Leader with Associate Cooperative Agreement EEM-A-00-04-00002-00 Associate Cooperative Agreement No. AID-621-LA-16-00002 1ST QUARTER PROGRESS REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2019 This quarterly progress report was made possible through support provided by Feed the Future through the U.S. Agency for International Development. The opinions expressed herein are the sole responsibility of VEGA/IESC and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. Submitted on January 30, 2019 by: IESC Contact: Andrea Patrick Associate Vice President International Executive Service Corps (IESC) 1900 M Street, NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036 Email:
[email protected] i ii iv I. 1 PROGRAM OVERVIEW 1 QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT 1 SUMMARY OF RESULTS 1 Deliverables 1 Milestones 1 COMPONENT 1: IMPLEMENTING POLICIES FOR GROWTH 1 COMPONENT 2: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 1 COMPONENT 3: FINANCING FOR GROWTH 2 CHALLENGES AND CRITICAL ISSUES 2 COMPONENT 1: IMPLEMENTING POLICIES FOR GROWTH 2 COMPONENT 2: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 2 COMPONENT 3: FINANCING FOR GROWTH 2 2 COMPONENT 1: IMPLEMENT POLICIES FOR GROWTH 2 COMPONENT 2: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 3 COMPONENT 3: ACCESS TO FINANCE FOR GROWTH 5 PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR NEXT REPORTING PERIOD 7 COMPONENT 1: IMPLEMENT POLICIES FOR GROWTH 7 COMPONENT 2: EQUIP BUSINESSES FOR GROWTH 7 COMPONENT 3: ACCESS TO FINANCE FOR GROWTH 8 III. 8 9 SUSTAINABILITY 9 COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH 9 GRANTS 10 GENDER & YOUTH 10 10 ANNEX 1 – ENGINE PROGRESS TOWARD INDICATORS 11 ANNEX 2 – PROGRAM FINANCIAL REPORT 12