Participación Cívica Project Work Plan – FY3

The project is implemented by Counterpart International and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under Cooperative Agreement No. AID-520-LA-15-00001. The project's socio-political context is characterized by a complex and dynamic environment, with key stakeholders including the government, civil society organizations, and the private sector. The project's key activities for the quarter include strengthening the government's institutional capacity to comply with national and international open government commitments, enhancing the capacity of targeted civil society organizations (CSOs) to promote more accountable, open, and transparent public institutions, and increasing citizen awareness and participation in transparency, accountability, and democratic processes. The project's results and achievements for the quarter include strengthened institutional capacity of the government to comply with national and international open government commitments, enhanced technical capacity of targeted CSOs to effectively advocate and oversee government compliance, and increased citizen awareness and participation in transparency and accountability processes. The project's progress is monitored and evaluated through various indicators and results, including the strengthening of the government's institutional capacity, the enhancement of CSO capacity, and the increase in citizen awareness and participation. The project also conducts data quality assessments to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data collected. The project's coordination and collaboration with other USAID projects are also an essential aspect of its implementation. The project's achievements for the quarter include the strengthening of the government's institutional capacity, the enhancement of CSO capacity, and the increase in citizen awareness and participation. The project's best practices, success stories, challenges, and lessons learned are also documented and shared with stakeholders. The project's expenditure for the quarter is also reported, and the programming priorities for the next quarter are outlined, including the objectives, results, and indicators for each objective. The project's geographic focus is on Guatemala, and its timeframes are from October 2017 to September 2018. The project's recommendations for the next quarter include continuing to strengthen the government's institutional capacity, enhancing CSO capacity, and increasing citizen awareness and participation. The project's list of annexes includes a list of acronyms, which provides a glossary of terms used in the project.