Program to Support the Reform of the Justice System
EL SALVADOR
SECTOR: Planning and Reform
PROJECT NAME: Program to Support the Reform of the Justice System
(919/OC-ES and 920/OC-ES)
TOTAL COST: $27.3 million
FINANCING:
IDB $19.5 million
LOCAL $ 5.1 million
DATE OF APPROVAL: March 13, 1996
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The objective of this program is to modernize and
strengthen the justice system (with the aim of
promoting greater confidence therein) by improving
legal security, public safety and the effectiveness of
the system's institutions.
The program will (a) support legal reforms inititated
by the government and encourage the efforts of the
Ministry of Justice and the Judicial Branch to
institute additional legal reforms where needed;
(b) reform the juvenile justice system, for which the
Instituto Salvadore¤o de Protecci¢n al Menor (ISPM)
will be provided with appropriate infrastructure and a
decentralized organization to improve the efficiency
of its programs aimed at preventing and reducing
juvenile delinquency, improving the conditions of
inmates in juvenile correctional centers and
contributing to public safety; and (c) strengthen the
justice system through the development of an
integrated planning system, an information system and
new forms of interagency cooperation.
CONSULTANTS: The following consulting services will be hired:
(a) a consulting firm to assist the technical
executing unit (TEU) in the selection, hiring and
supervision of individual consultants and to provide
training to that unit; (b) a consulting firm to
prepare the bidding documents, supervise the execution
of the works and perform the detailed engineering for
the works; (c) four local consultants in the areas of
legal reform, juveniles, planning and information
systems; (d) a consultant to establish the baseline
data for use in measuring the program's impact at a
second stage, which will begin at the close of its
third year; (e) consultants to prepare and supervise
an initial public opinion survey and analyze its
findings; (f) seven experts to help the TEU administer
the IDB loan and the local conterpart funds
(a financial management coordinator, an accountant,
two specialists in procurement of goods and services,
an internal auditor and two assistants). This group
will also be in charge of the administrative work,
including the internal control and external audit
mechanisms, accounting records, personnel
administration and procurement of goods and services;
and (g) technical assistance and consulting services
for studies, training plans, materials preparation,
information campaigns and other activities in support
of the program.
GOODS & EQUIPMENT: Construction materials, office equipment, a vehicle,
and teaching materials for training courses will be
purchased.
CIVIL WORKS: The program will finance the rehabilitation of the
infrastructure of three juvenile detention and
rehabilitation centers, construction of four
detoxification clinics, a shelter for victims of
domestic violence, three ISPM regional offices with
lock-up facilities, a regional integrated justice
center (pilot center) and the establishment of five
new workshops for minors.
EXECUTING AGENCY: Unidad Técnica Ejecutora/Comisión Coordinadora del
Sector de Justica (UTE/CCSJ)
7§ Calle Poniente #5143
Colonia Escalón
San Salvador, El Salvador
Tel: (503) 298-1244
Fax: (503) 298-1139
