ooka ;’l/ NEXOS LOCALES PROJECT QUARTERLY REPORT #16 April – June 2018 CONTRACT No. AID-520-C-14-00002 July 20, 2018 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development.Page 1 It of was 103 prepared by DAI Global, LLC. NEXOS LOCALES PROJECT QUARTERLY REPORT #16 April - June 2018 Project Title: Nexos Locales Project Sponsoring USAID office: USAID/Guatemala Contract Number: AID-520-C-14-00002 COR: Claudia Agreda Contractor: DAI Global, LLC. Date of Publication: July 20, 2018 The authors’ views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ________________________________________________________ 1 SUMMARY OF TABLES, FIGURES AND PHOTOGRAPHS _______________________________ 2 ACRONYMS _________________________________________________________________ 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ________________________________________________________ 6 INTRODUCTION _____________________________________________________________ 8 I. HIGH LEVEL RESULTS______________________________________________________ 10 II. SUMMARY OF KEY ACHIEVEMENTS __________________________________________11 III. OBSTACLES FACED AND LESSONS LEARNED __________________________________13 IV. QUARTERLY PROGRESS RESULTS ___________________________________________14 RESULT 1: _____________________________________________________________14 RESULT 2: _____________________________________________________________ 23 RESULT 3: _____________________________________________________________ 28 RESULT 4: _____________________________________________________________ 32 RESULT 5: _____________________________________________________________ 36 RESULT 6: _____________________________________________________________ 39 OUTSIDE OF WORK PLAN ACTIVITIES _______________________________________ 43 ALLIANCE FOR PROSPERITY REPORTING______________________________________43 V. TRAINING EVENTS _________________________________________________________46 VI. GRANTS ADMINISTRATION _________________________________________________47 VII. PROJECT MANAGEMENT____________________________________________________49 VIII. FINANCIAL INFORMATION _________________________________________________55 IX. ANNEXES ______________________________________________________________57 Page 1 of 101 SUMMARY OF TABLES, FIGURES, AND PHOTOGRAPHS Table 1: Year 4 Training Events, Participants, and Costs _________________________________ 46 Table 2: Grants Awarded in Q16 __________________________________________________ 47 Table 3: New Project Hires in Q16 ________________________________________________ 51 Table 4: Short-Term Technical Assistance Contracted in Q16 _____________________________ 52 Table 5: Contract budget and expenditures as of June 30, 2018 ____________________________ 55 Figure 1: Map of Nexos Locales Coverage (Q16) _______________________________________ 8 Figure 2: Water Payment Delinquency in San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta ________________________ 10 Figure 3: Nexos Locales Q16 Organizational Chart _____________________________________ 51 Figure 4: Q16 Social Media Update ________________________________________________ 54 Figure 5: Facebook Growth over Life of Project _______________________________________ 54 Photo 1: First GIS TA session in La Libertad, Huehuetenango _____________________________ 15 Photo 2: Presentation of PFM Diagnostic in San Sebastian Coatan, Huehuetenango ______________ 16 Photo 3:Presentation of PFM Diagnostic in Comitancillo, San Marcos ________________________ 16 Photo 4: DAFIM Director receives TA in Concepcion Tutuapa, San Marcos ___________________ 17 Photo 5: In Todos Santos Cuchumatan, Huehuetenango, the budget director recieves TA _________ 17 Photo 6: PFM Radio Spot workshop in San Antonio Huista, Huehuetenango ___________________ 18 Photo 7: TA on the Access to Public Information Law in Cunén, Quiche _____________________ 18 Photo 8: COMUDE meeting in San Pablo, San Marcos ___________________________________ 19 Photo 9: In La Democracia, Huehuetenango, the second-level COCODEs received TA ___________ 20 Photo 10: TA Session with the Social Audit Commission in Chiantla, Huehuetenango ____________ 21 Photo 11: Leadership TA Session for municipal council members in Nebaj, Quiche ______________ 22 Photo 12: Chuwi Association in Santa Lucia la Reforma, Totonicapán ________________________ 24 Photo 13: Female Leaders met in Concepcion Chiquirichapa, Quetzaltenango __________________ 25 Photo 14: Citizen Charter development in Concepcion Chiquirichapa, Quetzaltenango ___________ 26 Photo 15: Conference for RJGC youth leaders at Barbara Ford Center for Peace _______________ 27 Photo 16: Initial Data Collection in San Marcos, San Marcos ______________________________ 29 Photo 17: Chlorination system in Todos Santos Cuchumatanes, Huehuetenango. _______________ 30 Photo 18: Reforestation of land surrounding a natural spring in Sacapulas, Quiche _______________ 30 Photo 19: The Sb'aq Choj' watershed management inter-municipal commission ________________ 31 Photo 20: TA with DMM in San Miguel Acatán, Huehuetenango ____________________________ 32 Photo 21: Sharing Good Practices for the Advancement and Wellness of Women" Forum _________ 33 Photo 22: Working session with SESAN _____________________________________________ 34 Photo 23: Development of COFETARN in San Juan Atitan, Huehuetenango ___________________ 35 Photo 24: COFETARN in San Juan Ostuncalco, Quetzaltenango ___________________________ 37 Photo 25: ANAM Best Practices workshop in Santa Cruz del Quiche, Quiche _________________ 40 Photo 26: Conformation of CAI in San Juan Atitán, Huehuetenango _________________________ 42 Photo 27: Group sessions in the collaborative LED meeting held in Quetzaltenango _____________ 43 Page 2 of 101 Photo 28: Nexos Locales' water specialist presents at collaborative meeting in Quiche ___________ 43 Photo 29: GIS map in San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta, San Marcos displayed in the municipal building____ 49 Photo 30: Project Drivers pose following their training on June 23, 2018______________________53 Page 3 of 101 ACRONYMS AAC Area Advisory Committee ACODIHUE The Association for the Cooperative and Integral Development of Huehuetenango ADIMAM The Association for the Integral Development of the ‘Marquense’ Highlands (La Asociación de Desarrollo Integral de Municipalidades del Altiplano Marquense) AGAAI Guatemalan Association of Indigenous Mayors and Authorities ANAM National Association of Municipalities ASOCUCH Association of Organizations in the Cuchumatanes A4P Alliance for Prosperity BFCP Barbara Ford Center for Peace CC Climate change CAI Indigenous Authority Councils COCODE Community Development Council CODEFEM Guatemalan Women’s Rights Collective COFETARN Commission for Economic Development, Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources COMUDE Municipal Development Council COMUSAN Municipal Commission for Food Security and Nutrition CONGUAROR Guatemalan Norms Commission CSO Civil Society Organization DAFIM Municipal Administrative Financial Directorate DAI DAI Global, LLC DMM Municipal Women’s Directorate ECO Civil Association Western Cooperation Studies ELSA Food Security and Local Economy FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FGER The Guatemalan Radio school Federation FtF Feed the Future GIS Geographic Information Systems GoG Government of Guatemala GPS Global Positioning System ICFM Municipal Consolidated Financial Index ICT Information and Communications Technology INAP National Institute for Public Administration IUSI Impuesto Unico Sobre Inmuebles LED Local Economic Development LOP Life of Project LTTA Long-term technical assistance MINFIN Finance Ministry OMAS Municipal Water and Sanitation Office OMJ Municipal Youth Office OMM Municipal Women’s Office OMRRHH Municipal Human Resources Office PDM-POT Proceso de Actualizacion y Alineamiento de Planes Municipales de Desarrollo a Plan de Ordenamiento Territorial PEO Equality of Opportunities Plan PFM Public Financial Management PNPDIM National Policy on the Integral Promotion and Development of Women PMP Performance Management Plan POA Annual Operative Plan Page 4 of 101 PPP Public-Private Partnerships QR16 Quarterly Report 16 Q14 Quarter 14 Q15 Quarter 15 Q16 Quarter 16 Q17 Quarter 17 Q18 Quarter 18 RJGC Youth Managers for Change Network SAN Food Security and Nutrition SEGEPLAN Planning and Programming Presidential Secretariat SEPREM Presidential Secretariat of Women SESAN Secretariat of Food Security and Nutrition (Secretaría de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional) SNIP National Public Investment System STTA Short-term technical assistance TA Technical Assistance TEC Total Estimated Cost UNDP United Nations Development Programme USAID United States Agency for International Development USG United States Government Page 5 of 101 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Quarter sixteen (Q16) marked the full-momentum implementation of the USAID Nexos Locales programming for Year 4 in all six results, across 44 municipalities in the Western Highlands. Earlier this year, a total estimated increase (TEC) that expanded project coverage by 50% required an intensive ramp-up. This quarter concluded the ramp-up initiative with the hiring of 17 new long-term staff to address the needs of the 15 new municipalities. The activities completed in Q16 demonstrate the intensive acceleration in both technical and administrative areas, which abated significant deviations from the programming timeline