El Salvador Strengthening Mechanisms and Channels for Citizen Participation in Democratic Decision-Making Processes

Creative ’s Citizen Participation and Governance project opened lines of communication between citizens and government in El Salvador, encouraging the development of an active, influential citizenry skillful in articulating and promoting policy change. Citizen watchdog groups monitoring government spending were created as were programs to prevent corruption. The project assisted civil society organizations learn how to influence public policy change, and it expanded the legislative process to incorporate greater citizen input and oversight. ...
 

BEPS/Jamaica/ Improving School Census Data Use

The New Horizons for Primary Schools Project (NHP) in Jamaica was designed to improve enrollment in, and the quality of, primary education. Creative Associates' software developers worked with the USAID/Jamaica Mission on the development of a custom version of Creative Associates' GIRO (General Input and Reporting Online) database. The system was used by Jamaica's Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, as the central census data-collection and reporting platform for the Ministry's Planning Unit....
 

El Salvador Strengthening Civic Participation in Municipal Governance

In partnership with Research Triangle Institute, Creative provided technical assistance to the Salvadoran Municipalities Commission, the Ministry of Planning and selected municipalities to enhance participation of all sectors of society in local government and to improve the capacity of municipal leaders to respond to the needs of their constituents. ...
 

El Salvador Report Options for Reintegration Ex-combatants

Creative provided USAID with an assessment of the political, economic and social problems that might result from the reintegration of ex-combatants of the Salvadoran armed forces and irregular forces and made recommendations to help in their transition. Creative researched and analyzed alternatives and provided USAID with a report that included strategies for reintegrating the ex-combatants. ...
 

El Salvador Reintegration of Ex-combatants

Creative provided institutional support and management services to the Secretariat for Reintegration, the Armed Forces of El Salvador and Fundacion 16 de Enero in the design and implementation of programs for ex-combatants. Project staff provided technical support on a variety of issues, including emergency relief, integrated sustainable development projects, program linkage and administrative systems....
 

BEPS/Honduras/Providing Education to Honduran Child Laborers and their Families

Creative led a team that analyzed the extent of child labor in Honduras; evaluated factors influencing children’s participation in education programs; identified efforts to address working children’s needs; and recommended ways of providing education to working children, especially those subjected to abusive forms of labor. The BEPS team subsequently launched a one-year pilot program whereby education facilitators living and traveling with migrant-worker families taught interactive distance-learning classes for their children. ...