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Municipal Partnerships for Violence Prevention in Central America and the

Dominican Republic

Quarterly Report XXXIV January to March 2018

Submission Date: May 2018

International City/County Management Association (ICMA)

Cooperative Agreement Award No. RLA-A-00-09-00050-00

Prepared for the U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean

Office of Regional and Sustainable Development

Ms. Brennan Dorn

Agreement Officer’s Technical Representative

USAID/W/LAC/RSD/DHR

USAID

1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW

RRB 5.09-075

Washington, DC 20523

(202) 712-5942

Subject: Cooperative Agreement Award No. LAG-A-00-98-00060-00

Municipal Partnerships for Violence Prevention in Central America and the Dominican

Republic

Dear Ms. Dorn,

In compliance with 22 CFR 226.51 (d), Monitoring and reporting program performance, ICMA is pleased

to submit the following report for the subject cooperative agreement.

• Quarterly Report XXXIV – January-March 2018

If you have further questions about the technical content of these reports, please contact me directly. For

administrative matters, please contact Cintya Renderos at (202) 962-3692. For contractual matters, please

contact Ms. Irene Kaushansky (202) 962-3526.

Sincerely,

Isabelle Bully-Omictin, ICMA

Regional Director, Latin America/Caribbean

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acronyms and Abbreviations ............................................................................................................. 4

I. Project Description/Introduction ........................................................................................... 5

1.1 Major accomplishments/ progress towards results ........................................................... 7

a. Summary of trips in current reporting period: January – March 2018 ......................... 7

b. Accomplishments by Objective .............................................................................................. 8

1. Strategic Objective 1: Promote comprehensive municipal-based violence prevention strategies and programs with key Central American stakeholders and foster

development of regional peer knowledge networks ......................................................... 8

1.2 Strategic Objective 2: Support comprehensive municipal-based violence and crime

prevention programs in select municipalities .................................................................... 12

II. Implementation Challenges/ Remedial Actions Taken .................................................... 15

III. Proposed Activities and Expected Results for Next Quarter- April-june 2018....... 15

v. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE ............................................................................. 16

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ABCH Municipality of Boca Chica (Dominican Republic)

AGAAI Municipal Association of Indigenous Authorities and Mayors

ANAM Guatemalan Municipal Association

AMHON Municipal Association of Honduras

AMUPA Association of Municipalities of Panama

AMUPREV Municipal Partnerships for Violence Prevention in Central America and

the Dominican Republic

ASDE Municipality of Santo Domingo Este (Dominican Republic)

ASOMUREO Association of Municipalities of the Osama Region

CAMCAYCA Confederation of Associations of Central America and the Caribbean

CMPC Municipal Committee for Peace and Coexistence (Spanish acronym)

COMUPREV Commission for the Prevention of Violence

COMUDE Municipal Development Commission (Spanish acronym)

CPSVFLM Committee for the Prevention of Social Violence and Municipal

Leadership Strengthening

FEDOMU Federation of Municipalities of the Dominican Republic

FUNADEH Foundation for the Development of Honduras

GIZ German Cooperation Agency

GRYD City of Los Angeles Gang Reduction and Youth Development

ICMA International City/County Management Association

MVPC Municipal Violence Prevention Committee

PMIAJ – COMVIDA Municipal Infant, Adolescent and Youth Programs – Communications and

Life

POA Annual Operating Plan (Spanish acronym)

PREPAZ Salvadoran Ministry of Justice and Public Security’s Office on Social

Violence Prevention and Peace Culture

SESEG State Security Secretariat

PREVJUVE Comprehensive security and prevention of violence affecting children,

adolescents and youth in SICA countries

SICA Integrated Central American System

SVPC Social Violence Prevention Committee

UNAH National Autonomous University of Honduras

UNGL National Union of Local Governments of Costa Rica

UPP Police Pacification Unit

USAID U.S Agency for International Development

I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION/INTRODUCTION

ICMA has designed a program that began on October 1, 2009 which focuses on two key objectives: (1)

to promote comprehensive municipal-based violence prevention strategies and programs with key

Central American stakeholders and foster development of regional peer knowledge networks; and (2) to

provide training and technical assistance to local governments and community groups, in coordination

with national police efforts and other municipal-based programs.

ICMA has worked with key institutions in the region to promote the first objective and engage in

outreach. We developed a Toolkit for municipalities to use to promote the creation of municipal-led

mechanisms to provide leadership in bringing together key stakeholders to design and implement crime

and violence prevention programs. We have facilitated the participation of experts in national, regional

and international conferences and conducted workshops for municipal associations and municipal

stakeholders. We have developed a website (www.amuprev.org) which showcases daily examples of

municipalities throughout Latin America, which are taking the initiative to develop programs that are

building the foundation for crime prevention in their communities. Furthermore, we have documented

via video the experiences of 10 municipalities in Central America which have demonstrated a

commitment to crime prevention through the leadership of their elected officials, the dedication of their

police forces and the collaboration of representatives from all sectors of civil society, as well as national

government agencies. We have shared these videos through our website and at events and workshops

throughout the Region.

To accomplish Objective 2, ICMA has implemented the Toolkit in nineteen (19) municipalities

to create and/or strengthen municipal violence prevention committees/commissions (MVPCs)

and engaged in a series of municipal partnerships with cities in the US to share the model of

community-oriented policing and governance with the following municipalities in Central

America: Colón, San Miguelito, and Panama City, Panama; Nahuizalco, Sonsonate, Suchitoto,

San José Guayabal and San Bartolomé Perulapía, El Salvador; Mixco, Palencia, Santa Catarina

Pinula, Cobán, San Juan Chamelco and Tactic, Guatemala; Villanueva, San Manuel and

Pimienta, Honduras and Boca Chica and Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic.

Through these partnerships, police officers, municipal staff, community and private sector

representatives from US cities have provided information, training and technical assistance to

their counterparts to bring about a greater awareness of the need to prioritize and act upon

violence and crime prevention programs in a coordinated and comprehensive fashion. The

lessons-learned and knowledge gained from the municipal partnerships have been shared with

the broader network through the AMUPREV website. ICMA has also provided support to

municipal associations in each of the countries where we have had direct municipal interventions

(the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Panama) as well as Costa Rica

in order to promote the sharing of information and replication of the methodology.

In September 2012, USAID issued a six-month extension to ICMA through March 29, 2013.

Subsequently, USAID issued a no-cost extension to ICMA through April 30, 2013 and another

cost extension through September 30, 2013. ICMA applied the tools and methodologies tested

throughout the first Phase of this Cooperative Agreement to new municipalities in Guatemala

and El Salvador; provided continuing support to the Municipal Crime and Violence Prevention

Committees of Mixco, Palencia and Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala and Nahuizalco and

Sonsonate, El Salvador; continued to share information and practices with its established

network of violence prevention and other interested practitioners in the Region; developed a

sustainability plan to maintain the network after project end; and facilitated the sharing of the

Youth Services Eligibility Tool developed by the City of Los Angeles Gang Reduction and

Youth Development (GRYD) Office with stakeholders in Guatemala and Honduras. As part of

the sustainability plan, ICMA facilitated the creation of the Municipal Association Network for

Violence Prevention in Central America and the Dominican Republic (the “Red”).

In October 2013, USAID issued a two-year cost extension to ICMA to continue our work with

supporting the creation and strengthening of Municipal Crime and Violence Prevention

Committees in three new municipalities each in Guatemala (Cobán, San Juan Chamelco and

Tactic) and El Salvador (Suchitoto, San José Guayabal and San Bartolomé Perulapía). During

this period, ICMA documented and shared the experience in Brazil of the Unidades de Policía

Pacificadora (UPPs) as a model for potential adaptation to and application in Central America.

ICMA coordinated with USAID/Brazil and the Secretaria de Estado de Seguranca (SESEG) of

Río de Janeiro to develop a Toolkit and Comprehensive Training Program on the UPP model and

supported a series of exchanges with El Salvador to share lessons-learned and identify ways that

the model can be adjusted and applied in the country. ICMA supported the creation of the

Confederation of Associations of Central America and the Caribbean (CAMCAYCA), which

was launched in June 2015 with resources from the Dutch Cooperation Agency, VNG and the

DEMUCA Foundation (technical and financial arm of the Spanish Cooperation Agency).

CAMCAYCA is comprised of all of the association members of the Red AMUPREV except for

AGAAI and with the addition of Belize and Puerto Rico.

In September 2015, USAID issued another two-year cost extension to expand the CityLinks

Partnerships into new countries, build on the existing AMUPREV network of security

practitioners and strengthen the relationship between the State of Río de Janeiro and/or the

Federal Government of Brazil and El Salvador and/or other third countries. ICMA worked with

three municipalities in Honduras (Villanueva, Pimienta and San Manuel) and two in the

Dominican Republic (Boca Chica and Santo Domingo Este), continued to strengthen

CAMCAYCA and engage with the municipal associations of the Red.

In September 2017, USAID issued a final two-year cost extension to AMUPREV to expand its

support to municipalities in Honduras; finalize its support to municipalities in the Dominican

Republic; continue to bolster the sustainability of the Red AMUPREV through support to

CAMCAYCA and its members municipal associations; reengage with USAID/Brazil to explore

how to build on the trilateral cooperation activities in support of citizen security in line with the

goals and scope of work of AMUPREV and implement an awareness-raising program in selected

schools in the Dominican Republic to prevent victimization related to trafficking in persons in

collaboration with the Special Solicitor for Trafficking in Persons (PETTP) within the Attorney

General’s office.

This report summarizes activities and major accomplishments carried out during the period of

January-March 2018.

1.1 Major accomplishments/ progress towards results

a. Summary of trips in current reporting period: January – March 2018

Trip No. 166

DATES: January 15-14, 2018

LOCATION: San Pedro Sula, HONDURAS

PURPOSE: AMUPREV Director, in coordination with Technical Manager of Mancomunidad

Zona Metropolitana del Valle de Sula, presented Program and offered conditions to provide TA

and logistical support to newly elected mayors of La Lima and Potrerillos, and to re-elected mayors

of Petoa, Omoa, Quimistán and El Progreso. Also met mayors of Pimienta, San Manuel,

Villanueva and Santa Rita, to explain conditions of AMUPREV support during 2018 and 2019.

Trip No. 167

DATES: February 12-17, 2018

LOCATION: Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula, HONDURAS

PURPOSE: AMUPREV Director presented work plan to DGO at USAID/Honduras Mission for

support to municipalities in Honduras and requested support to have clearance to publish the Guide

developed with AMHON on the establishment of Municipal Violence Prevention Committees.

Met AMHON Executive Director to plan joint actions during the extension period, including

support to Morazán Department municipalities. In Valle de Sula area, met San Antonio and Santa Cruz mayors to present Program and conditions for AMUPREV to provide TA and logistical

support. Also, TA started in Quimistán and Petoa. Provided TA to municipal committees of

Villanueva, San Manuel, Pimienta and Santa Rita, to develop their 2018-2019 crime prevention

plans.

Trip No. 168

DATES: February 19-22, 2018

LOCATION: Santo Domingo, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

PURPOSE: AMUPREV Director coordinated with Attorney General’s Office to implement TIP

training program aimed at students in 6 provinces of DR, in coordination with Education Ministry

and FEDOMU. Also met with key personnel of FEDOMU to plan support that AMUPREV would

provide to disseminate Guide presented in National Assembly of mayors in November 2017.

Trip No. 169

DATES: March 6-10, 2018

LOCATION: San Pedro Sula, HONDURAS.

PURPOSE: AMUPREV Director participated in AMHON regional mayors meeting and had a

meeting, called by AMHON, with Vice-Minister of Security to explain the Guide prepared for

AMHON to support municipalities to implement crime prevention committees. Objective of

meeting was to receive “no-objection” to publish and distribute that Guide at the April 2018

AMHON National Assembly of Mayors. Provided training about the role of local government to

improve citizen security to municipal authorities and staff, government and police officers and

community and religious leaders of San Antonio, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Potrerillos and Petoa.

Trip No. 170

DATES: March 19-24, 2018

LOCATION: Tegucigalpa, HONDURAS.

PURPOSE: Met with DGO in USAID/Honduras Mission to update on plans for municipalities in

Francisco Morazán Department and asked again for support to obtain a no-objection from the Vice

Minister of Security to publish the Guide prepared with AMHON. Also met AMHON authorities

and technical staff to plan support during 2018 and 2019. Interviewed four candidates for local

advisor position in Francisco Morazán Dept.

b. Accomplishments by Objective

1. Strategic Objective 1: Promote comprehensive municipal-based violence

prevention strategies and programs with key Central American

stakeholders and foster development of regional peer knowledge

networks

a. Intermediate Result 1.1: Orientation and information provided to local government,

law enforcement, and civil society representatives on municipal-based violence

prevention

• Integrated website and other ICT

Daily municipal-based violence prevention news continues to be updated on the AMUPREV

news link (http://www.amuprev.org/noticias.php). Weekly news bulletins found on the

AMUPREV website (www.amuprev.org) also known as “Noti AMUPREV” are sent to

AMUPREV’s list serve members and posted on the project’s Facebook page.

There was a decrease in the total number of AMUPREV webpage visits this Quarter, as shown

below in Figure No.1. AMUPREV is taking measures to renew interest in the website.

Eventually users will be redirected to the CAMCAYCA site which will incorporate the

information from the AMUPREV site.

Table 1: Number of Visits to AMUPREV Website, FB followers and emails sent weekly.

STATISTICS ON USAGE OF AMUPREV WEBSITE

E-MAIL AND FACEBOOK CONTACTS

January – March 2018

CONCEPT SUBTOTAL October November December

Visits 5,624 5,187 4,390

Pages per visit 1,82 1,76 1,78

Time per visit 1:29 1:28 1:31

Pages visited 10,225 9,116 7,801

News 78.23% 80.97 % 82.00 %

Home Page 4.09% 3.18% 3.70%

Municipal

Experiences

4.04% 4.4% 4.92%

Various 6.40% 5.07% 4.21%

Index 4.11% 3.95% 2.32%

Publications 3.13% 2.43% 2.85%

Visitor Origin Central America 53.91% 57.83% 59.86%

United States 9.26% 11.56% 9.90%

Other (Latin

America)

30.87% 27.00% 25.97%

Other 5.96% 3.61% 4.27%

Search Objectives General Search 63.80% 61.58% 62.80%

Direct Search 17.52% 17.66% 18.30%

Reference

Search

11.69% 14.93% 12.70%

Other 6.99% 5.83% 6.20%

Emails Confirmed 4,998 4,998 4,998

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

Jan. 18 Feb. 18 Mar. 18

Visits to Web FB folowers Mail chimp

Facebook Contacts 4,060 4,097 4,130

Questions about

publications via

Facebook and email

1 1 1

Table 2: Statistics on AMUPREV Website visits, Email and Facebook Contacts

We continue to promote and track publications published by the AMUPREV Network members

to illustrate the Project’s impact across the region as well as continued sustainability efforts. This

Quarter the total number of articles published decreased to 355. With the transition process of

network management to CAMCAYCA, the responsibility of finding and sharing municipal-led

crime prevention activities published in webpages and social accounts has being assigned to the

municipal associations. General coordination has been assigned to the Executive Secretariat of

CAMCAYCA (UNGL-CR). The AMUPREV Communications Coordinator is now dedicated to

finding articles outside the Central America region. UNGL staff do not currently have the capacity

to populate the site and ICMA has proposed hiring a local consultant to support the extra effort

needed by UNGL to improve the management of the network. ICMA has also proposed holding a

workshop (June 2018) with communications staff from associations to provide guidance and

motivation for them to increase the involvement of their respective associations in the

dissemination of municipal-led violence and crime prevention activities from within their

association membership.

Table 3: Number of Publications Published by Red AMUPREV

754 782 786 829751

355

0

200

400

600

800

1000

TOTAL

Publications on Network

Oct-Dec 2016 Jan-Mar 2017 Apr-Jun 2017

Jul-Sep 2017 Oct-Dec 2017 Jan-Mar 2018

b. Intermediate Result 1.2: Regional peer network(s) established and municipal coordination

mechanisms strengthened.

• Consolidation of Network of Municipal Associations to Prevent Violence in Central

America and the Dominican Republic

Support to the CAMCAYCA (Confederation of Associations of Central America and the

Caribbean)

During this Quarter, meetings were held with the Executive Secretariat of CAMCAYCA

(UNGL-Costa Rica Director) and with the directors of the associations of Guatemala, Honduras

and the Dominican Republic, in order to collaborate in the preparation of the Confederation's

Work Plan for 2018 and 2019. We conducted an analysis of the problems that have been

observed with the decrease of news published on the Web. As mentioned above, several

solutions were identified, including hiring a consultant to improve the coordination by the UNGL

and convoking a workshop with new association communications staff. These solutions must be

ratified in a session of the Board of Directors of CAMCAYCA. The Executive Secretariat of

CAMCAYCA agreed that AMUPREV would collaborate directly in the development of the

CAMCAYCA web page, where all the information developed by AMUPREV will be uploaded.

Support to Municipal Association members of the Red AMUPREV

AMHON:

A meeting was held with the Honduran

Deputy Security Minister, Luis

Fernando Suazo to discuss the Guide to

Municipal Crime and Violence

Prevention which AMUPREV

developed with AMHON. Present at the

meeting were Mr. Suazo, his Advisor,

Mr. Sagastume, the AMUPREV

Director, Carlos Loría-Chaves, the

Executive Director of AI

MHON, José Antonio Mendoza, the

Executive Director of the ZMVS, Diana

Pineda, and the mayors of Pimienta

(Raúl Ugarte) and San Manuel (Arturo

Castro). The objective of the meeting

was to obtain a no-objection from the

Subsecretariat for Prevention to

distribute the Guide to all municipalities

in Honduras during AMHON’s Assembly in April. Mr. Suazo promised to review the Guide and

provide quick feedback and/or an indication of no-objection for its distribution. To date, this has

not been received.

Figure 2: Meeting with Vice-Minister Luis Fernando Suazo

ICMA finalized the video of the Honduras experience in crime and violence prevention.

It is available on the AMUPREV site at http://www.amuprev.org/multimedia/?id=230

Federation of Dominican Municipalities (FEDOMU):

The AMUPREV Director coordinated with FEDOMU in order to engage them in the training on

TIP that AMUPREV is planning to support, in collaboration with the Attorney General’s Office.

In addition, three regional workshops were planned with FEDOMU for April to train mayors,

including presidents of regional associations, technical advisors and municipal communication

directors on the contents of the Local Government Violence Prevention Guide for the DR

(http://www.amuprev.org/biblioteca/publicacion.php?id=151).

1.2 Strategic Objective 2: Support comprehensive municipal-based violence and

crime prevention programs in select municipalities

Intermediate Result 2: Training and technical assistance provided to pilot local

governments and community groups, in coordination with national police efforts and other

municipal-based programs

2.A ACTIVITIES IN TARGETED MUNICIPALITIES IN HONDURAS

VALLE DE SULA

During this Quarter, the committees updated their municipal diagnostics to take into account the

information provided by the observatories (in the case of Villanueva and San Manuel), a process

that was not completed last Quarter as planned because of the Presidential Elections and ensuing

protests, as well as the Christmas Holidays. In addition, Santa Rita, San Manuel, Pimienta and

Villanueva disseminated the results of the evaluation of their 2017 plan implementation and

completed their draft plans for 2018-2019. There was some restructuring of the MVPCs in

several of the municipalities so additional training was held by the AMUPREV staff to the new

members. All four municipalities will participate in an event at the end of May to share their

experiences thus far with the Program with the new municipalities.

AMUPREV expanded its reach and worked closely with the Mancomunidad to identify a

number of municipalities that will receive Project support. These municipalities are divided into

3 groups. Group 1 includes the original four municipalities (Santa Rita, San Manuel, Pimienta

and Villanueva) and focuses on overcoming weaknesses identified in the evaluation exercise and

supporting the development of new plans and activities that are geared at those weaknesses.

Group 2 includes municipalities which have not engaged in crime and violence prevention

activities: Potrerillos, Quimistán, Petoa, San Francisco de Yojoa, San Antonio de Cortes and

Santa Cruz de Yojoa. Group 3 includes municipalities that have already implemented crime

prevention activities with other donors/implementers. Specific areas of support will be identified

with each to ensure that AMUPREV provides value added to their initiatives. The municipalities

in this group include Omoa, El Progreso and La Lima. The Project Team, led by the Project

Director, Carlos Loría-Chaves, visited each municipality and held sessions to gather information

about their current and past crime and violence prevention initiatives. Training was provided to

each municipality on the general functioning of a MVPC and the AMUPREV methodology.

The first meetings of the crime and violence prevention committees for each new municipality

were held in March. The mayors of San Antonio de Cortés, Santa Cruz de Yojoa and San

Francisco de Yojoa all selected a General Coordinator for their respective MVPCs.

ICMA also identified candidates from several municipalities in the Valle de Sula to receive

training in crime prevention as part of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Project.

Municipal Achievements:

GROUP 1

All municipalities in this group have completed the drafts of their respective 2018-2019

Municipal Crime and Violence Prevention Plans. The plans will be reviewed by the AMUPREV

Team and finalized in April 2018.

GROUP 2

Several of the municipalities in this group

are in the process of forming their

MVPCs, namely Quimistán, Santa Cruz

de Yojoa, San Francisco de Yojoa, San

Antonio, Potrerillos and Petoa. The

municipal authorities and staff, GOH

representatives, local leaders and

community organizations have received

training on the role of municipalities in

leading crime prevention strategies and

are ready to develop their diagnostics of

existing violence risk and protective

factors in their communities.

GROUP 3

The Project Team met with personnel from violence observatories, COMVIDA, and different

municipal offices in Omoa, El Progreso and La Lima to map information on crime prevention

initiatives. A diagnostic of these initiatives will be prepared for each municipality to better gauge

the support that AMUPREV can provide to each. Omoa and La Lima have already initiated the

process of conforming a MVPC

Figure 3: Meeting with Quimistán Municipal Officials

and Staff

Francisco Morazán

With support from AMHON, AMUPREV identified the three municipalities which will be

receiving support through the Program in the Francisco Morazán Department. They include

Santa Lucía, Valle de Ángeles and Cantarrana.

On March 21 and 22, in coordination with

AMHON, the AMUPREV team presented

the Project and proposed assistance to the

mayors of Santa Lucía and Cantarranas in a

meeting that also included council

members, municipal staff, representatives

from other government institutions,

religious and community leaders.

Mayors Julio Avilez (Santa Lucia) and

Francisco Gaitán (Cantarranas), expressed

satisfaction with the terms of the Program

and interest in addressing violence prevention. Furthermore, they stressed that it is everyone's

responsibility and that there is the political will to lead and promote initiatives of this nature, in

order to maintain the peace and well-being of the citizens of both municipalities.

The AMUPREV Local Advisor who will support these municipalities was selected and she will

start her activities in April. The first presentation to the Mayor of Valle de Ángeles has been set

for April.

2.B SUPPORT FOR A TRAINING PROGRAM IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO PREVENT

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SPECIAL SOLICITOR FOR

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS OF THE DR ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE

Several meetings were held by AMUPREV staff with the Special Solicitor for Trafficking in

Persons and her team in the Dominican Republic to finalize the plan for supporting training to

students in five Dominican provinces to alert them to the signs and dangers of human trafficking

so that they do not fall victim to it. A draft schedule was developed, with plans to finalize it next

Quarter. The Deputy Attorney General has enlisted and received the support of the Ministry of

Education, the Ministry for Women, and the Ministry of the Interior’s National School. The

activities will be carried out in conjunction with FEDOMU. The initiative seeks to reach at least

12,600 students between the ages of 14 and 18, spread out among 252 educational centers in 5

provinces, namely Puerto Plata, Santiago, Santo Domingo, Samaná and San Juan de la Maguada,

as well as the National District. Training will initially be provided to 32 district attorneys (one

per Province) in the Ministry of the Interior’s National School. The district attorneys from each

of the selected provinces and the National District will in turn train 42 trainers and municipal

technical staff who will be the ones to provide the training in the 252 educational centers.

Figure 4: Presentation of AMUPREV in Cantarranas

II. IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES/ REMEDIAL ACTIONS TAKEN

Support to trilateral cooperation on citizen security between USAID, Brazilian officials and

third countries facing citizen security challenges: USAID, together with ICMA, decided not to

support this initiative through AMUPREV. Project funds will be reallocated to other activities

within AMUPREV.

III. PROPOSED ACTIVITIES AND EXPECTED RESULTS FOR NEXT

QUARTER- APRIL-JUNE 2018

1. Support finalization of 2018-2019 municipal violence prevention plans in the Sula Valley

(Villanueva, Pimienta, San Manuel and Santa Rita)

2. Provide targeted support to the new municipalities, in the Sula Valley. At the end of next

Quarter, AMUPREV will evaluate the level of commitment of the 9 new municipalities

to make sure that the conditions and political will are there to continue providing

assistance and to support them in the development of their violence prevention strategy

and plan for October 2018 to Dec. 2019.

3. Present municipal violence prevention plans from the original four municipalities

supported by AMUPREV in the Sula Valley to delegations from the other 9 ZMVS

member municipalities and from three selected municipalities from the Morazán

Department. The ZMVS will host this information-sharing event, to which AMHON, the

Ministry of Security, USAID/HON and USAID Implementers will be invited. The event

will be held in San Pedro Sula on May 31st.

4. Reach final agreement on training program and dates with Special Solicitor for

Trafficking in Persons in the Dominican Republic.

5. Conduct workshops in three regions of the Dominican Republic with FEDOMU to

provide training and guidance on the use of the Local Government Violence Prevention

Guide for the DR.

6. Provide support to selected municipalities of the Dept. of Morazan.

7. Continue preparation and dissemination of weekly bulletins for the AMUPREV site.

8. Collaborate with CAMCAYCA and current Executive Secretariat, the UNGL, to increase

its responsibilities in managing the Network, especially promoting more sharing of

experiences, activities and projects implemented in the municipalities of their affiliated

associations.

9. Provide technical assistance to CAMCAYCA in drafting the 2018-2019 work plan,

particularly in their strategy to promote more municipal-led citizen security and approve

the program of activities to be developed with and supported by AMUPREV. Provide

support to a meeting with SICA authorities that will be held in June in the Dominican

Republic.

10. Coordinate with municipal associations to develop activities to enhance their strategies to

promote crime prevention led by local governments.

V. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE

Quarterly Financial Report for January-March 2018 is detailed below.

Table 4:

Quarterly Financial Report

Total Federal Funds Authorized: $4,999,999.51

Federal Share of Expenditures: $4,615,498.68

Remaining Funds: $384,500.83

Cost-share Required: $141,569 Cost Share Reported: $141,569