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Q1 FY19 QUARTERLY REPORT OCTOBER 1, 2018 – DECEMBER 31, 2018

JANUARY 30, 2019 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development by East-West Management Institute, Inc.

CAMBODIAN CIVIL SOCIETY STRENGTHENING PROJECT

Q1 FY19 QUARTER REPORT OCTOBER 1, 2018 – DECEMBER 31, 2018

Prepared under USAID’s Cambodian Civil Society Strengthening Project Contract Number AID-442-C-16-00002

Submitted to: USAID/Cambodia on January 30, 2019

Contractor: East-West Management Institute, Inc.

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CONTENTS TABLE OF ACRONYMS ………………………………………………………………………………………..…………ii PROGRAM OVERVIEW ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1 CCSS FY18 RESULTS AT A GLANCE………………………………………………………………………………….2 PROGRESS UNDER EACH TASK ……………………………………………………………………………………..3 TASK 1: Support to Cambodian Civil Society ……………………………………………..…….. 3 TASK 2: Enhance Technical and Organizational Capacity of Civil Society …….…….12 TASK 3: Analytical and Technical Services ………………………………………………….…….20 PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED/RESOLVED………………………………………………………………………..21 ANNEX A: PERFORMANCE INDICATORS …………………………………………………………..………….22 ANNEX C: NEW SUBGRANTEES…………………………………………………………………………………….29 ANNEX D: SUMMARY OF OACA AND CDP STATUS ……………………….………………….………....31

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TABLE OF ACRONYMS

ACI EWMI’s Advocacy Capacity Index AGM Assistant Grants Manager AOR Agreement Officer Representative APS Annual Program Statement CBCLO Capacity Building of Cambodia’s Local Organizations Project CBO Community Based Organization CCC Cooperation Committee for Cambodia CCSS Cambodian Civil Society Strengthening Project CDP Capacity Development Plan CDRI Cambodia Development Resource Institute CIP Commune Investment Plan COP Chief of Party COR Contracting Officer Representative CPAR USAID Contractor Performance Assessment Report CRD constitutional rights defenders CSO civil society organization DCOP Deputy Chief of Party DGF CCSS’ Democracy and Governance Fund DRL State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor EWMI East-West Management Institute FIT Financial Improvement Team GAU Grants Administration Unit GESI Gender Equality and Social Inclusion GNA Grassroots Network Advisor GIS geographic information system GMP Gender Mainstreaming Policy GPP Good Practice Project GRC Grants Review Committee GUC grants under contract HRD human rights defenders IG informal groups INGO International Non-governmental Organization ISD™ Impact Strengthening Development Certification Program LANGO Law on Associations and Non-governmental Organizations LDF CCSS’ Legal Defense Fund M&E Monitoring and Evaluation NGO non-governmental organization NRM natural resource management OACA EWMI’s Advocacy and Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool OCAT Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool OCI EWMI’s Organizational Capacity Index OST Organizational Scanning Tool PEA Political Economy Analysis PIMS Portfolio Information Management System PMEP Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Plan PTAR Potential Transition Award Recipient TAP Technical Assistance Plan UPR Universal Periodic Review USAID US Agency for International Development

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW The Civil Society Strengthening Project (CCSS), Contract Number AID-442-C-16-00002, is a five-year contract awarded to the East-West Management Institute, Inc. (EWMI) by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), with a period of performance from June 27, 2016 to June 26, 2021. The goal of the CCSS Project is to increase the capability of Cambodian civil society to engage in democratic processes by representing citizen concerns. The objectives of the project are to strengthen the capacity of civil society in Cambodia, and provide analytical and technical services to USAID/Cambodia’s Office of Democracy and Governance to respond to opportunities for democratic development. Under Task 1, CCSS administers two grant funds: 1) the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), which provides legal representation to human rights defenders and CSOs, and 2) the Democracy and Governance Fund (DGF), which awards competitive grants to support strategic initiatives that promote engagement of citizens in governance. Under Task 2, CCSS delivers organizational and advocacy capacity development assistance to CCSS grantees, organizations that do or may receive direct support from USAID,1 and grassroots/informal groups. Under Task 3, CCSS is responsible for conducting a Political Economy Analysis (PEA) and two public opinion surveys. EWMI’s key subcontractors on CCSS are VBNK, which delivers most of the Task 2 assistance, and BDLINK, which conducts the surveys.

Face-to-face scoring performance meeting between community youth and sangkat councilors, organized by PDP-Center

1 These include Annual Program Statement (APS) partners and Potential Transition Award Recipients (PTAR).

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CCSS Q1 FY19 RESULTS AT A GLANCE

Legal support to civil society on compliance with Cambodian laws • Provided legal awareness assistance to 253 civil society organizations, including individual legal consultations to 10 CSOs, on topics related to Cambodian laws onto NGOs, taxes, labor issues and other compliance issues.

Engaging citizens • Nationwide scope: During this quarter, CCSS made grants to four new NGOs, increasing the number of DGF subgrantees to 17 to cover a greater geographic area in 21 provinces. • Results of natural resource/community livelihood protection campaign: PDP-Center reported that two more commune councils (in Prast and Lvea Kraing communes in Siem Reap province) have approved deikas to protect natural resources • Results of commune service delivery campaigns: o Three sub-national officials (two deputy governors and the Director of the Provincial Department of Education, Youth and Sport) expressed their appreciation of subgrantee ANSA’s Check My School project and called for the local authorities to collaborate with ANSA. The provincial governor allowed ANSA to use the governor’s hall as a meeting venue. o Fifty-two indigenous families in old Kbal Romeas village benefitted from a new 12 kilometre road connecting the old national road 78 to Toul Srea, following extensive negotiation with government.

Promoting open data • The Sabay company invited ODC to upload its 'The Road Home' videos on the Sabay website to promote its business project, which aggregates information about agriculture-related businesses throughout Cambodia.

Building CSO capacity • CCSS began providing social media training sessions for CSOs in Phnom Penh and provinces. • 22 out of the 24 CSO partners working with VBNK have Capacity Development Plans in place.

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PROGRESS UNDER EACH TASK Descriptions of activities under each task during this period are set forth below.2

TASK 1: Support to Cambodian Civil Society EWMI-CCSS provides legal representation and advice to address time-sensitive challenges to the activities and liberty of individuals under LDF grant category 1, and the operations or existence of CSOs, and to assist organizations to obtain and maintain operational status under the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO) and other Cambodian laws under LDF category 2.

SUB-TASK 1.1: Legal Defense Fund During the first quarter of FY19, LAC provided legal assistance to a total of 253 organizations on legal compliance matters.

Representing Constitutional Rights Defenders (CRDs) CCSS continued its subgrant award to Legal Aid Cambodia to represent CRDs. LAC continues operating its activities with nine lawyers as its pool for assigned cases and Vishnu has two 3 lawyers who are ready to take cases.

Supporting legal compliance With respect to Category 2, LAC provided a range of assistance to 243 organizations, from raising awareness of legal issues at workshops and forums, to providing consultations to representation of civil society organizations seeking to comply with Cambodian laws on NGOs, taxes, labor issues and other issues.4 LAC provided legal consultation sessions to 10 CSOs by phone, and held individual meetings with seven CSOs. More than half of these consultations concerned the Law on Associations and Non-Government Organizations (LANGO), as shown in the pie chart below. LAC also conducted five presentations on a range of laws (LANGO, tax and labor for a total of 539 (243 females) people. Organizations had questions about Labor Law requirements on employment books, staff movement, taxes for NGOs on income, the new Prakas issued in September 2018 on salary and seniority

2 For complete results on performance indicators see Annex A. For information on the level of effort (LOE) and financial resources expended see Annex B. 3 See Annex C for details of both grants. 4 See Annex D for details of LAC’s work on compliance.

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SUB-TASK 1.2: Democracy and Governance Fund During this reporting period, CCSS supported 17 subgrantees – the existing 13 subgrantees, including (1) People Center for Development and Peace (PDP-Center), (2) My Village (MVi), (3) Ponlok Khmer (PKH), (4) Media for Education and Development in Action (MEDIA One), (5) Highlanders Association (HA), (6) Open Development Cambodia (ODC), (7) Youth Resource Development Program (YRDP), (8) Youth Council of Cambodia (YCC), (9) Building Community Voices (BCV), (10) Nak Akphivath Sahakum (NAS), (11) Cambodian Civil Society Partnership (CCSP), (12) 3S Rivers Protection Network (3SPN), and (13) the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam), and four new subgrantees, including (1) The Affiliated Network for Social Accountability Cambodia (ANSA), (2) Community Empowerment and Development Team (CEDT), (3) Alliance for Conflict Transformation (ACT) and (4) Health Action Coordinating Committee (HACC). The implementation areas are highlighted below in green. EWMI CCSS DGF partners

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Progress toward change: key outcomes

PDP-Center success story: two more deikas to protect community forests Building on its previous success, PDP Center added two more communes to the list of those that have approved deikas (commune-level laws) to protect community forests, for a total of seven of its eight target communes/sangkats. These seven communes (Rum Chek, Svay Sor, Svay Chek, Lvea Kraing, Varin, Prasat, and Srey Noy in Siem Reap province) included budget support for implementing the deikas in their commune investment plans (CIPs) for the coming year, for example for raising awareness on NRM and increasing enforcement. PDP-Center has been able to build strong support from sub-national and local officials, including district/municipality governors, village chiefs, commune/sangkat chiefs and councilors, who actively participate in PDP-Center’s workshops and public forums. At a reflection meeting in December, for example, Sok Sophat, Deputy Chief of Forestry Administration in Angkor Thom District in Siem Reap province announced that ’from the year 2019 the government plans to allocate a budget of 1,000,000 Riels (about USD $250) per year to support each community forestry committee to patrol the forest.’5 At the same meeting, the District Governor addressed commune chiefs about their roles in community forestry protection and their delegated powers to perform these duties. Protecting the forest has a significant impact on these communities. The forests provide a range of benefits to community people; for example, the villagers in Sre Por and Khna Phtoul villages earn between 15,000 to 20,000 riels per day by collecting mushroom and other vegetables in the forest. MVi success story: Community development in the Lower Sesan II area Following a successful campaign to remain in their community despite requests to evacuate to make way for the Lower Sesan II dam, Kbal Romeas community members made further progress. With support from MVI, citizens were able to develop the necessary village structure to provide public services. The government is in the process of registering the area as indigenous community land to permit those communities to manage and use the land. So far, the internal statute has been finalized and submitted to the Ministry of Interior for recognition of the indigenous community as a legal entity. The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction submitted the community’s proposed internal policy for land management for discussion and approval for indigenous community land registration. The village chief and deputy chief still need to be appointed and a school and public health clinic are under construction. In another part of the Lower Sesan II area, a clean water system built in Sre Sranok village has been included in the CIP and the plan will be carried in year 2019.

Spotlight on key actors: Indigenous Women’s Network in Lower Sesan II area One key to the success of the Kbal Romeas community and other groups in the Lower Sesan II area is the Indigenous Women’s Network. The group of 32 women focal persons from 16 villages in seven communes was formed in 2015, with the support of MVi, to actively engage with local authorities to protect natural resources and raise community issues and concerns in forums and meetings at national and sub-national levels.

5PDP-Center plans to follow up on the details of this pledge, to enable it and other NGOs to monitor progress.

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Since then, the group has achieved several key results: • The network led the campaign to call for the government to recognize IP’s right to stay in Kbal Romeas village, with access to public services. • In August 2017, nine village development plans (VDPs) were integrated into the community investment plan (CIP). The women formed the network to unlock their potential in contributing to development work. Kha Sros, chief of the network, said that, ‘husbands don’t want their wives to join community activities because husbands don’t want to do the housework, as they consider housework the duty of women.’ MVi provided capacity building and coaching to network members on gender concepts, women in fishery conservation, and community development. As a result, these women leaders were able to map out and identify 15 families in Tonsong village Women participate in a patrol in Nhang Sum Village, Thmor Keo Commune, Siem Pang where the women District in Stung Treng province. (wives and daughters) were not motivated to participate in water resource management and development activities. The network explained the importance of women’s participation in community activities and the principles of promoting women in the family and social work to the parents and husbands of these women. Kha Sros provided an example of one of the women targeted by this effort. She said that “previously her husband wasn’t happy with her playing roles as a woman leader because her husband thinks that a woman who leaves to work outside is not a good woman as a wife.’ Ultimately, however, the husband supported his wife’s decision to get involved in the community. Now the network provides an opportunity for women to share experiences and learn from each other to address the culture of silence and out of date social norms and to build confidence among women. These women leaders play important roles in: 1. Raising awareness on legal frameworks on water and natural resource management 2. Promoting respect for the rule of law and avoiding illegal activities 3. Actively participating in mobilizing community participation in natural resources or fishery protection and management such as patrolling, dissemination of information on gender and women roles in natural resource participation, organizing meetings to develop VDPs and to integrate them into CIPs

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4. Maintaining IP identities and tradition. 3SPN and HA success story: Eco-tourism areas protect fish resources and generate income for people

During this quarter, two eco- tourism areas supported by 3SPN saw notable outcomes. The first eco-tourism area, called Anlung Prah (also known as Koh Young), located at Taveng Kroam Commune, Taveng District in Ratanakiri province, received a total One of the 137 pictures submitted to MEDIA One's mural contest to promote civic 6 participation by women and youth. So far, the contest has selected the top 10 of $1,500 from HA and another local pictures, with the winners to be selected by Facebook users later in 2019. NGO to build an office and related infrastructure. As a result, visitors from other provinces are coming to this site. The community representative noted that eco- tourism has strong support from district and commune authorities. A second eco-tourism area called Koh Kroam, located in Sesan Commune, Oyadav District in Ratanakiri province, has earned 600,000 riels from services to visitors during a four-month period ending in December 2018, according to the focal point person, Ear Chivuth. Progress in building a robust on-line community to increase access to information Two CCSS subgrantees made progress as detailed below: • The number of new visitors and return visitors to ODC’s website is steadily increasing from month to month. In Q1, ODC received 159,867 new visitors and 110,883 return visitors. The number of new visitors increased by 5.48% while return visitors increased by 7%, according to Google Analytics. • In the wake of MEDIA One’s campaign to promote its Facebook page Youbal Polrath at www.facebook.com/youbal.polrath/, the page gained 1,520 Likes. MEDIA One posted 17 unique contents, including three announcements of radio roundtable shows, three radio dramas, two storytelling videos, and three mural contest advertisements, among others. The storytelling video titled ‘Good Man’ about a husband sharing domestic tasks with his wife to enable her to engage in community activities reached 49,078 people and 6,605 engagements (included 1,138 reactions, comments & shares, and 5,467 post clicks). The mural contest advertisement reached 6,559 people and 114 engagements.

6 These funds awarded by HA were from another donor, not CCSS.

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Other results DC-Cam selected the firm BDLINK to carry out a public opinion poll regarding the disposition of the archives from the Extraordinary Chambers of in the Court of Cambodia. The survey questionnaires were developed for the survey to be carried out in Phnom Penh, Prey Veng, Kampong Cham, Kandal and Battambang.

Project monitoring trip A field monitoring trip on December 17 – 21, conducted by CCSS and three USAID officials (the CCSS COR and two representatives from finance unit), highlighted engaged communities and also opportunities for improvements. The trip included site visits to Preah Vihear and Siem Reap provinces to monitor the subgrantees PKH, YRDP, MEDIA One and PDP-Center. Monitoring community forestry and training and financial monitoring of PKH PKH organized a meeting for CCSS and USAID with community representatives in the Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary. Participants explained the challenges presented by illegal loggers, who threaten their ability to earn a living by tapping resin trees. They said that loggers often cut trees at night, which makes it more difficult to monitor. The forestry communities have built a network among community people to work together to prevent the illegal logging. They reported that they have brought complaints to local authorities, with few responses. Once they confiscated logging tools and sent them to the authorities, and the loggers brought a complaint against them, but the court dropped the case. PKH also provided instructions on using a smart phone app to capture and share maps and to report illegal logging. The app records voices, so it can be used by people who do not read or write. This session gave participants an opportunity to practice using the app, along

USAID and CCSS meeting with forestry community members in the Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary

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that PKH use participatory training methods of the peace dialogue training including role-playing exercises, in order to improve the effectiveness of the training. Program monitoring of Youth Resource Development Program (YRDP) USAID and CCSS met with youth in Siem Reap who have been trained by YRDP to learn more about how they shared and used what they have learned. The four youth representatives, including two monks, have become involved in YRDP activities on mining issues. They shared their plans to integrate mining issues into their volunteer work with other organizations. For example, one participant plans to integrate mining issues into his volunteer work with Transparency International projects focusing on accountability of social services at the local level. Another participant plans to share his knowledge on mining issues with others who are involved in a Habitat Organization hygiene project. Participants also plan to share information with university students. Lessons learned and recommendations CCSS and USAID have learned that other issues – such as drug abuse and inadequate trash collection – are priorities for citizens in Siem Reap. Therefore, YRDP youth members in Siem Reap should be encouraged to expand its focus beyond mining issues. Program and financial monitoring of PDP-Center and MEDIA One The monitoring team observed two PDP-Center activities: a community meeting in Rum Chek Commune, Banteay Srei District in Siem Reap province, and a stakeholder reflection session in Svay Chek Commune, Angkor Thom District in Siem Reap province.

PDP-Center and community people raise awareness about a new deika.

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During the community meeting, CCSS subgrantee MEDIA One took the opportunity to videotape interviews with community people and PDP-Center staff, for use in a video on civic participation. The MEDIA One’s beneficiary members – most of whom were female youth – were guided by storyboards they developed earlier and demonstrated strong professionalism and teamwork. At the reflection session, 25 (13 females) stakeholders reflected on project results, challenges, lessons learned and future plans. The participants agreed to work together to strengthen implementation of their new commune deika on community forest protection. As noted earlier in the report, the Sangkat Forestry Administrative Official mentioned said that the government plans to allocate 1 million riels per year in the national budget to support each forestry and fishery community for their forestry and fishery protection activities from the year 2019 onward. PDP-Center plans to monitor and follow up on these budget allocations and their use. USAID also reviewed the financial documentation and management of PDP-Center in its branch office and compared it to the attendance list, payment for participants’ transportation etc. Lessons learned and recommendations The USAID finance representative found that PDP-Center program staff has limited skills in financial work and recommend that they learn how to document advances and expenses from CCSS or from the PDP-Center finance manager. Furthermore, CCSS instructed the PDP- Center’s finance manager to develop a form and train the program staff in the provincial branch office to use it for monitoring the funding and expenses. CCSS will invite the program staff of the grantees who are working on the finance work to attend the quarterly FIT meeting.

SUB-TASK 1.3: Grassroots and Informal Groups CCSS continued to support five grassroots and informal groups7 to build their capacity on organizational development and livelihood activities. As demonstrated in each group’s capacity development plan (CDP), livelihood skills are necessary for creating additional income for those who spend most of their time volunteering for these groups. Building capacity on organizational development issues CCSS developed capacity on data collection and online security on December 13 for CNA, GC, LCDC and PLCN. Participants focused primarily on the smartphone tools Prey Lang App and Kobo Toolbox. Participants actively explored the various features of these tools, discussing question types, linkages of different sections, and data verification. Due to the extensive use of Facebook by participants, CCSS also led a discussion on online security in social media. The participants appreciated the training and requested additional training in the future.

7 These groups are: the Learning Center for Developing Community (LCDC), a community development group based in Kampong Chhnang, Community Network for Action (CNA), which is working to protect forests in Preah Vihear, the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN), which is working to protect forests in four provinces, the Governance Committee (GC) network of 17 forestry and fishery communities in Battambang, and Young Eco Ambassador (YEA), which engages Cambodian youth on topics on environmental issues.

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Following a review of the LCDC CDP on November 27, 2018, LCDC was better able to analyze both governance and livelihood issues and to identify opportunities to use their strengths to leverage their work for success. LCDC was able to link its vision and objective to its key social, economic, and media activities. Participants were also better able to explain these concepts to other community members. Sharing learning on livelihood options Following site visits to livelihood projects, the members of these groups shared their learning on chicken raising from Sovann Phoum (Kampong Cham); savings groups, vegetable planting, and marketing skills from the Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC, Kampong Thom and Siem Reap); and savings groups, bat conservation and agricultural cooperatives from the Cambodian Center for the Protection of Children’s Rights (CCPCR, Svay Rieng) with their colleagues. On December 13, CCSS arranged a meeting for these groups with the owner of a wild honey business called Honey Preachan, to share his experience in various steps in the honey value chain. Participants noted that harvesting and selling honey is compatible with forest patrolling, as many tasks can be carried out during patrols. Network building and sharing CCSS participated in PLCN’s strategic and leadership meetings sponsored by DanMission in Preah Vihear province, with 11 (1 Female) participants in the first meeting on November 13- 14 and 120 (20 females) participants in the second meeting on December 25-26. CCSS highlighted its key supports – capacity building and materials. PLCN expressed its appreciation for EWMI support through CCSS and previous projects, and said that materials provided by CCSS were in use in network activities. CCSS and Greening Prey Lang (GPL) representatives met on October 25, 30, and November 14 to learn from each other and, importantly, to explore how CCSS and GPL projects would be able to complementarily support each other. CCSS provided an overview of the context and history of the PLCN, and stressed the benefits of using a diverse approach to work with PLCN’s large geographic area. CCSS also shared contact details of key actors in the group.

TASK 2: Enhance Technical and Organizational Capacity of Civil Society

SUB-TASK 2.1: Organize Orientation and Ongoing Civil Society Collaboration Forums No orientations sessions were conducted during the quarter, but VBNK met with ANSA to discuss its participation in capacity development activities.

Ongoing Civil Society Collaboration Forums CCSS convened several collaboration forums during Q1 FY19, from broader coordination meetings among stakeholders to targeted meetings aimed at specialists in financial management and others. Stakeholder Coordination Meeting The topic of the quarterly Stakeholder Coordination meeting on December 14 was ‘One Thing You Can Do to Strengthen Your Organization.’ Four panelists shared advice on resource mobilization, including a comprehensive and proactive approach (from the representative of Banteay Srei), telling outcome stories (VBNK), ways to promote social

Q1 FY19 REPORT OCTOBER 1, 2018 – DECEMBER 31, 2018 12 CAMBODIAN CIVIL SOCIETY STRENGTHENING PROJECT values while earning income (YEA on its trekking business, complete with a video https://www.facebook.com/DerPrey/videos/271131193512463/) and the value of innovation and creativity (ODC). Other panelists gave advice on ways to improve digital security, for example, by using a VPN such as Psiphon.ca (ISC), and legal compliance (LAC). Following the presentations, the 50 (12 females) participants from 33 NGOs divided into six groups to explore possible first steps to put these ideas into action. All participants said that the meeting was very helpful to their organizations; 28 participants cited the information on fundraising and strategies and approaches towards organizational sustainability; 14 participants cited compliance and the digital security of their Participant at stakeholder coordination meeting presents ideas on next steps to organizations; and seven follow up on suggestions from panelists. said all the information was very important to the group members. Six participants expressed a desire for more time and detailed information to better understand each topic. Grantee Coordination Meeting Participants showcased their progress on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) action plans in the quarterly Grantee Coordination meeting on December 13. A total of 15 (4 females) staff members from 11 grantees shared statistics on the numbers of women and excluded groups on their teams and among their beneficiaries and identified the top GESI issues facing their communities. They further explored the dynamics of working to address these issues in a role-playing exercise. The meeting reinforced the partners’ momentum in developing the action plans, which they began in September and October. Financial Improvement Team Meeting With support from the VBNK finance team, the quarterly Financial Improvement Team (FIT) meeting on December 10th focused on the Cambodian Financial Reporting Standards (CFRS) and QuickBooks, in order to support participants in complying with the new reporting template required by the government. All 31 (16 females) finance staff from 23 CSOs noted that the topic was very important to their organizations and requested a longer meeting, due to challenges in using the new template. Many participants requested a one-day orientation on Quickbooks as well.

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Strategic Advocacy Training for Lawyers CCSS organized a quarterly Strategic Advocacy for Lawyers meetings for 9 male lawyers on December 22, 2018 on the principle of legality and tips for writing a brief for court. The participants shared their experience in case work, representation and observation, and the facilitator shared a sample brief that was submitted to court. The participants found that the sample brief was very useful. Participants suggested that the next meetings focus on procedures for bail and the elements of criminal cases. Developing capacity on promoting GESI CCSS completed one complete round of individual sessions with its original 12 subgrantees in October. During these sessions, the CCSS consultant used a customized GESI Assessment Tool to guide the partners in exploring the extent to which their organizations and programs are inclusive, and to agree to action points to further improve their work. The consultant sought to align the partners’ work with the three overarching outcomes stated in the USAID Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy: 1. Reduce gender disparities in access to, control over and benefit from resources, wealth, opportunities and services - economic, social, political and cultural; 2. Reduce gender-based violence and mitigate its harmful effects on individuals and communities; 3. Increase capability of women and girls to realize their rights, determine their life outcomes, and influence decision-making in households, communities, and societies. The partners welcomed the opportunity to focus on these issues, and signaled that they are open to improvements. Most partners viewed GESI through a gender lens, often referring to quantitative measures on participation. In addition, the consultant made the following key findings: • Domestic Violence (in the household) and sexual harassment (in the community) when women travel outside their community for work or project related events was raised by most partners, the latter as a rationale for why women avoid working in the field, or why women cannot participate in events far from their homes. They said that this lack of mobility is further reinforced by women’s domestic and family responsibilities, and the need for them to stay at or close to home. Some partners respond by allocating women staff to office based work, or field work in nearby communities, and organizing community events in locations convenient for women. The consultant noted that these practices do not address the deeper structural issue that lies at the heart of gender inequality: women’s constant fear of assault and harassment, and the lack of sufficient public behavioral change and security measures to ensure that women can participate equally in all activities without the threat of violence. • Women’s voices and representation in decision-making and leadership is limited in the home, community, local government, and even partner organizations. The partners are working to increase women’s voices in the home, and in community forums, however they have no control or impact on the local government level and seem to be struggling within their own organizations.

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• Women are primary carers of family, household income, and natural resources. This heavy burden is exacerbated by male migration to look for work. Partners emphasize women’s role in natural resource management, and the impact of natural resource issues on women’s time, income and labor. • IP communities are subjected to land grabbing and displacement, and the impact on their livelihoods is further heightened by their spiritual connection to ancestor land. The CCSS consultant will complete a second round of consultations and issue a final report in February 2019. CCSS presentation in USAID Gender and Development Dialogue The CCSS COP made a presentation on the above GESI assessment, sharing the GESI assessment tools, on October 26th. CCSS outlined the methodology of its approach, and shared several concrete results from these activities. For example, NAS noted a decrease in domestic violence due to its work to raise awareness, and BCV reported success in changing behavior by calculating the monetary value of women’s housework. Some partners reported that local women leaders are more effective than men. Building capacity on to measure results The CCSS Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist and a VBNK consultant conducted individualized sessions with subgrantees to work with them on their Theories of Change, with a view toward stronger outcome reporting. As a result, the subgrantees were able to improve their descriptions of results at the outcome level, and to challenge themselves to conduct deeper analysis of their desired higher level outcomes, at the level of systems change. CCSS was able to meet individually with most of the 12 original subgrantees by the end of the quarter, with a plan to finish meeting with that group by mid-January.

SUB-TASK 2.2: Facilitate Organizational Capacity Assessments All of the current CCSS partners (24) have now been assessed; however, the advocacy assessment for ANSA was slated to take place in January 2019. Additionally, ACF has requested support for its work on strategic communication; so an assessment will be conducted in Q3, with a view to commence support for ACF commencing June 2019. All of the assessment reports have been completed, but VBNK has still to set a date with CENTRAL to present the report and the draft CDP and AAP.

SUB-TASK 2.3: Assisting in Establishing Capacity Development Plans (CDP) and Annual Action Plans (AAP)

Current status of CDP and AAPs: All of the multi-year Capacity Development Plans (CDPs) for the APS, PTAR and first, second and final phase grantee partners have been developed (or drafted in the case of CENTRAL). Once VBNK has been able to present its assessment findings to CENTRAL, VBNK will agree on its CDP and AAP. All of the AAPs for 2019 have been drafted, with some partners still needing to sign off on them; however technical assistance has commenced. VBNK reviewed all of the drafted and finalized 2019 AAPs in December to assess the capacity and resources needed to fulfil the delivery of all of the tasks within the AAPs. This exercise highlighted the fact that VBNK will need to extend its own capacity. Specifically,

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VBNK will need to review the number of partners it can accommodate for strategic communication coaching in 2019 (14 partners have requested it, so far, before ANSA has completed its assessment). Similarly, 11 partners require M&E support, nine partners require coaching on a range of HR issues and Strategic Planning, and six partners need support to develop Resource Mobilization Strategies.

Annual Action Plan Review December 2019 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Governance & Strategic HR Facilities and IT Project design Finance Funding Advocacy Leadership Planning M&E

ACF LSCW AFD NAS BCV CLEC ODC AYLA CCHR KVAO Mvi PDP TPO YCC CCSP GADC HA 3SPN PKH CENTRAL ADHOC VIC ANSA

To ensure that more of the VBNK team can support the delivery of the above coaching, the team will have monthly information sharing sessions where the lead consultants on any of the above task areas will share the methodology and tools they employ to deliver the coaching. VBNK’s lead consultant on strategic communication resigned in December, so the TA and CD specialist will conduct a thorough review of the strategic communication coaching to date in early January 2019 to assess what has been delivered to which partners, and what is needed. A review of all of the tools and methodologies will also be conducted to support that process. This will be conducted as a matter of urgency as VBNK has commitments to deliver strategic communication coaching in January 2019. A new consultant with experience coaching in this area will take the lead on this task from January 2019. With regard to progress measured in the CCSS M&E Plan, 14 of the current 18 partners who have CDPs in place have all of the five key core themes within these plans. (Other partners’ CDPs contain only some of these core these core themes. For example, GADC did not require assistance with financial management; TPO did not require assistance with M&E; PKH already has a current strategic plan that does not need updating and LSCW only required support with building their capacity in relation to strategic communication.) The five key components are being delivered to the partners over the course of the multi-year CDPs, and each year, one, two or three of the components are addressed within the annual

Q1 FY19 REPORT OCTOBER 1, 2018 – DECEMBER 31, 2018 16 CAMBODIAN CIVIL SOCIETY STRENGTHENING PROJECT action plan (AAP). VBNK therefore predicts that 77.7% of the targeted CSOs will reach the benchmark related to their functional organization management system by the end of this project. Currently however, no partner has fully achieved all of the five components, but the 2019 AAPs have been developed specifically to focus on achieving this target. In addition, performance monitoring tools are developed in parallel with the AAPs to track the completion of each activity and the achievements against them, including whether the learning is being implemented/utilized and assessing the impact of VBNK’s interventions.

SUB-TASK 2.4: Ongoing Customized Technical Assistance: Coaching, Mentoring and Training Workshops The priority areas delivered during the past quarter were related to Strategic Planning, Financial Management, “We would like to thank M&E, Resource Mobilization, HR, Strategic Communication VBNK for providing support and Governance. Some of the highlighted outcomes are to the project on financial listed below: management. Ms. Kunthea has been an important • CCHR: Based on the annual reflection of the 2018 focal person to assist us to AAP, and as a result of regular coaching and site grow, and we look forward visits relating to building their M&E capacity, CCHR to her continued support has been able to improve the quality of its data throughout 2019.” collection tools to enhance its reporting to donors. Through use of the monitoring documents (both -- Executive director of YCC (in an email communication to internally and externally), the culture of learning VBNK, January 2019) within the organization has grown considerably. • TPO: As a result of coaching to update its staff appraisal processes and documentation (including guidelines), all of the TPO staff completed their performance appraisals and were able to clearly set out the objectives for 2019. The appraisals assisted with identifying capacity gaps, and the next part of the process will be developing individual and organizational capacity development plans to promote continued professional development. • 3SPN: After receiving technical support from VBNK, 3SPN’s Finance Officer has been able to produce more accurate financial reports in a timely manner for donors. She is ensuring that the organization’s financial documents are stored and filed more securely, which in turn has strengthened her ability to respond to requests for information from the management team, the Board and the external auditor. As a result, 3SPN received fewer recommendations from its auditor than in the past, and it has recently secured a new donor partnership with CCFD. This has the prospect of being a long-term relationship, and in the first year they have received 25,000 €. • 3SPN: Additionally, after receiving coaching on developing their strategic communication strategy and position statements along with support to conduct a stakeholder analysis, 3SPN’s relationship with the local authorities in Ratanakiri province has markedly improved with both groups cooperating more closely to respond to the needs of the local communities.

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• ODC: Before VBNK’s intervention on strategic planning, ODC had not recognized a need to have such a plan. However, after VBNK’s initial conversations, and coaching support throughout a planned workshop, ODC was able to understand the concept and process of strategic planning and how it could benefit from having a plan in place. The team specifically appreciated how a plan could help the team to plan ahead and act as a road map over the next three to five years, as well as helping them to attract more diverse donors. VBNK will continue to assist ODC during Din Sey Tha working on a vegetable growing project funded by a CIP as a Quarter 2 to draft and consult result of a strategic communication campaign by NAS. on a strategic plan with relevant stakeholders. • AFD, NAS, 3SPN – Finance Guides: After providing coaching on financial management to some of VBNK’s partners, the VBNK finance consultant has developed a range of guides to support them to continue to implement their learning. So far, NAS and 3SPN have received guides on ‘Importing Excel Files from QuickBooks’ and AFD has received guides on QuickBooks recording (which has helped simplify the processing of complicated transactions); and ‘How to extract reports that respond to donor requirements.’ The feedback from those organizations has been overwhelmingly positive and VBNK will ensure that the guides are disseminated widely during 2019 to all of the CCSS partners. VBNK has developed a range of resources, tools and templates. These include: agendas; session plans; evaluation forms; pre- and post-tests; governance documentation; HR documentation; an HR database; M&E framework/logframes and data collection tools etc. The OACA Assessment Guidelines have now been finalized. During Quarters 2 & 3, VBNK will begin collating all the tools and resources that VBNK has developed to create an OD and Strategic Communication Technical Support Manual which can be used by a range of practitioners to duplicate the processes and capacity development support that VBNK has been providing to CCSS partners. Social Media Training: VBNK began delivering social media training in November 2018 in Siem Reap (12th – 14th) and Phnom Penh (28th – 30th); two further trainings were delivered in December in Kampong Cham (11th – 13th) and Phnom Penh (26th – 29th).

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VBNK has encountered a number of challenges during the initial trainings, but solutions have been found for most of them. Some organizations are sending trainees who do not

Social media training in Kampong Cham from December 11th to 13th. have any knowledge or experience of managing their organizations’ Facebook page, so the enrolment criteria is being highlighted more clearly now on the registration page (via the VBNK website and the VBNK FB page) to clarify that they must have access to their organization’s FB page as well as undertake to implement their learning after the initial training. Additionally, all of the registration information relating to the criteria is being made available in Khmer to ensure it is clear for all potential trainees. The results of the training have been extremely positive, with nearly all trainees rating the training as ‘good’ or ‘very good’ and the pre and post-tests revealing sharp gains in knowledge and confidence of the trainees. Overwhelmingly, participants are asking for more training to deepen their understanding of social media, IT and technical skills and digital design. Additionally, VBNK has developed a ‘Social Media Training Alumni’ Facebook (closed) group page where trainees are able to share their work during the training courses, as well as share information and seek follow-up support after the training.

SUB-TASK 2.5: Conducting Monthly Site Visits Site visit reports and coaching minutes have been provided to USAID by email and can be provided upon request. ADHOC success story on organization development As a result of a range of financial management interventions, and based on the annual reflection and site visit follow-ups, ADHOC has revised its Finance Policies and Procedures and received fewer comments and questions from their auditor during 2018 than in the past. The VBNK coach also guided the ADHOC finance staff to review its existing payroll template which had a number of worksheets linking to it which weren’t actually easing the payroll

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TASK 3: Analytical and Technical Services EWMI’s subcontractor BDLINK made significant progress on its public opinion poll to i) assess the public’s views about local CSOs, thus indirectly measuring the impact of USAID and other donor programs’ impact on CSOs’ work; and (ii) identify citizens’ expectations about CSOs’ role in the society. Following a first poll that was conducted in Year 1, this poll is the second of three POPs planned during the life of the project During the past quarter, BDLINK finalized the survey instrument and completed the surveys for the poll. BDLINK interviewed 1,033 male and 1,072 female respondents, distributed across urban and rural areas within 19 provinces in Cambodia. The proportion of male and female respondents in the sample reflected the distribution of men and women in the Cambodian population. One challenge was that some respondents said that questions in the survey required higher education and a good understanding of current development of CSOs. However, the enumerators were able to address these concerns by explaining the questions clearly. BDLINK also completed the data entry for 64% of the surveys, comprising of 11 provinces, 660 male, and 690 female. Following completion of the data entry, cleaning and analysis, BDLINK will produce a final report and presentation in February 2019.

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PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED/RESOLVED

Describe new problem from this quarter During VBNK’s review of its work with CCSS in 2018, VBNK identified that there are gaps in VBNK’s knowledge management and that there is not always consistency with the methodologies, tools and approaches that VBNK are utilizing in VBNK’s coaching with the CCSS partners. Additionally, there are some gaps in VBNK’s tools – especially in relation to HR.

Proposed solution to the problem As a result of the review of the methodology, knowledge management and consistency and quality of tools, some of the following Actions have been agreed and will be undertaken during the 2nd Quarter: • Conduct a review of existing tools and resources, including session plans to identify any gaps. • Ensure all tools have a uniform format with the correct logos • Develop tools and resources to fill any gaps • CD specialist to take overarching responsibility for the filing and collation of all CCSS tools.

Outstanding Problems from Previous Report

Problem 1: Taxation of donor funds In April the government issued a new tax Prakas, which, among other provisions, taxes grants provided by donors.

Proposed solution to the problem LAC is supporting CSOs to apply for exemptions, and so far some applications have been successful. During this period, it is observed that many grantees have been granted tax exempt for grants.

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Annex A: Performance Indicator Tracking Table

GOAL: To increase the capability of civil society to engage in political processes

TASK 1: Support to Cambodian Civil Society

Expected Result 1.1 - An improved sub score of Civil Society Sustainability Index – Legal /Enabling Environment Indicator 1.1 4.3 4.6 N/A 4.6 N/A 4.6 *N/A 4.5 4.5 TBD Annually *Data will be updated in FY19 Outcome: Sub score of (2015) targeted Annual Report Civil Society Sustainability Index Legal/Enabling Environment Expected Result 1.2 - Threatened CSOs or human rights activists have improved access to high-quality legal representation Indicator 1.2: Number 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 TBD Annually of domestic CSOs (11/ targeted engaged in 2016) monitoring, advocacy or legal defense work on human rights receiving USG support through the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) Indicator 1.4: Number 0 20 0 20 4 5 4 5 5 TBD Annually of human rights (11/ targeted defenders (HRDs) 2016) supported through the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) Indicator 1.5: Number 0 2 2 4 3 4 2 4 4 TBD Annually LAC produced two drafts of legal of legal analyses (11/ com targeted analyses 1) work permits and supported through the 2016) plete visas, and 2) tax on salary LDF concerning civil d (income) for foreign employees society enabling and as non-residents working for environment 1 CSOs. LAC also updated previous final guidelines such as those related draft to tax obligations for foreign workers

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Indicator 1.12 (New): 0 0 50 300 496 300 193 300 200 TBD Number of CSOs that (2017) receive support from CCSS on issues related to compliance with LANGO and other Cambodian laws (LDF)

Expected Result 1.3 - Cambodian CSOs and citizens are more engaged in the promotion of democracy and human rights Indicator 1.3: Number 0 5,50 2,97 5,50 11,8 4,50 5,59 4,50 4,50 TBD of people engaging in (2016 0 3 0 30 0 6 0 0 monitoring, advocacy ) or legal defense work on human rights receiving CCSS support Indicator 1.6: Number 0 15 6 14 10 18 15 21 15 18 of CSO partners (2016 10 10 10 supported through ) Democracy and Governance Fund (DGF) grants. Indicator 1.7: 71.43 80% 57.1 85% 79.3 90% *N/A 90% 90% 90% Annually *Data will be updated in FY19 Percentage increase in % enga 4% enga 1% enga enga enga enga targeted Annual Report the number of CCSS- (2017 ge in ge in ge in ge in ge in ge in supported CSOs that ) advo advo advo advo advo advo implement cacy cacy cacy cacy cacy cacy mechanisms for citizen advocacy with government entities. 1.8: Number of TBD TBD N/A N/A TBD Deleted traditional media and (To social media reports be that cover CCSS- base supported partners’ d activities. upon num ber of

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Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Life of Baseline FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 Project Indicator Performance Indicator & Justification Targ Actu Actu Actual Actu Actu Targ Actua Status Date Target Target Target Target et al al Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 al al et l gran ts/pa rtner s) Indicator 1.8: 45% Baseline only No POP was 55% *N/A No POP will 65% 65% To be *Data will be updated when the Percentage of (2017 conducted in be conducted reported in next POP is complete in FY19 Cambodian citizens ) year 2 in year 4 year 3 that report engagement in activities organized/ sponsored by CSOs. Indicator 1.9 (New) 16 N/A N/A 20 31 25 40 28 N/A 28 Outcome: Number of (12/ commune 2017) councils that take concrete action in response to citizen initiatives generated by CCSS grantees (DGF) Indicator 1.10 (New) 0 N/A N/A 12 24 12 7 3 N/A 27 Outcome: Number of (12/ commune public 2017) forums held where citizens provide input and/or feedback to commune councilors (DGF) Indicator 1.11 (New): 0 N/A N/A 30 158 37 97 36 N/A 103 Number of issues (12/ raised with 2017) subnational authorities as a result of CCSS grantees’ activities. (DGF) TASK 2: Enhance Technical and Organizational Capacity of Civil Society

Expected Result 2.1 - Increased technical, operational, and financial capabilities of select civil society organizations Indicator 2.1: 0 30% 0 50% 78% 60% *N/A 70% 75% 75% *Data will be updated in FY19 Percentage of targeted (2016) Annual Report CSOs that meet annual

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Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Life of Baseline FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 Project Indicator Performance Indicator & Justification Targ Actu Actu Actual Actu Actu Targ Actua Status Date Target Target Target Target et al al Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 al al et l proposed benchmarks for specific categories of organizational capacity development. Indicator 2.2: 0 30% 0 50% 0 60% *N/A 70% 75% 75% *Data will be updated in FY19 Percentage of targeted (2016) Annual Report CSOs that reach benchmarks related to their functional organizational management system Indicator 2.3: Change 3.5% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 4.63 To be in organizational (2017 4.63 reported at performance of Task 2 ) the end of CSOs beneficiaries. project Expected Result 2.2 - Developed and/or strengthened partnerships, collaboration, and coordination among CSOs needed to support continued organizational growth and project implementation. Indicator 2.4: Number 0 40 63 50 119 55 31 60 60 of CSOs participating in quarterly Civil Society Stakeholder Coordination Meetings Indicator 2.5: 61.9 65% 46.6 70% 52.6 75% *N/A 75% 75% 75% Annually *Data will be updated in FY19 Percentage of CCSS- 66.67 7% 3% targeted Annual Report related CSO activities % that involve multiple (2017 CSOs ) Indicator 2.6: Number 0 16 40 25 23 25 21 25 25 25 Although CCSS was working with of civil society (2016) 23 NGOs by the end of the organizations receiving quarter, two of these did not CCSS assistance to receive assistance during the improve reporting period organizational capacity Expected Result - 2.3. Enhanced ability of selected CSOs to deliver quality programming Indicator 2.7: Change 3.34 5% 10.1 8% 3.66 12% *N/A 15% 20% 20% Annually *Data from Q1 of Year is in average percentage (2017) 3.42 8% 3.47 3.54 3.59 3.67 3.67 targeted incomplete as of 31 December ‘CSO advocacy index’ 3.68 2018, but will be updated in FY19 scores annual report Indicator 2.8: 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A *N/A N/A N/A 75% To be Percentage of CSO (2016) reported by

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Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Life of Baseline FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 Project Indicator Performance Indicator & Justification Targ Actu Actu Actual Actu Actu Targ Actua Status Date Target Target Target Target et al al Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 al al et l partners that have the end of developed a multi- project year planning document identifying the needs and priorities of stakeholders, against which they target strategic fundraising. TASK 3: Analytical and Technical Services for USAID/Cambodia’s Civil Society Activities

Expected Result - 3.1. A heightened, thorough understanding of Cambodia’s civil society sector and political environment, including opportunities and challenges based on the produced analyses Indicator 3.1: Number 0 1 1 0 N/A 1 *N/A 0 1 3 To be By the end of the quarter, BDLINK of public opinion (2016 reported in was on track with its workplan, surveys produced ) year 3 & 5 completing the first two phases regarding the civil (desk review and preparation; society and political polling) and had made significant environment in progress on phase 3 (data entry, Cambodia. data cleaning, and data analyses). The final report is anticipated to be finished in February 2019. Indicator 3.2: 64.33 Baseline only N/A (No POP 75% *N/A N/A (No POP 90% 90% To be *Data will be updated when the Percentage of citizens % is conducted to be reported in next POP is complete in FY19 with perception of the (2017 in year 2) conducted in year 3 & 5 positive contribution ) year 4) of CSO activities. Expected Result - 3.2. Clear and actionable recommendations developed for meaningful capacity development of Cambodian civil society in key sectors

Indicator 3.3: Number 0 1 0 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 0 1 of Political Economy (2016 Analyses conducted. ) Expected Result - 3.3. An enhanced ability of USAID/Cambodia to quickly respond to opportunities to protect or advance democratic development, human rights, and/or political reform in Cambodia. Indicator 3.4: N/A 80% The Percentage of relevant indicator is USAID/US Embassy deleted staff that find CCSS Public Opinion Polls and Political Economy Analyses useful

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Annex C: New CCSS Sub-Grantees

Names of Grant No Project Supports Locations Contact Info Grantees Amount/Period

Grantees under Democracy and Governance Fund - 2018 The Affiliated Enhance constructive • Mr. SAN Chey, Executive $ 125,427.95 Network for engagement between the Director, For 27 months Social government and civil • [email protected] OR From October 1, Accountabilit society on improving [email protected] 2018 – December y (ANSA) education services. The Tel: 012 445 642 2020 Cambodia project’s approach is to • Mis. Yin Kimchheang, Finance build partnerships with the Award signed: 14 Ratanakiri Manager Type of the sub-national administration Tel: 099 376 996 October 16, 2018 organization and strengthen the – Anti- capacity of indigenous Corruption women and youth to and Good improve education services Governance through citizen led monitoring. Engage community people Address: #05, St 260, Sangkat $114,406.00 in the development of Veal Vong, For 24 months innovative community- Khan 7Makara, Phnom Penh, From October 1, based natural resource Cambodia 2018 – September Community management approaches • Ms. Sath Kanyara, Executive 30, 2020 Empowerme in application of innovative Director nt and mechanisms and improve [email protected] Award signed: Development systems of Tel: 012 466 629 October 23, 2018 Team (CEDT) engagement between Mondulkiri • Ms. Ley Sreymoch, Project 15 communities and legal province Manager, Type of the service providers. [email protected] organization g – Natural Tel: 099 484 514 Resource Co- • management Ms. Srey Kanha, Financial Officer [email protected] Tel: 098 272 278

Ensure that community Address #69, Sothearos Blv, $ 140,897.51 leaders, commune Phnom Penh For 29 months councilors and sub-national Tel: 855 23 217 830 From November Alliance for officials support their • Ms. Srey Sotheavy, 1, 2018 – March Conflict communities in addressing Executive Director 31, 2021 Transformati conflicts, both with Kampot, Tel: 017 990 371 on (ACT) external and internal Kampong [email protected] Award signed: stakeholders; specifically to Chhnang, • Mr. Hean Hak, Finance and December 07, Type of the address conflicts on Kratie, Svay 2018 16 Admin Officer organization livelihood-related issues Rieng, Tel: 077 762 466 – concerning land, natural Takeo, and [email protected] Conflict resources, fisheries and Kampong Transformati credit/savings; and Speu on domestic violence, which often flourishes in the private sphere under difficult economic conditions.

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Names of Grant No Project Supports Locations Contact Info Grantees Amount/Period Improve health service to Address 7th Floor, Room $ 52,923.00 Cambodian citizens, #789, South For 24 months including community Building (H), Phnom Penh From November people and vulnerable Center. Gray 1, 2018 – October groups by raising their Building #274, Phnom Penh 30, 2019 Health Action voice in improving health Center, Sangkat Coordinating care quality. Tonle Basak, Khan Award signed: Committee Chamkarmon, Phnom December 19, (HACC) Penh 2018 • Mr. Tim Vora, Executive Director 17 Phnom Penh Type of the Tel: 012 872 642 / 093 568 856 organization [email protected] – Advocacy • Mr. Peang Sereywath, Program on Health Manager Tel: 012 873 218 [email protected] • Ms. Bun Monyrod, Admin and Finance Manager, Tel: 012 786 565 [email protected]

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Annex D: Summary of OACA and CDP Status

OD AI Finding Finalize OD Finalize AI Finalized CD No. Name of Organization assessment assessment Presentation Comments report Date report Date Plan Date Date Date Date

APS Partners

1 ADHOC 13-Dec-16 13-Dec-16 3-Mar-17 17-Mar-17 17-Mar-17 18-May-17 CD Plan completed No Arbitration Council 2 28-Nov-16 14-Dec-16 24-Mar-17 29-Sep-17 Advocacy pro 12-Dec-17 CD Plan completed Foundation (ACF) gram Community Legal 3 Education Center 10-Nov-16 10-Nov-16 23-Feb-17 27-Mar-17 27-Mar-17 4-May-17 CD Plan completed (CLEC) Cambodia Center of 4 27-Sep-16 27-Sep-16 17-Mar-17 20-Apr-17 18-Apr-17 6-Jun-17 CD Plan completed Human Rights (CCHR) Khmer Vulnerability Aid Organization No Advocacy 5 (KVAO), formerly 2-Dec-16 2-Dec-16 17-Mar-17 22-Mar-17 19-May-17 CD Plan completed program Returnee Integration Support Center (RISC) Transcultural 6 Psychosocial 29-Nov-16 9-Dec-16 9-Mar-17 9-Mar-17 9-Mar-17 31-May-17 CD Plan completed Organization (TPO) Veterans International 7 4-Nov-16 4-Nov-16 17-Feb-17 13-Mar-17 13-Mar-17 11-May-17 CD Plan completed Cambodia (VIC) Potential Transition Award Recipients

8 Cambodia Civil Society 31-Jul-17 31-Jul-17 22-Dec-17 22-Dec-17 22-Dec-17 29-Mar-18 CD Plan completed Partnership (CCSP) Gender and 9 Development for 6-Jul-17 6-Jul-17 22-Aug-17 25-Aug-17 25-Aug-17 25-Jan-18 CD Plan completed Cambodia (GADC)

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OD AI Finding Finalize OD Finalize AI Finalized CD No. Name of Organization assessment assessment Presentation Comments report Date report Date Plan Date Date Date Date

Legal Support for CD Plan completed 10 Children and Women No 11-Sept-17 11-Dec-17 No 12-Dec-17 26-Jun-18 Priority: Advocacy (LSCW) Capacity Building Organizations No Advocacy 11 VBNK 27-Apr-17 No 06-Dec-17 22-Nov-17 15-Dec-17 CD Plan completed program CCSS Sub-Grantees

CD Plan completed 21-22-Nov- Priorities: Strategic Planning; 12 HA 21-22-Nov-17 15-16-Jan-18 29-Jan-18 11-Dec-17 22-Mar-18 17 Project Design and M&E and Advocacy CD Plan completed 23-24-Nov- Priorities: Strategic Planning; 13 3SPN 23-24-Nov-17 17-18-Jan-18 29-Jan-18 15-Dec-17 16-Mar-18 17 Project Design and M&E and Advocacy. CD Plan completed 03-04-May- 28-29 May- Priorities: Project Design and 14 PKH 18-19-Dec-17 18-19-Dec-17 28-29 May-18 19th June 2018 18 18 M&E and Financial Management CD Plan completed 20-21-Nov- Priorities: Financial 15 AFD 20-21-Nov-17 22-Mar-18 11-Apr-18 11-Apr-18 30-Mar-18 17 Management and Project Design and M&E. CD Plan completed Priorities: Strategic Planning, 16 BCV 17-Nov-17 17-Nov-17 23-Jan-18 29-Dec-17 23-Jan-18 25-April-18 Financial Management and Advocacy.

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CD Plan completed No Advocacy Financial Management; HR 17 ODC 04-Nov-17 04-Nov-17 28-Feb-18 02-Mar-18 26-Apr-18 program and support with developing a Management Team ToR. Priorities: Strategic Planning & 18 YCC 07-Feb-18 08-Feb-18 29-jun-18 July July July Financial Management 26th Sep Report and CDP/AAP 19 My Village 25th Sep 2018 tbc tbc tbc tbc 2018 currently being drafted. Report, and CDP/AAP have been drafted. Will be 29th Aug 22nd Oct presented for consultation on 20 PDP-Center 28th Aug 2018 5th Oct 2018 tbc 24th Oct 2018 2018 2018 22.10.18 TA support commences on 30-31 Oct on FM CDP finalized and agreed – 18-19th Sep 14th Sep 21 NAS 7th Aug 2018 8th Aug 2018 14th Sep 2018 21st Sep 2018 technical support 2018 2018 Commenced in Q4 Report, and CDP/AAP have 10th Sep 26th Oct been drafted. Will be 22 CENTRAL 6th Sep 2018 tbc 19th Oct 2018 30th Oct 2018 2018 presented for consultation in early November AYLA joined the programme 28th Sep 23rd Nov at the end of Q4 so technical 23 AYLA 27th Sep 2018 tbc 23rd Nov 2018 30th Nov 2018 2018 2018 support will start later for them. Pre-meeting arranged for ANSA will be joining the 24 ANSA 13th programme during Q1 of 2019 November 2018

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