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USAID HAY TAO ACTIVITY Quarterly Progress Report Fiscal Year 2019 Quarter 2: January 1 to March 31, 2019 Submission Date: April 30, 2019 Contract Number: 72068718C00001 Contract Period: March 06, 2018 to March 05, 2023 COR Name: Ms. Jessie Snaza Submitted by: Jean-Solo Ratsisompatrarivo, Chief of Party Pact Inc. 1828 L Street NW, suite 300 Tel: 202-466-5666 Email: [email protected] This document was produced for review and approval by the United States Agency for International Development Madagascar Mission (USAID/Madagascar). CONTENTS Abbreviations and Acronyms ....................................................................................... i 1. Activity Overview ..................................................................................................... 6 1.1. Activity Details ...................................................................................................................... 6 1.2. Executive Summary .............................................................................................................. 8 2. Activity Implementation ........................................................................................ 13 2.1. Progress Narrative ............................................................................................................. 13 Strategic Approach 1: Support USAID Mikajy and other conservation enterprises on sustainable livelihoods, protected area management, and community-based natural resource management through training and capacity development ........................................................................................... 13 Strategic Approach 2: Improve and make available data on biodiversity and conservation effectiveness for collaboration, transparency, and decision- making ...................................................................................................................... 26 Strategic Approach 3: Identify and foster innovative financing options (Payment for Ecosystem Services, private sector, social enterprise) for conservation ........................................................................................................... 47 Strategic Approach 4: Document, disseminate and/or implement lessons learned and best practices on sustainable livelihoods, Protected Area management, Community-Based Natural Resource Management and Population, Health and Environment ................................................................ 53 Strategic Approach 5: Strengthen Government of Madagascar institutions in policymaking and enforcement of tenure rights and natural resource management through learning ............................................................................ 61 Strategic Approach 6: Strengthen Civil Society Organization networks’ capacity for environmental and land/coastal/marine resource tenure advocacy through constructive engagement ................................................... 72 Cross-Cutting Activities.............................................................................................. 77 2.2 Reporting Data and Database........................................................................................... 80 2.3. Implementation Challenges and Modifications Made/Issues Addressed from Last Quarterly Report ................................................................................................................ 80 3. Collaborating and/or Knowledge Sharing ............................................................ 81 3.1. Collaboration and/or Knowledge Sharing with Other USAID Activities ............... 81 3.2. Collaboration and/or Knowledge Sharing with Partner Entities in Host Government and Other Donor Agencies ..................................................................... 81 4. Assessments, Evaluations, Lessons Learned, and Best practices ...................... 83 4.1. Major Assessments / Internal Evaluations and Lessons Learned/ Best Practices .. 83 4.2. Actions and Way Forward ................................................................................................ 84 5. Planned Activities for Next Quarter .................................................................... 85 5.1. Proposed Tasks and Activities for the Next Quarter ................................................ 85 5.2. List of Upcoming Events ................................................................................................. 109 5.3. List of Staff and Consultants .......................................................................................... 109 6. Branding Communications and Dissemination ................................................ 111 6.1. Key Communication Activities - Specific Activities That Reflect Branding Awareness for USAID ..................................................................................................... 111 USAID Hay Tao Activity FY 2019 Q2 Report 6.2. Branding .............................................................................................................................. 111 6.3. Calendar of Planned Outreach and Communication Events for Next Quarter 111 7. Sustainability and Exit Strategy ......................................................................... 112 8. Annexes 113 Annex Ia: Indicator Performance Tracking Table ............................................................ 113 Annex Ib. PIMS Tracking Table ............................................................................................ 117 Annex II Geographic Data Reporting – GIS ...................................................................... 121 Annex III Success Stories ....................................................................................................... 122 Annex IV Training Report ..................................................................................................... 123 Annex V Pictures .................................................................................................................... 125 Annex VI Sub-Grants Under the Activity .......................................................................... 131 Annex VII Integration of Cross-Cutting Issues and Guiding Principles ...................... 133 Annex VIII Environmental and Climate Risk Management Compliance ..................... 136 Annex IX Financial Information ........................................................................................... 136 Annex X Management and Administrative Issues ............................................................ 137 Tables Table 1: Activity Details ........................................................................................................................... 8 Table 2: List of existing platforms using environmental data ......................................................... 28 Table 3: Metadata for geographic layers ............................................................................................. 35 Table 4: Metadata Location ................................................................................................................... 36 Table 5: Menabe needs for data portal ............................................................................................... 39 Table 6: Example of data needs identified by users during stakeholder workshops ................ 40 Table 7: Existing data available in the Menabe region to meet stakeholder needs ................... 42 Table 8: ReNiAla-CC ITOCA results regarding climate change ................................................... 50 Table 9: Land management situation in the communes at the MAPA level ............................... 67 Table 10: USAID Hay Tao quarterly work plan ............................................................................... 85 Table 11: Events Planned for the Next Quarter ........................................................................... 109 Table 12: Staff and Consultant International Travel Planned for the Next Quarter ............. 109 Table 13: Planned Communication Events for Q3 FY19 ............................................................. 111 Table 14: Indicator Performance Tracking Table .......................................................................... 113 Table 15: Performance Plan and Report Tracking table .............................................................. 117 Table 16: List of trainings .................................................................................................................... 123 Table 17: USAID Hay Tao sub-grants .............................................................................................. 131 Table 18. Activities under categorical exclusion ........................................................................... 136 Table 19. Activities under negative determination with conditions .......................................... 136 Table 20. List of procured equipment.............................................................................................. 136 Figures Figure 1: Mapping of USAID Mikajy intervention zones (left map: Menabe, right map: MaMaBay) .................................................................................................................................................. 38 Figure 2: Pressures on Menabe Antimena Protected Area ............................................................ 64 Figure 3: ReNiAla-CC ITOCA results from Capacity Solutions Platform .................................. 72 Figure 4: Tafo Mihaavo