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Concludes the Municipal Management training imparted by Fundazucar and the School of Government

Concludes the Municipal Management training

imparted by Fundazucar and the School of Government

The Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar- and the School of Government concluded the Municipal Management training aimed to municipal public officials. In total, 66 officials from 25 municipalities in the departments of Escuintla, Suchitepequez, Retalhuleu, Santa Rosa and Jutiapa successfully approved the modules.

The training course was given by the School of Government with the support of Fundazucar and began in December 2020 and ended in August 2021. The four modules that were worked on were: Mitigation measures against Covid-19; Municipal management, supervision, transparency, and accountability; Municipal planning and management for results; and Municipalities attractive for investment.

Sugar Foundation and School of Government joined forces through a strategic alliance to bring continuous education processes closer to municipal public servants on the South of Guatemala, and thus support the growth of communities and municipal development.

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Guatemalan Sugar Foundation began Municipal Management training including mitigation against COVID-19

Guatemalan Sugar Foundation began Municipal Management training

including mitigation against COVID-19

The Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar- and the School of Government inaugurated on December the Municipal Management training aimed at 50 municipal public officials, to strengthen their competencies and technical and administrative skills to face effectively, efficiently, and successfully the challenges of public and political management for the continuous improvement of the economic indicators of the South of Guatemala, and to help the fight against COVID-19 Pandemic.

During the inauguration Alfredo Vila, president of the Guatemalan Sugar Producers Association -Asazgua-, mentioned that it was a pride to inaugurate this training that is so important for the growth of the participants’ communities, emphasizing that municipal development is fundamental for Guatemala.

The training will be held by the School of Government with the support of Fundazucar and began on December 4th, 2020 and will end on August 13th, 2021. In 30 sessions of 2 hours each, the following topics will be addressed: Mitigation measures against COVID-19; Municipal management, inspection, transparency, and accountability; Municipal planning and management for results; and Attractive municipalities for investment.

Municipal Management training is part of the Thematic Component for the Sustainability of Governance of Fundazucar, which promotes the strengthening of local institutions such as the Municipal Corporation. The coverage of this intervention reaches 26 municipalities and approximately 900 municipal workers are trained, from different administrative and technical areas of the Municipal Corporation.

In his speech, Luis Miguel Paiz, general manager of Asazgua, stressed that “for the Guatemalan Sugar Industry it is important to strengthen local institutions and that is why we believe that this type of training can help us to collaborate with Guatemala’s development”.

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Concludes the Municipal Management training imparted by Fundazucar and the School of Government

Guatemalan Sugar Foundation began Municipal Management training including mitigation against COVID-19