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From Combatants to Peacemakers Program Project Final Report October, 2015 to March 31, 2017 Award No: AID-367-F-15-00002 Under USAID/DCHA/CMM APS-OAA-14-000003 Submitted to: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Democracy and Governance Office Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: +977-01-42340000 Submitted by: Forum for Protection of Public Interest (Pro Public) Gautambuddha Marg, Anamnagar P.O.Box: 14307 Telephone: +977-01-4268681, 4265023 Fax: +977-01-4268022 1 Disclaimer: All these activities were made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of Pro Public and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. 2 Abbreviations BC Brahmin Chhetri CBO Community Based Organization CDO Chief District Officer CPN Communist Party of Nepal CSO Civil Society Organization DDC District Development Committee DF Dialogue facilitation ECs Ex-Combatants FGD Focus Group Discussion GESI Gender and Social Inclusion GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH KII Key Informant Interview LPC Local Peace Committee NC Nepali Congress NPTF Nepal Peace Trust Fund OCA Organizational Capacity Assessment OPI Organizational Performance Index PLA People Liberation Army Pro Public Forum for the Protection of Public Interest SDG Social Dialogue Group STPP Strengthening the Peace Process UCPN United Communist Party of Nepal UML United Marxist Leninist UNDP United Nations Development Program USAID United States Agency for International Development VDC Village Development Committee WCF Ward Citizen Forum 3 Acknowledgement This project completion report covers the overall implementation of the USAID-funded Combatants to Peacemakers (C2P) project (October 2015 to March 2017). Activities conducted from October 2015 to September 2016 were reported in the annual report submitted to USAID so the details of those activities are not reported here. To accomplish all these activities, the project team has received support and cooperation from a wide range of institutions and individuals at the international, national, district and local level. For this support, Pro Public would like to express its sincere gratitude to Democracy & Governance Specialists Ms. Amanda Cats-Baril and Ms. Sumitra Manandhar from USAID’s Democracy and Governance Office for their unwavering support throughout the period. Pro Public also extends its sincere thanks to the individuals from the 16 project communities for their active participation and cooperation in the project for its effective implementation. Pro Public would like to specially thank all the Dialogue Facilitators (DFs) and Mediators from the 16 project communities for their hard work for preparing and organizing the events throughout this period. Pro Public appreciates the support of all the Executive Officers of Municipalities and secretaries of Village Development Committees (VDCs) and Conveners of Local Peace Committees (LPCs) for their great support as well as excellent coordination for events. Pro Public would like to express its special thanks to all the hospital/medical colleges (BP Koirala Institute for Health Sciences in Dharan/Sunsari, National Medical College, Chitwan Medical Colleges, Bharatpur, Bhairahawa Medical College, Bhairahawa and Nepalgunj Medical College, Kohalpur Birgunj, Nepal Medical College) who provided the medical team during the organization of the health camps in the project communities, and academic institutions to organize the school level cultural program and speech competition. These events would not have been possible without their support. Last but not least, Pro Public thanks Mr. Babu Ram Poudel, Program Manager; Mr. Chiranjibi Bhandari, Training & Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator; Mr. Prem Bahadur B.K., Program Officer Ms. Jagat Sharma, Finance Officer and Ms. Mamata Shah, Program Associate for their rigorous support in the successful implementation of the project activities. 4 Table of Contents Content Page Abbreviations Acknowledgement Table of contents Executive summary 1. Introduction 11 2. Context Update 15 3. Coordination with USAID/CMM Projects 18 3.1. Second CMM Quarterly Meeting 18 4. Accomplishment 19 4.1. Refresher Training on Dialogue Facilitation and Mediation 21 4.2. Psychosocial Refresher Training 22 4.3. Radio Jingles and Pamphlet produced 23 4.4. Radio Jingles and Pamphlet disseminated 25 4.5. Community Envisioning 25 4.6. Peace Events 28 4.6.1. Feedback of the participants 32 4.7. Second Round of Interaction 34 4.8. National Level Sharing Meeting 37 5. Ongoing Project activities 37 5.1. Formation and Conducting Meetings of Social Dialogue Groups 37 5.2. Advisory Committee Meetings 40 5.3. Psychosocial Care 41 5.4. Mediation Cases 43 5.5. KII and Survey 46 5.6. Number of Visitors in Peace Libraries 49 6. Challenges, Lesson Learn and Successes 49 6.1. Challenges 51 6.2. Lesson Learnt 51 6.3. Success 41 7. Sustainability Plan 52 9. Monitoring and Evaluation Performance 54 9.1. Joint Monitoring Visit of USAID and Pro Public 54 10. OCA/OPI 55 11. Training and Workshops Participation 56 Annexes i) Monitoring and Evaluation Performance Data ii) Details of Library Visitors iii) MoU signed between Pro Public and TPO Nepal iv) Cash Deposit Slip of Amount Transferred to the Social Dialogue Groups Revolving Funds v) List of Milestone Reports and Dates Delivered to USAID in Past Six Months vi) Update list of OCA/OPI 5 Executive Summary This report summarizes the accomplishments of C2P in the period of October 2015 to June 30, 2017. In this period, activities associated with milestones, rapid community assessments (milestone A1), were completed first and other activities were completed based on the set results . The other project activities completed during the project period aimed to achieve the following results are presented as following. Dialogue facilitators are capacitated to deliver dialogue, mediation, and para-psychosocial services are deepened; SDGs, peace libraries, dialogue/mediation centers and advisory committees are operational and linked with local government bodies and key institutions. The communities are aware and making use of, the services; The government and other stakeholders are aware of the work of dialogue facilitators in the country and the status of ex-combatant integration Organizational Capacity (OPI and OCA score) of Pro Public is discussed/prepared a details timeline for implementation and implemented and policies strengthened. Result – 1: Under result - I (capacity development of dialogue facilitators), To build the capacity of the DFs, updating of training manuals (A2), basic training on dialogue facilitation and mediation to 48 individuals (A3), advanced training on dialogue facilitation and mediation to 56 individuals (A4), basic training on psychosocial support to 20 individuals (A5), advanced training on dialogue facilitation and mediation for 48 individuals from six new communities (A6), refresher training on dialogue facilitation and mediation to 56 pre-existing facilitators (A7), refresher training on dialogue facilitation, mediation, and reconciliation to 48 candidates from new communities (A8), refresher training on psychosocial support in cooperation with TPO for 35 people (A9) were successfully completed. Out of 104 DFs, 56 individuals completed advanced and refresher training on dialogue facilitation and mediation and other 48 DFs completed basic, advanced and refresher training. 56 DFs those who completed advanced and refresher training more than 80% individuals expressed above than 60% confidence to deliver the dialogue and mediation services in their respective communities. Similarly, 48 DFs those who completed advanced and refresher training more than 90% and 73% individuals expressed above than 80% confidence to deliver the dialogue and mediation services respectively in their respective communities. 6 Regarding the confidence of the participants to deliver the psychosocial support in their communities, responses of participants are as follows. Out of the 35 individuals that attended the training, 29% of the individuals expressed their level of confidence to deliver psychosocial support and care services in their communities are above 80%. Similarly, 40%, 23% and 8 % individuals stated their level of confidence in the range of 60-80%, 40-60 % and 0-20% respectively. By receiving skill and knowledge from the training, Social Dialogue Group (SDGs) were formed operationalized by the DFs from which ex-combatants and community people got a safe and common space for sharing their various kinds of stories in small circle. Also, dialogue facilitators and mediators provided mediation and psychosocial care and support related services in their respective communities. The project has brought positive changes in terms of participation of women and marginalized communities in a substantive role or position in peace building in their communities. During the period, altogether 126 groups, including 94 social dialogue groups, 16 advisory committees and 16 DF resources pools also completed all rounds of trainings to deliver the services in dialogue facilitation, mediation and consensus building techniques. Result – II , Under the establishment and operationalize peace dialogue/mediation centers, establishment of peace libraries and dialogue/mediation centers (B1), first round of interaction meeting, formation of advisory committees and orientation