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Special Communities Project Evolves

The office will now have additional capabilities, such as helping to identify which government services might be turned over to municipalities and the Third Sector

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With these new duties, the ODSEC will investigate the process for awarding community projects, as well as the administration of the Special Communities Perpetual Trust, which received $1 billion. (Archivo/ GFR Media)

By Cynthia López Cabán

Far from eliminating the Special Communities project, the recently approved legislation “strengthens” former Governor Sila Calderón’s program. According to its new Executive Director, Jesús Vélez Vargas, the purpose of the program is to encourage self-management and community empowerment, as part of a strategy to fight poverty.