Founding Agreement · 2026–2027 Plan

Honduras Digital Municipalities Network (RMDH)

Inter-Municipal Cooperation Framework Agreement for digital transformation, citizen services, participation and stronger municipal management. Led by the Central District Municipality, with GOBAI as technology and strategy architect and innovation operator.

10 cities · 202628 cities · 2027
Central DistrictSan Pedro Sula
Executive summary

From one success story to a national network of AI-powered cities

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national network led by Tegucigalpa
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Shared technology

Shared platforms, data and AI models to innovate and cut costs.

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National scale

Progressive expansion to more cities with uniform, sustainable impact.

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Municipal efficiency

Automation, predictive analytics and better decisions for public services.

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Regional positioning

Honduras as a smart-city and AI benchmark for Central America.

“A city can go digital on its own. A country needs a network.”

The opportunity

From a successful project to national infrastructure for local governments

We do not need 298 municipalities starting from scratch. We need a network that turns every municipal lesson into shared capacity for all.

01Starting point

The Central District already runs AMDC en tus Manos, a WhatsApp citizen interface that receives, classifies and routes incidents. The AMDC+AI concept evolves that relationship into a smart-city architecture with three nodes: infrastructure, mobility and security. The RMDH turns that experience into a replicable model for large, medium and small cities.

02Network vision

Tegucigalpa leads the network institutionally; GOBAI acts as technology architect, Technical Secretariat and innovation operator. Public value stays in the cities, and each municipality stops being an isolated project to become a node that strengthens the national ecosystem.

2026
10
founding cities
2027
28
connected cities
Model
Open network
inter-municipal agreements (Art. 20)
Horizon
Central America
regional scale 2028+
2026 founding cities network

Central District leads; nine founding municipalities and one target city

Tap each city on the map to see its role in the network.

Central DistrictCentral DistrictSan Pedro SulaSan Pedro SulaVillanuevaCholomaPuerto CortésEl ProgresoComayaguaMarcoviaOlanchitoValle de ÁngelesSanta Lucía
Lead cityFounder 2026Target city 2027

Northern corridor of the network

Villanueva and Choloma (Sula Valley) plus Puerto Cortés and El Progreso form the industrial-logistics corridor that surrounds San Pedro Sula and prepares its onboarding.

San Pedro Sula, target city

The country's second city and industrial capital. It joins the network after a prior analysis: a full technical and institutional assessment before onboarding in 2027.

San Pedro Sula · target city

An onboarding path based on evidence

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Phase 1 · Assessment

AI City Scan

Digital maturity, data, citizen channels and institutional capacity of the municipality.

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Phase 2 · Due diligence

Political-institutional mapping

Stakeholders, the mayor's priorities, budget, donors and the local regulatory framework.

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Phase 3 · Design

Roadmap and business case

Prioritized use cases, integration architecture and financing model.

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Phase 4 · Onboarding

Membership and projects

Joining the network and kicking off solution implementation.

Why a prior analysis?

The city with the greatest economic weight: it needs tailored architecture and governance.

Evidence-based onboarding makes the municipal decision easier and faster.

With Villanueva and Choloma already operating, SPS joins a corridor with comparable cases.

Founding agreement · Tegucigalpa, August 26, 2026

AMDC and Marcovia: founding members of the RMDH

Inter-Municipal Cooperation Framework Agreement signed under Article 20 of the Municipalities Law. The RMDH is an open network: any municipality in Honduras can join through agreements on substantially similar terms.

“Municipal democracy must not be limited to listening to citizens once every four years. Technology must let us listen to them, inform them and involve them in their city every day.”
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Pay for results

“Without a verifiable increase in revenue collection, there is no variable payment.” With no net increase over the Baseline, the municipality pays no variable component.

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Revenue baseline

Special record of the actual revenue collected in the previous 12 months, using official, verifiable and reconciled information.

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Data ownership

The municipality's data and records always belong to the municipality; platforms are provided under an institutional use license.

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Governance and term

Joint Monitoring Committee, quarterly meetings and a 4-year term renewable based on results.

Program components

A · 24/7 digital citizen serviceB · Simplified proceduresC · Stronger databasesD · Tax managementE · Communication and digital democracyF · Data-driven territorial managementG · Segmented communicationH · Institutional strengtheningI · Knowledge transfer

SignatoriesJuan Diego Zelaya, Mayor (AMDC) · Nahum Cálix, Mayor (Marcovia, Choluteca)

Hub operating model

Institutional and technology architecture

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Citizen — “Ciudad en tus Manos”

Single interaction channel via WhatsApp.

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City Brain GOBAI

Urban intelligence and service orchestration platform.

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Mayor's Cockpit

Executive dashboard for monitoring, analysis and decision-making.

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Honduras Municipal Data Lake

Unified, secure repository of municipal data.

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GOBAI Municipal AI Lab & Academy

Applied innovation, solution development and talent training.

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Ciudad en tus Manos
online · municipal AI

This is how a citizen talks to their municipality.

Tegucigalpa

Lead city

Sets priorities, drives adoption and creates public value.

GOBAI

Technical Secretariat and technology partner

Operates the platform, ensures standards and drives innovation.

Network municipalities

Implementation and adoption

Implement solutions, share data and improve services.

BenefitsCitizen service via WhatsApp · Data to decide · Comparability between cities · Scalable innovation

2026 Plan

Foundation, call, assessment and consolidation

  • Founding charter
  • Governance model
  • Solutions catalog
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founding cities
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AI City Scans
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prior AI City Scan: San Pedro Sula
2027 Plan · Scaling impact

Implementation, scale-up and national consolidation

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Solution implementation

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GOBAI Municipal AI Maturity Index

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AI Challenge + expansion to 18 cities

Q4

RMDH National Summit + 28 cities

Expected results

Multiple solutions deployedHundreds of officials trainedDashboards for mayorsDocumented success storiesPlatform exportable to Central America

2027 turns the network into Honduras' leading municipal GovTech platform.

Solutions portfolio

One common platform, multiple verticals of municipal value

Citizen service via WhatsApp + AI, tickets, photos, GPS, voice and follow-up.

Data orchestration, alerts, prioritization and predictive analytics.

Executive dashboard with operational KPIs, response times and targets.

Analytics to improve revenue collection and ease compliance without raising rates.

Routes, incidents, urban cleaning and data-driven collection optimization.

Mobility, traffic, incidents, traffic lights and predictive alerts.

Prevention, reports, coordination and territorial analysis for security.

Visitor experience, flows, promotion and the local economy.

A city can go digital on its own. A country needs a network.

Modular growth without forcing every city to buy the same thing.

Governance and expansion

A network with public legitimacy and private technology capacity

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Data

Each municipality keeps control and ownership of its data.

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Intellectual property

GOBAI keeps its methodologies, models, connectors and know-how.

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Interoperability

Common standards to compare, integrate and scale solutions.

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Transparency

KPIs, traceability and metrics turn technology into results.

2026
10 cities · Honduras
2027
28 cities · Honduras
2028
Regional scale · Central America
2029
Export · Latin America

2026: constitute the network.
2027: turn it into scale.

The goal is not simply to digitize municipalities. It is to build a national municipal intelligence infrastructure that makes cities faster, more transparent and able to decide with data.

Value for cities

Visible results, citizen service, operational efficiency, data to decide and innovation capacity.

Value for citizens

A municipal government available 24/7, simple procedures, faster responses and a say in their city's decisions every day.

“Technology must let us listen to citizens every day.”

Honduras Digital Municipalities Network (RMDH) · 2026–2027 PlanGOBAI · technology architect, Technical Secretariat and innovation operator