A. SOUTHWEST COLOMBIA REGION Map 1: ADAM Municipal Initiatives and Activities in Implementation USAID/Colombia: Areas for Municipal-level Alternative Development (ADAM) <strong>Quarter</strong>ly Performance Monitoring Report 6 th <strong>Quarter</strong>: <strong>April</strong> - <strong>June</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 12
Cauca Table 4: Status of Indicator Results in Cauca Key Indicator Projected Results through PY2 Progress to Date % Including Activities in Pipeline Families Benefited 8,559 3,639 43% 7,034 82% - AD Families 4,400 704 16% 2,795 64% - FIS Families 4,159 2,935 71% 4,239 102% (including IDPs) Hectares Supported 5,400 434 8% 2,933 54% Sales Generated $1,411,085 $64,800 5% Not available Infrastructure Projects Completed 17 4 24% 10 59% Alternative Development (15 Activities in Implementation, 5 in Pipeline) Forestry (Totoró) - ADAM completed a general assessment of Forestal Cauca S.A.’s performance. To overcome the administrative and operational challenges identified, a new manager was appointed. During the first half of the year, training was provided to the seven forestry committees, representing for each council, to take an inventory of the raw materials at each reservation. Other recent accomplishments include: o Fine-tuning of the cost structure for the main products of Forestal Cauca; o Extracting of forestry products began; and o Updating of the accounting information and company records. In Q7, a Business Plan needs to be developed with a consistent commercialization strategy to provide stability to the plant and ensure its viability as a business enterprise. Finally, the United Nations team completed verification of 32 veredas and five resguardos in the municipality of Totoró linked to the Forestal Cauca S.A. project. Fruits (Patía) - The Board of Directors of FRUPAT, S.A. was appointed and the company’s operational and administrative areas were reorganized. The United Nations verification team verified that the eight veredas participating in the activity are free of illicit crops. ADAM provided the following technical assistance during Q6: o completed a marketing strategy to address operational, regulatory, and administrative challenges; o defined and updated the tax and legal obligations of the five associations (Patía, La Manguita, El Tuno, El Rincón, and El Puro); o completed an internal and external communications strategy (radio and print media); o established internal procedures to manage the irrigation system with four associations (Patía, Mulaló, La Manguita and La Ventica); o established fixed and variable costs for its operation and maintenance; and o scheduled melon crop planting. Cattle (Silvia): The grant was signed in May <strong>2007</strong> and the first disbursement was made effective in <strong>June</strong>. The technical and administrative staff members were selected to develop the activity. Progress has been made in selecting beneficiaries (including the signing of 129 individual illicit USAID/Colombia: Areas for Municipal-level Alternative Development (ADAM) <strong>Quarter</strong>ly Performance Monitoring Report 6 th <strong>Quarter</strong>: <strong>April</strong> - <strong>June</strong> <strong>2007</strong> % 13
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