July 2008 1
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