Regional Document for Accelerating Progress Toward the Mdgs Department of Nariño, Colombia

REGIONAL DOCUMENT FOR ACCELERATING PROGRESS TOWARD THE MDGS DEPARTMENT OF NARIÑO, COLOMBIA

Colombia September 2010 Regional document for accelerating the MDGs: Department of Nariño, Colombia

September 2010

This publiccation is the outcome of a working partnership between the Regional Government of Nariño, the UNDP Colombia, the UNDP/BDP/Poverty Group/MDG Support Cluster and other regional partners whom we thank for their co-operation. The opinions and interpretations expressed in the report do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the regions represented and the partners in question. The UNDP takes responsibility for all the interpretations and errors in the report.

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Acknowledgements (the following institutions participated at various points in this process): The Departmental Secretary’s office for Planning and Agriculture and the Social Policy Office for the Regional Government of Nariño; the “Yes We Can” Programme, the subregional Women’s Committees, the Departmental Women’s Committee, the University of Nariño, and the Higher School of Public Administration, ESAP, the UNDP and UNIFEM.

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Cover photo credits: Borja Paladini Adell REGIONAL DOCUMENT FOR ACCELERATING PROGRESS TOWARD THE MDGS DEPARTMENT OF NARIÑO, COLOMBIA

September 2010

CONTENTS

PROLOGUE ...... 8 foreword ...... 10 Introduction ...... 11

Section 1: The Region ...... 12 Regional Context: ...... 13 the MDGs in the Region ...... 18 the MDGs in the Policy Cycle ...... 23

Section 2: Accelerating MDG Achievement ...... 24 0: Progress and Challenges in Achieving the Priority MDG ...... 25 1: Strategic Interventions ...... 25 2: Analysis of Bottlenecks ...... 27 3: Accelerating Progress Toward the MDGs: Identifying Solutions ...... 32 4: Acceleration Plan: Building an MDG Compact ...... 42

Annexes ...... 54 Methodology ...... 54 sources of Information ...... 56 list of Municipalities in the Department ...... 57

5 LIST OF TABLES

TablE 1 Participation by women in elected offices in the departament of Nariño, 1995-2007 ...... 17

TablE 2 MDG situation and trends in the department of Nariño ...... 19

TablE 3 Priority interventions in the department of Nariño as regards MDG 3 ...... 27

TablE 4 Summary of priority intervention bottlenecks for MDG 3: Promote gender equality and empower women in the department of Nariño ...... 30

TablE 5 Summary of the MDG 3 acceleration strategy: Promote gender equality and empower women in the department of Nariño ...... 36

TablE 6 Departmental action plan and monitoring strategy ...... 42

6 LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE 1 Overall participation rate by gender in Nariño, 2001-2005 ...... 14

FIGURE 2 Unemployment by gender in Nariño, 2001-2005 ...... 14

FIGURE 3 Incidence of poverty by head of household in Nariño ...... 15

FIGURE 4 Development index relative to gender in the department, 1997-2003 ...... 16

FIGURE 5 Reported cases of physical and sexual abuse in Nariño ...... 17

ACRONYMS:

DNP: National Planning Department of Colombia (Departamento Nacional de Planeación)

MESEP: Mission to Link Employment, Poverty and Inequality Surveys (Misión para el Empalme de las Series de Empleo y Pobreza)

IDSN: De partment of Nariño Institute of Health (Instituto Departamental de salud de Nariño)

SEDN: De partment of Nariño Education Secretariat (Secretaría de Educación del Departamento de Nariño)

RNEC: N ational Civil Registry of Colombia (Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil de Colombia)

SEV: Essential Statistics System (Sistema de Estadísticas Vitales)

DANE: National Statistics Administrative Department (Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística)

7 Prologue

The Millennium Development Goals were created Nariño, ii) support for women’s organisation and using meaningful benchmarks . These guided the participation processes through the creation participatory process of creating the Departmental of municipal, subprovincial (subregional) and Development Plan 2008-11, called “Adelante Nariño” departmental women’s committees, iii) participatory (“Forward Nariño) . In reference to MDG 3, the creation of the “Public policy for equality for the Development Plan states that “taking onboard the women of Nariño, based on ethnic, social and concept of Sustainable Human Development, we cultural diversity, in a region building Peace” which is propose to incorporate a contribution to gender being implemented, iv) approval and co-funding for equality in all areas and at all levels of public projects proposed by women through the strategy administration . The aim is to create conditions of participatory budgets developed during public for equality based on the difference between meetings at municipal level, v) support for projects men and women . This means having the same aimed at prevention and comprehensive care in opportunities to exercise human rights, to contribute cases of gender-based violence, vi) development to development, and to enjoy the result” of comprehensive interventions to reduce maternal mortality, vii) promoting sexual and reproductive Recognising the importance and complexity of rights . the achievements proposed in MDG 3, “Promoting gender equality and empowerment of women”, While we have certainly made significant progress, the departmental government formed a strategic when we analyse the shortfalls in the MDGs with alliance with international aid agencies . Chief respect to the 2015 targets, we must recognise that among these are the United Nations Development there are serious difficulties advancing towards GMD Programme (UNDP) through its locally based MDG 3 . We therefore took the decision to develop an Project; the Reconciliation and Development action plan for accelerating achievement of the Programme (REDES, Reconciliación y Desarrollo); aforesaid targets . and UNIFEM .The support of these organisations has been essential in the progress achieved to date and The “Regional document on MDG acceleration in in the challenges which must be faced in the future . the department of Nariño”, begins by presenting the results of the analysis of progress towards the Our efforts have focused on the following priority MDG 3 targets . This analysis was conducted with interventions: i) a training programme for women the participation of a group of women leaders, to promote their leadership, empowerment and female and male officials from public bodies, and participation in the dynamics of local and regional civil society organisations . There was also valuable development through a qualification available methodological support from UNDP Colombia . in 50% of the municipalities (municipalidades) of The aforesaid regional document then sets out a

8 proposal of acceleration measures for meeting the targets . We hope that this document includes items of interest to other regions .

Finally, we would like to thank the international aid agencies, especially the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the support in this endeavour . Naturally, we also thank the women: indigenous, Afro-descendant, rural, urban, victims of violence, young, academic and all those women who have worked so hard to create this process .We thank them especially and to them we repeat our intention and commitment to continue supporting them .

Antonio Navarro Wolff Governor of Nariño

9 Foreword

At the Millennium Summit in September 2000, For this reason, UNDP Colombia appreciates the the leaders of 189 countries agreed to undertake a opportunity which the Bureau for Development universal commitment to reduce extreme poverty Policy (BDP) is giving us to be one of the first and to work to achieve a series of basic development countries in the world to try this new methodology . goals before 2015: the Millennium Development This enables our local partners to identify and analyse Goals or MDGs . the bottlenecks which obstruct or slow down progress towards the implementation of actions to During 2010, the world will review its progress promote MDG achievement in the country’s regions . towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) . While successes abound, many countries run the risk This document sets out the progress achieved of not meeting the 2015 deadline unless they take by the Region (Departamento) of Nariño in MDG immediate action . achievement, in particular MDG 3, and demonstrates the commitment of the local government to In an effort to help countries to reach their MDG achieving the MDGs . targets, the UNDP, in cooperation with other United Nations System agencies (UNS) has developed the I would like to express my thanks to the officials of the MDG Acceleration Framework, known as Maf . Regional Government of Nariño, the departmental The framework offers countries, and the UNS, a and subregional Women’s Committees, and the systematic focus for identifying and analysing the University of Nariño, in addition to colleagues of bottlenecks which slow down MDG achievement . the BDP and the UNDP Colombia office for this endeavour . Colombia, like other countries with a medium development index, appears to be on the right I sincerely hope that this endeavour brings the region road for achieving the MDGs . However, on looking to MDG achievement . closely, we find that the inequality within the country threatens MDG achievement for certain regions and segments of the population which present social indicators below national averages .

This makes clear the need for rapid application of Bruno Moro corrective measures to ensure that all Colombians Resident Representative and Coordinator of the overcome poverty and that the country manages United Nations System in Colombia to achieve the targets set for 2015, not just for the majority, but for all inhabitants together .

10 INTRODUCTION

Colombia has created a policy document as a Analysis of the shortfalls in progress toward the starting point for its strategy for progressing 2015 MDG targets, together with the political toward achieving the MDGs . The strategy includes commitment of the local government, has convinced 53 indicators and 53 national targets relating to the the department of Nariño that MDG 3 (“Promote eight Goals . gender equality and empower women”) is the most stubbornly difficult . In response, UNDP Colombia Country performance can be considered positive supported the creation of a public policy . in respect of averages and aggregated figures for the majority of the 53 indicators . However, the This section of the document sets out the UNDP Country Office, together with other actors, acceleration proposals produced through discussion including those at the government level, has argued with local experts from the department of Nariño . for some time that, despite this apparent positive It begins by giving the general context, based on performance, serious inequalities can be found upon socio-economic factors . It then explains why MDG 3 analysis of the figures . Indeed, many regions fall far was established as the priority MDG and analyses the below the average levels and are consequently some indicators that require thought and urgent action, way from meeting the 2015 targets . insofar as they are farthest from the 2015 targets .

This is the justification for targeting the departments (departamentos) and municipalities (municipios) in which 43 of the 53 indicators and targets can be applied at the departmental level and 34 at the municipal level .

11 1: MakingTHE REGION initial plans ION 1: T and establishing baselines C Stage E S

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12 REGIONAL CONTEXT: The department of Nariño

Capital: Pasto Total population: 1,619,464 inhabitants Political & administrative structure: 64 municipalities – 5 sub-provinces Surface area: 33,093 km2 Population density: 49 inhabitants/km2

The department is situated in southwestern Economic dynamic: According to the 2008 Colombia and occupies 2 9%. of the country’s total report on the regional socio-economic situation, area . It is bordered to the south by the Republic of departmental GDP grew by 4 .6% in 2007, which is Ecuador, to the north by the department of Cauca, nearly three points below the national average of to the west by the PacificO cean, and to the east by 7 5%. . Service-based activities accounted for 23 26%. the department of Putumayo . of total product, followed by commercial activities at 20 .18% and agricultural, livestock and others Demographic dynamic: According to the 1993 at 18 .86% . Together, these three areas of activity census, 42 9%. of the population was living in urban contributed 62 .31% of total departmental GDP . areas and 57 1%. in rural areas . According to the 2009 population projections based on the 2005 Census,1 Nariño’s economy is predominantly based on 47 .17% of Nariño’s inhabitants live in urban areas farming . In 2006, the agricultural sector contributed and 52 .83% in rural areas . Comparison of these two 28 .2%; services, 20 .3%; trade, 15 .6 %; and industry, censuses (1993 and 2005) indicates that rural-to 5 8%. .The low percentage of the latter sector partially urban migration has been slow and the department explains the department’s underdevelopment, remains largely rural . poverty and deprivation .

In 2009, 50 15%. of the department’s inhabitants were Historically, the government sector has strongly men, while 49 .85% were women . Its population is contributed to the department’s economic activity . relatively young: 30% is under 15 years of age; about In 1989, this sector’s share of the regional GDP was 27% is between 15 and 29; 25% is between 30 and 23 8%,. while in 1995 it was 18 2%. . However, this share 49; and 18% over 50 . has fallen significantly in this decade to just 13 .5% in 2006 . This is mainly the result of an economic The department’s multi-ethnic, multicultural make- model that emphasizes less government economic up is considered one of its greatest strengths . Sixty- intervention as one of its central tenets 3. seven indigenous settlements were recorded in 2005, representing 10 8%. of Nariño’s total population Unemployment has been an ongoing problem in and occupying 467,000 hectares .These settlements the department . In 2002, unemployment stood are home to the following cultures: Awa, Eperara at 14 .71% and increased slightly to 14 .8% in 2009 Siapidara, Inga, Kofan, Quillasinga and Pasto . The when the national average was 12% . The rate of Afro-descendant population comprises 15 .6% of underemployment, though, is even more alarming, the departmental total and is concentrated in ten as it is very high and substantially exceeds the municipalities in the Pacific region 2. national average: For 2002 and 2009, the rates in the department were 44 2%. and 36 7%,. respectively,

1) DANE: Colombian National Statistics Office (DepartamentoN acional de Estadistica). 2) Nariño Development Plan 2008-2011 3) Centre for Regional and Business Development Studies (Centro de Estudios de Desarrollo Regional y Empresarial – CEDRE), University of Nariño 13 while the national rates for the same years were “feminization of poverty ”. The rate of unemployment 34 .3% and 29 .9%, respectively 4. among women is now about ten percentage points above that among men .This negative balance justifies The extent of women’s participation in the labour the need to create conditions and opportunities in the market is scarcely more encouraging . As can be seen department that accord women equality with men . from Figures 2 and 3, there are still major disparities between men’s and women’s participation in the The meagre income that results from the acute labour market, leading to what has been called the unemployment and underemployment in Nariño

Figure 1 OVERALL PARTICIPATION RATE BY GENDER IN NARIÑO, 2001-2005

90 81.60 80.00 81.60 80.00 79.80 76.60 80 76.60 69.90 69.90 68.70 70 68.70 65.70 62.10 59.00 58.20 60 58.40 52.80 48.90 50

Overall men and women 40 Overall Participation Rate men Overall Participation Rate women 30 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Source: Labour Market by Department, DANE

Figure 2 Unemployment by gender in Nariño, 2001-2005

25 21.70 20 20 17.60 16.40 15.80 13.60 15 13.60 14.50 12.50 11.30 11.90 10.11 10 10.40 7.90 10.40 7.90 7.40 7.80 7.10 5 overall unemployment overall men overall women 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Source: Labour Market by Department, DANE

4) DANE, Ongoing Household Survey and GEIH (Large Integrated Household Survey) 5) Mission to Link Employment, Poverty and Inequality Surveys (Misión para el Empalme de las Series de Empleo, Pobreza y Desigualdad – MESEP), 2010 report. 14 increases the poverty and deprivation affecting a very Armed conflict, illicit crops and the drug trafficking large proportion of its population . In 2009, poverty associated with both have exacerbated the affected 56 9%. of Nariño’s population (921,475 people), department’s social, economic and political problems while 18 8%. suffered extreme poverty .Both figures are in the last decade . Displacement is one of the main well above the national averages of 45 5%. and 16 5%,. consequences of war and organized crime . This has respectively 5. Per capita GDP has generally been the caused significant damage to essential threads of the second lowest in the country, with only Chocó having social fabric generally, but has mainly harmed the a lower GDP . In 2007, the annual income per capita most disadvantaged members of the population – was $1,430, just 45% of the national per capita GDP . the rural population as well as indigenous and black This situation has a greater impact on female heads of communities 6. household, as shown in Figure 3 . The difference in development opportunities for International events have sometimes exacerbated men and women is evident in the performance of these problems .The border with Ecuador is very fluid, the Gender Development Index (GDI) 1997-2003, but the absence of relevant public policy in either which, itemized by department, shows that Nariño country has meant that this fluidity is, in many cases, had the second lowest GDI in the country, with only mismanaged . This has destabilized economic activity, the department of Chocó coming lower 7. particularly trade, weakening enterprises and even leading to closure in many cases . The lack of effective policies destroys formal employment opportunities, reduces income, and hastens the decline in living standards for the population .

Figure 3 INCIDENCE OF POVERTY BY HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD IN NARIÑO

56 head of household man head of household woman 54 52 50

48 54 54 52 52 52 51 51

46 50 50 49 49 47 47 % people in poverty 44 45 42 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Source: Linked Series on poverty, 2006 – 2006, MESEP.

6) According to the Special Registry of Displaced Persons (Sistema Único de población Desplazada, RUPD) of Acción Social, on 31 December 2009, the total number of displaced persons in the department of Nariño reached 146,201. 7) The GDI measures inequalities between men and women in health (life expectancy), education (literacy rates and school attendance rates), and quality of life (income per capita). Source: MDG Colombia report: Toward a Fair and Inclusive Colombia (Hacia Una Colombia Equitativa e incluyente). 15 Figure 4 DEVELOPMENT INDEX RELATIVE TO GENDER IN THE DEPARTMENT 1997-2003

Bogotá Chocó 0.820 Valle del Cauca 0.679 Nariño 0.790 0.702 0.800 Santander Cesar 0.781 0.711 Atlántico 0.750 0.778 Sucre 0.711 Cundinamarca 0.700 0.778 Cauca Antioquia 0.715 0.775 0.650 Santander 0.717 COLOMBIA 0.600 0.773

Magdalena 0.722 Tolima 0.766 Caqueta 0.727 Caldas 0.758 Córdoba 0.745 Risaralda 0.758 Quindio Boyacá 0.749 0.756 Bolivar La Guajira 0.752 Meta Huila 0.756 0.752 0.753

1997 1999 2001 2003

Source: NPHD calculations, based on household surveys, censuses, DANE national accounts, and National Planning Department/ Domestic Development Service/Quality of Life Group population projections.

Despite the few statistics available, it is quite clear or partners . This indicator is well above the national that the department is falling behind in preventing, average of 39% and is one of the highest in the mitigating and addressing gender-based violence in country . In 81% of cases, this violence caused order to meet MDG 3 . The situation is similar with physical or psychological injury . Although the gender equality in terms of political participation, Nariño Departmental Health Institute (Instituto labour market participation and participation in Departamental de Salud de Nariño, INDS) reports economic activities . However, a gender policy has that there were fewer cases of abuse registered in been formulated in order to achieve this MDg . Given 2008 than in 2007, the total number of cases is still that gender issues affect all of the MDGs, achieving high 8. MDG 3 would greatly benefit all others, particularly MDG 1 .

According to the 2005 National Demographic and Health Survey (Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud, ENDS), 46 .8% of women in Nariño suffered some form of physical violence from their husbands

8) Source: INDS – Nariño Departmental Health Institute (Instituto Departamental de Salud de Nariño).

16 Figure 5 REPORTED CASES OF PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE IN NARIÑO

700 601 600 478 500

400

300 200 133 126 100

0 physical sexual physical sexual

Source: ENDS 2005

Women’s political participation is significantly 75%); the maternal mortality rate is around 40% lagging behind men’s, as is clear from the number of higher than the national average; and the ratio of women elected to public office: an average of 6 5%,. antenatal care is much lower, as is the proportion of compared with 93 5%. for men, as Table 1 illustrates . births attended by skilled health personnel .

These are just a few statistics that illustrate the situation of women in Nariño in relation to the MDGs . However, gender is a cross-cutting theme and, when we look at indicators for other MDGs, we can see additional lagging areas of vulnerability: vaccination coverage is one of the lowest in the country (around

TABLE 1 PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN IN ELECTED OFFICES IN THE DEPARTAMENT OF NARIÑO, 1995-2007

Electoral cycle Women % Men % Total

1995-1997 6 2.4 56 22.9 62

1998-2000 4 1.6 59 24.1 63

2001-2003 3 1.2 53 21.6 56

2004-2007 3 1.2 61 24.9 64

Total 16 6 .5 229 93 .5 245

Source: National Registry

17 In response, Colombia has adopted three targets THE MDGS IN THE REGION for MDG 3: In the department of Nariño, advances are apparent • Reduce gender violence and violence against in some of the indicators that measure achievement women . of the established MDG targets, especially those relating to education . However, many of the MDG • Promote women’s participation in politics. targets and indicators are lagging . This underlines the need to focus efforts on achieving high-impact, • Promote the inclusion of women in the workforce. rapid results, particularly regarding poverty, gender equality, mortality in children under five years, The following bodies were involved in analysing maternal mortality and sexual and reproductive these three categories of indicators at the health . All of these affect, or are affected by, the departmental level: the Agriculture Secretary’s office welfare of women as agents of development . (Secretaria de Agricultura), the Planning Secretary’s office (Secretaría de Planeación), the Social Policy This section presents a general overview of the Office (Oficina de Política Social), representatives analysis of the situation in the region . For each MDG, from the departmental and sub-provincial women’s the main indicators in the region are presented in committee (mesa de mujeres departamental y brief . subregionales) (north and south), the University of Nariño, and the College of Public Administration (Escuela de Administración Pública, ESAP) .

The analysis found that, although the issue of violence is significant, indeed critical, there is not enough information to analyse this category as required by the acceleration methodology . Consequently, the methodology was applied only to the two latter categories .

The acceleration proposal seeks to reduce or eliminate lingering disparities between women and men in Nariño .

18 TABLE 2 MDG SITUATION AND TRENDS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NARIÑO

Latest 2015 Source of latest MDG Indicator Baseline data target departmental data

1: Eradicate 1.1 Proportion of population below the 74.7 56.9% 28.5% DNP - MESEP extreme poverty line (2000) (2009) poverty and hunger 1.2 Proportion of population below the 28.5% 18.8% 8.8% DNP MESEP extreme poverty line (2002) (2009)

1.3 Percentage of children under 5 ND 18.35% 3% IDSN suffering from overall malnutrition, (2009) underweight for their age

2: Achieve 2.1 Gross rate of coverage in preschool 82.5% 84.19% 85.3% SEDN universal education (2003) (2009) primary education 2.2 Gross rate of coverage in basic 81.1% 110.54% 111.9% SEDN primary education (2003) (2009)

2.3 Gross rate of coverage in basic 45.51% 59.41% 93.5% SEND secondary education (2003) (2009)

2.4 Illiteracy rate for persons between 15 6.22 6.12 1% DANE Census 2005 and 24 years of age. (1993) (2005)

2.5 Gross rate of coverage in “medium 33.8% 41.10% 93.2% SEDN education” (2003) (2009)

2.6 Repetition rate in basic and medium 4.18% 3.8% 2.3% SEDN education (2003) (2009)

2.7 School attendance, average years of ND 7.6% 10.6% DANE Census 2005 education for persons between 15 and (2005) 24 years

19 Latest 2015 Source of latest MDG Indicator Baseline data target departmental data

3: Promote 3.1 Percentage of women in relationships ND 10.3% NA SEV DANE gender who have experienced physical abuse by (2005) equality and their partners in the last year. empower women 3.2 Percentage of women in relationships ND 11.3% NA SEV DANE who have experienced sexual violence by (2005) their partners in the last year.

3.3 Percentage of women in public office 9.7% 9% 30% RNEC (1995) (2008)

3.4 Overall level of participation of 58.4% 48.9% NA DANE women in employment (2001) (2005)

3.5 Rate of unemployment among women 14.5% 17.6% NA DANE (2001) (2005)

4: Reduce child 4.1 Triple viral (MMR) vaccine coverage 76.2% 75.8% 95% IDSN mortality (2004) (2009)

4.2 DPT vaccine coverage 69.6% 71.4% 95% IDSN (2004) (2009)

4.3 Mortality in children under five per ND 19.6 17,0 IDSN 1,000 live births (2008)

4.4 Mortality in children under one year 52.85 14.91 14,0 IDSN per 1,000 live births (2005) (2008)

20 Latest 2015 Source of latest MDG Indicator Baseline data target departmental data

5: Improve 5.1 Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 125 70.13 45.0 IDSN maternal live births. (2005) (2008) health 5.2 Percentage of women having four or 49% 64% 90% IDSN more prenatal checks (2006) (2008)

5.3 Attendance at birthing centre 40% 46% 95% IDSN (2006) (2008)

5.4 Births attended by skilled health ND 82.4% 95% personnel (2005)

5.5 Rate of use of modern contraceptive ND 39% 75% methods among women currently in (2005) partnerships and sexually active single women 5.6 Rate of use of modern contraceptive ND ND 65% methods among women currently in partnerships and sexually active single women between 15 and 19 years old 5.7 Percentage of women under 20 years ND 34% < 15% IDSN old who are mothers or are pregnant at (2008) the time of enquiry

5.8 Mortality rate by cervical cancer per 3.5 1 5.5 100,000 women (2005) (2008)

21 Latest 2015 Source of latest MDG Indicator Baseline data target departmental data

6: Combat HIV/ 6.1 Deaths from malaria NA 2 34 IDSN AIDS, malaria (2008) and other diseases 6.2 Deaths from dengue fever 46

6.3 Deaths from HIV/AIDS per 100,000 NA inhabitants

6.5 Prevalence of HIV/AIDS infection 5.1 6.63 <1.2% IDSN among general population aged 15 to (2006) (2008) 49 years

7: Ensure 7. 1 Coverage of urban water supplies ND 91.9% 99.4% DANE Census 2005 environmental (2005) sustainability

7.2 Coverage of urban drainage system ND 82.55% 97.6% DANE Census 2005 (2005)

7.3 Coverage of rural water supplies ND 3.8% 53.1% DANE Census 2005 (2009) (2005)

7.4 Coverage of basic rural sanitation ND 20% 70.9% DANE Census 2005 (2005)

22 THE MDGS IN THE POLICY CYCLE In its 2008–2011 Departmental Development Plan (Plan Departamental de Desarrollo), Forward UNDP Colombia’s strategy for achieving the MDGs Nariño (Adelante Nariño), the department of Nariño concentrates on reducing disparities within the identified the need for a regional public policy to country, focusing action at departmental and promote women’s participation and to give women municipal levels where these inequalities are most a decisive role in departmental development . Such a apparent . policy would aim to give women equal opportunities in areas from which they have traditionally been excluded and which have been appropriated by men .

23 ACCELERATING ION 2:

T MDG ACHIEVEMENT C E S

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24 0: PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES • Inter-institutional and inter-sectoral partnerships IN ACHIEVING THE PRIORITY to promote women’s inclusion in decision-making, civic participation and work environments . MDG The disparities between men and women in political • Formal training in women’s rights participation participation and in labour market participation are through a ‘gender school, which improves too wide in Nariño . While significant disparities are knowledge of empowerment, education, violence apparent in other MDG indicators, none are as large and health and which especially emphasizes as those observed on issues of gender equality . political participation and advocacy .

• Participatory budgets through public meetings (cabildos abiertos) in municipalities whereby 1: STRATEGIC INTERVENTIONS community-based organizations, including Although there are various critical issues in the women’s organizations, come together and decide department, it is also clear that these are being where and how to invest departmental public addressed within the framework of public policy resources . on gender and the Development Plan based on MDG 3 .These are the issues that are being addressed • Execution of the Joint Programme ‘Window of in order to implement the acceleration proposal . Peace’ (‘Ventana de Paz’) in eight municipalities in the department, which has a clear gender focus Each of the interventions identified below is and contributes to strengthening and empowering currently underway in the department in line with indigenous and Afro-Colombian women in areas the Development Plan and with the departmental affected by armed conflict . public policy on gender . • Training in electoral policy for women leaders aspiring to be elected to public office in the 2011 elections . Interventions in women’s political participation Interventions underway in the department

• Promoting women’s participation in order to influence departmental planning processes .

• Organizational strengthening of women’s associations through formation and capacity- building of sub-provincial committees and the departmental women’s committee .

• Systematic training of women and women’s organizations, certified by theU niversity of Nariño .

25 PARTICIPATORY BUDGETS

Participatory budgets are the process by which departmental and municipal governments and the community consult on public investment . This model of public administration is based on citizen participation in the planning, budgeting, management and control of public resources . Decision-making takes place through public meetings (cabildos abiertos) that bring together different sections of society to work jointly on prioritizing projects of public benefit .

Of the overall budget that the department earmarks for public investment, 50% is assigned through the participatory process . This sum derives from the department’s own resources generated through the sales tax on alcohol . These resources are invested in projects related to health, education, income generation and social projects that directly benefit the most vulnerable population groups .

During 2008-09, 2,750 spokespersons gave presentations during the meetings and 42,000 persons registered and attended . These community participation and consultation spaces received 26 billion pesos from the departmental government . The municipal authorities (alcaldías) and the community contributed the balances of 15 billion and 10 billion pesos, respectively .

Priority interventions: the model of ‘Yes we can (‘Sí se puede’) in the • Formal training in women’s rights participation municipalities of Leyva and El Rosario, with the through a ‘gender school’, which improves support of USAID . knowledge of empowerment, education, violence and health and which especially emphasizes • Construction of irrigation districts in order to political participation and advocacy . strengthen income-generating projects in the Andean region in municipalities with low water • Participatory budgets through public meetings availability . in municipalities whereby community-based organizations, including women’s organizations, • Participatory budgets through public meetings come together and decide where and how to in municipalities whereby community-based invest departmental public resources . organizations, including women’s organizations, come together and decide where and how to invest departmental public resources .

Interventions in women’s • Access to special credit lines for women’s projects inclusion in the labour market or enterprises with support from the Regional Interventions identified as underway in the Guarantee Fund (Fondo Regional de Garantías) . department

• Promoting the farming and sale of tradable products from the economic perspective of a sustainable rural farm and with elements of food security, e .g ., coffee, cocoa, and broccoli .

• Comprehensive development proposals centred around an income generation project based on strengthening the rural economy, following

26 Priority interventions: • Participatory budgets through public meetings • Comprehensive development proposals centred in municipalities whereby community-based around an income-generation project based on organizations, including women’s organizations, strengthening the rural economy, following the model come together and decide where and how to of ‘Yes we can’ (‘Sí se puede’) in the municipalities of invest departmental public resources . Leyva and El Rosario, with the support of USAID .

TABLE 3 TABLE SUMMARISING PRIORITY INTERVENTIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NARIÑO AS REGARDS MDG 3

MDG Indicator # Priority interventions

Goal 3: 3.3 Percentage of A Formal training in women’s rights participation Promote women in public office through a ‘gender school’, which improves gender knowledge of empowerment, education, violence equality and 3.4 Overall labour and health and which especially emphasizes political empower market participation participation and advocacy women rate for women B Participatory budgets through public meetings 3.5 Female in municipalities whereby community-based unemployment rate organizations, including women’s organizations, come together and decide where and how to invest 3.6 Female departmental public resources employment rate

C Comprehensive development proposals centred around an income-generation project based on strengthening the rural economy, following the model of the ‘Yes we can’ (‘Sí se puede’) in the municipalities of Leyva and El Rosario, with the support of USAID

2: ANALYSIS OF BOTTLENECKS After the bottlenecks were identified, a causal analysis was conducted among them . This made In the analysis of priority interventions, the it possible to classify them as follows: root cause, bottlenecks listed were identified according to policy direct effect, indirect effect and non-impacting type, i .e ., planning, funding, service provision and bottleneck . The latter were not taken into account service use . in the subsequent analysis as they have little impact on the others .

27 In women’s political Priority bottlenecks: participation The bottlenecks presented below, and in each of the Priority intervention: ‘Priority bottlenecks’ sections, were selected by taking into account their causes and the effects that they (A) Formal training in women’s rights have on others, thus determining whether they are participation through a ‘gender school’, which of very high, high, medium or low impact . improves knowledge of empowerment, education, violence and health and which • Insufficient financial, human, institutional and especially emphasizes political participation technical resources to adopt public policy on and advocacy women’s equality and participation .

Bottlenecks identified: • Very limited incorporation of a gender perspective among municipal officials and institutions (public • Complexity resulting from the cultural and ethnic and private) and no recognition of the value and diversity of the different municipalities in Nariño, significance of the public policy being implemented . which creates barriers to improving women’s situations . Priority intervention:

• Physical barriers to accessing municipalities (bad (B) Participatory budgets through public road conditions), which makes it difficult for meetings in municipalities whereby women to reach the school or for the school to community-based organizations, including reach them, thereby affecting the training women’s organizations, come together and decide where and how to invest • High incidence of violence and public order departmental public resources problems, which prevents the school’s trainers from reaching remote municipalities or women Bottlenecks identified: from travelling to the municipal capitals to receive training and/or attend workshops . • There is no continuity among the municipal government officials who manage, implement • Existence and entrenchment of patriarchal and execute projects .This affects the quality of the tendencies among men in the department of projects prepared and submitted by Community- Nariño, which limits women’s participation and Based Organizations (CBOs) in the participatory development . budgets .

• Very limited incorporation of a gender perspective • Poor coordination and cooperation between the among municipal officials and institutions Municipal Development Plans (Planes de Desarrollo (public and private) and no recognition of the Municipales) and the Departmental Development value and significance of the public policy being Plan: as a result, CBOs find it difficult to identify implemented . and submit projects aimed at developing the department . • Insufficient financial, human, institutional and technical resources to adopt public policy on women’s equality and participation .

28 • The municipalities’ social institutions are not Priority intervention: consolidated and do not have sufficient capacity to participate, prioritize, formulate and implement (C) Comprehensive development proposals quality development projects . centred around an income-generation project • The department and the municipalities do not have sufficient resources to finance the projects Bottlenecks identified: prioritized by the communities . • Insufficient resources and limited specialist support: • Participation remains higher for organizations when the resources and support are available, the run by men than for organizations that represent pre-designed technology packages are not in line women’s needs . with the region’s limited resources, which affects the projects’ environmental sustainability . • In the projects funded, the social and organizational components are limited, which affects sustainability • Limited capacity of women’s organizations to and limits infrastructure and asset allocation . support the projects’ financial and technical requirements . • Limited specialist capacity of municipal government teams to identify, formulate and manage projects, • Very limited coordination with business which affects support for communities in associations, which limits the projects’ marketing submitting sustainable and strategic projects in and technical components . the participatory budgets . • Difficulties in accessing many of the municipalities Priority bottlenecks: due to bad road conditions and lack of suitable vehicles, which hinders the sale and marketing • There is no continuity among the municipal of products . government officials who manage, implement and execute projects .This affects the quality of the • Constant turnover of staff at the departmental projects prepared and submitted by Community- and municipal levels, which hinders political Based Organizations (CBOs) in the participatory commitment to promote this type of process . budgets . • Economic development and production policies • The municipalities’ social institutions are not have no established guidelines for the inclusion consolidated and do not have sufficient capacity of traditionally excluded population groups such to participate, prioritize, formulate and implement as women . quality development projects . • Problems with land ownership: the processes for registering land ownership have higher administrative barriers when the property owner is a woman; this is particularly true of women widowed by violent conflict .

29 • The profitability of illicit crop production is much • Social ignorance of women’s capabilities and higher than that of legal crops, which dissuades familial and societal control over their autonomy . small agricultural producers from growing legal crops . • Women’s work is lower paid and has less recognition than that of men . • Few partnerships among women for production and sale . • Women’s roles are relegated to food security: access to production processes is limited and • Presence of armed conflict groups, which puts women are not involved in designing premises pressure on organizations and income-generation or in production . projects .

TABLE 4 SUMMARY OF PRIORITY INTERVENTION BOTTLENECKS FOR MDG 3: PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NARiño .

Priority Bottleneck MDG MDG indicator Priority interventions bottlenecks categories

3: Promote gender • Percentage of women in public office (A) Formal training in women’s rights (A.1) Inadequate funding: Insufficient financial, human, institutional and Availability of equality and participation through a ‘gender school’, technical resources to adopt public policy on women’s equality and participation services (supply) empower women • Overall labour market participation rate which improves knowledge of for women empowerment, education, violence and health and which especially (A .2) Training: Very limited incorporation of a gender perspective among Policy and planning • Female unemployment rate emphasizes political participation municipal officials and institutions (public and private) and no recognition of the and advocacy value and significance of the public policy being implemented • Female employment rate (B) Participatory budgets through public (b .1) Capacities: There is no continuity among municipal government officials Availability of meetings in municipalities whereby who manage, implement and execute projects, which affects the quality of the services (supply) community-based organizations, projects prepared and submitted by Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) in including women’s organizations, come the participatory budgets together and decide where and how to (b .2) Capacities: The municipalities’ social institutions are not consolidated Use of services invest departmental public and do not have sufficient capacity to participate, prioritize, formulate and (demand) implement quality development projects (C) Comprehensive development (C .1) Capacities: Limited capacity of women’s organizations to support the Use of services proposals centred around an income- projects’ financial and technical requirements (demand) generation project (C.2) Recognition of rights: Problems with land ownership: the processes Cross-sector for registering land ownership have higher administrative barriers when the property is owned by a woman; this is particularly true for women widowed by violent conflict. (C.3) Recognition of rights: Women’s work is lower paid and has less Cross-sector recognition than that of men

30 • Limited specialist skills of women and women’s Priority bottlenecks: organizations to formulate and manage projects . • Limited capacity of women’s organizations to • Little family support for childcare and for domestic support the projects’ financial and technical tasks, which compromises the time available requirements . for managing production projects and their requirements . • Problems with land ownership: the processes for registering land ownership have higher administrative barriers when the property owner is a woman; this is particularly true of women widowed by violent conflict .

TABLE 4 SUMMARY OF PRIORITY INTERVENTION BOTTLENECKS FOR MDG 3: PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NARiño .

Priority Bottleneck MDG MDG indicator Priority interventions bottlenecks categories

31 3: ACCELERATING PROGRESS departmental) to promote and to give continuity TOWARD THE MDGS: to public policy on gender equality .

IDENTIFYING SOLUTIONS • Include targets that reflect investment with a gender This section focuses on solutions of proven efficacy perspective when drafting and implementing the at the local level that have the potential to be municipalities’ participatory budget, which should extended or strengthened . also be gender-sensitive .

These proposed solutions are the result of an analysis • Boost the administrative capacity of the by local experts who participated in working groups . departmental development office in order to set They considered the criteria of viability, governability, up the women’s office or department . short-term effects, equality, availability of actors able to contribute to the solution, and financial resources . • Deliver extensive, thorough capacity-building and awareness-raising to ‘gestoras sociales’ (wives of Participants in the working groups in Nariño were: male mayors) and to female mayors about gender the departmental Planning Office, theS ocial Policy perspective . Office, the Agricultural Secretary’s office, theS ‘ i se puede’ Programme Office, the College of Public • Carry out advocacy work through the women’s Administration (ESAP), representatives from the committee so that future development plans women’s sub-provincial committees, representatives incorporate measurable targets (number of people from the departmental women’s committee, UNDP and quality of participation) on gender issues . regional office, the University of Nariño, and the local UNDP Millennium Development Goals project . Priority solution:

Priority intervention: • Include targets that reflect investment with a gender perspective when drafting and implementing the (A) Formal training in women’s rights municipalities’ participatory budget, which should participation through a ‘gender school’, which also be gender-sensitive . improves knowledge of empowerment, education, violence and health and which Prioritized bottleneck: especially emphasizes political participation and advocacy. a 2. Very limited incorporation of a gender perspective among municipal officials and institutions (public Prioritized bottleneck: and private) and no recognition of the value and significance of the public policy being implemented . a .1 . Insufficient financial, human, institutional and technical resources to adopt public policy on Solutions identified: women’s equality and participation . • Establish a commitment pact (pacto de voluntades) Solutions identified: with political parties to promote the inclusion of women in decision-making and programme action • Include financial resources in the development spaces . plans of the relevant authorities (municipal and

32 • Raise awareness about the women’s committee (B) Participatory budgets through public (departmental and sub-provincial) among the meetings in municipalities whereby candidates in the forthcoming municipal and community-based organizations, including departmental elections in order to promote women’s organizations, come together women’s involvement in formulating government and decide where and how to invest programmes and local plans . departmental public resources

• Advocacy work by women’s committees in order Prioritized bottleneck: to achieve greater visibility for women and their organizations in the development plans of the next B .1 There is no continuity among the municipal municipal leaders and leaders of the department government officials who manage, implement and of Nariño . execute projects, which affects the quality of the projects prepared and submitted by Community- • Awareness-raising and capacity-building of local and Based Organizations (CBOs) in the participatory regional media, for their association with the culture budgets . of equality and communicating the core aspects of public policy on gender equality and participation . Solutions identified:

• Create a network of trust and political solidarity • Training and strengthening local organizations among women in order to strengthen community in citizen participation in order to create political leadership, collective support and public speaking impact and influence local administrative decisions . capacities . • Policy training for the mayors, civil servants • Develop and implement a series of talks with local and election candidates in order to strengthen bodies (municipal authorities, councils, schools, health administrative aspects of public governance; these care bodies and representatives from businesses will be educational processes in the public sphere . and trade associations) to generate awareness and understanding of gender equality . • Campaigning for a career (i.e., not temporary) civil servant (funcionario de carrera administrativa) to be Priority solution: appointed administrator of the bank of municipal projects and strengthening their capacities and • Raise awareness about the women’s committee perspective on gender equality issues . (departmental and sub-provincial) among the candidates in the forthcoming municipal • Appropriate allocation of information and and departmental elections, in order promote communication technologies in order to develop women’s involvement in formulating government the projects adequately . programmes and local plans . Priority solution: • Develop and implement a series of talks with local bodies (municipal authorities, councils, schools, • Campaigning for a career (i.e., not temporary) civil health care bodies and representatives from servant (funcionario de carrera administrativa) to be businesses and trade associations) to generate appointed administrator of the bank of municipal awareness and understanding of gender equality . projects and strengthening their capacities and perspective on gender equality issues .

33 Prioritized bottleneck: (C) Comprehensive development proposals centred around an income-generation B .2 Women’s organizations in the municipalities are project not consolidated and do not have sufficient capacity to participate, prioritize, formulate and implement Prioritized bottleneck: quality development projects . C .1 Limited capacity of women’s organizations Solutions identified: to support the projects’ financial and technical requirements . • Local promotion of participation and organizational strengthening of emerging local associations . Solutions identified:

• Legal advice and support for the legalization and • Incorporate a course on leadership at the ‘gender formal registration of local organizations with school’ to enhance technical and financial proven maturity levels . knowledge of the projects among a specific group of women . • Formal training of organizations through a diploma or course certified by the local university on • Coordinate with partner and funding bodies, identifying, formulating and managing projects including the department, so that the projects and on supervision and budgeting . can include resources for funding two temporary project coordinators at the weakest women’s • Capacity-building and strengthening the organizations, one technical and one financial, community development and social policy to ensure the planned results are achieved, but offices and the offices responsible for managing in particular to devolve and strengthen the the projects within the municipal authorities so capacities of the executive boards of the women’s that they can pass on these skills to local women’s associations . organizations . Priority solution: Priority solutions: • Coordinate with partner and funding bodies, • Legal advice and support for the legalization and including the department, so that the projects formal registration of local organizations with can include resources for funding two temporary proven maturity levels . project coordinators at the weakest women’s organizations, one technical and one financial, • Formal training of organizations through a diploma to ensure the planned results are achieved, but or course certified by the local university on in particular to devolve and strengthen the identifying, formulating and managing projects capacities of the executive boards of the women’s and on supervision and budgeting . associations .

34 Prioritized bottleneck: • Assigning an economic value to domestic and care work and incorporating these monetary values into C .2 Problems with land ownership: the processes the formulation of projects; advocacy work must for registering land ownership have higher subsequently be carried out with international administrative barriers when the property is owned cooperation bodies and government and non- by a woman; this is particularly true for women governmental agencies that are funding projects widowed by violent conflict . so that they take into account the added value of care work as part of the co-funding of the projects . Solutions identified: • Training women’s organizations in order to promote • Land ownership registration processes aimed the economic value of domestic work, essential at women landowners in order to clarify land everyday crops (pan coger) and food security ownership . alongside activities that generate profit or income .

• Raise awareness among women who own rural • Establishing criteria for assessing projects to be land about their rights regarding use and tenure financed through international cooperation and of the land . the departmental government, incorporating a gender perspective as an added value . • Inventory of plots smaller than 10 hectares owned by female heads of household for at least 5 years • Training for community-based organizations and rectifying false transfers of ownership . consisting mainly of men through diplomas from the gender school in order to increase • Establish fast-track routes for the registration of understanding of femininity and masculinity . vacant plots of land owned by female heads of household . Priority solutions:

Priority solutions: • Assigning an economic value to domestic and care work and incorporating these monetary values into • Land ownership registration processes aimed the formulation of projects; advocacy work must at women landowners in order to clarify land subsequently be carried out with international ownership . cooperation bodies and government and non- governmental agencies that are funding projects • Inventory of plots smaller than 10 hectares owned so that they take into account the added value of by female heads of household for at least 5 years care work as part of the co-funding of the projects . and rectifying false transfers of ownership . • Establishing criteria for assessing projects to be Prioritized bottleneck: financed through international cooperation and the departmental government, incorporating a C .3 Women’s work is lower paid and has less gender perspective as an added value . recognition than that of men .

Solutions identified:

35 TABLE 5 SUMMARY OF THE MDG 3 ACCELERATION STRATEGY: PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NARIÑO

Acceleration solutions. MDG MDG indicator Priority interventions Priority bottlenecks Potential partners 2010 – 2015

3: Promote gender Percentage of women in public office A. Formal training in women’s rights participation A.1. Inadequate funding: Insufficient A.1. Include targets that reflect Departmental Planning Board, equality and through a ‘gender school’. which improves financial, human, institutional and technical investment with a gender Departmental Planning empower women Overall labour market participation knowledge of empowerment, education, violence resources to adopt public policy on women’s perspective when drafting and Secretary’s Office, municipal rate for women and health and which especially emphasizes equality and participation implementing the municipalities’ planning offices, UNIFEM, UNDP political participation and advocacy participatory budget. The budget Female unemployment rate should be participatory and also gender-sensitive. Female employment rate

A .2 . Training: Very limited incorporation of a A.2.1. Raise awareness about UNIFEM, UNDP governance gender perspective among municipal officials the women’s committee unit, Departmental Planning and institutions (public and private) and no (departmental and sub- Board, Planning and Governance recognition of the value and significance of the provincial) among the candidates Secretary’s Office, Departmental public policy being implemented in the forthcoming municipal Women’s Committee, Social and departmental elections Development Secretary’s Office in order to promote women’s involvement in formulating government programmes and local plans

A.2.2. Develop and implement a UNIFEM, UNFPA, University series of talks with local bodies of Nariño, ESAP, women’s (municipal authorities, councils, associations schools, health care bodies and representatives from businesses and trade associations) to generate awareness and understanding about gender equality

36 TABLE 5 SUMMARY OF THE MDG 3 ACCELERATION STRATEGY: PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NARIÑO

Acceleration solutions. MDG MDG indicator Priority interventions Priority bottlenecks Potential partners 2010 – 2015

A 2. . Training: Very limited incorporation of a A.2.1. Raise awareness about UNIFEM, UNDP governance gender perspective among municipal officials the women’s committee unit, Departmental Planning and institutions (public and private) and no (departmental and sub- Board, Planning and Governance recognition of the value and significance of the provincial) among the candidates Secretary’s Office, Departmental public policy being implemented in the forthcoming municipal Women’s Committee, Social and departmental elections Development Secretary’s Office in order to promote women’s involvement in formulating government programmes and local plans

37 Acceleration solutions. MDG MDG indicator Priority interventions Priority bottlenecks Potential partners 2010 – 2015

3: Promote gender Percentage of women in public office B. Participatory budgets whereby community- b .1 . Capacities: There is no continuity among B.1. Campaigning for a Municipal authorities (alcaldías), equality and based organizations come together (including the municipal government officials who career (i.e., not temporary) Governor’s OfficeG ( obernación), empower women Overall labour market participation women’s organizations) and decide where and manage, implement and execute projects, civil servant (funcionario de ESAP, UNIFEM, University of rate for women how to invest departmental public resources. which affects the quality of the projects carrera administrativa) to be Nariño, UNDP prepared and submitted by Community-Based appointed administrator of the Female unemployment rate Organizations (CBOs) in the participatory bank of municipal projects and budgets strengthening their capacities Female employment rate and perspective on gender equality issues

b .2 . Capacities: The municipalities’ social B.2.1. Legal advice and support Pasto Chamber of Commerce, institutions are not consolidated and do for the legalization and formal Women’s Committee, not have sufficient capacity to participate, registration of local organizations Departmental Social prioritize, formulate and implement quality with proven maturity levels Development Secretary’s Office development projects B.2.2. Formal training of ESAP, University of Nariño, organizations through a diploma Women’s Committee, UNDP, or course certified by the UNIFEM, National Planning local university on identifying, Department formulating and managing projects and on supervision and budgeting

38 Acceleration solutions. MDG MDG indicator Priority interventions Priority bottlenecks Potential partners 2010 – 2015

39 Acceleration solutions. MDG MDG indicator Priority interventions Priority bottlenecks Potential partners 2010 – 2015

3: Promote gender Percentage of women in public office C. Comprehensive development proposals C .1 . Capacities: Limited capacity of C.1. Coordinate with partner and ESAP, University of Nariño, equality and centred around an income-generation project women’s organizations to support funding bodies, including the Women’s Committee, UNDP, empower women Overall labour market participation the projects’ financial and technical department, so that the projects can UNIFEM, Departmental and rate for women requirements include resources for funding two Municipal Planning Secretary’s temporary project coordinators at offices, Departmental Social Female unemployment rate the weakest women’s organizations, Development Secretary’s Office one technical and one financial, and municipal offices for social Female employment rate to ensure the planned results are administration, Departmental achieved, but in particular to devolve Agricultural Secretary’s office and and strengthen the capacities of the Municipal Technical Assistance executive boards of the women’s Units associations

C.2. Recognition of rights: Problems C.2.1. Land ownership registration Agustín Codazzi Geographical with land ownership: the processes for processes aimed at women Institute (Instituto geográfico registering land ownership have higher landowners in order to clarify land Agustín Codazzi) Colombian administrative barriers when the property ownership Rural Development Institute, is owned by a woman; this is particularly Autonomous Corporation true for women widowed by violent C.2.2. Inventory of plots smaller of Nariño (Corponariño), conflict. than 10 hectares owned by female Registration and Notary Office, heads of household for at least 5 municipal notaries, Ministry of years and rectifying false transfers of Agriculture, UNDP ownership

C.3. Recognition of rights: Women’s work C.3.1. Assigning an economic value ESAP, University of Nariño, is lower paid and has less recognition than to domestic and care work and Women’s Committee, UNDP, that of men incorporating these monetary values UNIFEM, Departmental and into the formulation of projects: Municipal Planning Secretary’s advocacy work must subsequently Office, Departmental Social be carried out with international Development Secretary’s Office, cooperation bodies and government municipal offices for social and non-governmental agencies that administration are funding projects so that they take into account the added value of care work as part of the co-funding of the projects

C.3.2. Establishing criteria for International aid agencies, assessing projects to be financed United Nations System, Social through international cooperation Action Program launched by and the departmental government, President of the Republic incorporating a gender perspective as an added value

40 Acceleration solutions. MDG MDG indicator Priority interventions Priority bottlenecks Potential partners 2010 – 2015

41 4: ACCELERATION PLAN: BUILDING AN MDG COMPACT

TABLE 6 DEPARTMENTAL ACTION PLAN AND MONITORING STRATEGY

MDG 3: PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN MDG Indicators: 3 .3 Percentage of women in public office – 3 4. Overall labour market participation rate for women – 3 .5 Female unemployment rate - 3 6. Female employment rate

Timetable (2010-2015) Priority Priority Acceleration solutions Actions to achieve Responsible interventions bottlenecks 2010 - 2015 the solution Oct- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- (under negotiation) Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 A. Formal training A.1. Inadequate funding: A.1. Include targets that reflect 1.1 Raise awareness of gender and Departmental and in women’s rights Insufficient financial, human, investment with a gender women’s participation among sub-regional gender participation through institutional and technical perspective when drafting and officials responsible for preparing committees, ESAP, a ‘gender school’, resources to adopt public implementing the participatory participatory budgets University of Nariño, which improves policy on women’s equality budget in the municipalities UNDP and UNIFEM knowledge of and participation empowerment, education, violence and health and which especially 1.2. Definition of affirmative Departmental emphasizes political actions (quotas) that set a Social Development participation and minimum level of resources Secretary’s Office, advocacy available for funding projects for Departmental Planning women and young people in Secretary’s Office, UNDP the municipalities and UNIFEM

1.3. Support for women’s local University of Nariño, organizations to strengthen Departmental Gender projects for presentation at the Committee, UNDP participatory budget days

42 4: ACCELERATION PLAN: BUILDING AN MDG COMPACT

TABLE 6 DEPARTMENTAL ACTION PLAN AND MONITORING STRATEGY

MDG 3: PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN MDG Indicators: 3 .3 Percentage of women in public office – 3 .4 Overall labour market participation rate for women – 3 .5 Female unemployment rate - 3 .6 Female employment rate

1.3. Support for women’s local University of Nariño, organizations to strengthen Departmental Gender projects for presentation at the Committee, UNDP participatory budget days

43 Timetable (2010-2015) Priority Priority Acceleration solutions Actions to achieve Responsible interventions bottlenecks 2010 - 2015 the solution Oct- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- (under negotiation) Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 A. Formal training A 2. Training: Very A.2.1. Raise awareness about 2.1.1. Call for candidates at the Departmental Planning in women’s rights limited incorporation the women’s committee next departmental and municipal Board, National Planning participation through of a gender perspective (departmental and sub- elections to include women’s Board, Women’s a ‘gender school’, among municipal officials provincial) among the participation in their manifestos Committee, UNDP, which improves and institutions and no candidates in the forthcoming UNCEF knowledge of recognition of the value and elections, for mayors and empowerment, significance of the public governor, in order to promote education, violence policy being implemented women’s involvement in and health and formulating government which especially programmes and local planning 2.1.2. Organization of community emphasizes political meetings to obtain public participation and commitment from the candidates advocacy to include women in the next local governments

A.2.2. Awareness-raising 2.2.1. Definition of content and ESAP, University of and knowledge-generation strategies for awareness-raising Nariño, Women’s regarding gender equality Committee, UNDP, among officials of local UNCEF institutions; scheduling and implementing a series of 2.2.2.Identification of institutions talks with local institutions and officials for awareness-raising (municipal authorities, councils, schools, health care bodies and representatives of companies and trade associations) 2.2.3. Training and equipping of awareness-raising teams

2.2.4. Awareness-raising workshops

44 Timetable (2010-2015) Priority Priority Acceleration solutions Actions to achieve Responsible interventions bottlenecks 2010 - 2015 the solution Oct- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- (under negotiation) Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 A. Formal training A .2 Training: Very A.2.1. Raise awareness about 2.1.1. Call for candidates at the Departmental Planning in women’s rights limited incorporation the women’s committee next departmental and municipal Board, National Planning participation through of a gender perspective (departmental and sub- elections to include women’s Board, Women’s a ‘gender school’, among municipal officials provincial) among the participation in their manifestos Committee, UNDP, which improves and institutions and no candidates in the forthcoming UNCEF knowledge of recognition of the value and elections, for mayors and empowerment, significance of the public governor, in order to promote education, violence policy being implemented women’s involvement in and health and formulating government which especially programmes and local planning 2.1.2. Organization of community emphasizes political meetings to obtain public participation and commitment from the candidates advocacy to include women in the next local governments

2.2.4. Awareness-raising workshops

45 Timetable (2010-2015) Priority Priority Acceleration solutions Actions to achieve Responsible interventions bottlenecks 2010 - 2015 the solution Oct- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- (under negotiation) Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 B. Participatory b .1 Capacities: There B.1. Strengthening project 1.1. Training for officials ESAP, University of budgets whereby is no continuity among resources of municipal Nariño, Women’s community-based municipal government authorities focusing on technical 1.2. Providing computer equipment Committee, UNDP, organizations officials, and nor do they capacities and vision in themes UNCEF, Ministry of come together have the capacity, in of gender equality Technology, Information (including women’s implementing projects that 1.3. Creating gender and gender- and Communications, organizations) are prepared and submitted inclusion indicators in project National Planning and decide where by Community-Based evaluation forms Department. and how to invest Organizations (CBOs) in the (Departamento Nacional departmental public participatory budgets de Planeación, DNP resources 1.4. Design and implement a follow-up system for gender- sensitive projects

b .2 Capacities: The B.2.1. Legal advice and support 2.1.1. Register and description of Pasto Chamber social institutions of the for the legalization and existing women’s organizations of Commerce, municipalities are not formal registration of local in the department. Women’s Committee, consolidated and do not organizations with proven Departmental Social Development have sufficient capacity maturity levels 2.1.2. Identification of legal Secretary’s Office to participate, prioritize, requirements for the formal formulate and implement establishment of women’s quality development organizations projects

2.1.3. Capacity building for advisory councils on forms of legal establishment

2.1.4. Company establishment days at municipal level

B.2.2. Formal training of 2.2.1. Identification of the leaders ESAP, University of organizations through a diploma of women’s organizations Nariño, Women’s or course certified by the Committee, UNDP, UNIFEM, National local university on identifying, 2.2.2. Capacity-building for Planning Department formulating and managing women leaders and for advisory projects and on supervision and councils budgeting 2.2.3. Support for project planning and management

46 Timetable (2010-2015) Priority Priority Acceleration solutions Actions to achieve Responsible interventions bottlenecks 2010 - 2015 the solution Oct- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- (under negotiation) Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 B. Participatory b .1 Capacities: There B.1. Strengthening project 1.1. Training for officials ESAP, University of budgets whereby is no continuity among resources of municipal Nariño, Women’s community-based municipal government authorities focusing on technical 1.2. Providing computer equipment Committee, UNDP, organizations officials, and nor do they capacities and vision in themes UNCEF, Ministry of come together have the capacity, in of gender equality Technology, Information (including women’s implementing projects that 1.3. Creating gender and gender- and Communications, organizations) are prepared and submitted inclusion indicators in project National Planning and decide where by Community-Based evaluation forms Department. and how to invest Organizations (CBOs) in the (Departamento Nacional departmental public participatory budgets de Planeación, DNP resources 1.4. Design and implement a follow-up system for gender- sensitive projects b .2 Capacities: The B.2.1. Legal advice and support 2.1.1. Register and description of Pasto Chamber social institutions of the for the legalization and existing women’s organizations of Commerce, municipalities are not formal registration of local in the department. Women’s Committee, consolidated and do not organizations with proven Departmental Social Development have sufficient capacity maturity levels 2.1.2. Identification of legal Secretary’s Office to participate, prioritize, requirements for the formal formulate and implement establishment of women’s quality development organizations projects

2.1.3. Capacity building for advisory councils on forms of legal establishment

2.1.4. Company establishment days at municipal level

47 Timetable (2010-2015) Priority Priority Acceleration solutions Actions to achieve Responsible interventions bottlenecks 2010 - 2015 the solution Oct- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- (under negotiation) Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 C. Comprehensive C 1. Capacities: Limited C.1. Coordinate with partner and 1.1 Measuring organizational ESAP, University of development capacity of women’s funding bodies, including the capacity of women’s groups Nariño, Women’s proposals centred organizations to support department, so that resources (Baseline) Committee, UNDP, around an income- the projects’ financial and can be included within project UNIFEM, Departmental generation project technical requirements frameworks aimed at building 1.2. Identification of technical and and Municipal administrative and technical administrative components for Planning Secretary’s capacity of the weakest women’s strengthening, depending on the Offices, Departmental organizations projects implemented or the Social Development corporate purpose of women’s Secretary’s organizations. Office and social administration offices in the municipalities, 1.3. Support for project execution Departmental among weaker organizations Agriculture Secretary’s focusing on the technical and Office and municipal administrative to guarantee technical assistance capacity-building to achieve units planned outcomes

C.2. Recognition of C.2.1. Land ownership 2.1.1. Updating of the public Agustín Codazzi rights: Problems with land registration processes aimed at register of rural plots in the Geographic Institute ownership: the processes for women landowners in order to department (Instituto Geográfico registering land ownership clarify land ownership legally Agustín Codazzi) Colombian Rural have higher administrative 2.1.2. Inventory of plots owned Development barriers when the property by rural women without Institute, Autonomous is owned by a woman; this is deeds of ownership particularly true for women Corporation of Nariño widowed by violent conflict (Corponariño), Public Notary Office and 2.1.3. Awareness-raising days Registry, municipal aimed at generating knowledge notaries, Ministry of among women who own plots Agriculture, UNDP about the importance of titling within the framework of claiming rights

2.1.4. Plot titling days involving all participants in the process

48 Timetable (2010-2015) Priority Priority Acceleration solutions Actions to achieve Responsible interventions bottlenecks 2010 - 2015 the solution Oct- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- (under negotiation) Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 C. Comprehensive C .1 Capacities: Limited C.1. Coordinate with partner and 1.1 Measuring organizational ESAP, University of development capacity of women’s funding bodies, including the capacity of women’s groups Nariño, Women’s proposals centred organizations to support department, so that resources (Baseline) Committee, UNDP, around an income- the projects’ financial and can be included within project UNIFEM, Departmental generation project technical requirements frameworks aimed at building 1.2. Identification of technical and and Municipal administrative and technical administrative components for Planning Secretary’s capacity of the weakest women’s strengthening, depending on the Offices, Departmental organizations projects implemented or the Social Development corporate purpose of women’s Secretary’s organizations. Office and social administration offices in the municipalities, 1.3. Support for project execution Departmental among weaker organizations Agriculture Secretary’s focusing on the technical and Office and municipal administrative to guarantee technical assistance capacity-building to achieve units planned outcomes

2.1.4. Plot titling days involving all participants in the process

49 Timetable (2010-2015) Priority Priority Acceleration solutions Actions to achieve Responsible interventions bottlenecks 2010 - 2015 the solution Oct- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- (under negotiation) Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 C. Comprehensive C.2. Recognition of C.2.2. Rectification of false 2.2.1. Inventory of plots subject to Agustín Codazzi development rights: Problems with land transfer of plots smaller than 10 false transfer and owned by rural Geographic Institute proposals centred ownership: the processes for hectares and owned by women women (Instituto Geográfico around an income- registering land ownership heads of household for at least 2.2.2. Awareness-raising days Agustín Codazzi) generation project have higher administrative five years aimed at generating knowledge Colombian Rural barriers when the property among women who own plots Development is owned by a woman; this is about the importance of titling Institute, Autonomous particularly true for women within the framework of claiming Corporation of Nariño widowed by violent conflict rights (Corponariño), Public Notary Office and Registry, municipal 2.2.3. Plot regularization days notaries, Ministry of involving all participants in the Agriculture, UNDP process

C.3. Recognition of rights: C.3.1. Assigning an economic 3.1.1. Description of family ESAP, University of Women’s work is lower paid value to domestic and care economy Nariño, Women’s and has less recognition work and incorporating these Committee, UNDP, than that of men monetary values into the UNIFEM, Departmental formulation of projects as a 3.1.2 Description and quantifying and Municipal balancing entry; advocacy of the economic value of care work Planning Secretary’s work must subsequently be Offices, Departmental carried out with international Social Development 3.1.3. Inclusion of the economic cooperation bodies and Secretary’s Office and value of care work within government and non- social administration departmental macroeconomic governmental agencies that are offices in the accounts funding projects so that they municipalities take into account the added 3.1.4. Assigning an economic value of care work as part of the value to care work within the co-funding of the projects financial analysis of projects for development and management 3.1.5. Workshops on masculinity and femininity aimed at departmental institutions, local organizations and spaces representative of the departmental community (united action councils, teachers, health sector officials, among others)

50 Timetable (2010-2015) Priority Priority Acceleration solutions Actions to achieve Responsible interventions bottlenecks 2010 - 2015 the solution Oct- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- (under negotiation) Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 C. Comprehensive C.2. Recognition of C.2.2. Rectification of false 2.2.1. Inventory of plots subject to Agustín Codazzi development rights: Problems with land transfer of plots smaller than 10 false transfer and owned by rural Geographic Institute proposals centred ownership: the processes for hectares and owned by women women (Instituto Geográfico around an income- registering land ownership heads of household for at least 2.2.2. Awareness-raising days Agustín Codazzi) generation project have higher administrative five years aimed at generating knowledge Colombian Rural barriers when the property among women who own plots Development is owned by a woman; this is about the importance of titling Institute, Autonomous particularly true for women within the framework of claiming Corporation of Nariño widowed by violent conflict rights (Corponariño), Public Notary Office and Registry, municipal 2.2.3. Plot regularization days notaries, Ministry of involving all participants in the Agriculture, UNDP process

51 Timetable (2010-2015) Priority Priority Acceleration solutions Actions to achieve Responsible interventions bottlenecks 2010 - 2015 the solution Oct- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- (under negotiation) Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 C. Comprehensive C.3. Recognition of rights: C.3.2. Establishing criteria 3.2.1. Creation of a project International aid development Women’s work is lower paid for assessing projects to be management handbook for the agencies, UNS, Social proposals centred and has less recognition financed through international department of Nariño with a Action of the President’s around an income- than that of men cooperation and the gender perspective OfficeA ( cción Social generation project departmental government, de la Presidencia de la incorporating a gender 3.2.2. Defining criteria for prioritizing República) perspective as an added value projects at the departmental level, including a gender perspective

52 Timetable (2010-2015) Priority Priority Acceleration solutions Actions to achieve Responsible interventions bottlenecks 2010 - 2015 the solution Oct- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- Jan- Jul- (under negotiation) Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec Jun Dec 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 C. Comprehensive C.3. Recognition of rights: C.3.2. Establishing criteria 3.2.1. Creation of a project International aid development Women’s work is lower paid for assessing projects to be management handbook for the agencies, UNS, Social proposals centred and has less recognition financed through international department of Nariño with a Action of the President’s around an income- than that of men cooperation and the gender perspective OfficeA ( cción Social generation project departmental government, de la Presidencia de la incorporating a gender 3.2.2. Defining criteria for prioritizing República) perspective as an added value projects at the departmental level, including a gender perspective

53 ANNEXES

METHODOLOGY This work formed the basis for progress in the MAF The technical teams of the following departments methodology and included the participation and were involved in drafting the public policy on gender contribution of: equality and inclusion for the department of Nariño, a strategy of war on poverty and exclusion (estrategia • Departmental Planning Office. de guerra contra las pobrezas y la exclusión): the Secretary’s Office for Social Development and the • Social Policy Office. Secretary’s office of Planning,UN DP, UNFPA, UNIFEM, national experts and municipal and departmental • Agricultural Secretary’s Office. women’s organizations . • Office of the ‘Yes we can’ (‘Si se puede’) Programme. From this policy, the following emerge as core areas of work for the department of Nariño: • College of Public Administration (ESAP).

• The right to political participation and advocacy. • Representatives from women’s sub-provincial committees . • The right to economic independence. • Representatives from the departmental women’s • The right to health. committee

• The right to equitable education. • Regional UNDP office

• The right to a life free from fear and violence. • University of Nariño

• The right to peace: women in building the peace. • Local UNDP Millennium Development Goals project The acceleration work focused on the key areas where the indicators are most critical: income The entire exercise was carried out through working generation, employment, and greater political groups . participation for women as well as the guarantee of equal opportunities and equal rights for men The committee first analysed and confirmed the and women, particularly in those areas from which statistics for the MDG 3 indicators set out in the women in Nariño have traditionally been excluded . national policy document on the MDGs, ‘CONPES 91’ 2005, and their respective disparities vis-à-vis the 2015 MDG targets .

54 Subsequently, a register of interventions underway Interventions were prioritized according to the in the region was compiled and listed interventions following impact and viability criteria: to accelerate progress toward the priority MDg .

Impact: Viability:

• Impact on achieving the MDG. • Willingness at the political level and among stakeholders to implement the intervention . • Target population includes vulnerable populations. • Government and partners have the capacity to plan, • High benefit level for each resource unit invested in implement and monitor the intervention . the intervention . • Funds available to finance the intervention. • Impact of the intervention will be swiftly felt. • No additional factors that could obstruct • Evidence of impact available. implementation .

Each criterion was evaluated according to the • Numerous factors that could hinder following scale: implementation: 0 .5

• Very high impact: 1 • Factors that could completely block implementation: 0 .25 • High impact: 0.75 In order to establish the priority bottlenecks, an • Medium impact: 0.5 analysis of the causes was conducted using a methodology adapted from the Vester Matrix . This • Low or no impact: 0.25 methodology assesses how the causes of each bottleneck relate to each other, thus making it easier For the viability criterion, “Are there additional factors to identify those which behave as root causes, direct which could obstruct implementation,” the following causes, or indirect causes . scale was used: To carry out the viability analysis of the solutions • No obstacle: 1 to the bottlenecks identified as ‘direct causes’, the following criteria were used: • Some factors that could hinder implementation: 0 .75 • Short-term actions may be proposed.

55 • It is the responsibility of the municipal or - Department of Nariño – UNDP – UNIFEM . Public departmental authorities . policy on gender equality and inclusion .

• There are actors willing to contribute. - Colombian National Statistics Office (DANE) . Departmental Accounts – Colombia . Employment • The region has the financial and human resources and unemployment figures . to implement the solution . - M ission to Link Employment, Poverty and Inequality • It reaches a significant number of persons and Surveys (Misión para el Empalme de las Series de vulnerable populations . Empleo, Pobreza y Desigualdad), MESEP .

• It promotes equality. - 2002–2005 DANE Ongoing Household Survey (Encuesta Continua de Hogares) . • It is culturally acceptable to the affected populations . - 2008 and 2009 DANE Large Ongoing Household Survey (Gran Encuesta Continua de Hogares) . The local panel of experts analysed each of the solutions, classifying each criterion according to - Colombian National Council for Social and the following scale: Economic Policy (Consejo Nacional de Política Económica y Social – CONPES) . Republic of - Very high contribution: 100 Colombia . National Planning Department (Departamento Nacional de Planeación) .‘CONPES - High contribution: 75 115’ documents from 2009 on income generation .

- Medium contribution: 50 - Colombian National Council for Social and Economic Policy (Consejo Nacional de Política - Low or no contribution: 25 Económica y Social – CONPES) . Republic of Colombia . National Planning Department (Departamento Nacional de Planeación) .‘CONPES SOURCES OF INFORMATION 102’ documents from 2006 on the network for social protection against extreme poverty . - Colombian National Statistics Office ANE(D ), 2005 census .

- Adelante Nariño 2008–2011 departmental development plan .

- Colombian National Council for Social and Economic Policy (Consejo Nacional de Política Económica y Social – CONPES) . Republic of Colombia . National Planning Department (Departamento Nacional de Planeación) . CONPES Social Document 091 from 2005 .

56 LIST OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE DEPARTMENT

PASTO CONTADERO FUNES LA UNION POTOSI SANDONA

SANTA ALBAN CORDOBA GUACHUCAL LEIVA PROVIDENCIA BARBARA SANTACRUZ ALDANA CUASPUD GUAITARILLA LINARES PUERRES (GUACHAVEZ)

ANCUYA CUMBAL GUALMATAN LOS ANDES PUPIALES SAPUYES

ARBOLEDA CUMBITARA ILES MAGÜI PAYAN RICAURTE TAMINANGO

ROBERTO BARBACOAS EL CHARCO IMUES MALLAMA TANGUA PAYAN

BELEN EL PEÑOL IPIALES MOSQUERA SAMANIEGO TUMACO

SAN BER- BUESACO EL ROSARIO LA CRUZ NARIÑO TUQUERRES NARDO OLAYA HER- CHACHAGÜI EL TABLON LA FLORIDA SAN LORENZO YACUANQUER RERA

COLON GENOVA EL TAMBO LA LLANADA OSPINA SAN PABLO

FRANCISCO SAN PEDRO DE CONSACA LA TOLA POLICARPA PIZARRO CARTAGO

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