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Ba Distrito Project Quarterly Report 13 Period: October 1 – December 31, 2016 Submitted To: USAID/ Timor-Leste Cooperative Agreement Number: AID-486-A-13-00007 Grantee: Counterpart International, Inc. Contact: Carolyn Tanner, Chief of Party [email protected] Counterpart International Inc. 2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 301 Arlington, VA 22202 1 Contents I. Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 6 II. Political Context .............................................................................................................................. 8 III. Summary of Activities ................................................................................................................... 13 IV. Monitoring and Evaluation ........................................................................................................... 45 V. Challenges and Gender-Based Constraints ................................................................................... 48 VI. Expenditures ................................................................................................................................. 49 Annex 1: Detailed Report of Completion of Activities against FY16 Work Plan ................................... 50 Annex 2: Summary of technical assistance to CBOs on CEGs Implementation .................................... 66 Annex 3: CEGs awarded ........................................................................................................................ 67 Annex 4: Decentralization Legislation in Force in Timor-Leste ............................................................. 74 Annex 5: Summary of Legal Aid Coordination Meetings ...................................................................... 79 Annex 6: Number of Sucos Reached During the Outreach Session ...................................................... 80 Annex 7: List of TOT provided by the Counterpart Training Specialist seconded to STAE ................... 81 Annex 8: Summary of Media Coverage and Media Activities ............................................................... 83 Annex 9: PMEP ...................................................................................................................................... 86 Annex 10: List of Sucos where Rapid Assessments were Repeated to Verify Quality .......................... 92 2 Acronym List AAAS Auxiliary Support to Suco Administration AATL Asosiasaun Advogadu Timor-Lorosa’e ADR Alternate Dispute Resolution ADTL Asosiasaun Difisiensia Timor Leste ALFeLa Asistensia Legal ba Feto no Labarik AOR Agreement Officer’s Representative ARKTL Asosiasaun Radio Komunidade Timor-Leste BESIK Bee, Saneamentu no Ijiene iha Komunidade CBO Community-Based Organization CCL Local Advisory Councils CDI Community Development Interest CEG Constituent Engagement Grant CNE National Election Commission CNJTL Timor-Leste’s National Council for the Youth COP Chief of Party CSO Civil Society Organization DA District Administration DAGs Decentralization Advocacy Grants DFAT Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade DG-DA Directorate-General for Administrative Decentralization DNAAS National Directorate for Suku Administration and Support DNAL National Directorate for Local Administration DNDCAS National Directorate for Community Development and Suku Support DNDHS National Directorate of Human Rights and Citizenship DNJAL National Directorate for Judicial Advisory and Legislation DQA Data Quality Assessment DRAG Decentralization Research and Advocacy Grant ECM Educaҫão Comunidade Matebian EOM PNDS Suku Operation and Maintenance Team ETAN East Timor and Indonesia Action Network FAO United National Food Agriculture Organization FDG Focus Discussion Group FECM Fundasaun Educaҫão Matebian FEEO Fundasaun Esperanza Enclave Oecusse FFSO Fundasaun Fatuk Sinae Oecusse FOG Fixed Obligation Grant FONGTIL NGO Forum FPWO Oecusse Women Forum FRETILIN Political Party in Timor-Leste FY Fiscal Year GACOROA Coordinating Office for Relations with the Special Administrative Region Authority of Oecusse Ambeno GBV Gender Based Violence GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit GMF Facility Management Group GOTL Government of Timor-Leste GSB General State Budget GTD District Technical Group 3 ICC International Criminal Court IIMS Integrated Information Management System IJTL Timor-Leste’s Judicial Institute INAP National Institute of Public Administration INDMO The National Labour Force Development Institute IP Implementing Partner JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency JPC Comissão Justiҫa I Paz/ Justice and Peace Commission JSMP Judicial System Monitoring Programme KMP Knowledge Management Portal KSDS Superior Council for Defense and Security LAAIG Legal Aid Advocacy and Implementation Grants LADV Law Against Domestic Violence LJTC Legal and Juridical Training Center (formerly Legal Training Center) M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MAE Ministeriu Administrasaun Estatal (Ministry of State Administration) MDI Mata Dalan Institute MOFFETL Movimento Feto Foinsa’e Timor-Leste MOJ Ministry of Justice MOU Memorandum of Understanding MSA Ministry of State Administration (Ministeriu Asministrasaun Estatal) NGO Non-government Organization OCP Organizational Capacity Building OD Organizational Development OPD Office of Public Defenders OPG Office of the Prosecutor General PACT Plan of Action PDA Pre-Deconcentration Administrative PDID Integrated Plan for District Development PDS Professional Development System PIMD/PDIM Planning of Integrated Municipal Development PMEP Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Plan PMP Performance Monitoring Plan PNDS National Program for Suku Development PQL Program, Quality and Learning PSA Public Services Announcement PNTL National Police of Timor-Leste Q Quarter RAEOA Special Administrative Region of Oecusse-Ambeno RCAL Radio Comunidade Atoni Lifau RCLM Radio Komunidade Lian Matebian RCT Radio Komunidade Tokodede RDTL Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste RFA Request for Application RHTO Ra’es Hadomi Timor Oan RTL Radio Timor-Leste RTTL Timor-Leste’s Public Broadcasting Service SAIM Secretariat for the Administration and Installation of Municipalities SAR Special Administrative Region SAS Water Supply and Sanitation Department (Serbisu Aqua no Saneamentu) 4 SC Steering Committee SEM Secretariat for the Support and Socio-economic Promotion of Women SEPI Secretary of State for Promotion of Equality SEPFOPE Secretariat of State for Vocational Training Policy and Employment SGPS Suku Government Performance Scale SHIO Suku Hadomi Inan no Oan (Suku Loves Mothers and Children) SOPs Standard Operating Procedures STAE Technical Secretariat for the Administration of Elections STTA Short Term Technical Assistance SukAT Suku Assessment Tool TAF The Asia Foundation TL Timor-Leste ToT Training of Trainers Tt DPK Tetra Tech DPK TVET Technical and Vocational Education Training TVTL Television Timor-Leste UNDP United Nations Development Program UNFDP United National Population Fund USAID United States Agency for International Development USG United States Government VPU Vulnerable Persons Unit YACTS Youth in Action Towards Sustainability ZEESM Special Zone of Social Market Economy in Timor-Leste 5 I. Executive Summary In September 2013, Counterpart International, Inc. (Counterpart) was awarded funding from USAID/Timor-Leste to implement the four-year Ba Distrito Project – Cooperative Agreement AID 486- A-13-00007. The project seeks to contribute to a wider vision of improved decentralized governance, inclusive access to justice and strengthened civic and voter education in Timor-Leste through the implementation of five mutually reinforcing components designed to achieve the following objectives: Goals Component Objective Local Governance Enhanced capacity of sucos to strengthen citizen Strengthening participation and representation in local governance. Improved Decentralization and Input of Improved communications and linkages of sucos Decentralized Local Institutions with district administrations, local Government of Governance Timor-Leste (GOTL) line ministries and other providers of basic public services at the subnational level. Legal Aid Organization Strengthened local justice sector institutions which Increased Access Sustainability increase access to formal and informal justice for to Justice District Court Functionality marginalized citizens and the poor. Increased Civic Strengthened the capacity of GOTL, particularly and Voter Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) and namely Education and National Electoral Commission (CNE) and Technical political Secretariat for Electoral Administration (STAE), to participation of Elections hold fair, transparent, inclusive local elections and women, youth facilitate voter engagement in preparation for the and people with national general election. disabilities in the electoral process During this reporting period, Ba Distrito achieved the following: Component A: Local Governance Strengthening Completed 23 constituent engagement grants (CEGs) for community-based organizations (CBOs) in Baucau, Ermera, Oecusse and Liquça at a total amount $17,476.50. The project ran the CEGs for six (6) months to increase community participation in suco governance and to work closer with the suco councils. Finalized the content of three (3) training modules for the National Directorate for Suco Administration and Support (DNAAS) on Roles and Responsibilities of Suco Councils,
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