Capabilities
International Programs
Strengthening Democracy and Governance in Mexico
The
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to Mexico awarded
C&A a $22.5 million contract to assist Mexico in strengthening democracy
and governance. The five-year award folds together several smaller USAID/Mexico
democracy and governance contracts, including Project
Atlatl, a two-year transparency and anti-corruption contract C&A
was awarded in June 2001. Under the new contract, C&A’s technical
assistance to Mexico is focusing on enhancing public management and service
delivery; improving institutional frameworks; developing incentives to
increase public revenues; enhancing intra-government and citizen oversight;
promoting participatory and responsive political processes to address
policy priorities; and adopting state-of-the-art financial-management
procedures to improve government performance and increase transparency
and accountability. A Regional Forum on Good Government, bringing together more than 250 Mexican government officials from 24 Mexican states and delegates from 11 countries in Central America and the Caribbean, was one of the project’s recent successes.