Observatorio Económico Sostenible

QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT

FIRST QUARTER - YEAR 3

OCTOBER 1 - DECEMBER 31

2018

February 5, 2018

In collaboration with:

1. PROJECT OVERVIEW ...... 1 2. ACRONYMS ...... 2 3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 5 4. PROJECT DESCRIPTION / INTRODUCTION ...... 6 5. PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTATION BY TOPIC AND CROSSCUTING ISSUES ...... 7 5.1 AGRICULTURE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT ...... 7 5.1.1 Agricultural Innovation System in Guatemala ...... 7 5.1.2 School Feeding Law Project ...... 9 5.2 FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY ...... 11 5.2.1 FNS Collaborative space ...... 11 5.2.2 Strengthening the Municipal Commissions for Food and Nutrition Security (COMUSAN): ...... 13 5.3 COMPETITIVENESS AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT ...... 15 5.3.1 Strengthening Guatemala´s National Innovation Ecosystem –NIE- ...... 15 5.3.2 Plan for Road Development ...... 17 5.3.3 Economic Local Development National Congress: ...... 19 5.4 ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE & BIODIVERSITY ...... 20 5.4.1 Public Policy Guidelines for Water Management in Guatemala ...... 20 5.4.2 Indigenous Vision of Water: ...... 21 5.4.3 Water economic valuation and HydroBID: ...... 21 5.4.4 First Knowledge Report on Climate Change in Guatemala ...... 22 5.4.5 Support the Mayan Biosphere Reserve -RBM- Forest Concession Model: ...... 22 5.5 CROSSCUTTING THEMES ...... 24 5.5.1 Geographic Information System - Civil Engineering Department of UVG...... 24 5.5.2 Training on Fiscal policy for development ...... 26 5.5.3 Training workshop: Planning, monitoring and evaluation...... 27 5.5.4 Intersectional approach ...... 27 5.6 Capacity Building for the SEOP ...... 28 5.6.1 Annual Work Plan and Implementation Review ...... 28 5.7 Communications ...... 29 5.8 Coordination with other USAID projects ...... 30 5.9 PARTNERS PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT ...... 31 6. MONITORING AND EVALUATION REPORT ...... 32

6.1 Component 1: SEOP Consolidation ...... 32 6.2 Component 2: Research and Advocacy ...... 33 6.2.1 Disaggregated indicators of the Second and Fourth Component ...... 38 6.2.2 The indicator 2.1.a ...... 38 7. PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR Q2 AND UPCOMING EVENTS ...... 50 8. ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MANAGMENT ...... 50 8.1.1 Finance Status ...... 50 8.1.2 Procurement...... 50 8.1.3 SEO Human Resources ...... 51 8.1.4 Sub-awards ...... 51 8.1.5 Cost share contribution ...... 51 ANNEXES ...... 53

1. PROJECT OVERVIEW

Program Name: SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC OBSERVATORY

Activity Start Date And End Date: 09/27/2016 to 09/26/2021

Name of Prime Implementing Universidad del Valle de Guatemala Partner:

[Contract/Agreement] Number: AID-520-A-16-00006

• Asociación de Investigación y Estudios Sociales -ASIES- (Association for Research and Social Studies) • Fundación de la Caficultura para el Desarrollo Rural Name of Sub awardees: (Coffee Grower Foundation for Rural Development) - FUNCAFE- • Research Triangle Institute –RTI-

Geographic Coverage Guatemala, City and 5 departments of the Western Highlands (Quetzaltenango, San Marcos, Totonicapán, (cities and or countries) Huehuetenango, Quiché)

Reporting Period: QT 1 – FY3

Date: FEBRUARY 5, 2019.

2. ACRONYMS

ACOFOP Asociación de Comunidades Forestales de Petén AGG Asociación de Gerentes de Guatemala ANACAFE Asociación Nacional del Café AGEXPORT Asociación Guatemalteca de Exportadores ASIES Asociación de Investigación y Estudios Sociales AOR Agreement Officer Representative AWP Annual Work Plan BIOFIN Biodiversity Finance CAMAGRO Cámara del Agro CCIPPP Centro de Capacitación, Innovación y Producción Popoyán CDCS Country Development Cooperation Strategy CLD Communities Leading Development CEAA Centro de Estudios Agrícolas y Alimentarios CEAB Centro de Estudios Ambientales y de Biodiversidad CNMC Consejo Nacional de Mesas de Competitividad COCOSAN Comité comunitario de Seguridad alimentaria y nutricional COFETARN Comisión de Fomento Económico, Turismo, Ambiente, Recursos Naturales COMUSAN Comisión de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional CONASAN Consejo Nacional de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional COP Chief of Party CSO´s Civil Society Organizations CRS Catholic Relief Services DCI Department of Civil Engineering DEL Desarrollo Económico Local DICORER Dirección de Coordinación Regional y Extensión Rural del Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación. DITA Dirección de Información y Tecnología para el Aprendizaje DO Development Objetive EEA Environmental Economic Agenda EU European Union FSMA Food Safety Modernizaton Act FNS Food and Nutrition Security FTF Feed the Future FUNCAFE Fundación de la Caficultura para el Desarrollo Rural FUNDESA Fundación para el Desarrollo Socioeconómico del Alto Aragón FY Fiscal year GCC Global Climate Change Iniciative GFSS Global Food Security Strategy of the United States Government

GHG Greenhouse Gases GIS Geographic Information System GOG Goverment of Guatemala HEP+ Health and Education Plus Project IDB Interamerican Development Bank INE Instituto Nacional de Estadística INFOM Instituto de Fomento Municipal INTECAP Instituto Técnico de Capacitación y Productividad LAE School-Children Feeding Law (Ley de Alimentación Escolar) LEDS Proyecto de Desarrollo con Bajas Emisiones en Guatemala MAEDES Maestría en Desarrollo de la Universidad del Valle de Guatemala MAGA Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación MARN Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales MINECO Ministerio de Economía MINEDUC Ministerio de Educación MINFIN Ministerio de Finanzas Públicas MOUs Memorandum of Understanding MOE Ministry of Education MSPAS Ministerio de Salud Pública NGOs Non-govermental organizations NIE National Innovation Ecosystem OIRSA Organismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad Agropecuaria OPF Organización de padres de familia PAFFEC Programa de Agricultura Familiar para el Fortalecimiento de la Agricultura Campesina PIPAA Programa Integral de Protección Agrícola y Ambiental POLSAN Política Nacional de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional PRONACOM Programa Nacional de Competitividad RBM Reserva de la Biósfera Maya RFA Request for application RNGG Red Nacional de Grupo Gestores RRF Rapid Response Fund SAT Superintendencia de Administración Tributaria SEGEPLAN Secretaría de Planificación y Programación de la Presidencia SEOP Sustainable Economic Observatory Project SESAN Secretaría de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional SIECA Secretaría de Integración Económica Centroamericana SPS Sanitary and Phytosanitary TNC The Nature Conservancy TORs Terms of References

UNDP United Nations Development Program USAID U.S. Agency for International Development USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture USG United States Goverment UVG Universidad del Valle de Guatemala WB Wold Bank WEF Wold Economic Forum WP Work Plan WWF World Wildlife Fund

3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This performance quarterly report presents the results achieved and challenges faced by the Sustainable Economic Observatory Project –SEOP- during the first quarter of the third year of the project’s implementation. The results of the first quarter focused in the implementation of the advocacy strategy for civil society, especially in the strengthen of capacities for public policy analysis.

A new partner begun to implement a subgrant on food and nutrition security and a plan on a proposal for roads and highways, as well as Defensores de la Naturaleza with the scientific magazine on environment. Nevertheless, Universidad Rafael Landívar, is still pending of approval.

During this first quarter, the SEOP hired two more organizations as consultants to strengthen the implementation activities on the advocacy strategy Asociación de Gerentes y Escuela de Gobierno.

Important forums were supported by the SEOP as a window to present the key issues of the four topics, events were the V Congress on Social Studies; the XI Congress on Local Economic Development; the V FLII innovation forum, and the Guatemala Innovation Forum GIF.

The SEOP started the process for a limited competition for a sub-grant for the Agricultural Sector, to obtain a structured proposal for the sector in Guatemala in order to present it to the new governmental authorities to be elected this year.

Finally, more partners and allies are emerging for the SEOP, through the UVG, three organizations of the private sector signed Memoranda of Understanding to work together with the project.

4. PROJECT DESCRIPTION / INTRODUCTION

The purpose of the Sustainable Economic Observatory Project is to contribute to the well- being and development of the people of Guatemala by strengthening civil society engagement at national and local levels for a more effective advocacy role to advance public policies and programs that foster sustainable economic and social development. The Project will address rural development priorities and key Sustainable Development Goals1 related to the following topics: (1) rural development and food security; (2) agricultural sector growth; (3) the environment, including climate change resilience and biodiversity conservation; and (4) competitiveness and business enabling environment.

The Project will contribute to the achievement of the objectives of FTF and GCC initiatives, which are directly linked to the USAID/Guatemala CDCS FY 2012-2017, DO2 and DO3. This project will support the FTF initiative, including the Civil Society Action Plan for strengthening the civil society advocacy role in support of the implementation of the GOG commitments related to the national food security strategy, especially in the FTF Zone of Influence. This Project will support the GCC initiative through interventions to build civil society awareness and capacity to study, monitor and advocate for the advance of environmental issues related to climate change. It will also work with the private sector to engage them in activities to reduce poverty and chronic malnutrition, as well as to encourage their participation in activities to reduce GHG emissions. It will support actions and changes to improve competitiveness and the business-enabling environment.

The Project aims to give voice and support to Guatemalan civil society for advocating the advancement of the GOG initiatives that promote economic development. A range of approaches including, but not limited to, research and analysis of the impacts of policy proposals, information dissemination and capacity building of civil society organizations for advocacy, leadership and participation in decision-making, social auditing, policy dialogue and multi-sector coordination.

Local communities will be the key focus areas of the program, as well as the strengthening of local civil society capacity. In relation to food security and agriculture sector development, the project will focus in the Western Highlands departments of Quetzaltenango, San Marcos, Huehuetenango, Totonicapán and Quiche (the FTF zone of influence), while addressing issues and policies that have both national and local impact. The Project will help empower civil society groups that represent the interests of the

1 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals at: http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/ 6

population by providing feedback about the effectiveness and future direction of the GOG policies and programs.

The Goal of the Project: To foster largely participatory, evidence-based dialogue on Guatemala’s salient rural development needs and on solution options that will benefit all sectors equitably, especially vulnerable populations.

Objective: Establish a Sustainable Economic Observatory as an independent research center / think-tank, to strengthen the participation and contribution of civil society, public and private sectors and other partners in dialogue, analysis, design and implementation of effective policies and programs, at both national and local levels. The Observatory will focus on four key development topics: (1) food and nutrition security; (2) agriculture sector development; (3) environment, climate change, and biodiversity conservation; and (4) competitiveness and business enabling environment.

By the end of Year 5, the Sustainable Economic Observatory will be operating as a relevant, independent and well-governed organization. A center capable of making significant contributions to Guatemala’s sustainable economic development focusing in four key topic areas and with a sustainability plan to continue operating by its own, when the project ends.

5. PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTATION BY TOPIC AND CROSSCUTING ISSUES

Implementation for Year 3 started with new activities planned in the work plan as well as the finishing of some activities from year 2. Following are the descriptions of the achievements, by topic and prioritized actions.

5.1 AGRICULTURE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT

5.1.1 Agricultural Innovation System in Guatemala

A first meeting of the agricultural Innovation System was held on October 8th (Annex B - Meeting minute 10082018). The main objective of the meeting was to form an interinstitutional group that can make a viable proposal for agricultural and rural innovation work in the country. The call was made with the support of IICA and representatives of USAC, CDAIS, IICA, as they gave lectures presenting the perspectives of innovation from their projects and academic centers.

In the event we have the participation of USAC-FAUSAC, UVG, IICA, URL and other representatives of key organizations. During the meeting the participants were able to

present their work and contributions to agricultural innovation in the country. It’s important to highlight that IICA works directly with the ministries of agriculture of each country and seeks to contribute to achieving strategic impacts related to the SDG targets. It was agreed to hold a second meeting/workshop in order to achieve the following products:

 Define a common objective of the agricultural innovation system in Guatemala.  Mapping of actors and niches, generating commitment from more actors willing to work in consortium in a committed way; define the functions of those actors.  Define the multidisciplinary contribution.  Define the work roadmap; develop a plan for 2019 (and more) to do what, among whom, when, how, with what resources (human and financial).  Propose intervention projects around science, technology and innovation in a territorial niche for sustainable development with public and private sectors (in order to strengthen COMUDE or the commonwealth); define activities, responsible, time and results; definition of actions and actors in the system; adopt the 3 dimensions of an innovation ecosystem.

It was agreed that during the preparatory stage, it would be key that:

 A group of organizations as a leading team: USAC, UVG, Landívar, OES, CIRAD, IICA, FAO.  To know where each institution is displayed; socialization of work areas applicable or of interest to the innovation network; determine common area and territoriality  Top 3 chain / region / area you want to work  Define a specific niche based on their need / vulnerability  Zones / territories / value chains where to work

Later, on December 05 and 06, 2018 the workshop was held in Antigua Guatemala, in order to define the roadmap for the project which aims to contribute to promoting strategic changes in agricultural sector in the country. In the meeting participated people from academies, research centers, government institutions, non-governmental institutions and private companies (Annex B. Meeting minute 12052018).

Photo 1. Inter institutional innovation workshop for Ag. Sector. Antigua Guatemala, Dec 05/2018

In the workshop, a table of prioritized activities for 2019 was agreed, which will be carried out by working groups. The SEOP, through the Waleska Aldana consultancy, will have a co- leadership in several actions that focus on promoting the agricultural innovation platform work. To this end, the new hiring of the consultant Aldana, starting on February 2019 will emphasize these actions and its link with the National Innovation Ecosystem.

5.1.2 School Feeding Law Project

The SEOP attended a USDA call for a meeting with all the USAID projects related to the School Feeding Law on November 9th. Representatives from Save the Children, PCI and CRS were present at the meeting. During the meeting, DICORER gave a presentation on the functions and actions that does within the MAGA and its relationship with the LAE. It was highlight that MAGA´s responsibility is to enable a registry of suppliers that could in effect sell products to the MINEDUC schools.

Karla Tay from USDA expressed the desire of all organizations to be able to register their supported producers in the LAE listings. Víctor Ramírez, from DICORER clarified that the MAGA could not be limited to the geographical areas in which the projects have presence, their effort is at national level.

Last March a list was made of the non-accredited surpluses, the extension agents went out with the forms to interview and validate the producer’s list; a further information cross was made with the RENAP. They have 10,811 farmers accredited, of these, a list of 8,071 was sent to MINEDUC. Of the 8,071:

 104 are currently selling to schools, serving 309 schools.  3 were formed as associations and 9 are cooperatives.

Business conferences are currently being held between the OPF (Family parent’s organizations in Spanish) and the suppliers in order to establish commercial relationships. The USAID projects showed interest in supporting these business rounds. Finally, it was explained that the main problem is the registration of small taxpayers before the SAT. For this same reason, MAGA is very resilient to share the ballots and publish them online. Oscar Figueroa, minister's advisor, explained that he does not want to open the door for anyone to register and generate intermediaries (known as coyotes in commercialization processes); however, they were made to see, that a centralized registry in the extension’s offices limited the coverage of the program quite a lot, and many interested farmers were likely to be left out.

Figueroa asked for support with irrigation projects and orchards since he explained that the majority of farmers did not have the infrastructure to give sustainability to their production. The MAGA requested support to strengthen the Good Farming Practices (BPA’s in Spanish) in organic agriculture and support for training i pesticide use. It was agreed to hold a working session on Wednesday, November 21 to create the route of action for the MAGA to comply with the obligations with the LAE (Annex B - Meeting minute 11092018).

On November 21th, the Cooperatives present filled in the information of the producers supported in their projects. The number of beneficiaries, geographic area, level of interventions, area of interventions, temporality of projects and type of product focused was included. MAGA committed themselves to arrange and share the document with all the participants

Víctor Ramírez was urged to publish the participant registration form online, to facilitate the expansion of the list, he remarked that the fact that they have the list in physical and extension’s offices, makes it difficult to register others producers; a transparent and open registration process must be designed. After the workshop, MAGA committed to send the work to all the attendees (which did not happen) for further feedback (Annex B - Meeting minute 11212018). After those actions the SEOP stopped to give follow-up since there is perceived a lack of will from MAGA to implement the law or to receive support from the project.

In this quarter, the SEO started the process of a limited competition for a sub-grant related to obtain program guidelines for public policy and institutional strategy subgrant, to promote the development of the agricultural sector. The SEOP received four proposals from the institutions: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Corporación de Inversiones y Desarrollo (IDC), RIMISP, and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Other two organizations that were invited for this competition did not response,

they are, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) y CGIAR. The selection committee to evaluate those proposals listed below:

INFORME DE PROPUESTAS RECIBIDAS POR LA CONVOCATORIA A SUB-GRANT PARA DESARROLLAR UNA PROPUESTA DE: LINEAMIENTOS DE POLÍTICA PÚBLICA Y ESTRATEGIA INSTITUCIONAL PARA PROMOVER EL DESARROLLO DEL SECTOR AGRICOLA EN GUATEMALA Monto de la No. Propuesta presentada por Sede de la organización Representante propuesta en USD 1 CIAT- Centro Internacional de Agricultura Ruben Echeverría Cali, Colombia 178,972.00 Tropical [email protected] 2 Ligia Chinchilla IDC- Corporación de Inversiones y Guatemala, Ciudad [email protected] 96,023.87 Desarrollo de Centroamérica, S. A. [email protected] 3 Gerardo Franco Parrillat RIMISP Ciudad de México, México 99,199.00 [email protected] 4 IFPRI - International Food Policy Eugenio Díaz Bonilla Washington, DC, EUA 246,200.00 Research Institute [email protected]

Otras organizaciones contactadas que no presentaron propuesta: Organización contactada Contacto Fecha convocatoria 1 CATIE - Centro Agronómico Tropical de Julio López Payés Investigación y Enseñanza 2 CGIAR - red de innovación agrícola global Rubén Echeverría compuesta por 15 centros de investigación. CGIAR aporta evidencia a los responsables de la formulación de políticas, innovación a los socios y nuevas herramientas para aprovechar el 26/9/18 y 15/10/18 poder económico, ambiental y nutricional de la agricultura. 3 CIRAD - Centre de coopération Florent Maraux y Pierre internationale en recherche Bommel agronomique pour le développement «centro de cooperación internacional en investigación agronómica para el desarrollo».

5.2 FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY

5.2.1 FNS Collaborative space

On November 13th a meeting was called by the SEO in order to define the characteristics for the campaign; the campaign is seen now as a collaborative space (Annex B - Meeting minute 11132018).

During this meeting, the senior consultant Jorge Lavarreda gave a presentation of the background of the collaborative space in SAN: there are multiple and temporary efforts in the country to fight the lack of food and nutrition security but the absence of institutional

actions in the country makes it difficult to apply macro efforts in the fight against scourge. In this way, it is important to create a collaborative space in which different actors join together with a common objective.

Lavarreda highlighted that there is a consensus that the strategic result of the space is to reduce the prevalence of chronic child malnutrition. It was also stressed the need not to duplicate efforts, the collaborative work can be built on the existing initiatives of the different actors in SAN issues, for example: Nútreme (in Spanish).

It was concluded that the SEO would be the technical secretariat to promote the organization of the oncoming work groups. It is proposed that the organizations that work together should form themselves into leader groups that will then be consolidated in the Assembly that would be in charge of the technical work of the space. There was a discussion on the problem when the participants emphasized that this is an urgent matter, so it is imperative that the academy has a single objective and is to the north in terms of food and nutrition security. New alliances were recommended.

Representatives of Duke Center for International Development (DCDI), presented his work in order to see possible collaboration actions with the main FNS actors. Sigfrido Lee talked with Estuardo Pineda of DCDI, as they were working on an FNS actors map at national level. Initial collaboration was agreed. Nevertheless, as SESAN took leadership of the actor’s map, they refused to collaborate with the SEOP, SESAN refused to let the SEOP in.

At Duke they saw that Guatemala is the only country in the Western Hemisphere that has serious rates of chronic child malnutrition, so actions were sought to intervene.

In this way, it was decided to map actors and interventions on SAN issues, which will be presented on December 30 at FUNCAFÉ. This mapping has the objective of avoiding duplication of efforts, identifying gaps in coverage service, synchronized service delivery.

On the day of the presentation the Methodology will be presented, who are the nutrition leaders in Guatemala, where they are working, what kind of interventions and at what level and intensity of these. The work already has 100 mapped organizations, linked to the strategy of prevention of the DCI.

Main features of the visualization:

 3 different levels of analysis: granular category, density, department, group of filters, the map as such is a tool to facilitate decision making.

Estuardo Pineda summoned the attendees for the presentation of the mapping on November 29 and for the working tables that will be held the next day (Annex B - Meeting minute 11292018). Then in the meeting it was agreed that:

1. SEO sends three reference papers by email 2. The SEO will monitor the different entities to propose working groups and / or joint work initiatives in progress 3. The SEO will convene a meeting to provide feedback on the initiative that has progress to be presented at the meeting. The meeting is scheduled for January- February

5.2.2 Strengthening the Municipal Commissions for Food and Nutrition Security (COMUSAN):

FUNCAFÉ with the support of SEOP and SESAN, kept working the following actions, within the framework of the COMUSAN strengthening project:

For this quarter, there were 19 advocacy actions in FNS through 8 meetings with municipal councils, 8 meetings with members of COMUSAN and COMUDE and 3 workshops with other municipal actors. With these actions it is expected that the strengthened municipalities begin the procedures for the opening of OMSANs with a budget, with municipal personnel, and with a Municipal Policy on Food and Nutrition Security with its respective investment plans and monitoring and evaluation strategy.

Furthermore, 16 activities were carried out in order to empower local government, civil society and other specific actors, through work meetings and workshops in FNS. This will allow for greater participation to promote rural development and decision-making to improve the standard of living of the people. Besides, empowered citizens begin to demand services and solutions for their problems; it is essential that local citizens understand the malnutrition problem so that they demand FNS policies.

The municipalities covered during this quarter were:

1. San Sebastián, Huehuetenango. 2. Santa Eulalia, Huehuetenango. 3. Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango. 4. San Francisco la Unión, Quetzaltenango. 5. San Miguel Sigüilá, Quetzaltenango. 6. Momostenango, Totonicapán. 7. La Blanca, San Marcos.

8. San Antonio Sacatepéquez, San Marcos. 9. San Pedro Sacatepéquez, San Marcos. 10. Cunén, Quiché. 11. Sacapulas, Quiché.

Photo 2. Meeting with the COMUSAN of San Sebastián, Huehuetenango. October /2018

Furthermore, a meeting was held with 14 mayors of the department of Quetzaltenango, of the municipalities of: Cantel, Almolonga, Cabricán, Huitán, Salcajá, Concepción Chiquirichapa, San Juan Ostuncalco, Zunil, San Miguel Sigüilá, Olintepeque, Palestina de los Altos, El Palmar, San Mateo and San Francisco la Unión. Other support institutions also participated in the meeting, such as: members of the municipal council, SESAN, SERJUS, ASECSA-FARMAMUNDI, Rafael Landívar University, USAC, REMISAR and others.

The objective of the meeting was to sensitize the representatives of the mayor's offices (mainly the mayors) so that they invest in the human development of their municipalities, through the formulation and launching of a Municipal Public Policy in FNS.

Photo 3. Mayors meeting at Quetzaltenango, October /2018

A workshop was held with university students of San Marcos, representatives of COCODES and auxiliary mayors of the municipalities of San Pedro Sacatepéquez and San Marcos, to see the possibility of integrating them in the formulation of municipal policies in FNS, in those municipalities. A workshop was also held at the Quiche University Center, with the purpose of empowering them in that subject. The students committed to replicate the information in the field, through the EPS and PPS programs, thus promoting the strategy of empowering youth, women and indigenous peoples in aspects of FNS.

5.3 COMPETITIVENESS AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

During the first quarter of FY3, in this topic the SEOP, coordinate its work with its partners ASIES, Red Nacional de Grupos Gestores (RNGG), RTI International and UVG, and with their strategic alliances PRONACOM, Fundesa, Chamber of Industry, Agexport. For all the competitiveness and innovation projects, we have the following achievements:

5.3.1 Strengthening Guatemala´s National Innovation Ecosystem –NIE-

After all the activities carry out on last quarter, we focused our work on develop a preliminary proposal of the innovation roadmap (Annex C - ACarranza Report 11162018) (Annex C – RTI Proposal 12102018), validate the results and have feedback for the activities proposed of key actors including UVG, CONCYT, SENACYT, and organizations that were involved in the process. We expect to complete this process, have a final proposal and present the results in the second quarter of this year. The SEOP also reached participation in several activities and build new strategic alliances to promote innovation and competitiveness, this include:

On past November 7th participation in the Latin American Impact Investment Forum for Central America and the Caribbean FLII CA&C. Since 2015, the forum aims to demonstrate, on a global level, the immense and transformative potential of the region while encouraging its development and growth.

The forum joins many protagonists of the industry including investors, social entrepreneurs, corporations, capacity developers, NGOs, government institutions, universities, amongst others, providing collaborative spaces to facilitate connections and activate conversation and broaden the scope around the sectoral trends and innovative solutions for the region. This year, the event aligned with the objectives of our project. This year, the Observatory formed part of the project's sponsors and key panelist, along with other USAID projects and important actors in the ecosystem. (Annex B - Meeting minute 11072018). 15

Photo 4. Closing Forum: “It Takes a Community to Build an Ecosystem” Antigua Guatemala, Nov. 7/2018

On past November 29th our partner RTI International and its innovation advisors invited SEOP and UVG members to join the National Congress for Applied Research carry out by the USAID Higher Education Project in El Salvador. During this visit, the SEOP was able to learned about the work that other projects of the economic growth offices of USAID Missions are doing related to innovation, research, strategic alliances especially for strengthening the innovation ecosystem. The SEOP also contribute in the capacity building of UVG innovation manager in topics such as strategic alliances, technology transfer offices, prototyping, investment, applied research and others. (Annex B - Meeting minute 11292018).

SEOP members also have the opportunity to meet with key actors from El Salvador and introduce them to the proposals that the SEOP is developing to generate interest in future alliances between UVG and El Salvador universities and platforms. This visit also allowed the RTI innovation advisors and SEO to have meetings and discussed next steps for the Guatemala Innovation Roadmap and the results presentation in February.

Photo X. Opening Ceremony. San Salvador, Nov. 29/2018

Finally, on past December 4th the SEOP also participate in the Guatemala Innovation Forum –GIF as part of our alliance with PRONACOM. In this event, our COP Sigfrido Lee, spoke about the findings of the Innovation Assessment developed by RTI International and about the 5 Pillars of the Roadmap. The objective of the intervention was to position the activities of the Observatory and invite other stakeholders to be part of this initiative. (Annex B - Meeting minute 12042018).

Photo 5. SEOP intervention during GIF. Guatemala, Dec. 04/2018

Furthermore, we have had other complementary activities for this project the Minority Partners in Corporate Governance Proposal (Annex C – ACarranza Report 10232018). Based on studies, data and on the Guatemalan technical standard NTG-19600, Compliance Management System, this proposal tends to provide easy guidelines applied on employers and investors to improve the country's business climate. The standard proposed is: "Protection of Investors based on Compliance Standards for Good Corporate Governance in Guatemala." The proposal will help specific minority investors prevent problems related to power abuse, interest conflicts, and corporate governance, so that each of these actions can be carried out within a legal framework. This work has been carry out with the COGUANOR office support. We expect to have this proposal validate and present on the second quarter.

5.3.2 Plan for Road Development

FUNDESA presented the final draft of its Road Development Plan. The firm hired for this plan was Innovaterra that is an enterprise that offers solutions for projects that want to be important actors in local territorial development. Jean Roch LeBeau, the main consultant of Innovaterra presented the work and its objectives:

1. Accompany the reflection of the road law

2. To build a multimodal transport system, a topological network analysis was made, meshed with non-topographic redundancies, connecting the territories. 3. To present a first draft to connect the 10 most important cities in the country. 4. Georeferencing about orthophotos.

As FUNDESA explained in the ENADE, the challenge in infrastructure was how to build 45 thousand kilometers of paved roads for an additional 30k kilometers, to reach certain averages per inhabitant of other more developed countries. They remarked that this work is a first project approach that will later require stronger studies.

It was pointed out that the work is not a detailed road map with road markings, it does not include road layout designs, it does not include studies of road designs and it is not part of an inventory characterized of the existing network. It does not include load elements or vehicle flow modeling to calibrate or project the network.

A set of modeling was carried out, destined for the construction of the primary and secondary network, using the existing lines to privilege existing rural roads and the possibility of paving them. Then it was explained, the methodology that is in the report on polygons, the optimal route and circuit logic.

They calculated the optimal routes to hierarchize the minimum cost and reach the logic of networks and in cartographic terms the work is generalized to achieve the optimization of routes, which means that, when it goes down to the level of detail, it does not match through the crossing of the network. (Annex B - Meeting minute 11282018)

Photo 6. Meeting with Innovaterra and Fundesa representatives. Nov. 28/2018

5.3.3 Economic Local Development National Congress:

The XI Congress "Territorial planning and local economic development" coordinated by Red Nacional de Grupos Gestores and the DEL consortium, was held on November 14 and 15 of 2018 in the IRTRA resort of Retalhuleu. The SEOP took an important role in co-leading the Congress as well as including some expert speakers in Territorial Planning and a success case with the Santo Domingo Xenacoj Municipality presented by its mayor, and a presentation of the Feed the Future Strategy presented by Gerson Morales from USAID. (Annex B Meetings minutes related to the event planning and Agenda of the Congress).

Representatives from municipal offices, from the Grupos Gestores and Mesas de Desarrollo Local, were invited to the event. The X Congress aimed to link Territorial planning to Local Economic Development analyzing and disseminating mechanisms, tools and instruments, that local authorities can use in order to enhance local socio economic conditions. The exponents reported successful experiences with territorial planning tools in all over the country, how to formulate of local economic plans, and successful international experiences. The Congress had also a workshop in which attendees, put forth how territorial planning could help resolving actual socioeconomic problems, the results were gathered and synthetized by RNGG staff.

Photo 7. Congress Panel #1: Theoretical frameworks for territorial planning and LED, and Thematic Panel. Nov. 14/2018

5.4 ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE & BIODIVERSITY

5.4.1 Public Policy Guidelines for Water Management in Guatemala

During this quarter within the framework of the proposal, the following validation workshops were carry out:

a. Private sector workshop with the environmental office of Industry Chamber (Annex B - Meeting minute 10162018). b. NGOs workshop with The Nature Conservancy (Annex B - Meeting minute 10182018). c. MARN internal workshop and Government workshop (Annex B - Meeting minute 10292018).

During these workshops, the SEOP aims to shown and validate the principles, guidelines and governance model proposed. We also sought to know the perception of each sector, in terms of their role in water resources management the country. One of the main results, is been able reached consensus in accepting most of the proposal. Next steps are to incorporate comments for the final version of the document (Annex C – ANajera Report 11162018).

Photo 8. Participants in the Government Workshop. Guatemala City Oct. 29/2018

Furthermore, we had other complementary activities for this project:

 Meetings with ICC to develop the Water Security project.  Meetings with GREMIA to discuss an underground water project.

 Meetings with ASIES for the final edits of the National Competitiveness and Environment Survey to be execute in next quarter.  YUAM magazine article approved.

It is stipulated for next quarter to carry out the remaining workshops and interviews with municipalities, indigenous people, women´s organizations and academy; and have a final proposal for the third quarter.

5.4.2 Indigenous Vision of Water:

Sotz´il carry out the second workshop to socialize and obtain inputs for the study (Annex B - Meeting minute 10292018). In the event we had different key actors from many regions of the country. As a result, the SEOP was able define the perspective of all actors as to local regulations, conservation and management, knowledge, traditional and cultural practices and, conflict resolution. The SEOP review and gave feedback to the document and many changes were request, it is expected to have the final report on next quarter.

We had other complementary activities for this partner:

 Final version of the first factsheet on climate change, waiting for USAID approval.  Informative video on the Indigenous Vision of Water project process started, waiting for USAID approval.  Process started for the design of the internal strategy for indigenous people of the SEOP and, the for the Free, Prior and Informed Consent project.

5.4.3 Water economic valuation and HydroBID:

To move forward with the economic governance model, CEAB and RTI International continue with the review and analysis for the design and development of the hydro- economic model for the Samalá River Basin located at the southwestern highlands of Guatemala. The main results of this initial exercise will be analyzed on some in-country sessions to be carry out on next quarter. The main objective of this sessions are to build UVG capacity to make water and economic modeling for this basin and replicate the study into the other three: Villa Lobos, Cahabón y Las Vacas. This is a two-year project coordinate by the CEAB and RTI to gather data, develop hydro economic modeling and identify public policy guidelines that can support SEOP proposals for water management.

5.4.4 First Knowledge Report on Climate Change in Guatemala

During this quarter the technical team for this project held several meetings, workshops and events with authors, reviewers and key actors to validate the information contained in the report. The meetings held included progress per chapter, schedule adjustments, information needs and specific support required, information gaps, thematic recommendations, bibliographic citations, etc.

Within the socialization events, during this reporting period, two socialization events were held, one in Chiquimula within the framework of the III National Congress on Climate Change and another in Cobán. These events have proven, once again, that the report generates a lot of media interest among the public and that the chosen theme is considered of great importance for development and improvement of the quality life of the inhabitants and regions. Finally, on past December a workshop was held with key actors of government, NGOs and academy to review and discuss the decision makers summary of the report to be used as an advocacy tool (Annex C – MRosal, JEscribá, ASantizo Report 11082018). It is expected to have the final report on next quarter.

Photo 9. Second Internal Authors workshop. Guatemala City Oct. 15/2018

5.4.5 Support the Mayan Biosphere Reserve -RBM- Forest Concession Model:

On this quarter the we finished the final version of the actor’s map sent this January for USAID approval. To validate this work, we carry out a second validation workshop with the stakeholders (Annex B - Meeting minute 11072018). Participants made several contributions in each of the proposed axes: 1) Technical, 2) Legal; 3) Media; 4) Politics, and general comments such as:

 There is a probability of a not contract extensions for the concessions,  Keep the name of Forest Concessions and not the proposed “Territory Management”, it can be seeking for something more innovative for example, “Territorial Management Concessions”,  The Mirador Project has a greater weight than in the proposed scenarios,  It must be demonstrated that there is no incompatibility of the Mirador Project and the Forest Concessions,  There is a great opportunity to find foreign partners that can support the concessions.

Photo 10. Second validation workshop for the Forest Concession Actors Map. Flores, Petén Nov. 07/2018

Furthermore, we had other complementary activities for this topic:

The V congress of development studies was held: Perspectives on water, routes for the 2030 agenda. The Congress aimed to explore the water in Guatemala from different perspectives, economic, social and environmental. With the new ODS development agenda, the commitment to the sustainable development goals 2030 agenda, is key for Guatemala’s development, so this Congress aims to contribute to the intersectorial discussion on the water matter. The event was attended by indigenous authorities, non-governmental organizations, private and public universities, government institutions, private companies, associations, financial entities and the media (Annex B - Meeting minute 10302018).

Photo 11. V congress of development studies: Perspectives on water, routes for the 2030 agenda. Guatemala, Oct. 30/2018

5.5 CROSSCUTTING THEMES

5.5.1 Geographic Information System - Civil Engineering Department of UVG

During this quarter, work has been done to identify the institutions with which contact has been made during the consultancy and in the Seminar on Planning and Territorial Planning. Tables of the institutions were made containing information on the function of the same including the contacts with which they kept in communication in the last months (Annex E – E Wyss Report 010918). the project has made the following achievements:

1. Compile information on the current conditions of the territory for a better analysis of geographical, geological, hydrogeological, demographic, archaeological, forest and agricultural coverage data.

The compilation of information not only became geographical but also of content and studies that are found within the server that the Department of Civil Engineering has. With the help of a content program, an index of the entire hard disk that contains the equipment will be made. The content of the information includes vectorial information, satellite images, raster images, thematic maps of public institutions and, at the same time, content such as studies, books and

2. Develop standards and regulate geographic information, in order to develop the platform to manage geographic data.

The Department of Civil Engineering and the GIS course adapted the regulation on the standardization of geographic data. In the GIS workshops that are being formulated, the topic of metadata is included so that any user, municipal or academic technician who takes this course, has the ability to validate the information and share it with its identification detail.

3. Create a forum of specialists on the subject SIG.

Inside the forum page, basic description information has been added with the QGIS computer tool, including tutorial videos about the installation. Additionally, there are the videos of the conferences of the Planning and Territorial Planning Seminar and the event of the Methodological Guide by SEGEPLAN to share the content towards users interested in the subject.

Along with the course of SIG and Geodesy of the second cycle of 2018, tutorial videos were worked on basic and advanced tools of the QGIS program. Training videos and manuals for the use of complements were made, with the purpose of disseminating

4. Carry out necessary approaches to promote GIS workshop training.

The purpose of the GIS workshop course is 8 modules or weeks that describe the use of the interface and the processes to modify the geographic information. We currently have 3 of the 8 weeks with completed content. The workshop has tentative date to be distributed in the middle of cycle 1 of 2019.

5. Support the Observatory in geographic information in the following departments: Quiche, Totonicapán, Huehuetenango, San Marcos, Quetzaltenango.

The Sustainable Economic Observatory requested the Department of Civil Engineering support with the realization of migration maps for September 2018 and the main development projects of USAID (United States Agency for International Development) in some western departments. A new file was created with the municipalities of the western departments and, in parallel, the economic corridors that go towards the border with Mexico were added, this to demonstrate the routes and roads that have influence to move more cargo both of merchandise and transportation of people.

6. Work in conjunction with other public and private institutions in order to coordinate efforts for the collection, ordering and processing of information.

The Department of Civil Engineering has held meetings and sessions with institutions that have a common interest in the local development of the municipalities of the country. Next, the meetings are presented shortly. 25

1. Recently, PRONACOM, ANAM, FARUSAC and OES have been in personal contact to discuss the importance of local planning by municipal technical staff. The Department of Civil Engineering is preparing content for the use of computer programs and that the municipalities, with the support of public institutions and the academic area, can grow in computer knowledge and digital storage of their territory. 2. Municipality of Quetzaltenango: During the month of October contact was made with the Municipality of Quetzaltenango to initiate a relationship between institutions for the joint effort on issues related to transportation, urban sprawl of the populated center and where the city tends to grow. Students are selected to carry out graduation work on the issues that the municipality has as a priority. 3. Fundesa: Prior to the close of 2018, two meetings were held with FUNDESA to understand more about the methodology of the road infrastructure study that was carried out for the OES. Currently, it is scheduled to continue with meetings to develop highway projects in the courses on highway design and watershed management. Thanks to the collection of contours, geometrical designs are made with Autodesk programs, being an opportunity for students to carry out projects with great impact. 4. Mancomunidad Metropolis of Los Altos: With the help of the Consortium DEL

5.5.2 Training on Fiscal policy for development

This training process started on Tuesday 18 and has ended on October 2 of the year 2,018 implemented with ICEFI; 30 people participated continuously in the training process, with a total of 22 organizations trained. (Annex B. Meeting minute 10152018).

Photo 12. Workshop on rural development in fiscal policy. Guatemala Oct/2018

5.5.3 Training workshop: Planning, monitoring and evaluation.

With the objective of strengthening civil society in the capacities of analysis and advocacy capacities, a workshop on the topic of Planning, monitoring and evaluation by results in the public sector was sponsored. Representatives from different CSOs and academic institutions were invited to the workshop. The workshop is being facilitated by Mr. Paul Villarroel, director of the ARU foundation in Bolivia, the workshop has a duration of 24 working hours, having so far an advance of 12 hours in the month of November and the following 12 hours will be taking place in the month of January.

Photo 13. Training workshop: Planning, monitoring and evaluation workshop. Guatemala Nov/2018

5.5.4 Intersectional approach

On October 5, an internal workshop was held with the staff, consultants and partners of the Sustainable Economic Observatory on the topic of Intersection from a theoretical- methodological contribution approach that had the purpose of facilitating the analysis and preparation of proposals. The workshop aimed as well to identify the construction and intersectional reading of statistical data, recognize the legal, political and institutional framework related to women, indigenous peoples, youth and rural development, providing tools to incorporate the perspective of intersectional gender in planning, budgeting and the establishment of a project. (Annex C. A. Monzón Report 11052018)

On October 15, a second exchange workshop was held. The workshop aimed to identify elements of the theoretical-conceptual framework on intersectionality that are being incorporated into the work areas of the Sustainable Economic Observatory. The staff, consultants, consultants and project partners participated in the workshop. (Annex C. A. Monzón Report 11052018)

Photo 14. Internal Workshop. Guatemala Oct. 5/2018

5.6 Capacity Building for the SEOP On December 3 and 4 of, another internal workshop was held on the Participatory Institutional Capacity Assessment Tool -EPCI-, the tool, is a facilitated self-evaluation process that allows organizations to define their own level of development and the critical factors for their success. In the workshop, staff, partners of the SEO and students of the Master's in Development were trained on the EPCI with the purpose of training facilitators with the skills and knowledge of applying the evaluation tool to key organizations. The tool is meant to be applied with RNGG and with the association Sotz'il for the year 2,019 and will be facilitated by the people who participated in the workshop. In this quarter we began to evaluate the events carried out, creating a google forms space where the perception of the event / conference / workshop is evaluated to improve the quality of future events and the facilitators and moderators thereof. Another modality implemented in this quarter is the process of sharing presentations and documents with the workshop assistants through a google page created for each event.

5.6.1 Annual Work Plan and Implementation Review

During the first quarter, two meetings were held in USAID to present and explain the annual work plan -WP- for the fiscal year three of the SEOP, specifically the promotion strategy and the work approach proposed by the SEOP. Several comments and requirements were received to improve the presentation of the WP and its content, but at the end of this quarter the WP was still in the revision phase pending approval.

5.7 Communications As part of the overall Communication Strategy, SEOP and its partners have continued developed information documents as Factsheets and Policy briefs addressing the main issues of the project. In the current quarter, the document of the Competitive on region VI was developed. In addition, other documents, including digital material, have been developed and sent to USAID for approval.

SEOP social networks have increased the number of followers in the 3 major social networks: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram also we started sending a monthly newsletter with highlights of the project with a brief description and a photo.

In October and November, SEOP supported the organization of two large events that had a lot of coverage, the first was the 5th Masters in Development Studies Congress, supporting with the call to participants and to the press (through the Public Relations company), the design of the invitation and the distribution of the materials to the attendees. The second Photo 15. V Congress on Social Studies. event was the 11th Local Economic Development Congress in which more than 100 people attended and issues related to local development and competitiveness were discussed. In the first quarter year 3 the SEOP has supported the dissemination of events, conferences, forums, seminars scheduled to be carried out by SEOP, UVG and other partners. FUNCAFE developed their communication plan as part of the SEOP consortium.

As a result of the various mappings that the SEOP partners have carried out, there is now an updated database of contacts and decision makers of the 4 main issues of the SEOP. In this quarter the validation of the SEOP website (www.oes.org.gt) was completed and sent to USAID for approval. The Guatemalan Association of Managers (AGG) has begun to organize, in this quarter, a series of forums with civic themes. The SEOP gave the support for its realization and has proposed the topics and the participants of the forums to start with the information on how to understand the different aspects of a good governance system.

Photo 16: First AGG Forum “The ideal profile for the president” Raquel Zelaya, directora de Asíes; Roberto Ardón, director ejecutivo del CACIF; Ana Isabel Prera, presidenta de la Fundación Esquipulas, Guatemala Nov 22, 2018 Finally, with the support of the agency Burson Marteller, a social media strategy was developed according to the new models of digital communication that are used in development organizations around the world, to be implemented by the SEOP.

5.8 Coordination with other USAID projects As part of a cooperation between 3 USAID projects (SEOP, CEO and Project Puentes), the Latin American Forum on Investment and Impact in Central America and the Caribbean was supported as a sponsorship to Asociación Alterna ONG. The branding for the USAID presence was coordinated and a forum coordinated by the OES on innovation was held in Antigua Guatemala on November 2018.

Photo 17: FLII FORUM, Antigua Guatemala November 2018 5.9 PARTNERS PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT During the first quarter of year 3 there were meetings between the partners to coordinate the actions and the promotion strategy, especially with SEOP-UVG, ASIES, FUNCAFE and contractors such as the Association of Managers of Guatemala and School of Government. In a first meeting in ASIES, the strategy was explained to all partners and they were asked for collaboration to achieve the results of the advocacy strategy (Annex B Meetings minutes of 10312018 and 12123018)

The work meetings each two weeks continued between ASIES and SEOP-UVG in order to give a closer follow-up of their implementations. It is important to say that these meetings have been very helpful for both partners in order to improve the actions stated in the WP. The fixed price agreement was signed and is in operation starting this first quarter.

On Monday December 3, the University del Valle de Guatemala (UVG), on behalf of th e SEOP, signed 3 MOUs with Impaq International in Guatemala, Association of Agricultural and Microenterprise Development (ADAM) and Guatemalan-American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM). The signature of these memorandums of understanding will strengthen team work and the coordination of the different work agendas that expect to influence public policies, so that these address the main needs Photo 18: Signature of agreements with ADAM, AMCHAM and IMPAQ of Guatemalans.

AGEXPORT magazine "Guatemala, Beyond Expectations", has been published and presented to the general public in an act where USAID was thanked through the support given by SEOP. The proposed theme in the journal is the national competitiveness policy, in which the SEOP had a great participation. 31

6. MONITORING AND EVALUATION REPORT

The mind map of the project during year three works as follows:

SEOP objective

Component 1: Component 2: Component 3:

SEOP Research and Capacity Consolidation Advocacy building

One Work Seven Work Five Work Area Areas Areas

No line of research 11 line of research No line of research

No Public 17 Public 5 Public 16 32 7 Policy Policy Policy Projects Projects Projects Objective Objective Objective

The following is the detail of the monitoring of indicators of each component: 6.1 Component 1: SEOP Consolidation This component just has one work area, SEOP consolidation, whit the milestone (1.a) “The Sustainable Economic Observatory is legally constituted”, this will be achieved with the legal document establishing the SEOP.

Following the program description, the SEOP proposed products that can be measured through the indicator "Percentage of implementation of the Sustainable Economic Observatory as a Non-

Governmental Organization" (indicator 1.1.a). Therefore, eight lines of action were stablished, with a series of activities that allows the milestone (1.a) achievement.

During this second year, the SEOP has the next achievements:

1Qtly - 2Qtly 3Qtly 4Qtly 1Qtly Verification Line of actions of the indicator FY2 – FY2 – FY2 – FY2 – FY3 Total means 2017 2018 2018 2018 2018 Knowledge tools that evaluate success factors, approaches and 3 0 0 0 0 3 Documents lessons learned from similar entities Find potential interested organizations to participate in the 47 0 2 0 4 53 Meetings reports objectives and approaches of the SEOP; Creation of documents that allow 1 0 1 0 0 2 Legal Documents the legal constitution of the SEOP; Elaboration of procedures, manuals, publications and other Documents and 23 6 17 4 3 53 documentation that allow the Reports SEOP function; Communications events in the strategic communication Communications 2 0 0 0 0 2 campaign that allow SEOP to be Reports recognized as an NGO; A thematic agenda that identifies problems, prioritizes policies, laws 1 0 0 0 0 1 Document and programs, and establishes strategic activities for the SEOP; Effective and sustained Grants and relationship with civil society and 5 3 7 3 1 19 Memorandums private sector partners developed; of Understanding

A SEOP sustainability plan. 0 0 0 1 0 1 Document

166 products planned to finish 80 % of 27 134 FY2. implementation

6.2 Component 2: Research and Advocacy This component its separate in six work areas, every work area has lines of research (grey boxes), public policy objectives (yellow boxes) and projects (blue boxes):

1. Competitiveness, 2. Agricultural Development, 3. Environment, Climate Change and Biodiversity,

4. Food and nutrition security, 5. Crosscutting issues, 6. Macro themes.

Present proposals to improve the Articulate the NIE implementation of the National Innovation Science and Technology Policy, the M & E Plan, Ecosystem (NIE) the instruments that facilitate the process of Rout sheet to Intellectual Property and Patents improve the NIE

Public Policy for Competitiveness of Competitiveness strengtheningof SMEs SMEs

Competitiveness National Strategy of Region IV Competitiveness Policy Mapping of actors Present regional from region IV strategy for the implementation of the National Competitiveness Policy Diagnosis of economic potential of region IV

Strengthening of the Consortium for Local Economic Development

Support social audit and evaluation in the PAFEC program through local Implementation of the actors and partners of Family Farming Program the OES to strengthen the Peasant Economy Mapping of actors for the development of the agricultural sector

Profitable and Agricultural Improvement of the sustainable Presentation of the Development Governmental National Food Safety agricultural sector Agreement for the System: sanitary and creation of the SPS phytosanitary Commission measures (S&P)

Implementation of the Preparation of the SFL regulation of the Regulation for School Feeding Law MINEDUC (SFL)

Water Governance Proposal

Evaluation model HydroBid

Application of Statistical Modeling Methodologies for Environmental Assessment Scenarios Environmental Present a Water Economic Strategy Governance Model Indigenous Vision of Water

Consultation of Indigenous Peoples

Environment, Climate Support for the Change and implementation of the Biodiversity Environmental Tax Strategy Dissemination of proposals for the Climate Change Climate Change adaptation, resilience and Report mitigation of Climate Change

Promotion of the Conservation of Renewal of the Forest Forest Concession Concessions contract Biodiversity Model

FNS National Campaign

Presentation of the Food and Nutrition FNS Policy Security Policy update update

Food and Effectiveness Food and nutrition Nutrition Security Analysis of the FNS security policy in Guatemala in Guatemala

Prepare a proposal Impacts of corn to mitigate child aflatoxins on chronic malnutrition human rates in the country nutrition.

Intersectional approach

Empowerment Strategy for Women, Youth and Inclusion of Indigenous Peoples Crosscutting Women, N/A issues Indigenous Analysis of Peoples and Youth Livelihood Conditions

Indigenous participation strategy in Public Policy Proposals

Guidelines for a HR Policy for HR Policy for the Executive Body the Executive

Include geographic Geographic and Strengthening of Macro themes information within hydrometeorolo the State the Municipal gical information Territorial Planning system

Present Reforms to the State Purchasing Towards a new and Contracting national system of System public procurement

Dialogues to Proposal of a strategy promote the Strengthening of to promote the generation of Incidence generation of formal the State employment in formal Guatemala employment in Guatemala

6.2.1 Disaggregated indicators of the Second and Fourth Component 6.2.2 The indicator 2.1.a In the indicator 2.1.a “Number of impact studies, diagnoses and thematic analyzes completed to fill the gaps in the understanding of the topics related to the agenda of research of the Sustainable Economic Observatory that considers the incorporation of gender and indigenous population”, the final count is:

Work Area Project # Name products concluded Competitiveness National Competitiveness 2 (First Competitiveness Mapping Actors at and enable Policy Quarterly the National Level environment for FY2) The ABC of Competitiveness (Policy companies Brief of the National Competitiveness Policy)

Work Area Project # Name products concluded Competitiveness Strategy 1 (Third Preliminary version of the regional of Region VI Quarterly competitiveness and employment FY2) strategy for the VI region Policy for the 1 (First Policy to boost the competitiveness of Strengthening of Medium Quarterly SMEs in Guatemala and Small Companies FY3) Mapping of actors from 1 (Third Mapping of actors from region IV region IV Quarterly FY2) 1 (Fourth Inventory of Municipalities with Quarterly commission of Economic FY2) Development, Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources and Municipal Offices of Local Economic Development Reform the National 3 (Second Proposal for the National Innovation Innovation Ecosystem Quarterly Ecosystem for Guatemala (Draft) FY2) Studies of Flows and Restrictions of the National Innovation Ecosystem in Guatemala Proposal of the National Innovation Ecosystem for Guatemala (Final version) 2 (Third Consultant: Accompanying report to Quarterly CONCYT FY2) Study of the flow and restrictions of the National Innovation Ecosystem in Guatemala Operations Manual of 1 (First Proposal to Operations Manual of Local Economic Quarterly Local Economic Development Offices. Development Offices FY3) Dialogs to promote the 1 (First Consultant Inform: Dialogs to promote generation of formal Quarterly the generation of formal employment employment in Guatemala FY3) in Guatemala Development of Implementation of the 3 (Third Report of the diagnosis of responsible the Agricultural School Feeding Law in the Quarterly and times of the processes identified Sector MAGA and the MINEDUC FY2) in the current operation of the MINEDUC to apply the new School Feeding Law Review report of the proposed regulation and the actions suggested as necessary for its application by the MINEDUC

Work Area Project # Name products concluded Final report of the consultancy including other suggestions that the consultant proposes to strengthen the School Feeding program Presidential Commission 2 (Third Proposed Government Agreement for for the National Food Quarterly the creation of the Presidential Security System FY2) Commission on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Trade Facilitation. Consultant: Progress report on technical assistance presented to the Interinstitutional Commission for the National Food Security System Agricultural Innovation 1 (First Progress report on the technical Ecosystem Quarterly assistance provided to the inter- FY3) institutional commission for the Agricultural Innovation in Ecosystem. Food and Update of the National --- Nutrition Food and Nutrition Security Security Policy Great Campaign for Food --- Security Proposed Update of the 1 (First Consultant inform: Proposed Update National Food and Quarterly of the National Food and Nutrition Nutrition Security Policy FY3) Security Policy Environment, Guidelines for a National 2 (Second Water Governance: Principles, Actors Climate Change Policy for Water Quarterly and Institutions (Draft) (mitigation or Management FY2) Water Governance: Principles, Actors adaptation) and and Institutions (Final version) the Support for the 3 (Fourth First Progress Report on the support conservation of Environmental Tax Quarterly for the Environmental Tax Strategy biodiversity Strategy FY2 Second Progress Report on the support for the Environmental Tax Strategy Environmental Tax Strategy approved Crosscutting Analysis of Livelihood 1 (Third Results of the Bibliographic Review on Issues Conditions Quarterly the Analysis of livelihood conditions of FY2) rural people in 5 departments of the western region of the country 2 (Fourth Results of the structured interviews Quarterly and focus groups for the analysis of FY2) livelihood conditions of rural people in

Work Area Project # Name products concluded 5 departments of the western region of the country

Final report on the analysis of livelihood conditions of rural people in 5 departments of the western region of the country Empowerment Strategy 2 (Fourth Results of the Bibliographic Review to for Women, Youth and Quarterly Develop the Empowerment Strategy Indigenous Peoples FY2) for women, youth and indigenous people in the rural area of 5 departments of the western region of the country Results of the structured interviews and focus groups to develop the Empowerment Strategy for women, youth and indigenous people in the rural area of 5 departments of the western region of the country Macro themes Human Resources Policy --- with the principles on which a civil service law should be based for the Executive Body Geographical and 2 (Fourth First Progress Report on the Hydrometeorological Quarterly implementation of the Geographic Information System FY2) Information System Second Progress Report on the implementation of the Geographic Information System Plan for Road 1 (Fourth Report of the first 5 phases of the Development Quarterly preparation of the Preliminary Plan for FY2) Road Development Incidence Dialogues to promote the 1 (Fourth First report on 4 Dialogues to promote generation of formal Quarterly the generation of formal employment employment in Guatemala FY2) in Guatemala

The Indicator 2.2.a

In the indicator 2.2.a “Frequency of the use of electronic platforms managed by the Observatory for accessing and exchanging information on topics related to the SEOP" the final report of the year is:

The indicator 2.3.a

In the indicator 2.3.a “Number of public-private investment plans designed, developed and / or implemented to promote economic and social development in rural areas in accordance with the Policies, Regulations and Government Programs contained in the Policy Agenda”, the SEOP still not have results.

The indicator 4.a

The indicator for the component 4 “Number of public-private partnerships formed as a result of assistance from the Government of the United States”, doesn´t have progress in Fiscal Year 2.

The indicator 4.1.a

The operative indicator for the component 4 “Number of governmental and legislative meetings, public debates and information exchanges sponsored by the Sustainable Economic Observatory between civil society groups and officials and legislators” have excellent results this Fiscal Year 2, in the next graphic we can read the indicator disaggregate.

NUMBER OF GOVERNMENTAL AND LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS, PUBLIC DEBATES AND INFORMATION EXCHANGES