352 Journal of the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies Núm. 8 / 2016 Table 2. Resources allocated to Federal Funds and Subsidies (2008-2015). Source: Prepared by author based on various Official Gazettes of the Federation, agreements and the website of SETEC. In Mexican pesos. http://revista.ieee.es/index.php/ieee FASP The «Public Security Contribution Fund» (FASP) began to be implemented in 1998. It is one of the oldest programmes, along with FORTAMUN (1997) that aims to strengthen the structures of the federal entities of Public Security in Mexico. This mechanism only focuses on security aspects and, from its beginnings, was managed by the then recently created Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System. The FASP has the co-participation of the states that cover an additional 25% of the resources with their own funds. In 1998, the first coordination agreements on carrying out activities in the area of public security were reached, in which the creation of a state trust for the allocation of funds was approved. The «Public Security Fund» (Fondo de Seguridad Pública FOSEG) administrated government resources that were transferred to the treasuries of the states and the Federal District. This fund ceased to exist as the FOSEG in 2009 as the resources began to be transferred to a specific bank account in the federal en-tities. These funds under budget item 33 – Federal contributions to the federal and municipal entities – that the federal executive branch grants to the states and to the Federal District are now transferred directly following the criteria for calculation and formula determined by the National Public Security Council, and can only be used for the following purposes: recruitment, training, selection, assessment and vetting; equipping; national telecommunications network; construction, improvement or ex-pansion; follow-up and evaluation. FORTAMUN The «Fund for the Strengthening of Municipalities and Boundaries of the Federal District» (FORTAMUN) is allocated by the federal executive branch through the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) and destined to back up the finances of the municipalities and support their financial clean-up, as well as strengthening public security activities and contributing to fulfilling their operational needs.
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