The challenge faced by local governments (Municipalidades) in Peru

1. The challenge faced by local governments (Municipalidades) in Peru • Social accountability as part of the answer • Increasing social accountability: the MIM initiative (building blocks) • Cajamarca’s MIM initiative: early results • Towards a National Program: Defensoria del Pueblo and IFC

2. THE CHALLENGE POSED BY THE MININGCANON Significant increase in Mining Canon transfers Situation: • Limited investment capacity • Lack of development vision • Absence of public deliberation • Low accountability • Expectations build-up Five main departments How to take best advantage of the opportunity? Capacity building Social Accountability Municipalidad Provincial de Cajamarca

3. Better informed decisions Improved impact of municipal investment More responsive local gov. SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AS PART OF THE ANSWER Increasing Social Accountability feedback Civic engagement information Developmenteffectiveness Demand for effective management Improved governance Empowerment Citizenship Public service delivery Participation

4. BUILDING BLOCKS OF THEMIM INITIATIVE Express an opinion Effect change Know Understand Provide context Establish discussion spaces Reduce cost of accessto information Provide a voice mechanism Increase social accountability • Events • Workshops • Presentations • Printed opinions • Opposing views • Contests • Collection • Tech capacity • Systematization • Basic questions • Photographs • Graph. synthesis • Dissemination • Diff. audiences • Diff. media • Improve governance • Better informed decisions • More responsive local gov. • Achieve greater impact • Mun. investment • Service provision • Ratings • Mun. Mgmt. • Mun. Investment • Report cards • Selected services • Preferences • Public´s views on large works

5. CAJAMARCA’S MIM EXPERIENCE Institutional Structure Early Outcomes Outputs • Events • Workshops with Majors • Presentations to media • Dissemination • Bulletins • Flyers • Web Page • Call for papers (competition) • Feedback • Rating of Mun. Government • Rating of Mun. Investment • Measures of exposure, access, and understanding of info on MC and MI • MIM • Recognized by Mun. Gov. • Positioned as the local organization knowledgeable of MC and MI • Municipalities • Users of information • Interest in ratings • Open to discussions • General population • Much greater awareness of impotance of MC • A public discussion about how to use MC has started to take shape • Initial • UNC • Chamber of Comerce • Professional Assoc. • Expanded • 2 Private U • Youth Assoc. • Others

6. TOWARDS A NATIONAL PROGRAM Joint initiative of the Defensoría del Pueblo (National Ombudsman Office) and the IFC Coverage: • Four new departments, 8 local governments (Municipalities) • Accounting (together with Cajamarca) for 80% of mining canon Innovations: • Leading role for Cajamarca MIM • Establishing a network of MIMs • Greater focus on improving public service delivery • Introducing an analytical meta function • Global monitoring • Comparisons across MIMs (competition by comparison) • Lessons and good practices • Defensoria del Pueblo makes recommendations to the public sector (local and national government) on the base of the information collected.