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USAID WILDLIFE ASIA Annual Progress Report October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018 USAID WILDLIFE ASIA Annual Progress Report October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018 Submission Date: October 16, 2018 Contract Number: AID-468-I-16-00001, TO AID-486-TO-16-00003 Contract Period: August 31, 2016 - August 30, 2021 Submitted by: Director RTI International No. 208, 4th Floor, Unit 406, 208 Wireless Road Building Wireless Road, Lumpini, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330 Tel: 662 015 5941-3 JulyThis 2008 d ocument was produced for review by the United States Agency for International 1 Development/Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID/RDMA). USAID WILDLIFE ASIA Annual Progress Report October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018 CONTRACT NO. AID-468-I-16-00001, TO AID-486-TO-16-00003 RTI International 701 13th Street NW Suite 750 Washington, DC 20005 DISCLAIMER: The author's views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. This document is intended to comply with Section 508 Standard of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. If you have any difficulties accessing this document, please contact [email protected]. USAID Wildlife Asia Quarterly Report April-June 2018 3 1. ACTIVITY/MECHANISM OVERVIEW Activity/Mechanism Name: USAID Wildlife Asia Activity/Mechanism Start Date August 31, 2016 - August 30, 2021 and End Date: Name of Prime Implementing RTI International Partner: Contract/Agreement Number: AID-468-I-16-00001, TO AID-486-TO-16-00003 FHI 360, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Name of Subcontractors: Freeland Foundation, Integra and Conservation Council of Nations (CCN), TRAFFIC Major Counterpart Organizations: Geographic Coverage Southeast Asia with a focus on the Lower Mekong (Thailand, (States/Provinces and Lao PDR, Vietnam, Cambodia) and China Countries): Reporting Period: October 1, 2017 – September 30, 2018 The USAID Wildlife Asia Activity is a five-year, regional USAID/RDMA-funded project under the USAID Counter Wildlife Trafficking Activity Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ). The USAID Wildlife Asia Activity (hereafter the “Activity”) is implemented by RTI International. The purpose of this Activity is to improve regional action towards ending wildlife trafficking in Southeast Asia and China. The four main objectives of the USAID Wildlife Activity are to: (1) reduce consumer demand for wildlife parts and wildlife products in target areas; (2) strengthen regional law enforcement capacity and coordination; (3) increase political commitment to addressing Counter Wildlife Trafficking (CWT); and (4) support RDMA’s regional coordination of CWT stakeholders and efforts to strengthen the USG interagency CWT team. The geographic focus of the USAID Wildlife Asia Activity is the Lower Mekong (Thailand, Lao PDR, Vietnam, and Cambodia) and China. 2. ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS 2.1 Progress Narrative & Implementation Status Management and personnel Full novation of the USAID Wildlife Asia Activity contract to RTI was completed in December. Meanwhile, the Activity experienced changes in management including the departure of the former Chief of Party (COP), and newcomers of the project management team in the home office consisting a Project Manager and as co-Project Coordinator in November 2017. An individual remained co-Project Coordinator and left RTI in February 2018. With the former COP leaving the Activity in November; RTI home office management including the Director for the Climate, Water, and Natural Resources Group and the Project Manager visited the Activity’s Bangkok office in November and December to manage the transition. The Project Manager served as the Acting COP while recruitment for the COP position took place. In June 2018, the Activity hired a new COP. The new COP managed various rule-of-law projects and twice served as a COP for USAID-funded projects. He was on board in early July in U.S. and relocated to Thailand to join the Activity team for work planning in mid-July. USAID Wildlife Asia Quarterly Report April-June 2018 4 In Quarter 3, the Activity established a new sub-contracting partner with Conservation Council of Nations (CCN) (a coordinating body to ICCF) to expand inter-parliamentary collaboration on regional and global conservation issues through the development of conservation caucuses in Thailand (See Objective 3 for more information). In Quarter 4, TRAFFIC joined the consortium as a sub- contractor to implement Chi Campaign Phase III, a social and behavior change communication (SBCC) effort that tackles illegal rhino horn trade and consumption in Vietnam. Including the COP, the Activity welcomed new team members as summarized below: Position Obj Hired by Location Base Month Started Chief of Party All RTI Bangkok Jul SBCC Specialist 1 FHI360 Bangkok Jan SBCC Specialist 1 FHI360 Bangkok Jun Senior Program Officer 1 IFAW Beijing Mar Media Specialist 1 IFAW Beijing Mar Communications 1 TRAFFIC Hanoi Sep Officer Project Officer 1 TRAFFIC Hanoi Sep Senior Technical 2 Freeland Bangkok Jun Advisor Vietnam Country 2 Freeland Hanoi Jun Officer Training Assistant 2 Freeland Bangkok Mar Program Officer (part- 3 CCN Bangkok Jun time) With the office expanding, the Activity secured more office space adjacent to the current facility and started using it in June 2018. Activity-wide strategic thinking and team building The Activity underwent a Pause and Reflect process to enhance teamwork and desirable CWT results going forward. Led by a consultant of Strategic Coaching International, the first step was discovery interviews conducted with staff and partners in October-November to reflect on key successes, what works and what does not work, and the overall health of the Activity’s performance. The consultant then facilitated a one-day, all-staff and partners meeting on November 8 to review the key takeaways from the discovery interviews and set the priorities for the two-day Team Dynamics Pause and Reflect (P&R) workshop. Overall, participants agreed with the main discovery interview findings, proposed strategies and steps for improvement and brainstormed on the scope of the upcoming workshop. Based on feedback from the November P&R meeting, the first Consortium Executive Team (CET) meeting was held in February 2018 in Washington DC. The RTI Director facilitated a follow-up half day visioning session with the team in Bangkok in March. The Project Manager worked with the field team and RTI HO staff to develop the workplanning schedule, including a follow-on to the Team Dynamics P&R. The Project Mananger worked closely with the consultant to facilitate a discussion on team relationships through StrengthsFinder, a professionals’ tool in assessing personal and team dynamics. This provided a segueway to both the work conducted in November and an introduction of the team to the new COP. The two-day P&R workshop took place immediately before the work planning session in Pattaya, Thailand in July. As the consultant was to undergo surgery at the time of workplanning, RTI International handed over the facilitation to another individual, who is based in Singapore. She picked up where the previous consultant left off, and highlighted commonalities and differences in each other’s strengths, finding ways to overcome constraints and how to best work as a team. Part-time staff also participated on Day 2 of the Team Dynamics P&R to contribute to and understand team dynamics. In the evening of Day 2, executive members of consortium partners attended the 2nd CET meeting. USAID Wildlife Asia Quarterly Report April-June 2018 5 The team spent Days 3-5 on Year 3 work planning, which was attended by 47 participants including full- time and part-time USAID Wildlife Asia staff from China, Thailand, Vietnam and U.S. and representatives from USAID and UNODC. Objective and program crosscutting teams presented their vision and plan for Year 3 for all participants to discuss, make changes and agree upon the plan. Most of Day 5 was spent on budgeting. The Activity submitted Year 3 work plan to USAID/RDMA on August 15. Technical assistance and visits by RTI home office At the end of February and into March, a RTI Senior Communications Specialist, worked with USAID Wildlife Asia’s communications specialist on the communications outreach plan, the Branding and Marking workshop and met with all objective teams, subcontractors and individual staff on their communications needs of the project as well as respond to any questions on branding guidelines set forth (see detail under Objective 4 progress report). In March, an RTI Project Coordinator, visited the Bangkok office to provide technical assistance to the Activity’s operations team for two weeks. She also worked with the Freeland team on budget and invoicing procedures. In July, she attended the work planning session and led the budgeting process of the work plan. The Director of International Grants, Procurement and Subcontracts from the RTI home office and a Senior Grant and Procurement Manager, from the Regional Office conducted a validation exercise of procurement and subcontract documentation and compliance with the Bangkok team in March. In April, the RTI Chief Human Resource Officer visited the Activity’s office. In June-July, the Activity underwent an internal financial and operations audit by two RTI Senior Managers of Internal Audit. All senior level staff met with the USAID Wildlife Asia team and then worked with RTI International staff during their visits, particularly the Operations team. OBJECTIVE I: REDUCTION OF CONSUMER DEMAND THROUGH SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE COMMUNICATION (SBCC) Strategic Approach 1.1 Reduce consumer demand for wildlife and wildlife products through the use of social and behavior change communication (SBCC) Task 1.1 Reduce Consumer Demand in China Task 1.1.10 Monitor Implementation of Baseline and Formative Research In December 2017, Globescan, the research agency assisting this objective, completed data collection for the qualitative portion of the research composed of eight focus group discussions (FGDs) of ivory, pangolin, rhino and tiger consumers and 12 individual in-depth interviews (IDIs) of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners.
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