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Final Report Cambodian Civil Society Strengthening Project (2016-2021) FINAL REPORT CAMBODIAN CIVIL SOCIETY STRENGTHENING PROJECT (2016-2021) JULY 15, 2021 This publication was produced for the United States Agency for International Development by East-West Management Institute, Inc. CAMBODIAN CIVIL SOCIETY STRENGTHENING PROJECT CAMBODIAN CIVIL SOCIETY STRENGTHENING PROJECT FINAL REPORT 2016 - 2021 Prepared under USAID’s Cambodian Civil Society Strengthening Project Contract Number AID-442-C-16-00002 Submitted to: USAID/Cambodia on July 15, 2021 Contractor: East-West Management Institute, Inc. Disclaimer This report is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of the East-West Management Institute and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. CAMBODIAN CIVIL SOCIETY STRENGTHENING PROJECT TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................. ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... iii PROGAM OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................. 1 ACCOMPLISHMENTS AGAINST WORKPLANS AND FINAL TANGIBLE RESULTS ........................... 2 TASK 1: Support to Cambodian Civil Society ..................................................................................... 2 TASK 2: Enhance Technical and Organizational Capacity of Civil Society towards sustainability ...... 26 TASK 3: Analytical and Technical Services ...................................................................................... 33 SUMMARY OF DELIVERABLES/ BENCHMARKS ....................................................................... 33 SUCCESS STORIES AND LESSONS LEARNED ............................................................................ 34 Annex A: Performance Indicator Tracking Table (22 June 2016 – 31 May 2021) ..................... 45 Annex B: Legal analyses on enabling environment for CSOs .................................................. 51 Annex C: ODC user statistics ................................................................................................. 52 Annex D: Additional outcome results .................................................................................... 53 Annex E: Profile of District Councilor Sor Srey Touch ............................................................. 56 Annex F: Grassroots and informal group capacity improvements .......................................... 58 Annex G: YCC improvements in resource mobilization .......................................................... 62 Annex H: Additional comments about capacity building services .......................................... 64 Annex I: Improvements in strategic communication ............................................................. 65 Annex J: Additional training .................................................................................................. 68 Annex K: Key findings in public opinion surveys on perceptions and attitudes about CSOs ... 69 Annex L: EWMI fulfillment of deliverables and benchmarks .................................................. 73 Annex M: Successful negotiation with an ELC ....................................................................... 75 Annex N: Protecting forests and increasing income .............................................................. 77 Annex O: Analysis of 26 natural resources management interventions ................................. 79 FINAL REPORT 2016-2021 i CAMBODIAN CIVIL SOCIETY STRENGTHENING PROJECT 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 CPA Community Protected Area 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 NSSF National Social Security Fund 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 USAID US Agency for International Development FINAL REPORT 2016-2021 ii CAMBODIAN CIVIL SOCIETY STRENGTHENING PROJECT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This is the final report of our USAID funded EWMI-CCSS project. Each year, the development of a narrative report allows us the opportunity to reflect on our work, take stock of what we have learned and accomplished in order to accelerate the impact of our program and ensure sustainability. This final year turned out to be a landmark year – the pandemic tested us all in many ways but also unleashed new types of collaboration and innovative programming needed to meet the objectives of our project. Over the past five years, EWMI-CCSS partners have successfully engaged 51,119 Cambodian citizens in democratic processes ranging from new infrastructural development to high quality education outcomes to enforcement of laws against illegal logging and fishing and beyond. We welcome you to explore the breadth of our work through this final report including: • How 891 CSOs received invaluable legal aid advice to both, comply with changing laws as well as respond to the tightening space for civil society in Cambodia; • How CCSS helped launch the country’s first fact-checking website – CrossCheck – whose investigative stories have impacted over 36,523 people; • How Cambodian authorities responded positively to 533 citizen requests; • What we learned from Indigenous Peoples while working to protect their livelihoods including land rights in Cambodia; • How several participants of the project’s training and civic activities became formal leaders in Cambodian society, as elected leaders or government staff; • What the Cambodian people’s perceptions and attitudes toward CSOs are; • One family’s experience working with a CCSS partner to protect community forests, thereby increasing income and accumulating personal savings of $100 which allowed them to electrify their home and send six children to school; and • How the program built organizational capacity of all its partners through a dedicated team of professionals from VBNK – a Cambodian-led capacity development organization. Throughout these past five years, CCSS partners have developed a strong working relationship with local officials to facilitate collaborative management of community challenges and institutionalize the project’s learnings. We worked with 25 partner organizations (13 of whom were new to USAID funding) across all of Cambodia’s 25 provinces. Cambodians benefited in very tangible ways from improvement in roads and bridges, protection of natural resources, access to land, negotiations with the private sector, improved gender equality and social inclusion. As a result of active citizen engagement and a strong civil society, we are confident that Cambodia’s communities will be able to deal with the challenges of the future. FINAL REPORT 2016-2021 iii CAMBODIAN CIVIL SOCIETY STRENGTHENING PROJECT PROGAM 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 and now extended to July 31, 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 organizations (CSOs) in Cambodia, and provide analytical and technical services to USAID/Cambodia’s Office of Democracy and Governance to respond to opportunities for democratic development. USAID Cambodia Mission Director delivering keynote speech at closeout event and launch of project video on June 30, 2021. In order to achieve these objectives, CCSS carried out three tasks: Task 1: • CCSS helped to inform CSO risk management strategies by providing free legal advice on compliance issues.
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