2 USAID: El Salvador Crime and Violence Prevention Project (CVPP) Creative Associates, International, Inc. LIST OF ACRONYMS AJCVES Asociación Jóvenes Contra La Violencia El Salvador ADESCO Community Development Association AJR Alianza Joven Regional ARCDA Asociación Red Centros de Alcance “Por Mi Barrio” CBO Community Based Organization CISALVA Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo en Prevención de la Violencia y Promoción de la Convivencia Social COS National Civilian Police Services and Operations Center CPO Crime Prevention Observatory CVPP Crime and Violence Prevention Project ENPV National Strategy for Violence Prevention FBO Faith Based Organization FUNDAMUNI Fundación de Apoyos a Municipios de El Salvador GIZ German International Aid Agency GNGP National Office for Violence Prevention GOES Government of El Salvador IADB Inter-American Development Bank INSAFORP Instituto Salvadoreño de Formación Empresarial MC Municipal Council MDS Municipal Crime and Violence Diagnostics MEP Monitoring and Evaluation Plan MJSP Ministry of Justice and Public Security MPC Municipal Prevention Committee MPP Municipal Prevention Plan NCSC National Citizen Security Council NGO Non-governmental Organization NQPP National Quinquennial Prevention Plan PPP Public Private Partnership PRE-PAZ Council of Violence Prevention and Promotion of a Culture of Peace RFA Request for Applications 3 USAID: El Salvador Crime and Violence Prevention Project (CVPP) Creative Associates, International, Inc. SISMONPREV Sistema de Monitoreo y Prevención TTP Technical Training Proposal USAID United States Agency for International Development USG United States Government 4 USAID: El Salvador Crime and Violence Prevention Project (CVPP) Creative Associates, International, Inc. Contents LIST OF ACRONYMS .............................................................................................................................. 2 2.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………………………………...6 3. RESUMEN EJECUTIVO……………………………………………………………………………...11 3.1 BENEFICIARY TABLE............................................................................................................ 16 COMPONENT 1: INCREASE GOES CAPACITY TO PREVENT VIOLENCE AND CRIME ON A NATIONAL SCALE ................................................................................................................................ 18 1.1.1 Launch, implement and promote the ENPV at the municipal level ......................................... 18 1.1.2 Institutional strengthening of PRE-PAZ and its personnel ...................................................... 19 1.1.3 Creating and/or Strengthening Municipal Prevention Committees, carry out Municipal Crime and Violence Diagnostics (MDS) and Municipal Crime and Violence Prevention Plans at the municipal level based on the National Strategy for Social Violence Prevention in Support of Municipalities ................................................................................................................................... 20 Sub-Activity 1.2 Improve the national policy framework for crime and violence prevention by supporting emerging laws and policies ................................................................................................. 31 Sub-Activity 1.3 Support Municipal Crime Prevention Observatories ................................................ 35 1.3.1 Develop methodology for establishing and strengthening Municipal Crime Prevention Observatories through CISALVA with USG support ...................................................................... 36 1.3.2 Develop national and local staff capacity for the management of Municipal Crime Prevention Observatories .................................................................................................................................... 39 1.3.3 Interconnect Municipal Crime Prevention Observatories with a National System Complete with Standardized Indicators ..................................................................................................................... 46 COMPONENT 2: MUNICIPAL-LED, COMMUNITY-BASED CRIME AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION ......................................................................................................................................... 49 Sub-Activity 2.1: Selection of 13 municipalities and establishment of 13 new Municipal Crime and Violence Prevention Committees ......................................................................................................... 51 Sub-Activity 2.2: Development of Municipal leaders´ and community members´ capacity for prevention, planning, implementation and analysis .............................................................................. 51 Sub-Activity 2.3: Development of Youth Values and Identity ............................................................. 63 Sub-Activity 2.4: Development of For My Neighborhood Outreach Centers ...................................... 69 Sub-Activity 2.5: Strengthening of Vocational Skills and Employment Opportunities ....................... 78 Sub-Activity 2.6: Development of Infrastructure for Prevention Situational Awareness .................... 83 Sub-Activity 2.7: Strengthening Communications and Use of Media .................................................. 85 Sub-Activity 2.8: Establishment of Public-Private Alliances in selected municipalities .................... 87 COMPONENT 3: INNOVATIVE IDEAS ........................................................................................... 94 4. OTHER PROJECT OFFICES………………………………………………………………………...98 5 USAID: El Salvador Crime and Violence Prevention Project (CVPP) Creative Associates, International, Inc. 4.1 Monitoring and Evaluation...................................................................... 98 4.2 Administration and Finance .................................................................. 101 4.3 Communications....................................................................................................................... 102 4.4 FUNDAMUNI ......................................................................................................................... 102 5.IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES………………………………………………………………105 6. PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR NEXT QUARTER………………………………………………….105 USAID SPECIAL REPORTS ................................................................................................................. 107 Annex 1 – CVPP Press Mentions ........................................................................................................... 125 Annex 2 – Quarterly Monitoring and Evaluation Report ....................................................................... 153 Annex 3 – Grants Activity Report .......................................................................................................... 159 Annex 4 – Component 1 Didactic Material for Municipal Prevention Committee Workshop #1 ......... 192 Annex 5 – El Paisnal Letter of Intent ...................................................................................................... 215 Annex 6 – Letter from PRE-PAZ Director ............................................................................................. 220 6 USAID: El Salvador Crime and Violence Prevention Project (CVPP) Creative Associates, International, Inc. 2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The USAID crime and Violence Prevention Project (CVPP), AID-519-C-00002, is a five-year project (March 2013-March 2018) that seeks to increase citizen safety in El Salvador by working with the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, mayors and community representatives across 55 high and medium-risk municipalities. The activities undertaken by the project are designed to build ownership of national government, local government and citizens to address crime and violence prevention at the community level. To ensure the achievement of these objectives, the project works across three components: Component 1: Increase Government of El Salvador’s capacity to prevent violence and crime on a national scale. Component 2: Municipal-led, community-based crime and violence prevention. Component 3: Innovative crime and violence prevention opportunities. The USAID Crime and Violence Prevention Project (CVPP) is proud to present its Annual Report for Fiscal Year (FY 2015), which highlights the project’s major achievements across three operational Components that work with mayors, Municipal Councils, Municipal Prevention Committees, NGOs, foundations and community leaders in 33 high and medium risk municipalities. The report includes narratives of the work being conducted across 76 communities in 13 high-crime municipalities to implement six strategies through technical assistance from project staff and 14 grantees that include NGOs and foundations. The Report also makes mention of planning processes undertaken to initiate work in the municipality of Ciudad Delgado, where the CVPP will support Plan El Salvador Seguro, the National Citizen Security Council’s (NCSC)1 work plan for at-risk municipalities. Additionally, this report contains narratives on advances made in conjunction with staff from the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (acronym in Spanish MJSP) and its prevention arm, PRE-PAZ, and Municipal Prevention Committees (MPCs), to complete and launch 20 Municipal Prevention Plans, and to introduce a National Quinquennial Prevention Plan. Finally, this report highlights the work being conducted by project staff to create and strengthen 18 Municipal Crime and Violence