LearnLink Projects: FEMICA

Municipal Networking in Central America

LearnLink worked with the Federation of Central American Municipalities (FEMICA) to foster electronic networking and distance learning among the region’s municipal stakeholders.

FEMICA provides political and technical support to national municipal associations, local political authorities and urban managers in Central America. An umbrella ’association of associations’ based in Guatemala, FEMICA links municipal officials and authorities throughout the region, providing opportunities for exchanges and disseminating ideas and information about the programs and activities of members in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.

LearnLink is assisting FEMICA by building a web site that will link the members electronically. This will enable networking through e-mail and listservs, facilitate the broad dissemination and exchange of documents, and provide access to a wealth of archived and regularly updated information on the members’ histories, goals and activities. Special sections on the web site will provide information on current issues and topics of interest, access to resources for research or training, and links to other sites for needed information and resources.

This Task Order is funded by USAID’s Human Capacity Development Center (HCD) under the Global Bureau’s Joint Action Implementation Fund (JAIF). Collaborating with HCD on the task are the Urban Programs Office in the Global Bureau Environment Center and the Regional Urban Development Office (RUDO) in USAID/Guatemala-Central American Programs.

For more information, contact ict@aed.org