6 Quarter: April – June 2007

Landazuri and San Vicente.
- In Coordination with MAVDT, ADAM held 3
training workshops with Municipal Council
Members in Putumayo to disseminate the
Putumayo’s water usage plan
-ADAM signed an agreement with the Municipal
Council of Landazuri and San Vicente to
provide the mayor with the capability to
transform and creat a public service provider in
the municipality and commit the public service
share of municipal transfers in endorsing the
SGP for 5 years.
- MAVDT/ and UNDP completed competition
processes to select a consultant to perform an
assessment of the water usage plans in Huila,
Tolima, Putumayo, and Nariño.
- ADAM obtained 2.000.000.000 COPs in
counterpart funding with MAVDT
Public Services Committee
Municipal Finance: Due to the fact that the entities participating in the Municipal Finance
Committee have been concentrating their efforts on the upcoming local elections, and that
ADAM is in the process of contracting consultants to carry out the financial and fiscal
assessments of ADAM municipalities, the committee has not organized meetings and will not do
so until contracting processes are underway and information on the priorities of each municipality
have been identified and coordinated with GoC institutions. The consultancy should be hired in
September and activities identified in the first committee meeting should be carried out between
September and November.
Literacy
Through an agreement with the National Education Ministry, the adult literacy program began
implementation in the departments of Tolima and Huila. In Huila, 1,176 people participated in
the literacy programs, where support is being provided to 42 literacy groups in eight
municipalities. In the case of the Department of Tolima, some of the goals reached include:
student participation increased from 622 students in March 30 to 1,687 in June 30; the number of
rural districts participating increased from 21 to 42 during the same time period, and the number
of instructors increased from 26 to 63.
Youth
In the month of April, ADAM participated in the signing of the “National Agreement on Youth”
with the Vice-Presidency of the Republic, the Young Colombia Presidential Program, the
Ministry of the Interior and Justice, political parties, and international organizations, such as
UNDP, GTZ and FESCOL. In June, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between
ADAM and the Young Colombia Presidential Program with the aim of strengthening the youth
organizations in the prioritized municipalities.
Elections
With the terms of officials ending and the elections of new administrations coming in October,
ADAM established the Support for the Election Process and Administration Change Program to
help make the transition as smooth and efficient as possible. The Support Program consists of
various activities from assistance through the DNP to direct support to municipalities through
USAID/Colombia: Areas for Municipal-level Alternative Development (ADAM)
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