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CAREs Decision to propose Programa SUR for the Southern Border Region of Ecuador, A Case Study of NGO Decison-making
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CARE’s Decision to propose Programa SUR for the Southern Border Region
of Ecuador: A Case Study of NGO Decision-making
by
JoAnn Fagot Aviel
Professor of International Relations
San Francisco State University
I.
Description of Decision
A. Identification of the Problem and Main Parties
Policymakers saw that the problem was the lack of development and poverty in the
Ecuadorian southern border region. The border dispute between Peru and Ecuador had contributed to the poverty and lack of development of the frontier areas. An agreement to develop these areas was part of the peace settlement. As a nongovernmental organization (NGO) with long experience in Ecuador, CARE needed to determine what its role should be in attempting to solve this problem. The main parties to the decision were CARE and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), but other NGOs and the Ecuadorian government were involved as well.
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B. Precipitating Events
The precipitating event was the signing of a historic peace agreement on October 26,
1998 that put an end to a prolonged border dispute between Ecuador and Peru. The agreement involved a commitment to establish a Binational Plan of Development for the Border Region.
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The United States and Ecuador signed an agreement to improve the social and economic conditions of the inhabitants of the frontier area and promote its integration. CARE already had a project in the frontier area and saw the need for its development. In July 1999 US AID/Ecuador signed a cooperative agreement with CARE for an initial 18 month program for $1.5 million to provide water and health services in six cantons in the provinces of Loja and El Oro which began to be implemented in February 2000.
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A similar program had been initiated earlier in Peru in
June 1999 that focused on local organizational strengthening and implementation of high-impact, small-scale community infrastructure. It aimed to provide border communities with actual participatory experiences in developing and implementing activities, while providing services (e.g., potable water systems, sewage, rural roads, and classroom improvement). This program, implemented by CARE/Peru, benefited 2,100 poor families living in 44 border communities.
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C. The Decision
CARE developed a diagnostic of what was needed in the border region and sent it to U.S.
AID. According to the CARE regional director in Loja, Ecuador, its proposal coincided with
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CARE, “Description of P.SUR,
www.care-psur.org.ec/ingles/main2__.htm
, CARE information pamphlet on
PSUR,n.d., and interview with Dr. Fernando Solis, PSUR director, CARE-Ecuador, Quito, December 7, 2004.
2
Ibid.
3
CARE information pamphlet on PSUR,n.d.
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U.S. AID, “Regional Overview: Peru, Improved quality of life of Peruvians along the Peru-Ecuador border target
areas (Peru-Ecuador Border Region Development), 527-008”, February 2003,
www.usaid.gov
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CARE’s Decision to propose Programa SUR for the Southern Border Region
of Ecuador: A Case Study of NGO Decision-making
by
JoAnn Fagot Aviel
Professor of International Relations
San Francisco State University
I.
Description of Decision
A. Identification of the Problem and Main Parties
Policymakers saw that the problem was the lack of development and poverty in the
Ecuadorian southern border region. The border dispute between Peru and Ecuador had
contributed to the poverty and lack of development of the frontier areas. An agreement to
develop these areas was part of the peace settlement. As a nongovernmental organization (NGO)
with long experience in Ecuador, CARE needed to determine what its role should be in
attempting to solve this problem. The main parties to the decision were CARE and the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID), but other NGOs and the Ecuadorian
government were involved as well.
B. Precipitating Events
The precipitating event was the signing of a historic peace agreement on October 26,
1998 that put an end to a prolonged border dispute between Ecuador and Peru. The agreement
involved a commitment to establish a Binational Plan of Development for the Border Region.
The United States and Ecuador signed an agreement to improve the social and economic
conditions of the inhabitants of the frontier area and promote its integration. CARE already had a
project in the frontier area and saw the need for its development. In July 1999 US AID/Ecuador
signed a cooperative agreement with CARE for an initial 18 month program for $1.5 million to
provide water and health services in six cantons in the provinces of Loja and El Oro which began
to be implemented in February 2000.
A similar program had been initiated earlier in Peru in
June 1999 that focused on local organizational strengthening and implementation of high-impact,
small-scale community infrastructure. It aimed to provide border communities with actual
participatory experiences in developing and implementing activities, while providing services
(e.g., potable water systems, sewage, rural roads, and classroom improvement). This program,
implemented by CARE/Peru, benefited 2,100 poor families living in 44 border communities.
C. The Decision
CARE developed a diagnostic of what was needed in the border region and sent it to U.S.
AID. According to the CARE regional director in Loja, Ecuador, its proposal coincided with
1
CARE, “Description of P.SUR,
, CARE information pamphlet on
PSUR,n.d., and interview with Dr. Fernando Solis, PSUR director, CARE-Ecuador, Quito, December 7, 2004.
2
Ibid.
3
CARE information pamphlet on PSUR,n.d.
4
U.S. AID, “Regional Overview: Peru, Improved quality of life of Peruvians along the Peru-Ecuador border target
areas (Peru-Ecuador Border Region Development), 527-008”, February 2003,
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