In FY 2005, an additional 21 social infrastructure projects were completed. Infrastructure included public ground transportation terminals, pedestrian bridges, landing docks to spur eco-tourism, aqueducts, potable water systems, water sanitation and waste disposal systems. Also, a cumulative total of 37 productive infrastructure projects were completed. These included handicraft production and marketing, rural road rehabilitation, improved production and agro-processing of rice, bean, corn, yam, micro-enterprise services, municipal market construction and maintenance, community-based enterprises that generate a revenue stream from the sustainable use and management of natural resources, including eco-tourism and wood products, and tree crop production, i.e., coconut, coffee, and cacao. Additionally, a number of small projects completed by the implementing grantee's volunteers added value to the development work undertaken in the targeted communities. Program implementation ends in FY 2006. Funding totaled $6.0 million for the life of the program.
Partners/Counterparts:
Ministry of Health
Panamanian Tourism Institute
Ministry of Government and Justice
National Environmental Authority
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Implementing Partners:
Agricultural Cooperative Development International and Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance ( ACDI/VOCA)
