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Civic Engagement Project Quarterly Report CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT QUARTERLYQUARTERLY REPORT REPORT #10 #17 Reporting period: October 1 – December 31, 2020 Reporting period: January 1 – March 31, 2019 Prepared under the USAID’s Civic Engagement Project (CEP) in North Macedonia Contract Number AID-165-C-16-00003 Submitted to: USAID/Macedonia on April 30, 2019 Contractor: East-West Management Institute, Inc. January 30, 2021 This publication was produced by the East-West Management Institute, Inc., for review by the United States Agency for International Development. CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT QUARTERLY REPORT #17 Reporting period: October 1 – December 31, 2020 Prepared under the USAID’s Civic Engagement Project (CEP) in North Macedonia Contract Number AID-165-C-16-00003 Submitted to: USAID/North Macedonia on January 30, 2021 Contractor: East-West Management Institute, Inc. Disclaimer This document 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, Inc., and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. USAID’s CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT - QUARTERLY REPORT #17 - OCTOBER 1 – DECEMBER 31, 2020 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 4 SECTION I: INTRODUCTION 6 1.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 1.2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 7 1.3 PROJECT MANAGEMENT 9 SECTION II: PROJECT ACTIVITIES 9 COMPONENT ONE: STRENGTHEN CSO ALLIANCES ENGAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS 9 COMPONENT TWO: STRENGTHEN CSOS 11 COMPONENT THREE: STRENGTHEN YOUTH ENGAGEMENT 16 COMPONENT FOUR: TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN SUPPORT OF RULE OF LAW AND ANTI-CORRUPTION REFORMS 24 SECTION III: CROSS-CUTTING ACTIVITIES 31 3.1 PUBLIC OUTREACH 31 3.2 COOPERATION WITH USAID AND OTHER DONOR PROGRAM 35 USAID’s CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT - QUARTERLY REPORT #17 - OCTOBER 1 – DECEMBER 31, 2020 3 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS Academy/AJPP Academy of Judges and Public Prosecutors ACP Anti-Corruption Platform, North Macedonia ADI Association for Democratic Initiatives, North Macedonia CAFT Coalition “All for Fair Trials,” North Macedonia CCC Association of Citizens’ Center for Civil Communications, North Macedonia CEP USAID’s Civic Engagement Project in North Macedonia CoP Chief of Party COR USAID’s Contracting Officer Representative CSO Civil Society Organization DCM Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in North Macedonia DCoP Deputy Chief of Party DOC USAID’s Development, Outreach, and Communication Office EWMI East-West Management Institute, Inc. FAA Fixed Amount Award FOSM Foundation Open Society Macedonia J2SR Journey to Self-Reliance GAU Grant Administration Unit GDOD USAID’s General Development Office Director GM Grants Manager GoNM Government of North Macedonia GRECO Group of States Against Corruption GUC Grants under Contract J2SR Journey to Self-Reliance LEAD MK Linking, Engagement, Advocacy, and Development Program under CEP LGU Local Governmental Unit M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MELP Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plan MEPO Monitoring, Evaluation, and Public Outreach MISA Ministry of Information, Society, and Administration, North Macedonia USAID’s CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT - QUARTERLY REPORT #17 - OCTOBER 1 – DECEMBER 31, 2020 4 MoC Memorandum of Cooperation MoU Memorandum of Understanding NYCM National Youth Council of Macedonia OGP NAP Open Government Partnership National Action Plan PAB Project Advisory Board PBP Participatory Budget Process PCM Project Cycle Management PG Partnership Grants Program under CEP PMU Project Management Unit PRO Public Revenue Office, North Macedonia RfA Request for Applications RfCP Request for Concept Papers RRGs Rapid Response Grants under CEP SAO State Audit Office, North Macedonia SCPC State Commission for Prevention of Corruption, North Macedonia SP Strategic Plan SSG Strategic Support Grants under CEP TA Technical Assistance TI Transparency International – Macedonia, North Macedonia USAID US Agency for International Development USG Government of the United States of America YCEA Youth Civic Engagement Award under CEP USAID’s CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT - QUARTERLY REPORT #17 - OCTOBER 1 – DECEMBER 31, 2020 5 SECTION I: INTRODUCTION 1.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY East-West Management Institute, Inc. (EWMI) is pleased to submit the seventeenth quarterly report covering activities of USAID’s Civic Engagement Project (hereinafter referred to as “CEP”) during the period from October 1 – December 31, 2020. CEP continued to support six civil society organizations and alliances through three Strategic Support Grants (SSG) and three Partnership Grants (PG) in the process of implementing their advocacy interventions and activities related to promotion of rule of law, fight against corruption and good governance. CEP also supported one previously awarded Rapid Response Grant (RRG), related to COVID-19 response in North Macedonia, supporting vulnerable population immediate needs during the pandemic. Highlights of outputs and outcomes for the reporting period include: • Fiscal Accountability, Sustainability and Transparency Network (FISCAST) work resulted in policy changes at the national level. The new draft version of the Law on Local self- government and balanced regional development, recognized Town Hall Meetings (forums, public debates, etc.) as mandatory events, creating channels towards better quality of local budgets. The introduced changes are a direct reflection of FISCAST advocacy work on participatory budgeting at the local level. • EWMI and Transparency International-Macedonia finalized the new ethics training module for the Academy of Judges and Public Prosecutors. This is the first comprehensive training module that defines the roles of a Judge, a Prosecutor, and a Lawyer, as well as sources of Law and Principles for Judges and Prosecutors, Core Concepts in Judicial Ethics, Disciplinary Procedures for Judges and Prosecutors, Core Concepts in Prosecutor Ethics, Lawyer Ethics, Corruption Law and Speech Rights and Limitations for Judges and Prosecutors. • On December 1, Center for Civil Communications (CCC) organized a public debate with the Agency for Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information: CCC organized the first out of two planned public debates for public institution representatives on implementation challenges of the new Law on Free Access to Public Information. On December 7, immediately following CCC’s public debate, the Government of the North Macedonia adopted a conclusion that all public institutions are obligated to publish documents and information on their websites, as stipulated by the Article 10 of the new Law, within 30 days of their adoption. • CEP developed and finalized the detailed program for the new LEAD MK Master Class Fellowship Program. CEP engaged Common Ground Consulting LLC (CGC) represented by Craig Allan Bowman to work with NYCM and the CEP Youth Engagement Specialist to prepare the program for the LEAD MK Master Class Academy building upon the gained knowledge on the first four years of the program and advancing it to a new level in the form of a Master Class. USAID’s CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT - QUARTERLY REPORT #17 - OCTOBER 1 – DECEMBER 31, 2020 6 • YCEA Winners 3D Print Medical Equipment used their YCEA award to strengthen the organizational and structural capacities as well as to produce and distribute 4,000 protective visors (face shields) to first responders, frontline medical workers throughout North Macedonia. • In November 2020, CEP published an “Assessment of Good Governance in the Local Self- government Units in the Republic of North Macedonia”. The assessment comes as a result of the survey based on the Openness Index, which measures local government performance in the area of good governance based on four principles: accessibility, efficiency, integrity and transparency having a common domain present in all four principles – open data. • On December 9, CEP launched the online Open Government Partnership (OGP) Platform. It will serve as the main focal point for all OGP-related activities in North Macedonia by all engaged stakeholders and their various bodies. • CEP supported publishing of the 30 new open government-data sets by five public institutions. CEP also trained 26 public servants on the importance as well as the process of collecting and publishing open data. 1.2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION CEP is a five-year USAID-funded program that strives to achieve two objectives: (1) strengthen the constructive engagement by civil society organizations (CSOs) on policies and issues of public concern and (2) increase and sustain youth engagement in public life in North Macedonia. CEP is implemented by EWMI in partnership with three local CSOs: Foundation for Internet and Society “Metamorphosis” (Metamorphosis), the Association for Democratic Initiatives (ADI) and the National Youth Council of Macedonia (NYCM). The overall goal of CEP is to enhance CSOs and youth’s capacity to advance public policies, improve public services, promote good governance, and contribute to improving the standard of living of people in North Macedonia. At the close of CEP, CEP-supported CSOs and CSO alliances will possess the knowledge, mechanisms, and resources to generate civic activism and lead public debate and action, and constructively engage with government counterparts and institutions to foster transparent and accountable governance at all levels of decision-making. CEP also creates and supports a cadre of youth leaders
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