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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY-REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR ____________________________________________________________________
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DECREE NO 699
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR,
CONSIDERING:
I.-That dated April 10, 2002, was signed between the Republic of El Salvador and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the General Agreement on Cooperation between the two countries, which was ratified by the Legislative Assembly. by Legislative Decree No. 869 dated 6 June 2002, published in Official Journal No. 118, Volume No. 355, of 27 of the same month and year; as of 23 March 2012, the Luxembourg Agency for Development Cooperation, acting under the mandate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Republic of Salvador, signed the Financing Agreement to develop an operation of the Common Fund for Programmatic Support (FOCAP), in support of the "Program of Solidarity Communities in El Salvador", for an amount of € 10,000,000.00 euros equivalent to US$ 12,200,000.00.
II.-That by Legislative Decree No. 863, dated April 30, 2009, published in Official Journal No. 94, Volume No. 383 of May 25 of that year, the Basic Convention of Cooperation between the Republic of El Salvador was ratified in all its parts Salvador and the Kingdom of Spain; therefore, dated 6 July 2011, it was signed with the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECID), the Financing Agreement to develop an operation of the Common Support Fund Programmatic (FOCAP), destined for the same "Program of Solidarity Communities in El Salvador", for an amount of € 16,000,000.00 euros equivalent to US$ 21,440.00; of which, will be used for programmatic support € 15,600,000.00 euros equivalent to US$ 20,904,000.00 and € 400,000.00 euros equivalent to US$ 536,000.00 for Technical Assistance to the Program.
III.- That by Legislative Decree No. 725 dated September 30, 1999, published in Official Journal No. 208, Volume No. 345 of 9 November of the same year, the Framework Convention on the Enforcement of Aid was ratified in all its parts Financial and Technical and Economic Cooperation in El Salvador, under the "ALA" Regulation, signed on 17 May 1999 between the Government of the Republic of El Salvador and the European Community, represented by the Commission of the European Communities, which in its Art. 3 provides that any cooperation project selected by the Commission, may give rise to a specific financing agreement between the Commission acting on behalf of the European Community and the Government of the Republic of El Salvador or the authorities of the public authorities referred to in Article 6 of the Convention, which may be: the State, the Decentralized Administrations and the Local Communities, among others.
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IV.-Which dated October 27, 2011, the Government of the Republic of El Salvador signed with the European Union, the Financing Convention No. DCI-ALA/2011/022-647 for the implementation of the "Support Program for Solidarity Communities in El Salvador (PACSES)", for an amount of € 47,400,000.00 euros equivalent to US$ 61,83,820.00 of which € 45,000,000.00 euros equivalent to US$ 58,693,500.00 will be used for help Budget and € 2,400,000.00 euros equivalent to US$ 3,130,320.00 for Supplementary Aid, with a duration of 60 months from the entry into force of the said Convention; however, with date 20 January 2014, the Adendum No 1 was approved which modifies the original distribution of these resources, as follows: € 42,750,000.00 euros equivalent to US$ 55,758,825.00 for budgetary aid; € 2,400,000.00 euros equivalent to US$ 3,130,320.00 for complementary aid and € 2,250,000.00 euros equivalent to US$ 2,94,675.00 for support of the Ciudad Mujer programme, a through the Secretariat of Social Inclusion.
V.-That the Solidarity Communities Program is an important component of the Universal Social Protection System contained in the Five-Year Development Plan 2010-2014 and represents one of the strategies promoted by the Government of El Salvador, which includes urban areas and The Technical Secretariat is currently implementing the Technical Assistance Project Code 40615 " Support to the Universal Social Protection System of El Universal. Salvador-Programme Solidarity-FOCAP. '
VI.-That of the resources approved for the fiscal year 2012 by the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, there is an unexecuted balance of US$ 1,027,195.00, of which by letter Nº STP/SPSU/0150/13 dated November 28, 2013, the Technical Secretariat of the Presidency was assigned the amount of US$ 427,195.00 (US$379,163.00 of AECID and US$ 48,032.00 of the Duchy of Luxembourg), whose incorporation into the Law of the current Budget of 2014 is necessary for the strengthening of the Single Register of Participants of the Universal Social Protection.
VII.-Which of the resources assigned to the Technical Secretariat of the Presidency during 2013 for the implementation of the Technical Assistance Project Code 40615 referred to above, according to Note No. STP/SPSU/0019/13 Date 4 February 2014, there is an availability of US$ 65,611.00 (US$23,894.00 from AECID; US$ 41,619.00 from the Duchy of Luxembourg and US$ 98.00 from the European Union), which is required to be incorporated into the current Budget Law of 2014, strengthen the management of the Universal Social Protection System.
VIII.- resources from AECID during exercise
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fiscal 2013, generated an increase of US$ 538,150.00 from the currency differential, from whose amount by letter No. STP/SPSU/0138/13 dated November 8, 2013, was assigned to the Technical Secretariat of the Presidency the amount of US$ 258,150.00 that it is appropriate to add to the current budget of 2014, so that they can be for the strengthening and positioning of the Social Protection System Universal and the implementation of the Secretariat for Vulnerability Issues.
IX.-With the purpose of the Technical Secretariat of the Presidency, it can have the budgetary credit that will allow it to continue funding the Project Technical Assistance Code 40615 cited above, it is necessary to reform the existing Law of the Budget adopted by Legislative Decree No. 522 dated October 31, 2013, published in the Official Journal No. 225, Volume 401, of December 2, 2013. The same year, incorporating in Section II-Revenue and in Section III-Expenditure, in part corresponding to the Presidency of the Republic, the resources of Donation available up to an amount of SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX 00/100 DOLLARS FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US$ 750,956.00), of which the amount of SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT 00/100 DOLLARS FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US$ 750,858.00) comes from FOCAP (US$661,207.00 from the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation and US$ 89,651.00 from the Grand Duchy of America). of Luxembourg) and NINETY-EIGHT 00/100 DOLLARS FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US$ 98.00) correspond to PACSES (European Union).
FOR TANTO,
in use of its constitutional powers and on the initiative of the President of the Republic, through the Minister of Finance,
DECCRETA:
Art. 1.-In the current Budget Law, Section -A GENERAL BUDGET OF THE STATE, the following modifications are introduced:
A) In section II-REVENUE, Rubro 22 Transfers of Capital, Account 224 Transfers of Capital of the Sector External, increase the specific sources, with the amounts indicated:
22403 Governments and Government Agencies:
Convention signed between the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development, AECID and the Republic of El Salvador to develop an operation of the Common Support Fund Programmatic, FOCAP, to the "Program of Solidarity Communities in El Salvador", according to the Basic Cooperation Agreement, ratified by the Legislative Assembly by Legislative Decree No. 863, dated April 30, 2009,
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published in Official Journal No. 94, Volume No. 383 of 25 May 2009 (Presidency of the Republic US$ 1,500,000.00; Ramo de Hacienda/Social Investment Fund for Local Development US$ 1,490,000.00; Ramo de Educación US$ 2,000,000.00; Ramo de Obras Públicas, Transporte y de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano US$ 80,000.00.
661,207
Financing Convention No. SVD/021-11 884, signed between the Luxembourg Agency for Development Cooperation and the Republic of El Salvador, aimed at developing an operation of the Common Fund for Programme Support, FOCAP, to the "Program of Solidarity Communities in El Salvador", according to the General Agreement of Cooperation between the two countries, ratified by the Legislative Assembly by Legislative Decree No. 869, dated June 6, 2002, published in the Official Journal No. 118, Volume No. 355 of 27 June 2002. (Presidency of the Republic US$ 1,300,000.00; Presidency of the Republic/Salvadoran Institute for the Development of Women US$ 300,000.00; Health Ramo US$ 600,000.00; Economy Ramo US$ 800,000.00; Agriculture and Livestock Ramo/National Center of Agricultural and Forestry Technology US$ 150,000.00; Ramo of Public Works, Transport and Housing and Urban Development US$ 1,400,000.00). 89,651
24404 Multilateral Organisms
Financing Convention No. DCI-ALA/2011/022-647 signed between the European Union and the Republic of El Salvador, aimed at contributing to the financing of the implementation of the " Support Program Communities of Solidarity in El Salvador, PACSES ", according to the Framework Convention ratified by Legislative Decree No. 725 dated September 30, 1999, published in Official Journal No. 208, Volume No. 345 of 9 November 1999 (Ramo de Hacienda/Fondo de Inversión Social para el Desarrollo Local US$ 13,000,000; Ramo de Educación US$ 427,585.00; Ramo de Educación Economy US$ 400,200.00). 98
B) In section III-EXPENSES, in the part corresponding to the Presidency of the Republic, literal B. Allocation of Resources, number 3. Relationship Purposes with Assigned Resources, add the Budget Unit 14 Solidarity Communities-STP-FOCAP-PACSES and the Working Lines 01 Solidarity Communities-STP-FOCAP and 02 Solidarity Communities-STP-PACSES, with its Purposes, Allocation Resources and List of Public Investment Projects, as follows:
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0500 Presidency of the Republic
3. Relationship Purposes to Assigned Resources
Cost Purpose and Budget Unit Cost
14 Solidarity Communities-STP-FOCAP-PACSES
01 Solidarity Communities-STP- FOCAP
02 Communities Solidarity-STP-PACSES
Improving in a comprehensive way the living conditions and the citizen's exercise of the families, communities and settlements that reside in the world of extreme and severe extreme poverty, in rural and urban areas; through the Common Fund for Programmatic Support.
Improving the living conditions in a comprehensive way and the citizen exercise of the families, communities and settlements that reside in the municipalities of extreme and severe extreme poverty in rural and urban areas; through the Program of Support to Solidarity Communities in El Salvador.
750,956
750,858
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Total 750,956
4. Budget Allocation by Pool, Financing and Economic Destination Source
Budget Unit and Budget Encryption
Line of Work 54
Goods and Services Acquisitions
Capital Expenses
14 Solidarity Communities -STP-FOCAP-PACSES.
2014-0500-1-14-01-22-5 Donations
02-22-5 Donations
Solidarity Communities -STP-FOCAP
Solidarity Communities-STP-PACSES
750,956 _____________
750,858
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750,956 ____________
750,858
98
Total 750,956 750,956
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5. Listing Public Investment Projects
Project Code Funding Source
Physical Meta
Geographical Location
End Date
Project Monto
40615
40615
14 Solidarity Communities-STP-FOCAP-PACSES
01 Solidarity Communities-STP-FOCAP
Support to the Universal Social Protection System of El Salvador-Program Solidarity Communities-FOCAP.
02 Solidarity Communities-STP-PACSES
Support to the Universal Social Protection System of El Salvador-Program Solidarity Communities-FOCAP.
donations
Donations
municipalities
municipalities
Nationally
At National Level
Dec. /2014
Dec. /2014
750,956
750,858
750,858
98
98
Total 750,956
The resources from donations that are incorporated by this Legislative Decree for US$ 750,956.00 shall be be applied to the following Resource Sources: US$ 89,651.00 to the 35 Duchy of Luxembourg; US$ 661,207.00 to the 69 Spanish Agency for International Cooperation, and US$ 98.00 to the 72 European Union.
Art. 2.-This Decree shall enter into force from the day of its publication in the Official Journal.
GIVEN IN THE BLUE HALL OF THE LEGISLATIVE PALACE: San Salvador, five days of the month of June of the year two thousand fourteen.
OTHON SIGFRIDO REYES MORALES, PRESIDENT.
ENRIQUE ALBERTO LUIS VALDES SOTO, GUILLERMO ANTONIO GALLEGOS NAVARRETE, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT. SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT.
JOSÉ FRANCISCO MERINO LÓPEZ, LORENA GUADALUPE PEÑA MENDOZA, THIRD VICE PRESIDENT. FOURTH VICE-PRESIDENT.
CARLOS ARMANDO REYES RAMOS, FIFTH VICE PRESIDENT.
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GUILLERMO FRANCISCO MATA BENNET, MANUEL VICENTE MENJÍVAR ESQUIVEL, FIRST SECRETARY. SECOND SECRETARY.
SANDRA MARLENE SALGADO GARCÍA, JOSÉ RAFAEL MACHUCA ZELAYA, THIRD SECRETARY. FOURTH SECRETARY.
IRMA LOURDES PALACIOS VÁSQUEZ, ERNESTO ANTONIO ANGULO MILLA, FIFTH SECRETARY. SIXTH SECRETARY.
FRANCISCO JOSE ZABLAH SAFIE, JOSE SERAFIN ORANTES RODRIGUEZ, SEVENTH SECRETARY. EIGHTH SECRETARY.
CASA PRESIDENTIAL: San Salvador, on the thirteenth day of June of the year two thousand fourteen.
PUBESQUIESE,
Salvador Sánchez Cerén, President of the Republic.
Juan Ramón Carlos Enrique Cáceres Chávez, Minister of Hacienda.
D. O. No. 109 Took Nº 403 Date: June 13, 2014
SV/ngcl 17-07-2014
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