Specific Activity. Workshop with FOPRIDEH´s Incidence Commission to review the content and the route of the proposed Decentralized Development Planning Policy and reform the legal framework. Results: This activity was postponed to the next period because it was not possible to establish a working space with FOPRIDEH´s Incidence Commission.
Specific Activity. Carry out assessment activities with key actors from national and local associations such as, FORPIDEH’S affiliates, CSOs, and other government branches to socialize the new legal framework related to decentralization Results: Participated and financed five (5) workshops to reach agreements between FOPRIDEH, AMHON and XXXX on proposed constitutional reforms to the municipal system and the new Municipal Law. We will continue working with the latter on next semester, but there is a consensus to follow the same path as PDTD for the review of such draft in a participatory manner, jointly with the Decentralization Law.
Specific Activity. Hold meetings to plan the design of advocacy to promote legislative reforms concerning decentralization in coordination with strategic partners. (This activity belongs to the POA ended in September 2011).
1. Failed attempts on behalf of the government and other key players to make a decentralization policy.
2. Citizens are not identified with the reform; decentralization is understood as privatization, and the priorities/needs are others.
3. Short-term institutional memory.
1. Uncertainty of decision makers on the scope of the political will at different institutional and territorial levels.
2. Permanence of a centralist culture and lack of education on the subject.
3. Institutional and regulatory framework as tools of power.
4. Models and pilot projects for decentralization are not surpassed.
5. Non-fulfillment, contradictions and limitations of the legal framework.
6. Lack of coordination of efforts and inconsistencies in the agendas of civil society organizations.
7. Difficulties in building consensus in the country. The second workshop was held on August 22nd, its purpose was to analze important environmental elements, such as, defining threats/disadvantages and opportunities/advantages that are present for each of the themes found in the previous workshop, as shown in the following tables.
1. Relatively favorable environment / opening 1 Unions against the subject due to ignorance on the issue
2. Existing policy proposal for discussion and socialization 2 Internal resistance in some Ministries
3. Country Plan includes the subject 3 Limited knowledge on the subject
4. Existing resources 4 Fear of socializing the subject
5. Mayors Incidence 5 Little experience in the subject on the part of some officials
6. Several spaces for discussion and dialogue 6 Non-compliance and disrespect of the state policy
7. Agenda theme and in force 7 Distrust in the public sector 8. Cooperation in favor 8 High degree of dependence
Specific Activity. A workshop with stakeholders to identify strategic platform of the decentralization process. (This activity belongs to the POA which ended in September 2011). Results: This activity has been replaced by other workshops to discuss the Decentralized Territorial Development Policy, although it has not being done with project funds it had the active participation of the coordinator and staff of the program along with representatives from the government, civil society organizations, and AMHON.
Specific Activity. Operation of Decentralization Observatory (one person part time, equipment, furniture, documents and web site).
Specific Activity. Consulting on civil society agendas on issues of local management (decentralization, autonomy, citizen participation, utilities, etc.). Results: Since the socialization of PDTD has involved collecting inputs from civil society organizations at national and mancomunidad level, this consultancy is postponed for the next quarter in order to reflect this new scenario and other changes that are taking place in the country in the political and social context.
Specific Activity. Supporting participatory processes promoted by citizens commissions and municipal commissioners networks in at least three (3) pilot mancomunidades. This summary assessment is in relation to the target of this indicator: We have covered a good range of activities aimed to promote this indicator in a positive way, although according to the PMP the objective or goal for 2010, which was to be determined (TBD), was left pending, which is consistent with the baseline which for this semester is not yet risen. So we can conclude that the quantitative term in this period can´t measure the valuable progress in relation to the objective/goal proposed
Specific Activity. Accomplish assessment actions in fiscal decentralization matters and financial autonomy to benefit FOPRIDEH's members present in the project Mancomunidades.
Specific Activity. Technical assistance through consulting services to assess drafting and/or updating of the annual operating plan 2012 for the project's mancomunidades tax collector units.
Specific Activity. Working meetings for drafting and/or updating the annual operating plan 2012 for the tax collector units for the benefit of the project's mancomunidades.
