Governance and Transparency project achievements
Prisma improves access to public services in health and education in Peru as well as provision of national identity cards through DFID funded project.
The project has helped to improve the quality and coverage of health and education services as well as provision of state I.D. cards.
Prisma鈥檚 鈥淕overnance and Transparency鈥� project鈥檚 achievements and lessons learnt were presented in the closing ceremony on 23 April. The Head Adviser of the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion, Juan Antonio Silva, the Executive Director of Prisma, Delia Haustein, and the British Ambassador to Peru, James Dauris, attended the event.
The project has helped to improve the quality and coverage of health and education services as well as provision of state I.D. cards for children in 623 districts in the 14 poorest regions in Peru. The project was implemented in the regions of Amazonas, Ancash, Apurimac, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huanuco, Junin, Loreto, Pasco, Piura, Puno and San Martin.
These outcomes were achieved by increasing participation from civil society and building capacity of officials to enable them to better execute budgets and prioritise resources. These included the development of a course on public administration with ESAN (delivered across 7 of the regions) and the creation of numerous civil society 鈥減olicing groups鈥� for local budget transparency and appropriate administration.
The project was implemented between 2008 and 2013. It was funded by the Department for International Development- DFID (UK aid) for almost $7 million. The Peruvian NGO Prisma led the project鈥檚 execution in alliance with the Coordination Group for the Fight Against Poverty (Mesa de Concertacion de Lucha contra la Pobreza) and ESAN University; with the support from several organisations and institutions such as the Ministries of Health, Education, Development and Social Inclusion, amongst others.
During the closing ceremony, the British Ambassador said: 鈥淲e are proud of the project鈥檚 achievements. We hope that regional and local governments, along with the civil society, in each region and district where the project was executed, will take forward the plans to consolidate the achievements and to take them further鈥�.
UK aid in Peru
The British Embassy is working with a number of state and non-state actors in Peru to build capacity to create greater social equality for Peru鈥檚 poorest and most vulnerable.
Our human rights work in Peru focuses on women鈥檚 and children鈥檚 rights, supporting efforts to improve good governance, transparency and access to information in the public sector. We are supporting the new human rights national plan and the implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission鈥檚 recommendations.
Between 2008 and 2014, DFID鈥檚 investment in aid to Peru will total almost $13,500,000 million. Additionally, during 2012, the Embassy funded over $645,000 in projects in Peru to fight drug trafficking, provide assistance to human trafficking victims, promote inclusion of disabled people鈥檚 through sports, education and collective memory (considering how best to approach the subject of Peru鈥檚 armed conflict in teaching), sustainable financial management, transparency in procurement processes, and sustainable transport policies and mobility reform in Lima.
鈥淕overnance and Transparency鈥� Project - Testimonies
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