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USAID’S MYDev Program Learning. QUARTERLY Working. PROGRESS Serving our communities. REPORT October - December 2018 ©2019 by Education Development Center, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This content may not be reproduced without the written permission of Education Development Center (EDC) or the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This report is made possible by the generous support of the American people through USAID. The contents are the responsibility of EDC and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER 43 Foundry Ave. Waltham, MA 02453 idd.edc.org ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS A&E Accreditation and Equivalency ALS Alternative Learning System ARMM Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao BLGU Barangay Local Government Unit CAT Capacity Assessment Tool CSWDO City Social Welfare and Development Office DA Department of Agriculture DAF-ARMM Department of Agriculture and Fisheries-ARMM DALSC District ALS Coordinator DAP Development Assets Profile DepED Department of Education DILG Department of Interior and Local Government DOLE Department of Labor and Employment DSWD Department of Social Welfare and Development DTI Department of Trade and Industry EDC Education Development Center, Inc. FLT Functional Literacy Test FoR Foundations of Resilience FY2018 Fiscal Year 2018 HOPE-HI Hope Healthcare Institute IDP Internally Displaced Person or People IM Instructional Manager IR Intermediate Result LGU Local Government Unit LoP Life-of-Project MACFI Mindanao Autonomous Colleges Foundation, Inc. MIT Mahardika Institute of Technology MPDC Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator MT Mobile Teachers NC National Certificate NDU Notre Dame University-Cotabato City NFI Nagdilaab Foundation Inc. OSY Out-of-School Youth OSYDA Out-of-School Youth Development Alliance RFA Request for Applications PESO Public Employment Service Office PWD Persons with Disability Q (2,3,4) Quarter (2,3,4) SEAMEO-INNOTECH South East Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology TESDA Technical Education and Skills Development Authority ToT Training of Trainers USAID United States Agency for International Development USG United States Government VAWC Violence Against Women and Children YDA Youth Development Alliance YDC Youth Development Coordinator YDG Youth Development Grant YDS Youth Development Specialist YPS Youth Perception Survey ZABIDA Zamboanga-Basilan Integrated Development Alliance ZPST Zamboanga Peninsula School of Technology 3 | MYDev QPR Oct - Dec 2018 CONTENTS 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SUMMARY OF PROGRESS 7 TOWARD PERFORMANCE INDICATORS TECHNICAL PROGRAMS 8 PROGRESS MONITORING EVALUATION 15 AND LEARNING COMMUNICATIONS 17 AND OUTREACH 18 PARTNERSHIPS FINANCE AND SUB-GRANT 19 MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION AND 22 OPERATIONS SUPPORT LOOK-AHEAD TO NEXT 25 QUARTER CALENDAR 28 ANNEXES Mindanao Youth for Development (MYDev) Program Cooperative Agreement Number AID-492-A-13-00012 This report was prepared by Education Development Center, Inc. for review by the United States Agency for International Development. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ducation Development Center (EDC) is pleased education and training, and other post-training support. to submit the Mindanao Youth for Development Newly organized YDAs in Balo-i, Iligan and Saguiaran E(MYDev) Program’s Quarterly Progress Report continued holding regular meetings, increasing (QPR) covering the period October 1 - December 31, partnerships, and identifying financial resources to 2018 (FY19Q1). The following report highlights the facilitate opportunities for MYDev youth. program achievements, successes in partnerships leading to sustainability of Youth Development Alliances Institutionalization of MYDev Life Skills. Equipped (YDAs) and institutionalization of materials and best with knowledge and skills from the Life Skills Training of practices, and deeper youth engagement for community Trainers (ToT) conducted by MYDev during the previous development. Activities this quarter successfully quarter, DepED trainers took the lead in training more expanded the reach of MYDev interventions to new trainers in their respective regions. This quarter, DepED youth, and increased the quality of post-training support trainers trained a total of 730 ALS instructors. These to youth alumni. ALS implementers will reach more than 18,250 youth in the future, which is a significant step in institutionalizing Sustainability of Youth Development Alliances the MYDev Life Skills approach and curriculum. And demonstrated through budget allocations, youth so are other efforts, such as MYDev’s partner SEAMEO representation, and passing of new legislation. INNOTECH conducting a workshop on the roll out of Youth Development Alliances (YDA) in all project sites Life Skills Training in the ALS program for 45 DepED continued to demonstrate leadership and extend ALS trainers and administrators in MYDev sites and meaningful support toward effective youth services other DepED ARMM divisions. TESDA is also using delivery. A highlight of this quarter is the passage of the MYDev life skills curriculum for training trainers on an ordinance creating the Local Youth Development 21st century skills competencies to boost the agency’s Council (LYDC) of Zamboanga City, a direct result of cadre of trainers for nation-wide scale up of life skills the advocacy efforts of the Zamboanga YDA member implementation in both government and private institutions and the MYDev youth network. Through technical-vocational training institutes starting February this legislation, the YDA of Zamboanga, with a youth 2019. leader as representative, gained a seat in the LYDC. To date, three YDAs—Zamboanga, Isabela and Iligan Expanded Level of Youth Engagement in MYDev have established Local Youth Development Offices Program Offerings. As a result of MYDev’s intensified with MYDev youth representatives gaining a seat to training activities, an additional 1,632 youth enrolled in champion the aspirations and welfare of vulnerable life skills and workforce development training during youth. Also this quarter the YDAs of Indanan, Jolo and the quarter, bringing the total number of youth reached Parang allocated resources in their annual investment for the extension period to 4,482 or 88% of the target plans for youth leadership capacity building, continuing number of youth for the life of the extension. ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE QUARTER YOUTH 1,632 ENROLLED Totaling to 4,482 or 88% of the 5,100 target As of December 2018 1,181 1,774 1,457 MYDev youth MYDev youth benefited from YOUTH mobilized through COMPLETERS livelihood coaching conducted in 37 Resilience partnership with DTI’s Negosyo Center Projects across all and the Department of Agriculture program sites Totaling to YOUTH 2,510 or COMPLETERS 1,051 certified by TESDA 62% of the Totaling to 1,292 or 63% 4,080 target As of December 2018 of the 2,048 target As of December 2018 A total of 1,051 youth obtained TESDA certification this training and planning for youth network events. During quarter, contributing significantly to the total of 1,292 or the quarter, a total of 52 youth network activities were 63% of the 2,048 life of the extension target for youth conducted across 11 project sites. with national certification. MYDev continues to develop youth leadership skills and provide opportunities to Broadening Pathways and Engaging Private Sector for apply these leadership skills to make their communities Post-Training Support. Advancing youth employability friendly, safe and healthy. This quarter 1,068 MYDev and earning an income is one of MYDev’s key focus youth conducted 28 youth-led community service for FY19. In line with this goal, MYDev strengthened projects bringing the total to 2,605 MYDev youth, or 64% partnerships with public and private sectors for of target youth that are civically engaged for the life of livelihood coaching, livelihood facilitation, employment the extension. matching and placement. This quarter 1,457 MYDev youth benefited from livelihood coaching conducted In addition to civic engagement, MYDev supports youth in partnership with DTI’s Negosyo Center and the to build community resilience to violence. As reported Department of Agriculture. Also this quarter, 110 youth in the previous quarter, MYDev expanded training received scholarships from LGUs and other agencies offerings to include a two-part training on Foundations for higher level skills and education enhancement of Resilience (FoR) which culminates in youth leading training. MYDev made a concerted effort to link with community resilience projects, or activities that promote other USAID projects and their local partners to facilitate stronger social support systems and build awareness MYDev youth’s access to livelihood support including about forms of violence in their communities, and seed capital, start-up materials and equipment, and how to cope. This quarter, 37 Resilience Projects were assistance in obtaining business registrations and conducted, mobilizing 1,774 youth across all project permits. These efforts commenced with staff mapping sites. Since June 2018, 3,583 MYDev Youth participated local businesses, engaging the local private sector in building social cohesion in their communities. to identify opportunities, and obtaining their formal commitment to employ youth. Strengthening of Youth Alumni Networks. To deepen youth commitment to actively participating in their own These efforts were complimented by the launching of