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INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION ITTO PROJECT PROPOSAL TITLE: INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND BIODIVERSITY IN THE TACANÁ VOLCANO AND ITS RANGE OF INFLUENCE IN MEXICO AND GUATEMALA SERIAL NUMBER: PD 668/12 Rev.1 (F) COMMITTEE: REFORESTATION AND FOREST MANAGEMENT SUBMITTED BY: GOVERNMENT OF GUATEMALA ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: SPANISH SUMMARY Guatemala and Mexico share the Tacaná Volcano border area which straddles the Department of San Marcos and the State of Chiapas respectively, an area in the Mesoamerican Biodiversity Corridor, featuring biological richness and ecotourism potential although most of the population lives in poverty, using natural resources unsustainably. An initiative was developed for sustainable development in the protected areas of the Tacaná Volcano border area, based on coordinated actions, a study of the situation and various exchanges between regional representatives of Mexican and Guatemalan Government institutions, civil society and the Swiss organization HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation that has a long history of work in Latin America. The objective of the project is to contribute to improving living standards for 28,000 people in both countries, based on the conservation and sustainable use of local natural resources. The project begins with an initial two- year phase to establish the foundations of joint work with the community, both men and women, with pilot activities including forest management, diversification of economic opportunities, upgrade of the legal framework of Protected Areas and enhancement of collaboration between both countries. The initiative has the backing of ITTO focal points in Guatemala (INAB and CONAP), and in Mexico (CONAFOR and CONANP). EXECUTING AGENCY HELVETAS SWISS INTERCOOPERATION (HSI) COLLABORATING AGENCIES DURATION 24 MONTHS APPROXIMATE STARTING DATE UPON APPROVAL BUDGET AND PROPOSED Source Contribution SOURCES OF FINANCE: in US$ ITTO 641,638.80 HSI 67,696.80 Municipalities (approx. amount in kind) 26,560.00 Forest Agencies (CONAFOR, CONANP, CONAP and INAB) (in kind) 213,596.30 TOTAL 949,491.90 TABLE OF CONTENTS PROJECT BRIEF .........................................................................................................................................5 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS...........................................................................................7 PART 1. PROJECT CONTEXT ....................................................................................................................8 1.1 ORIGIN .......................................................................................................................................8 1.2 RELEVANCE................................................................................................................................9 1.2.1 Conformity with ITTO’s objectives and priorities ...............................................................9 1.2.2 Relevance to Mexican and Guatemalan policies ..............................................................9 1.3 TARGET AREA ...........................................................................................................................11 1.3.1 Geographic location ........................................................................................................11 1.3.2 Social, cultural, economic and environmental aspects ...................................................13 1.4 Expected outcomes at project completion ..........................................................................16 PART 2. PROJECT RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES .............................................................................17 2.1 Rationale .............................................................................................................................17 2.1.1 Institutional set-up and organizational issues .................................................................17 2.1.2 Stakeholder analysis .......................................................................................................18 2.1.3 Problem Analysis.............................................................................................................22 2.1.4 Logical framework matrix ................................................................................................25 2.2 OBJECTIVES .............................................................................................................................30 2.2.1 Development objective and impact indicators.................................................................30 2.2.2 Specific objective and outcome indicators ......................................................................30 PART 3. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT INTERVENTIONS ......................................................................33 3.1 OUTPUTS AND ACTIVITIES ..........................................................................................................33 3.1.1 Outputs ............................................................................................................................33 3.1.2 Activities ..........................................................................................................................33 3.2 IMPLEMENTATION APPROACHES AND METHODS...........................................................................34 3.3 WORK PLAN .............................................................................................................................36 3.4 BUDGET ...................................................................................................................................38 3.4.1 Master budget schedule ..................................................................................................38 3.4.2 Consolidated budget by component................................................................................44 3.4.3 ITTO budget by component.............................................................................................47 3.4.4 HELVETAS budget by component..................................................................................49 3.4.5 Estimated budget for Municipalities by component.........................................................50 3.4.6 Estimated budget for Forest Agencies and Services by component ..............................50 3.5 ASSUMPTIONS, RISKS, SUSTAINABILITY.......................................................................................51 3.5.1 Assumptions and risks ....................................................................................................51 3.5.2 Sustainability ...................................................................................................................52 PART 4. OPERATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ...........................................................................................53 4.1 ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE AND STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT MECHANISMS ...............................53 4.1.1. Executing agency and partners.......................................................................................54 4.1.2 Project management team ..............................................................................................54 4.1.3 Project steering committee..............................................................................................54 4.1.4 Stakeholder involvement mechanisms............................................................................55 4.2 REPORTING, REVIEW, MONITORING AND EVALUATION ..................................................................55 4.2.1 REPORTING...........................................................................................................................55 4.3 DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS AND MAINSTREAMING OF PROJECT LEARNING...................................56 4.3.1 MAINSTREAMING OF PROJECT LEARNING ................................................................................56 ANNEXES..............................................................................................................................................52 2 List of Tables Table 1. Direct beneficiaries.................................................................................................................13 Table 2. Indirect beneficiaries ..............................................................................................................13 Table 3. Stakeholders involved:...........................................................................................................19 Table 4. Project Logical Framework Matrix..........................................................................................25 Table 5. Work schedule .......................................................................................................................36 Table 7. Consolidated budget by component ......................................................................................44 Table 8. ITTO budget by component ...................................................................................................47 Table 9. HELVETAS budget by component.........................................................................................49 Table 10. Estimated budget for Municipality and Municipal Councils..................................................50 Table 11. Estimated budget for Forest Agencies and Services...........................................................50 Table 11. Project assumptions, risks and mitigation actions ...............................................................51