Quarterly Report No. 12

GOBERNANZA EN ECOSISTEMAS, MEDIOS DE VIDA Y AGUA

QUARTERLY REPORT NO. 12

June 2019 This report is made possible by the support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development USAID. The contents of this report are the sole responsibility of DAI and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the government of the United States.

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CONTRACTOR:

GOBERNANZA EN ECOSISTEMAS, MEDIOS DE VIDA Y AGUA: QUARTERLY REPORT NO.12

Activity Title: Gobernanza en Ecosistemas, Medios de Vida y Agua

Sponsorship of the USAID Office: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Contract Number: AID-522-TO-16-00006

Contractor: DAI GLOBAL LLC

Publication date: June, 2019

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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

AAPP Áreas Protegidas Protected Areas ACC Adaptación al Cambio Climático Adaptation to Climate Change ACCESO Acceso a Mercados, FINTRAC Access to Markets, FINTRAC ACS Alianza para el Corredor Seco Alliance for the Dry Corridor ADEC Agua y Desarrollo Comunitario Community Water and Development Agencia de Desarrollo Estratégico Local Strategic Local Development agency of ADELSAR de Santa Rosa de Copan. Santa Rosa de Copan Agencia de Desarrollo Estratégico Local Strategic Local Development Agency of ADEVAS del Valle de Sensenti the Sensenti Valley La Agencia Española de Cooperación Spanish Agency for International AECID Internacional para el Desarrollo Development and Cooperation Asociacion Ecológica San Marcos de San Marcos de Ocotepeque Ecological AESMO Ocotepeque Association AHAC Agencia Hondureña de Aeronáutica Civil Civil Aeronautics Agency of Honduras Asociación de Juntas Administradoras de Association of Water and Sanitation AJAA Agua y Saneamiento Management Boards Asociación de Juntas Administradoras Association of Water Management AJAAM de Agua Boards Asociación de Juntas Administradoras de Association of Water Management Boards AJAAMEN Agua del Municipio de El Níspero of the El Nispero Municipality Asociación de Juntas de Agua del Association of Water Boards of the AJAMCHI Municipio de Chinacla Chinacla Municipality Asociación de Mujeres Cacaoteras del Association of Female Chocolate AMUCALAY Lago de Yojoa Producers of Lago Yojoa Asociación de Municipios para la Association of Municipalities for the AMUPROLAGO Protección del Lago de Yojoa Protection of Lago de Yojoa

APA Asociación de Productores Agrícolas Association of Agricultural Producers

ASHO Asociación Hondureña de Ornitología Honduran Ornithology Association Asociación de Investigación para el Association for Ecological and ASIDE Desarrollo Ecológico y Socioeconómico Socioeconomic Development Research Asociación de Comités de Investigación Association of Agricultural Investigation ASOCIALAYO Agrícola Local del Lago de Yojoa Committees of Lago Yojoa Asociación para el Manejo Integrado de Association for the Integral Management ASOMAINCUPACO Cuencas de La Paz y Comayagua of Watersheds in La Paz and Comayagua

AVC Adaptación a la Variabilidad Climática Adaptation to Climate Variability

BECAMO Beneficio de Café Montecristo Montecristo Coffee Farm BPA Mejores Prácticas Agrícolas Best Agricultural Practices BPM Mejores Prácticas de Producción Best Manufacturing Practices CAFFEX Café Fino de Exportación Quality Exportation Coffee

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Cámara Nacional de Turismo de National Chamber of Tourism of CANATURH Honduras Honduras CDE Centro de Desarrollo Empresarial Enterprise Development Center CC Cambio Climático Climate Change Centro de Enseñanza y Aprendizaje de Teaching and Learning Center for CEASO Agricultura Sostenible Sustainable Agriculture CEB Centro de Educación Básico Basic Education Center Centro Nacional de Estudios National Center of Atmospheric, CENAOS Atmosféricos, Oceanográficos y Sísmicos Oceanographic and Seismic Studies Centro Internacional de Agricultura International Center of Tropical CIAT Tropical Agriculture Centro Información Climática en el Climate Information Center of the CICOH Occidente de Honduras Western Region of Honduras

CIH Consejo Intermunicipal Higuito Higuito Intermunicipal Council

CLER Centro Local de Energía Renovable Local Renewable Energy Center

Program of Adaptation to Climate Change Programa Adaptación al Cambio CLIFOR-GIZ in the Forestry Sector Climático en el Sector Forestal

Cooperativa Agrícola Cafetalera San San Antonio Agricultural Coffee COAGRICSAL Antonio Limitada Cooperative Limited Capucas Coffee Producers Cooperative COCAFCAL Cooperativa Cafetalera Capucas Limitada Limited Cooperativa Cafetalera Ecológica La La Labor Ocotepeque Ecological Coffee COCAFELOL Labor Ocotepeque Limitada Producers Cooperative Limited Comité Central Pro Agua y Desarrollo Central Water and Holistic Development COCEPRADII Integral de Intibucá Committee of Intibucá

CODEL Comité de Emergencia Local Local Emergency Committee CODEM Comité de Emergencia Municipal Municipal Emergency Committee COHONDUCAFE Cooperativa Hondureña del Café Honduran Coffee Cooperative Cooperativa Cafetalera Siguatepeque COHORSIL Siguatepeque Coffee Cooperative Limited Limitada Mancomunidad de los Municipios Lencas Municipal Association of the Lenca COLOSUCA del Centro de Lempira Municipalities of the Center of Lempira

Comisiones Municipales de Agua y Water and Sanitation Municipal COMAS Saneamiento Commission Consejo de Cuencas de El Chiflador y El Chiflador and Guaralape Watershed COMCHIGUA Guaralape Board Asociación Coordinadora de Mujeres Coordinating Association of Peasant COMUCAP Campesinas de la Paz Women of La Paz Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de National Commission for Alternative CONEANFO la Educación Alternativa no Formal en Non-Formal Education Development Honduras COPECO Comisión Permanente de Contingencias Permanent Emergency Commission Cooperativa Regional Agroforestal Limited Regional Agroforestry COPRAUL Agricultores Unidos Limitada Cooperative United Farmers

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Regional Committee for the Protection of COREPROFOR Comité Regional de Protección Forestal Forests CP Producción Mas Limpia Cleaner Production Cooperativa Regional Agropecuaria y de Vision 2000 Regional Agricultural and CRADVISMIL Servicios Visión 2000 Limitada Service Cooperative LTDA Centro Universitario Regional del CURC Central Region University Center Centro Centro Universitario Regional de CUROC Western Region University Center Occidente DAP-ICF Departamento de Áreas Protegidas- ICF Department of Protected Areas- ICF Departamento de Cuencas Hidrográficas Department of Watersheds and DCHA-ICF y Ambiente- ICF Environment- ICF DGRH Dirección General de Recursos Hídricos General Directorate of Water Resources Dirección Nacional de Cambio Climate Change National Directorate DNCC Climático (MIAMBIENTE) (MIAMBIENTE) DQA Evaluación de la Calidad de los Datos Data Quality Assessment Estándares Abiertos para la Práctica de la Open Standards for the Practice of EAPC Conservación Conservation EAPO Escuela Agrícola Pompilio Ortega Pompilio Ortega Agricultural School

EM Estufas Mejoradas Improved Stoves Planes de Monitoreo y Mitigación Environmental Monitoring and Mitigation EMMP Ambiental Plans ENEE Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica National Electric Energy Company Ente Regulador y Control de los Regulator and Control of Drinking water ERSAP Servicios de Agua Potable y Saneamiento and Sanitation Services EU Unión Europea European Union Federación Hondureña de Deportes de Honduran Federation of Climbing and FEHDME Montaña y Escalada Hiking Sports Federación Hondureña de Indígenas Honduran Federation of Lenca Indigenous FHONDIL Lencas People FUNDAUNAH Fundación UNAH UNAH Foundation

FUNDER Fundación para el Desarrollo Rural Foundation for Rural Development Gobernanza en Ecosistemas, Medios de Ecosystem, Livelihoods and Water GEMA Vida y Agua Management GIS Sistema de Información Geográfica Geographic Information System GLH Gobernabilidad Local en Honduras Local Governance Activity in Honduras HDH Asociación Hermandad de Honduras Hermandad de Honduras Association HQC Café de Calidad de Honduras Honduran Quality Coffee

HUPA Honduras un País de Aventuras Honduras - Country of Adventures Instituto Nacional de Conservación y National Institute for Conservation, ICF Desarrollo Forestal, Áreas Protegidas y Forestry Development, Protected Areas, Vida Silvestre and Wildlife Innovaciones para el Desarrollo Innovations for Environmental and Social IDEAS Empresarial Ambiental y Social Business Development

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IFB Invitación a Licitar Invitation for Bids IHCAFE Instituto Hondureño del Café Honduran Coffee Institute IHT Instituto Hondureño de Turismo Honduran Tourism Institute Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación Interamerican Institute for Cooperation IICA para la Agricultura on Agriculture IIE Índice de Integridad Ecológica Ecological Integrity Index Instrumento de Medición de Gobernanza IMEGH Water Governance Measurement Tool Hídrica Instrumento de Medición de la IMGH Water Governance Measurement Tool Gobernanza Hídrica Fundación de Ciencias para el Estudio y Science Foundation for Studies and INCEBIO la Conservación de la Biodiversidad Conservation of Biodiversity ITRR Instituto Técnico Dr. Ramón Rosa Ramon Rosa Technical Institute JAA Junta Administradora de Agua Water Management Board Junta de Agua Potable y Excretas de Water Management Board for Potable JAPOE Jesús de Otoro and Waste Water in Jesus de Otoro Jóvenes para la Conservación de JPCH Youth for the Conservation of Honduras Honduras LOP Vida del Proyecto Life of Project LTTA Asistencia Técnica de Largo Plazo Long Term Technical Assistance

M&E Monitoreo y Evaluación Monitoring and Evaluation Mancomunidad de Municipios del Centro Municipal Association of the Municipalities MAMCEPAZ de La Paz of the Central Area of La Paz Mancomunidad de Municipos Lencas de Municipal Association of Lenca MAMLESIP la Sierra de La Paz Municipalities in Sierra de La Paz Municipal Association of Northern MAMUNI Mancomunidad del Norte de Intibucá Intibucá Mancomunidad de Municipios del Valle Municipal Association of the Municipalities MANVASEN de Sensenti of the Valle de Sensenti

Mancomunidad de Municipios del Parque Municipal Association of the Municipalities MAPANCE Nacional Montaña de Celaque of the Montaña de Celaque National Park

MC Microcuenca Micro watershed Sistema de Información Meteorológica, Meteorological Climatology and Hydrolic MCH Climatológica e Hidrológica Information Systems Mecanismo de Compensación por Ecosystem Services Compensation MCSE Servicios Ecosistémicos Mechanism MdH Molinos de Honduras Mills of Honduras Plan de Monitoreo, Evaluación y MELP Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plan Aprendizaje

Apoyo de Monitoreo y Evaluación para el M&E Support for Collaborative Learning MESCLA Aprendizaje y la Adaptación and Adapting Secretaria de Estado en los Despachos Secretary of State for the Departments of MIAMBIENTE de Energía, Recursos Naturales, Energy, Natural Resources, Environment, Ambiente y Minas and Mines

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MILPAH Movimiento Indígena Lenca de La Paz Lenca Indigenous Movement of La Paz

Mesa de Organizaciones Comanejadoras Roundtable of Co-managers of Protected MOCAPH de Áreas Protegidas de Honduras Areas in Honduras MOU Memorandum de Entendimiento Memorandum of Understanding MSME Micro, Pequeña y Mediana Empresas Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises Mancomunidad de Municipios del Sur de Municipal Association of South Santa MUNASBAR Santa Bárbara Bárbara Organismo Cristiano de Desarrollo Christian Organization for Integral OCDIH Integral de Honduras. Development in Honduras

Organización para el Desarrollo de ODECO Organization for Corquin Development. Corquín. OL Oficina Local Local Office OMM Organización Meteorológica Mundial World Meteorological Organization PAG Proyecto Aldea Global Global Village Project Plataforma Administradora de Módulos Administration Platform for Exoneration PAMEH de Exoneración en Honduras Modules in Honduras Programa de Apoyo Presupuestario para Budget Support Program for the Forestry PAPSFOR el Sector Forestal Sector Plan de Uso Seguro y Reporte de Pesticide Evaluation Report and Safer Use PERSUAP Plaguicidas Action Plan PCA Plan de Conservación de Área Area Conservation Plan Plan de Entrenamiento y Asistencia PCAT Training and Technical Assistance Plan Técnica Proyectos e Iniciativas Locales Para el Projects and local Initiatives for The PILARH Auto Desarrollo Regional de Honduras Regional Self-Development for Honduras. Hoja de Referencia de Rendimiento de PIRS Performance Indicator Reference Sheet Indicadores Plan de Monitoreo y Mitigación Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring PMMA Ambiental Plans PNMC Parque Nacional Montana Celaque Celaque Mountain National Park Proyecto de Productividad y Productivity and Opportunities for PODER Oportunidades para el Desarrollo a Development through Renewable Energy través de Energía Renovable Project PPP Alianza Público Privada Public Private Partnership Programa Centroamericano de Gestión Central American Coffee Rust Integrated PROCAGICA Integral de la Roya del Café Management Program Manejo sostenible de recursos con Sustainable management of resources in PROCAMBIO-GIZ enfoque de cambio climático the focus of climate change Programas Municipales de Seguridad PROMUSAN Municipal Food Security Programs Alimentaria PRR Programa de Reconstrucción Rural Rural Reconstruction Program

QGIS Sistema de Información Global Quantum Quantum Global Information Systems Analisis de la Resiliencia de los Sistemas Analysis of the Resilience for Social R4S Approach Sociales Systems RA Rainforest Alliance Rainforest Alliance RAOS Cooperativa Regional de Agricultores Regional Cooperative of Organic

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Orgánicos de la Sierra Producers of the Sierra RAPIPO Instituto Polivalente Rafael Pineda Ponce Rafael Pineda Ponce Institute RB Reserva Biológica Biological Reserve RBG Reserva Biológica Güisayote Güisayote Biological Reserve RBM Reserva Biológica Montecillos Montecillos Biological Reserve RE Energía Renovable Renewable Energy Red Nacional de Áreas Protegidas National Private Protected Areas REHNAP Privadas Network RFA Solicitud de Aplicación Request for Application RFP Solicitud de Propuesta Request for Proposal RNHM Red Nacional Hidrometeorológica National Meteorological Network RNP Reservas Naturales Privadas Private Natural Reserves RRD Reducción de Riesgos a Desastres Disaster Risk Reduction Refugio de Vida Silvestre Montaña de RVSMP Wildlife Refuge Montaña de Puca Puca RZV RZV Soluciones y Diseños RZV Solutions and Designs SAG Secretaria de Agricultura y Ganadería Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock SAR Servicio de Administración de Rentas Tax Administration Office Sistemas de Cocción Comerciales para SCCAL Commercial Firewood Saving Systems Hornos Ahorradores de Leña Secretería de Recursos Naturales y Secretary of Environment and Natural SERNA Ambiente Resources SFV Sistemas Fotovoltaicos Photovoltaic Systems ICF’s Information System for Forest SIGMOF Sistema de Gestión y Monitoreo Forestal Management and Monitoring Sistema Nacional de Información SINIF National Forest Information System Forestal SOW Alcance de Trabajo Scope of Work STTA Asistencia Técnica de Corto Plazo Short Term Technical Assistant Sistema Interna de Manejo Technical and Administrative Management TAMIS Administrativo y Técnico Internal System TDS Sólidos Totales Disueltos Total Dissolved Solids

TRC Técnico en Regulación y Control Regulation and Control Technician UMA Unidad Municipal Ambiental Municipal Environmental Unit UN Naciones Unidas United Nations Universidad Nacional Autónoma de National Autonomous University of UNAH Honduras Honduras Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras National Autonomous UNAH VS Honduras del Valle de Sula University of the Sula Valley Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el UNDP United Nations Development Programme Desarrollo Universidad Tecnológica UNITEC Centroamerican Technological University Centroamericana URSAC Oficina de Organizaciones Civiles, Honduran Ministry of Human Rights,

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Registro y Seguimiento del Ministerio de Justice, Governance and Decentralization Derechos Humanos, Justicia, Office on Civil Organization Registration Gobernación y Descentralización and Follow Up USCL Unidades de Supervisión y Control Local Supervision and Control Local Units Servicio Forestal de los Estados Unidos USFS United States Forest Service de Norteamérica UTM Unidad Técnica Municipal Municipal Technical Unit VC Variabilidad Climática Climate Variability WMO Organización Meteorológica Mundial World Meteorological Organization

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INDEX I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 12 ABOUT THIS REPORT ...... 12 RESULTS OF THE ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY ...... 13 II. PROGRESS TOWARDS INDICATOR TARGETS ...... 20 INDICATOR 1.1 NUMBER OF HECTARES OF BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE AREAS SHOWING IMPROVED BIOPHYSICAL CONDITIONS AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE ...... 20 INDICATOR 1.2 NUMBER OF HECTARES OF BIOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT AREAS UNDER IMPROVED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE ...... 20 INDICATOR 1.1.1 NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAINED IN SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND/OR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE ..... 21 INDICATOR 1.1.2 NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS WITH IMPROVED CAPACITY TO ASSESS OR ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS SUPPORTED BY USG ASSISTANCE ...... 21 INDICATOR 1.2.1 NUMBER OF MICRO-WATERSHEDS IN PROCESS OF DECLARATION ...... 22 INDICATOR 1.2.2 NUMBER OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES COMPENSATION MECHANISMS (ESCM) OPERATIONAL AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE ...... 22 INDICATOR 1.3.1 NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH IMPROVED ACCESS TO RENEWABLE OR CLEAN ENERGY DUE TO USG ASSISTANCE ...... 23 INDICATOR 1.3.2 NUMBER OF CONSERVATION ENTERPRISES ADOPTING CLEAN/RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND/OR BEST PRACTICES ...... 23 INDICATOR 2.1 NEW NET SALES OF PARTICIPATING CONSERVATION ENTERPRISES AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE ...... 24 INDICATOR 2.2 NEW EMPLOYMENT CREATED IN PARTICIPATING RURAL CONSERVATION ENTERPRISES (FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS - FTES) AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE ...... 24 INDICATOR 2.3 PERCENTAGE OF FEMALE PARTICIPANTS IN USG- ASSISTED PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO INCREASE ACCESS TO PRODUCTIVE ECONOMIC RESOURCES (ASSETS, CREDIT, INCOME OR EMPLOYMENT)...... 25 INDICATOR 2.4 NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH NEW INCOME FROM NON-TRADITIONAL, NON-AGRICULTURAL OR NICHE LIVELIHOODS ...... 25 INDICATOR 2.5 NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH IMPROVED ECONOMIC BENEFITS DERIVED FROM SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND/OR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE ...... 26 INDICATOR 2.1.1 NUMBER OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FORMED AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE ...... 26 INDICATOR 2.1.2 VALUE PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT LEVERAGED FOR CONSERVATION ...... 27 INDICATOR 3.1 NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES WITH ADEQUATE DISASTER CAPACITY ...... 27 INDICATOR 3.2 NUMBER OF PEOPLE SUPPORTED BY THE USG TO ADAPT TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ...... 28 INDICATOR 3.1.1 NUMBER OF PEOPLE USING CLIMATE INFORMATION OR IMPLEMENTING RISK- REDUCING ACTIONS TO IMPROVE RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AS SUPPORTED BY USG ASSISTANCE ...... 28 INDICATOR 3.1.2 NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAINED IN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION SUPPORTED BY USG ASSISTANCE ...... 29 INDICATOR C.C.1 NUMBER OF PERSONS TRAINED WITH USG ASSISTANCE TO ADVANCE OUTCOMES CONSISTENT WITH GENDER EQUALITY OR FEMALE EMPOWERMENT THROUGH THEIR ROLES IN PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SECTOR ...... 29 III. TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION ...... 37 RESULT I: REDUCE THREATS IN AREAS OF BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND/OR NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY AND PROTECT WATER QUALITY ...... 37 RESULT 2: INCREASE CONSERVATION-RELATED AND INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES ...... 57 RESULT 3: INCREASE CAPACITY OF THE VULNERABLE POPULATION TO ADAPT TO CLIMATE

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VARIABLITY AND CHANGE ...... 70 CROSS CUTTING ISSUES ...... 71 IV. ACTIVITY MANAGEMENT ...... 79 STAFFING ...... 79 PROCUREMENT...... 82 MAIN RESULTS OBTAINED DURING LOP ...... 82 MAIN INCONCLUSIVE ACTIVITIES ...... 83 V. FINANCIAL REPORT ...... 84 VI. ANNEXES...... 86 ANNEX 1. GOH CONTRIBUTIONS Q11 ...... 86 ANNEX 2. PUBLICATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS ...... 90 INDEX OF TABLES TABLE 1. PERFORMANCE INDICATOR SUMMARY ...... 30 TABLE 2. NETWORK OF LOCAL ACTORS IDENTIFIED REGARDING WATER QUALITY BY WORK AREA . 43 TABLE 3. DISTRIBUTION OF WATER QUALITY MONITORING EQUIPMENT TO LOCAL ACTORS IN EL JILGUERO, MONTECILLOS AND ANILLO VERDE...... 43 TABLE 4. DESCRIPTION OF GAUGING EQUIPMENT PROVIDED TO PARTNER INSTITUTIONS ...... 45 TABLE 5. PROGRESS IN RNP CERTIFICATION PROCESSES ...... 47 TABLE 6. LEVEL 2 MCSES ...... 53 TABLE 7. SCALABILITY OF MSMES ...... 58 TABLE 8. SCALABILITY OF MSMES IN SANTA BARBARA ...... 59 TABLE 9. COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES OF ENTERPRISES SUPPORTED BY CDES ...... 59 TABLE 10. AVERAGE ANNUAL NET PROFIT BY ENTERPRISE AND JOBS CREATED BY NON-TRADITIONAL, NON-AGRICULTURAL AND NICHE LIVELIHOODS ...... 60 TABLE 11. PEOPLE TRANED BY NON-TRADITIONAL, NON-AGRICULTURAL, AND NICHE LIVELIHOODS ...... 60 TABLE 12. SUCCESS STORY 1 IN INSPIRATE MAGAZINE ...... 62 TABLE 13. SUCCESS STORY 2 IN INSPIRATE MAGAZINE ...... 63 TABLE 14. SUCCESS STORY 3 IN INSPIRATE MAGAZINE ...... 64 TABLE 15. ENTERPRISES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE VALIDATION OF SCCAL...... 65 TABLE 16. LENCA WOMEN MICRO ENTERPRISES ...... 69 TABLE 17. NON-TRADITIONAL, NON-AGRICULTURAL OR NICHE-LIVELIHOODS MAIN INCONCLUSIVE ACTIVITIES ...... 69 TABLE 18. LIST OF INCONCLUSIVE VIDEOS PLANNED FOR YEAR 3 ...... 77 TABLE 19. NON-EXPENDABLE PROCUREMENT INVOICED IN Q11 ...... 82 TABLE 20. REQUESTS ANSWERED DURING LOP ...... 83 TABLE 21. INVOICED TO DATE: Q12 ...... 84 TABLE 22. PROJECTIONS: Q13 ...... 84 TABLE 23. COST ALLOCATION BY GENDER AND RAPID RESPONSE FUND ...... 85 TABLE 24. LEVEL OF EFFORT INVOICED TO DATE: Q12 ...... 85 TABLE 25. HO STTA ...... 85 TABLE 26. GOH CONTRIBUTIONS Q11 ...... 86 TABLE 27. PUBLICATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS ...... 90

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INDEX OF FIGURES FIGURE 1. GEMA’S AREAS OF INFLUENCE, WORK AREAS AND PRIORITIZED MICRO-WATERSHEDS ...... 13 FIGURE 2. MAP OF INTEGRAL ACTIVITIES BY RESULTS 1, 2 AND 3 ...... 19 FIGURE 3. LOCATION OF WATER GOVERNANCE GRANTS ...... 38 FIGURE 4. COVER PAGE OF THE WATER GOVERNANCE MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT (IMGH) IN EXCEL (ORIGINAL)...... 40 FIGURE 5. COVER PAGE OF THE WATER GOVERNANCE MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT (IMGH) IN EXCEL (TRANSLATION) ...... 40 FIGURE 6. EXAMPLE OF RESULTS OUTPUT TABLE AND GRAPH BY ACTOR PROVIDED BY THE WATER GOVERNANCE MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT ...... 41 FIGURE 7. EXAMPLE OF RESULTS OUTPUT TABLE AND GRAPH BY COMPONENT PROVIDED BY THE WATER GOVERNANCE MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT ...... 42 FIGURE 8. WATER QUALITY SAMPLE POINTS ...... 44 FIGURE 9. WATER QUALITY SAMPLE POINTS AND GAUGING POINTS FOR STREAM FLOW MEASUREMENTS UP TO Q12 ...... 45 FIGURE 10. GAUGING POINTS ...... 46 FIGURE 11. PRIVATE NATURAL RESERVES ...... 49 FIGURE 12. MICRO WATERSHEDS IN PROCESS OF DECLARATION ...... 50 FIGURE 13. STATUS OF MCSES IN GEMA AREAS OF INFLUENCE UP TO Q12...... 52 FIGURE 14. GEMA ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, JUNE 2019...... 79 INDEX OF GRAPHS GRAPH 1. NUMBER OF MSMES BY VALUE CHAIN...... 17 GRAPH. 2. BAR CHART REPRESENTATION OF THE INDICATOR 1.1- NUMBER OF HECTARES OF BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE AREAS SHOWING IMPROVED BIOPHYSICAL CONDITIONS AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE...... 20 GRAPH. 3. BAR CHART REPRESENTATION OF THE INDICATOR 1.2- NUMBER OF HECTARES OF BIOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT AREAS UNDER IMPROVED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE...... 20 GRAPH. 4. BAR CHART REPRESENTATION OF THE INDICATOR 1.1.1- NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAINED IN SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND/OR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE...... 21 GRAPH. 5. BAR CHART REPRESENTATION OF THE INDICATOR 1.1.2- NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS WITH IMPROVED CAPACITY TO ASSESS OR ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS SUPPORTED BY USG ASSISTANCE...... 21 GRAPH. 6. BAR CHART REPRESENTATION OF THE INDICATOR 1.2.1- NUMBER OF MICRO-WATERSHEDS IN PROCESS OF DECLARATION...... 22 GRAPH. 7. BAR CHART REPRESENTATION OF THE INDICATOR 1.2.2- NUMBER OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES COMPENSATION MECHANISMS (ESCM) OPERATIONAL AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE...... 22 GRAPH. 8. BAR CHART REPRESENTATION OF THE INDICATOR 1.3.1- NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH IMPROVED ACCESS TO RENEWABLE OR CLEAN ENERGY DUE TO USG ASSISTANCE...... 23 GRAPH. 9. BAR CHART REPRESENTATION OF THE INDICATOR 1.3.2- NUMBER OF CONSERVATION ENTERPRISES ADOPTING CLEAN/RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND/OR BEST PRACTICES...... 23 GRAPH. 10. BAR CHART REPRESENTATION OF THE INDICATOR 2.1- NEW NET SALES OF PARTICIPATING

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CONSERVATION ENTERPRISES AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE...... 24 GRAPH. 11. BAR CHART REPRESENTATION OF THE INDICATOR 2.2- NEW EMPLOYMENT CREATED IN PARTICIPATING RURAL CONSERVATION ENTERPRISES (FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS - FTES) AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE...... 24 GRAPH. 12. BAR CHART REPRESENTATION OF THE INDICATOR 2.3- PERCENTAGE OF FEMALE PARTICIPANTS IN USG- ASSISTED PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO INCREASE ACCESS TO PRODUCTIVE ECONOMIC RESOURCES (ASSETS, CREDIT, INCOME OR EMPLOYMENT)...... 25 GRAPH. 13. BAR CHART REPRESENTATION OF THE INDICATOR 2.4- NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH NEW INCOME FROM NON-TRADITIONAL, NON-AGRICULTURAL OR NICHE LIVELIHOODS...... 25 GRAPH. 14. BAR CHART REPRESENTATION OF THE INDICATOR 2.5- NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH IMPROVED ECONOMIC BENEFITS DERIVED FROM SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND/OR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE...... 26 GRAPH 15. BAR CHART REPRESENTATION OF THE INDICATOR 2.1.1- NUMBER OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FORMED AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE...... 26 GRAPH 16. BAR CHART REPRESENTATION OF THE INDICATOR 2.1.2- VALUE PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT LEVERAGED FOR CONSERVATION...... 27 GRAPH 17. BAR CHART REPRESENTATION OF THE INDICATOR 3.1.- NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES WITH ADEQUATE DISASTER CAPACITY...... 27 GRAPH 18. BAR CHART REPRESENTATION OF THE INDICATOR 3.2.- NUMBER OF PEOPLE SUPPORTED BY THE USG TO ADAPT TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ...... 28 GRAPH 19. BAR CHART REPRESENTATION OF THE INDICATOR 3.1.1- NUMBER OF PEOPLE USING CLIMATE INFORMATION OR IMPLEMENTING RISK-REDUCING ACTIONS TO IMPROVE RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AS SUPPORTED BY USG ASSISTANCE ...... 28 GRAPH 20. BAR CHART REPRESENTATION OF THE INDICATOR 3.1.2- NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAINED IN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION SUPPORTED BY USG ASSISTANCE...... 29 GRAPH 21. BAR CHART REPRESENTATION OF THE INDICATOR C.C.1- NUMBER OF PERSONS TRAINED WITH USG ASSISTANCE TO ADVANCE OUTCOMES CONSISTENT WITH GENDER EQUALITY OR FEMALE EMPOWERMENT THROUGH THEIR ROLES IN PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SECTOR...... 29 CHART 22. SCALABILITY OF MSMES ...... 58 GRAPH 23. MAPS CREATED QUARTERLY BY GIS ...... 76

INDEX OF INFOGRAPHICS INFOGRAPH 1. INCLUSIVE COMMERCIAL RELATIONS – PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS MODEL ...... 16 INFOGRAPH 2. TERRA-I HONDURAS WORK STRUCTURE ...... 37 INFOGRAPH 3. WATER GOVERNANCE WHEEL ...... 39 INFOGRAPH 4. FLOWCHART OF THE PHASES AND STEPS OF THE SIMPLIFIED PROPOSAL FOR THE MICRO WATERSHED DECLARATION PROCESS...... 51 INFOGRAPH 5. SUPPORT GIVEN BY GIS TO GEMA’S ACTIVITIES ...... 76

Q12 REPORT (APRIL 1 – JUNE 30,2019) XI

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

ABOUT THIS REPORT Gobernanza en Ecosistemas, Medios de Vida y Agua (GEMA) is a USAID Mission activity in Honduras to foster sustainable poverty alleviation. The activity uses sound management of natural resources including governance, biodiversity and climate change adaptation to increase livelihood resilience in western Honduras. The Activity focuses on several components like: threat reduction in areas of biological importance for biodiversity conservation and water supply, increasing income-generating activities related to conservation and building climate change adaptation capacity with vulnerable populations. GEMA’s interventions include improvement in natural resource management, promotion of “green business” growth, risk reduction, clean energy and governance to strengthen democracy. The Activity will improve the Honduran response to external factors and aspects of climate variability. Through interventions, GEMA will also create jobs, promote gender equality and empower women. The accomplishments reached so far demonstrate the gradual and sustainable progress made on GEMA’s implementation. The systematic approach done to actors and sectors linked to natural resource use, conservation and management in western Honduras has had a large impact on communities. Key partners and beneficiaries have already started seeing positive impacts on local livelihoods through the Activity. Although there will continue to be challenges, it is an opportunity to promote the defense of the most important remaining forested areas in the region. These forests provide ecosystem goods and services that are critical to the livelihoods of vulnerable populations and serve as the main habitat for multiple species of unique flora and fauna. Beneficiary participation in technical and financial support and the integrated approach is supported and practiced based on the following principles: (i) The programming is geographically concentrated and targeted at achieving the maximum effect; (ii) The execution of interconnected and integrated actions at the field level; (iii) effective coordination with other USAID activities and international cooperation programs and projects; and (iv) empowerment of women, youth and vulnerable groups. The collaboration with beneficiaries will contribute significantly to sustainably reducing extreme poverty in the western part of Honduras (USAID DO2). To achieve GEMA's goal of promoting "resilience of livelihoods as a way to reduce poverty in the western part of Honduras," the focus of the activity has been based on the following objectives: "(i) reduce threats in areas of biological importance and / or critical ecosystems in order to preserve biodiversity and protect water supplies, (ii) increase income-generating actions related to conservation, and (iii) increase the capacity of vulnerable populations to adapt to climate change and variability." In March 2019 GEMA was verbally advised that all Northern Triangle American aid were at risk. GEMA having used and reported November 2018 to be at 75% spent of the funds received up to date, came to a verbal agreement with its COR on April 2019, to slow down all actions. At that time a concesus was build among USAID's COR to initiate slow down process focus on three main lines; i) activities that could be finalized on three to four months beginning in July 2019; ii) activities related to income and employment generation and sustainable employment creation; iii) choosing activities that had been initiated and that produce less damage to the done investment and to people and their organization due to the closing. On July 9, DAI Global, LLC (DAI), implementer of the GEMA activity, received formal notification from USAID that no additional FY 2017 nor FY 2018 funds would be obligated to the Activity. The notification requested that GEMA submit an Action Plan, which details how GEMA will proceed to implement activities with current funding levels and if any contract modifications are necessary. Since GEMA is currently preparing its work plan for the final months, it has drafted this Close Down Work Plan to provide the requested information and summarize how GEMA began taking measures to conserve funds and reduce the scope of the Activity beginning in May 2019. Due to the the imminent possibility of having to close the GEMA activity one and a half year ahead of time, this report focuses on the main achievements obtained during the life of the activity. The report has been prepared in accordance with Section F.5 (Quarterly and Annual Performance/Financial Information) of task order No AID-522- TO-16-00006. It presents a detailed report of the actions carried out and their immediate effects during life of project (September 2016 - June 2019). The report consists of six main sections: I. Executive summary; II. Technical Implementation; III. Cross Cutting Issues, IV. Activity Management; V. Financial Report; VI. Annexes.

RESULTS OF THE ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY This report describes the development of the implementation strategy of GEMA, referring to some relevant activities and results obtained from September 2016 to June 2019. Regarding Result 1 (Resilient Ecosystems), whose main objective is to reduce threats to areas of biological importance and natural resources to conserve biodiversity and ensure water supply, in order to maintain or improve the biophysical conditions of said areas, progress was made according to the work plan in each of the thematic areas identified. During years, one and two, efforts were concentrated on creating the baseline of the threat analysis and ecological integrity index in the 11 areas of influence of the Activity. These results set the tone to guide the actions of other GEMA Results in aspects of threat reduction and improvement of biophysical conditions and management of the areas of influence. Based on these results, in year 2 and 3 actions were initiated with key partners to create and strengthen capacities in key actors and reverse the threats and improve the management and biophysical conditions in GEMA’s areas of intervention.

Figure 1. GEMA’s areas of influence, work areas and prioritized micro-watersheds

As reported before, GEMA subcontracted the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) to develop Terra-i Honduras platform, to spot and provide alerts where a forest cover changes are taking place utilizing satellite imagery analysis, working in close collaboration with GEMA and ICF. Since then, ICF has started operating the Terra-i Honduras platform within GEMA’s territory as agreed and, expanded the use of the platform to areas of ICF’s needs outside of GEMA’s territories, at eastern and southern Honduras. An additional benefit is the agreement signed between CIAT and ICF for a long-term technical collaboration to operate and properly manage the Terra-i Honduras platform. This technical coordination reinforces GEMA’s water governance and MCSE implementation approach by local organizations.

To warrantee the proper and intense use of Terra-i Platform, 277 technicians and community stakeholders trained in the use of data provided by the platform. Forty-seven (47) different institution and local organization also were educated specifically for monitoring and supervising alerts in forest cover change on protected areas and water recharge micro watersheds. Since January 2017 to Abril 2019 Up to date, Terra-i Honduras has spotted 2164 areas where forest is changing in GEMA’s influence areas (1966 alerts in 2017, 129 in 2018 and 69 in 2019). In September 2018, a technical team integrated by GEMA, CIAT, ICF and local organization visited 113 alert sites; findings indicate that land cover change alerts detected were 83.3% precise, which is consider a very good prediction rate for this type of analysis. During the 2 and a half years of GEMA placed 5 subcontracts and 14 Grants with different local organizations at its 11 areas of influence, some of these financial aids concluded and other were cancelled by the anticipated GEMA’s implementation closing out. However, evidence indicates that the local organization are adapting their technical proposal to new ones to obtain financial support as well as local alliances among local organizations and cooperation agencies to continue implementation of MCSE and water governance activities to benefit community’s welfare. GEMA has worked with strategic associates on mutually identified key issues to develop and implement tools and best natural resource management practices. Relevants are: (i) Water Governance Measurement Tool. Developed by GEMA and GOAL and applied in four (4) sites to validate its functionality, At Montaña de Celaque, Montaña de Puca, La Mirona El Suptal, El Jilguero and Lago de Yojoa’s micro watersheds). The tool allows establishing a prioritized stakeholder’s qualitative analysis to assess 12 key elements interconnected to value actual water governance level and determine the Action Plan to enhance water governance to a better status at the territory. (ii) Water Quality-monitoring strategy developed by GEMA and Zamorano. Implementation of the strategy resulted on strengthening 4 networks with 20 local institutions and several water boards to produce and use data to generate information for decision making and improve water quality and water governance. GEMA distributed among key stakeholders approx. US$11,118 in quality monitoring equipment and US$15,740 in flow measurement equipment. Consequently, GEMA produced 161 water quality sample analysis, 163 water flow measurements at system water tanks and microwatershed points in different areas of influence and train 484 locals on water monitoring. Most of this information was applied to implement the strategy on El Jilguero and Montecillos areas. (iii) Protocol for Conflicts Resolution in Protected Areas. Developed by GEAMA and MOCAPH. The methodology was validated through the development of three (3) case studies in micro watershed El Caral - Montaña de Puca; micro watershed Río Arcagual - Montaña de Celaque; and micro watershed El Manzanal – El Jilguero. During the process 67 participants from 3 protected areas trained on applying the protocol. (iv) Simplified Regulation for Certification and Registration of Private Natural Reserves (RNP); the abbreviated procedure was supported on GEMA’s 3-year experience gained on the 16 RNP certification applications prepared and submitted to ICF, 8 of them corresponds to private ownership sites and 8 to ejidal (municipality) ownership for a total of 1,712.77 hectares under this process; (v) Guide for Making RNP Management Plans. On elaborating the guide GEMA, MOCAPH and DAP/ICF were strategic partners. The tool contains guidelines and defines the procedure for RNP certification that can be applied at national level. In close coordination with ICF, important advances made on declaring 58 micro watersheds under the special category named forestry management (4,584.7 hectares), to guarantee water quantity and quality to the water users in GEMA’s areas of influence. Furthermore, GEMA during the last 2-years underwent a regionwide consultation process to support the elaboration of a simplified procedure to declare microwatersheds under this especial status. The Propose regulation submitted to ICF Minister (virtually and physically) expecting an official approve and implementation of the simplified procedure to be applied also at a national level. GEMA provided 154 training events focused on natural resource managements and water governance with the participation of 435 local organization and institutional representatives (water boards, Comanagers, irrigators, municipalities units, among others) reaching out to 5,023 participants (3,380 men – 67% and 1,641 women - 33%). GEMA completed 337 Ecosystem Services Compensation Mechanisms (ESCM), streamlining in water boards management bylaw on regulations, best practices for protection and conservation of micro watersheds, annual work planning and accountability. Overall water governance was enhanced with those practices and instruments benefiting 114,870 inhabitants from communities enrolled with GEMA’s MCSE actions at the wester Honduras.In order to provide access of renewable energy in households, local entrepreneurs were trained so that they can install

14 photovoltaic systems (SFV) and improved stoves (EM). This process initiated by creating four Local Renewable Energy Centers (CLERs) in local technical highschools that later were utilized to train entreprenurs. The CLERs were later able to reproduce the course to groups of students that will improve their labor opportunities with these knowledges. The entrepreneurs trained, and others formerly trained by other USAID Activities, were hired to install the RE systems provided by GEMA. Systems were installed in communities that: (i) were prioritized as a threat to the micro-watersheds of the region, (ii) the municipality was willing to support the installations in some way, and (iii) the beneficiaries were willing to produce their counterpart. For conservation enterprises adopting clean/renewable energy technologies and/or best practices, sectors were selected depending on the pressure they place on the micro-watershed / ecosystem, and their importance as a livelihood for the locals. With the sectors defined, the best RE technologies and / or best practices to mitigate the menace were determined. In some cases, the appropriate technology was not available and work was carried out with the CLERs to design, validate and install appropriate technology in their educational enterprises. This is the case of the firewood saving commercial cooking systems and biodigesting systems, pilots for these were also installed in normal enterprises that could serve as an example. Once these were determined, project descriptions were written, the associations and other organizations that could be benefited with grants were approached, and applications received. Work was oriented toward best practices, including renewable energy implementation in agricultural activities and non – agricultural activities to reduce deforestation, ensure livelihoods, and improve wastewater management, solid waste management, and water efficiency practices. Projects to be carried out included: (i) Installation of photovoltaic systems; (ii) Solar dryers and energy efficiency measures; (iii) Firewood saving commercial cooking systems; (iv) Bio-digesting systems for effluents treatment; (v) Composting systems for solid residues processing and organic control of plagues and diseases; preparation of organic fertilizer, organic fungicide, organic insecticide and / or foliar agroecological alternatives; (vi) Adequate discard of chemical containers, phytosanitary management; (vii) Soil and water management, adequate pulp and shell management; and, (viii) Implementation of cleaner production practices. Furthermore, to support the transition of enterprises to cleaner production practices, specifically to renewable energies, a video on renewable energy basic concepts was design. The video was to be presented to teachers so they could present it to their students to teach them the advantages, disadvantages and requirements of the different forms of renewable energies connected to the grid, and demystify them. In GEMA’s Result 2, several agro-forestry projects were implemented with the objective of conserving biodiversity and natural resources, especially water, in the identified areas of biological importance, as well as favoring the economic growth of conservation enterprises whose livelihoods are present in these areas. The strategy consisted on technical support to conservation enterprises composed of families whose livelihoods are based on the value chains of coffee, cocoa, livestock, sugar cane and avocado, under the concept of Inclusive Commercial Relations (RCI), and the Public Private Partnerships (PPP) model, with the participation of private companies, civil society actors and local grassroots organizations.

Infograph 1. Inclusive Commercial Relations – Public Private Partnerships Model

As a result, the following figure shows that 83% of the families that participated in the agroforestry projects were coffee producers, most of whom are in the middle and upper part of the prioritized micro watersheds. This validates the actions of prioritization executed, as well as the studies of threats to GEMA’s areas of biological importance, developed to follow-up what is stated in the Area Conservation Plans (PAC), for coffee represents the main threat to these areas because of its traditional management. The remaining 17% was represented by families whose livelihoods are cocoa, livestock, sugar cane and avocado.

Graph 1. Number of MSMEs by value chain

NUMBER OF MSME BY VALUE CHAIN

Also, in Result 2, the traditional, non-agricultural or niche-livelihoods component signed grants with three CDE MIPYME in Santa Bárbara, La Esperanza and Santa Rosa de Copan to provide business development advice to 176 non-agricultural micro enterprises. The three grants helped the CDE improve their technical and administrative capacities in project execution, harmonized their internal monitoring and follow-up systems, and incorporated environmental and gender practices into their business training programs.

60% of the enterprises adviced by the CDE are in the food processing industry, and needed to improve their transformation processes. Through these grants, the three CDE hired food processing specialists to help those enterpries and eventually, the food processing specialist position was made permanent in the institution.

Within the 176 non-agricultural micro enterprises adviced by the CDE, 374 households with non-agricultural economic activity were registered. The micro enterprises were in the following industries: food processing (105), pottery (24), and tourism (16). Only 24 people work in other industries.

Gross sales for all 176 micro enterprises were . Net sales were . The analysis of net earnings by sector indicates that the most profitable enterprises are the 16 dedicated to tourism with net sales

17 of total in 1 year, average per enterprise. Followed by purified water, natural medicine and food processing.

According to the base line, the 176 enterprises employed 453 people. Additional full-time jobs were 204, equivalent to an average of 1.15 new jobs per micro enterprise.

The classification of micro enterprises according to their proprietor or director’s gender was: 89% female and 11% male. The ages of people trained in micro enterprises were: 16-29 (31%), 30-59 (61%), 60+ (8%). Trainees were 77% female and 23% male.

GEMA’s goal was to transform micro enterprises into conservation enterprises. This goal was achieved by incorporating advice on cleaner production and training the CDE and enterprises on methods to include environmental practices in their operations. 150 microenterprises have environmental plans with a focus on conservation and protection of the micro watersheds from which they benefit in their productive units and households. 105 of these enterprises have incorporated conservation practices and the others will do so in the next quarter. CDE Western Region and CDE Lempa Region now have a techcnical team that has been trained and strengthened to work on and implement cleaner production in new micro enterprises.

Three value chain studies were made for important economic activities in western Honduras: Natural fiber crafts in Santa Barbara, bricks and tiles, and pottery. The results of these studies will allow future consultancies to be focused on necessary actions so that they become profitable and environmentally sustainable economic activities.

Four prototypes of wood-saving ovens and stoves were designed to reduce the consumption of firewood and to make brick and tile, bakery and fried goods micro enterprises more efficient. In order to validate this technology, 31 cooking systemswere built in technical schools and micro enterprises. All systems reduce an average of 75% of firewood consumption and save cooking time. Technical guides were made for these 4 cooking systems (brick and tile, pottery, bakery and fried foods). The guides will facilitate the dissemination and adoption of these technlogies for micro enterprises and other cooperators.

In the tourism value chain, Result 2 Non-Ag obtained three important achievements. The Tour Guide Training program, given by UNAH-CUROC, was concluded. 26 young locals graduated from the program, which was developed by USAID’s Activity ProParque and implemented by GEMA. This was the first time a university offered this program in Honduras. It is a milestone that will contrbute to raising the quality of education in the country.

The research for the Interpretive Scripts for the Coffee Tourism Route was concluded. The document was edited and distributed to institutions interested in promoting coffee tourism. This is a great contribution to the improvement of the quality of coffee and coffee tourism.

The Nature and Adventure Tourism Program in Western Honduras was also concluded. 52 young locals graduated, certified as nature and adventure guides in different sports. With the support of AECID-COLOSUCA, 18 of these guides were equipped in Lempira, and GEMA Will provde equipment for 33 more guides in Santa Bárbara, Lago de Yojoa, Taulabé and Santa Rosa de Copán during the next quarter. The equipment will allow them to offer their services commercially.

Result 3 invested during the two and a half year of GEMA’s implementation an important amount of effort to achieve that national organization like COPECO, MiAmbiente, AHAC and UNAH, accepted and adopted the standardized database system Meteorological-Climatic-Hydrological (MCH). Based on that data system the Climatic Information Center of Western Honduras CICOH in Spanish, was developed and stablish on the WEB at www.cicoh.org. Once stablished, 2,922 persons among them coffee producers through grants, members of CODEL, CODEM, institutional technicians, teachers and students of technical careers were trained to access climate information. The platform was created in order to: (i) Standardize and implement the Meteorological - Climatic - Hydrological (MCH) system; (ii) Establish the Climate Information Center in Western Honduras (CICOH) linked to the national MCH system;

(iii) Strengthen CODEMs and CODELs to reduce vulnerability to the impacts of extreme adverse events in communities and train members of grassroots community organizations and institutional technicians who provide assistance to agricultural producers on climate variability. Likewise, the capacities of 32 organizations (28 CODEL and 4 CODEM) strengthened to reduce vulnerability from extreme adverse impact events in the communities. Strengthening meaning completing the requided training, as well as elaborating and implementing the communities work plans. The necessary equipment for disaster prevention was provided. Participation of women (51%) as members of the boards of directors was unsually high in the 199 participating organizations. 5,128 persons participated in trainings for a better sustainable management of natural resources and biodiversity conservation, by identifying and analyzing the main threats, which according to their perception affect or may affect natural resources and main livelihoods in the community.

Figure 2. Map of integral activities by Results 1, 2 and 3

II. PROGRESS TOWARDS INDICATOR TARGETS

INDICATOR 1.1 NUMBER OF HECTARES OF BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE AREAS SHOWING IMPROVED BIOPHYSICAL CONDITIONS AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE Graph. 2. Bar chart representation of the indicator 1.1- Number of hectares of biological significance areas showing improved biophysical conditions as a result of USG assistance.

Figure 1 shows the behavior of the performance of this indicator according to the planning in each year and in the LOP target program. In addition, as can be seen, the targets were reached from the second year and the performance of the indicator surpass the LOP target.

INDICATOR 1.2 NUMBER OF HECTARES OF BIOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT AREAS UNDER IMPROVED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE Graph. 3. Bar chart representation of the Indicator 1.2- Number of hectares of biologically significant areas under improved natural resource management as a result of USG assistance.

This indicator reflects that the first year was dedicated to planning, organization and local coordination with base local organizations, that is not plausible as a result of this indicator. The second year shows the start of results for this indicator, surpassing the goal programmed from the second year and exceeding the LOP target.

INDICATOR 1.1.1 NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAINED IN SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND/OR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE Graph. 4. Bar chart representation of the Indicator 1.1.1- Number of people trained in sustainable natural resources management and/or biodiversity conservation as a result of USG assistance.

This indicator reflects the spike of the scope of the beneficiaries of the Activity, intensifying in the third year as a key period for the implementation of training program.

INDICATOR 1.1.2 NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS WITH IMPROVED CAPACITY TO ASSESS OR ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS SUPPORTED BY USG ASSISTANCE Graph. 5. Bar chart representation of the Indicator 1.1.2- Number of institutions with improved capacity to assess or address climate change risks supported by USG assistance.

This indicator reflects a normal performance in the results according to the plan Work Plan of the Activity, further highlights that the third year was the most intense period of results in the strengthening of local capacities to assess or address climate change risks.

INDICATOR 1.2.1 NUMBER OF MICRO-WATERSHEDS IN PROCESS OF DECLARATION Graph. 6. Bar chart representation of the Indicator 1.2.1- Number of micro-watersheds in process of declaration.

The progress results for this indicator can be reflected from the second year. The scope of compliance in relation to the LOP target reaches 58% of performance.

INDICATOR 1.2.2 NUMBER OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES COMPENSATION MECHANISMS (ESCM) OPERATIONAL AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE Graph. 7. Bar chart representation of the Indicator 1.2.2- Number of ecosystem services compensation mechanisms (ESCM) operational as a result of USG assistance.

Figure 6 highlights an important advance for this indicator, surpassing the target set in the third year and getting closer to reaching the LOP target.

INDICATOR 1.3.1 NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH IMPROVED ACCESS TO RENEWABLE OR CLEAN ENERGY DUE TO USG ASSISTANCE Graph. 8. Bar chart representation of the Indicator 1.3.1- Number of households with improved access to renewable or clean energy due to USG assistance.

From the beginning of the Activity, important efforts were dedicated to establishing public-private partnerships, which are not evident graphically in the performance of this indicator. However, as can be seen in the Figure 7, this indicator doubled the expected goal in the third year and exceeded the LOP target.

INDICATOR 1.3.2 NUMBER OF CONSERVATION ENTERPRISES ADOPTING CLEAN/RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND/OR BEST PRACTICES Graph. 9. Bar chart representation of the Indicator 1.3.2- Number of conservation enterprises adopting clean/renewable energy technologies and/or best practices. The performance of this indicator exceeded the targets set in the second and third years of the Activity. As is illustrated, the performance behavior of this indicator is slow and needs a broader implementation base over time to measure the increase in the number of conservation enterprises adopting clean/renewable energy technologies and/or best practices.

INDICATOR 2.1 NEW NET SALES OF PARTICIPATING CONSERVATION ENTERPRISES AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE Graph. 10. Bar chart representation of the Indicator 2.1- New net sales of participating conservation enterprises as a result of USG assistance.

This indicator has an annual measurement base. Figure 9 shows measurement data corresponds to year two. Year three was not measured, because the scheduled date did not reach the closing period of the Activity.

INDICATOR 2.2 NEW EMPLOYMENT CREATED IN PARTICIPATING RURAL CONSERVATION ENTERPRISES (FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS - FTES) AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE Graph. 11. Bar chart representation of the Indicator 2.2- New employment created in participating rural conservation enterprises (full time equivalents - FTEs) as a result of USG assistance.

Similar to indicator 2.1, this indicator has an annual measurement base. The graph shows measurement data corresponds to year two. Year three was not measured, because the scheduled date did not reach the closing period of the Activity. However, in year two the expected goal was reached.

INDICATOR 2.3 PERCENTAGE OF FEMALE PARTICIPANTS IN USG- ASSISTED PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO INCREASE ACCESS TO PRODUCTIVE ECONOMIC RESOURCES (ASSETS, CREDIT, INCOME OR EMPLOYMENT) Graph. 12. Bar chart representation of the Indicator 2.3- Percentage of female participants in USG- assisted programs designed to increase access to productive economic resources (assets, credit, income or employment).

The graph highlights the focus of the activity aimed at generating more access to productive economic resources to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women. The significant effort of this approach has an ascending behavior, achieving and surpassing the target since the first fiscal year.

INDICATOR 2.4 NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH NEW INCOME FROM NON- TRADITIONAL, NON-AGRICULTURAL OR NICHE LIVELIHOODS Graph. 13. Bar chart representation of the Indicator 2.4- Number of households with new income from non-traditional, non-agricultural or niche livelihoods.

As illustrated in the graph of Figure 12, the behavior of the performance of this indicator is slow and needs a broader implementation base, in time to measure the increase in household income.

INDICATOR 2.5 NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH IMPROVED ECONOMIC BENEFITS DERIVED FROM SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND/OR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE Graph. 14. Bar chart representation of the Indicator 2.5- Number of people with improved economic benefits derived from sustainable natural resource management and/or biodiversity conservation as a result of USG assistance.

The graph displays that targets are in line with the performance of the indicator. It implies that setting performance targets were realistically, according with the situation of the western context of Honduras and was according to the challenge of this indicator. Targets were achieved in the first second and third years. The cumulative value of the LOP target was reached in the third year.

INDICATOR 2.1.1 NUMBER OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FORMED AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE Graph 15. Bar chart representation of the Indicator 2.1.1- Number of public-private partnerships formed as a result of USG assistance.

As illustrated in the graph, the Activity sought to partner with the private sector to jointly design, fund and implement alliances aimed at achieving the expected results. Performance indicator exceeded widely the target set from the first year of implementation and almost tripled the LOP target value.

INDICATOR 2.1.2 VALUE PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT LEVERAGED FOR CONSERVATION Graph 16. Bar chart representation of the Indicator 2.1.2- Value private sector investment leveraged for conservation.

Important advances are displayed; however, progress is gradual based on the Activity's dynamics. As can be seen, the progress of the indicator increases as time progresses.

INDICATOR 3.1 NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES WITH ADEQUATE DISASTER CAPACITY Graph 17. Bar chart representation of the Indicator 3.1.- Number of communities with adequate disaster capacity.

This indicator reflects that the first year was dedicated to planning, organization and local coordination with base local organizations, that is not plausible as a result of this indicator. The second year shows the scope of target in the performance of the indicator. As shown in the Figure 16, in order to achieve the goals expected after the third year, there was not enough time to intensify the strengthening and achieve the capacity development of the rest of the communities of the target population.

INDICATOR 3.2 NUMBER OF PEOPLE SUPPORTED BY THE USG TO ADAPT TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE Graph 18. Bar chart representation of the Indicator 3.2.- Number of people supported by the USG to adapt to the effects of climate change

In line with the targets set, the performance of this indicator broadly shows the focus of the Activity to mitigate the effects of Climate Change in all programmed activities.

INDICATOR 3.1.1 NUMBER OF PEOPLE USING CLIMATE INFORMATION OR IMPLEMENTING RISK-REDUCING ACTIONS TO IMPROVE RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AS SUPPORTED BY USG ASSISTANCE Graph 19. Bar chart representation of the Indicator 3.1.1- Number of people using climate information or implementing risk-reducing actions to improve resilience to climate change as supported by USG assistance

In partnership with the National Autonomous University of Honduras, the CICOH platform is now available, which was completed in the third year, so that users of the target population have climate information and implement mitigation and resilience actions to climate change.

INDICATOR 3.1.2 NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAINED IN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION SUPPORTED BY USG ASSISTANCE Graph 20. Bar chart representation of the Indicator 3.1.2- Number of people trained in climate change adaptation supported by USG assistance.

The graph shows the upward behavior of the indicator performance, in line with the LOP target set, which was achieved in the third year.

INDICATOR C.C.1 NUMBER OF PERSONS TRAINED WITH USG ASSISTANCE TO ADVANCE OUTCOMES CONSISTENT WITH GENDER EQUALITY OR FEMALE EMPOWERMENT THROUGH THEIR ROLES IN PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SECTOR Graph 21. Bar chart representation of the Indicator C.C.1- Number of persons trained with USG assistance to advance outcomes consistent with gender equality or female empowerment through their roles in public or private sector.

The Figure 20 highlights the focus of the activity aimed to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women. The significant effort of this approach had a rebound in the second year.

Table 1. Performance indicator summary

PERFORMANCE INDICATOR SUMMARY

Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 LOP UNITS COMMENTS N° INDICATOR Q5 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q16 Q17 TARGET

Result 1 – Reduced Threats in Areas of Biological Significance and/or Natural Resources to Conserve Biodiversity and Protect Water Delivery

Number of hectares of biological Target 50,000 100,000 150000 150,000 significance areas The LOP target (150,000) was 1.1 showing improved Number of Has achieved. biophysical conditions as a result of USG Reports 53,264 107,676 160,940 assistance. % Achieved 100% 100% 100%

Number of hectares of biologically Target 25,000 75,000 100,000 40,000 240,000 significant areas The LOP target (240,000) was 1.2 under improved Number of Has achieved. natural resource management as a result of USG assistance. Reports 112,182 240,341 352,523

% Achieved 100% 100% 100%

Sub Result 1.1 – Strengthened Local Institutions to Manage Natural Resources

Number of people trained in sustainable natural Number of The LOP target (8,000) was 1.1.1 Target 500 3,250 3,250 1,000 8,000 resources people achieved. management and/or biodiversity conservation as a

PERFORMANCE INDICATOR SUMMARY

Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 LOP UNITS COMMENTS N° INDICATOR Q5 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q16 Q17 TARGET result of USG assistance Reports 585 1,790 1,563 10,143 4,987 19,068

% Achieved 100% 55% 100% 100%

Number of institutions with Target 75 250 250 125 700 improved capacity to assess or Number of The LOP target (700) was 1.1.2 address climate institutions achieved. change risks supported by USG Reports 79 234 30 489 135 967 assistance % Achieved 100% 94% 100% 100%

Sub Result 1.2 – Ecosystem Services Compensation Mechanism Implemented

Target 25 50 25 100 Number of micro- Number of watersheds in 1.2.1 Micro- process of watersheds declaration. Reports 22 3 7 26 58

% Achieved 88% 72% 58%

Number of Target 100 150 150 50 450 ecosystem services compensation Number of The target for Y3 (150) was 1.2.2 mechanisms achieved. operational as a Agreements result of USG Reports 65 37 148 87 337 assistance. % Achieved 65% 25% 100% 75%

Sub Result 1.3 – Renewable and Clean Energy adopted Number of The LOP target (6,000) was 1.3.1 households with Target 1,000 2,000 2,000 1,000 6,000 Number of HH improved access to achieved. renewable or clean

PERFORMANCE INDICATOR SUMMARY

Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 LOP UNITS COMMENTS N° INDICATOR Q5 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q16 Q17 TARGET energy due to USG Reports 674 1,257 850 1,950 1,300 6,031 assistance % Achieved 67% 63% 100% 100% Number of conservation Target 200 300 300 200 1,000 enterprises adopting The target for Y3 (300) was 1.3.2 clean/renewable Number of CE Reports 333 117 12 288 750 achieved. energy technologies and/or best % Achieved 100% 100% 75% practices Result 2 – Increased Conservation-Related Income-Generating Activities

New net sales of participating conservation 2.1 $MM enterprises as a result of USG assistance. These indicators have an annual measurement base. The New employment measurement data correspond created in to Y2. Y3 was not measured, Target 1,250 1,250 500 3,000 participating rural because the scheduled date did conservation not reach the closing period of 2.2 FTEs enterprises (Full the Activity time equivalents - FTEs) as a result of Reports 1,352 1,352 USG assistance % Achieved 100% 45%

PERFORMANCE INDICATOR SUMMARY

Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 LOP UNITS COMMENTS N° INDICATOR Q5 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q16 Q17 TARGET

Percentage of female participants in USG- assisted Target 20 25 30 35 35 programs designed to increase access The LOP target (35) was 2.3 % of Women to productive achieved. economic resources (assets, credit, income or employment) Reports 35 44 77 61 60 46

% Achieved 100% 100% 100% 100%

Number of Target 600 1,000 1,500 750 3,850 households with new income from 2.4 Number HH non-traditional, non-agricultural or niche livelihoods Reports 782 153 1,077 65 2,012

% Achieved 78% 82% 52% Data Sources: Activity records Number of people including people participating in with improved Target 20,000 35,000 40,000 25,000 120,000 the following sub-activities: economic benefits creation of ESCMs; derived from conservation enterprises (ag sustainable natural Number of and non-ag), adoption of 2.5 resource Clean/Renewable Energy people management technologies, and creation of and/or biodiversity CODELs. conservation as a Reports 22,025 43,800 5,015 23,106 29,502 123,448

result of USG assistance The LOP target (120,000) was achieved.

PERFORMANCE INDICATOR SUMMARY

Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 LOP UNITS COMMENTS N° INDICATOR Q5 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q16 Q17 TARGET

% Achieved 100% 100% 100% 100%

Sub Result 2.1 - Business Alliances and Partnerships Created /PPPs

Number of public- Target 5 10 10 10 35 private Number of The LOP target (35) was 2.1.1 partnerships PPPs achieved. formed as a result of USG assistance Reports 9 35 22 20 9 95 % Achieved 100% 100% 100% 100%

Value private sector investment 2.1.2 $MM leveraged for conservation

Result 3 – Increased Vulnerable Population's Capacity to Adapt to Climate Variability and Change

Number of Target 25 50 75 150 communities with Number of 3.1 adequate disaster Communities capacity. Reports 25 7 32

% Achieved 100% 14% 21%

PERFORMANCE INDICATOR SUMMARY

Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 LOP UNITS COMMENTS N° INDICATOR Q5 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q16 Q17 TARGET

Number of people Target 3,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 15,000 supported by the Number of The LOP target (15,000) was 3.2 USG to adapt to Beneficiaries achieved. the effects of climate change Reports 3,690 11,699 3,009 20,433 4,479 43,310

% Achieved 100% 100% 100% 100%

Sub Result 3.1- Climate Information System for Western Honduras Established

Number of people using climate Target 6,000 15,000 25,000 25,000 information or implementing risk- Number of 3.1.1 reducing actions to Beneficiaries improve resilience to climate change as supported by USG assistance Reports 2,675 247 2,922

% Achieved 18% 12%

Target 750 1,500 1,500 1,250 5,000 Number of people trained in climate The LOP target (5,000) was Number of 3.1.2 change adaptation achieved. people supported by USG assistance Reports 437 1,448 1,758 858 624 5,125

% Achieved 58% 97% 100% 100%

PERFORMANCE INDICATOR SUMMARY

Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 LOP UNITS COMMENTS N° INDICATOR Q5 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q16 Q17 TARGET

Cross-cutting Indicators

Number of persons trained with USG assistance to advance outcomes Target 750 1,500 1,500 1,250 5,000 consistent with gender equality or Number of CC1 female persons empowerment through their roles in public or private sector institutions or organizations

Reports 167 3,096 645 150 110 4,168

% Achieved 22% 100% 53% 83%

Percentage of TBD interventions Indicator implemented in CC2 Under % coordination with Revision other USAID- by USAID Honduras activities

III. TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION

RESULT I: REDUCE THREATS IN AREAS OF BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND/OR NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY AND PROTECT WATER QUALITY

Main Results Obtained During LOP

Resilient Ecosystems

• Area Conservation Plans (PCA): Finished PCAs for 11 areas of influence. • Ecological Integrity Index (IIE): Finished the IIE for 11 areas of influence. • Training: Trained local leaders in areas of influence on best practices for natural resource management. • Improvement of Capacities: Improved natural resource management capacities of 403 local organizations and institutions.

Water Governance • Terra-i Honduras Platform: Financed grant with CIAT for the development of the virtual platform (http://www.terra-i.org/es/terra-i/data/data-terra-i_honduras.html) in coordination with ICF, CIAT and GEMA. Terra-i Honduras has been institutionalized through ICF as part of the national forest monitoring system, managed by them. The platform has been integrated to their institutional platform, SIGMOF.

Infograph 2. Terra-i Honduras work structure

• Technical and Financial Assistance: Signed 14 grants, focused on local water governance in GEMA areas of influence, with the following counterparts: o Lenca Eramaní Municipal Association (Anillo Verde) o Proyecto Aldea Global (Varsovia micro watershed) o Montaña de Vida (Río Blanco and area of influence) o Centro Cultural Hibueras (Cerro Guatemalilla) o Municipal Association of South Santa Bárbara (Aguaga micro watershed) o COCEPRADII (Opalaca – Mixcure) o Güisayote Municipal Association (Güisayote) o Güisayote Municipal Association (Erapuca) o Higuito Intermunicipal Council (Cerro Cocoyagua) o ADELSAR (La Hondura micro watershed- Santa Rosa de Copán) o MAPANCE (InKind in Celaque) o Puca Foundation (InKind in Montaña de Puca) o JAA Montaña La Virgen (Celaque) o ASOMAINCUPACO (El Jilguero) Most of these institutions have advanced in the execution of grants signed with GEMA. It is noticeable that most of the financial contribution given by GEMA to grantees during the validity of the agreements, has worked as leverage capital to focus on water governance in their territories, generating complementary alliances with other technical and financial cooperation agencies in western Honduras.

Figure 3. Location of water governance grants

• Methodology for Water Governance Measurement: Water Governance constitutes "the range of political, institutional and administrative rules, practices and processes (formal and informal), through which decisions are made and implemented, actors can articulate their interests and their concerns are taken into consideration, and decision makers are accountable for their water management "(OECD, 2015). The Wheel of Water Governance shows the 12 components, adapted according to the experience developed in the field by GEMA. The components provide the framework to evaluate if the water governance system is functioning optimally and take the necessary corrective measures.

Infograph 3. Water Governance Wheel

These studies are very useful to inform local key actors about their own performance based on their roles, responsibilities, and influence, among other aspects, in relation to water governance in their territory. In addition, the studies provide elements to guide and improve their participation in individual governance and in general governance of the territory.

Figure 4. Cover page of the Water Governance Measurement Instrument (IMGH) in Excel (original)

Figure 5. Cover page of the Water Governance Measurement Instrument (IMGH) in Excel (translation)

The screenshot of the IMGH cover page shows all the steps of the evaluation. Part 1 is for information of the area of the study. Part 2 includes evaluation sheets by key actor and provides the assessment of water governance of each actor, as well as its performance in each of the components. Part 3 is where all the values of the evaluation of all actors are consolidated to provide the state of water governance of the area.

Figure 6. Example of Results Output Table and Graph by Actor provided by the Water Governance Measurement Instrument

IMGH Results Output Table and Graph by actor: Figure 6 shows the level of governance of each stakeholder evaluated with the IMGH, using a numerical scale and colors (traffic light type). The percentage values of the Water Governance (GH) by Actor column are presented in the web-like graph to facilitate the comparison of the state of water governance among the actors evaluated in the micro watershed. The contribution of each Actor to the water governance of the micro watershed is the result of the application of criteria such as the type, function and influence of each actor in the water governance scheme in the micro watershed. The added value of the Contribution of the Actor to the GH of the territory column (56.10%) represents the regular level of water governance in the study area.

Figure 7. Example of Results Output Table and Graph by Component provided by the Water Governance Measurement Instrument

IMGH Results Output Table and Graph by component: Figure 7 shows the level of governance achieved in each water governance component according to the evaluation made to the key actors with the IMGH, using the numerical and color scale shown above. The percentage values of the Contribution by Component to the GH of the Territory column are used in the web-like graph to facilitate the comparison of the state of water governance among the 12 components evaluated. Since the IMGH values the components with the same weight, the average value (56.10%) represents the status of water governance in the micro watershed. • Water Quality and Quantity Monitoring: Created the Water Quality Analysis Strategy by monitoring the quality and quantity of water in micro watersheds prioritized with Zamorano. The guidelines of this strategy define a water quality monitoring program through training processes and field recognition of different water outlets, consultations with local actors and with JAAs, Health Offices, UMAs, local NGOs, ICF, among other entities, of a certain number of communities. The execution of this pilot project focused on areas of the Anillo Verde micro watersheds (in La Esperanza and Intibucá), although its application was also validated in the El Jilguero and Montecillos work areas (in Chinacla, San José, Santa María and Puringla), Puca and Celaque, where progress was made in field activities related to the measurement of water quality and gauging in the water systems of the beneficiary communities (161 water quality analyzes). • Strengthening of the Network of Local Actors regarding water quality: Facilitated coordination meetings, spaces for exchange of information, training and advice on field methods with the purpose of generating coordinating and follow-up capacities on the topic to support JAAs and involve key actors in water monitoring, so that with the generated information they can make decisions towards water governance.

Table 2. Network of local actors identified regarding water quality by work area

Objective: Achieve the sustainability and implementation of the Water Quality and Quantity Strategy in coordination with key actors throughout participative spaces for decision making and field activities coordination, to improve water quality in communities and conserve water producing micro watersheds.

Santiago de Puringla Marcala, Chinacla, Jesús de Otoro Anillo Verde San José • MAMCEPAZ • MAMUNI Health Office (Jesús • UMA • Coffee Producers • Marcala Regional Health Office de Otoro) • COMIPRONIL • UMA • UMA • ADEC • Regional Health Office • • Nueva Vida Health Office • UMA JAPOE • AJAAM • ADEC • ASOMAINCUPACO • TRC • Aguas de La Esperanza • • ADEC • ASOMAINCUPACO ICF Regional Office • Lenca Eramaní

• JAA (Urungo) • ICF Local Office • ICF Regional Office • ICF Local Office

With Zamorano’s Support, GEMA provided several local institutions with water quality analysis equipment. Due to their role and willingness to support the communities, these institutions will continue with the work of water sample collection for the analysis of quality and results of the data in the water quality laboratory. These institutions participated in the integrated environmental management course held at Zamorano, in which they were trained in the use of the equipment. Below is a table of the equipment given to institutions that comprise the Network of Local Actors in the EL Jilguero, Montecillos and Anillo Verde work areas.

Table 3. Distribution of water quality monitoring equipment to local actors in El Jilguero, Montecillos and Anillo Verde. Equipment and Measurement Unit Price Total Price Organization / Institution Quantity materials description Unit US$ US$ Community Water and Development Turbidimeter Each 1 Non-Governmental Association Multiparameter Each 1 (ADEC) Spectrophotometer Each 1

Equipment and Measurement Unit Price Total Price Organization / Institution Quantity materials description Unit US$ US$ Health Office of the Municipal HACH Chlorine Analyzer Each 3 Association of Northern Intibuca (MAMUNI) Intibucá Municipality Oakton Multiparameter Each 1 Turbidimeter Each 1 HACH Chlorine Analyzer Each 1 Marcala, La Paz Regional Health Office Incubator Each 1 Oakton Multiparameter Each 2 Turbidimeter Each 1 Comparador de Cloro Each 5 HACH San José Regional Health Office Incubator Each 1 Oakton Multiparameter Each 1 Nueva Vida - Santiago Puringla Health Incubator Each 1 Office Oakton Multiparameter Each 3 Turbidimeter Each 1 HACH Chlorine Analyzer Each 3 TOTAL 11,118.59

Figure 8. Water quality sample points

Another important task was the measurement of gauging in tanks of community water distribution systems, so that JAAs could carry out their surveys to know the availability of water from micro watersheds to supply the community. Practical methods were used with JAAs and technical methods with local institutions, completing a total of 163 surveys in different areas of influence. In order to continue with the monitoring of important water sources in GEMA areas of influence, several institutions were given gauging equipment, such as digital current metres, to facilitate the creation of a continuous flow database in sources with large and small flows. Table 4. Description of gauging equipment provided to partner institutions Beneficiary Description Quantity US$ Price Current meter (Bar): Aldea Global Project 1 Bar, Rotor and Monitor Association of Municipalities for the Current meter (Bar): 1 Protection of Lago de Yojoa Bar, Rotor and Monitor (AMUPROLAGO) Global Water Digital Current meter 1 Community Water and Development Current meter (Bar): Non-Governmental Association 1 Bar, Rotor and Monitor (ADEC) Association for the Integral Management of Watersheds in La Paz Global Water Digital Current meter 1 and Comayagua (ASOMAINCUPACO) Municipal Association for Parque Current meter (Bar): Nacional Montaña de Celaque 1 Bar, Rotor and Monitor Municipalities (MAPANCE) Current meter (Bar): Higuito Intermunicipal Council 1 Bar, Rotor and Monitor Current meter (Bar): Güisayote Municipal Association 1 Bar, Rotor and Monitor PUCA Global Water Digital Current meter 1 TOTAL 9

Figure 9. Water quality sample points and gauging points for stream flow measurements up to Q12

• Water analysis in areas with coffee crops: 18 water quality analyzes performed in the Quebrada de Balas micro watershed (Lago de Yojoa area), Cepodora and Aruco micro watershed (Celaque), in coordination with Result 2 Non-Ag component and CO.HONDUCAFE, to obtain field information for decision making regarding the location of micro-centers to improve coffee processing and integrating it with water quality measurements to show the positive impacts of the technology implemented to capture organic matter in farms. As a result, it was identified that coffee producers generally do not generate direct contamination to water sources, since in these micro watersheds the producers usually turn to a beneficiary center, and on the other hand, the other producers are distant from the water sources. • Inventory of water demand in priority micro watersheds: Performed gauging in different priority water sources, with the purpose of developing the water supply inventory in the selected micro watersheds. Co-managing institutions such as ASOMAINCUPACO, MAPANCE, Puca Foundation, Higuito Intermunicipal Council and their communities supported this activity under the "learning by doing" system. In addition, technical and logistical support was provided to AMUPROLAGO to collect the flow measurement from sources that supply water to Lago de Yojoa, carrying out the first day of flow measurement in 5 rivers: Yure, Varsovia, Quebrada de Balas, Río Cianuro, and Río Helado. Colorado State University (CSU), Zamorano and GEMA, support this action that generates data to follow-up on monitoring and research.

Figure 10. Gauging points

• Resolution of conflicts related to water in Protected Areas: Developed the protocol for resolution of conflicts in protected areas. GEMA, MOCAPH, MAPANCE, Puca Foundation and ASOMAINCUPACO, worked together to develop meetings and workshops, led by specialists in the topic hired by MOCAPH to facilitate the process. This

allowed the involved technical personnel working with co-managers to be trained in the topic of conflict management and its application in the field. The Protocol for the Management and Soluction of Conflicts in Protected Areas in Western Honduras was applied in the following 3 micro watersheds in different protected areas through the documentation of “Case Studies”: El Caral micro watershed (Montaña de Puca); Río Arcagual micro watershed (Montaña de Celaque); and, El Manzanal micro watershed (El Jilguero). • Certification of RNPs: Identified 42 sites with potential to be certified as RNPs, and submitted 15 of them to ICF for processing. A legal and technical revision process has followed. 6 of them have been categorized as ejido RNPs and only 3 RNP certificates have been obtained. • Regulatory review of RNP certification: Formulated a proposal of regulations for the simplification of the RNP certification process before ICF. After following up on certification processes in the field, identifying “bottlenecks”, discussing proposals and developing technical meetings with ICF, an improved proposal was developed and submitted, with the objective of guiding and facilitating private certification processes. In addition, at least 60 owners were educated on the RNPs certification process, which involves protection, incentives, and business opportunities for private conservation. As a result, REHNAP got involved continuously and the technical assistance and advice have allowed it to develop management skills in the search for technical and financial support to enhance conservation in the Anillo Verde areas in La Esperanza and Intibucá. The following table shows the progress made in RNP certification processes.

Table 5. Progress in RNP certification processes

Status Description 1 Approach to Private Owner 2 Site recognition 3 Fact sheet elaboration 4 Legal documentation review 5 Georeferenciation 6 File confirmation 7 File submitted to ICF 8 Certified RNP Regional Q12 No. RNP Area (ha) Municipality Department Office Status

1 Rancho San Isidro 100 Santa Rosa de Copán Copán 2 2 Sitio Cacao 80 La Unión Copán 2 3 Los Castaños 80 Santa Rosa de Copán Copán 1 4 Hacienda Montecristo 540 Veracruz Copán 7 5 Aqua Park y Club Campestre El Yate 50 San Juan Opoa Copán 4 Finca Los Naranjos 150 Santa Rosa de Copán Copán 2

6 7 Juan Ángel Guerra 120 Santa Rosa de Copán Copán 2 8 Finca Integral Camapara (Valentín López) 30 San Marcos de Caiquín Lempira 2 9 Cerro Quesuca Ejidal Site 200 San Manuel Colohete Lempira 2 10 El Jícaro 92.04 Gracias Lempira 8

11 El Censo 92.1 Gracias Lempira 8 Santa Rosa de Copán de Rosa Santa 12 La Calera 100 Talgua Lempira 2

Planes de Matarral and Llanos de TBD La Iguala Lempira 7 Chanchusquin Ejidal Site 13 14 El Picacho Ejidal Site 39.54 La Iguala Lempira 7 15 El Astillero Ejidal Site 49.35 La Iguala Lempira 7 16 La Guilisca Ejidal Site 105.62 La Iguala Lempira 7

Regional Q12 No. RNP Area (ha) Municipality Department Office Status

17 Nueve Pozas 63.27 San Marcos Ocotepeque Ocotepeque 7 18 Sitio Cueva del Coyote (Ejidal Site) 134 San Francisco del Valle Ocotepeque 7 Presidente Roberto Gonzáles TBD Belén Lempira 3 Community Area 19 20 Rancho Vaquero 445.93 Las Vegas Santa Bárbara 7 21 San Fernando 21.3 Intibucá Intibucá 7 22 Renan Marquez 28 Jesús de Otoro Intibucá 3 23 El Consejero 49.34 La Esperanza Intibucá 8 24 10 chorritos 5.6 La Esperanza Intibucá 4 25 Osmín del Cid 42 La Esperanza Intibucá 3 26 José Ernesto Mejía 50 Intibucá Intibucá 3 27 Liquidambar 14 Santa Ana La Paz 7 28 Evangelina Matute 9 Santa María La Paz 4

29 Colectivo José del Cid 25.2 San José La Paz 3

30 Los Catadores 15 San José La Paz 7 31 Lidia Ramos/Saturnino del Cid 8 Santa Cruz de Yojoa Cortés 3 32 Alexis Lobo 7 Santa Cruz de Yojoa Cortés 3

La Esperanza La 33 Cecilia Rodríguez 10 Santa Cruz de Yojoa Cortés 3 34 Carlos Alberto Ulloa 35 Santa Cruz de Yojoa Cortés 3 35 David Fernandez Murillo 3.77 Santa Cruz de Yojoa Cortés 3 Ramona Suyapa Cruz/Manuel de Jesús 10 Santa Cruz de Yojoa Cortés 3 Mejía 36 37 Leonel Alfonso Hernández 16.8 Santa Cruz de Yojoa Cortés 3 38 EcoFinca Luna del Puente 41.34 Santa Cruz de Yojoa Cortés 7 39 Sociedad Buena Vista Agroindustrial 435.1 Santa Cruz de Yojoa Cortés 3

Private Natural Reserve-Thermal Water Reserve Ejidal zone Rio Jaitique, San José 9.95 San José de Comayagua Comayagua 7 de Comayagua 40 41 Casa del Águila Refuge 4.3 San Isidro Intibucá 6 42 El Tejar 94.34 El Tejar, Opatoro La Paz 3

• Guide for the elaboration of RNP Management Plans: Proposed a guide for the elaboration of management plans for RNPs to ICF, in coordination with MOCAPH. ICF is responsible for approving internal regulations, manuals and instructions to carry out the management and conservation of natural conservation spaces such as RNPs, according to article 18 of the Forestry, Protected Areas and Wildlife Law.

Figure 11. Private Natural Reserves

• Training on management of natural resources and/or biodiversity conservation: Developed workshops on the topic as a part of the strengthening of local organizations for the sustainable management of natural resources and/or the conservation of biodiversity.

Some of the topics taught during the workshop were: o Basic MCSE Concepts: The importance of establishing a mechanism for the protection adn conservation of water producing micro watersheds and the role of each community member to ensure its functionality. o Legal and Institutional Framework: Introduction of JAAs to the legal and institutional framework in which their actions must take place. Their importance, benefits and responsibilities when obtaining a legal personality, and how to stay legal. o Accounting Records and Reports: Support to JAA directors on the organization of their accounting récords using simple formats, adjusted for rapid comprehension, application. Elaboration of financial reports and annual activities, required by ERSAPS. o Quality and Quantity of Water: Information given to community leaders to encourage ongoing monitoring of water quality and quantity in the Community. Also instructed housewives on the safe use of water for human consumption. o Micro Watershed Declaration Process: Shared information with a significant number of members of communities where micro watershed declarations were undertaken. Advantages of obtaining the certification and procedure to follow for processing.

Consequently, with the execution of these actions, the strengthening of the organizations was achieved, among which there are co-managers of protected areas, JAAs, groups of irrigators, and AJAAMs. As a result, they obtained their legal personalities, training, office equipment, technical assessment for the elaboration and execution of their work plans and accountability processes to maintain their legal status. • Identification and request for micro watershed declaration processes: Identified micro watersheds for declaration processes, which provide water for communities supported by GEMA.

Figure 12. Micro watersheds in process of declaration

• Micro watersheds in process of declaration: Prepared a proposal of regulations for a simplified micro watershed declaration process. GEMA and MOCAPH analyzed bottlenecks in the micro watershed declaration process in terms of time, procedure and requested documentation, in order to generate a simplified proposal that will optimize the process. NGOs, co-managers of protected areas, local office representatives, UMAs and several USAID activities related to the micro watershed declaration process, participated in this initiative.

Infograph 4. Flowchart of the phases and steps of the simplified proposal for the micro watershed declaration process.

• Ecosystem Services Compensation Mechanism (MCSE): 337 MCSEs are operational in the areas of influence involved in the process of implementation of MCSEs. All MCSEs follow the requirements established by the PIR for indicator 1.2.2, which states that an MCSE must comply with the following: o The JAA assembly must approve the statute in which the concept of the MCSE has been incorporated, as well as the protection of the micro watershed that supplies water to the Community. o The local organization (JAA) keeps its legal statys by reporting back to comptrollers; this includes the financial report, statement of results and balance sheet signed by the accountant, as well as the descriptive report of activities, which includes Annex I of ERSAPS and a complementary narrative report with an approach on MCSE for the conservation of the micro watershed. o Annual Work Plans of JAAs elaborated and in progress of execution, incorporating activities to protect the micro watershed.

Figure 13. Status of MCSEs in GEMA areas of influence up to Q12.

• Office equipment for JAAs: Provided equipment (4 accounting and administrative record books, 1 small file cabinet and office supplies) to beneficiary JAAs, along with MAPANCE, Puca Foundation and ASOMAINCUPACO. • Level two MCSE: GEMA initiated the technical and financial assistance for the legalization processes of the associations or committees of actor related to the management and protection of water and forests in their zones. The mechanisms that have been identified and are in progress are generally being applied in intermediate cities in different areas of influence, as indicated in the table below:

Table 6. Level 2 MCSEs No. MCSE Location Progress Description 1 MCSE – Ciudad de Gracias – Lempira, GEMA has worked with MAPANCE to obtain approval from the municipality of Gracias, Lempira for the green fund. The creation of the AJAA for Arcagual watershed is in Rio Arcagual micro watershed. progress.

2 MCSE – 4 municipalities Signed agreement between municipalities that benefit from La Mirona and El Suptal (Cucuyagua and San Pedro de Copán in Copán, and Las Flores and Talgua in Lempira), La Mirona y El Suptal region. supporting the elaboration of an intermunicipal policy in coordination with GLH. The AJAA in the area is currently being legalized. 3 MCSE – Santa Rosa de Copan Carried out actions that contribute to the MCSE in Santa Rosa de Copán for the protection of the micro watershed. The process for Environmental Fund regulations Rio La Hondura micro watershed. with key actors like the Municipality, Aguas de Santa Rosa and some NGOs is in its initial stage. 4 Intermunicipal MCSE (municipios Established agreements with JAA to hold conservation activities in the water producing Veracruz, San José, Trinidad, Dolores and zone. GEMA has held meetings with municipalities to manage the approval of Dulce Nombre) conservation related funds. The creation of the Protection Committee of Cerro Cerro Cocoyagua region. Cocoyagua is being documented. 5 MCSE in Chinacla. Reached agreement between Chinacla JAAs to increase the fee related to sustainability and implementation of the Environmental Fund. AJAAMCHI is in the process of being legalizaed, community assemblies are being held by the 22 communities that will comprise it. 6 MCSE Anillo Verde Casco Urbano region, Lenca Eramani Municipal Association is promoting the design and implementation of the Intibucá – La Esperanza. MCSE. Also, 12 JAAs that will comprise the JAA Association in this area are in the process of being legalized. 7 Intermunicipal MCSE (Arada, San Nicolas and As a follow-up to the Environmental Fund, MUNASBAR opened a bank account where San Vicente Centenario) the funds that municipalities contribute will be deposited. Arada and San Nicolas Microcuenca El Volcán. deposited L 62,000 each; San Vicente Centenario munipalities are still pending.

8 MCSE of Guerguerence micro watershed, The legalization of the management committee for Guerguerence micro watershed is Las Flores – Intibucá. being documented. MCSE proposal is being designed.

Renewable Energy • Training: o 117 women trained in SFV and EM installations. o 4 technical Institutions trained and equipped as CLERs. o 1 technical Institution trained and equipped as CLER by ProParque strengthen with firewood saving commercial cooking systems. o 154 people trained in SFV and / or EM installations by the CLERs. • Income: L1,452,718.00 income increase for 41 women, and 10 men. • RE systems: o 6,031 systems installed 461 SFV and 5,570 EM. • Commercial cooking systems: 5 firewood saving commercial cooking systems designed and validated at three CLERs (Instituto Técnico Dr. Ramón Rosa at Gracias, Instituto Polivalente 21 de Octubre at Marcala, and Instituto Polivalente Rafael Pineda Ponce at San Nicolás). Commercial cooking systems designed were: o A commercial fryer, “Estufa Escolar ECO’PAN – Mejorada”, that resulted in average in 72% less firewood and 4 times more capacity than the traditional model. o A bread oven, “Barril Alargado – Fijo”, for cookie and pizza production; and the “Eco Horno – Mediano”, for bread production; that resulted in average in 72% / 52% less firewood and 5 and 3.2 times more capacity than the respective traditional models. o A pottery oven, “Sistema Tradicional de Ojojona Mejorado”, that resulted in average in 57% less firewood, 60% more capacity than the traditional model and 12% less cooking time. o A brick and tile oven, “Sistema Tradicional Mejorado”, that resulted in average in 30% less firewood, 25% more capacity than the traditional model and 35% less cooking time.

• Best practices: o One (1) commercial cooking system for tortillas and pupusas designed, validated and installed Instituto Técnico Dr. Ramón Rosa at Gracias in an educational enterprise o Nineteen (19) traditional commercial cooking systems changed to a firewood saving commercial cooking system in educational enterprises at Instituto Técnico Dr. Ramón Rosa at Gracias, Instituto Polivalente 21 de Octubre at Marcala, and Instituto Polivalente Rafael Pineda Ponce at San Nicolás. o Fifteen (15) conservations non – agricultural enterprises changed a traditional commercial cooking system to a firewood saving commercial cooking systems o Two (2) biodigesting systems for effluents treatment installed, one at Miko’s Hill as a pilot for a decentralized system and one at Instituto Polivalente Marcos Efraín Aguirre Lara in an educational enterprise. o One hundred fifty (150) conservations non – agricultural enterprises with a socialized cleaner production environmental plan o One hundred five (105) conservations non – agricultural enterprises implementing at least 1 cleaner production / best practice o Six hundred eight (608) conservations agricultural enterprises implementing at least 1 cleaner production / best practice such as: adequate discard of chemical containers, phytosanitary management, soil and water management, and organic production (490 coffee producers, 90 cacao producers and 28 avocado producers). • Educational tools: o The script for a video on renewable energies basic concepts was completed. o A simplified version of the script was produced and delivered to GLH and the teachers of the CLERs.

Main Inconclusive Activities

Resilient Ecosystems • Consolidate agreements to implement water funds in the following areas: o Cocoyagua o La Mirona El Suptal o Santa Rosa de Copán • Complete the regulations of the environmental fund for Aguas de Siguatepeque for the protection of micro watersheds in the Montecillos area of influence. • Continue the biological monitoring of: o Felines and their prey in the Montaña Verde area. o Birds as indicators of the health status of ecosystems in 4 areas of influence o Conservation objects nested in the Güisayote- Pital, Biosfera Cacique Lempira Señor de Las Montañas, Lago de Yojoa and El Jilguero areas of influence. • Determine the health index of Las Balas and Rio Blanco micro watersheds in Lago de Yojoa. • Implement a fire prevention plan in the Santa Rosa de Copan area of influence. • Share Area Conservation Plans (PCA) in Mixcure, Anillo Verde, Güisayote- Pital, Opalaca and promote agreements with key stakeholders to reduce the main threats to conservation objects and ecosystems to protect water supply. • Based on PCA and IIE, promote agreements with key stakeholders to reduce the main threats to conservation objects and ecosystms to protect water supply in the Cocoyagua, Santa Rosa de Copan, Cacique Lempira Señor de Las Montañas (La Mirona El Suptal zone) areas of influence.

Water Governance • Dissemination of the Terra-I Honduras platform among local actors in western Honduras. • Training in the use of Terra-I Honduras for technicians from local organizations to support communities in their efforts to protect and monitor their water producing zones, especially in GEMA areas of influence. • Implementation of 14 grants and 4 subcontracts (Purchase Orders with MAPANCE, Puca Foundation, ASOMAINCUPACO and MOCAPH). Several organizations have adopted the technical proposal of the grant to continue working independently, with aid from other institutions, on some of the activities and include them in their plans or link them to new initiatives in the work areas. Some of the most notable unfinished activities are:

o Consolidation of accountability processes in work areas o Consolidation of MCSEs in intermediate cities. o Consolidation of grassroots organizations and second-level organizations (Watershed Councils, JAA Associations and Micro Watershed Protection Committees). o Development of protection actions in micro watersheds (fence, direct seeding, reforestation, etc.). o Integration of irrigation groups to MCSE. o Consolidation of the water quality and quantity monitoring process in Santiago Puringla and the El Jilguero zone. o Consolidation of the conflict management process. • Execution of environmental awareness activities (related to compensation) in Basic Education Centers (CEB) and JAAs to protect critical ecological and water producing zones. These actions have been limited to the efforts of the institutions. • Training of co-managers to strengthen the application of the IMGH through the local technicians assigned to grants in their areas of influence. • Gauging of tanks of all water systems in Marcala and Chinacla that have been working wih GEMA to complete the inventory of water demand and supply. • Strengthening of the network of actors in different work zones by supporting actors that have been given equipment to monitor water quality and share them in thematic roundtables. • Support health office technicians who monitor the Santiago de Puringla work area, and provide technical assistance during the first meetings held to share results. • Follow-up on work plans of stakeholders that participated in workshops so they carry out the activities proposed for the work zone. • Continue monitoring rivers to complete a series that can be used to study the behavior of rivers that empty into Lago de Yojoa. • Train key actors on the use and application of the protocol for conflict resolution in different micro watersheds in GEMA’s work areas. • Prepare and follow up on an interinstitutional work proposal (ICF, MOCAPH, RENAPH, GEMA), to promote incentives for private conservation, hence, integrating proprietors into the RNP certification process. • Coordinate actions so REHNAP and ICF can generate shared work agendas with private proprietors who are interested in RNP certification processes, to induce available incentives for private conservation through them. • Promote, validate and formalize the Regulation for Certification and Registration of Natural Reserves with ICF. • Only three out of fifteen RNPs submitted to ICF have been certified. Twelve are left pending. • Some information was gathered to create a Guide for the Elaboration of and RNP Management Plan for La Esperanza region. Only one drill was completed in RNP San Fernando (Anillo Verde) and 3 technical visits were made to three other RNPs, two (2) in El Jilguero and one (1) in Mixcure. Hence, completing the drills for these three RNPs is pending, as well as gathering all the information to create the Management Plan for the ejidal RNP San José de Comayagua (Lago de Yojoa). • Train JAAs that started benefitting from MCSE by the end of GEMA’s year 3, in several areas of influence. • Follow up on at least 18 requests for declaration of micro watersheds started by GEMA, which have incomplete files and cannot yet be submitted to ICF. • Follow up on the formalization of the proposal to simplify the micro watershed declaration process, its guide and repective regulation, to begin their implementation, in order to improve and expedite the declaration process so that it is accessible to civil society and particularly to communities and actors that will lead the conservation and protection micro watersheds. • Train ICF’s technical staff involved in the approval of micro watershed declarations so they can understand the difference between the process of approval of forestry use plans and protection plans for water producing micro watersheds. • Follow up o seven training workshops on water governance and MCSE, with JAA directors and agricultural producers from Celaque, Güisayote and El Pital. Links for the development of MCSE were defined for JAAs from Rio Marchala, Pomola, Quebrada Honda and El Jutal micro watersheds. Meetings were held with 25 JAAs to start MCSE and legalization processes in 2019, as well as several forms of strengthening support. • Execute actions in some micro watersheds in Montaña de Puca, where an adaptation was made for the management plan of Wildlife Refuge Montaña de Puca.

• Establish an MCSE with regulatory instruments in La Mirona El Suptal, where there is already a plan to improve water governance, applying GEMA’s methodology. One very important step would be to conclude the legalization process for AJAAM Talgua. GEMA helped this AJAAM to complete the documentation they needed to request their legal personality as a second-level entity. The file includes documents of constitution, statutes, municipal certifications, adhesion certificates, and designation of delegates and registers of legal personalities in the property institute. • Continue the legalization process of the Güergüerence micro watershed (Montaña de Puca) JAA, as a second- level organization. Actions require to be continued for the investment to have an impact, formalizing the establishment of a strong MCSE and consolidating water governance. • Evaluate the AOP of JAAs for 2019 and prepare the AOP for 2020. • Train directors of JAAs constituted in late 2018 and 2019 on accountability matters, and reinforce new directors of JAAs constituted in previous dates. • Systematize accountability processes, changes in JAA directives and operational plans so that these first and second grade organizations have a methodological guide to keep operating in compliance with the regulations of the country's water sector. • Complete the legalization process of 106 JAAs that are still pending to obtain their legal personality in several areas of influence. • Consolidate MCSE in Anillo Verde and El Jilguero-Montecillos, where grantees and purchase order beneficiaries have expressed their interest in prioritizing actions and generating/strengthening the capacities they started working on with GEMA. • Strengthen accountability processes at both a technical and administrative level. • Strenghen relations with Local Supervision and Control Units (USCL) in municipalities that have them, so they can support JAAs in accountability processes, water quality and quantity monitoring, etc.

Renewable Energy • Implementation of Cleaner Production Environmental Plans wasn’t completed, particularly in Santa Bárbara, since these were the last Plans to be finished and socialized, and the enterprises needed more time and follow-up to comply. The enterprises declared their will to implement the measures on their own, but since the Cleaner Production Program was just being initiated in this group it is not likely they will be able to continue by themselves. Enterprises that could have implemented the Plans with more time were 44. • Several Program Descriptions for implementing best practices and renewable energy technologies were produced, applications were presented and approved or were in the process of being approved, none of these could be executed. It is estimated that a total of 790 enterprises couldn’t be benefit, desegregated as follows: o SFV for the Artesanal Market in La Esperanza to benefit 200 enterprises, that were to be benefit through an in-kind grant to Lenca Eramani Municipal Association. o Solar dryers for 80 coffee producers in Ocotepeque and nearby areas, that were to be benefit through an in-kind grant to Cooperativa Cafetalera La Labor (COCAFELOL). o Solar dryers for 240 native seeds’ producers in the Lago de yojoa area, that were to be benefit through an in-kind grant to Programa de Reconstrucción Rural (PRR). o Upgrading the water treatment plant receiving waste waters of 55 restaurants in Lago de Yojoa, through an in-kind grant to the Asociación de Venta de Pescado Lago de Yojoa. o A composting system to reduce synthetic fertilizers in vegetable plantations of 146 producers in Tepezcuintle micro watershed, through an in-kind grant with Cooperativa Regional Agroforestal “Agricultores Unidos” Limitada (COPRAUL). o 69 conservations non – agricultural enterprises were to be benefitted with firewood saving commercial cooking systems, through Local Development Centers (CDEs) and Asociación de Proyectos e Iniciativas Locales para el Autodesarrollo Regional de Honduras (Asociación PILARH). On this technology, several other enterprises were to be benefitted with Productivity and Opportunities for Development through Renewable Energy (PODER) funds, and this couldn’t be done either. • Though the script for a video on renewable energies basic concepts was completed, it couldn’t be produced. The Communications Unit developed a simpler version of it, and it was given to GLH and the teachers of the CLERs. The video was just presented and discussed via phone, a workshop with these and more educational centers, couldn’t be executed as planned. Follow up on the presentation of the video to the students, couldn’t be done either.

RESULT 2: INCREASE CONSERVATION-RELATED AND INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES

Main Results Obtained During LOP

Agroforestry Livelihoods • Agroforestry projects: Implemented 14 agroforestry projects in 12 sub watersheds and micro watersheds prioritized for their biological importance in western Honduras. The main objective of these projects was to contribute to the conservation of biodiversity and the management and conservation of natural resources, balancing economic growth of conservational MSMEs by identifying main threats. • Technical assistance: Offered technical assistance to 3,471 conservational MSMEs in five value chains: coffee, cocoa, livestock, sugar cane and avocado. • Strategic alliances: Established 13 PPPs as a strategy for sustanibility and to obtain funds from the private sector (5), municipal associations (2) and grassroots organizations (2), to manage and conserve natural resources, and to support the economic growth of communities. • Water governance: Improved water governance in communities within prioritized micro watersheds in western Honduras, through the creation of a water governance measurement tool, which seeks to increase the participation of producers in different value chains in the management and use of water in the area. • Adaptation to climate change: Improved the level of adaptation to climate change of producers, especially coffee producers, through the application of climate-smart agricultural practices like BPA and BPM, and through the validation of the manual and vulnerability map of coffee farms as a tool to identify adaptation measures.

Non-traditional, Non-Agricultural or Niche-livelihoods Business Development Program executed by CDE: GEMA contributed to reduce poverty in western Honduras through its business advisory program for rural micro enterprises located in micro watersheds of interest and intermediate cities in western Honduras The Business Development Program was executed through three grants with three Business Development Centers: CDE-Western Region, CDE-Lempa Region and CDE-Santa Bárbara Region. It had a duration of 24 months and obtained results in two levels. First, it strengthened the three CDE and second, it had an impact in micro enterprises. Regarding institutional strengthening, the three grants contributed to the improvement of the technical and administrative capacities of the CDE in the execution of projects, harmonization of their internal monitoring and follow-up systems, and the incorporation of gender and environmental practices to their business formation programs; hey also developed greater skills in the management and accountability of projects. 60% of the enterprises advised by the CDE process food and needed to improve their transformation processes. GEMA grants allowed CDE to hire food processing experts to support enterprises, and make this position permanent within the institution. With GEMA’s technical support, CDE Western Region prepared its 2019-2023 strategic plan, began its implementation and created mechanisms for its Board of Directos to participate in deepening the CDE’s relations with other organizations and effectively satisfy the needs of partner organizations. As to relations with local actors, CDE Western Region signed 4 municipal agreements for the integration of formation and support actions for micro enterprises in municipalities of the Colosuca región and Las Flores in Lempira. Municipal technicians from Local Economic Development Units and/or Wome Offices were trained on matters like marketing and sales, legislation, accounting and administration. CDE Lempa Region also made alliances with local actors during the grant; some of these new relations involved the municipalities of Marcala, Intibucá, La Esperanza and Yamaranguila. The main objective was to support enterprises and young entrepreneurs by legalizing their businesses and executing affirmative gender actions to support women’s enterprises. MAMCEPAZ and MAMLESIP (both are municipal associations in La Paz) trained their personnel on the Framework Law for Enterprises of the Commercial Sector, the Framework Law for Enterprises in the Social Sector of the Economy, ARSA procedures, SAR (Income Administration Service of Honduras), Property Institute, and Law

57 for the Promotion of MSMEs. The trained personnel will share this knowledge with other officials directly involved with microenterprises CDE Santa Barbara Region connected with UNITEC, especially in the Fashion Design program. Through the Fashion Tend Analysis class, designs were made for new junco, tule and palma (natural fiber) crafts like purses, hats, earrings, caps, etc. Professor José Vargas supported the CDE by taking photos of the fiber crafts to promote them in their website and wrote an article about natural fibers to advertise them in his blog - José Vargas Studio (available in http://www.jose-vargas.com/blog/2019/5/12/el-valor-de-las-fibras-naturales). The following paragraphs summarize some of the results of the business advise given to 176 micro enterprises through CDE. CDE applied a methodology to evaluate changes in the internal organization of enterprises. This methodology allows the scaling of enterprises from one level to another. This escalation occurs when the enterprises adopt more business and management practices in their internal processes. For example, the following table shows how CDE Western Region started with 49 enterprises. According to the initial diagnosis, 20 micro enterprises were on level D and none in level A. In the final measurement, there are 0 enterprises in level D, 7 are in level A and the rest are in intermediate levela, showing that they all scaled up.

Table 7. Scalability of MSMEs Level Initial Final Enterprise D 20 0 Enterpise C 12 15 Enterprise B 17 29 Enterprise A 0 8

Total 49 52

Chart 22. Scalability of MSMEs

Scalability of micro enterprises in Santa Bárbara is slower than in Copán and Lempira. According to the baseline, 55 enterprises started at level D. During the development of the grant, only 14 climbed to another level; 9 from level D to C and 5 from level D to B, highlighting that no enterprise escalated to level A. This difference was due, in part, to greater technical weakness, less continuity of the advice from CDE Santa Bárbara and, the local more depressed economy.

Table 8. Scalability of MSMEs in Santa Barbara Level Initial Final Enterprise D 55 41 Enterpise C 0 9 Enterprise B 0 5 Enterprise A 0 0

Total 55 55

In Intibucá and La Paz, served by CDE Lempa Region, the classification of 54 enterprises changed as follows:

• 14 enterprises climbed categories by ONE LEVEL • 4 enterprises climbed categories by TWO LEVELS • 36 enterprises remained in their base line categories. However, it is important to mention tan 24 of these enterprises show a significant increase in the percentage results of the diagnosis, but it was not enough to climb a level. Factors that influenced the level of escalation of micro enterprises: • The clear majority of selected micro enterprises were located in micro watersheds distant from intermediate cities, they were classified as subsistence enterprises, and had little economic availability to invest in their businesses. • The economy of the country is in crisis, the purchasing power of customers is decreasing, influencing the decrease in sales in businesses. • Most companies are not fully legalized, which prevents them from expanding to new markets.

176 micro enterprises were supported by CDE. In these enterprises, 374 households with non-argicultural activities were registered.

The commercial activities of the micro enterprises were: food processing (105, 60%), followed by pottery (24, 14%) and tourism (16, 9%). Only 24 enterprises are engaged in other activities. Most of the food processing micro enterprises (58, 55%) are dedicated to baking, followed by plaintain chips (20, 19%).

Table 9. Commercial activities of enterprises supported by CDEs No. of micro- No. of micro- Commercial Activity Description enterprises enterprises Food processing 105 Wheat bread, corn and corn tortillas 58 Plantain chips 20 Cereal, pine trees, pork rind, chocolate bar, pickle, bagged 10 beans, dehydrated fruit, hot sauce. Honey 8 Dairy 9 Pottery 24 Pottery 4 Jewellery 2 Natural and fiber crafts 18 Tourism 16 Hotel 1 Restaurant 1 Tourist guides 13 Family recreation 1

No. of micro- No. of micro- Commercial Activity Description enterprises enterprises Purified water 6 Natural soap 3 Tile and brick 12 Natural medicine 7 Event planning and beauty and 2 care services Organic fertilizer 1 TOTAL 176

Gross sales of the 176 micro enterprises were . Net sales were .

Table 10. Average annual net profit by enterprise and jobs created by non-traditional, non-agricultural and niche livelihoods Average profit per Area Annual net sales FTE jobs per area enterprise Tourism 19 Purified water 4 Natural medicine 8 Food processing 135 Other areas 38

In the base line, the 176 enterprises employed 453 people. Additional full time jobs created were 204, equivalent to an average of 1.15 new jobs per micro enterprise.

The classification of micro enterprises according to their proprietor or director’s gender was: 89% female (157) and 11% male (19).

A total of 522 peple were trained, with the following demographic profile. Their educational level was elementary for 376 people, high school for 95, undergraduate for 51. The ages of people trained were: 16-29 (31%, 160), 30-59 (61%, 320), 60+ (8%, 42). Trainees were 77% female (403) and 23% male. (119)

Table 11. People traned by non-traditional, non-agricultural, and niche livelihoods Training topics No. of people that received training Pottery products design 57 Hive plagues and diseases 22 Painting over clay 1 Bakery 89 Snacks 17 Differentiated food 3 Food safety 7 Business model 90 Good financial practices 57 Accounting and administration 32 Associativity 7 Marketing and sales 1 Collective marks 27 Job organization 9 Business legalization 30 Tax obligations 40 Customer support 45

In addition to the training, the microenterprises received personalized attention in business advice.

Cleaner production and Environmental Plans for Micro Enterprises GEMA’s goal was to convert micro enterprises in conservation enterprises. An environmental plan was developed for each enterprise, containing the implementation of 3 new practices that strengthen their production processes with emphasis on environmental awareness and reduction of costs, and one practice to compensate for ecosystem services, which generally involves the protection of the micro watershed that supplies water for the business. This was done with the support of two cleaner production specialists assigned by GEMA and technicians from CDE. All the environmental plans were shared with the enterprises, they all signed letters of commitment to apply the measures established in their plans.

As a result, two CDE (Western and Lempa región) now have technical staff no trained and strengthened to work and implement technical assistance on cleaner production for new MSMEs in their work zones.

150 non-agricultural conservation micro enterprises have an environmental plan and a cleaner production diagnosis. 105 of these micro enterprises are already implementing their environmental plan, and 45 will start implementing it.

Some of the new environmental practices implemented are:

• Changing energy saving light bulbs to LED bulbs • Reducing waste in stamps • Reducing waste in labels • Using personal safety equipment • Pest control • Installing traps for rodents • Garbage cans • Fire extinguishers to control fires • Signaling and signage in processing plants • Weighing inputs • Reducing the use of plastic bags • Reducing firewood consumption • Wood saving ovens • Fertilzer pens • Direct participation in activities with water administration boards in their communities, such as reforestation of prioritized zones, micro watershed cleaning rounds, conservation of water sources.

43 enterprises participated in reforestation activities in 9 municipalities in La Paz and La Esperanza with the support of CDE Lempa Region and GEMA’s technical teams. The enterprises participated in 11 reforestation rounds, during which 4,420 trees (cedars, mahoganies and pines) were planted.

Systematization of Experiences and Documented Success Stories CDE Western Region completed the document for the systematization of the business development program for 50 MSMEs in Western Honduras. This document contains images, testimonies and interviews of beneficiaries and technicians of CDE Western Region, as they are the direct executors of the program. CDE Lempa Region is working on the “Inspirate” magazine. 6 success stories of granted enterprises were identified for the magazine, which will be financed with USAID funds through GEMA, and UN Women funds. Success stories of both programs will be shared in the magazine. These are some of the success stories that have been documented for “Inspirate” magazine:

Table 12. Success story 1 in Inspirate Magazine Enterprise name and Multiple Services Enterprise La Amistad, located in Las Mesas community, 2km away from the urban center of location Yamaranguila Municipality in Intibucá Department. Industry The micro-enterprise produces traditional bakery, such as: rice semitas, wheat semitas, cilcayote pie, cheese pie, pudding and bread cake) Short history and current It began operations on January 30th, 2015 with two partners (María Rosenda Gómez and Paulina Gómez sisters situation to one another) raw material was acquired via credit in the community corner shop (pulpería). Cooking process was made in a very traditional oven that only had capacity for 4 “cazulejas” (molds). In 2016 four more partners summed up, same number for 2017, adding to a total of 10: 8 women and 2 men. They built a bigger ground oven with a 15 pounds flour capacity; they also built a small wood shed to cover the oven from rain and to also store the few utensils that they had. Nowadays, this is an enterprise that processes every week, with a work schedule that involves each partner, they have their own production equipment, administrative processes up to date, production costs awareness, marketing abilities, customer support and team work. The secret formula for the enterprise to work within successful timelines is its partners organization, passion and dedication in their work, time availability and security in decision making, responsibility in learning processes and making the multiplying effect inside the enterprise.

Faced challenges and Raw material purchase in small proportions. Nowadays is in bulk and in much bigger quantities to save during the overcome situations year and to minimize plastic waste. A consolidated organization was kept, this allowed to work in a close way and achieve proposed goals. They are now an enterprise with a legal status. Cost analysis for each product allowed to make changes in sales prices. Production processes standardization.

Current challenges and One of the main challenges is to increase production and commercialization for products entering new markets how they are expected to with new clients with a fair price. be overcome Improve micro-enterprise locale to avoid plagues and rodents damage Identify their products with labels to differentiate themselves from other enterprises in the market. Better promotion of their products throughout the different written, tv and radio media.

Table 13. Success story 2 in Inspirate Magazine Entrepreneur name Rosalba Castellanos Enterprise name and location Chocolate San Carlo, Barrio Concepción, Marcala

Industry Craft chocolate bars and other craft chocolate related products elaboration. Short history and current Chocolate San Carlo begins its business idea in October 2016 as an alternative of income generation for her situation family and as a mean to serve a social cause (a sales percentage is destined to Fundación Hondureña para el Niño con Cáncer). The entrepreneur started a training process to get to know the origins, the properties and the added value of cocoa throughout primary and secondary information sources, and in most cases through YouTube in which she learned the basic skills for cocoa handcrafting process. She acquired the necessary equipment and that’s how she got her first chocolate bar samples (her first product) making small samplings for family and friends. Once identified an imminent market opportunity with chocolate bars, the entrepreneur is attended by CDE Región Lempa where she made improvements in her production systems, marketing plans, commercial ties, legalization processes, access to seed capital, technical training, ties with the academy among other services. Nowadays Chocolate San Carlo has its own facilities, two jobs created, market expansion on a regional level (its products are exhibited in the most important supermarkets), diversification with two new products and a fine example of a female entrepreneur.

Faced challenges and Challenges: overcome situations Product commercialization. Selling fear. Messy and expensive legalization processes.

Overcome situations: Currently it has 20 sale points nationwide (Tegucigalpa, Comayagua, Siguatepeque, La Esperanza, Marcala, Taulabé, San Pedro Sula, among others). The chocolate elaboration process became more technical with machinery and industrial equipment acquisition.

Current challenges and how Challenges: they are expected to be Skilled labor shortage in the area. overcome Main raw material (cocoa) instability when it comes to prices. There are no incentives that contribute to the enterprise growth (payment of higher taxes, high public services bills, high percentages on interest rates for work capital or investments, among others). Introduce new products. Reach the international market.

Table 14. Success story 3 in Inspirate Magazine Entrepreneur name Carmen Elizabeth Rivera Enterprise name and location Pan y Delicias Carmencitas Industry Bread Short history and current situation Pan y Delicias Carmencitas begins in 2013 searching for income for her daughter’s education. At the beginning, she made her donuts simple, selling them after to her neighbors. Because of her limited experience she had difficulties on giving the donuts the right shape, she faced moments of weakness because she couldn’t find the balance point between family and business; the sales weren’t good enough for her to sustain her daughter’s expenses because they grew as her daughters grew, this wasn’t generating enough profit which was reasonable because there was no major production. In 2016 she convinced her brother Héctor for him to be the more suitable complementary piece for the bakery, he had the ability to sell and he knew a lot of people, and she had the experience on bread making. Nowadays she makes stuffed donuts, rosquetes, pies and other products; throughout her brother she learned about the services that CDE Región Lempa provided and got training, the first change was to come up with a name for the enterprise, now they are a well-known brand around Marcala. Currently they have 3 employees, they have diversified their products adding pizza and plantain chip bags, they have two sale points which they are intermediaries (cafeterias) around Marcala.

Received support by CDE Lempa Cost analysis assessment Region Accountability and administration Tics (label design, logo, presentation cards, social networks) Business plan

Faced challenges and overcome Challenges: situations Commercialization Machinery and work equipment acquisition

Overcome situations: She has acquired work machines for production and for product distribution.

Current challenges and how they Legalization are expected to be overcome Health license and registration New markets Billing

Wood-Saving Commercial Cooking Systems (SCCAL) Program and Enterprise Technification

Four wood-saving ovens and stoves were design to reduce the consumption of firewood and to improve the efficiency of micro enterprises dedicated to producing bricks and tiles, pottery, bakery and fried food. Technical guides were created for the 4 cooking systems: bricks and tiles, pottery, bakery and fried food. These guides will facilitate the dissemination and adoptions of the technology by micro enterprises and other cooperators.

In order to validate this technology, 31 cooking systems were installed in technical schools and micro enterprises. All the systems reduce firewood consumption by an average of 75% and also save cooking time. 16 systems were installed in 3 technical institutes to test their functionalty and to share knowledge to students in related programs. This was done with support from AECID-COLOSUCA in the Lempira zone. The selected institutes were: • ITRR- Instituto Técnico Ramón Rosa- Gracias, Lempira. • Instituto Rafael Pineda Ponce – San Nicolás, Santa Bárbara • Instituto 21 de Octubre – Marcala, La Paz 15 systems were built in 15 municipalities in western Honduras (5 in La Paz, 5 in Lempira and 5 in Santa Barbara to continue validating the ovens and contribute to the reduction of firewood consumption in productive processes of micro enterprises that dedicate to producing baked goods, pottery, bricks and tiles and fried food. The micro entrepreurs participated actively in the validation process, and in general there is a very high acceptance of this technology.

The following table shows the entrepreneurs that participated in the validation of SCCAL: Table 15. Enterprises that participated in the validation of SCCAL.

# Enterprise Community Municipality Department Cooking System

“Eco Horno Mediano Panadería” 1 Grupo de Mujeres Minas de Colosuca San Sebastián San Sebastián Lempira (bakery) Restaurante Los Asados, propietaria “Horno ECO'PAN – Mediano 2 Gracias Gracias Lempira Alicia Trigueros Móvil” (frying) Grupo de Mujeres, Campesinas En “Horno de Barril Alargado – 3 Catatao Gracias Lempira Acción Fijo” (bakery) Ladrillera Mateo, propietario Arturo San Manuel de Traditional improved oven (tile 4 Rancho Obispo Lempira Mateo Colohete and brick) Traditional improved oven 5 Alfarería Desideria La Campa La Campa Lempira (pottery) 6 Alfarería Lenca San José San José Guajiquiro La Paz Pottery oven 7 Delicias de Musula Musula Marcala La Paz Frying stove 8 Panadería María El Cerrón Marcala La Paz “Horno Pan Mediano” (bakery) 9 Medicina Natural Rosario El Pastal Marcala La Paz “Horno Pan Barril” (bakery) Empresa de Ladrillo y Teja “Unidos 10 Santa Rosita Marcala La Paz Brick and Tile oven para Progresar 11 Delitajadas El Zapote Santa Bárbara Santa Bárbara Frying stove “Eco Pan Barril” Bakery oven “Eco Horno 12 Panadería Doña Suyapa Mogote Zacapa Santa Bárbara Mediano” Santa Bárbara Santa Bárbara Bakery oven “Eco Horno 13 Panadería Sandra Paz Santa Bárbara Mediano” San Vicente San Vicente 14 Artesanías San Vicente Santa Bárbara Pottery oven Centenario Centenario Asociación de Ladrilleros de San 15 Santa Bárbara Santa Bárbara Santa Bárbara Improved traditional brick oven Gaspar

Experiences related to the use of SCCAL This is the testimony of the directors and members of Alfarería Lenca San José, located in San José, Guajiquiro, La Paz, after installing and testing the potery oven:

“After using the oven, we have verified that firewood consumption for the cooking process of our crafts was reduced by more than 50%. Also, the quality in the cooking of the crafts is better, for they are not smoked and they don’t break. We do not end up smoked either! We are less exposed to all that heat, because now the entire system is closed, so we do not have to be near the flames. In general, now we use less wood, and that is great because we conserve trees in our community, which help the

micro watershed produce more water, so animals can live there and we can have better climate conditions. We have developed activities to take care of our micro watershed. We have done cleaning rounds, fire prevention rounds and we have planted 3,500 trees.”

This is the testimony of a brick and tile oven user in Rancho Obispo, Lempira:

“We are very happy. Now, to produce 1,000 bricks we save wood and time. We used to burn 46 loads of wood, and now we just burn 8. It took us 23 hours to cook 23 bricks, and now it just takes 9. The product is better too,

fewer bricks are smoked.”

Centro Cultural Hibueras (CCH)

The “Resilience and innovation of the natural fiber crafts value chain in 12 municipalities of Santa Bárbara” grant was approved in March 2019; and its implementation began during the second quarter of the same year. However, because of GEMA’s early closure, the grant was canceled before it ended. The activities executed in this grant, are described below: • Preparation of the grant’s budget for 2019 and 2020 • Work plan for 2019 • Support in technical staff selection and hiring process • Tour to prepare the work plan with Zamorano • Preparation of the sheet to collect information that will serve as the foundation for the natural fiber crop guide. With this grant, a total of 690 direct beneficiaries were to be supported, as follows: 240 raw material and dye producers, 30 agro-ecological facilitators, 300 natural fibers female artisans and 120 young entrepreneurs associated to the chain. The area covered 6 micro watersheds of Santa Bárbara (Río Jalapa, Rio Agalteca and Río Saldo, Río Cancique and Río Ulua, Río Jicatuyo, Río Aguagua, Río Zezecapa)

Development of Nature and Adventure Tourism Activities

Finished the program for nature and adventure tourism activities development. The achievements at the end of the process were: • 52 young locals were graduated and certified as Nature and Adventure Tourism Activities guides in different disciplines such as: mountaineering, hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, river tubing, rappel, climbing and spelunking. • 13 women were included in this process, graduating as certified guides in mountaineering and rappel, activities that have been normally developed only by men. • The closing event for this training process was between the 19th and 20th of February in Lago de Yojoa. On this day, there was also training regarding legal and tax requirements for micro-enterprises and business conferences with tour operators. • With support and technical assessment from HUPA and FEHDME the first tourist map of nature and adventure tourism activities that can be done in Joya de Los Lagos district, Lago de Yojoa and Lenca-Maya district, was created. The map was designed by GEMA and was printed with AECID-COLOSUCA funds. 5,000 copies were published. • 30 routes were prioritized and signalized for the development of nature and adventure tourism activities with their respective data sheets that include observations and improvement suggestions. • 11 contingency plans designed for national parks and private natural reserves tourism activities providers. These documents were developed in meetings with local key actors, firefighters, red cross, guides that were in the process of being certified, HUPA and FEHDME. • In Parque Nacional Montaña de Celaque there were 5 prioritized routes for bird observation. This activity was developed with support of MAPANCE and ASHO from February 6 to February 8. Also, La Mina trail was signalized from March 22 to March 25. • March 2nd was the inauguration of the rock-climbing wall in the Visitor Center. This activity was funded by our partner Colosuca municipal association, with resources from the Cooperación Española. The President of the Republic, Juan Orlando Hernández attended the event, there was also participation from guides trained by GEMA, which are the ones who manage the rock-climbing wall. • Selected equipment that will be donated to 33 certified guides of the process, in the areas of Santa Rosa de Copán, Santa Bárbara, Taulabé, Lago de Yojoa and San Juan de Opoa. • GEMA encouraged participation in national tourism fairs for Santa Rosa de Copán and San Juan de Opoa destinations with the purpose of promoting the new nature and adventure products in western Honduras. The participation in these fairs contribute directly in new sales and new job generation with the certified guides.

• Produced and promoted in YouTube two promotional videos of natural and adventure activities offered around Lago de Yojoa and Montaña de Santa Bárbara. The videos serve to promote the certified guides of the region. In the videos, the certified guides shared their experiences during their training and their plans to create business initiatives focused on the protection and conservation of the areas in which they carry out the nature and adventure activities. • The entrepreneur Olman Martínez, from Kayak Rental which is a kayaking service provider in Peña Blanca, Lago de Yojoa; gave his testimony on how his business allowed him not to illegally migrate to the United States. Kayak Rental provides enough economical resources for his family. They offer their services to tour operators, tourists and visitors focused on protecting and preserving the water resource. • Finally, a document showing all the process systematization was created, this will serve to tourism businessman and supporting organizations get to know the product and invest in the future.

Local Tour Guide Formation The Tourism Guidance program upheld by UNAH through its campus in Santa Rosa de Copán (UNAH-CUROC), ended in June. 26 young locals graduated on June 22nd, 2019. The syllabus for training tour guides was developed by USAID activity ProParque and implemented by GEMA. It’s the first time in Honduras that a university offers this program. It’s an important milestone that will contribute on improving the quality of education in the country. UNAH is interested in replicating this training in all its campus.

The training modules executed until June 30 are: 1) Tourism Culture. 2) Geography and History of Honduras with emphasis on Zone 2. 3) Tourism Legislation. 4) Tourism Offer. 5) Guidance Services. 6) Tourism Handling. 7) Contingency management in tourism activities and an English module (module 8).

Finished research to develop the “Interpretive Scripts for the Coffee Tourism Route”. The final document was completed and distributed among the institutions that had an interest on promoting coffee tourism. This document is a major contribution by GEMA to enhance the quality of coffee tourism and coffee.

Lenca Culture, Traditional Medicine and Biodiversity Program Concluded the grant with FUNDAUNAH, and executed by UNAH-CURC campus, with an effective execution time of 12 months (from June 2018 to May 2019). Conducted one (1) investigation and presented results about common deseases that affect people in several communities located in the municipalities of La Paz (Santa Elena, San José and Opatoro) and Intibucá (Yamarnguila, San Miguelito and La Esperanza). Data was collected for research purposes by informants located in the communities of El Tablón, Las Arenas, Nueva Unión, Yashe, Zacate Blanco, Santa Cruz del Rosario in Intibucá department, and the communities of Florida, Jardines, Valle de Ángeles in La Paz. Made taxonomic sheets for the 65 plants most commonly used by traditional healers to treat the most common deceases in the different communities from municipalities of La Paz and Intibucá. Made draft of didactic technical manual for health gardens establishment and usage, which will be utilized by community leaders to strengthen capacities of families, and by school teachers in Basic Education Centers, all this with pedagogical means. Initiated the establishment of 6 health gardens with native plants utilized in communities in the Lenca region, the gardens will be installed in Guajiquiro, Santa Ana, Yarula, Florida in Marcala, Marcala and Yamaranguila educational centers. Developed two (2) workshops about environmental education with the participation of 20 women and 15 men, one of the workshops was held in the municipality of Guajiquiro (6 women and 6 men); and the other one in the municipality of Santa Ana (9 women and 6 men), both in La Paz. In both places, the workshop participants were community leaders, local authorities, teachers, parents and students.

Finished the base line of 60 lenca women’s micro-enterprises. The data was tabulated and analyzed, this revealed that 85% of the enterprises are led by women. Among the registered enterprises there were 386 partners identified (66 men and 220 women).

Table 16. Lenca women micro enterprises

Proprietor’s Gender Enterprise by industry Total enterprises per area Women Men Traditional healers 13 0 13 Pottery 12 3 15 Textile 21 4 25 Food and beverages (Gastronomy) 5 2 7 Total 51 9 60

The University Festival of Lenca Women took place on April 5 and 6, 2019 in Comayagua. 64 MIPYMES from La Paz, Intibucá, Santa Bárbara and Comayagua participated in the event. The daily average sale per enterprise was of L. . The festival was executed in collaboration with different local actors such as Comayagua Municipal Office, enterprises from Comayagua, among others. All of this contributed to the creation of a general fund of more than L. that will support fair development.

With the support of teachers and students’ technical team, a directory of participating enterprises in the Festival Universitario de la Mujer Lenca was created in order to keep record of MSMEs that are strongly associated to the program’s objectives, to do a follow up and give them punctual advice on business improvement, participation in other venues and commercial events, all through UNAH CURC activities.

Main Inconclusive Activities

Agroforestry Livelihoods • Technical Support in value chains, especially coffee, with emphasis on socio-environmental certification. The measurement of indicators for most grants could not be obtained, so no real data for New Net Sales and New Employment could be delivered. • Implementation of water governance plans with the participation of producers in value chains. • Completion of the vulnerability map of coffee farms to climate change in western Honduras. • Business development plans for producer associations. • Continuity in the establishment of business relationships with importers and exporters of products. • Establishment of meteorological stations in agroforestry farms, as well as the link from farms to the Climate Information Center of Western Honduras (CICOH). • Establishment of 150 centers to process coffee by-products for organic fertilizers (micro-centers and collective centers). • Infrastructure for dry coffee processing.

Non-traditional, Non-Agricultural or Niche-livelihoods The non-agricultural economic development subcomponent executed its actions through grants. As already explained, the early closure of GEMA forced the closure of all grants. The activities that remained unfinished are the following:

Table 17. Non-traditional, Non-Agricultural or Niche-livelihoods main inconclusive activities Activity Projected actions Lenca Culture, Traditional Medicine and Biodiversity UNAH-CURC has the intention of continuing with the program throughout its Program university linkage actions.

Natural Fibers Value Chain in Santa Bárbara support During GEMA closure stage, two specific activities will take place. A fiber planting

Activity Projected actions program experience will begin as well as a specialized consultancy related to tools for working with fibers. 200 wood saving ovens installation 24 enterprises will be equipped by AECID funding COLOSUCA municipal association with wood saving ovens. This agreement was part of the Understanding Letter between both organizations. Equipment to 90 micro-enterprises which received -63 enterprises will be equipped by GEMA during its closure stage. technical assistance throughout the CDE. -26 enterprises will be equipped by AECID funding COLOSUCA municipal association. This agreement was part of the Understanding Letter between both organizations. Nature and adventure tourism products offering During GEMA closure stage certified guides will be equipped, there will also be program support for commercial relationships to be conducted.

RESULT 3: INCREASE CAPACITY OF THE VULNERABLE POPULATION TO ADAPT TO CLIMATE VARIABLITY AND CHANGE

Main Results Obtained During LOP

• Training: o Trained 134 (77 men and 57 women) members of 16 CODEM of the following municipalities: Chinacla, Cucuyagua, Gracias, Intibucá, La Campa, La Esperanza, La Paz, Las Flores, Las Vegas, San Isidro, San José, San Sebastián, Santa María, Santiago Puringla, Talgua and Taulabé. o Trained 2,297 (904 women and 1,393 men) members of 174 CODEL in 63 municipalities (8 in Intibucá, 3 in Comayagua, 10 in Copán, 1 in Cortés, 10 in La Paz, 18 in Lempira, 8 in Ocotepeque and 5 in Santa Bárbara. These trainees identified and analyzed the main threats, that according to their perception, affect or could affect their communities’ natural resources and main livelihoods. o Trained 5,125 (2,793 men and 2,332 women) members of CODEL, CODEM, JAA, municipal boards and other grassroots organizations in climate variability. • Organization: o Organized 16 new CODEM in: Intibucá, La Esperanza, San Isidro (Intibucá); Marcala, Chinacla, San Jose, Santa María, Santiago Puringla, La Paz and Opatoro (La Paz); San Vicente Centenario (Santa Bárbara); San Sebastián, Belén, La Iguala and Talgua (Lempira) and Veracruz (Copán). o Organized 112 new CODEL in Intibucá (12), La Paz (33), Santa Bárbara (10), Comayagua (3), Lempira (34), Copán (14) and Ocotepeque (6). • Strengthening of capacities: 32 CODEL and CODEM were strengthened in 75% or more of their capacities through workshops, elaboration and implementation of plans, and equipment to implement disaster prevention actions and to protect natural resources in Intibucá (13 CODEL and 1 CODEM) Santa Bárbara (2 CODEM) and Lempira (15 CODEL and 1 CODEM). • CICOH: The Climate Information Center of Western Honduras (CICOH) platform is now available.

Main Inconclusive Activities • 6 CODEL did not get past module I in the creation of their AVC and preparation for response to extreme events plans (3 in Santa Bárbara and 3 in Lempira). • 94 CODEL did not complete their training (34 in Lempira, 14 in Copán, 6 in Ocotepeque, 10 in Santa Bárbara, 3 in Comayagua, 9 in Intibucá and 18 in La Paz). • 6 CODEL did not finish their planning process (3 in Lempira and 3 in Santa Bárbara). • 81 CODEL are unequipped to implement actions stated in their work plans (34 in Lempira, 14 in Copán, 6 in Ocotepeque, 10 in Santa Bárbara, 3 in Comayagua, 8 in Intibucá and 6 in La Paz). • The promotion of the functions and use of information generated by CICOH is pending with 109 CODEL (31 in Lempira, 14 in Copán, 6 in Ocotepeque, 10 in Santa Bárbara, 3 in Comayagua, 12 in Intibucá and 33 in La Paz). • Formalization of agreements for the implementation of the information exchange protocol between members of the National Hydro-Meterological Network. All the documentarion of this process was given to

CENAOS/COPECO, missing only the signature of the Ministers/Directors of MiAmbiente, COPECO, AHAC, and UNAH. • Restoration of the existing meteorological station network in western Honduras administered by MiAmbiente and COPECO, which was planned to be implemented through grants. • Establishment of servers (physical) in COPECO and UNAH-CUROC to host the database of the National MCH and the CICOH. This was planned to be acquired through grants with both institutions. • Validation and adjustment of the CicohAlert tool to generate alerts for the coffee industry.

CROSS CUTTING ISSUES Main Results Obtained During LOP

Gender • Mainstream of a gender approach: Process developed using 3 survey tools: (i) GOAL resilience instrument, (ii) Survey of information needs for CICOH, and, (iii) Survey of business skills in CDEs. • OMM management: 1 quick survey of the management of Women Municipal Offices (OMMs) and their relation to actions executed by GEMA (21 municipalities in La Paz, Intibucá, Lempira, Copán, and Santa Bárbara). • Applied research: Partnership with Zamorano to research the role of women in conservation of biodiversity and management of water. 22 consultation meetings were held with focus groups and key actors in 22 communities: 10 in La Esperanza region and 12 in Santa Rosa de Copán region. This community consultation was done with 477 people, mainly women. • Training with the following approaches: o Gender and masculinity, for technical teams of CDE MIPYME (53 people). With CDE Western Region 15 people (8 women and 7 men) were trained in Santa Rosa de Copán. With CDE Lempa, 5 people were trained (1 woman and 4 men). 21 members of CDEs participated (9 women and 12 men), as well as 12 technicians from PILARH. o Gender tools for biodiversity and water governance technical teams. A workshop was held on tools to mainstream the gender equity and equality approach in GEMA’s work on biodiversity and water governance. This was done with technicians from partner organizations whose work is related to conservation and water, with the participation of 29 people: 10 women and 19 men. • Gender awareness with: o CODEM and CODEL. In La Esperanza and Santa Rosa de Copán región, awareness efforts have been made with representatives of CODEM and CODEL in Gracias, San Sebastián, Las Flores, La Campa, Belén, San Manuel de Colohete, Talgua and La Iguala (Lempira); Cucuyagua, Corquín and San Pedro Copán (Copán); Azacualpa and Silimania (Intibucá); San Marcos and Santo Domingo de Jesús de Otoro, Las Vegas, Siguatepeque and Santa Bárbara. o JAA Representatives. Several awareness meetings were held with male and female representatices of JAA boards of directos (presidents, secretaries, treasurers) from La Esperanza, Santa Rosa de Copan and Santa Barbara zones to discuss equal opportunities. • Business leadership and gender with non-agricultural enterprises: Taught three (3) modules on leadership strengthening for female entrepreneurs in non-agriculturl enterprises, with support from CDE Western Region in Copan, CDE Lempa in Lempira and La Paz, and CDE Santa Barbara. • Gender and masculinity training for agricultural value chains: o Coffee and cocoa (Lago de Yojoa and Santa Bárbara). 3 modules were taught. o Coffee and avocado. 3 modules were taught to coffee producers in Rio Mejocote, in coordination with CO.HONDUCAFE, and to avocado producers in Erapuca, in coordination with FUNDER. o Coffee (Aruco and Higuito). Trained coffee producers in Rio Higuito and Aruco. • Masculinity and business leadership videos and manuals: Created 4 training manuals (water, risk management, leadership and masculinity). Also produced 4 videos and distributed them to GEMA’s partners. (3 videos on masculinity and 1 video on business leadership)

Environmental Compliance

• Institutional strengthening: Developed the tasks to support the achievement of the objectives of the activity, particularly institutional strengthening actions for the management and conservation of natural resources and biodiversity, as well as actions for the implementation of mechanisms for the compensation of ecosystem services. • Environmental Educational Plans: Coordinated and planned activities to prepare the Environmental Education Plan. • Municipal Environmental Units: Prepared the Training and Organizational Strengthening Plan of the Municipal Environmental Units and Municipal Associations. • Environmental variable: Reviewed RFA and RFP documents and Program Description drafts in different results to incorporate the environmental variable. • Technical support: Reviewed (54) proposals submitted by the technical team of the different results through the GEMA Grant Evaluation Committee. • USAID Regulation 216: Implemented activities to ensure compliance with USAID Regulation 216. In this regard, the following actions were carried out: o Provided training on environmental monitoring and compliance, particularly on the scope and application of USAID Regulation 216 to the technical staff, as well as to each of the implementing partners of the grants that were executed. o Trainings were provided as well on the scope and applicability of the PERSUAP for those projects that was pertinent. • EMMPs: Elaborated and managed the approval from USAID for the EMMP according to the demand of the Results. The following EMMP were prepared: o EMMP – 2017 -001: GEMA Mitigation and Environmental Monitoring Plan. o EMMP – 2017 -002: Sustainable Coffee Management in the Rio Gualcarque and Lago de Yojoa sub watersheds. o EMMP – 2017 - 003: Sustainable Coffee Management in the Rio Mejocote sub-watershed. o EMMP – 2017 -004: Sustainable Management of Cocoa in the Rio Gualcarque and Lago de Yojoa Sub- watersheds. o EMMP – 2017 -005: Specialized Technical Advisory Services in Business Development for Micro and Small Enterprises in Three Regions of Western Honduras. o EMMP – 2017 – 006: for the Construction of Improved Stoves. o EMMP – 2017 -007: Field schools in the production and marketing of milk and beef in the Rio Higuito and Mejocote sub-watersheds. o EMMP – 2017 -008: “Ecological production of sugarcane panela in the Rio Mejocote sub-watershed”. o EMMP – 2017 -009: “Sustainable management of avocado farms in the Rio Higuito sub-watershed” to be implemented by FUNDER. o EMMP – 2017 -010: “Sustainable management of coffee farms in the Rio Zazagua and Puringla sub- watersheds” to be implemented by MAMCEPAZ. o EMMP – 2017 -011: “Sustainable management of coffee farms in the Río Zazagua sub-watershed”. o EMMP – 2017 -012: “Sustainable management of coffee farms in the Rio Grande de Otoro sub-watershed”. o EMMP – 2017 – 013: for the Development of Photovoltaic Systems o EMMP – 2017 - 014: “Lenca Culture, Traditional Medicine and Biodiversity ", to be implemented by CURC – UNAH. o EMMP – 2017 - 015: Installation of 10 Automatic Agrometeorological stations in Western Honduras. o EMMP – 2017 -017: “Development of Nature and Adventure Tourism Products." RFP document o EMMP – 2018 – 018: “Reducing threats to biodiversity, forests and water in prioritized micro watersheds in the Celaque-Puca work area (PNMC and RV Volcan Pacayita)”. o EMMP – 2018 – 019: “Reducing threats to biodiversity, forests and water in prioritized micro watersheds in the Celaque-Puca work area (Wildlife Refuge Montaña de Puca)”. o EMMP – 2018 – 022: “Improvement of Cooking Systems of Micro Entrepreneurs in Western Honduras”. o EMMP – 2018 – 023: “Improvement of the Pilot Biodigestor in Lago de Yojoa”. o EMMP – 2018 – 024: “Sustainable Production of Coffee in Prioritized Micro Watersheds in El Güisayote Biological Reserve, in Western Honduras”. Proposal presented by Rainforest Alliance. o EMMP – 2018 – 025: “Participatory Management for the Reduction of Threats to Conservation Objects in El Jilguero and Montecillos Protected Areas”.

o EMMP – 2018 – 026: “No. RFA-0008: Projects for the Protection of Micro Watersheds and Areas of Biological Importance for the Conservation of Western Honduras”. o EMMP – 2018 – 027: “No. RFA-0009 Projects for the Protection of Micro Watersheds and Areas of Biological Importance for the Conservation of Western Honduras”. o EMMP – 2018 – 028: “Entrepreneurship Program for Natural Fiber Crafts in Santa Barbara”. o EMMP – 2019 – 029: Conservation of Biodiversity and Improvement of the Quality of Water through the Production of Organic Fertilizers from Coffee Pulp and Waste Water. o EMMP – 2019– 030: Entrepreneurship Program for Natural Fiber Crafts in Santa Barbara. o EMMP – 2019 – 031: Solar Dryers for Producers in Prioritized Micro Watersheds in Copán, Lempira, Ocotepeque, and in the Lago de Yojoa Watershed. o EMMP – 2018 – 032: Repowering of Weather Stations in Western Honduras. o EMMP – 2018 – 033: Reduction of Threats to Biodiversity, Forests and Water in Prioritized Micro Watersheds in the Mixcure and Opalaca Work Areas. o EMMP – 2019 – 034: Resilience in Innovation in the Crafts Value Chain in 12 municipalities in Santa Bárbara. o EMMP – 2019 – 035: Support on the management of forest fires and implemetation of the conservation program (JPCH) in western Honduras. o EMMP – 2019 – 036: Photovoltaic System for tentants of the artisan market in Intibucá. o EMMP – 2019 – 037: Technification in micro enterprises in western Honduras. o EMMP – 2019 – 038: Treatment of gray water from restaurants near Lago de Yojoa. • USAID DO2 IPs Coordination: Coordination and collaborations with other Activities USAID DO2 IPs were carried out, particularly in the following aspects: o Developed joint activities particularly the induction and training on the scope and compliance of USAID Regulation 216. o Collaborated with other USAID activities such as the activities of SBVPA School-Based Violence Prevention activity, LGAH and United for Justice in preparing four EMMPs respectively, and providing training and collaboration on the scope and compliance of USAID Regulation 216.

Monitoring and Evaluation • Revised support documentation of results achieved, with special emphasis on baseline studies and intermediate evaluations for indicators of each Result, according to MELP requirements, including gender variables. • Implemented the M&E module and work plan to TAMIS for each year of the Activity. All screens are ready to generate information for each Result and Cross Cutting Issue. • Implemented in the field all tools to capture and analyze data, for each of the indicators of the Results, following quality criteria established in the Data Quality Assement (DQA). • Adopted USAID’s unique report platform as a tool to follow up on GEMA indicators, with their corresponding tables of updated data, availbale through the DevResults platform. • Evaluated the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) component at the beginning of year 3 to identify strengths and weaknesses, and recommend efficient processes to develop high quality results and data for the Activity’s final years. Using USAID’s DQA methodology, the existent data was revised, as well as data collecting tools, input, storage, aggregation and analysis processes, in-field verifications were made. Some aspects GEMA considers as relevant after doing all of this are: o As to its validity, the data that must be estimated by beneficiaries, such as employment, sales or in-kind contributions, have the risk of being biased. However, GEMA has implemented tools, like manuals and verification lists, to help identify and correct the data that is not within the expected ranges. o As to the reliability of indicators of number of people, GEMA decided not to continue multiplying the number of homes times 5 or 3, depending on the indicator, even though it is a common and acceptable method in MEL systems. By the beginning of year 3, GEMA’s M&E unit had enough information to report the number of people and use disaggregation, so the real number of people was counted for these indicators. o Most of GEMA’s indicators are result indicators. By definition, result indicators require more time and resources to produce results. The fact that many of GEMA’s indicators don’t show progress until after year 2 is proof of this. Up to date, all GEMA indicators have enough information to allow its Director to make decisions. Dissagregations of indicators are based on PIR criteria and allow data analysis by location, gender, steps in a process, new or existing fata, according to the indicator. o A single Excel database is available for each indicator and each column complies with the PIRS reporting criteria, including the required disaggregations. All progress data is in each data base for each indicator.

o Created the dashboard for each indicator, which allows easy visualization of the achievements per quarter (the values with complete means of verification), and the values to be achieved in the case of process indicators and disaggregations. This dashboard has been shared with system users. • Created online folders for training activities of each grant, with access to individual folders so they can provide input filtering what is necessary to maintain the integrity of the database. • Completed all the templates to collect data from grants, as well as to creat output tables for analysis. • Follow up on grant closure evaluations, regarding data collection, entry and processing, on-site Support, in all the stages of the closure process, up to the preparation of reports. • Scanned and filed all printed sheets corresponding to all stages of M&E during GEMA’s LOP. • Shares the dashboard for each indicator with technical teams of each Result, so they can understand and use them.

Communications • Branding: Created, followed and trained staff on the marking and branding plan for the Activity. • Visibility: Created and replenished stock with visibility material, including: brochures, folders, promotional items, banners, business cards and staff IDs. • Communications Strategy: Provided the technical teams’ needs with the communications and outreach strategy on an on-demand basis. • Social Media: Created and managed social media (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter), communicating the Activity’s main achievements, publishing campaigns and important announcements. It is important to mention that there was no investment in these platforms: o Facebook: 1,858 likes, 1,911 followers o Instagram: 206 followers o Twitter: 113 followers • Reports: Translated and edited work plans, weekly, quarterly and annual reports for the Activity: o 3 work plans o 11 quarterly reports o 2 annual reports o 1 closure report • Periodic publications: Edited and published via email and social media success stories and biweekly updates. • Data Base: Created a data base with all the photo and video material collected throughout de lifetime of the Activity. • Videos: Produced and edited videos for the Activity and its Results; coordinated the production of videos with grantees. o GEMA productions: ▪ 1 introductory “What is GEMA” video ▪ 1 water governance video ▪ 4 gender videos ▪ 3 nature and adventure videos ▪ 1 renewable energy video ▪ 1 migration success story (nature and adventure program) ▪ 1 CICOH tutorial o Productions supervised by GEMA: ▪ 5 micro entrepreneurs’ success stories ▪ 3 Terra-i Honduras videos ▪ 1 Agroforestry success story • Events: Supported the organization and creation/revision of material for several events, including: o Climate change and risk knowledge fair o Delivery of legal personalities o Terra-i Honduras launch event o Water governance forums o Expo Negocios o Lenca women festival o Nature and adventure sports fair

o Earth day celebrations o Lago Fest o Tourism Congress o Central American Encounter of Biosphere Reserves

Geographic information systems • Elaborated maps of the activities executed by GEMA on the Google My Maps platform, showing the progress in execution so they can be consulted online in almost real time by Activity personnel or strategic partners. • Prepared online form on the Google platform, to facilitate requests for maps, databases and Shapefiles, and keep a record of them. • Trained 46 technicians on basic management of QGIS Software, and trained 29 technicians on intermediate management of QGIS, to strengthen capacities for the collection, monitoring and processing of geographic information. They are all members of partner institutions. • Supported the M&E team by training 35 grant technicians on the use of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in GEMA areas of influence, to strengthen the collection of geographic data in the field. • Trained 77 key actors (UMA, co-managerss, UNACIFOR, JAA, ICF, local organizations) on “Monitoring of early alerts on coverage changes generated by the Terra-i Honduras platform” in Güisayote, Celaque-Puca and Lago de Yojoa areas of influence, so they would learn to use the information generated by the platform. • Prepared Basic Training manuals, four intermediate training modules for QGIS Software, as well as a tutorial on download processes for GPS data, to support training processes led by GEMA technicians and strategic partners. • Created an online database for Result 1 activities (water governance), to organize geographic information, verify the state of compliance of indicators and create updating inputs for the MyMaps platform. • Supported GEMA Results by reviewing databases and creating theme maps that show the progress towards indicators. • Supported the water governance team with the analysis of erosion control for water quality for human consumption using the RUSLE methodology, analysis of nutrient retention (nitrogen, phosphorus) using the INVEST module and the RIOS module to plan investments in the Lago de Yojoa area of influence. • Supported the Resilient Ecosystems team by generating maps of conservation objects of landscapes, threats to biodiversity and connectivity between ecosystems with emphasis on felines and their prey, for the elaboration of Conservation Plans for GEMA Areas of Influence. • Created a Geodatabase to improve the storage and management of geographical data in different formats. • Answered 269 requests received through the online form, creating 807 maps for GEMA Results and supporting other partner institutions.

Infograph 5. Support given by GIS to GEMA’s activities

Graph 23. Maps created quarterly by GIS

Main Inconclusive Activities

Gender • Training in gender and masculinity for members of agricultural chains in La Esperanza and Ocotepeque (MAMCEPAZ, COMUCAP, Rainforest Alliance, HQC-PUCA). • Training in gender and masculinity for members of 10 new JAAs and 8 CODEL, as a modular and systematic process. • Training process for trainers, to strengthen capacities of 37 municipal women office and women network coordinators, on gender and governance to manage natural resources and climate variability. • Layout, printing and delivery of informative material (training package/kit-didactic material) for partner institutions and municipal offices

Environmental Compliance • Implementation of monitoring and follow up of the sustainable compliance of EMMPs, especially for projects approved in GEMA’s last year. • Implementation of the strengthening and training plan for UMAs, adapted and focused on the prevention of environmental offences, especially regarding forest fires. • Coordination and collaboration with other USAID DO2 IPs for environmental management and compliance with regulation 216.

Monitoring and Evaluation • Documentation of knowledge with partners and GEMA staff, which requires the following closure learning activities with implementing partners: o Review the learning questions in a participatory manner with GEMA staff and stakeholders such as USAID and selected implementing partners. o After-action Review: These exercises provide a non-critical framework that seeks to answer what was supposed to happen, what was the reality, what worked well, what happened, what is still not going well and what should be changed for the next time. o Document of Lessons Learned: local partners identify lessons learned and a brief learning document is constructed. The objective of the Lessons Learned is to learn from experience and provide written guidance so that others can apply similar solutions. • Evaluation of external performance and Impact Evaluation: MESCLA, carries out this evaluation. The baseline measurement was conducted from June to December 2018, and its next follow-up is September 2020. The evaluation will examine the impact of the GEMA activities on changes in forest cover in the selected watersheds. The main evaluation questions are: 1) What is the impact of GEMA technical assistance packages on the rate of change in forest cover in the micro watersheds? 2) What is the change in the types of land cover in GEMA micro watersheds? 3) What is the impact of GEMA's technical assistance within 50 meters of the water sources? 4) What is the impact of GEMA's technical assistance within 250 meters of the water sources?

Communications According to year 3 work plan the following activities remain unattended by the communications unit: • Videos: Creation of educational videos for several results as shown in the following table.

Table 18. List of inconclusive videos planned for year 3 Component Products Result 1 • Video: Why is the conservation of biodiversity Resilient Ecosystems important? Result 1 • Video: Water board legalization with a gender Water Governance focus. • Video: Micro watershed declaration process. • Video: Water quality and quantity monitoring with

Component Products a gender perspective, influence of water quality on health. • Video: Water governance and MCSE including irrigators. • Video: Conservation and water for irrigation and domestic use. Result 1 • Video: Good renewable energy practices with a Renewable Energy gender perspective. • Video: Promotion of wood saving oven use to brick

and tile firing. • Video: Promotion of wood saving oven use to cooking clay crafts. • Video: Promotion of wood saving oven use to baking bread. • Video: Promotion of firewood frying stove use. • Video: Use and maintenance of improved stoves. Result 2 • Video: Installations to transform coffee pulp and Agroforestry coffee waste water runoff. • Video: Drying coffee in greenhouse type solar dryers. • Video: Evaporator use to organically produce sugar cane panela. Result 2 • Promotional videos on ecosystem conservation and Non-agricultural livelihoods conservation enterprise elements linked to bird watching practices (4 of 3 minutes). • Video linking natural fibers used in Sta. Barbara with ecosystem and biodiversity conservation.

• Other educational material: o Bifolio of good practices in coffee growing for ecosystem conservation. o Coffee farm vulnerability to climate variability and adaptation measures. Written document. o Layout of the interpretative scripts of the coffee route.

Geographic information systems • Elaboration of a methodological design for the creation of a map of vulnerability of coffee producers identified with the during the creation of the baseline of coffee grants executed in the Gualcarque and Lago de Yojoa sub watersheds, by the non-agricultural activities component.

IV. ACTIVITY MANAGEMENT

STAFFING Figure 14. GEMA Organizational Chart, June 2019.

Long Term Technical Assistance (LTTA)

Short Term Technical Assistance (STTA) Signed 54 Independent Consultant Agreements (ICA), which supported the development of activities corresponding to the following results and cross cutting indicators: • Water Governance: Technical assistance for JAAs and irrigator groups in accountability and transparency processes to strengthen MCSEs.

• Resilient Ecosystems: Technical assistance in planning methodology for Open Standards for Conservation Practice (EAPC) and Ecological Integrity Index (IIE). Technical assistance for the evaluation of conservation objects nested in GEMA areas of influence. • Sustainable Non-Agricultural Enterprises: Research assistance and short term technical assistance with interpretative scripts in english and spanish for coffee tourism route. • Gender: Technical assistance to men in GEMA’s technical team, entrepreneurs and/or producers in masulinity training, as well as technical assistance to female producers and entrepreneurs in leadership processes to empower them and improve their livelihoods. Technical assistance on awareness and strengthening of masculinity capacities for agricultural and non-agricultural female entrepreneurs, water boards and CODEL. • Monitoring and Evaluation: Technical assistance in monitoring and evaluation of impact and learning. • Disaster risk reduction: Technical assistance to develop the CICOH. • Renewable Energy and Cleaner Production: Support on the installation of renewable energy systems. P+L consultant with emphasis in implementation of measures. • Administration: Support in operational tasks of the finance, purchase, agreements and subcontracts, and human resources departments.

Sub-Contracts 42 fixed price purchase orders were subscribed during LOP to develop activities of the following results: • Energía Renovable y Producción Mas Limpia: o Purchase, installation and supervision of the installation of improved stove kits. o Purchase of low cost photovoltaic systems. o Business course on renewable energy and reinforcement course for the installation of improved stoves. o Development of wood-saving systems. o Purchase of biodigestor and wetland. o Purchase of tiles for improved stoves • Disaster Risk Reduction: o Purchase of agrometeorological stations. o Spare parts to improve the network of meteorological stations prioritized in western Honduras • Sustainable Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Enterprises: o Hiking conference and other nature and adventure tourism activities, and their contribution to environmental sustainability. Birdwatching conference showing this activity as an alternative for economic and social development. o Development of nature and adventure tourism products. o Development, execution and systematization of a training program for local tourism guides. • Water Governance: o Development of instruments to improve the management of areas of biological and water importance locally. o Reduction of threats to biodiversity, forests and water in prioritized micro watersheds in the El Jilguero - Montecillos work area (linked to the water producing zone of El Jilguero Reserve and Montecillos Biological Reserve) in the Celaque – Puca work area (linked to Wildlife Refuge Montaña de Puca and to PNMC and Biological Reserve Volcán Pacayita). o Purchase of office supplies, books and file cabinets for beneficiary JAAs.

Grants • 41 grant agreements were signed by the following grantees: o Business Development Center for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises of the Lempa region (CDE Lempa Region). o Business Development Center for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises of the western region (CDE Western Region). o Business Development Center for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises of Santa Barbara (CDE Santa Bárbara). o Foundation for Rural Business Development (FUNDER). o COHONDUCAFE Foundation

o Municipal Association of the Municipalities of the Montaña de Celaque National ParkCelaque (MAPANCE) o Municipal Association of the Municipalities of the Central Area of La Paz (MAMCEPAZ) o Honduran Quality Coffee, S. de R.L. (HQC) o Coordinating Association of Peasant Women of La Paz (COMUCAP) o Foundation of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (FUNDAUNAH) o Association for Comprehensive Management of Watersheds in La Paz and Comayagua (ASOMAINCUPACO) o Rainforest Alliance Inc. o National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) o Association for Ecological and Socioeconomic Development Research (ASIDE) o Strategic Local Development agency of Santa Rosa de Copan (ADELSAR) o Hibueras Cultural Center o Güisayote Municipal Association o Higuito Intermunicipal Council o Science Foundation for Studies and Conservation of Biodiversity (INCEBIO) o Permanent Emergency Commission (COPECO) o PUCA Community Foundation o Civil Association Project Aldea Global (PAG) o Secretary of State for the Departments of Energy, Natural Resources, Environment, and Mines (MiAmbiente+) o Hermandad de Honduras Association o Honduran Ornithology Association (ASHO) o Central Water and Holistic Development Committee of Intibucá (COCEPRADII) o Montaña de Vida Multiple Services Company o Municipal Association of South Santa Bárbara (MUNASBAR) o Water Administration and Sanitation Board Aldea Monte de La Virgen o Lenca Eramaní Municipal Association

Contractually Non-Bidding Relations • During LOP, 76 MOUs, collaboration agreements, letters of agreement and collaboration letters of intent were signed by contractualy non-bidding relations with the following actors: o MAPANCE, COLOSUCA, AECID o Presidential Office for Climate Change o MiAmbiente, SAG, COPECO, AHAC, IHCIT-UNAH o Municipalities of: San Isidro, Intibucá, Arada, Las Vegas, San Pedro Zacapa, Guajiquiro La Paz, Belen Lempira, San Sebastian, Talgua, Gracias, Belen Gualcho, Corquín, San Pedro Copán, San Manuel Colohete, Jesus de Otoro, Intibuca, La Esperanza, San Jose La Paz, Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Taulabé, San Marcos (Ocotepeque), Dolores, San Francisco Del Valle, Las Flores (Lempira), La Labor (Ocotepeque), Sinuapa (Ocotepeque), Veracruz (Copán), La Unión, La Iguala, Santiago de Puringla, Trinidad, Santa Barbara y Santa Rosa de Copán. o Polyvalent Institutes: Rafael Pineda Ponce, 21 de Octubre, Marcos Efraín Aguirre Lara. o Technical Institutes: Federico C. Canales, Doctor Ramón Rosa o University Campuses: Regional del Centro, Regional de Occidente o Honduran Tourism Institute (IHT). o Capucas Limited Coffee Cooperative o World Meteorological Organization, COPECO o Municipal Association of the Lenca Municipalities of the Center of Lempira (COLOSUCA) and Municipal Association of Northern Intibucá (MAMUNI) o AECID o UN Women o Mikos Hill o Pottery producers: Desideria, Lenca San José o Campesinas en Acción o Delicias de Musula o Brick producers: Mateo, Unidos para Progresar o Los Asados

o Bakeries: Maria, Minas de Colosuca, Sandra Paz o Maria del Rosario Vásquez o Artesanías San Vicente o Delitajadas o Inversiones Enamorado o Pan Doña Suyapa o ICF o San Gaspar Brick Producers Association o UNAH

PROCUREMENT The following table shows all non-expendable procurement invoiced to USAID during Q11:

Table 19. Non-expendable Procurement Invoiced in Q11

MAIN RESULTS OBTAINED DURING LOP • Prepared an area of Edificio DISA to install the Tegucigalpa office. GEMA moved in in May 2017. Also opened and refurbished 3 regional offices in Santa Rosa de Copán, La Esperanza and Santa Bárbara. • Finances and Human Resources staff were trained on Field Accounting System (FAS) and the Human Resources Module in TAMIS, by FAS and TAMIS experts from home office. • Technical and administration staff took the Field Procurement Training given by home office. • Developed annual training on DAI’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. • Managed dispensation processes before USAID’s EXO office, to introduce computer equipment and accessories to enable networks and other IT systems in the offices. • Obtained exoneration of sales tax for purchases during LOP, and processed its modification. As of May 2019, GEMA had processed 2,829 exonerated purchase orders. • Carried out the waiver proess for the purchase of 12 vehicles from Grupo Q in late June 2017 (11) and late July 2017 (1), completing GEMA’s vehicle fleet. • Managed the appointment of Isabel Perez as the Assistant Director of the Activity. • In collaboration with 3 other DAI Activities in Honduras, completed the Internal Work Regulation, which was validated and authorized by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. • Regarding information technology: o Configured and setup the VOIP system and the servers for GEMA’s regional offices in La Esperanza and Santa Rosa de Copan. o Migration of 40 staff members from DAI’s on premises Domino mail server to the Exchange Online platform. o Completed the installation of the NITRO and IT Permisions & Groups license, and updated Office 365. o Configured Logitech video call equipment in Tegucigalpa and Santa Rosa de Copán, as well as POLYCOM equipment for conference calls. This provided users a better experience during online conferences using applications like Teams, Skype, Webex, etc.

o Trained staff on the use of P Drive (file server shared folders), Freshservice (to request IT support), TAMIS, Bomgar (to obtain remote IT support), and Ping ID. • Processed 2,910 requests as follows:

Table 20. Requests answered during LOP Processed up to May Request Description 2019 Print requisitions, sponsorships, translations, visibility material requested by 174 technical teams for various activities Stamps, certificates, equipment and procurement for activities requested by 79 technical teams Workshops, training and meetings 114 Maintenance for vehicle fleet, repairs, deductible payments, purchase of tires and 182 auxiliary equipment Office maintenance, material requirements, repairs, equipment maintenance, 358 equipment purchase Vehicle rental 109 Lodging requisitions 1,894 Total requests received in TAMIS 2,910

• Regarding finances: o Submitted a requiest for sales tax reimbursement before the Ministry of Finance

o Processed 313 advances of travel expenses . o Processed 8 advances for Grants distributed between 2 organizations for the amount o Offered personnel reiforcement training sessions on request and refund processes. o Trained administrative and management personnel of CDE Santa Bárbara, Lempa Region and Western Region on the following topics: ▪ Donor Regulation ▪ Support Documentation ▪ Budget and Accountability ▪ SAM Search • Began closure for the Activity, preparing all the documentation needed for the departure of 40 staff members, as well as the process of disposition of assets.

MAIN INCONCLUSIVE ACTIVITIES • Distribution of the Disposition Plan.

V. FINANCIAL REPORT

Table 21. Invoiced to Date: Q12

Table 23. Cost Allocation by Gender and Rapid Response Fund

*Notes: These are approximate totals allocated across Intermediate Results per the contract.

Table 24. Level of Effort Invoiced to Date: Q12

VI. ANNEXES

ANNEX 1. GOH CONTRIBUTIONS Q11

Table 26. GOH Contributions Q11

Balance Before Contribution during Q12 Total Accumulated Collaboration Observations Cash (L) In Kind Cash (L) In Kind Cash (L) In Kind

ANNEX 2. PUBLICATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS

Table 27. Publications and knowledge management products

Technician in Result Area of Influence Date Document or Product Topic charge

Result 1 Resilient Ecosystems Quick Analysis of Critical Ecosystems Biodiversity Lago de Yojoa R1 Resilient for the Activity Gobernanza en R1 – Resilient Ecosystems June, 2017 Analysis watershed Ecosystems Ecosistemas, Medios de Vida y Agua Lago de Yojoa Ecological Integrity Base Line of Lago Ecological R1 – Resilient Ecosystems August, 2018 Pablo Rico de Yojoa watershed Area of Influence Integrity watershed Ecological Integrity Base Line of Ecological R1 – Resilient Ecosystems Montecillos August, 2018 Pablo Rico Montecillos Area of Influence Integrity Ecological Integrity Base Line of El Ecological El Jilguero - R1 – Resilient Ecosystems August, 2018 Karla Lara Jilguero – Guajiquiro area of influence Integrity Guajiquiro Ecological Integrity Base Line of Ecological Opalaca – Montaña Opalaca – Montaña Verde Area of R1 – Resilient Ecosystems August, 2018 Pablo Rico Integrity Verde Influence Ecological Integrity Base Line of Ecological R1 – Resilient Ecosystems Mixcure August, 2018 Karla Lara Mixcure Area of Influence Integrity Ecological Integrity Base Line of Anillo Ecological R1 – Resilient Ecosystems Anillo Verde August, 2018 Karla Lara Verde Area of Influence Integrity Ecological Integrity Base Line of RHB Cacique Cacique Lempira Señor de las Ecological R1 – Resilient Ecosystems Lempira Señor de August, 2018 Karla Lara Montañas Man and Biosphere Reserve Integrity las Montañas Area of Influence Ecological Integrity Base Line of Ecological R1 – Resilient Ecosystems Cocoyagua August, 2018 Karla Lara Cocoyagua Area of Influence Integrity

Ecological Integrity Base Line of Santa Santa Rosa de Ecological R1 – Resilient Ecosystems August, 2018 Pablo Rico Rosa de Copán Area of Influence Integrity Copán Ecological Integrity Base Line of Ecological R1 – Resilient Ecosystems Erapuca August, 2018 Pablo Rico Erapuca Area of Influence Integrity Ecological Integrity Base Line of Ecological R1 – Resilient Ecosystems Güisayote – El Pital August, 2018 Pablo Rico Güisayote – El Pital Area of Influence Integrity Ecological Integrity Synthesis report on 11 Areas of February, 11 Areas of Influence in western Ecological R1 – Resilient Ecosystems Karla Lara Influence 2019 Honduras Integrity Conservation Plan of Lago de Yojoa Conservation Lago de Yojoa watershed Area of Influence (2018- R1 – Resilient Ecosystems August, 2018 Pablo Rico Plan watershed 2028) Conservation Plan of Montecillos Area Conservation R1 – Resilient Ecosystems Montecillos August, 2018 Pablo Rico of Influence (2018-2028) Plan Conservation Plan of El Jilguero – Conservation El Jilguero - Guajiquiro Area of Influence (2018- R1 – Resilient Ecosystems August, 2018 Karla Lara Plan Guajiquiro 2028) Conservation Plan of Opalaca – Conservation Opalaca – Montaña Montaña Verde Area of Influence R1 – Resilient Ecosystems August, 2018 Pablo Rico Plan Verde (2018-2028) Conservation Plan of Mixcure Area of Conservation R1 – Resilient Ecosystems Mixcure August, 2018 Karla Lara Influence (2018-2028) Plan Conservation Plan of Anillo Verde Conservation R1 – Resilient Ecosystems Anillo Verede August, 2018 Karla Lara Area of Influence (2018-2028) Plan Conservation Plan of Cacique Lempira RHB Cacique Señor de las Montañas Man and Conservation R1 – Resilient Ecosystems Lempira Señor de August, 2018 Karla Lara Biosphere Reserve Area of Influence Plan las Montañas (2018-2028) Conservation Plan of Cocoyagua Area Conservation R1 – Resilient Ecosystems Cocoyagua August, 2018 Karla Lara of Influence (2018-2028) Plan Conservation Plan of Santa Rosa de Conservation Santa Rosa de R1 – Resilient Ecosystems August, 2018 Pablo Rico Copán Area of Influence (2018-2028) Plan Copán Conservation Plan of Erapuca Area of Conservation R1 – Resilient Ecosystems Erapuca August, 2018 Pablo Rico Influence (2018-2028) Plan Conservation Plan of Güisayote – El Conservation R1 – Resilient Ecosystems Güisayote – El Pital August, 2018 Pablo Rico Pital Area of Influence (2018-2028) Plan Conservation Plan Analysis and Synthesis report on 11 Areas of Conservation December, R1 – Resilient Ecosystems Güisayote – El Pital Karla Lara Influence in western Honduras (2018- Plan 2018 2028) Lago de Yojoa Area of Influence, Mixcure Area of Influence. El Jilguero- Guajiquiro Area of Results report: findings on biodiversity Technical R1 – Resilient Ecosystems Influence. June, 2019 Karla Lara in western Honduras. document Montecillos Area of Influence. Cacique Lempira Señor de las Montañas Man and Biosphere Reserve. Renewable and Clean Energy Adopted Renewable Solar Panels Installation Manual 1.3.1 All July, 2017 Mily Cortés Posas Energy

Renewable Improved Stoves Installation Manual 1.3.1 All July, 2017 Mily Cortés Posas Energy Renewable Cleaner Production in MSMEs 1.3.2 All April, 2017 Mily Cortés Posas Energy Construction, Usage and Maintenance Renewable 1.3.2 All June, 2019 Mily Cortés Posas Manual for “Estufa Ecopan Mejorada” Energy Construction, Usage and Maintenance Renewable Manual for “Horno de Panadería Barril 1.3.2 All June, 2019 Mily Cortés Posas Energy Alargado” Construction, Usage and Maintenance Renewable Manual for “Eco-Horno Mediano de 1.3.2 All June, 2019 Mily Cortés Posas Energy Panadería” Construction, Usage and Maintenance Renewable Manual for “Horno de Artesanías 1.3.2 All June, 2019 Mily Cortés Posas Energy Ojojona Mejorado” Construction, Usage and Maintenance Renewable Manual for “Horno de Ladrillo y Teja 1.3.2 All June, 2019 Mily Cortés Posas Energy Tradicional Mejorado” Firewood commercial cooking system Renewable 1.3.2 All June, 2019 Mily Cortés Posas with a plate for tortillas Energy Renewable Video: Basic concepts in RE 1.3.2 All June, 2019 Mily Cortés Posas Energy Result 3 Methodological script of plan Local Adopted methodology for plan formulation for climate variability planification for GEMA Areas of September, elaboration with the CODEL Result 3 team adaptation and response to adverse prevention and Influence 2017 and CODEM, events. disaster response User manual for platform “Climate Weather Web based platform and Departments in November, Information Center of the Western behavior available for weather data Result 3 team western Honduras 2018 Region of Honduras (CICOH) monitoring display in real time. Coffe growing Unpublished tool, pending its Departments in User manual for tool “CicohAlert” March, 2019 Rodolfo Cuevas alerts generator validation and adjustments. western Honduras Cross Cutting Issues Gender Gender analysis Gender TT Western Honduras April, 2017 Olenka Garcia Gender strategy Gender TT Western Honduras April, 2017 Olenka Garcia Women and Biodiversity investigation Gender TT Western Honduras November, Zamorano y 2018 Olenka G. Training module (no layout) about Gender TT November, Consultora y leadership 2018 Olenka Garcia Training module (no layout) about risk Gender TT February, Melissa Lopez y and gender management 2019 Olenka Garcia Training module (no layout) about Gender TT February, Melissa Lopez y gender and water 2019 Olenka Garcia Training module (no layout) about Gender TT November, Consultor y masculinity 2018 Olenka Garcia Self-esteem and leadership information Gender TT November, Consultant sheet 2018 Gender concepts information sheet Gender TT November, Consultant 2018 Women economical rights information Gender TT November, Consultant sheet 2018 Masculine social construction Gender TT November, Consultant information sheet 2018

Hegemonic masculinity and gender Gender TT November, Consultant violence information sheet 2018 Family co-responsibility information Gender TT November, Consultant sheet 2018 Men are born or made? Video Gender TT March, 2019 GEMA ONU WOMEN consultancy “Man of the house” video Gender TT March, 2019 GEMA ONU WOMEN consultancy “Men and women in organizations” Gender TT March, 2019 GEMA video ONU WOMEN consultancy “Women business leadership” video Gender TT March, 2019 GEMA ONU WOMEN consultancy Masculinity intervention through Gender TT March, 2019 Olenka Garcia GEMA video

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