Guatemala: Capacity-Building amongst the MAM People in Economic Water and Sanitation Governance
JOINT PROGRAMME QUICK FACTS
Total Budget $5,490,000
Delivery Rate
Main Achievements
- Update and design of a National Water Strategy, and the National Potable Water and Sanitation Policy.
- Delivery of portable labs, refrigerators, and supplies for water quality monitoring in the San Marcos and Quetzaltenango healthcare regions.
- Establishment of tree nurseries in three municipalities of the Mancuerna region to improve production capacity and forest cover.
The Joint Programme is working towards the fulfillment of the Millennium Development Goals through its involvement in integrated water management in urban and rural areas of the Mam Region, Guatemala. It is looking to reassess the role and contribution of the Mam communities in the design and implementation of Government public initiatives, through improved dialogue and the promotion of a public services management system that will help guarantee wider provision and access to water and sanitation, in addition to promoting the availability of this resource and its eventual effective distribution.
Furthermore, it seeks to strengthen Local Government, especially jointly-constituted bodies, in order to achieve effective economic management. Functioning on three levels – local, national and international – it also aims to achieve results in three areas, in line with the agreements reached by Governments in the Millennium Declaration of the year 2000: productive rural development, good governance and the fight against social exclusion.