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]
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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, including use of Global Positioning System (GPS), map preparation, and tools to conduct a cadastral survey
• In partnership with the Ministry of Finances (MINFIN) and the USAID’s Fiscal Reform and Purchasing Project, UMG supported 41 municipal officials from 14 municipalities, including eight UMG partner municipalities, in the use of Guatecompras, a tool used by MINFIN to facilitate public procurement.
• In alliance with the MINFIN’s Direction of Assistance to Municipal Financial Management (DAAFIM or Dirección de Asistencia a la Administración Financiera Municipal in Spanish), provided a technological solution to improving collection of citizens’ water bills in Coatepeque, Palencia,
6 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 and Retalhuleu municipalities. UMG provided technical assistance, mobile devices, and thermal printers which allow the municipalities to immediately provide the water bill to the consumer. This avoids the need for each household to go to the municipality to collect their bill.
• The project provided technical assistance to update the Institutional Strategic Plan (PEI), Multi- year Operating Plan (POM, 2020-2024), and the Annual Operating Plan (POA, 2020) of Palencia, Amatitlán, and Chinautla municipalities.
• started digitizing potential taxpayer information into the Servicios GL systems in the Municipality of Malacatan. The application of this program enables the Ministry of Finance (MOF) to oversee municipal spending, essential for improving transparency.
• Municipal Council of Malacatan approved the financing of a community infrastructure project that UMG was initially going to finance but due to USAID budget reductions needed to cancel. UMG still provided the design and the budget preparation.
COMMUNITY LEVEL ACCOMPLISHMENTS • UMG provided logistical support to the National Police Force (PNC) so that they could implement their school vacation program in 14 communities. These programs are designed to improve the relationship and increase trust between the PNC and the communities. These were three week-long programs assisted by school aged youth and community leaders.
• Provided logistical support to the Executive Secretariat of the Commission Against Addictions and Illicit Drug Trafficking (SECCATID or Secretaría Ejecutiva de la Comisión Contra las Adicciones y el Tráfico Ilícito de Drogas in Spanish), who worked with leaders in 14 UMG partner communities to design strategies to prevent drug use from a public health approach.
• Invited Mr. Richard Ramos, Founder of Latino Coalition for Community Leadership (a U.S. based organization), to implement and additional Parents on a Mission (POM) training course for leaders of 6 communities, project staff from Grupo Ceiba and Fundación Paiz and members of the municipal offices for women, youth, adolescence, and childhood of Puerto Barrios, Coatepeque, Colomba and Retalhuleu. They were all certified to continue implementing this leadership program to empower parents to earn the respect, love and loyalty of their at-risk children.
• Started activities with new grantee Fundación Paiz, who is providing vocational, soft-skill training and job placement to 75 high risk youth in Mezquital, Villa Nueva, where USAID continues their Placed Based Strategy.
• Grupo Ceiba and CEIPA continued their vocational training to high-risk youth in Puerto Barrios, Chiquimula, Retalhuleu, and Coatepeque municipalities. Supervised apprenticeships are scheduled to begin in early 2020.
• Fundación Sida I Sociedad (FSIS) and Centro de Investigación, Capacitación y Apoyo a la Mujer (CICAM), continued their violence prevention activities in both schools and the broader communities, where students prepared violence prevention plans.
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TABLE 1. CONSTRAINTS IMPACTING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION Constraint/Issue Lesson Learned/Action Moving Forward USAID budget reductions inhibit robust investments for the UMG will prioritize Villa Nueva activities only if upcoming year in Villa Nueva. Currently the only funding additional funding becomes available available is for Fundación Paiz. Eventually UMG will need to meet with the new administration to discuss potential support. Although SECCATID’s Community Prevention Program held Avoid implementing community training between in December 2019 had good reception among community November and December each year, as it may be members, it was difficult to motivate their participation due to difficult to convene social organizations. end of year celebrations. A combination of municipal elections followed by the campaign The ANAM elections are over in January 2020, at for the Presidency of the National Association of Municipal which point the mayor will have more time to Authorities (ANAM), in which the Puerto Barrios mayor is dedicate to these negotiations. running, severely slowed implementation of the Public Private Partnership activity in Puerto Barrios. This is primarily due to private sector actors preferring to only negotiate with the mayor.
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2.1 COMPONENT 1: STRONG PUBLIC BUDGETING AND MUNICIPAL SERVICE DELIVERY PROCESSES IN PLACE
INTERMEDIATE RESULTS
IR 1.1 Improved management, administration, and coordination among key public institutions
IR 1.2 Strengthened accountability, responsiveness, and transparency in key public institutions
3.1.1. ACTIVITY 1.1. IMPLEMENTATION OF MUNICIPAL PLANNING ACTIVITIES IDENTIFIED IN THE PFMS Technical assistance for the development of the municipal Institutional Strategy Plans (PEI), Multiyear Operational Plans (POM), and Annual Operating Plans (POA).
Annual Operating Plans. During the first quarter, UMG provided technical assistance to municipal authorities and officials of the Municipal Planning (DMP), Municipal Financial Management, Women (DMM), and Youth Offices (OMNAJ) of Chimaltenango, Escuintla, Chiquimula, Puerto Barrios, Coatepeque, Colomba, and Malacatán, for the preparation of their POA 2020 and their linkage to the municipal budget. Technical assistance ensured that the DMP and the mayor of the municipalities were not the only actors preparing the POAs. Municipalities are now including other departments such as the DMM and OMNAJ who work with the women and youth of the communities to prepare projects designed to support their respective populations. Additionally, UMG helped the DMP prioritize projects using management tools based on importance for the municipality and yearly budget.
Institutional Strategic Plans (PEI), Multi-year Operational Plans (POM). Prior to USAID budget reductions, various municipal activities were agreed to with the municipalities which were not prohibitively expensive. One of those was the provision of short-term technical assistance to help prepare the municipal Institutional Strategic Plans (PEI), and Multi-year Operational Plans (POM) for the period 2020-2024 in Chinautla, Palencia, and Amatitlán municipalities. The technical assistance consisted of providing training to 47 municipal staff to strengthen their capacity and raise awareness about the
9 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 importance of the participatory strategic planning processes for decision making. UMG also facilitated the presentation of these plans to the Municipal Councils for approval. UMG encouraged municipalities to prioritize job creation, improvement for municipal revenue collection, and the implementation of violence prevention activities.
Partnership between the private sector and the municipality of Chinautla to strengthen urban planning activities. Across Guatemala, municipalities struggle to produce a PDM-OT Municipal Development Plan with a focus in Territorial Planning (PDM-OT) mandated by SEGEPLAN. This plan that helps local governments sustainably prioritize public services, boost economic growth, and generate municipal revenue for the coming 15 years. UMG facilitated a partnership between the Chinautla local government and CEMPRO, one of Guatemala’s most important construction companies, to contribute both financial resources and an innovative vision throughout the process. 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. In fostering this partnership with CEMPRO, the municipality of Chinautla has built a partnership with the private sector, in the strategic planning processes. CEMPRO not only provided financial resources to make the initiative possible but also a more expansive vision for Chinautla that goes beyond short-term interests.
3.1.2. ACTIVITY 1.2. IMPLEMENTATION OF REVENUE GENERATION ACTIVITIES IDENTIFIED IN THE PFMS Interventions for the improvement in quantity and quality of municipal services coverage. The Project provided technical assistance to the municipality of Palencia for the development of a draft document on the “Regulation of drinking water and sewerage of the urban area of the municipality.” This document was elaborated jointly with authorities, officials and technicians from DAAFIM and the Municipal Drinking Water, Public Relations, Municipal Planning and Public Services Offices, and was presented and approved by the Municipal Council. This document will be the basis for increasing the rate currently charged to their citizens for water as the municipality is currently subsidizing water usage for all its citizens. UMG also supported a Public Campaign to Promote Accountability of the Urban Water Service and assisted in the creation of a Technical Municipal Water Board.
Good practices in public service management. In FY 2019, UMG provided technical assistance to the eastern municipalities of Jocotán, Zacapa, Esquipulas and Chiquimula to determine levels of income, expenses, and subsidies. The project identified heavily subsidized drinking water service in Jocotán, Zacapa, and Chiquimula urban areas. To improve the management of municipal public services and strengthen their income generation processes, UMG organized a “workshop for the exchange of experiences in the sustainable management of water and sewerage services” in Esquipulas during the reporting period.
This workshop was aimed at municipal officials of the public services’ offices, IUSI, Municipal Affairs Court, DAAFIM in Chiquimula and Zacapa municipalities. In this workshop, municipal officials were able to exchange successful experiences and learn about the best practices in the management of the drinking water service implemented by the municipality of Esquipulas. Next steps will be to prepare a Strategy and Action Plan to improve the efficiency of the potable water service.
Technological tools to increase operational efficiency and improve public service delivery. The DAAFIM, as the governing body in the financial administration of local governments, provides technical assistance to the municipalities in their integrated financial systems. This includes, in part, the
10 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 development of an App to monitor drinking water service. The project joined these efforts to help expand the use of this App in five additional municipalities (Coatepeque, Retalhuleu, Palencia, Esquipulas, and Puerto Barrios) to increase operational efficiency and improve public service delivery. As part of this institutional strengthening process, UMG provided thermal printers and mobile devices, as well as technical assistance for the implementation of the App. UMG’s assistance has improved the efficiency in the payment of consumer´s water bills by an estimated 80% as through the App and printers the municipality can immediately provide the water bill. Before consumers had to go directly to the municipality for their bill.
Technical assistance to update the municipal rates plan. The project provided technical assistance to municipal officials in Zacapa municipality to calculate and review a new municipal rate plan for public services and other non-tax revenues.
Quantum GIS training for Land Management. In November, UMG implemented a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) training directed at municipal officials of the municipal planning, cadaster, risk management, and public services offices, in mapping tools and methodologies. The course equips participants with knowledge and skills to improve municipal land use planning, including use and management of Global Positioning System (GPS), cartography, cadastral survey, and use of forms.
3.1.3. ACTIVITY 1.3. IMPLEMENTATION OF FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES IDENTIFIED IN THE PFMS Servicios GL. Even though the mayor of Malacatan lost his reelection bid, before he leaves office, he requested that UMG support the input of contributing taxpayers and taxable properties into the Local Government Services System (Servicios GL). This is a system designed by the Ministry of Finance to strengthen and modernize the municipal financial processes. One of the benefits of using these systems is that taxpayers can now pay for their public services such as water and property tax at banks and established municipal branches located in isolated communities. Citizens no longer have to travel to the muncipality to pay, improving citizen outreach and creating a more efficient tax collection system which ultimately leads to increased income. With the additional obligation, UMG was able to support the municiplatiy with three local data input consultants. This assistance will continue into the next adminsistration but bring the needed income to the municipality as very few taxpayers are registered, and the collection of taxes is minimal.
Guatecompras Training. One of the most frequently requested support from municipalities was a training in Guatecompras, a MINFIN designed to support public procurement. Knowing that USAID’s Fiscal Reform and Purchasing Project was redesigning the system and providing training to municipalities, UMG agreed to provide logistical support to 17 selected municipalities, including eight project partner municipalities (Puerto Barrios, Esquipulas, Colomba, Coatepeque, Palencia, Escuintla, Chimaltenango and Chinautla).
3.1.4. ACTIVITY 1.4. IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES With USAID’s current focus on migration, UMG added development of Municipal Local Economic Development Initiatives to future planning. Effective LED strategies are important to deter illegal migration and improve employment opportunities for youth. The UMG project will support municipalities to strengthen local economic capacity, improve the investment climate, and increase the
11 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 productivity and competitiveness of local businesses, entrepreneurs and workers. The UMG project will serve as a convener, bringing together the public, business and non-governmental sector partners to work collectively to create better conditions for economic growth and employment generation.
Since this is a new activity, the project will assess current municipal LED office capacity in each municipality. Based on the assessment, we will help the relevant municipal offices develop strategies and action plans. During the reporting period, the project conducted a quick diagnosis about the existence of the Local Economic Development (LED) offices. Of UMG partner municipalities, currently, only Chiquimula, Puerto Barrios, and Villa Nueva have a LED office.
3.1.5. ACTIVITY 1.5 IMPLEMENTATION OF CITIZEN OUTREACH ACTIVITIES In FY20 Q1, UMG concluded its Citizen Participation certificate course aimed at enhancing the technical capabilities of the Citizen Participation and Women’s Offices of Zacapa, Chiquimula, and Esquipulas municipalities, to effectively foster citizen participation by the local leadership and women. The certificate course consisted of five modules: 1) Citizen Participation; 2) the legal basis for citizen participation; 3) Participatory planning; 4) Violence prevention and conflict resolution; and 5) Social auditing.
The course was designed and implemented in conjunction with the Regional Council for Urban and Rural Development (COREDUR), the Guatemalan National Municipal Association (ANAM), The Municipal Development Institute (INFOM), SEGEPLAN and the Departmental Network of Women of Chiquimula (REDMUCH or Chiquimultecas Red Departamental De Mujeres Chiquimultecas). These groups will replicate the training to COCODEs in their respective communities.
3.1.6 ACTIVITY 1.6 STRENGTHENING MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL CAPACITIES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL CRIME AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGIES UMG provided technical assistance to the DMMs of Puerto Barrios and Zacapa municipalities by facilitating focus groups that sought to assess the situation of local women for more targeted public services from the municipalities. These policies were handed over to the president of the Women's Commission of COMUDE on November 25 (Day of Nonviolence against Women) and presented to the Municipal Council for approval. During the preparation of the policies, cases of gender-based violence were identified by community leaders. These cases will be taken over by the DMMs for follow-up. UMG will also print 100 copies of the policy to be distributed in the communities and to local women´s groups.
UMG, together with CONJUVE, helped create this office in Colomba in FY19 Q4. During the reporting period, the staff was certified in the Richard Ramos POM methodology. UMG has also facilitated their visits to universities in Quetzaltenango to seek the support of professional staff (lawyers, psychologists and social workers) to support domestic violence cases of violence against women.
UMG project has effectively engaged key national-level institutions and links their municipal strengthening programs to the local level. Community activities such as PNC vacation workshops and SECCATID were co-planned with the DMMs and the OMJ in the municipalities. Since these municipal offices are nor accustomed to bringing in national institutions, they were able to get new contacts for future training activities. Details on these activities can be found later in the report under Component 3
12 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 3.1.7 COMPONENT 1 CONSTRAINTS AND CRITICAL ISSUES Although expected, with the handover of many municipal positions, many were not open to committing to new interventions with USAID. This will have a negative impact on many of recent training programs that UMG provided as previous municipal staff will not be able to use their new knowledge as expected.
2.1.8 PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR NEXT REPORTING PERIOD The main activities planned for the coming quarter, in relation to the indicators and the current work plan, include:
• Meet with new mayors and municipal councils in Villa Nueva, Malacatan and Retalhuleu to discuss UMG´s interventions and results over the past two years • Facilitate FOCAS workshop in those municipalities to plan out future interventions. • Closing ceremony of the Citizen Participation training course. • Follow-up to the projects included in the POAs, linked to violence prevention and illegal migration. • Technical Assistance to the municipality of Escuintla in the elaboration of their PDM-OT. • Development of action plans for the improvement of the quality, quantity, and coverage of public services in Zacapa, Palencia, and Esquipulas municipalities. • Continue the implementation of the Servicios GL APP with technical assistance and thermal printers in the municipalities Puerto Barrios and Esquipulas. • Follow-up to the approval by the Municipal Council to continue with the implementation process of Servicios GL and new service rates in Chimaltenango. • Continue to provide technical assistance for the improvement of the management of water service in the municipality of Chiquimula and the management of solid waste service in the municipality of Esquipulas. • Training in the use of satellite imagery in Puerto Barrios to improve the Cadaster and Land Management initiatives. • Continue the alliance with CEMPRO for strengthening the Land Use Plan in Chinuatla. • Continue to strengthen the alliance with the Faculty of Economic Sciences of San Carlos University to support the Municipal Directorate of Local Economic Development (DIMUDEL or Dirección Municipal de Desarrollo Económico Local in Spanish) of the municipality of Villa Nueva, and the development of administrative and financial instruments for the municipality of Esquipulas. • Elaboration of diagnoses and plans to strengthen the municipal Local Economic Development Offices. • Follow-up with the USAID Nexos Locales project on implementation of the transparency app to be implemented in Puerto Barrios.
13 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 2.2 COMPONENT 2: HIGH-CRIME, URBAN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES ARE IMPROVED THROUGH CITIZEN-DRIVEN IMPROVEMENTS IN LIVING CONDITIONS AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES
INTERMEDIATE RESULTS
IR 2.1: Vulnerability of at-risk youth to crime decreased
IR 2.2: Vulnerability of at-risk populations reduced
IR 2.3: Civic responsibility increased
2.2.1 ACTIVITY 2.1 IMPLEMENT AND MONITOR SMALL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN SERVICE DELIVERY IMPROVEMENT PLANS (SDIP) In addition to strengthening the capacity of 17 municipalities, the project works in one community per municipality to build the capacity of municipal and community actors to work together to prevent crime and violence by strategically improving service delivery. Over the past three years, Component 2 focused on responding to situational violence risk factors. Communities prioritized various risk factors related to unsafe public spaces as part of the vulnerability mapping analysis. They also identified public spaces such as roads, parks, schools, and markets where they feel like they can safely congregate or travel through.
The UMG project intended to finance or co-finance at least one of these prioritized projects in each supported community. However, due to USAID budget reductions, the project could not afford this initiative. During the reporting period, project staff continued to meet with community and municipal leaders to discuss the project´s financial situation and search for other funding sources for the prioritized project. In some communities the infrastructure project has been simplified while in others they have changed projects to reduce costs. Some municipalities have accepted these changes and have approved the project in their POA and budget. In Puerto Barrios, UMG is negotiating with various private sector actors that could help finance the project.
TABLE 2. CPTED PROJECTS BY MUNICIPALITY AND COMMUNITY
Municipality Community Identified CPTED Project Chimaltenango Socobal Solar lighting Chinautla Colonia San José Jocotales Road improvement in high risk area Retalhuleu Cantón Tableros Solar lighting Malacatán Santo Domingo Belén Remodeling community center Villa Canales El Jocotillo Create “safe space” for youth at school/church Palencia Cantón Rincón de la Piedra Recover park by improving fencing and lighting
Puerto Barrios Manatial /San Agustín Community park and stadium
Esquintla Modelo 1 Recover park by improving fencing and lighting
14 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 2.2.2. COMPONENT 2 CONSTRAINTS AND CRITICAL ISSUES The project’s inability to deliver on its commitments (as perceived by the community), hurt its credibility with the communities and municipalities. To reestablish credibility, the UMG project plans to support the design of viable infrastructure projects where municipal counterpart funding is available. The project will also train community members to improve their project presentation and fundraising skills – enabling them to be better positioned to find alternate sources of funding.
2.2.3 PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR NEXT REPORTING PERIOD There are minimal Component 2 activities planned for the coming quarter due to USAID budget reductions.
• Continue simplifying designs for the infrastructure projects to lower the cost where municipalities can afford the initiatives • As designs are complete meet with municipal staff to explore the possibilities for financing
2.3.3 PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR NEXT REPORTING PERIOD: The Project to train community leaders in preparation of projects and fundraising in the upcoming quarter.
15 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 2.3 COMPONENT 3: CITIZENS AND CIVIL SOCIETY ESPECIALLY IN THE MOST AT-RISK- COMMUNITIES ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN MUNICIPAL DECISION-MAKING AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROCESSES
INTERMEDIATE RESULTS
IR 3.1: Increased representation and effectiveness of development councils at community and municipal level
IR 3.2: Increased impact of citizen voice through coalition-building
IR 3.3: Increased civic engagement
In FY19, UMG completed Community Vulnerability Analysis and Service Delivery Improvement Plans (SDIPs) in all prioritized communities. The plans focused on violence risk factors, which were put into four categories: 1) public spaces, 2) citizen security, 3) high-risk youth, and 4) social violence. Public spaces are managed through Component 2 while Component 3 manages the remaining categories.
2.3.1 ACTIVITY 3.1 IMPLEMENT AND MONITOR ACTIVITIES THAT IMPROVE THE WEAK COMMUNITY SECURITY SITUATION IDENTIFIED IN SDIPS The community Vulnerability Analysis describes several risk factors impacting the level of community security, which refers to the community’s ability to create a lawful and peaceful environment. Key factors that inhibit community security include presence of businesses willing to sell alcohol to youth, congregation of youth and people under the influence of drugs or alcohol in high-crime communities and insufficient National Civil Police (PNC) presence or patrols in public spaces. UMG works with the PNC, the Municipal Transit Police, municipalities and national entities such as the Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Contra las Adicciones y el Tráfico Ilícito de Drogas (SECCATID) to improve the perception of the security situation in each community.
National Civil Police presence. To improve the perception of the security situation in high crime rate communities, UMG facilitated a School Vacation course provided by the PNC for 10 partner communities. Although these are not increased patrols, this is the first step in improving the relationship between the PNC and the community which is currently damaged. This vacation course provided an opportunity in which the youth could take advantage of their free leisure time to engage in youth activities led by the police. This has been shown to be an important violence prevention strategy. This activity involved promoting inter-agency cooperation between the PNC, the municipality, community leaders, and other institutions present in the communities. This violence prevention model helps build trust between the police and the community, promotes information-sharing, and helps both groups become more familiar with one another. These activities were coordinated with various actors with presence in the communities, as following:
SECCATID’s Community Prevention Program. During the reporting period, UMG coordinated with the Secretaría Ejecutiva de la Comisión Contra las Adicciones y el Tráfico Ilícito de Drogas (SECCATID) and the Unit for Community Violence and Crime Prevention (UPCV) to implement interventions aimed at preventing alcohol and drug use. This joint effort led by the SECCATID in 10 communities located in the
16 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 area of coverage of the Project: Manantial y San Agustin, Puerto Barrios; La Fragua, Zacapa; Zapotillo, Chiquimula; El Mezquital, Villa Nueva; Socobal, Chimaltenango; Santo Domingo Belén, Malacatán; Chuatuj, Coatepeque; Tableros, Retalhuleu; and Colonia Modelo I, Escuintla.
This SECCATID program consists of four modules of four hours each: 1) Risk and Protection Factors 2) Leadership in the Community 3) Drug dependence 4) Resolution of conflicts caused by substance use and abuse. The program provides prevention tools to communities against drug use. In addition to providing the logistical support for SECCATID and the workshops, UMG also printed 5000 of SECCATIDs informational materials which were distributed among the participants of each module (community leaders of COCODES, COCOPRES, members of COMUPRES, youth, staff of the PNC, Red Cross members, officials from the Sports, Youth, and Women Offices, as well as Project partner Civil Society Organizations (CSO). In total, the SECCATID trained 205 participants (119 women and 86 males) from 10 communities, with the support provided by the project, as following:
TABLE 3. PARTICIPANT DATA AT SECCATID COMMUNITY PREVENTION PROGRAM
SECCATID’s Community Prevention Program
Community/Municipality Participants Males Females Participant (total) institutions
Zapotillo/Chiquimula 13 5 8 PNC, COCODE, COCOPRE, CEIBA UMG
La Fragua/Zacapa 17 6 11 PNC, COCODE, Church, Municipality, UMG
Socobal/Chimaltenango 10 7 3 COCODES
Canton Talberos/Retalhuleu 18 6 12 COCODES
Chuatuj, Coatepeque 13 1 12 COCODES
Santo Domingo Belén/Malacatán 60 33 27 PNC, COCODES
Modelo I/ Escuintla 25 14 11 Young leaders with representation in the COCODE
Manantial, San Agustin/ Puerto 22 11 11 COCODES, Barrios Church, municipal staff, Red Cross, UPCV, PNC, UMG
Villa Nueva 14 2 12 Community Leaders
Rincon de la Piedra/ Palencia 13 1 12 Community leaders and municipal staff
17 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 2.3.3 ACTIVITY 3.2 IMPLEMENT AND MONITOR YOUTH AT RISK (SECONDARY VIOLENCE PREVENTION) ACTIVITIES IDENTIFIED IN SDIPS Secondary Violence Prevention. The results of the Vulnerability Analysis also revealed the weak situation that youth from the communities that UMG supports are in. Communities noted that youth, especially those unemployed or out of school, are more easily influenced by gangs. Some are extorted by gangs and forced to participate in illegal or violent activities. Lack of employment opportunities increases vulnerability to crime, violence, and migration. UMG is using grant funds on programs that focus on vocational training, job placement, including violence prevention components. Each grant agreement has adapted its intervention to the local context, i.e. needs of the community, already existing structures, willingness of authorities and community to participate, local labor market, level of education of the youth, and the job areas preferred by youth. Grant agreements supporting these initiatives are underway through Fundación Paiz, Grupo Ceiba, and CEIPA. To identify high risk youth that would qualify as secondary violence prevention organizations are using the Youth Targeting Tool (YTT) which was developed and tested by USAID in Mexico.
FUNDACIÓN PAIZ. With the additional obligation at the end of FY19 Q4, UMG signed a grant agreement with Fundación Paiz, which was previously suspended due to USAID budget reductions. This program helps prevent violence by equipping young people in Mezquital, Villa Nueva with vocational skills demanded by the labor market. It links marginalized youth from high crime areas giving them dignity as well as an economic lifeline. By the end of the reporting period, Fundación Paiz awarded 75 scholarships to high-risk youth who will have the opportunity to participate in either computer repair, or commercial sales, the career training offered by Fundación Paiz.
Grupo CEIBA. UMG also provided Grupo Ceiba with additional funding from the new obligation. Funding went to increase the number of computers in their training center as they were turning youth down for training as they did not have enough computers and to increasing their staff. In specific they contracted staff focused on identifying job opportunities for the youth that have now completed the training. During the reporting period, an additional 12 youth were placed in jobs.
Additionally, during the reporting period, Grupo Ceiba reached two significant milestones: 1) the Ministry of Education officially certified their outreach centers as educational training centers 2) the Municipality of Puerto Barrios agreed to finance staff from the center, an important step toward programmatic sustainability.
With additional obligated funding, UMG will also start working with the migrant returnee population. This is a vulnerable population group that estimates show 30-40% try to return to the USA almost immediately upon being deported. UMG will finance Grupo Ceiba who has the experience working with high risk youth and linking them to employment possibilities in the IT field. They also have an established training facility in Guatemala that could immediately serve that population. This work is expected to start early inf FY20 Q2.
CEIPA. During the reporting period, CEIPA concluded the first phase of the INTECAP formation process for high-risk youth from the Cantón Tableros, Retalhuleu, and Chuatuj, Coatepque, apart from the students from the refrigeration course which ends in FY20 Q2. Next quarter their apprenticeship program starts in which each student will need to work at known business in their field of study. Once
18 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 that is complete, they will receive the INTECAP certification and be eligible to work in their field. CEIPA is also in the process of identifying job opportunities in the region.
Tertiary Violence Prevention. Within their current grant Grupo Ceiba is also working with youth who have had a conflict with the law. They have reached an agreement with the Ministerio de Bienestar Social, who has the legal mandate to manage cases for underaged youth who have been arrested. The Ministry is referring youth in Chiquimula and Puerto Barrios to their training centers for vocational training any psycho-social assistance and community insertion. UMG also conducted an assessment in the Department of Chimaltenango of existing tertiary violence prevention programs. It covered three municipalities in the department of Chimaltenango (Chimaltenango, San Martín Jilotepeque and San Andres Itzapa), identified as the municipalities with the highest index of cases of adolescents in conflict with the criminal law. This assessment was conducted in conjunction with RENAJ, a local NGO who also accepts referrals from the Ministry. The assessment looked at how the youth were assimilating back into their communities and what types of programs were being offered. Results of the assessment demonstrated that little to no support is being provided to these youth by regional and local organizations.
2.3.3 ACTIVITY 3.3 IMPLEMENT AND MONITOR ACTIVITIES THAT IMPROVE SOCIAL VIOLENCE IDENTIFIED IN SDIPS The communities that identified social violence as a risk area mentioned child abuse, domestic and gender-based violence within the home and bullying in schools. Gender-based violence (GBV) is prevalent throughout Guatemalan society and people are reluctant to talk about it. However, it is known that GBV is a factor that increases vulnerability of certain social groups (i.e., women and children) to crime and violence and tendencies toward violent behavior among other social groups (i.e., young men). UMG´s strategy to meet these needs focuses on violence prevention interventions in schools, the community and households through the Parents on a Mission training program.
CICAM. During the reporting period, CICAM continued their school and community violence prevention activities with high risk youth in each of the communities and schools in Santo Domingo Belén, Malacatán, and Cantón Tableros, Retalhuleu. Violence prevention activities included values development through informational fairs, forums, and recreational activities such as rallies, sports, popular theater shows. The objective of these activities was to establish public spaces to discuss, share, and build healthy interpersonal relationships. One of the results within the schools is that the students in Malacatan took the initiative to form a Facebook page which is called “Young People Against Violence”. This page is intended to be a provide information on issues of different forms of including domestic and GBV and possible solutions to preventing that violence. The students will manage that page and upload information through articles, videos and photographs on the topics of violence.
Fundación Sida i Societat (FSIS). During the reporting period, FSIS implemented its first replica on improved parenting using the Parents on a Mission (POM) methodology. The course was assisted by twenty parents, some of them relatives of the REDEJUVE Network youth. In addition. FSIS also led the evaluation process of the activities stipulated in the community violence prevention plan.
Parents on a Mission Training. During the reporting period, Mr. Richard Ramos returned to Guatemala to conduct the first feedback workshop with twelve implementers of the POM methodology. UMG also invited other recipients of the initial training who are having difficulties in starting their
19 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 training programs so that they could pick up tips from the others. Mr. Ramos´s trip also included an additional Training of Trainers workshop on the POM methodology in Quetzaltenango, directed to thirty-four individuals, including community leaders, parents of the high-risk youth supported through CEIPA, technical staff from Grupo Ceiba and Fundación Paiz and municipal staff of Puerto Barrios, Malacatán, Coatepeque, and Colomba.
2.3.4 ACTIVITY 3.4 STRENGTHEN REPRESENTATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS: COMUDES, COMUPRES, COCODES AND COCOPRES COCODE and COCOPRE. During the reporting period, UMG co-planned with the COCODEs and COCOPREs several community activities including the Vacation Program led by the PNC, SECCATID´s training, and CICAMs vacation training sessions. Many COCODE leaders also participated in the POM training as well. Leading these interventions has solidified their leadership standing in the communities.
2.3.5 ACTIVITY 3.5 BUILD ALLIANCES THAT PUSH FOR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY During the reporting period, UMG sponsored a Guatemalan youth, Ms. Amy Roca, who participated in the social auditing process for university students led by the project during FY 2019, to attend the 2019 Global Youth Economic Opportunities (GYEO) Summit which took place in Silver Spring, Maryland, during the first week of October 2019. Ms. Roca lead a break-out session entitled “Engaging and Empowering Youth in Local Governance – Tools and Lessons for Accountability,” where Ms. Roca shared her experience about the social audit work supported by the UMG Project to representatives from over 60 countries. Ms. Roca participated as a panel member to discuss how to better engage youth in the political, social and economic process, and how to ensure that their voices are heard. By sharing lessons and experiences, the panel facilitated a constructive discussion about youth strategic engagement, policy monitoring, systematic collection of data and evidence, promote policy dialogue, and inspire a culture of accountability.
A detailed information of Ms. Amy Roca’s participation in the Summit, and how is she implementing social audits within her community, can be found in the following link: https://tetratechintdev.exposure.co/todays-changemakers-for-a-sustainable-future?source=share- tetratechintdev
2.3.6 COMPONENT 3 CONSTRAINTS AND CRITICAL ISSUES Students quitting the vocational training continues to be an issue. Causes for leaving vary, some have had run-ins with the law, the duration of the course is deemed too long and they need income, so they find it in the informal economy. Grantee organizations continue to make house visits to those that leave and have had some success in bringing them back into the program.
With the parenting training, not all that participated in the training of trainer’s course, started replicating the course within their communities. One of the issues was that UMG´s methodology was to institutionalize the training to the municipal offices. However, with last year being an election year, many of the parents mistook the training as a form of campaigning and thus refused to participate. With the current round of training. UMG directed the course at the community leaders, who do not have the
20 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 political connection and are closer to issues with the youth. The program will evaluate this methodology to determine which population group sticks with the training.
2.3.7 PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR NEXT REPORTING PERIOD Some of the activities planned for the upcoming reporting period are:
• Meet with new Vice-Minister of Violence Prevention to discuss UMG interventions and pending initiatives such as CONAPRE and map on next steps • Start training course aimed to strengthen the Municipal Citizen Participation Offices in the North-eastern region. • If CONAPRE is approved, meet Analysis of the results of the consultancies that are being implemented by the project: (a) Proposal on the functioning of the National Prevention Council (CONAPRE) and the results of the Methodological Guide for registration of COCODES and other forms of registration and accreditation to the COMUDE. • Resume the accompaniment to the COMUPRES in different communities. with the challenges involved the realignment of government officials, national and local levels • High-risk youth from Coatepeque and Retalhuleu with start Apprenticeship as CEIPA will seek out employment opportunities • High-risk youth in Villa Nueva start computer and sales classes with INTECAP and soft-skill training with Fundación Paiz • Certified students with computer skills will start work or re-enter into the education system in Puerto Barrios and Chiquimula • Once schools return- CICAM will continue their School Based Violence programs in Malacatan and Retalhuleu • CICAM will start strengthening the DMM in Colomba • UMG will start intervention with migrant returnees through contracts with ASOCIACIÓN de RETORNADOS GUATEMALTECOS (ARG) and Te Conecta and through the open grant agreement with Grupo Ceiba.
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3.1 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES As result of USAID budget reductions over the past year UMG reduced its staff from 63 employees to 21 as of December 2019. This includes one U.S. expatriate Chief of Party and 20 local Guatemalan staff. During the reporting period, UMG also suspended the subcontract with international partner Segura Consulting who managed Project Preparation Facility (PPF) activities. UMG has all emaining employees budgeted through September 2020, stabilizing the labor situation until further notice.
3.2 GRANTS AND SUBCONTRACTS By the end of the reporting period, UMG was managing only five grant agreements, with four grants still suspended. With the additional obligation, UMG was able to sign the grant agreement with Fundación Paiz and extended CICAM, Grupo Ceiba and CEIPA until September 2020 and FSIS until March 2020. Increased funding for these grants also allowed the organizations to increase their staffing and activities that were previously reduced. With additional funding suspended grants could quickly start-up in partner municipalities and communities. The chart below presents UMG’s active and current grant agreements, potential grant agreements under negotiation, and grant initiatives that have been cancelled due to the reduction in available funds.
TABLE 4. STATUS OF UMG-FUNDED GRANTS
Phase Organization Municipalities Proposed Period Current Situation of Performance
Open and Fundacion Paiz Villa Nueva 14 Funding through Implementing September 2020
Fundación Sida i Escuintla 24 Funding through Societat March 2020
CEIPA Malacatan, 24 Funding through Coatepeque, September 2020 Retalhuleu
CICAM Malacatan, 24 Funding through Coatepeque, September 2020 Retalhuleu, Chinuatla, Zacapa
Grupo Ceiba Puerto Barrios, 24 Funding through Chiquimula September 2020
Suspended FUNDAECO Escuintla, 22 Suspended Chimaltenango
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PROPAZ Malacatan, 24 Suspended Coatepeque, Colomba, Amatitlan
FEDENMURG Chimaltenango 24 Suspended
Glasswing - Villa Nueva 24 Suspended Fundación Crisálida
Currently Closed due to FLACSO 10 Munis 11 Closed USAID budget reductions (first round) Universidad 10 Munis 14 Closed Internaciones
Asociación por Chinautla 5 Closed una Vida Digna - AVD
Currently Closed -due Asociación de Scouts Legendarios de 15 Closed to USAID budget Gilwell reductions (second round) Defensoría Wajxaqib´ No´j 20 Closed
Amatitlán, Guatemala - IKG Closed
Chimaltenango, Chimaltenango - IKG Closed
Escuintla, Escuintla - IKG Closed
Chinautla – Chinautla Closed
Cancelled due to Paz Joven 0 Negotiating possible USAID budget grant prior to USAID reductions (first round) budget reductions
CODEFEM 0 Negotiating possible grant prior to USAID budget reductions
DOSES 0 Negotiating possible grant prior to USAID budget reductions
ODHAG 0 Negotiating possible grant prior to USAID budget reductions
23 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 Phase Organization Municipalities Proposed Period Current Situation of Performance
CAFCA 0 Negotiating possible grant prior to USAID budget reductions
Started Negotiating GUATECAMBIA 16 Possible grant Standby pending additional USAID funding
University of Illinois -Cure Violence Pending Possible grant pending additional USAID funding
Fundación Esquipulas Pending Possible grant pending additional USAID funding
3.3 MONITORING, EVALUATION AND LEARNING (MEL) Over the past two and half years, the UMG project has gone through substantial changes in its programming to the point where the current contractual indicators no longer reflex the focus of the project. This includes the need to add additional Migration Indicators that will piloted. In discussion with USAID, it was determined that UMG should rework its MEL plan, and change its indicators according the new focus of the program. During the reporting period, UMG started the analysis of the current and new indicators, including the integration of USAID’s Northern Triangle Migration Indicator Reference Sheets (MIRS) into the MEL Plan. The project has coordinated this process closely with USAID, as the Mission seeks to standardize collection of migration indicators across its implementing partners and other Northern Triangle countries. Additionally, the project has undergone a rigorous analysis process on the current indicators and chose only those that best fit the project’s revised focus and approach. The new MEL proposal under revision includes a combination of the current indicators, migration indicators, and new indicators that are not currently being used. These changes will also include adjusting the current Theory of Change to reflect the current implementation strategy. UMG expects to submit the new MEL plan for approval early next quarter.
This quarter, the Project started the analysis of the current and new indicators, including the integration of USAID’s Northern Triangle Migration Indicator Reference Sheets (MIRS) into the MEL Plan. The Project has coordinated this process closely with USAID, as the Mission seeks to standardize collection of migration indicators across its implementing partners and other Northern Triangle countries. Additionally, the Project has undergone a rigorous analysis process on the current indicators and chose only those that best fit the project’s revised focus and approach. The new MEL proposal under revision includes a combination of the current indicators, migration indicators, and new indicators that are not currently being used. These changes will also include adjusting the current Theory of Change to reflect the current implementation strategy
24 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 3.4 TRAINING EVENTS FROM REPORTING PERIOD UMG held the following training events last quarter:
TABLE 5. FY20 Q1 TRAINING EVENTS
NAME OF TRAINING FIELD OF RELATIONSHIP TO START END TARGET GROUP FEMALE MALE PROGRAM STUDY THE OBJECTIVES DATE DATE
Quantum GIS Training Territorial planning Improvement in the Nov 11, Nov Municipal staff of 1 9 management of municipal 2019 22, Zacapz`a own revenue through the 2019 provision of public services
Transactional Annual Municipal financial To establish a culture of Nov 5, Nov Municipal staff of Puerto 18 33 Purchasing and management effectively planning and 2019 27, Barrios, Esquipulas, Contracting Plan (PACC programming procurements. 2019 Colomba, Coatepeque, Formulation) Module of Palencia, Escuintla, Guatecompras1 Chimaltenango and Chinautla
Certificate course for the Citizen To strengthen citizen Jul 12, Nov 8, Municipal staff from the 6 3 strengthening of the participation, participation efforts in 2019 2019 Citizen Participation municipal Citizen violence municipal processes Offices of the Participation Units of the prevention, conflict Municipalities of Zacapa, municipalities of resolution, and Esquipulas, and Esquipulas, Chiquimula, social auditing Chiquimula and Zacapa2
1 From the 51 participants, 24 (9 females, 15 males) correspond to municipalities from the coverage area of the Project. 2 Municipal staff who received this training, replicated it with community leaders for a total of 38 community members trained (20 females, 18 males).
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SECCATID’s Risk factors of drug To promote strategies aimed Nov 20, Dec 18, Community members 119 86 Workshop: Drug and alcohol to prevent the consumption 2019 2019 and young people from Addictions and risk and consumption, of licit and illicit drugs Project prioritized protective factors leadership, and communities conflict resolution
Vacation courses in 14 Functions and roles It responds to the SDIPs in Nov 13, Dec 16, Children and young 78 82 communities, in of the Police the Project partner 2019 2019 people coordination with the institution, violence communities to strengthen National Police prevention, sports the relations between activities community members and policemen
“Parents on a Mission” Leadership, To train parents to gain the Oct 17, Nov Parents and leaders 8 4 workshop with personal growth, trust, respect and love from 2019 29, from Puerto Barrios, community of Puerto safe communities their children 2019 Escuintla, Barrios
Vacation art course Arts, participatory To sensitize young people, Nov, Dec, Young people, parents, 44 24 (CICAM) planning, gender teachers, and community 2019 2019 teachers, and equality, violence leaders about violence community leaders prevention prevention issues from Malacatán and Retalhuleu
26 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 3.5 COLLABORATION WITH NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, OTHER DONOR PROJECTS, OR OTHER USAID PROJECTS
3.5.3 LINKS WITH ANOTHER USAID PROJECTS USAID-funded Coordination Efforts Project CONVIVIMOS UMG has worked closely with CONVIVMOS to determine activities in Villa Nueva. It was determined that UMG would base its implementation plan off the Municipal Violence Prevention Plan, where CONVIVIMOS would continue to support Women´s Issues, Health and Citizen Security line items. UMG would cover Youth and Environment. Community Roots UMG maintains a close working relationship with Community Roots (CR), as the programs share various municipalities in both the West and the East. CR has been actively involved in the selection of UMG communities in those municipalities. UMG worked closely with CR in moving local partner PROPAZ into Colomba where UMG does not have a community presence. UMG, CR and the USAID-funded Puentes project meet each month in Coatepeque to ensure project coordination and no replication of activities. Creating Economic UMG initiated contacts with CEO to link our strategies focused on creating job Activities opportunities for youth at risk with their Development of Workforce and Area of Employability. Two important population groups focused and shared by the two projects: youth and women. The initial agreement is to focus joint efforts between the projects that UMG is implementing on giving employment opportunities for youth and theirs (Training and employment services and Youth Employment Route). Under this initial idea, UMG will link beneficiaries that have been benefited in its initiatives allowing them to access to formal employment under CEO initiatives. INL/RTI INL is now working in nearly all of UMG’s municipalities. The two programs have met on various occasions to discuss complementary activities. There are usually no issues as INL focuses its work with the police and UMG with the municipalities. The only areas that cross is the preparation of the Municipal Violence Prevention Plans and strengthening the COMUPREs. The mayor of Zacapa has requested that we approach INL for their support in the municipality due to the increase in homicides Mil Group UMG met with the Mil Group in Puerto Barrios to see if they could help support small construction projects in the UMG community. They agreed that they could invest up to $8000 and would put us in contact with the new members who would be coming to Guatemala in January.
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ANNEX A. SUCCESS STORY
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29 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 ANNEX B: PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
DO & IR CURRENT CURRENT % VARIANCE NEXT FY TWO FY REASON INDICATOR NAME AND THAT THE BASELINE FY FY RESULT BETWEEN TARGET OUT FOR +/- 10% NUMBER PROJECT VALUE TARGET TARGETS TARGET VARIANCE SUPPORTS
1. Degree of citizen satisfaction with service delivery provided by target institutions DO1 31.6% 0 31.6% 10% NA%
2. Number of municipalities with demonstrated improvement in institutional capacity for public DO1 0 16 16 21 NA financial management
3. Number of municipalities that practice participatory planning and budgeting DO1 0 16 13 21 NA
4. Number of public accountability and transparency mechanisms implemented DO1 0 9 6 12 NA
5. Number of municipalities and communities that are implementing strategies for crime DO1 0 41 29 51 NA and violence prevention
6. Number of municipalities with Municipal Crime Prevention Committees DO1 5 5 0 5 NA
7. Number of awards made directly to local organizations DO1 0 10 13 10 NA
30 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 DO & IR CURRENT CURRENT % VARIANCE NEXT FY TWO FY REASON INDICATOR NAME AND THAT THE BASELINE FY FY RESULT BETWEEN TARGET OUT FOR +/- 10% NUMBER PROJECT VALUE TARGET TARGETS TARGET VARIANCE SUPPORTS
8. Number of youths who have participated in a USG-supported activity to improve municipal services within their communities DO1 0 1,250 39 1,500 NA
9. Number of vulnerable people benefitting from USG-supported municipal services improvement DO1 0 2,500 0 3,000 NA
10. Number of vulnerable people benefitting from USG-supported social services DO1 0 1,250 19 1,500 NA
11. Percentage of USG-funded NGO or other international organization projects that include activities or services designed to DO1 0 50% 77% 50% NA reduce specific risks or harm to vulnerable populations
12. Number of individuals who received USG-supported training, including municipal performance, service delivery improvement and DO1 0 800 806 1,050 NA transparency, to strengthen local government and/or decentralization
13. Number of citizens engaged in developing community plans and/or implementing political DO1 0 375 137 450 NA reforms
14. Number of community proposed initiatives implemented by community and municipal DO1 0 25 5 30 NA governments
31 | GUATEMALA UMG: QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2019 DO & IR CURRENT CURRENT % VARIANCE NEXT FY TWO FY REASON INDICATOR NAME AND THAT THE BASELINE FY FY RESULT BETWEEN TARGET OUT FOR +/- 10% NUMBER PROJECT VALUE TARGET TARGETS TARGET VARIANCE SUPPORTS
15. Number of Civil Society Organizations receiving USG assistance engaged in advocacy DO1 0 6 3 6 NA interventions
16. Number of USG-supported activities designed to promote or strengthen the civic participation DO1 0 32 24 42 NA of women
17. Number of people from target communities who participate in community activities (stories such as cultural, educational and 1705 religious activities, employment, sports, etc.) and construction
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