Ruta organization chart being developed

As part of our efforts to improve our levels of efficiency and achieve greater effectiveness in our actions, RUTA has begun to develop an organization chart. This chart will allow us to understand information needs and participation of the different actors in areas of Knowledge and Communications Management and Planning, Follow up and Evaluation.

Among RUTA’s main participants are international aid organizations, Central American government institutions, private academic institutions, the agricultural and forestry production sector, and community development sector, as well as individuals who make up a broad team of consultants providing services through RUTA.

The development of the organization chart will allow actors to learn more about the inclusion of  rural poverty and sustainable rural development topics in the agendas of regional institutions, national governments and the private sector, about the use of knowledge products generated by RUTA, current demands for knowledge and RUTA’s contribution. It will also allow us to understand how these actors access and value RUTA services as well as interest and ideal mechanisms for disseminating information RUTA planning, monitoring and evaluation.

The outline of the organization chart includes reviewing official documents of the institutions/organizations containing policy, strategies, work plans, carrying out a survey of a representative sample of the different types of actors and carrying out telephone interviews to analyze specific topics in depth.

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RUTA Honduras Technical Unit under new management

The RUTA Honduras Technical Unit (UTN-HON) is now under the management of Dr. Gustavo Adolfo Aguilar.

This change is part of the inauguration of the new government in January of this year, led by Constitutional President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, who in turn named Hector Hernandez as Minister of Agriculture and Livestock.

The UTN-HON will continue to support and combine efforts with International Aid to strengthen Development of the three sub-sector ESA. The Action Plan of the Honduran National Technological and Agroforestry Innovation System (SNITTA) was scheduled for the first semester of 2006.

The UTN has contributed to the Agriculture Department (SAG) through the UPED since the end of 2005, in the process of developing the National Fishery and Aquaculture Program (PRONAPAC), which is currently in the review phase of the final document for its eventual implementation.

Furthermore, at RUTA’s request, a process evaluation and follow up of the RURALINVEST training carried out in 2005, has been initiated, in order to systematize the data and evaluate achievement of RUTA V objectives.