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QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE MONITORING REPORT: 6 TH QUARTER: APRIL–JUNE 2007 ADAM Contract Number: 514-C-00-06-00-300-00 Submitted: July 31, 2007 Deliverable: F.4(b) Cover Photo: Milton Drucker, Chargé d’ Affaires of US Embassy Bogotá, Denise Herbol, Acting USAID Mission Director, and Gladys Canacué Medina, mayor of Pitalito, Huila, visit the Altos de Magdalena neighborhood in Pitalito, where is ADAM funding 74% of the construction of a recreational center to benefit 140 displaced families. DISCLAIMER The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government.
BACKGROUND Colombia is one of the world’s largest producers of illicit crops and exporter of drugs, mainly cocaine. This weakens not only the Colombian state and hurts Colombians, but also harms the rest of the world. Although Colombia has made significant strides in halting the spread of narcotics-related activities, it still has much to do. The United States, via the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has been a long-standing partner of the Government of Colombia (GOC) in its fight against the illicit economy. The Municipal-Level Alternative Development Program (ADAM) is an important part of the USAID Alternative Development (AD) effort in Colombia 1 . AD is difficult. The reasons why people become involved in the illicit economy are varied as are their motivations to re-engage with licit activities. Thus, AD is an “inexact science” at best. Approaches based on simple economic trade-offs between illicit and licit activities offer only partial insights. Forced eradication, although a very tangible demonstration of political will in the fight against narcotics, also has its limits. What we do know is that people in isolated communities, with little or no state presence and limited economic options, are more likely to cultivate illicit crops. Cleary, alternative models are needed. ADAM is one of these. It channels funds towards activities that provide incentives for Colombian citizens – in some of the most marginalized areas of the country – to remain part of, or rejoin, a legal culture. In accord with GOC policy, participating communities must sign agreements to guarantee that all of its veredas (an area about the size of a parish) are free of illicit crops to receive assistance. Programmatically, ADAM’s work is organized in three technical areas: 1. Alternative Development: Productive interventions, typically based around agriculture and livestock, that strengthen rural livelihoods and enable poor families to make important first-steps on the road to economic development. 2. Local Governance: A range of activities from improving public services to formulating municipal development plans that improves the capacity of local governments to respond to citizen needs and provides opportunities for people to participate in the development of their communities. 3. Infrastructure: Social infrastructure projects to aid displaced populations forced to move out of their homes by violence, frequently linked to narcotics activities, and productive infrastructure projects to support the interventions of the Alternative Development area. The true challenge of ADAM is not the technical issues – these are relatively well understood and low risk – but rather channeling the interests and agendas of a diverse range of individuals and groups into one coherent municipal strategy. ADAM has genuinely involved a broad range of stakeholders in the selection of activities. These are described in a Municipal Initiative document that outlines roles, responsibilities, and contributions. When fully operational, ADAM will have broad geographic coverage across ten departments and in 100 of the most deserving municipalities in Colombia. ADAM staff will guide and manage the work of hundreds of Colombian implementers and bring to fruition sustainable packages of municipal development activities. 1 In October 2005, ARD Inc. began implementing this five-year, US$190 million Program. It contributes to the achievement of Strategic Objective II of the USAID Program in Colombia “Expanded Economic and Social Alternatives to Illicit Crop Production” and its Intermediate Results “Local Government and Institutions Strengthened” and “Sustainable Licit Economic Opportunities Expanded.” Through its work with displaced people, it will also contribute to Strategic Objective III. USAID/Colombia: Areas for Municipal-level Alternative Development (ADAM) Quarterly Performance Monitoring Report 6 th Quarter: April - June 2007 ii
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