Of the 24 planned democracy and governance results in its fiscal year 2007 operational plan and performance management plan (PMP), USAID/Haiti met or exceeded 8 planned results and did not meet 16 planned results. Of particular note were 10 forums allowing constituents around the country to meet and discuss matters with legislators. Furthermore, providing space for the Senate to hold hearings regarding the budget submitted by the executive branch was significant in that it helped the Senate exercise oversight over executive spending plans. Achieving these targets contributed to developing accountability within the legislative and executive branches. On the other hand, the inability to meet targets related to local governance and decentralization and media freedom and information lessened the potential impact of the democracy and governance program. These activities would have helped create further checks and balances by creating power centers in the local governments and increased the ability of constituents to be informed of events through the media. Of the two planned results in its PMP for FY 2006, the mission achieved the one relating to elected officials taking office but fell short of its target for initiating civil society committees