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. Workshop in Comayagua with Project participation jointly with XXXX and AMHON
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 Results: This activity has been replaced by other workshops to discuss the Decentralized Territorial Development Policy, although it has not being done with project funds it had the active participation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. In this period and in a meeting between SEIP and AMHON the platform for the decentralization process was defined. This was contracted as National Decentralization Policy Law and submitted for approval to the National Congress, even though the Legislative power doesn´t approve policies, but it was decided to introduce it to some extent to give it some law enforcement and it doesn’t become a simple policy that any new government can easily eliminate it; Also the elaboration of drafts in the Decentralization Law, the new Municipal Law, the Municipal Financial Management Law and the proposal of a constitutional reform, as well as the implementation of the Municipal Civil Service Law.
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. Meeting with the Technical Commission of the FND
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). The first workshop was held on August 12th, managed to define the major assessment issues, as well as, identify, formulate and prioritize problems related to decentralization and municipal autonomy, including the following:
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. Results: Communication has been kept with some Transparency Citizen Commissions and certain municipal commissioners to explore potential activities in the next quarter (January-March 2012). Result 2: Legal framework for municipal fiscal autonomy strengthened Indicator 2.1: Index of fiscal municipal autonomy of municipalities (own source revenue/total income) 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. Result: According to the Budget priorities, this activity is kept pending. The same consists in hiring a facilitator’s service who will give workshops during the first semester of 2012.
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. Results: This activity was transferred / rescheduled to the first semester in 2012.
