USAID/Guatemala Programs DEMOCRACY and GOVERNANCE
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USAID/Guatemala Programs FY 2004 - 2010 Updated January 31, 2010 Program Name Implementer Geographic Focus Counterparts Local Sub-Grantees Program Summary/Start and End Dates DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE: Total Life of Objective funding is US$ 64.0 million Rule of Law Rule of Law Program Checchi and Company Consultants Inc. Quiché Huehuetenango San Judicial system institutions Public Vox Latina Comités Ejecutivos de Justicia de: Assistance to improve the transparency and efficiency of criminal Marcos Quetzaltenango Ministry Institute for Public Defense Quetzaltenango Sacatepéquez Baja Verapaz Chiquimula judicial processes through expansion of oral procedures support for Escuintla Chimaltenango Ministry of the Interior San Marcos y Escuintla Asociación Fortalecimiento y justice centers strengthened prosecution in corruption cases and Sacatepéquez Villa Nueva Modernización de la Justicia de Quiché Asociaciones de support for crime prevention. Jutiapa Chiquimula Alta Justicia de: Alta Verapaz Jutiapa y Zacapa Asociacion Verapaz Baja Verapaz Justicia y Paz APROJUCHI Instituto Guatemalteco de Zacapa Petén Guatemala Educación Radiofónica (IGER) September 30 2004-September 30 2009 Ch' umilal Jab' (Justice Harmony and Well United Nations Development Programme National Peace Secretariat Guatemalan CSO small grant program A comprehensive human rights program that includes support to being) human rights program. (UNDP) Forensic Anthropological exhumations the prosecution of past human rights abuses and the Foundation (FAFG) Prosecutor's recuperation of the historical memory. Office Human Rights Ombudsman's Office July 30 2009-July 29 2014 Program against violence and impunity. DPK Consulting National None. CSO small grant program To assist the GOG in combating impunity of violence and serious crime. July 30 2009-June 28 2010 Monitoring and evaluation justice reform Justice Study Center of the Americas (CEJA) National Guatemalan Judiciary None CEJA to assess the design and execution of the criminal justice statistical information system in Guatemala and the capacity of the entities responsible for managing the systems and to provide technical assistance as necessary. July 11 2005-September 29 2009 Community-based policing Management Sciences for Development Inc. Villa Nueva Ministry of the Interior National None Program works to advise local police in implementing community- (MSD) Police based policing approaces regarding crime prevention police management improving response and developing community liaisons and relationships. February 24 2006-September 30 2009 Psycho-Social Assistance to War Victims United Nations Development Programme Chimaltenango Quiché and Fundación de Antropología Centro Maya Saqb'e Asociación Utz K'aslemal Equipo de Support to the FAFG and local NGOs engaged in exhumations of (UNDP) Alta Verapaz Forense de Guatemala (FAFG) Estudios Comunitarios y Acompañamiento Psico-social (ECAP) remains of victims of the internal conflict and provision of mental Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo (GAM) Coordinadora Nacional de health services to the families of the victims. Viudas de Guatemala (CONAVIGUA) Consejo Nacional de las Comunidades para el Desarrollo Integral de Guatemala (CONCODIG) Asociación para el Desarrollo Integral de las Víctimas de la Violencia en las Verapaces Maya Achí (ADIVIMA) Asociación de Familiares de Detenidos- Desaparecidos de Guatemala (FAMDEGUA) Pro Niño y Niña de Centro América (PRONICE) Comisión Nacional de Búsqueda de Niñez Desaparecida (CNBND) Oficina de los Derechos Humanos del Arzobispado de Guatemala (ODHAG) Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social (MSPAS) Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala - Escuela de Ciencias Psicológicas (USAC-ECP) October 20 2004-September 30 2007 Crime Prevention for Vulnerable Youth Alliance Creative Associates Int'l. Inc. (CAII) Guatemala (Villa Nueva) Asociación para la Prevención del Instancia Multisectorial de Apoyo a la Seguridad Pública Program to develop crime prevention strategies focused on Escuintla Sacatepéquez Delito (APREDE) (IMASP) vulnerable youth and educate citizens and public officials about (Antigua Guatemala) the needs of at-risk youth and benefits of prevention strategies. Huehuetenango San Marcos September 22 2004-December 21 2006 Youth Challenge Program (YCP) Creative Associates Int'l. Inc. (CAII) Mainly in and around CONALFA INTECAP Ministry of Youth Alliance Association Program to create alliances among the private sector Faith Based Guatemala City. Economy and the Executive Organizations and the GOG to implement sustainable interventions Secretariat at the Presidency. for youth-at-riskin Guatemala. USAID/Guatemala Programs FY 2004 - 2010 Updated January 31, 2010 Program Name Implementer Geographic Focus Counterparts Local Sub-Grantees Program Summary/Start and End Dates April 18 2008-December 31 2009 Transparency and Accountability Transparency and anti-corruption programAssociates in Rural Development Inc. National None Technical services to support the development and implementation of appropriate and meaningful strategies to curb corruption in economic political and social services in Guatemala.. August 26 2009-July 31 2011 Inventory of the Government of United Nations Development Programme National Prsidential Commission for the None Assistance to improve COFRE's knowledge of and administration Guatemala (GOG) Human Resources (UNDP) Modernization of the State (COFRE) of the public sector workforce in Guatemala. National Civil Service Office Capital Program (ONSEC) April 10 2007-September 30 2009 Anti-corruption Program Accion Ciudadana National Anti-corruption Commisioner None Technical services for the analysis of parallel corruption networks in Guatemala and the development of a preventive strategy to combat them. July 24 2009-January 29 2009 Monitoring the implementation of the Familiares y Amigos contra la National Congressional 'Comisión National Pro-Justice Movement (MPJ) To monitor the conduction of and guarantee transparency in the 'Comisiones de Postulación' Law Delincuencia y el Secuestro (FADS) Extraordinaria de Reforma del implementation of the recently approved 'Comisiones de Sector Justicia' Postulación' Law and the election of the new Public Defender and Magistrates for the Supreme and Appeals Courts. July 16 2009-October 30 2009 Multi-country Anti-Corruption Transparency and Casals and Associates National Anti-Corruption Commisioner Acción Ciudadana Centro de Investigaciones Económicas Program works to strengthen national goverment systems for Accountability Program Comptroller General Congressional Nacionales (CIEN) Coalición por la Transparencia management of public resources increase devolution of authority oversight commmittees The Office and responsibilities to the local level strengthen citizens' oversight of the Prosecutor for Anti- of national government decision-making and increase accoun Corruption and civil society organizations Jan. 24 2005 - Mar. 30 2009 To develop a preventive strategy to combat Acción Ciudadana National The GOG Transparency and Anti None To carry out ananalysis of the factors that allowed the proliferation corruption networks in Guatemala. corruption Commission led by the of parallel networks of corruption in Guatemala and develop a Vice-President and the legislative preventive strategy to combat them. branch: and Transparency International (TI). July 24 2009-December 15 2009 Decentralization and Local Governance Devtech Systems Inc. Nebaj Chajul Cotzal Jocotán Selected local governments Acción Ciudadana Activities strengthen the capacity of local governments to manage Program Camotán Olopa San Juan municipal associations Presidential public resources deliver basic services and promote private sector Ermita Santa Cruz del Quiché Secretariats and relevant investment advocate for increased devolution of authority and San Antonio Ilotenango Commisioners' Offices the National resources to the local level and promote citizen particip Pachalum Joyabaj San Martín Municipal Development Institute Jilotepeque Cobán Villa (INFOM) Nueva January 13 2005-September 30 2009 Elections Organization of American States Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE) Provide technical assistance and analysis information and international expertise necessary to effectively carry out the 2007 general elections March 16 2006-January 31 2008 Consortium for Elections and Political Process Tribunal Supremo Electoral Provide technical assistance to the general elections observation Strenthening (CEPPS) effort. December 4 2006-February 28 2008 Legislative strengthening assistance State University of New York (SUNY) National Board of Directors of Congress and None Technical assistance to improve internal operating procedures Congressional Modernization within Congress and create structures to strengthen transparency Committee and efficiency. May 3 2004-May 31 2005 USAID/Guatemala Programs FY 2004 - 2010 Updated January 31, 2010 Program Name Implementer Geographic Focus Counterparts Local Sub-Grantees Program Summary/Start and End Dates Monitoring study of infrastructure works in San Centro de Investigaciones Economicas San Marcos Planning Secretariat (SEGEPLAN) None A pilot activity to collect data on Social Fund and Development Marcos Nacionales (CIEN) Council expenditures on public works in the Department of San Marcos for eventual development of a nation-wide system to be managed by SEGEPLAN. July 26 2005-October 17 2005 Institutional assessment of Ministry of KPMG Peat Marwick National Ministry of Communications Assess the adequacy of