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Draft Outline USAID Jordan Cities Implementing Transparent, Innovative, and Effective Solutions (USAID CITIES) Quarterly Progress Report Second Quarter FY 2018 – January 1 to March 31, 2018. Submission Date: April 15, 2018 Contract No.: AID-OAA-I-14-00062 Activity Start Date and End Date: September 25, 2016 to September 24, 2021 COR: George Kara’a Submitted by: Mark Grubb, Chief of Party Chemonics International Inc. This document was produced for review and approval by the United States Agency for International Development / Jordan (USAID/Jordan). July 2008 1 CONTENTS Contents ....................................................................................................................... 3 1. Activity Overview ............................................................................................. 7 a. Activity Details ............................................................................................................... 7 b. Executive Summary ....................................................................................................... 8 2. Sub-Purpose 1: Improved Service Delivery .............................................. 11 a. Key Accomplishments in Q2 ..................................................................................... 11 b. Upcoming Activities in Year 2 .................................................................................. 13 3. Sub-Purpose 2: Increased Sustainability of Local Government Operations ............................................................................................................................ 14 a. Key Accomplishments in Q2 ..................................................................................... 14 b. Upcoming Activities in Year 2 .................................................................................. 18 4. Sub-Purpose 3: Increased Responsiveness to Community Members’ Priorities ............................................................................................................................ 19 a. Key Accomplishments in Q2 ..................................................................................... 19 b. Upcoming Activities in Year 2 .................................................................................. 20 5. Sub-Purpose 4: Enhanced Capacity to Promote community Resilience20 a. Key Accomplishment in Q2 ....................................................................................... 21 b. Upcoming Activities in Year 2 .................................................................................. 26 6. Decentralization Advisory Unit ................................................................... 26 a. Key Accomplishments in Q2 ..................................................................................... 26 7. Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) .......................................... 30 a. Key Accomplishments in Q2 ..................................................................................... 30 b. Upcoming Activities in Year 2 .................................................................................. 34 8. Grants ................................................................................................................ 34 a. Key Accomplishments in Q2 ..................................................................................... 34 b. Upcoming Activities in Year 2 .................................................................................. 36 USAID CITIES: FY2018 Q2 Report P 3/57 April 15, 2018 9. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) .......................................... 36 a. Key Accomplishments in Q2 ..................................................................................... 36 b. Upcoming Activities for Year 2 ................................................................................ 38 10. Branding Communications and Dissemination ......................................... 38 a. Key Accomplishments in Q2 ..................................................................................... 38 11. Annexes ............................................................................................................ 41 Annex I Indicators Performance Tracking Table ............................................................. 41 Annex II Results Framework ............................................................................................... 48 Annex III Geographic Data Reporting – GIS Template ................................................. 49 Annex IV Success Stories ..................................................................................................... 50 Annex V Financial Information ........................................................................................... 55 Annex VI Management and Administrative ..................................................................... 56 USAID CITIES: FY2018 Q2 Report P 4/57 April 15, 2018 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AFD Agence Francaise de Development APS Annual Program Statements CBO Community Based Organization CDC Community Development Centers CDCS Country Development Cooperation Strategy CEP Community Engagement Project CIS Civic Initiatives Support CITIES Cities Implementing Transparent, Innovative, and Effective Solutions CMM Conflict Management Mitigation COP Chief of Party COR Contract Officer Representative CSO Civil Society Organizations DCOP Deputy Chief of Party DHHS Department of Health and Human Services DMAP Decentralization Mapping and Analysis Plan EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EMMP Environmental Management and Mitigation Plan FRPFM Fiscal Reform and Public Finance Management GESI Gender and Social Inclusion GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale GLDU Governorate Local Development Unit GoJ Government of Jordan HR Human Resources ICT Information and Communications Technology IFES International Foundation for Electoral Systems IREX International Research and Exchanges Board IRI International Republican Institute JOHUD Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development JRF Jordan River Foundation KRA Key Result Area LDD Local Development Department LDU Local Development Unit M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MEL Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning MESP Monitoring and Evaluation Support Program MICA Municipal Institutional Capacity Assessment MOI Ministry of Interior MOMA Ministry of Municipal Affairs MOPIC Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation NDI National Democratic Institute OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development PMP Performance Management Plan PMU Project Management Unit PPP Public-Private Partnerships USAID CITIES: FY2018 Q2 Report P 5/57 April 15, 2018 RF Result Framework SDIP Services Delivery Improvement Plan SDS Service Delivery Specialist STTA Short Term Technical Assistance SWM Solid Waste Management USAID United States Agency for International Development YSP Youth Service Provide USAID CITIES: FY2018 Q2 Report P 6/57 April 15, 2018 1. ACTIVITY OVERVIEW a. Activity Details Awarded in September 2016, United States Agency for International Development’s Cities Implementing Transparent, Innovative, and Effective Solutions (USAID CITIES) is a five-year project that seeks to increase the effectiveness of municipal governance and support decentralization in Jordan. Recognizing the dual role of the Jordanian municipality as both a direct service provider and an intermediary to access resources from governorate and national level bodies, USAID CITIES’ efforts include supporting the local development directorates and governorate level councils to strengthen locally driven development. USAID CITIES is accomplishing this through an integrated approach that works on implementing innovative and sustainable solutions to improve service delivery; increasing the sustainability of current municipal operations and newly decentralized responsibilities; enhancing engagement between community members and the government; and fostering community cohesion. To do so, USAID CITIES is organized around the following components with decentralization as a crosscutting theme: • Sub-Purpose 1: Improved service delivery • Sub-Purpose 2: Increased sustainability of local government operations • Sub-Purpose 3: Increased responsiveness to community members’ priorities • Sub-Purpose 4: Enhanced capacity to promote community resilience • Gender and Social Inclusion (while primarily cross-cutting, gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) often performs as a standalone component) USAID CITIES is operating in 33 municipalities and all 12 governorates. The selection of these municipalities was in accordance with criteria established and agreed upon with USAID and the Government of Jordan (GOJ), specifically the Ministry of Municipal Affairs (MOMA). In Year 2, the project changed its strategy, moving from the original cohort approach into full implementation across all 33 municipalities simultaneously. In addition, the project is providing select training in decentralization awareness and use of the procedural manual for identification of needs and prioritization of those needs to all 100 municipalities and their communities. The project’s key stakeholders are MOMA, municipalities and municipal/local councils, the Ministry of Interior (MOI), governorate local development units, councils at the governorate level, and communities. In addition, with the August 15, 2017 elections that ushered in decentralization and the establishment/redefining of the executive councils, governorate
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