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Overview of Report
1. Executive Summary
2. Regional Initiatives
3. Ongoing and Completed PTF Projects
4. Annex 1: Project Status Updates for Non-FONTRA initiatives
1. Executive Summary
There are currently fifteen ongoing projects and ten completed projects being implemented under
FONTRA. There are three projects being implemented in conjunction with the Global Integrity-led study
on governance at the sub-national level in Argentina, Ecuador and Peru. Out of these three, two are
completed. Additionally, there is one completed directly supported PTF project. Given these figures, there
are a total of 16 ongoing projects and 13 completed in LCR.
2. Regional Initiatives
Since the last Board meeting in April 2010, the following have been the main developments in FONTRA:
1. Implementation of the ten Round 2 (see Table I, below) has been completed, and an independent
consultant (hired by the IDB) has written an evaluation of four of them. Both of the small Round
2.5 projects have been delayed.
2. The thirteen Round 3 projects (11 in Argentina and 1 each in Uruguay and Bolivia) are under
implementation, and must be completed by December 31, 2010, the final closing date for the IDB
loan. Eleven of the 13 projects appear to be on track to meet this deadline.
3. On December 9 and 10, there will be a workshop in Buenos Aires to summarize the experience of
the FONTRA program. PTF is preparing an analytical paper on the achievements and lessons
learned.
Construction Sector
11 Trinidad & Tobago Steve Ettinger Completed
Enquiry Project
Table 4: Status of PTF Projects implemented in conjunction with the Global Integrity-led study on
governance at the sub-national level in Argentina, Ecuador and Peru
CIPPEC -
dissemination nd Completed;
1 Argentina Steve Ettinger
project preparation disbursed 07/2010
in Argentina
CIPPEC - case
studies and a
regional seminar to Completed;
2 Argentina, Peru, Ecuador Steve Ettinger
disseminate findings disbursed 07/2010
throughout Latin
America
Grupo FARO -
dissemination and Ongoing; final
3 Ecuador Steve Ettinger
project preparation report awaited
in Ecuador
Annex 1: Brief Project Status Updates for
Non-FONTRA initiatives in the Latin America Region
PTF approved two grants to CIPPEC and one to Grupo FARO, for their dissemination and project
preparation work in connection with the Sub-national Governance Reform program that they were
carrying out in conjunction with Global Integrity. The first grant to CIPPEC, for $17,800, was for
dissemination and project preparation in Argentina. The second grant to CIPPEC, for $25,000, was for a
regional dissemination campaign centered on three case studies, one from each country (Argentina, Peru
and Ecuador) in the Global Integrity project. Both of these projects have been completed – the final
disbursements were made in July, 2010. The grant to Grupo FARO, for $24,800, was for dissemination
and project identification in Ecuador. The implementation has been completed, and we expect the final
report in early October, at which time the final $2,500 would be disbursed.
The IDB did not approve additional funding to the three countries for transparency projects with the sub-
national governments. Global Integrity has gone ahead, with CIPPEC, Grupo FARO and CAD (with
financing from the National Endowment for Democracy), on capacity building of local NGOs in a few
provinces. PTF will be promoting follow-up projects in the December 9-10 workshop in Buenos Aires.
TTTI received a $12,000 PTF grant for a Construction Sector Enquiry Project. The project was to enable
TTTI to give informed testimony at a public enquiry into government procurement of construction
projects. The project was originally expected to be completed by July, 2009, but the Enquiry was
extended into early 2010. The main features were testimony by an international expert and the
conducting of a survey (modeled on one already used in the UK) of construction industry professionals on
perceptions and experiences of corruption issues in this sector in Trinidad.
The final Enquiry hearings were postponed from July 2009 to December. On March 29, 2010, the final
report of the Enquiry was delivered to the President of the Republic, and on April 6 was laid before
Parliament and then made public. The report is over 400 pages long and contains 91 recommendations;
most of TTTI’s recommendations were incorporated. The CEO and COO of the Urban Development
Corporation, a major target of the Enquiry, have resigned. TTTI made public the results of its survey on
March 19, 2010. The nationally televised Enquiry attracted a great deal of attention and gave TTTI a
platform from which to make its case for the need to reduce corruption in the construction sector.
Nevertheless, the final outcome of the process remains uncertain, until the Government has decided what
actions to take as a result. TTTI submitted their final report to PTF in June 2010.