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MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE PROGRAM AID 524 -10 - 00006 Municipal Governance Program QUARTERLY REPORT January 01 – March 31, 2018 1 MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE PROGRAM AID 524 -10 - 00006 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS 3 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5 II. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS 19 III. SIGNIFICANT CONSTRAINTS/LESSONS LEARNED AND BEST PRACTICES 44 IV. PLANNED ACCOMPLISHMENTS 46 2 MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE PROGRAM AID 524 -10 - 00006 ACRONYMS ADDAC Diversification and Communal Agricultural Development Association AMDES Multidisciplinary Development Association ADIFIM Association of Individuals with a Disability in Motor Skills ADM Municipal Development Association AMC Christian Medical Action AMJOLU Young Women Fighters Association ANSNIC National Nicaraguan Association for the Deaf APADEIM Association for the Comprehensive Development of Women APPDJ Association of Pensioners with Disability and Retirees APRODER Association for Promotion and Rural Development ARC Appreciative Review of Capacity ASODEL Association for Survival and Local Development BICU Bluefields, Indian and Caribbean University CAPS Potable Water and Sanitation Committees CDM Municipal Development Committee CEIMM Center for Studies and Investigations on Multiethnic Woman CEPS Center for Studies and Social Promotion CESESMA Health and Environmental Education Service Center CIG Interagency Gender Commission CODES Natural Disaster Operations Center CoMAJ Municipal Committee of Adolescents and Youth COMUPRED Municipal Disaster Prevention Committee CSO Civil Society Organization DGI General Income Directorate DPO Disabled Person’s Organization ENATEL National Electric Transmission Company FADCANIC Foundation for Autonomy and Development of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua FECONORI Federation of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities GRACCN Autonomous Regional Government of the North Caribbean Coast FUMSAMI San Miguelitos’ Women Foundation INPESCA National Fishing Institute La Cuculmeca “La Cuculmeca” Education and Communication Association LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual Los Pipitos Los Pipitos Parents Association for parents of children with disabilities. MAG Mini Gravity Aqueduct MDS RACCS Sexual Diversity Movement Southern Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region MGP Municipal Governance Program MIFAM Ministry of Family Affairs MINED Ministry of Education MTI Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure NGO Non-Governmental Organization ODHA Human and Autonomy Rights OCD Organizational Capacity Development OCN-MT “Marisela Toledo” Organization for the Nicaraguan Blind OCTUPAN Octupan Association ORD “Ernesto Che Guevara” Organization for Revolutionaries with Disabilities 3 MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE PROGRAM AID 524 -10 - 00006 PCD Persons with Disabilities GR General Budget of the Republic PRODESSA Center for Advancement and Counseling in Research and Development in the Agricultural Sector PwD Person with Disabilities RACCN Northern Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region RACCS Southern Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region Red Afro Network of Afro-Latin-American and Afro-Caribbean Women and Women of the Diaspora Red Local Nicaraguan Network for Democracy and Local Development SEPRODIS Regional Secretariat for the Articulation of Human Rights of Individuals with Disabilities TRANSMUNI Municipal Transfer System UNAN National Autonomous University of Nicaragua UNICAM University in the Field URACCAN University of the Autonomous Regions of the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast 4 MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE PROGRAM AID 524 -10 - 00006 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IR 1.1: Citizen Participation Activities Promoted 1.1.1: Participation in the Municipal Budget Cycle List the major activities List Key Achievements by Activity Indicate the status of undertaken during the review these activities in period that contributed to the relation to approved activity objective/results. action/work plan and schedule. If different from work plan, why? Active participation of the 3 • 213 proposals presented by CDMs, COMAJ, and Complete CDM, 4 CoMAJ and 2 Citizen Citizen Networks. 48% approved and included in Networks in the consultation 2018 municipal budgets. process of the 2018 municipal budget. Active participation of the 3 • 2,262 people participated in the last two Budget Complete CDM, 4 CoMAJ and 2 Citizen Accountability Sessions (Q1 and Q2 FY18). Networks in the accountability committee sessions of each municipality. 1.1.3: Awareness-raising and public education campaigns List the major activities List Key Achievements by Activity Indicate the status of undertaken during the review these activities in period that contributed to the relation to approved activity objective/results. action/work plan and schedule. If different from work plan, why? Communication activities of the • 4 COMAJ communications plans were finalized Complete / Ongoing 3 CDM, 4 CoMAJ and 2 Citizen and are being implemented. Networks: radio programs, TV, • CDMs and citizen networks implemented 3 radio social networks and street programs and used social networks and street activism. activism to promote citizen participation of youth and women. Campaign to highlight rights of • FECONORI implemented campaign to raise Complete disabled persons. awareness of law 763 and rights of disabled persons. • 79% of population polled reported hearing a message about rights of disabled persons; 78% were aware of a law protecting rights of disabled persons. Implement surveys to measure • 390 midline surveys conducted in Bluefields in Ongoing impact of FECONORI campaign. October. • 390 endline surveys conducted in Bluefields in March. • Results will be reports next quarter. Campaign to highlight the need • Blue Energy’s ‘Preparate Ya’ campaign invited Complete for resilient communities in youth to share experiences through radio Bluefields. programs on climate change adaptation and climate smart farming techniques, answering questions from 79 callers from the community. • Community leaders brought campaign to 5 neighborhoods of Bluefields, using TV and radio 5 MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE PROGRAM AID 524 -10 - 00006 spots, testimonials of model family program participants, and participation in the annual May carnival parade. Implement surveys to measure • 390 surveys conducted in Bluefields in October. Complete impact of blueEnergy campaign. • 60% of municipal respondents reported having heard MGP Climate Change messaging. • 89% of 4 intervention neighborhoods respondents reported having heard MGP Climate Change messaging. Campaign to promote • Red Afro’s communication campaign was Complete recognition and rights of broadcast on Radio Costeñísima and TV, in the Afrodescendent and indigenous municipality of Bluefields. groups in the national census. • 80% of respondents surveyed confirmed having heard one or more campaign message. 1.1.4: Increasing the effectiveness and sustainability of efforts to advance the rights of persons with disabilities List the major activities List Key Achievements by Activity Indicate the status of undertaken during the review these activities in period that contributed to the relation to approved activity objective/results. action/work plan and schedule. If different from work plan, why? Course to teach maintenance • Planned and organized course, selected Ongoing and repair of wheelchairs to participants. Course to start next quarter. 15 disabled persons. participants are planned. Establishment of a small • Bluefields mayor has committed a space for Ongoing workshop to repair and workshop for wheelchair repair. Space will be maintain wheelchairs. rehabilitated next quarter. DPOs in Bluefields create • Meeting held between CBM and FECONORI Complete / Ongoing alliances with DPOs in other Bluefields in order to promote financial municipalities or other groups sustainability and create alliances with potential who are interested in working donors. with DPOs, to organize joint • FECONORI collaborated with FADCANIC to give projects and activities. courses on massage therapy and reparation of wheelchairs to members. • FECONORI collaborated with Red Afro for preparation of Red Afro’s proposal to the UN for protection of disabled women’s rights. DPOs advocate with municipal • Bluefields mayor has committed a space for Complete / Ongoing governments for the provision FECONORI office. Space will be rehabilitated of an office and basic next quarter. equipment for the shared use of DPOs. 1.1.5: Formation of stakeholder groups categorized by common interest in the RACCS, Chontales, and Rio San Juan List the major activities List Key Achievements by Activity Indicate the status of undertaken during the review these activities in period that contributed to the relation to approved activity objective/results. action/work plan and schedule. If different from work plan, why? Creation of work plan for • Organized the Association of Livestock Workers Complete / Ongoing livestock sector workers of in Muelle de los Bueyes, which are now part of Muelle de los Bueyes; and the CDM. Finalized work plan for the 6 MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE PROGRAM AID 524 -10 - 00006 advocacy with companies, Association, who are using the plan for advocacy institutions and local actors. and promotion. Development Training Program • 80 leaders and community members (80% Complete on Community Organization, women) of San Miguelito and El Almendro Gender, Environment and participated in the training program. Citizenship. Participatory creation of a • 2 diagnostic processes and community resilience Complete socio-environmental plans finalized in two neighborhoods in San community plan in a prioritized Miguelito