have not developed clear institutional visions or defined institutional results (strategic plans, long-term visions, etc.), as is often true of community-based organizations.

2.26 Third Phase of Organizational Development Programs Designed

During this quarter, the MGP completed the design of the third phase of organizational development programs for partner organizations. Activities were designed based on feedback received through mid-term evaluations and the On-Going Organizational Development Program analysis, which identified the following important themes:

-Governance (with an emphasis on improved institutional structures and gender- based approaches)

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-Planning (with an emphasis on monitoring and documentation systems) -External relations (with an emphasis on communications strategies for advocacy activities) -Project management (with an emphasis on implementation and documentation strategies) -Administration and finances (with an emphasis on transparent practices)

In order to track advances made by the organizations in each of these categories, the MGP designed an evaluative tool that was used in its pilot stage with 11 non-partner organizations. The tool, which consists of a data sheet used to perform a quick analysis of an organization’s context, will be used next quarter to help identify partner organization baselines.

Nine professionals (four women and five men) were selected through a bidding process to implement technical assistance programming with the partner organizations. It is worth mentioning that there is a more equal representation of men and women in bidding processes for consultants than earlier in the program.

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III. SIGNIFICANT CONSTRAINTS/LESSONS LEARNED AND BEST PRACTICES

3.1 Constraint: PLI-MRS Representatives Have Limited Advocacy Capacities

One constraint in the budget advocacy component is the lack of diligence and political will of the PLI-MRS coalition representatives to implement advocacy initiatives, even when the findings of the study on the 2016 national budget (demonstrating a lack of transparency in some line-items) were presented to the representatives.

Corrective Measure: The MGP will continue to support the Committee on Production, the Economy, and the Budget in analyzing budget issues during the upcoming budgetary cycle.

3.2 Constraint: National Government Delayed the Release of Reforms to the 2015 National Budget

National Governmente presented the second set of reforms to the 2015 national budget to the national assembly in December as an emergency measure, making it difficult to perform an in-depth analysis of the reforms by sector (health and education, for instance).

Corrective Measure: Despite time constraints, IEEPP was able to develop a general analysis of the reforms for release to media outlets. A report on the analysis was published in the newspaper La Prensa on December 16.

3.3 Best Practice: Conduct Sectoral Analyses of the 2016 National Budget

An important practice this quarter was the presentation of sectoral analyses (healthcare and education) of the 2016 national budget to CSOs working in these areas and the participation of national government representatives in the meetings. This contact with CSOs will allow for the development of strategic alliances that will improve programmatic capacities for analysis and advocacy.

3.4 Best Practice: Publish Information about the Muelle de los Bueyes Preliminary Budget Online

At the request of the Muelle de los Bueyes CDM and the mayor, information about the preliminary 2016 municipal budget was published on the municipal budget website, including details about revenue and expenditures, a budget consultation calendar, and a commentary space that was used by the municipal government to publish the results of the budget consultation process. This pilot project allows for the registration and tracking of

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the budget consultation process – the draft budget submitted by the municipality to the changes made based on citizen’s proposals to the final budget.

Screenshot of the modification made to the web site. Municipality of Muelle de los

Bueyes shows proposals and recomendations suggested by peolple during municpal budget consultation process.

3.5 Constraint: Municipal Authorities have a Negative Perception of Partner Organizations Supported by USAID

In certain municipalities, including Corn Island, El Rama, San Miguelito, and El Almendro, municipal authorities maintain a negative perception of citizen participation partner organizations receiving support from USAID.

Corrective Measure: Partner organizations and their target groups will continue to emphasize that they are responsible for their own activities and will make their origins and connections with target groups and municipal development more visible. Partner organizations are only including their own logos (CoMAJ and FUMSAMI) on official communications with municipal authorities. In El Almendro and San Miguelito, partner organizations have made a point of inviting party representatives and young members of the Promotoría Social to activities, including a forum held on December 1 in San Miguelito.

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3.6 Constraint: Negative Perception by the National Government of the Involvement of Civil Society Organizations in Climate Change Adaptation Planning

Despite the interest and enthusiasm of local authorities in the development of climate change adaptation plans by communities, cooperation with the Bluefields and Corn Island municipal governments stalled in December. The Bluefields municipal government did not include any of the proposed climate change projects in its 2016 municipal budget, and in both municipalities the municipal planning process has slowed down.

Corrective Measure: The MGP considers that organized communities must demand financing for climate change adaptation plans while other stakeholders (private, for example) should demand the continuity of planning processes.

3.7 Constraint: Review and Approval of On-Going Projects Negatively Impacts Project Activities

The review and approval process for on-going APRODER and MDS/AMJOLU activities made it difficult to enter into timely donor agreements.

Corrective Measure: In order to ensure the continued participation of the CDMs in 2016 budget consultation processes, APRODER and the CDMs received support directly from the MGP to attend budget consultation events in November and December 2015.

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IV. PLANNED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

The main accomplishments planned for next two quarters are:

Institutional Fiscal Transparency Cross Quarter Citizen Participation Climate Change strengthening (IEEPP) Component Q2 • Lanzamiento sitio Web Voces • Completadas un total de 18 • Capacitación a OSC socias • Completado Línea de • Revisión y contra la Violencia en Bluefields y actualizaciones de los del Programa sobre la Base del Proyecto negociación de FY 2016 Managua. planes de acción de WEB presupuestos blueEnergy. propuestas • La Ordenanza Municipal de Organismos de Base (OB). Municipales Abiertos. • Implementada nuevas en base Ene – Desarrollo Económico Local en • Inicio de los talleres • Convocatoria y Selección campaña de a Mar Muelle de los Bueyes – APRODER Comunicación Estratégica de OSC Locales y por ejes divulgación y Convocatorias / CDM es difundida, valorado sus para la Incidencia. nacionales temáticos. sensibilización de de proyectos. 2016 avances y cuenta con nuevos • Efectuado 1er.ejercicio • Análisis y Presentación de prácticas de adaptación

socios para su implementación práctico de campañas la Ejecución al cambio climático. gradual. locales por las OB socias. Presupuestaria PGR 2015. • Iniciados en 4 • Organizaciones socias y sus • Actualización de Planes • Actualización de la WEB comunidades los grupos metas han participado en Operativos y Estratégicos Presupuestos Municipales Talleres de el 1er cabildo sobre la ejecución de OSC socias Abiertos (PMA) con en Capacitación en presupuestaria del año 2016. • Iniciado el sistema de base a la ejecución Técnicas de adaptación • Instaurada Mesa de Ganadería de monitoreo de blueEnergy. presupuestaria 2015 y los para 18 familias Muelle de los Bueyes en asocio • Aplicación de ARC a 3 presupuestos Municipales modelos. con el Proyecto de Ganadería OSC´s socias e inicio de 3ra 2016 • Alianza del Caribe Sur Empresarial de Technoserve. Fase de Asistencia Técnica • Campaña “Nuestro Ante el Cambio • Presentación de Informes de a OSC´s. Presupuesto”. Climático ha Seguimiento de acciones de • Completado el Plan de • concertado un plan de incidencia por las Organizaciones Formación en Género y es trabajo para 2016. socias. presentado a • Talleres de diagnóstico • Sesión de la Mesa de organizaciones socias. participativo: Concertación de Juventudes de • Talleres Juntas Directivas vulnerabilidad y planificación 2016. FECONORI capacidades de

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Institutional Fiscal Transparency Cross Quarter Citizen Participation Climate Change strengthening (IEEPP) Component • Taller de formación con de • Desarrollado primer adaptación en Laguna integrantes de la Mesa de módulo de formación en de Perlas. Concertación de Juventudes. Género y participación • Realizado encuentro de • Posicionamiento del Estudio ciudadana para la Red de CAPS con Voces del Sur y Consenso de organizaciones socias. autoridades locales Indicadores de Seguimiento al • Desarrollado el Primer para valorar reformas a desarrollo de la Juventud. Módulo en Comunicación la Ley 722. • Presentación de la Mesa de Estratégica para la • Sesiones de gestión de Concertación ante autoridades Incidencia. financiamiento para del Estudio Voces del Sur en • Formación en Sistemas de actividades de las función del Plan Regional de Monitoreo y Generación de Redes de CAPS de Juventud. Evidencias. ambos municipios. • Iniciado el fortalecimiento del • Completados talleres con • CAPS participan en área de comunicación URACCAN Juntas Directivas de cabildos municipales con apoyo de Café con Voz. FECONORI. ejercer control social a • Conmemoración de organismos la ejecución de socios del Día Internacional de las proyectos con Mujeres. financiamiento en el • Lanzamiento de la Campaña de la PIA 2016 en ambos Red de Mujeres municipios. Afrodescendientes. • Encuentro de la Red Afro con mujeres en espacio de toma de decisiones. • Difusión de resultados proyecto de CEIMM Q3 • Finalizados eventos formativos • Talleres con mujeres y • Presentado Presupuesto • Iniciada la Campaña • Inician interactivos/reflexivos con hombre con discapacidad Ciudadano Municipal 2016. general de ejecución de FY 2016 jóvenes de la comunidad LGBT, sobre equidad de género y • Capacitación y Asistencia a Comunicación sobre proyectos y familiares y allegados. masculinidad. OSC para seguimiento Cambio Climático y consultorías de Abr – • Publicación de historias vida de • Efectuado 1eer. ejercicio presupuestario municipal Adaptación. las Junio mujeres líderes comunitarias práctico de acciones y nacional por ejes • Formulado Plan convocatorias Costeñas. locales de comunicación temáticos. Municipal de realizadas por

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Institutional Fiscal Transparency Cross Quarter Citizen Participation Climate Change strengthening (IEEPP) Component 2016 • Sesión de la Mesa de por OSC´s/ OB´s. • Hackaton – aplicaciones Adaptación al Cambio el Programa. Concertación de Juventudes. • Fortalecidas las OSC´s en: PMA. Climático de Bluefields • Organizaciones socias y sus Sostenibilidad y Marcos • Concurso Periodismo y de Corn Island y grupos metas han participado en Legales e Institucionales. Investigativo. presentados el 2do cabildo sobre la ejecución • Desarrollado el Segundo • Acciones de incidencia de públicamente. presupuestaria del año 2016. Módulo en Comunicación OSC que cuentan con • Preparado una cartera Estratégica para la apoyo Asistencia técnica. de inversión para cada Incidencia. plan local de OTRAS ACTIVIDADES SERÁN • Desarrollado el Segundo adaptación ante el PRECISADAS EN BASE A LOS módulo Formación en cambio climático. PROYECTOS APROBADOS EN EL Género. • Activada una Mesa de TRIMESTRE ANTERIOR • Incluido el enfoque de Cooperación género en los planes de las Internacional en apoyo organizaciones socias a planes de adaptación (Actualización de Planes) de la RACCS. • Fortalecidas las OSC´s y • Foro sobre adaptación OB´s en: mecanismos y al cambio climático en procedimientos Corn Island. Administrativos y de • Feria de Conocimiento control en organizaciones. en el marco del 25 • Formación en Sistemas de aniversario BICU. Monitoreo y Generación de • En 3 huertos Evidencias. demostrativos han sido • Segundo ejercicio práctico recolectadas las de acciones locales de primeras cosechas de comunicación de las OB´s vegetales. socias. • Completados 10 • estudios monográficos de estudiantes de BICU. • Material metodológico de producción bio- intensiva está adaptado a las particularidades territoriales y

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Institutional Fiscal Transparency Cross Quarter Citizen Participation Climate Change strengthening (IEEPP) Component culturales.

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ANEXES

The following annexes are attached:

1. MGP Project List 2. MGP Logical Framework Indicator Report 3. MGP Trainet Report 4. MGP 2016 Cost Share Report 5. MGP Accruals 6. MGP Alliances Q1 2016

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Annex 1. MGP Project List

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Annex 2. MGP Logical Framework Indicator Report

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Annex 3. MGP Trainet Report

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Annex 4. MGP QR 1 2016 Cost Share Report

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Annex 5. MGP QR 1 2016 Accruals

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Annex 6. MGP Alliances Q1 2016

MGP PARTNERSHIPS AND ALLIANCES

ORGANIZATION ADVANCES

Se mantiene un intercambio básico de información. 1. FDI - DEXIS Ha participado en actividades del CDM de Muelle de los Bueyes que impulsan el 2. Technoserve proceso de la Política de Desarrollo Económico Local.

Con los programas de Mass Media y Eduéxito de FADCANIC se coordinó e impulsó 3. FADCANIC conjuntamente la Jornada por los Derechos Humanos en Bluefields.

Se exploró la posibilidad de que participaran en el proceso de planificación de la 4. UNIRSE adaptación al cambio climático en Bluefields, pero quedó pendiente por sus prioridades.

La presencia en este espacio ayuda a promover el tema y facilita estar al tanto de lo que 5. CIG se está debatiendo.

6. Catholics for the Ha participado activamente en la construcción del sitio Voces contra la Violencia. Right to Choose Se mantiene el intercambio de información y están participando en el grupo promotor del 7. NDI sitio web de Presupuesto Municipales Abiertos.

Forman parte del grupo promotor del sitio web de Presupuesto Municipales Abiertos. 8. Red Local Participan en la Mesa de Concertación de Juventudes y estamos trabajando conjuntamente en posicionar el estudio de Voces del Sur, que aborda el tema del estado 9. UNFPA de las juventudes de la RACCS.

Empresa desarrolladora de Software con quien se sigue trabajando en el sitio web 10. Güegüe Presupuestos Municipales Abiertos.

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