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USAID/Mexico 

Operational Plan 

FY 2006 

June 15, 2006 
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Please Note: 

The attached RESULTS INFORMATION is from the FY 2006 Operational Plan and was assembled 

and analyzed by the country or USAID operating unit identified on the cover page. 

The Operational Plan is a "pre-decisional" USAID document and does not reflect results stemming 

from formal USAID review(s) of this document. 

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Portions released on or after July 1, 2006 
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Program Performance Summary FY 2005: The significant and key modernizing public sector returns 

achieved by Mexico since 2000 have been the result of a growing partnership on shared development 

issues between the Government of Mexico (GOM), Mexican private institutions, and USAID. USAID's 

work has made an important, tangible impact on top U.S. foreign policy objectives and realized what 

experienced observers of U.S-Mexican relations describe as an unprecedented increase in cooperation 

between Mexico and the United States. Since the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement 

(NAFTA) in 1994, Mexico has become our second largest trading partner, and is among the top ten 

export markets for more than 40 U.S. states. In 2004, it was ranked as the 10th largest economy in the 

world. As President Bush has stated, NAFTA "is a recognition that the United States has no more 

important relationship in the world than the one we have with Mexico...Good neighbors work together and 

benefit from each other's successes." 

In 2004 with a population of over 100 million, the GOM estimated gross domestic product per capita at 

$6,884. However, not all Mexicans are reaping the benefits that this extensive trade, growing international 

presence, and close U.S. partnership might offer. More than 26 million Mexicans live on less than $2 a 

day, or have annual income of less than $730. Given Mexico's proximity to the United States, its geopolitical importance in the region, and Mexican immigration to the United States, it is in the U.S. interest to 

support Mexico's economic and political reform agenda and to promote competitiveness and economic 

growth. 

The election of President Vicente Fox in July 2000 began a new era for Mexico, ending 71 years of oneparty rule. Since taking office, the Fox Administration has initiated a number of ground-breaking 

programs to reduce poverty, improve accountability and governance, protect natural resources, and 

expand the benefits of trade to more Mexicans. The new presidential campaign is now well under way in 

preparation for July 2006. Despite the political posturing and gridlock that has stopped some efforts at 

the federal level, Mexican states with administrations across all party lines are increasing reform efforts 

and requesting assistance from USAID. For example, 26 Mexican states have requested USAID 

assistance in justice reform, but the mission had only enough funding to work with the federal government 

and six states in FY 2005. Thus, Mexican states are now providing an important additional avenue of 

reform for Mexico, with reform at the state level perhaps offering the most direct impact on the lives of 

Mexicans. 

THE USAID PROGRAM 

The USAID program is designed to help the United States and Mexico collaboratively address shared 

problems and issues. With close economic and social ties, a common U.S.-Mexico development agenda 

has emerged that includes improving public administration, transparency and accountability; improving 

competitiveness, encouraging trade and investment; increasing environmental protection; strengthening 

the small and micro enterprise sector; preventing infectious diseases; and increasing partnerships 

between U.S. and Mexican private and public organizations. USAID started full implementation of the 

new strategic plan in FY 2005, as part of the regional strategy approved for Central America and Mexico 

(CAM). During FY 2005, many activities were completed and closed out under the old strategy. The 

Mexico strategy has four areas of focus: economic growth, including access to finance, competitiveness, 

and natural resource management; accountable governance and rule of law; infectious disease 

prevention and control; and educational exchange and scholarships. 

Challenges. Addressing inequalities in Mexico has been a declared policy priority of President Vicente 

Fox’s administration since taking office in 2000. The Fox Administration has pursued a policy of “socially 

responsible humanism,” which promotes private sector-led growth, complemented by an explicit poverty 

reduction strategy (“Contigo, or “With You”) and an emphasis on improving government transparency and 

accountability. Yet, despite key advances and successes achieved in President Fox’s transparency and 

accountability agenda, economic inequality declines have not significantly reduced Mexico's stark 

contrast between rich and poor. The World Bank Country Brief notes that Mexico continues to have great 

income inequality, with the richest tenth earning over 40% of total income, while the poorest tenth earns 

only 1.1 percent. Additionally, despite the gains of NAFTA, Mexico’s competitiveness globally has 

continued to lose ground steadily as evidenced by the World Economic Forum competitiveness rankings 
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declining from 48th to 55th place out of 117 countries from 2004 to 2005. 

USAID is supporting key Mexican reforms that will reverse the trend of declining competitiveness through 

reform of the criminal justice system, increasing transparency and promoting good governance, helping 

states and municipalities better access the capital markets to rebuild decaying infrastructure and 

infrastructure damaged by hurricanes during the past year, improving education and health care available 

for the general population, and providing access for farmers to more profitable markets. In addition, 

USAID is working to strengthen Mexican competitiveness by launching an effort to reduce the barriers to 

doing business in Mexico. There is a unique opportunity now, over the next few years, given receptivity 

from many corners of Mexican political and economic society, to sharpen a focus on competitiveness. 

USAID’s key challenge remains securing sufficient funding to keep up with Mexican “demand” and 

maximize opportunities for impact now on key U.S. foreign policy objectives. 

 

Achievements. 

USAID is working with Mexico to create stronger, more democratic institutions and societies. FY 2005 

saw the continued results USAID achieved with a wide range of political and economic actors in Mexico, 

particularly in justice reform, human rights, and the transparency and good governance arena. Important 

progress was made in combating trafficking in persons (TIP) when USAID efforts helped the Mexican 

Senate reach consensus on the need to pass a federal anti-TIP law. USAID’s program in FY 2005 

continued to contribute significantly to the Mexican reform effort, increasing government transparency by 

assisting the GOM to establish a plain language initiative in Mexico, the first in any Latin American 

country. USAID efforts also helped to launch 176 citizen charter programs in 62 different federal 

agencies in Mexico, making government more accessible and transparent. USAID also helped the State 

of Nuevo Leon implement the first oral, adversarial code of criminal procedure in Mexico with impressive 

results: trials that used to last for months now last only a few days. Following this general model, other 

Mexican states are starting moves to reform their codes. Preparing the way for justice reform, USAID 

provided training in oral, adversarial procedures to more than 10,200 judges, prosecutors, defense 

attorneys, mediators and human rights advocates. At the same time, the USAID mediation project has 

significantly expand access to justice for poor Mexicans. By the end of FY 2005, the project had assisted 

15 Mexican states in setting 12 new mediation centers to increase the total to 30 centers. Thousands of 

civil cases in areas ranging from commercial law to family law have been successfully mediated and 

demand is on the rise in Mexico for this method of increasing access to justice. 

USAID is also working to increase economic prosperity with greater equity in Mexico. USAID’s work with 

certified timber producers has improved processing efficiency to ensure production of higher grade wood 

so that, in the state of Durango alone, producers have increased their incomes by 50%. To increase 

access to financial services for the poor, the USAID microfinance program through WOCCU helped 

participating Mexican microfinance institutions expand their client base by nearly 140,000 clients during 

FY 2005. 

To provide the technical capacity and expertise necessary to increase economic prosperity with greater 

equity in Mexico, the Presidential Initiative "Training, Internships, Exchanges, and Scholarships" (TIES) 

continued to draw significant interest in 2004, adding 15 partnerships to the 30 between U.S. and 

Mexican universities already under way, for a total of 45 partnerships. Contributions from higher 

education institutions and the private sector exceed USAID funding for these projects, which are making 

real, significant contributions to Mexican competitiveness in a variety of areas. 

- Twelve U.S. and Mexican universities are collaborating to improve environmental education, 

environmental quality and public health by reducing toxic pollutants on the border. 

- U.S. and Mexican universities are collaborating in water resource management projects jointly-funded 

by Mexican state and federal governments and private users to address water supply issues in Mexico. 

- Because of quality control problems, Mexicans working in automotive plants in Saltillo near the U.S.-

Mexico border were in danger of losing their jobs to the movement of plants to China and other emerging 

markets and had few other alternatives for employment. Through a TIES partnership focused on technical 

training for maquiladora workers, 100 have received quality control training and have new jobs working in 
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control systems for factories, and quality control in the maquila industry has improved. 

- Small dairy producers in central Mexico have received training and assistance that has improved their 

cheese production techniques, including increased productivity, increased market opportunities and 

added value for rural producers' products. 

- As an offshoot from the successful TIES project to replicate the successful U.S. Small Business 

Administration's Small Business Development Center (SBDC) model in Mexico, more than 40 SBDCs 

have been created in Mexico. The partnership is working with GOM to establish and secure financing for 

a robust nationwide SBDC network similar to the U.S. model. This would develop a dynamic 

entrepreneurial class that will in turn employ many more people and ultimately, increase Mexico’s 

workforce and competitiveness and reduce incentives for migration. 

Finally, Georgetown University’s CASS program sent another class of more than 40 young Mexicans from 

poor, rural and indigenous areas to the U.S. for study at community colleges. Nineteen of these 

recipients are teachers from schools in poor, indigenious, rural areas of Mexico, who will return to their 

teaching positions on completion of their one year teacher training program. The other scholarship 

recipients will also return to Mexico at the end of their programs, and use their new skills to get a better 

job, realize a better quality of life and become leaders in their communities. 

Supporting the creation of more democratic institutions and increased economic prosperity, USAID also 

realized important results contributing towards improved social and environmental conditions. USAID’s 

work in the Selva Lacandon, a high biodiversity region in Chiapas, helped identify illegal settlements 

within a protected area, and then negotiate resettlement, thus avoiding a potential conflict. USAID's 

partners have also certified management practices for 21 coffee farms allowing these producers to sell to 

certified coffee buyers at a higher price. Thereby increasing the number of hectares recognized for using 

environmentally friendly cultivation practices by 145%. In addition, to insure that lessons learned from 

USAID’s work are most effectively contributing to resolving Mexico’s environmental management 

challenge, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed with the Mexican Environment 

Secretariat (SEMARNAT) for work with the Mexican Forestry Commission (CONAFOR), the Protected 

Area Commission (CONANP) and with the Mexican Environmental Protection Program (PROFEPA). 

Finally, the USAID fire management program worked with CONAFOR to train representatives from all 13 

regional offices plus personnel from other agencies in fire behavior and basic fire management. In 

energy, USAID assistance to the Secretariat of Energy (SENER) helped in the design and implementation 

of off-grid renewable energy programs for four Mexican states. Three of the four states plan to commit $2 

million each toward the program. 

Contributing to improved health conditions in Mexico, more than 500 health workers were trained in TB 

detection, treatment, and control during the year. This represented an acceleration in program activities 

and increased coverage. In addition, USAID support for the AIDS Responsibility Project in Mexico 

spurred the formation of a formal business council of nine prominent U.S. companies in FY 2004 to 

encourage better corporate policies and reduce stigma in the workplace for HIV/AIDs victims. This 

success was amplified during FY 2005 as a total of 24 corporations, including Federal Express, Eli Lilly, 

Merck/Sharp/Dome, and Banamex (Citigroup), representing more than 300,000 employees, committed to 

eradicating HIV/AIDS-related stigma in the workplace. 

Global Development and public/private alliances. The Mission participated in 53 alliances during FY 

2005. (Please note that in the GDA report in the Annual Report application we have entered one alliance 

for TIES, to represent the 45 alliances under that one SO.) Under current plans, and pending funds 

availability, The Mission plans to have a total of at least 60 alliances in place by the end of FY 2006. 

Most of these alliances are incorporated under existing contracts, cooperative agreements or grants so 

that they do not significantly increase the Mission’s management burden. 

The Mission’s principal alliance program is TIES. In FY 2005, 15 new alliances were signed with U.S. 

and Mexican universities or other institutions of higher learning for the new total of 45 noted above. 

These partnerships leverage, on average $1.10 for every $1 contributed by USAID, and represent 15 

U.S. and 17 Mexican states plus the District of Columbia and Mexico’s Federal District. Some of the 

leveraged funds come from private sector contributions to U.S. and Mexican institutions of higher 
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learning. In FY 2006, USAID will complete establishment of 10 new alliances under TIES. 

Under the Health SO, USAID has started an alliance with the AIDS Responsibility Project and private 

sector corporations from both the United States and Mexico to form a business council to promote 

workforce policies supportive of employees and their families living with HIV/AIDS. Under the Economic 

Growth SO, a USAID-funded remittances alliance with the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) and 

Mexico’s largest credit union, Caja Popular Mexicana, has achieved significant progress, with more than 

$9.2 Million in remittances transfers having passed through its credit union branches. 

The Mission is preparing new Annual Program Statements in the areas of health and democracy for FY 

2006 expressing plans to enter into at least four new alliances. 

Synergies. USAID programs are realizing important synergies across SOs. The TIES requests for 

applications for new partnerships are crafted with the SO Teams to encourage partnerships that not only 

address the U.S.-Mexico common development agenda, but to also focus on efforts that support the 

Mission’s strategic objectives. In addition, the SO Teams are working with existing TIES partnerships to 

take advantage of synergies and common themes. TIES is also starting work with the Environment Team 

to possibly offer scholarships to disadvantaged students in communities in targeted watersheds, offering 

training in natural resource management and planning. The microfinance project is working with TIES 

partnerships that created 40 small business center (using the U.S. Small Business Association model) 

services to access important advice and services for microfinance clients. The Environment Team is 

working with TIES projects to address water related issues in targeted watersheds. USAID’s municipal 

finance team is helping states affected by the year’s hurricanes to issue less expensive debt and restore 

and upgrade infrastructure. 

Beneficiaries. The beneficiaries of the current program range from poor families who are most likely to 

contract TB and will be receiving improved care; poor, indigenous youth worried about opportunities for 

themselves and their communities in the future; women concerned with resolving family and community 

disputes; and indigenous groups trying to manage their land in more sustainable ways; to high risk groups 

learning how to prevent HIV/AIDS and address stigma and discrimination with the general population and 

workplace. Beneficiaries include the poor and middle class men and women who live near PEMEX 

facilities and can breathe cleaner air, those in isolated villages that are receiving electricity from 

renewable energy sources, and the population in general that will benefit from more transparent and 

accountable federal, state, and local government institutions. They are also the male and female micro 

entrepreneurs who will have greater access to financial services to expand their businesses. U.S. 

citizens also will be indirect beneficiaries in several ways. Some will be less at risk from infectious 

diseases and from smoke from forest fires. Others will have closer academic applied research ties with 

Mexican institutions and individuals. Still others will benefit from the maintenance of natural resource 

areas that provide tourist income and an essential winter habitat for a wide variety of bird species and 

Monarch butterflies. U.S. companies interested in investing in Mexico will find an improved business 

climate as a result of progress in justice reform and increased transparency in government processes. 

Gender. Gender considerations are important, and vary widely by program area. In health, HIV/AIDS 

prevention efforts take gender into account in order to effectively target high risk groups and slow the 

spread of HIV/AIDS to the general population. For example, most women are now infected through the 

risky behavior of their male partners, which points to the need for better prevention among men in order 

to prevent new infections in women. In the democracy program, Mission and Washington initiatives 

support increasing the participation of women in political parties as well as studies to insure gender equity 

in traditional indigenous municipal governance systems (known as "usos y costumbres" in Spanish). In 

addition, the Mission is working with women's groups in Ciudad Juarez to address the problem of 

domestic violence and to improve the ability of the justice system in the state of Chihuahua to deal with 

this serious problem. This type of grassroots activity is important in gathering Mexican support for efforts 

to improve the situation of women in Mexico and reform the justice system. The ultimate beneficiaries of 

microfinance activities are mostly women entrepreneurs. Biodiversity conservation activities have 

stimulated more equitable inclusion of women in conservation efforts and have specifically targeted the 

participation of women in resource planning and eco-tourism activities. Fifty percent of the scholarships 
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provided under TIES are to disadvantaged women and indigenous girls. 
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FY 2006 Program 

SO: 523-008 Sustainable and Effective Institutional Capacity Developed to Diagnose, Control, and 

Monitor Tuberculosis in Target Areas 

Prevent & Control Infectious Diseases Of Major Importance 

Prevent & Control Infectious Diseases Of Major Importance: 

FY 2006 Program 

SO: 523-010 Enhanced Capacity of Participating Mexican Scholars and Institutions to Respond to 

the Common Development Agenda 

Improve Quality of Workforce through Vocational/Technical Education 

Improve Quality of Workforce through Vocational/Technical Training ($2,062,000 DA). Approximately 47 

more disadvantaged Mexican youth and teachers are being awarded scholarships to U.S. community 

colleges and technical institutions. This brings the total number of community college scholarships to 

date to 153. The second group of scholarship recipients will return to Mexico, with 19 teachers returning 

to their schools with new skills and knowledge appropriate to Mexico’s changing economy and 21 other 

scholars returning and receiving assistance with reintegration into their communities and job placement 

services. Principal contractor: Georgetown University/Cooperative Association of States for Scholarships 

(CASS). 

Increase Capacity of Higher Education to Contribute to Development 

Increase Capacity of Higher Education to Contribute to Development ($2,045,000 DA, $2,893,000 ESF). 

At least 10 new university partnerships are being competitively selected, bringing the total number of 

TIES university partnerships to 55. All universities involved in TIES partnerships will combine master's 

degree training in the United States and Mexico with faculty and student exchanges, joint research and 

pilot projects. The universities and the private sector continue to provide at least $1 for every $1 provided 

by USAID and demonstrate that the partnership will continue after the end of the USAID grant. By the end 

of the year, a total of 350 students will have benefited from scholarships. Principal contractor: 

Association Liaison Office. 

FY 2007 Program 

SO: 523-010 Enhanced Capacity of Participating Mexican Scholars and Institutions to Respond to 

the Common Development Agenda 

Improve Quality of Workforce through Vocational/Technical Education 

Improve Quality of Workforce through Vocational/Technical Training ($1,389,000 DA). Georgetown 

University/CASS will award 47 additional community college scholarships, bringing the total to 200. 

Twenty-two young students will be assisted with reintegration in their communities and job placement 

through a job fair and 20 indigenous teachers will return to their schools in rural areas. Principal 

contractor: Georgetown University/CASS. 

Increase Capacity of Higher Education to Contribute to Development 

Increase the Capacity of Higher Education to Contribute to Development ($500,000 DA, $2,800,000 

ESF). Funds available will not allow USAID to sponsor creation of additional partnerships within the 2003-

2008 Strategy. Resources will provide the last years of funding for those partnerships already awarded. 

Principal contractor: Association Liaison Office. 

FY 2006 Program 
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SO: 523-021 Ruling Justly: More Responsive, Transparent Governance 

Protect Human Rights 

Protect Human Rights ($500,000 ESF). USAID strengthens human rights NGOs working on criminal 

justice reforms and supporting victims of crime and human rights abuse. Principal contractor: 

Management Systems International (MSI). 

Strengthen Civil Society 

Strengthen Civil Society ($2,000,000 ESF). USAID will provide technical assistance and training to 

strengthen the management, policy making and multi-stakeholder dialogue capacities of Mexican civil 

society to serve as better advocates for citizens and watch dogs of government. Principal contractor: 

Partners for Democratic Change and others to be announced. 

Strengthen Democratic Political Parties 

Strengthen Democratic Political Parties ($400,000 ESF). USAID provides technical assistance to political 

parties to increase internal democratic decision-making, promote increased diversity of political 

participation, and continue training programs for young political leaders. Principal contractor: the 

International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute. 

Strengthen Public Sector Executive Function 

Strengthen Public Sector Executive Function ($640,000 DA, $283,000 ESF). With DA, USAID provides 

assistance to the federal Government of Mexico (GOM) to strengthen its good governance program and 

replicate good governance models to Mexican states. With ESF, USAID works with a university and civil 

society to implement the methodology of a national customer satisfaction index and coordinate citizen 

and business oversight of the quality and delivery of government services. USAID provides assistance to 

a network of journalists to support the adoption of ethics codes and professional guidelines, and support 

civil society efforts to oversee the administration of freedom of information laws. USAID also is 

transferring its successful anti-corruption web portal www.atlatl.com.mx to a Mexican NGO and its 

satellite-based auditor training program to a Mexican university. USAID will support oversight of the 

executive branch to ensure continued focus on citizen-oriented government. Principal contractor: Casals 

and Associates. 

Strengthen the Justice Sector 

Strengthen the Justice Sector ($2,310,000 DA, $1,883,000 ESF). With DA, USAID supports justice reform 

in six target states and at the federal level to implement oral, adversarial codes of criminal procedure. 

With ESF, USAID supports legal education programs and build the capacity of NGOs, business 

associations, and academics to promote public education about oral, adversarial criminal justice reforms 

and that provide citizen watchdog services and administer alternative dispute resolution and restorative 

justice programs, especially for former detainees and gang members. Principal contractor: MSI. 

Support Democratic Local Government & Decentralization 

Support Democratic Local Government and Decentralization ($450,000 DA, $1,050,000 ESF). USAID is 

increasing access to credit and capital market participation and facilitating cross border dialogue and 

cooperation on issues such as economic development, health care services and public safety. USAID 

supports the Mexican business sector and civil society in carrying out the World Bank’s “Doing Business” 
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project to identify constraints to a competitive business environment at the sub-national level. They will 

also strengthen citizen oversight to fight corruption and ensure the effective administration of citizenoriented government at sub-national levels. Principal contractors: Casals and Associates, Evensen 

Dodge, and others to be announced. 

FY 2007 Program 

SO: 523-021 Ruling Justly: More Responsive, Transparent Governance 

Protect Human Rights 

Protect Human Rights ($300,000 ESF): USAID will continue to support human rights NGOs to serve as 

effective advocates for victims of crime and human rights abuse and to provide oversight of criminal 

justice reforms. Principal contractor: MSI. 

Strengthen Civil Society 

Strengthen Civil Society ($2,000,000 ESF): USAID will continue to strengthen the management, policy 

making and multi-stakeholder dialogue capacities of Mexican civil society to serve as better advocates for 

citizens. Implementer to be determined through a competitive process. 

Strengthen Public Sector Executive Function 

Strengthen Public Sector Executive Function ($300,000 DA, $100,000 ESF): With DA, USAID will work 

with the federal government and Mexican states on good governance initiatives. With ESF, USAID will 

continue support for oversight by civil society, business, and academia of the quality and delivery of 

government services to citizens. Principal contractor: Casals and Associates. 

Strengthen the Justice Sector 

Strengthen the Justice Sector ($1,700,000 DA, 2,700,000 ESF): With DA, USAID will continue to support 

criminal justice reform in target states and at the federal level. With ESF, USAID will continue to support 

legal education programs and build the capacity of NGOs, business associations, and academics to 

promote public education about new oral, adversarial criminal justice reforms and that provide citizen 

watchdog services over the criminal justice system. Principal contractor: MSI. 

Support Democratic Local Government & Decentralization 

Support Democratic Local Government and Decentralization ($1,100,000 ESF): USAID will continue to 

work with the business sector, civil society, and academics to promote greater competitiveness through 

the World Bank’s “Doing Business” project; strengthen citizen oversight to fight corruption and ensure the 

effective administration of citizen-oriented government at sub-national levels; and increase capital market 

participation. Principal contractors: Casals and Associates, Evensen Dodge, and others to be announced. 

FY 2006 Program 

SO: 523-022 Economic Freedom: Open, Diversified, Expanding Economies 

Improve Sustainable Management Of Natural Resources & Biodiversity 

Improve Sustainable Management Of Natural Resources and Biodiversity ($3,777,000 DA). USAID is 

supporting community decision making and more effective institutional coordination in addressing the 

needs of high-biodiversity areas by supporting management plans within communities, institutions and 

government agencies. USAID collaborates with the Government of Mexico (GOM) on activities in 
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forestry, protected area management and environmental protection, increasing linkages between 

USAID’s sites and Mexico's national environmental priorities. USAID provides technical assistance to 

communities for environmentally sound economic growth in the following areas: strategic management of 

timber; production of wood products; fire management planning and capacity development; and income 

producing opportunities including coffee, cacao, and sustainable tourism. Better overall coordination in 

these key areas supports recovery efforts from the hurricanes that severely impacted Mexico in 2005, and 

helps reduce the risk of future disasters. Principal contractors and grantees: Conservation International, 

The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, Chemonics International, Rainforest Alliance, US Forest 

Service, and Mexican Nature Conservation Fund. 

Reduce, Prevent & Mitigate Pollution 

Reduce, Prevent and Mitigate Pollution ($800,000 DA). USAID supports activities linking energy savings 

and water conservation in water-stressed areas along the U.S.-Mexico border, as well as activities in 

renewable energy and planning. Through its Methane to Markets Program, USAID facilitates the 

development of landfill gas projects, reduces emissions from hydrocarbon industries, and captures 

emissions from feedlot waste. USAID reduces pollution in Mexico City and Quintana Roo; promotes 

pollution control in key industries such as petroleum; and advocates for the use of cleaner production 

technologies in environmentally-important regions. Principal contractor: PA Consulting and the Alliance to 

Save Energy. 

Strengthen The Financial Services Sector & Increase Access to Capital 

Strengthen The Financial Services Sector and Increase Access to Capital ($2,000,000 DA). USAID 

provides technical assistance to 12 microfinance institutions (MFIs), the Caja Popular Mexicano (CPM) 

and the Alianza Bancomún de la Frontera; USAID also provides small grants to MFIs developing new 

products and services, including those related to remittances and provides technical assistance to 

strengthen the Mexican bank regulatory authority, La Comisión Nacional Bancaria de Valores (CNBV); 

USAID is building consensus on policy and institutional reforms; and supporting micro business 

integration into value chains in emerging markets, linked where possible to sustainable productive 

activities already underway. Principal contractor: Development Alternatives, Inc., World Council of Credit 

Unions, and Catholic Relief Services. 

FY 2007 Program 

SO: 523-022 Economic Freedom: Open, Diversified, Expanding Economies 

Improve Sustainable Management Of Natural Resources & Biodiversity 

Improve Sustainable Management Of Natural Resources and Biodiversity ($3,543,000 DA): USAID will 

continue to support the implementation of improved natural resource management plans in targeted 

regions, and advance income-producing ventures in forest products, coffee, cacao and ecotourism, and 

to improve Mexican planning and technical capacity to reduce the vulnerability to fires and natural 

disasters. 

Reduce, Prevent & Mitigate Pollution 

Reduce, Prevent and Mitigate Pollution ($850,000 DA): USAID will continue energy and water 

conservation activities in key areas along the northern border and in Quintana Roo in order to 

demonstrate linkages between water and energy efficiency and increased savings and decreased 

pollution. The Regional Clean Production Centers’ capacity building initiatives will help multiply the use of 

these practices in sectors where USAID is not involved. USAID will also continue to support national 

programs that promote renewable energy. 
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Strengthen The Financial Services Sector & Increase Access to Capital 

Strengthen The Financial Services Sector and Increase Access to Capital ($1,000,000 DA): USAID will 

provide target MFIs with technical assistance in expanding client outreach, developing new products, and 

improving financial health. USAID will provide technical assistance to improve MFI regulatory practices. 

The Mission will continue to develop the local support services industry and to inspire innovation in rural 

finance and remittance policies. 

FY 2006 Program 

SO: 523-023 Investing in People: Healthier, Better-Educated People 

Prevent & Control Infectious Diseases Of Major Importance 

Prevent and Control Infectious Diseases of Major Importance ($1,020,000 CSH). USAID continues to 

collaborate with the Health Secretariat’s National TB Program (NTP) network to control, prevent, and 

diagnose TB in priority areas including the U.S./Mexico border. In addition new and existing grants to U.S. 

and Mexican NGOs strengthen the capacity of local partners to carry out community-based TB control, 

including health worker training, social mobilization and TB/HIV co-infection detection and treatment. 

Implementation of DOTS activities to better control and treat tuberculosis and drug-resistant TB are being 

enhanced and USAID is also upgrading the diagnostic capabilities of state-level laboratories. Principal 

contractor and grantees: Project Concern International, the California-based Public Health Institute, the 

U.S.-Mexico Border Health Association, the University of Texas, El Paso and the Autonomous University 

of Ciudad Juárez, and the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, and the Autonomous 

University of Tamaulipas. 

Reduce Transmission & Impact Of HIV/AIDS 

Reduce Transmission and Impact of HIV/AIDS ($2,970,000 CSH). USAID continues promoting 

responsible behavior among the most-at-risk groups for HIV/AIDS in Mexico through behavior change 

communication interventions incorporating the ABC approach (abstinence, being faithful and correct 

condom use) to HIV/AIDS prevention. The results of a comprehensive survey of communication efforts to 

date and on behavior and HIV status among vulnerable populations are being used to improve 

communication interventions. Firms belonging to the National Business Council on HIV/AIDS (CONAES) 

are recruiting more Mexican companies to join the Council to implement anti-stigma and treatment 

programs in the workplace, increase the workers covered by such policies, and finance services received 

from Mexican NGOs. Training materials adapted for use in Mexico that deal with reduction of 

discrimination related to HIV/AIDS patients among healthcare workers are being tested with a view to 

incorporating such training in GOM national healthcare workers training programs. USAID will continue to 

play a key role in promoting multi-sector collaboration on HIV/AIDS along the U.S.-Mexico border, 

through entities such as the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Association. Finally, at least one new publicprivate alliance is being awarded with activities to target communities with high migration to the United 

States, and to expand geographic reach of the behavior change program. Principal contractor and 

grantees: Family Health International, Population Services International, and Futures Group. 

FY 2007 Program 

SO: 523-023 Investing in People: Healthier, Better-Educated People 

Prevent & Control Infectious Diseases Of Major Importance 

Prevent and Control Infectious Diseases Of Major Importance ($1,520,000 CSH). Activities to widen 

implementation of the DOTS strategy will continue. Collaboration on the U.S.-Mexican border will be 

augmented. 
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Reduce Transmission & Impact Of HIV/AIDS 

Reduce Transmission and Impact Of HIV/AIDS ($2,200,000 CSH). USAID will continue support for 

behavior change activities aimed at the most-at-risk groups for HIV/AIDS in Mexico. The activities will 

include promotion of safer behaviors, including abstinence, fidelity, delay of sexual debut, and condom 

social marketing for most at risk groups. USAID will continue to support collaboration among Mexican 

and U.S. organizations in border states for prevention and control of HIV/AIDS. CONAES will be 

financing its own training and exchange of experiences in promoting stigma-free workplaces, thus 

enabling the Impulso non-governmental organization network to expand its services outside CONAES to 

other sectors of Mexican society. 
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Results Framework 

523-008 Sustainable and Effective Institutional Capacity Developed to Diagnose, Control, and 

Monitor Tuberculosis in Target Areas 

Program Title: Tuberculosis Control 

 IR 8.1: Improved national and local political and administrative commitment to a tuberculosis control 

program 

 IR 8.2: Increased use of laboratory-based diagnosis to identify tuberculosis cases 

 IR 8.3: Improved directly observed therapy meeting strict case definitions 

 IR 8.4: Improved mechanisms for monitoring program activities 

523-010 Enhanced Capacity of Participating Mexican Scholars and Institutions to Respond to the 

Common Development Agenda 

Program Title: Training, Internships, Education and Scholarships 

 IR 10.1: New university partnerships established and functioning 

 IR 10.2: University-trained scholars prepared to respond to CDA opportunities 

 IR 10.3: Community-college trained scholars prepared to respond to CDA opportunities 

523-021 Ruling Justly: More Responsive, Transparent Governance 

Program Title: Ruling Justly 

 IR 1.1: Strengthened Rule of Law 

 IR 1.2: More Accountable Policy Making and Implementation 

523-022 Economic Freedom: Open, Diversified, Expanding Economies 

Program Title: Economic Freedom 

 IR 2.3: Broader Access to Financial Markets and Services 

 IR 2.4: Improved Management and Conservation of Critical Watersheds 

523-023 Investing in People: Healthier, Better-Educated People 

Program Title: Investing in People 

 IR 3.3: HIV/AIDS and Other Infectious Diseases Contained and Impact Mitigated