| SATIIM Demands Accountability |
| Mon, April 3, 2023 |
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| Earlier this week, the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management - known as SATIIM - sent a tongue in cheek congratulation to the Toledo Alcalde Association - slash - Julian Cho Society for, quote, "the only fully demarcated village map from its $1.8M USD project and demands full accountability for funds received in the name of Maya communities."
Today we spoke to SATIIM's Executive Director Maya Choc about what her organization says is a lack of accountability:
And while that's one side of the story, today the Toledo Alcalde Associate and the Julian Cho Society defended their project, pointing to a full institutional and financial audit of the three-year project. They note that this was satisfactory so they have secured another multi-year extension to continue to support the implementation of the 2015 Consent Order through a partnership with the Land Tenure Facility.
They say that the during first three year leg of the project, they, quote, "supported the community consent process with over 5,000 people, together with village leaders, elders and expert knowledge holders, deployed the Maya Boundary Harmonization process with 25 communities." They ad, quote, "In all activities, the TAA/JCS regularly reports back to our respective villages. Updates, reports and feedback are shared and debated at the TAA assemblies, which have consistently included the leaders of all 41 Maya villages."
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