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USAID Report Template AHMID DACCARETT FOR UMG GUATEMALA URBAN MUNCIPAL GOVERNANCE (UMG) PROJECT QUARTERLY REPORT October 1 to December 31, 2019 This report was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) by Tetra Tech through the Guatemala Urban Municipal Governance project Task Order under the Making Cities Work (MCW) Indefinite Quantity Contract (USAID Contract No. AID-OAA-1-14-00059, Task Order No. AID-520-TO-17-00001). Test This report was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) by Tetra Tech through the Guatemala Urban Municipal Governance Project Task Order under the Making Cities Work (MCW) Indefinite Quantity Contract (USAID Contract No. AID-OAA-I-14- 00059, Task Order No. AID-520-TO-17-00001). Tetra Tech Contacts: Brian Husler, Chief of Party [email protected] Christian Kolar, Project Manager [email protected] Tetra Tech 159 Bank Street, Suite 300, Burlington, VT 05401 Tel: 802-495-0282, Fax: 802 658-4247 www.tetratech.com/intdev COVER PHOTO: Closing ceremony of the vacation course led by the National Civil Police (PNC) for children and young people from Palencia, as a mean to prevent violence. December 2019. GUATEMALA URBAN MUNCIPAL GOVERNANCE QUARTERLY REPORT October 1 to December 31, 2019 JANUARY 2020 1 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 CONTENTS ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 3 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5 2. MAJOR ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS 6 3. CROSS-CUTTING ACTIVITIES 22 ANNEX A. SUCCESS STORY 28 ANNEX B: PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 30 2 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ANAM Guatemalan National Municipal Association CEIPA Centro Ecuménico de Integración Pastoral CICAM Centro de Investigación, Capacitación y Apoyo a la Mujer CGC Comptroller-General of Guatemala CONJUVE National Youth Council COCODEs Community Development Committees COCOPREs Community Violence and Crime Prevention Commissions COMUDEs Municipal Development Committees COMUPREs Municipal Violence and Crime Prevention Commissions COP Chief of Party COREDUR Regional Council for Urban and Rural Development CPTED Crime Prevention through Environmental Design CSO Civil Society Organization DAAFIM Direction of Assistance to Municipal Financial Management DMM Municipal Women’s Office DMP Municipal Planning Office FEDENMURG Federación de Mujeres Rurales de Guatemala FSIS Fundación Sida I Societat FUNDAECO Foundation for Eco-Development and Conservation FY Fiscal Year GBV Gender Based Violence GIS Geographic Information Systems INAP National Institute for Public Administration INFOM Municipal Development Institute 3 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 INTECAP National Training Institute KM&L Knowledge Management and Learning MARN Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources ME & L Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning MOU Memorandum of Understanding OMNAJ Municipal Office for Childhood, Adolescence, and Youth OMPC Municipal Citizen Participation Offices PBS Public Bike System PDM Municipal Development Plan PDM-OT Municipal Development Plan with a focus in Territorial Planning PFMS Public Financial Management System POA Annual Operating Plan POT Property Registry Planning (planificacion en ordenamiento territorial (POT) in Spanish) POM Parents on a Mission PPF Project Preparation Facility PPP Public-Private Partnerships REDEJUVE Youth Entrepreneurship Network of Escuintla SAG-UDAI System of Government Audit of the Internal Audit Units SDIP Service Delivery Improvement Plan SECCATID Secretaría Ejecutiva de la Comisión Contra las Adicciones y el Tráfico Ilícito de Drogas SEGEPLAN Secretariat of the Presidency for Planning and Programming SEPREM Presidential Secretariat for Women UMG Urban Municipal Governance Project UPCV Unit for Community Violence and Crime Prevention (of the Interior Ministry) YTT Youth Targeting Tool 4 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW The Urban Municipal Governance Project (UMG) contract was awarded by USAID to Tetra Tech on January 27, 2017. UMG is a five-year project designed to reduce levels of violence in municipalities most at risk of violent crime through enhanced municipal governance, increased coverage and quality of municipal violence prevention services, and greater citizen participation and oversight. The project provides municipal governments with improved technology solutions and technical assistance to achieve transparent and participatory planning, financial management, and effective service delivery implementation. UMG also provide technical assistance, capacity building support, and resources for direct improvements to community-based organizations working in partnership with municipalities to improve services that will help reduce crime and violence. 1.2 CONTEXT - QUARTER 1 – FISCAL YEAR 2020 In June 2019, USAID/Guatemala informed Tetra Tech about significant reductions in funding available across its portfolio. USAID requested UMG to continue implementation using its current obligated funding, assuming no new funding will become available. On June 6 the project’s Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) requested a Contingency Plan, including a closeout in September of 2020 (more than one year before the current period of performance). To achieve this ambitious change in the budget and schedule of the project, Tetra Tech made immediate and significant reductions, affecting both Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) and Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) work plan activities. Overall the budget was reduced 65%. Additionally, UMG adjusted its strategy to reflect the following: • Implementing strategic activities to capitalize on existing Government of Guatemala (GOG) efforts to maximize cost-effective development impact and curb migration by focusing on their root causes, such as crime, violence and improving economic opportunities for youth; • Focusing on fewer municipalities (although in FY19, to not abruptly abandon the municipalities, UMG scaled back on activities while planning to leave early in FY20). • Leveraging strong relationships with GOG, civil society and private sector counterparts to increase sustainability and buy-in; To maximize the use of limited funds, the UMG project prioritized activities that not only support crime and violence prevention but also prepare vulnerable populations for employment, since chronic unemployment is a major driver of migration. At the municipal level, the project emphasized municipal income generation to municipalities that will eventually assume the financing of similar initiatives like crime and violence prevention projects. At the end of FY19 Q4 (September 30, 2019) Tetra Tech received an additional obligation of $379,895 which allowed the project to consolidate these activities as they were operating on an extremely reduced budget, return to the municipality of Villa Nueva with a violence and migration prevention program implemented by grantee Fundación Paiz, and start employment programs with the highly vulnerable migrant returnee population. These funds also allowed UMG to maintain the remaining staff through September 2020 as most remaining employment contracts were scheduled to end by May 2020. 5 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 2. MAJOR ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS Although the USAID budget reductions required UMG to reduce its scope of work, progress was still achieved to strengthen municipal violence prevention activities. Significant FY20 Q1 accomplishments include: MUNICIPAL LEVEL ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Cementos Progreso (CEMPRO) and the Secretariat of Planning (SEGEPLAN) provided financial and technical assistance and logistical support to the Municipality of Chinautla to prepare and disseminate their Municipal Development Plan. In November 2019, the finalized plan was presented to and approved by the Chinautla Municipal Council. The plan included several important tools, such as an inventory of urban infrastructure (like health clinics and schools) as well as potential public transportation routes for smart urban growth. • UMG provided technical assistance to officials of the municipal offices of Planning, Financial Management, Women, and Youth Offices of Chimaltenango, Escuintla, Chiquimula, Puerto Barrios, Coatepeque, Colomba, and Malacatán, for the preparation of their 2020 Annual Operating Plan (POA) and budget. • Delivered certificate training of the Citizen Participation Offices of the Esquipulas, Zacapa, and Chiquimula municipalities so that they themselves can train community leaders of the recently formed Community Development Councils (COCODEs). These skills will improve the participation of COCODEs within the Municipal Development Councils (COMUDE) so that the COCODE’s prioritized projects will be taken into consideration for financing by the municipality. • Provided short-term technical assistance that analyzed the current service rates which demonstrated that the Zacapa municipality was highly subsidizing municipal services. The consultants then analyzed new rates, leading to break-even and then projected rates that would lead to improved income. These rate increases were presented to the Municipal, Council and were approved and published this Quarter. • Delivered Geographic Information Systems (GIS) certificate course for 10 municipal officials from Zacapa. The course, conducted by an UMG consultant, equipped participants with knowledge and skills to improve and modernize municipal land information,
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