Municipal Partnerships for Violence Prevention in Central America and the Dominican Republic
Quarterly Report XXXVII October-December 2018
Submission Date: January 2019
International City/County Management Association (ICMA) Cooperative Agreement Award No. AID-RLA-A-00-09-00050
Prepared for the U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean Office of Regional and Sustainable Development
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Madeline Williams USAID/W/LAC/RSD/DHR USAID 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20523
Subject: Cooperative Agreement Award No. AID-RLA-A-00-09-00050 Municipal Partnerships for Violence Prevention in Central America and the Dominican Republic
Dear Mrs. Williams
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 XXXVII – October-December 2018
If you have further questions about the technical content of these reports, please contact me directly. For administrative matters, please contact Cintya Renderos at (202) 962-3692. For contractual matters, please contact Ms. Irene Kaushansky (202) 962-3526.
Sincerely,
Isabelle Bully-Omictin, ICMA Regional Director, Latin America/Caribbean
Municipal Partnerships for Violence Prevention in Central America and the Dominican Republic (AMUPREV) Quarterly Report – October- December 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents
Acronyms and Abbreviations ...... 4
I. Project Description/Introduction ...... 5 1.1 Major accomplishments/ progress towards results ...... 7 a. Summary of trips in current Reporting Period: October-December 2018 ...... 7 b. Accomplishments by Objective ...... 7 1. 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 ...... 7 a. Intermediate Result 1.1: Orientation and information provided to local government, law enforcement, and civil society representatives on municipal-based violence prevention ...... 8 b. Intermediate Result 1.2: Regional peer network(s) established and municipal coordination mechanisms strengthened...... 11 2. Strategic Objective 2: Support comprehensive municipal-based violence and crime prevention programs in select municipalities ...... 12 a. Intermediate Result 2: Training and technical assistance provided to pilot local governments and community groups, in coordination with national police efforts and other municipal-based programs ...... 12
II. Proposed Activities and Expected Results for Next Quarter- Jan-March 2019 ...... 17
Iv. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE ...... 17
Table 1: Number of articles posted on AMUPREV Facebook page per month for FY2018 through the first Quarter of FY2019 Table 2: Number of Visits to AMUPREV Website, FB followers and emails sent monthly Table 3: Statistics on AMUPREV Website visits, Email and Facebook Contacts Table 4: Total students trained in TIP Figure 1: Promotional tweet for CAMCAYCA’s website to municipalities Figure 2: San Antonio children participate in values workshop Figure 3: Villanueva MVPC receives in-kind grant donations Figure 4: Youth engage in values tour activity Figure 5: Mayor Jose Santiago Motiño of La Lima accepts in-kind donations from project Figure 6: Mayor Marlon Pineda of Santa Cruz de Yojoa accepts in-kind donations from project staff Figure 7: Cantarranas murals for peace students stand in front of their communities’ newest mural Figure 8: Comic cover for TIP educational material
Municipal Partnerships for Violence Prevention in Central America and the Dominican Republic (AMUPREV) Quarterly Report – October- December 2018
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AGAAI Municipal Association of Indigenous Authorities and Mayors ANAM Guatemalan Municipal Association AMHON Municipal Association of Honduras AMUPA Association of Municipalities of Panama AMUPREV Municipal Partnerships for Violence Prevention in Central America and the Dominican Republic ASOMUREO Association of Municipalities of the Osama Region CAMCAYCA Confederation of Associations of Central America and the Caribbean CMPC Municipal Committee for Peace and Coexistence (Spanish acronym) COMUPREV Commission for the Prevention of Violence CPSVFLM Committee for the Prevention of Social Violence and Municipal Leadership Strengthening FEDOMU Federation of Municipalities of the Dominican Republic FUNADEH Foundation for the Development of Honduras GIZ German Cooperation Agency GRYD City of Los Angeles Gang Reduction and Youth Development ICMA International City/County Management Association MINED Ministry of Education (Dominican Republic) MVPC Municipal Violence Prevention Committee PETTP Special Solicitor for Trafficking in Persons PMIAJ – COMVIDA Municipal Infant, Adolescent and Youth Programs – Communications and Life POA Annual Operating Plan PREPAZ Salvadoran Ministry of Justice and Public Security’s Office on Social Violence Prevention and Peace Culture SESEG State Security Secretariat (Brazil) SICA Central American Integration System PREVJUVE Comprehensive security and prevention of violence affecting children, adolescents and youth in SICA countries SICA Integrated Central American System SVPC Social Violence Prevention Committee TIP Trafficking in Persons UNAH National Autonomous University of Honduras UNGL National Union of Local Governments of Costa Rica UPP Police Pacification Unit (Brazil) USAID U.S Agency for International Development VNG Dutch Cooperation Agency ZMVS Metropolitan Zone of the Sula Valley
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I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION/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 10 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 implemented the Toolkit in nineteen (19) municipalities to create and/or strengthen municipal violence prevention committees/commissions (MVPCs) and engaged in a series of municipal partnerships with cities in the US to share the model of community-oriented policing and governance with the following municipalities in Central America: Colón, San Miguelito, and Panama City, Panama; Nahuizalco, Sonsonate, Suchitoto, San José Guayabal and San Bartolomé Perulapía, El Salvador; Mixco, Palencia, Santa Catarina Pinula, Cobán, San Juan Chamelco and Tactic, Guatemala; Villanueva, San Manuel and Pimienta, Honduras and Boca Chica and Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic.
Through these partnerships, police officers, municipal staff, community and private sector representatives from US cities 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. ICMA has also provided support to municipal associations in each of the countries where we have had direct municipal interventions (the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Panama) as well as Costa Rica in order to promote the sharing of information and replication of the methodology.
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
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and another cost extension through September 30, 2013. 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 Mixco, Palencia and Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala and 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. As part of the sustainability plan, ICMA facilitated the creation of the Municipal Association Network for Violence Prevention in Central America and the Dominican Republic (the “Red”).
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 three new municipalities each in Guatemala (Cobán, San Juan Chamelco and Tactic) and El Salvador (Suchitoto, San José Guayabal and San Bartolomé Perulapía). During this period, ICMA documented and shared the experience in Brazil of the Unidades de Policía Pacificadora (UPPs) as a model for potential adaptation to and application in Central America. ICMA coordinated with USAID/Brazil and the Secretaria de Estado de Seguranca (SESEG) of Río de Janeiro to develop a Toolkit and Comprehensive Training Program on the UPP model and supported a series of exchanges with El Salvador to share lessons-learned and identify ways that the model can be adjusted and applied in the country. ICMA supported the creation of the Confederation of Associations of Central America and the Caribbean (CAMCAYCA), which was launched in June 2015 with resources from the Dutch Cooperation Agency, VNG and the DEMUCA Foundation (technical and financial arm of the Spanish Cooperation Agency). CAMCAYCA is comprised of all of the association members of the Red AMUPREV except for AGAAI and with the addition of Belize and Puerto Rico. In September 2015, USAID issued another two-year cost extension to expand the CityLinks Partnerships into new countries, build on the existing AMUPREV network of security practitioners and strengthen the relationship between the State of Río de Janeiro and/or the Federal Government of Brazil and El Salvador and/or other third countries. ICMA worked with three municipalities in Honduras (Villanueva, Pimienta and San Manuel) and two in the Dominican Republic (Boca Chica and Santo Domingo Este), continued to strengthen CAMCAYCA and engage with the municipal associations of the Red. In September 2017, USAID issued a final two-year cost extension to AMUPREV to expand its support from three to thirteen municipalities in Honduras; finalize its support to municipalities in the Dominican Republic; continue to bolster the sustainability of the Red AMUPREV through support to CAMCAYCA and its members municipal associations; reengage with USAID/Brazil to explore how to build on the trilateral cooperation activities in support of citizen security in line with the goals and scope of work of AMUPREV and implement an awareness-raising program in selected schools in the Dominican Republic to
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prevent victimization related to trafficking in persons in collaboration with the Special Solicitor for Trafficking in Persons (PETTP) within the Attorney General’s office.
This report summarizes activities and major accomplishments carried out during the period of October- December 2018.
1.1 Major accomplishments/ progress towards results
a. Summary of trips in current Reporting Period: October-December 2018
Trip No. 176 DATES: 10/15/18 – 10/20/18 WHERE: Dominican Republic PURPOSE: Support final TIP report and coordination with FEDOMU and USAID Mission about the support needed to improve prevention strategies in five additional municipalities.
Trip No. 177 DATES: 10/22/18 – 11/01/18 WHERE: San Pedro Sula and Morazán, Honduras PURPOSE: Provide technical assistance to MVPCs in Sula valley and Morazán department.
Trip No. 178 DATES: 11/13/18 – 11/16/18 WHERE: Tegucigalpa, Honduras PURPOSE: Coordinated activities with USAID Mission and Programs and provided technical assistance to MVPCs.
Trip No. 179 DATES: 11/19/18 – 11/24/18 WHERE: San Pedro Sula, Honduras PURPOSE: Provided technical assistance in Cortes and Santa Barbara; coordinated with Mancomunidad of ZMVS.
Trip No. 180 DATES: 12/13/18 – 12/15/18 WHERE: San Juan Puerto Rico PURPOSE: Participate in CAMCAYCA Board to present webpage design, integration of AMUPREV Network, and areas of support that could be provided in 2019.
b. Accomplishments by Objective
1. Strategic Objective 1: Promote comprehensive municipal-based violence prevention strategies and programs with key Central
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American stakeholders and foster development of regional peer knowledge networks
a. Intermediate Result 1.1: Orientation and information provided to local government, law enforcement, and civil society representatives on municipal- based violence prevention
• Integrated website and other ICT Project Director Carlos Loría-Chaves met with CAMCAYA leadership during the December 14th Puerto Rico board meeting where AMUPREV Communications Advisor, Ms. Angie López presented the official CAMCAYCA website, www.camcayca.org. The site was approved by the board and a workplan drafted to ensure full integration with the AMUPREV site. Communication Coordinator, Mr. Francisco Astacio coordinated with Ms. López for the final update of the AMUPREV site on December 31. The full migration of the RED AMUPREV webpage to CAMCAYCA’s official website is on target for March 2019. In addition to the official website launch, CAMCAYCA also launched its independent Facebook account www.facebook.com/Camcayca2018/. The official launch was promoted and disseminated via RED AMUPREV Facebook and twitter social media accounts.
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Table 1: Number of articles posted on AMUPREV Facebook page per month for FY2018 through the first Quarter of FY2019.
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The project worked with Honduras CMVP communication subcommittees to provide them with basic information-gathering techniques and social media co-posting practices to better convey and socialize municipal crime and violence prevention events and related news. The meetings also included basic branding and marking protocols. Meetings were held via Skype and WhatsApp applications to facilitate communication with each of the CMVPs.
Weekly news bulletins found on the AMUPREV website (www.amuprev.org) also known as “Noti AMUPREV” were sent to AMUPREV’s list serve members and posted Figure 1: Promotional tweet for on the project’s Facebook page. A message CAMCAYCA’s website to municipalities was sent to all subscribers informing them of the transfer to the CAMCAYCA website and all were encouraged to continue posting directly on the new site instead of posting onto (http://www.amuprev.org/noticias.php). CAMCAYCA has agreed to take full responsibility for future notifications with initial calls for news postings now under CAMCAYCA.
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Table 2: Number of Visits to AMUPREV Website, FB followers and emails sent monthly.
AMUPREV Facebook and social media channels remain under the responsibility of the Project. The AMUPREV Team continuously identifies new individuals and municipalities to incorporate into the network. Facebook followers increased to 4,993, only 7 away from
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5,000 total followers which is enough to warrant the creation of an official Fan Page. However, given the transition to CAMCAYCA, the AMUPREV Fan Page will not be created. Instead, all new followers will be directed to CAMCAYCA’s official Facebook page (www.facebook.com/Camcayca2018/) and no additional friend requests will be accepted directly on the AMUPREV Facebook page.
The total number of twitter followers increased to 1,110. A total of 3,866 tweets were tweeted.
STATISTICS ON USAGE OF AMUPREV WEBSITE E-MAIL AND FACEBOOK CONTACTS October- December 2018 CONCEPT SUBTOTAL OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER Visits 3,848 3,233 2,396 Pages per visit 1,94 1,55 1,86 Time per visit 1:35 1:80 1:25 Pages visited 7,459 5,023 4,455 News 77.97% 84.51% 79.29% Home Page 4.63% 5.35% 6.84% Municipal 4.83% 3.43% 3.59% Experiences Various 5.56% 3.72% 4.60% Index 2.73% 2.88% 1.38% Publications 4.28% 1.11% 4.30%
Visitor Origin Central America 58.32% 60.50% 67.24% United States 17.53% 12.81% 16.82% Other (Latin 20.67% 24.10% 13.81% America) Other 3.48% 2.59% 2.13%
Search Objectives General Search 64.81% 61.07% 58.66% Direct Search 18.13% 18.83% 22.31% Reference 9.88% 14.62% 15.23% Search Other 7.18% 5.48% 3.80%
Emails Confirmed 5,315 5,315 5,323
Facebook Contacts 4,998 4,990 4,993 Questions about 2 0 0 publications via Facebook and email Table 3: Statistics on AMUPREV Website visits, Email and Facebook Contacts
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b. Intermediate Result 1.2: Regional peer network(s) established and municipal coordination mechanisms strengthened.
• Consolidation of Network of Municipal Associations to Prevent Violence in Central America and the Dominican Republic
Support to CAMCAYCA (Confederation of Associations of Central America and the Caribbean) The December CAMCAYCA board meeting was held in Puerto Rico with participation from ICMA’s Director of Funded Programs, Isabelle Bully-Omictin and Project Director, Carlos Loria-Chaves, as well as directors of the municipal associations of Guatemala (ANAM), Honduras (AMHON), Costa Rica (UNGL), Panama (AMUPA) and Dominican Republic (FEDOMU), and virtual participation from AMUPREV Communications Advisor, Ms. Angie López.
The meeting reviewed and approved the 2019 workplan for CAMCAYCA, which included the continued implementation and further development of the social media engagement strategy developed by Ms. López. Based on the meeting’s discussion, a new SOW was developed for Ms. López to continue support to the Executive Secretariat of CAMCAYCA, to coordinate and promote the communications strategy of the Confederation.
AMUPREV will continue to provide technical assistance in the area of violence prevention by taking part in the upcoming Regional SICA Meetings where this topic will be discussed with Regional members and where AMUPREV experiences will be shared.
Support to Municipal Association members of the Red AMUPREV In addition to the Trafficking in Persons technical support detailed below, AMUPREV is assisting the Dominican Federation of Municipalities (FEDOMU) as it supports the development of municipal violence prevention plans to establish strategies and activities to address the risks of violence, in coordination with USAID/DR programs.
AMUPREV led a workshop with the Municipal Association of Honduras (AMHON) to review the draft outline of a guide for Honduran municipalities to help them develop municipal crime prevention plans.
As Executive Secretariat of CAMCAYCA, AMUPREV support was provided to National Union of Local Governments of Costa Rica (UNGL) to build their website and develop social media accounts for further dissemination of the Confederation activities and strategies, specifically those related to violence prevention.
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2. Strategic Objective 2: Support comprehensive municipal-based violence and crime prevention programs in select municipalities
a. Intermediate Result 2: Training and technical assistance provided to pilot local governments and community groups, in coordination with national police efforts and other municipal-based programs
1. Honduras
In Honduras, AMUPREV continues to guide and support the Municipal Violence Prevention Committees of Villanueva, Pimienta, San Manuel and Santa Rita, Yoro, each of which is a member municipality of the Mancomunidad of the Metropolitan Zone of the Valle de Sula (ZMVS). In addition, AMUPREV has expanded its support to an additional 10 municipalities, selected after a process of evaluation which took into consideration the political will of municipal authorities and the conditions necessary to implement TA and support the creation of new MVPCs. As a result of that process, AMUPREV started advising additional municipalities of the ZMVS located in the Department of Cortés (La Lima, San Antonio, Santa Cruz de Yojoa, San Francisco de Yojoa) and Santa Bárbara (Quimistán and Petoa). In addition, and in coordination with AMHON, AMUPREV began working with three municipalities of the Department of Francisco Morazán (Cantarranas, Santa Lucía and Valle de Ángeles).
Support to the Municipalities of the ZMVS
AMUPREV’s efforts this quarter with all ten municipalities in the Sula Valley, along with three municipalities of Morazán, were focused on follow-through and evaluation of their annual workplans. Each municipality disseminated their respective plans to community members and began implementation via various community events/activities, including international violence against women’s day fairs, youth values workshops, and safe recreational parks, to name a few. Additional information on Figure 2: San Antonio children participate municipal violence prevention activities can be in values workshop found on AMUPREV’s website highlights are included below.
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San Manuel, Pimienta, Villanueva and Santa Rita Yoro
AMUPREV provided donated materials to San Manuel, Pimiento, Villanueva and Santa Rita Yoro CMVPs as part of an in-kind grants activity. The donated materials are intended to strengthen and facilitate the municipalities’ violence prevention plans and key activities, such as engagement of youth and promoting of values through written expression, community service, sports and participation in drug use/abuse prevention seminars. Figure 3: Villanueva MVPC receives in-kind grant donations
Villanueva’s December 28th in-kind grant donation event included the participation of Municipal Mayor Dr. Walter Perdomo, committee leaders, AMUPREV staff, Ms. Victoria Paz, and other key stakeholders.
Pimienta: http://amuprev.camcayca.org/noticias/?id=7314 Villanueva: http://amuprev.camcayca.org/noticias/?id=7422 Santa Rita Yoro: http://amuprev.camcayca.org/noticias/?id=7297 Figure 4: Youth engage in values tour activity San Manuel: http://amuprev.camcayca.org/noticias/?id=7387
Additional articles on municipal violence prevention activities can be found in the Honduras Noticias page of the AMUPREV website: http://www.amuprev.org/noticias/noticias.php?Show=Honduras&Pais=16
Lastly, municipalities began to review the success of the 2018 workplans and began discussions for creation and socialization of the 2019 violence prevention municipal plan.
La Lima, Santa Cruz de Yojoa and Quimistan municipalities also received donated supplies through AMUPREV’s in-kind grant activity to help propel implementation of their 2018 municipal violence prevention workplans. Participants included municipal mayors, Jose Santiago Motiño (La Lima), Marlon Pineda (Santa Cruz de Yojoa), Vice Mayor Dr. Diana Duarte (Quimistan), MVPC committee members, key stakeholders and AMUPREV staff, Ms. Maria del Carmen Alvarez Aguilar and Ms. Victoria Paz.
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La Lima: http://amuprev.camcayca.org/noticias/?id=7362 San Antonio: http://amuprev.camcayca.org/noticias/?id=7292 Santa Cruz de Yojoa: http://amuprev.camcayca.org/noticias/?id=7223
Figure 5: Mayor Jose Santiago Motiño of La Lima accepts in-kind donations from project.
Figure 6: Mayor Marlon Pineda of Santa Cruz de Yojoa accepts in-kind donations from project staff.
Francisco Morazán Department
Santa Lucia, Cantarranas and Valle de Angeles’ Municipal prevention plans were finalized and approved by their respective MVPCs and each municipality began implementing their violence prevention activities. News articles about these activities are included in AMUPREV news section of the website. Highlights include participation in youth theater and art mural classes to promote a culture of peace through the arts.
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Figure 7: Cantarranas murals for peace students stand in front of their communities’ newest mural
Cantarranas: http://amuprev.camcayca.org/noticias/?id=7262 Valle de Ángeles: http://amuprev.camcayca.org/noticias/?id=7357
AMUPREV identified two CityLinks TM partnerships for exchanges from the US to Honduras next quarter. The selection of cities was done based on outreach to ICMA’s vast network of members to identify those cities with robust violence prevention initiatives/ programs.
Louisville, Kentucky was identified as a partner for San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Louisville has several programs geared towards youth violence prevention working through their Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods Youth Implementation Team, Louisville youth agendas, and One Love Louisville Youth Action programs. Louisville has an impressive array of programs with community stakeholders, including faith leaders, and public and private sectors, with whom they partner for greater leverage and impact.
The project identified Salinas, California as a partner for Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The City of Salinas has a comprehensive strategy for community-wide violence reduction. Through its Community Alliance for Safety and Peace, Salinas implements a data driven, youth- centered and meaningful community engagement strategy.
AMUPREV expects to develop the trip agendas for both exchanges in the upcoming quarter.
2.B SUPPORT FOR A TRAINING PROGRAM IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO PREVENT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SPECIAL SOLICITOR FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS OF THE DR ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE
In collaboration with FEDOMU, the Attorney General’s Office of the Dominican Republic, the National School of the Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Women (MM) and the Ministry of Education (MINED), AMUPREV held workshops to train prosecutors,
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counselors and municipal staff via a TOT model to reach students ages 14 to 18 with information on strategies for the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons (TIP).
Upon completion of phases one and two (training for prosecutors, counselors and municipal staff), third phase workshops to train students were completed in 204 educational centers. A total of 8,160 students were trained in October. Combined with the 1,363 students trained in September, AMUPREV was able to reach a total of 9,523 students via the TOT model on TIP prevention strategies, an additional 6,523 than what was initial estimated.
MINERD Municipalities Education Students Students TOTAL Region Centers trained in Sept trained in Oct I 15 Distrito Nacional, Santo Domingo 28 151 1,120 1271 Oeste, Pedro Brand and Los Alcarrizos II 10 Santo Domingo Norte, Santo 31 192 1,240 1432 Domingo Este and Boca Chica III 08 Santiago 36 219 1,440 1659 IV 11 Puerto Plata 33 179 1,320 1499 V 02 San Juan y Elías Piña 32 523 1,280 1803 VI 14 Samaná and Nagua 44 99 1,760 1859 TOTALS 204 1,363 8,160 9,523 Table 4: Total students trained in TIP
AMUPREV consultant Mrs. Yolanny Rojas coordinated with the Ministry of Education and FEDOMU to distribute and deliver 15,000 copies of education materials for student teachers/counselors and psychologists. This material was delivered to regional educational centers and was intended to provide supplemental resources to MINED staff.
Training Material Sent COMICS DELIVERED STUDENTS TO TO TO ATTENDING TO STUDENTS MUNICIPAL TEACHERS MUNICIPALITIES TRAINNING LEADERS SUBTOTAL: 260 45 11,711 400 9,523 (*) TOTAL 305 12,111 Table 5: Total training material and comics sent to teachers/counsellors and municipalities
(*) The Regional Education Office for the Provinces of Samaná and María Trinidad Sánchez did not provide training to students at their schools. If they push through with this training in 2019, the total number of students trained would increase to 10,850.
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Figure 8: Comic cover for TIP educational material II. PROPOSED ACTIVITIES AND EXPECTED RESULTS FOR NEXT QUARTER- JAN-MARCH 2019
1. Finish support to all MVPCs with auto-evaluation process and their updated diagnostics which will be key to building the 2019 plans. Assist in the development of 13 MVPC 2019 municipal plans. 2. Continue providing in-kind grants to municipalities to help them implement key activities in their 2019 work plans. 3. Support CAMCAYCA to consolidate their website (where the AMUPREV site will ultimately reside) and other social media platforms to promote municipal practices on violence prevention. 4. Begin design of CityLinks TM Partner agenda for CityLinks exchanges to both regions in Honduras. 5. Provide TA and logistical support to FEDOMU, per request of USAID/DR Mission, to support Local Roundtables in two municipalities (Santo Domingo Oeste and the National District) to create violence prevention plans. Explore with USAID/DR and FEDOMU the feasibility to expand that support to Puerto Plata and Santiago de los Caballeros.
IV. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE
Quarterly Financial Report for Oct-December 2018 is detailed below. Quarterly Financial Report Total Federal Funds Authorized: $5,806,302 Federal Share of Expenditures: $5,570,875 Remaining Funds: $235,427 Cost-share Required: $141,569 Cost Share Reported: $288,672.38
Municipal Partnerships for Violence Prevention in Central America and the Dominican Republic (AMUPREV) Quarterly Report – October- December 2018
Municipal Partnerships for Violence Prevention in Central America and the Dominican Republic (AMUPREV) Quarterly Report – October- December 2018