Review of the Norwegian Program for Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala

The present review was commissioned in order to assess how the current
project portfolio of the Norwegian Indigenous Peoples Program in Guatemala corresponds
to the approved strategy, and to develop more concrete recommendations for the implementation
of this strategy. The review concludes that while this strategy continues to be valid,
it has not been followed in the selection of partner organizations and projects supported. A
number of the projects fall completely outside of the thematic areas of the strategy, and as
a whole the portfolio appears fragmented and unfocused. Recommendations include tighter
adherence to the thematic concentration of the strategy, closer attention to the potential for
having strategic impacts when selecting partner organizations, and the introduction of multiyear
funding for the stronger of these organizations.