Guatemala
Partners began a new initiative in Guatemala in 2010 with its partner Tt DPK to provide on-going design, monitoring, and evaluation support to the USAID-funded Project Against Violence and Impunity.
In 2010, Partners began a new initiative in Guatemala with Tt DPK to provide on-going design, monitoring, and evaluation services to the USAID-funded Project Against Violence and Impunity. According to the International Crisis Group, the homicide rate in Guatemala has doubled in the last decade and impunity remains rampant. With the goal of building upon previously established rule of law activities in Guatemala, such as improved homicide prosecution and the creation of 24-hour courts, the USAID Project aims to bolster a more responsive and transparent governance and justice system in the country. Critical elements to achieving these goals address both the institutional weaknesses and relevant social variables that fuel and reinforce violence and other serious crime as linked to institutional strengthening. As part of the technical support being provided to this project, Partners’ team of evaluation experts conducted a participatory process to design indicators and a reliable internal data collection methodology and instruments. On a quarterly basis the Partners independent evaluation team works with the Project staff to analyze and present data collected and assists in preparing M&E reports.
Youth represent the majority of both victims and perpetrators of crimes in Central America. However, many of the region’s justice systems do not adequately address the unique context of juvenile offenders. The second Tt DPK initiative assesses the juvenile justice system in Guatemala through the validation and implementation of Tt DPK’s Juvenile Justice System Assessment Tool. The Partners evaluation team will adapt the tool to the Guatemalan context and apply the tool through interviews with key actors in the juvenile justice sector. They will then make recommendations on the reform or strengthening of the juvenile justice system.
