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IBTCI Regional Trilateral Cooperation – Quarter 1 Performance Report, FY 2019
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Quarterly Report October 2018 - December 2018 Submitted February 15, 2019
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USAID REGIONAL TRILATERAL COOPERATION (RTC)
AID-596-TO-16-00006
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TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................................................................... 2
PROJECT OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................................. 5
BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................................................ 5
MAJOR TRILATERAL ACTIVITIES THIS QUARTER ............................................................................................ 7
KEY MEETINGS AND DELIVERABLES ................................................................................................................. 13
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION ........................................................................................................... 13
Home Office Personnel Changes ........................................................................................................................ 13
Field Office Personnel Changes ........................................................................................................................... 13
PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED & SOLUTIONS ................................................................................................... 13
PLANNED TRILATERAL ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................... 14
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ............................................................................................................................. 15
GENDER CONSIDERATIONS ........................................................................................................................... 16
LEARNING CONSIDERATIONS ....................................................................................................................... 16
MATERIALS SENT TO DEC AND DDL ............................................................................................................... 17
PROJECT ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................................................... 17
ANNEX A. CUMULATIVE PROJECT INTERVENTIONS TO DATE ........................................................... 21
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ACRONYMS AFIP Administracion Federal de Ingresos Publicos AMEXCID Mexican Agency of Cooperation and Development ANDA Administración Nacional de Acueductos y Alcantarillados ASOEX Chilean Export Association BCR Banco Central de Reserva BID Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo CAM Central América and México CEL Comisión Ejecutiva Hidroeléctrica CEN Strategy U.S. Strategy for Engagement in Central America CEPA Comisión Ejecutiva Portuaria Autónoma COR Contracting Officer Representative DDL Development Data Library DEC Development Experience Clearinghouse FISDL Fondo de Inversión Social para el Desarrollo Local FOSAFFI Fondo de Saneamiento y Fortalecimiento Financiero FOSEP Fondo Salvadoreño para Estudios de Preinversión FOVIAL Fondo Vial FSV Fondo Social para la Vivienda
FUSADES Fundación Salvadoreña para el Desarrollo Económico y Social
IBTCI International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. INDES Instituto Nacional de los Deportes de El Salvador INSAFORP Instituto Salvadoreño de Formación Profesional IPFA Instituto de Previsión Social de la Fuerza Armada ISBM Instituto Salvadoreño de Bienestar Magisterial ISDEM Instituto Salvadoreño de Desarrollo Municipal ISDEMU Instituto Salvadoreño para el Desarrollo de la Mujer ISRI Instituto Salvadoreño de Rehabilitación Integral ISNA Instituto Salvadoreño de la Niñez y la Adolescencia ISSS Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social LAC Latin America and the Caribbean LOP Life of Project MH Ministerio de Hacienda MIGOBDT Ministerio de Gobernación y Desarrollo Territorial MINEC Ministerio de Economía (El Salvador) MOF Ministry of Finance PNUD United Nations Development Programme
PROESA Organismo Promotor de Exportaciones e Inversiones de El Salvador
RDCS Regional Development Cooperation Strategy
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RTC Regional Trilateral Cooperation SETEPLAN Secretarìa Tecnica y Planificacion
SIGET Superintendencia General de Electricidad y Telecomunicaciones
SSC South-South Cooperation STTA Short-Term Technical Assistance TBD To Be Determined TLA Trilateral Activity USAID United States Agency for International Development USDA United States Department of Agriculture USG United States Government UTE Unidad Técnica AFIP Administracion Federal de Ingresos Publicos AMEXCID Mexican Agency of Cooperation and Development ANDA Administración Nacional de Acueductos y Alcantarillados ASOEX Chilean Export Association BCR Banco Central de Reserva BID Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo CAM Central América and México CEL Comisión Ejecutiva Hidroeléctrica CEN Strategy U.S. Strategy for Engagement in Central America CEPA Comisión Ejecutiva Portuaria Autónoma COR Contracting Officer Representative DDL Development Data Library DEC Development Experience Clearinghouse FISDL Fondo de Inversión Social para el Desarrollo Local FOSAFFI Fondo de Saneamiento y Fortalecimiento Financiero FOSEP Fondo Salvadoreño para Estudios de Preinversión FOVIAL Fondo Vial FSV Fondo Social para la Vivienda
FUSADES Fundación Salvadoreña para el Desarrollo Económico y Social
IBTCI International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. INDES Instituto Nacional de los Deportes de El Salvador INSAFORP Instituto Salvadoreño de Formación Profesional IPFA Instituto de Previsión Social de la Fuerza Armada ISBM Instituto Salvadoreño de Bienestar Magisterial ISDEM Instituto Salvadoreño de Desarrollo Municipal ISDEMU Instituto Salvadoreño para el Desarrollo de la Mujer ISRI Instituto Salvadoreño de Rehabilitación Integral ISNA Instituto Salvadoreño de la Niñez y la Adolescencia ISSS Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social LAC Latin America and the Caribbean
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LOP Life of Project MH Ministerio de Hacienda MIGOBDT Ministerio de Gobernación y Desarrollo Territorial MINEC Ministerio de Economía (El Salvador) MOF Ministry of Finance PNUD United Nations Development Programme
PROESA Organismo Promotor de Exportaciones e Inversiones de El Salvador
RDCS Regional Development Cooperation Strategy RTC Regional Trilateral Cooperation SETEPLAN Secretarìa Tecnica y Planificacion
SIGET Superintendencia General de Electricidad y Telecomunicaciones
SSC South-South Cooperation STTA Short-Term Technical Assistance TBD To Be Determined TLA Trilateral Activity USAID United States Agency for International Development USDA United States Department of Agriculture USG United States Government UTE Unidad Técnica
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PROJECT OVERVIEW
Task Order number AID-596-TO-16-00006 Title USAID Regional Trilateral Cooperation (RTC)
Activity description: Based in San Salvador, the Regional Trilateral Cooperation (RTC) activity promotes South-South cooperation among Central American policy-makers and both private and civil society leaders engaged in activities of priority to USAID/Central America & Mexico (CAM), bilateral and regional missions in Central America, and counterparts working in comparable areas in other LAC countries. RTC achieves this through designing and facilitating Tri-Lateral Activities (TLAs) for Central American specialists to engage with other country counterparts in the LAC region.
Mission/Bureau Contracting Task Order:
USAID/El Salvador – Central America Mission
Period of Performance: August 1, 2016 – July 31, 2019 possible Option Year
USAID Contracting Officer:
Sonja Stroud-Gooden
USAID Contracting Officer Representative:
Annie de Valencia
Ceiling Price: $5,620,555.46 Total obligated to date: $2,932,315.39
BACKGROUND The USAID Regional Trilateral Cooperation project provides support to build trilateral cooperation between the United States Government (USG), represented by USAID, provider countries (Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, and Uruguay -- the South-South Cooperation (SSC) countries in Latin America), and receiving countries (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, and the Dominican Republic). The overall aim of the project is to provide technical and logistical assistance to USAID regional and bilateral Missions and the projects they support, through sharing and transferring technical expertise, technology, knowledge, and information on model systems, processes and policies, while building and strengthening meaningful, sustainable intra-regional relationships. This tri-lateral cooperative process is a critical step to moving these countries towards self-reliance while bringing to fruition critical USG regional objectives.
The U.S. Strategy for Engagement in Central America (“the CEN Strategy”) targets two high priority objectives: enhancing citizen security and development of prosperity in each of the four Central American countries, combined with regional integration. USAID’s Central America and Mexico Regional Development Cooperation Strategy (RDCS) 2015-2019 referenced capacity building needs in each
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sector, including an emphasis on capacity building between Mexico and Central America. RTC has proactively supported this over the last two years, developing numerous Trilateral Activities (TLAs) that are all well integrated into the USAID Mission’s portfolio and contribute to the objectives of USAID’s regional and bilateral strategies in the LAC region. The accepted definitions guiding RTC programming include:
• Trilateral Cooperation: Involves partnerships between two or more developing countries – in this case from Latin America -- supported by a developed country (or countries) or multilateral organization(s) to implement development cooperation programs and interventions.
• South-South Cooperation (SSC): Involves establishment of meaningful and sustainable relationships between Latin American governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academics, the private sector and other relevant stakeholders in order to enable the long-term exchange of resources, technology, and knowledge between developing countries, also known as countries of the Global South. SSC can take place on a bilateral, regional, sub-regional or inter-regional basis.
The project strengthens USAID program results by leveraging technical contributions from SSC provider countries in Latin America to promote increased and more systemic trilateral cooperation so all actors benefit from the relationships. The project focuses on facilitating government-to-government assistance where governmental sources can contribute technical assistance and useful development models. Trilateral Activities (TLA) include the following types of exchanges: observational or study tours, facilitated workshops, conferences, and delegations of experts. • Observational or study tours: Partner participants visit a donor country to study a specific sector,
program or model, or experts are brought from other countries to help on a specific topic related to a bilateral or regional USAID project.
• Facilitated Workshops: Workshops address a specific sector, program or theme. When included in an observational study tour, workshops provide in-depth knowledge and training on a specific issue, and to address identified knowledge and/or skills gaps.
• Conferences: RTC develops a conference theme, mobilizes experts, and provides logistical support to achieve concept note objectives and manage the conference.
• Delegations of Experts: RTC sends technical experts to Northern Triangle countries to provide training, attend conferences or exchange ideas and expertise with receiving country counterparts.
All RTC activities take into consideration aspects of equity and gender inclusion. All TLAs are also conducted in accordance with ADS 253.3.5 Third-Country Participant Training Requirements and the Participant Training Practitioner’s Manual. RTC staff inputs data collected into USAID’s Trainet System. Our project team includes four employees posted in San Salvador. FUSADES is the sub-contractor that provides technical support in:
a) Providing on-going monitoring and evaluation of TLAs. b) Reporting on RTC events and other ad hoc and special analyses; c) Providing technical research related to planned TLAs, when requested from USAID.
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MAJOR TRILATERAL ACTIVITIES THIS QUARTER
In this quarter, RTC implemented 4 TLAs and funded 12 participants.
TLA Title Trilateral
Effort/USAID Program Area
Location Type of TLA Date # of Participants
RTC Program
Funds Expended
Contribution Providing Countries
Civil Service Reform II Good Governance/ Justice Sector Strengthening/
El Salvador Experts
visit/ Conference
October 1-5, 2018 1 $3,143.65 $3,143.65
Result Oriented Budget
Macroeconomic Foundation for Growth/Fiscal Policy
Chile Workshop November 12-17, 2018 4 $13,467.00 $13,467.00
Ethics Week
Good Governance (Citizen Security Sector) /Justice Sector Strengthening
El Salvador Experts Visit/
Conference
November 26-30, 2018 5 $16,818.85 $16,818.85
Ethics Tribunal
Good Governance (Citizen Security Sector) /Justice Sector Strengthening
El Salvador Expert Visit December 17-18. 2018 2 $5,253.20 $5,253.20
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USAID has utilized the project in a wide range of technical areas to include the following:
A. Good Governance/ Justice Sector Strengthening/ Civil Service Reform II October 1-5, 2018
USAID works in partnership with the Government of El Salvador (GOES) and civil society organizations to advance the effective implementation of regulations and initiatives that increase transparency and accountability in government. A professional civil service is critical to allow a more transparent and efficient administration of public resources. For this reason, a reform of the civil service that includes systems of recruitment and evaluation based on merit, specialized and continuous learning platforms for public servants, and adequate systems of compensation and classification of positions, are essential to modernize the civil service, thus reducing patronage and corruption. The Technical and Planning Secretariat of the GOES has begun applying key aspects of the reform by launching initiatives such as electronic public employee recruitment systems and the creation of the National School of Public Employees (ENAFOP). USAID and the GOES have identified the need to learn from other countries’ successful experiences in the professionalization of public employees as a means to inform future decisions in this field. This Trilateral Activity was the second part of a three-part Trilateral Effort that enabled a Chilean Civil Service expert to share her expertise and advise the Salvadorians on their existing model. In addition, the Trilateral Activity formally raised awareness beyond the government, informing citizens of El Salvador of the importance of civil service reform while creating a space for learning public service models based on merit from other nations in the region, including the implementation challenges, lessons learned and sustainability approaches from which the authorities of the region GOES and USAID could be used as a reference for future interventions in support of the professionalization of the public service. The Chilean Human Resources Management and Personnel Development expert, Marcela Montero, worked in close partnership with her counterpart, the Salvadorian Deputy Director of the Technical Secretariat of Planning (SETEPLAN), part of the GOES executive branch, to provide her analysis of the GOES Performance Management National Strategy Document. The Salvadorian/Chilean partnership then designed a training workshop based on learnings from the Chilean model for the Salvadorian government’s executive branch human resources institutions. Ms. Montero subsequently led a workshop in conjunction with all Directors of Talent Management from the
Marcela Montero during the VI forum of Public Function: Importance of the evaluation of work
performance for the professionalization of Public Service
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Salvadorian government, training them on the new Performance Management National Strategy and incorporating their comments and suggestions for further tailoring to the Salvadorian model. Lastly, she and a representative from SETEPLAN participated in a televised interview as part of a Public Forum on the importance of evaluating work performance for the professionalization of the Salvadorian public service. This is also an approach to empower citizens to better hold their government accountable for transparency. After Ms. Montero’s departure, the Chilean Directorate of Professionalization of the
Public Function continues to work in partnership and close collaboration with her counterparts at SETEPLAN in order to finalize the Salvadorian Performance Management National Strategy reform document.
B. Fiscal Policy Reform: Result Oriented Budget November 12-17, 2018
Public Financial Management (PFM) is one of the most important functions of government and a pillar of efficient, transparent, and accountable service delivery and good governance. Efficient domestic revenue mobilization (DRM), fair, equitable and predictable tax policy and administration, and sound expenditure management must be in place to promote fiscal discipline, policy-based resource allocation, and operational effectiveness. USAID is aiding the Salvadorian Ministry of Finance (MOF) to implement a Result Oriented Budget, working with the Ministry of Education (MINED), Ministry of Health (MINSAL), Ministry of Environment (MARN) and Court of Accounts (CoA). The goal is to make public expenditure more efficient and transparent by strengthening GOES ministries and CoA in formulation, execution and monitoring/evaluation of Result Oriented Budgets.
In coordination with the USAID Domestic Resource Mobilization Project and the Chilean General Budget Directorate (DIPRES), RTC organized a Trilateral Activity for a formal training that took place in Chile called Results Oriented Budget Experiences Training (CROBET). Four Salvadorian authorities, one from each target ministry, and an audit specialist of the CoA, went to Chile to meet their equivalents and to take part in the capacity exchange. Throughout the training the Salvadorian officials learned from the Chilean experience about the use of methodologies and
Marcela Montero during her participation in the Forum.
Participants and Fiscal Policy Project representatives during their visit in Chile
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tools for budget formulation, execution, monitoring and budgetary evaluation that follow the best international practices in monitoring and evaluation of public programs. The established cohort agreed to continue collaborating in order for the GOES to achieve the following:
• Incorporate the culture of evaluation in the institutional budget process
• Improve budgetary discipline in institutions
• Computerize the budgetary process at the level that facilitates the execution and control of institutional programs and projects
Enrique Giraldo, Chief of Party of the Fiscal Policy Project during the meeting in Chile
Yellow Graph: Presentation of the Chilean Results Oriented Budget model as it applies to financing the National Health
System
Blue Graph: Chilean model’s Monitoring Tool related to Financial Incentives
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Good Governance (Citizen Security Sector) /Justice Sector Strengthening/Ethics Week November 26-30, 2018
The US government has supported the Salvadorian Government Ethics Tribunal (TEG) in various activities aimed at strengthening its leading role in Public Ethics. One of the main activities carried out has been the establishment of the Institutional Integrity Model (MII) which the TEG adopted towards the establishment of values and integrity practices in the organization. The MII is a self-evaluation that involves reviewing regulations, organizational culture, and processes in different model areas, to include transparency, ethics, accountability, citizen participation, anti-corruption and a lack of public efficiency.
Since its creation, the TEG hosts an annual Ethics Week, which includes events throughout all regions of El Salvador with an average attendance of 1,500 participants from most central and municipal government institutions. This year’s theme was “Open Government,” based on the Chilean model. It was chosen in order to highlight the importance of principles meant to promote transparency, increase citizen involvement in the debate and decision of public affairs, fight corruption and take advantage of new technologies – all aimed at strengthening democratic governance as well as the quality of public services throughout the judicial, legislative and executive branches. RTC assisted the TEG in developing a public integrity and open government policy for its own organization. Five Chilean Open Government experts partnered with the Salvadorians to create a plan
Chilean Open Government expert speaking at the public televised event to a group of Salvadorian civil service leaders about transparency, ethics, accountability and citizen
participation in the fight against corruption
USAID Democracy and Governance senior leadership working in partnership with the Salvadorian TEG and the Chilean experts in the publicly televised and nationally
recognized South-South Cooperation dialogue enabled by RTC
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to consolidate its role as a governing body for public ethics. During the Ethics Week, 50% of the relevant committees were trained and sensitized to the newly developed plan based on the capacity exchange that came from this South-South Cooperative partnership. A major achievement resulting from this Trilateral Activity was the start of discussions on the creation of a formal South-South Cooperation partnership between the nations of Chile and El Salvador, specifically regarding the concept of Civil Service Reform, which speak to open government and transparency.
C. Justice Sector Strengthening/Ethics Tribunal
December 17-18, 2018
With continued support to the Salvadorian Government Ethics Tribunal (TEG), RTC implemented a subsequent Trilateral Activity by once more bringing two Open Government experts from Chile’s National Counsel of Transparency to provide technical assistance to Salvadorian magistrates and officials, chiefs and technicians of the TEG. In this two-day South-South Cooperation discourse the following discussions occurred:
• Follow-up capacity building dialogue regarding the 5 main challenges identified during the above Ethics Weeks. TLA transmitting international best practices of open government to be further taught to public servants through the country
• Chilean support to the TEG in the implementation of two critical national strategies: 1) generation of draft Institutional Integrity Improvement Plan and the 2) Institutional Policy for Integrity and Open Government. The Institutional Policy provides guidance to the TEG, leveraging international standards of transparency, citizen involvement, corruption prevention, ethics and public efficiency.
Part of the audience during the Ethics Week Conference
TEG meetings during the Experts` Visit to El Salvador
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KEY MEETINGS AND DELIVERABLES
RTC staff regularly liaise with public and private sector leaders, members of civil society and the world of academia towards the design and implementation of the Trilateral Activities that enable capacity exchange through South-South Cooperation.
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION Home Office Personnel Changes
On November 21st, USAID approved Ms. Kathryn Hornbeck to replace the previous Project Associate and provide administrative and routine backstopping support, including coordination and monitoring RTC support with home office departments such as accounting and human resources.
Field Office Personnel Changes RTC is in the process of finalizing a replacement for the Finance and Administrative Manager position.
PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED & SOLUTIONS
No problems encountered this quarter.
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PLANNED TRILATERAL ACTIVITIES
USAID Program Area Trilateral Effort Trilateral Activity (TLA)
Education, Trade and Investment Workforce Puentes II: Inclusion
Education, Trade and Investment Workforce Puentes III: Workforce
Development Part III
Education, Trade and Investment
Education, Trade and Investment
Footwear Technology Center
Education, Trade and Investment
Education, Trade and Investment
Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Central America Regional Trade Facilitation Expansion Trade and Investment Special Economic Zones
Justice Sector Strengthening Activity
Good Governance (Citizen Security Sector)
Tertiary Prevention
Justice Sector Strengthening Activity
Good Governance (Citizen Security Sector)
High Risk Court Models
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PERFORMANCE INDICATORS The table below describes the six indicators shared with USAID in the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Plan for Fiscal Year 2019.
I. Number of people trained as a result of USG assistance
Quarter 1 Actuals
Quarter 1 % Achieved Annual Target Annual Actuals LOP Target
(disaggregated by sex) Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women 436 543 177% 220% 246 246 436 543 738 738 2. Proportion of people trained who have an increased knowledge
Quarter 1 Actuals
Quarter 1 % Achieved Annual Target Annual Actuals LOP Target
1 (disaggregated by sex) Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women 50% 50%2 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50%
3. Number of people assisted by the Trilateral Activity
Quarter 1 Actuals
Quarter 1 % Achieved Annual Target Annual Actuals LOP Target
(disaggregated by sex) Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women 9 3 12% 4% 74 74 9 3 221 221 4. Number of trilateral cooperation interventions
Quarter 1 Actuals
Quarter 1 % Achieved Annual Target Annual Actuals LOP Target
4 50%50% 8 4 24 5. Value of project interventions
Quarter 14 Actuals
Quarter 1 % Achieved Annual Target Annual Actuals LOP Target
$38 682.70 12% 300,000 $38 682.70 $900,000
6. Estimated value of services invested by LAC partner nations in trilateral cooperation3
Quarter 1 Actuals
Quarter 1 % Achieved
Annual Target Annual Actuals LOP Target
Estimated contribution $38,682.70 12% $300,000 $38,682.70 $900,000 1 This indicator is measured by the information gathered by the pre and post survey that RTC/FUSADES does after each activity. 2 The data percentage on this indicator is estimated as RTC awaits actual results. 3 This is an estimated amount. It is not possible to determinate the exact contribution from each providing country. RTC estimates that countries contribute approximately 60% of the cost of each TLA, due to all the high-level technical assistance, facilities and logistical support they provide for each activity. Includes personnel costs, local transportation, meeting facilities, etc. in support of TLAs, delegation, and/or conferences and related activities, unless such direct investments have been claimed by or for a different USG entity.
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GENDER CONSIDERATIONS A total of 979 people was trained under RTC’s activities in Quarter 1 of FY 2019, including 543 women and 436 men. RTC funded 12 people from this total, of which 3 were women and 9 were men. LEARNING CONSIDERATIONS According to the midterm evaluation of RTC, which was conducted by Mendez England & Associates, the majority of TLA beneficiaries have shared the knowledge they acquired during the TLAs with others, both within their organization (86%) and outside their organization (60%), implemented the new knowledge in their job (78%), or promoted changes within their organization (56%). Notably, almost no beneficiaries indicated that they have not nor will not apply the new knowledge in any way, while among those who have not applied the new knowledge yet, they either plan to apply it or said there is a possibility that they will apply it. Finally, 56% and 38% of beneficiaries, respectively, said that they have either solicited help from, or provided help to, people they met during the TLAs. The participants said they expected to apply knowledge when they returned to their work, especially related to sharing information about what was learned with percentages of participants between 93.48 and 100. Other aspects of application highlighted by the participants is the replication of knowledge acquired percentages between 83.33 and 98.08, as well as promoting changes in their workplace with percentages of participants between 86.05 and 94.55.
The table below demonstrates results from the RTC midterm evaluation. The results indicate that TLAs were “well-planned,” “imparted useful knowledge,” and were generally beneficial for participants.
Quality Dimension Strongly Disagree Disagree
Neither Agree Nor
Disagree
Agree Strongly Agree
Don’t Know
Useful knowledge 5 2 0 14 41 10 Topics important and timely 4 1 3 8 49 7 Qualified experts 4 2 1 17 39 9 Met needs of participants 4 2 4 20 37 5 Logistics well organized 4 3 6 18 33 8 Time appropriate 4 2 6 26 29 5
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MATERIALS SENT TO DEC AND DDL
RTC Year Two Annual Report
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
1. Government institutions participating – offering countries:
Country TLA Government Institution -Offering Country
Chile Results Oriented Budget Ministerio de Hacienda de Chile
Chile Results Oriented Budget Universidad de Santiago
Chile Results Oriented Budget Ministerio de Educación de Chile
Chile Results Oriented Budget Programa de Modernización del Estado del Ministerio de Hacienda de Chile
Chile Result Oriented Budget Dirección de Presupuesto de Chile
Chile Civil Service II Dirección de Profesionalización de la Función Pública de Chile
Chile Ethics Week Consejo Nacional de Transparencia de Chile
Perú Ethics Tribunal Secretaria de Integridad Pública de Perú
2. Government institutions participating – receiving countries:
Country
TLA Government Institutions - Receiving Countries
El Salvador Results Oriented Budget Dirección General de Impuestos Internos (DGII)
El Salvador Results Oriented Budget Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
El Salvador Results Oriented Budget Ministerio de Educación
El Salvador Results Oriented Budget Ministerio de Salud
El Salvador Results Oriented Budget Corte de Cuentas
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El Salvador Civil Service II SETEPLAN
El Salvador Ethics Week Tribunal de Ética Gubernamental
El Salvador Ethics Week Banco Central de Reserva
El Salvador Ethics Week Ministerio de Transporte
El Salvador Ethics Week CEPA
El Salvador Ethics Week PROESA
El Salvador Ethics Week Corte de Cuentas de El Salvador
El Salvador Ethics Week Alcaldías de la zona Central de San Salvador
El Salvador Ethics Week Alcaldías de la Zona Oriental de San Salvador
El Salvador Ethics Week Procuraduría General de la
Republica
El Salvador Ethics Week Banco de Fomento Agropecuario
El Salvador Ethics Week SIGET
El Salvador Ethics Week ANDA
El Salvador Ethics Week INSAFORP
El Salvador Ethics Week Ministerio de Agricultura
El Salvador Ethics Week Academia Nacional de Seguridad Pública
El Salvador Ethics Week Centro Nacional de Ferias y Convenciones
El Salvador Ethics Week Centro Nacional de Registros
El Salvador Ethics Week Centro Nacional de la Judicatura
El Salvador Ethics Week BANDESAL
El Salvador Ethics Week Escuela Nacional de Agricultura
El Salvador Ethics Week FOVIAL
El Salvador Ethics Week FOSEP
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El Salvador Ethics Week ISBM
El Salvador Ethics Week FISDL
El Salvador Ethics Week Tutela Legal
El Salvador Ethics Week MIGOBDT
El Salvador Ethics Week CEL
El Salvador Ethics Week ISDEM
El Salvador Ethics Week ISRI
El Salvador Ethics Week Procuraduría de los Derechos Humanos
El Salvador Ethics Week ISNA
El Salvador Ethics Week Ministerio de Salud
El Salvador Ethics Week Ministerio de Trabajo
El Salvador Ethics Week Ministerio de Obras Publicas
El Salvador Ethics Week ISDEMU
El Salvador Ethics Week Policía Nacional Civil
El Salvador Ethics Week Tutela Legal
El Salvador Ethics Week Fiscalía General de la República
El Salvador Ethics Week IPSFA
El Salvador Ethics Week ISSS
El Salvador Ethics Week Ministerio de Hacienda
El Salvador Ethics Week PNUD
El Salvador Ethics Week FSV
El Salvador Ethics Week UTE
El Salvador Ethics Week FOSAFFI
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ANNEX A. CUMULATIVE PROJECT INTERVENTIONS TO DATE Trilateral Activities (project funds were expended):
Trilateral Effort/USAID Program Area
Date
Trilateral Activity (TLA)
Providing Country
RTC Program
Funds Expended
Contribution Providing
Countries 4
Regional Trade Facilitation/Agriculture
October 15 - 20, 2018
Fiscal Policy: Single Taxpayer System Part VII
Argentina $8,861.60 $4,430.80
Fiscal Policy/Macroeconomic Foundation for Growth
November 6 – 11, 2017
Fiscal Policy: Implementation of a Modern Public Procurement System Part VIII
Uruguay $7,280.67 $3,640.34
Regional Trade Facilitation
November 13 – 18, 2017
Regional Trade Facilitation: Risk Management SIECA Part VI
Mexico $20,496.02 $16,396.82
Regional Trade Facilitation
October 15 - 20, 2018
Regional Trade Facilitation: USDA Equivalence Training Part VII
Colombia $27,842.34 $22,273.87
Innovation/Higher Education and Economic Competitiveness
November 13 – 19, 20117 Puentes 1: Youth Workforce
Colombia $21,903.39 $17,522.71
Justice Sector Strengthening/Good Governance
November 18 – 23, 2017 Open Government
Partnership
Argentina $11,273.45 $9,018.76
Environment November 27 – December 2, 2017
Low Emission Cattle Farming Costa Rica $39,081.99 $31,265.59
4 This is an estimated amount. It is not possible to determinate the exact contribution from each providing country; RTC estimates that countries contribute approximately 60% of the cost of each TLA, due to all the high-level technical assistance, facilities and logistical support they provide for each activity.
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Trilateral Effort/USAID Program Area
Date
Trilateral Activity (TLA)
Providing Country
RTC Program Funds Expended
Contribution Providing Countries
Fiscal Policy/Macroeconomic Foundation for Growth
January 23 – 26, 2018
Fiscal Policy: M&E Methodologies for Developing a Result Oriented Budget
Uruguay $6,592.24 $1,977.67
Regional Trade Facilitation
January 29 – February 2, 2018
Regional Trade: US-Mexico Customs and Border Facility Part X
Mexico $36,871.47 $29,497.18
Fiscal Policy/Macroeconomic Foundation for Growth
April 10 -13, 2018 Fiscal Policy: Cash Flow
Models Part X
Argentina $10,249.43 $3,074.83
Environment March 15 – 16, 2018
Electricity Market Systems Strengthening
Mexico $27,229.20 $24,506.28
Justice Sector Strengthening/Citizen Security
May 8 – 9, 2018
IOM Regional Conference on Reintegration of Returning Migrants
El Salvador $60,272.86 $21,095.50
Environment May 16 – 17, 2018 Natural Gas
Mexico $36,712.00 $29,369.60
Regional Trade Facilitation
June 4-8, 2018
Regional Trade Facilitation: Applying Information Technology Part X
Peru $13,087.55 $7,852.53
Justice Sector Strengthening/Good Governance
June 24 – 29, 2018
Civil Service Reform/Merit-Based Models: Part I
Chile $4,813.70 $1,925.48
Innovation/Higher Education and Economic Competitiveness
Ruta N Part II July 23 -27, 2018 Roadmap Part III
Innovation Ruta N Part II and III
Colombia $9,297.54 $7,438.03
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September 21 - 27 2018
Trilateral Effort/USAID Program Area
Date Trilateral Activity (TLA)
Providing Country
RTC Program
Funds Expended
Contribution Providing Countries
Regional Trade Facilitation/Regional Trade and Investment
August 14 – 15, 2018 Sanitary Product Registration
Honduras $28,033.60 $22,426.88
Justice Sector Strengthening/Citizen Security
Cancelled High Risk Court Models
Guatemala $5,485.00 $548.50
Justice Sector Strengthening/Citizen Security
Cancelled Tertiary Prevention
Colombia $25,174.90 $5,034.98
Good Governance/ Justice Sector Strengthening/
October 1-5, 2018 Civil Service Reform II
Chile $3,143.65 $3,143.65
Macroeconomic Foundation for Growth/Fiscal Policy
November 12-17, 2018 Result Oriented Budget
Chile $13,467.00 $13,467.00
Good Governance (Citizen Security Sector) /Justice Sector Strengthening
November 26-30, 2018 Ethics Week
Chile and Peru
$16,818.85 $16,818.85
Good Governance (Citizen Security Sector) /Justice Sector Strengthening
December 17-18. 2018 Ethics Tribunal
Chile
$5,253.20 $5,253.20