REGIONAL / SECTOR STUDIES
Project Name and Description
Relevant Information
Regional development plan for a 30,000 km² area covering: regional analysis, territorial plan, sociodemographic survey, forest inventory and a proposed development plan, aimed at preserving natural and cultural heritage in a sustainable development scheme
| Location: Santa Elena, Petén |
Starting date: August, 1989 | |
| Contractor: AHT - APESA |
Ending date: February, 1992 | |
| Contractee: KfW |
Total personnel: 19 (APESA) |
Feasibility studies for projects identified in first phase: urban sanitation, technical studies to declare protected areas, implementation of tourism development fund, cadastre pilot program, master plan studies for eleven protected areas of tropical forests
| Location: Santa Elena, Petén |
Starting date: April, 1992 | |
| Contractor: AHT - APESA |
Ending date: March, 1995 | |
| Contractee: KfW |
Total personnel: 8 (APESA) |
The Program consisted of four components: support for the management of the Maya Biosphere reserve, protection of cultural heritage and tourism development, sustainable management of natural resources and institutional strengthening. The components consisted of thirteen projects developed to the pre-feasibility phase.
| Location: Santa Elena, Petén |
Starting date: January, 1996 | |
| Contractor: Interconsult-Scanteam- APESA |
Ending date: September, 1996 | |
| Contractee: IDB |
Total personnel: 14 (APESA) |
APESA was subcontracted to perform: a complete mapping of the area, an analysis of tourism development possibilities, provide local consultants in geophysics, sanitary engineering, hydrology, forest management, cadastre, ecology and GIS and provide administrative and logistical support
| Location: Esquipulas, Guatemala |
Starting date: January, 2000 | |
| Contractor: Interconsult-APESA- Noragric |
Ending date: January, 2001 | |
| Contractee: IDB |
Total personnel: 11 (APESA) |
APESA was contracted to perform: learned lessons analysis, a base line study, land use and identification of projects for the Program, all to be used by another consulting firm for the design of the Program. An analysis of forestry concessions was also undertaken.
| Location: Flores, Petén |
Starting date: May, 2005 | |
| Contractor: APESA |
Ending date: January, 2006 | |
| Contractee: IDB |
Total personnel: 10 |
APESA developed a unique methodology using income data and a Quality of Life Index, based on housing quality surveys. The map was produced with on-hand training of Goverment personnel and included a total of 232 population centers. A specific map for Belize City was also produced
| Location: Belmopán, Belize |
Starting date: May, 2005 | |
| Contractor: APESA |
Ending date: December, 2005 | |
| Contractee: Ministry of National Development |
Total personnel: 4 |
