Fostering Accountability and Transparency in (FACT) Cooperative Agreement AID-611-14-L-00001 FY20 Q2 Report

January 1, 2020 - March 31, 2020

Members of the SMAGs and SFAGs in Kamona.

Submitted : May 4, 2020 Submitted by: Agreement Number: AID-612-L-14-00001 Chilufya Kasutu Submitted to: Chief of Party Emily Fitzsimmons: USAID AOR, Zambia Counterpart International, Zambia Email: [email protected]

This document was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development and prepared by Counterpart International, Inc. Zambia Office. Table of Contents Acronyms ...... 3 Executive Summary ...... 5 Country Context ...... 6 Project Overview ...... 8 Program and Activity Implementation Progress ...... 10 OBJECTIVE 1: Strengthen capacity of local CSOs to enhance delivery and oversight of public service delivery in the education, health/HIV, sustainable rural livelihood, extractive industries, transparency, and environmental sectors ...... 11 OBJECTIVE 2: Improved engagement between citizens and government service providers in the education, health/HIV, sustainable rural livelihoods, extractive industry transparency and environment sectors to improve service delivery ...... 14 Program Challenges and Lessons Learned ...... 16 Agreement Management ...... 17 Annex A: FACT Civil Society Partners ...... 18 Annex B: FY20 Indicators Performance Table & Analysis ...... 20

Acronyms 7NDP Seventh National Development Plan CAG Cluster Advisory Group CAGs Community Action Groups COMACO Community Markets for Conservation CBNRMB Community Based Natural Resources Management Board CRB Community Resource Board CSO Civil Society Organization CSPR Civil Society for Poverty Reduction CSR Corporate Social Responsibility CPTD Centre for Policy Trade and Development DAC District Advocacy Committee DDCC District Development Coordinating Committees DEBS District Education Board Secretary DIP Detailed Implementation Plan DQA Data Quality Assessment EITI Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative FACT Fostering Accountability and Transparency FQM First Quantum Mining GRZ Government of the Republic of Zambia GSI Gender and Social Inclusiveness ICT Information and Communication Technology IODF Institute of Organizational Development Facilitators JCTR Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection LBGT Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, Transgender LWA Leader with Associates MEL Monitoring, Evaluating, and Learning MELP Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plan MNCH Maternal, Neo-natal, Child Health MoF Ministry of Finance MoH Ministry of Health MSC Most Significant Change MSG Multi-Stakeholder Group NGO Non-Government Organization NHC Neighborhood Health Committee NRM National Resource Management OD Organizational Development ONA Organizational Network Assessment PCSC Parent Community School Committee PDCC Provincial Development Coordinating Committee PDF Public Dialogue Forums PEPFAR President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief PLWH People Living with HIV/AIDS PODA Participatory Organizational Development Assessment PTA Parent Teacher Association PTT Policy Tracking Tables REFLECT Regenerative Freirean Literacy through Empowering Community Techniques RFA Request for Applications RICAP Rise Community Aid Program SFAG Safe Fatherhood Action Group SMAGS Safe Motherhood Action Groups

3 SMS Standard Messaging System TALC Treatment Advocacy and Literacy Coalition ToR Terms of Reference USAID United States Agency for International Development USG United States Government WDC Ward Development Committee WfC Women for Change ZAMI Zambia Alternative Mining Indaba ZANEC Zambia National Education Coalition ZEITI Zambia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative ZINGO Zambia Interfaith Networking Group ZOCS Zambia Open Community of Schools

4 Executive Summary

This report provides a summary of the Fostering Accountability and Transparency (FACT) program progress for interventions implemented from January to March 2020 (FY20 Q2), the final quarter of the program. During this reporting period the FACT team focused on operational and programmatic closeout as per Counterpart and USAID regulations. In February 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in Zambia; however, government restrictions related to the pandemic did not go into effect until April, and therefore did not impact FACT’s ability to continue closeout as planned. In addition to managing the operational closeout processes, the FACT team continued to support extractive industries partners to build on progress made building bridges between the mining communities, public sector, and private sector.

• Strengthening Partnerships: Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSRP) and Extractive Industries Transparency Alliance (EITA) continued to work on ensuring that local governing institutions could directly collect mining revenues to invest in mining communities, including making substantial steps in to normalize legal provisions in the valuations rolls and improve their rating status. Based on an agreement made with the Ministry of Local Government and Ministry of Finance in December 2019, work continued on examining the scope for revenue collections in the districts of Kalumbila and Kasempa. Ensuring tax collection authority by local government in Kasempa and Kalubmila is critical, as both districts have high business and tourism interests.

• Strengthened Engagement for District Planning: EITA launched the Citizen Charter in the Kalumbila district, which identifies priority areas for collaboration and calls for higher levels of engagement by local authorities, mining companies and host communities. The launch was a critical step in holding all key stakeholders accountable, and the local community action groups – groups receiving capacity building assistance from EITA – will be critical to monitoring stakeholders’ adherence to the charter. This launch is a reflection of the sustainable impact that EITA has made in the mining communities and will further embed EITA as a pillar of accountability in these communities. Next steps will include integration of the Citizen Charter into the Integrated District Development Plan and the district Social Corporate Responsibility plans.

5 Country Context

Three key contextual elements impacted Zambia in recent months: the emergence of the global Coronavirus pandemic and slow government response to mitigate the impact; the uncertainty in the rain patterns affected by climatic conditions, resulting in flooding, loss of homes and loss of livelihoods; and rising levels of violence. The lock-down restrictions brought about by Coronavirus exacerbate the issues of inadequate responses and prevent many CSOs from providing support to communities and engaging with the Government.

Escalating Violence During this reporting period Zambia saw unprecedented levels of violence targeted at schools, public places and even individuals, including the gassing of schools and homes. To date the incidents have not be investigated or explained by the authorities. Without clear police action, communities resorted to mob justice that led to killings. The Daily Mail reported on February 23, 2020 that “Forty-three people are now confirmed to have been killed across the country by instant justice mobs after being suspected to be behind the gas attacks reported in various places. A total of 23 have been seriously injured”1.

COVID-19 Zambia has been severely impacted by the effects of the Coronavirus. As of April 29, 2020, Zambia recorded 97 cases and three deaths. In response to the pandemic and following WHO global guidelines, Zambia initiated a partial shutdown from March 27, in which all schools, bars and restaurants were closed. However, businesses have remained open, specifically to allow the informal sector to continue operating. The Government declared it has no resources to cover a lockdown and avert riots or massive public resistance. With support from the UN and other cooperating partners, Zambia developed a Multi-Sectoral National Response and Emergency Plan. Businesses and the general public have been mobilized to help raise the much-needed resources to ensure a comprehensive response. There are challenges in ensuring that Zambia responds adequately to the pandemic. Chief among them is the lack of sufficient resources to procure medical and clinical equipment and materials, including testing kits and personal protective equipment (PPE) for first responders. Other challenges have included the relative passivity of civil society organizations; insufficient information on the national response plan; and rising level of state-backed violence against mostly young men in the high-density areas. With the bars closed due to COVID-19, people are resorting to violence to obtain alcohol. There is widespread fear that the Government is not doing enough to prevent the spread of the virus, and some quarters of society have challenged the Government to provide more preventative measures such as masks, handwashing facilities, incentives and sanctions for lack of adherence to public guidelines. Some CSOs have raised questions about transparency and accountability of the management of the funds and donations provided to respond to the pandemic.

Economy More than 75 percent of Zambia’s export income comes from copper. Therefore, any reduction in copper demand on the global market adversely affects Zambia’s local currency. In December 2019, copper prices had rallied above US$6,000/ton; however, the prices have since dropped by 30 percent. The decline in demand is due in part to reductions in industrial output in China, Zambia’s biggest market for the metal. China also is the leader in Zambia’s infrastructural development drive, accounting for approximately 90 percent of the large infrastructure investments in Zambia, including road construction. Consequently, the Zambian foreign exchange has suffered, as evidenced by the free fall of the Zambian Kwacha against major foreign currencies. The Kwacha is

1 Zambia Daily Mail. Available at: http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/gas-attacks-motive-found/ Accessed April 30, 2020

6 currently trading at K18.6 against the US Dollar. Amid these challenges, there are concerns on how the country will meet its domestic and international debt obligations. Without substantial safety nets to cover the informal sector, and the rising numbers of unemployed due to layoffs and contraction in the economy, the country will see erosion of the emergent middle-class and a rise in extreme poverty.

Climate impacts A major portion of Zambia’s electricity is generated using hydro energy. However, due to the effects of climate change, there have been droughts in some parts of the country and a drop in the water levels at the Kariba Dam. As a result, the country has fallen back into long hours of load shedding, which in turn has affected the operation of small- and medium-scale enterprises. To mitigate the decline in power generation, on January 1, 2020, the Government put into effect the proposed increase in electricity tariffs of approximately 200 percent for domestic consumers and 49 percent for commercial consumers to help ZESCO, the supplier, operate efficiently and viably. This resulted in increases in food prices and the cost of conducting business in the country. Regions that usually experience normal rainfall patterns have experienced flooding due to almost double the expected rainfall. This has adversely affected food production. Other districts, however, are experiencing drought. The World Food Programme (WFP) has continued to provide critical lifesaving food assistance to drought-affected populations in 16 districts. In targeted districts, WFP continued to deliver government-supplied maize meal and WFP-procured beans and peas, to some 220,160 and 315,473 people, respectively2. The Government has issued a public appeal to support flooded populations in southern and northern regions of Zambia. COVID-19 is an imminent major thread to the food-deficient population, especially those with prevailing cases of pre-existing conditions.

Extractive Industries Zambia continues to face challenges with the mining sector. Glencore is a major player in the sector and owns 73.15 percent of Mopani Copper Mines in the Copperbelt. Mopani transitioned the mine to “care and maintenance” status, citing a rapid decline in the copper price and critical disruptions to international mobility, transportation and supply chains due to the pandemic. They plan to lay off 11,000 miners until the situation improves; however, the Government is attempting to step in and prevent this measure. There is a growing concern in the wider mining sector about the adverse effects of the coronavirus. The Government has tried to introduce measure that will help soften the impact, such as the waiver of import duties, but the Chamber of Mines has ”called on government to provide mining companies a stimulus package as a means of alleviating some of the high cost of operations if mining companies were to remain viable.”3 The worker layoffs would have astronomic impacts on poverty levels in Zambia. Zambia has a high dependency on mining, not just for remittances, but also for satellite small and medium businesses, corporate sponsorships for sports, charities and schools. A slowdown in the sector is a slowdown in all areas of Zambian economy and social life, and further threatens the potential for debt recovery.

2 Reliefweb. Available at : https://reliefweb.int/report/zambia/wfp-drought-response-zambia-operational-update-31- march-2020 3 Diggers News. Available at: https://diggers.news/business/2020/04/02/govt-forecasts-stability-in-mining-sector-amidst- covid-19-pandemic/

7 Project Overview

In September 2014, USAID awarded the five-year Cooperative Agreement #AID-611-14-L-00001 under the USAID Global Civil Society LWA DFD-A-00-09-00141-00 to Counterpart International, to establish the FACT program in Zambia, with the following overarching goal: to improve the enabling governance environment of Zambia by increasing citizen demand for effective, transparent, and accountable service delivery.

FACT GOAL Improve the enabling governance environment of Zambia by increasing citizen demand for effective, transparent and accountable service delivery

OBJECTIVE 1 OBJECTIVE 2 Strengthen capacity of local CSOs to enhance delivery Improved engagement between citizens and government and oversight of public service delivery in the education, service providers in the education, health/HIV, sustainable health/HIV, sustainable rural livelihoods and rural livelihoods and environment sectors to improve service environment sectors delivery.

RESULT 1.1 RESULT 2.1. Improved engagement between citizen and government service Increased strategic capacity of civil soiety providers in the education, health/HIV, sustainable rural organisations to foster citizen engagement livelihoods and environment sectors to improve service delivery

RESULT 1.2. RESULT 2.2 Sustainable strategic alliances and issue based Increased grassroots civil society participation in the education, partnerships development among CSOs health/HIV, sustainable rural livelihoods and environment Sectors

Figure 1: FACT's Results Framework

On August 30, 2017, USAID modified the agreement to incorporate EITI-related work into the FACT program. The modification increased the total estimated funds by $500,000, to $6,400,000, and extended the period of performance by six months, from September 27, 2019 to March 31, 2020. The FACT program still focused on the delivery of services in the education, health, HIV/AIDS, sustainable livelihood and environment sectors, but also strengthened the capacity of civil society to engage more effectively in the Zambia EITI (ZEITI) and improve citizen engagement with the process. To fulfill the EITI component, FACT added additional partners to propose and implement effective approaches toward building greater citizen awareness on the EITI in Zambia. A key component of that work was to expand the channels of communicating simplified EITI information and make it accessible for civil society and other stakeholders to utilize the information and data reported and link the revenues from extractives to socio-economic benefits, coalition building and networking in the environment governance sub-sector.

The EITI objectives are to: • Increase the capacity of CSOs to use ZEITI for improved fiscal transparency and service delivery at the national and community level; • Expand citizen awareness of ZEITI, the mineral value chain, and revenue sharing for district- level services via more extensive outreach and accessible messaging; and • Deepen Government of the Republic of Zambia’s (GRZ) engagement with civil society around ZEITI monitoring and implementation.

8 Theory of Change As demonstrated in Figure 2 below, FACT’s Theory of Change posits that citizen demand for accountable and transparent public service delivery will increase if the ability and capacity of citizens, CSOs, and the other non-state actors to hold the state accountable for enhanced service delivery is strengthened. As the demand grows from citizens and civil society, the Theory of Change envisages that the GRZ will respond positively to improve the delivery of services.

Figure 2. FACT Program Approach

FACT increases Linkages and Strengthened public Improves Advancements in organisation, Engagement Constituency oversight, and Upgraded between citizens development, lobbying causes the government and CSOs with citizen engagement GRZ to improve service delivery service providers and communication delivery of leads to and government channels to government improvements in government that administered development increases public services in indicators for pressure for education, health, education,health, transparent and environment, environment and FACT improves extractive industries capacity of CSOs accountable service rural livelihoods delivery transparency and to organise rural livelihoods constituencies and advocate for improved service delivery

FACT contributes to the progressive transformation of citizen engagement and service delivery improvements. That contribution is only one part of a much wider range of factors that lead to upgraded government service delivery and improvement in development indicators.

Geographic Coverage Figure 3 indicates the districts served by FACT programming, including Lusaka, Central, Eastern and Northwestern provinces. Further details regarding the wards and facilities where the FACT project implemented activities can be found in Annex A. FACT supported citizen participation and engagement at 14 health facilities, 29 schools, and farmer cooperatives in 34 chiefdoms, Community-based Natural Resource Management Boards (CBNRMBs) in 9 communities and 8 Community Action Groups (CAGs) in 8 mining community wards.

In FY20, FACT’s presence was limited to only remain with EITA (maintaining the same number of communities as before) and COMACO (with a presence in 30 chiefdoms in 5 districts).

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Figure 3: FACT partners and program implementation districts

Province District

Northwestern Kalumbila Sectors • Extractive Industries – Kasempa Eastern Nyimba Yellow • Health – Red Chipata • Environment/Conservation - Mambwe Green Petauke

Program and Activity Implementation Progress

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OBJECTIVE 1: Strengthen capacity of local CSOs to enhance delivery and oversight of public service delivery in the education, health/HIV, sustainable rural livelihood, extractive industries, transparency, and environmental sectors

Result 1.1: Increased strategic capacity of civil society organizations to foster citizen engagement

a) Capacity strengthening support The Institute of Organizational Development Facilitators (IODF) completed their Organizational Development (OD) support to Rise Community Aid Program (RICAP), Zambia Interfaith Networking Group (ZINGO), EITA, and Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC). In collaboration with the partners, IODF reviewed and revised their resources mobilization manuals and processes by exploring the trends and opportunities in the current context. IODF also put together a “how-to” manual for the local partners on how to examine their position and re-strategize to ensure sustainability given the complex Zambian civil society space. A second consultant – Sydney Mwansa, an expert in capacity development - worked with RICAP and EITA to strengthen their social accountability programming and compiled a process manual for community mobilizing and citizen engagement. Partners reported that the process helped them to better organize and better understand the drivers of change in the funding environment, as well as how they can grow as organizations and address the challenges of shrinking funding.

b) Close-out of EITA and CSPR EITA EITA implemented the Enhancing Transparency through Accountability in the Extractive project in Kalumbila. The aim was to build community capacity to understand and use the Zambia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (ZEITI) for improved public service delivery in communities affected by the extractive sector. To achieve this goal, the project worked with community leaders, the local government in Kalumbila and two mining companies, Barrick Lumwana and Kalumbila Minerals. Critical to their success was the commissioning of the Status Report on the mining activities in Kalumbila and examining the extent to which the mining companies and the local authorities were utilizing the ZEITI to ensure transparent and accountable use of the revenues earned from the mining activities, and the extent “From this engagement I see the need to work together with of investment in mine host communities, to various stakeholders in achieving our goal of community contribute to improving the lives of community development. If the community begins to demand bigger projects that will benefit them, the mines will be able to members. To support community engagement, develop the district that speaks to needs of the community.” EITA trained and selected Community Action Groups (CAGs) in four wards, and appointed Winnie Kakunta-Barrick gold mine senior community relations champions to spearhead the engagement of the key stakeholders. EITA worked at community level, raising awareness on the ZEITI and supporting the ZEITI secretariat to “I thank EITA who has done a lot in the community to sensitize people disseminate widely the national status on their rights and has made us realize that as citizens we need to report that outlines how much mining ensure that those resources generated by council are put to good use and council should be accountable for resources that come either companies are paying, and how the from the mine or their own way of generating income in the district central and local government utilize those for various interest groups especially the elderly, women and funds. EITA also strengthened their disabled. “ influence by being elected to the multi- Mr. Siatwinda, Kalumbila District Administrative Officer Sector Group, the governing body that

represents government, civil society and the private sector to ensure that the EITI mechanism is implemented in Zambia. One of the key highlights of EITA’s project was remittance by Council of the property revenues to Kalumbila that is paid by Barrick Lumwana. This was

11 accomplished in collaboration with partner CSPR and triggered the Ministry of Local Government to examine the Rating Act N0. 21 of 2018, to determine how Kalumbila and Kasempa districts can be enabled to collect local revenues and support improved service delivery. Another key project accomplishment was the creation of a space for local council, community leaders and mining companies to design and agree a citizen’s charter to promote greater commitment to working together to develop the Kalumbila district and ensure that host communities benefit from mining investments. The project also brokered a relationship with First Quantum Mining (FQM) to support their community engagement efforts and strengthen corporate social responsibility programs that are rooted in the needs of the community and the district.

CSPR CSPR implemented the Strengthening community voices in extractive industries governance project in Kasempa district. Kasempa had few civil society activities aimed at building community capacity and awareness to engage with the ZEITI. Because of this low engagement and awareness, the project encountered several challenges, including a high degree of political polarization. To address that challenge, CSPR, with support from FACT, organized a conflict resolution and sensitization on the scope of the project aimed to avoid political backlash. This helped tremendously. A peer learning event with Solwezi Municipal helped to reduce the animosity and raised the credibility of the project. As a result, CSPR made important steps toward creating community engagement Figure 1: Kasempa and Solwezi Councilors after the Peer opportunities with the local authorities and Exchange visit Jifumpa, a mining company in the region. Key achievements included bringing the Ministry of Local Government to Kasempa to examine their rating roll and identify clear steps for making sure that Kasempa establishes the valuation roll and collects revenues from property rate, which will result in larger investment in the community. While the key officials from Jifumpa mine did not participate in these dialogues, the company did send a lower-level representative. This proves that concerted engagement and influencing can yield results in relationships with the private sector and shows the value of private sector engagement with the communities and local authorities. EITA also enhanced civic leaders’ commitment to rise above party politics and work together, prioritizing key development challenges and exploring ways of ensuring that they are serving the interests of their constituencies. The project also engaged traditional leaders, whose buy-in is critical to dialogue and progress. EITA facilitated a meeting where a widely respected chief, Senior Chief Mumena, shared his experiences and success in bringing together key stakeholders.

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Result 1.2: Sustainable strategic alliances and issue-based partnership development among CSOs

FACT Zambia continued to support partners to engage more effectively in building partnerships and alliances to amplify the impact of advocacy efforts. FACT supported CSPR and EITA in their engagement with the Kasempa and Kalumbila District councils and the Ministry of Local Government to continue the process of obtaining rating status on the two districts.

EITI Joint Advocacy

In February 2020, CSPR, with support from the Ministry of Local Government Department of Local Government, organized a meeting with the Kasempa District Authorities to examine the rating status of Kasempa district council and the Rating Act no. 21 of 2018. Key stakeholders included Kasempa district council officials, ward Councilors, the Community Action Groups (CAGs), the Ministry of Local Government Deputy Director of Revenue, FQM mine representative, Chief Kasempa, and CSPR. The FACT Zambia Governance Officer helped to facilitate the meeting, which was a follow-up from the December 18, 2019 joint advocacy meeting with EITA. Figure 2: Kasempa District Chairperson In the December 2019 meeting resolution, stakeholders noted that the Kasempa and Kalumbila districts faced different issues in obtaining rating status. The main issue in Kasempa was related to the re-assessment to determine the valuation roll. The Ministry of Local Government provided guidance with respect to the Rating Act N0. 21 revised 2018. Mr. Mwiinga, a representative from the Ministry of Local Government, made a presentation that highlighted key historic and contextual issues that necessitated the change in the current provisions of the Act. These changes included expansion to the definition of ratable property and also outlined the fundamental principles on which rating is premised, such as equity, benefit, ability to pay, efficiency of non-moveable structures (developed land, equipment and buildings). He stated that while property rates present the highest potential for revenue collection in most districts, the challenge is the link between revenues earned and investment in public services delivery. Figure 3 Kasempa Planning Officer Making “While property rates are a source of revenue to local submission authority, the Act does not tie the payment of these rates directly to the provision of services. However, since the local authorities are mandated to provide services to the local communities, it therefore goes without saying that due consideration must be given to the provision of the required services,” he said. He went on to state that “Central government may provide policy guidelines in terms of a percentage of property rates collected, to be set aside specifically for provision of services, but ultimately, local authorities must endeavour as much as possible to improve on the amount set aside for services, in order to gain the trust and confidence of the ratepayers, to reduce on resistance to pay rates.”

Key challenges outlined for Kasempa included the expenses involved in the process. This was the case even though central government has been helping Kasempa to alleviate some of those costs,

13 such as establishing the Valuation Roll and the appointment of the Valuation Surveyor.

OBJECTIVE 2: Improved engagement between citizens and government service providers in the education, health/HIV, sustainable rural livelihoods, extractive industry transparency and environment sectors to improve service delivery

Result 2.1: Strengthened citizen oversight in the delivery of education, health/HIV, sustainable rural livelihoods, extractive industries transparency and environment activities

During this reporting period, EITA continued working with the Kalumbila district council and the mining companies to strengthen partnerships with the communities to support a more cohesive and coordinated service delivery. The launch and integration of the Citizen’s Charter into the local council planning process was critical, along with ensuring that the issues contained in the charter were incorporated in the integrated district plan.

a) Kalumbila Citizen Charter Launch On February 21, 2020, EITA, in collaboration with FACT, facilitated the launch of the Citizen Charter on monitoring the partnership of the local authority, Kalumbila Minerals and Barrick Gold Lumwana Mine, and the host communities. This charter was part of an effort to improve service delivery in Kalumbila and therefore improve the lives of people served. The Citizen Charter is a critical tool for citizens to monitor implementation of public services provided through the local authorities and with support from the mining companies. In November, the Charter was validated by the tripartite group and the group agreed on mechanisms for implementation. During Figure 4: Kalumbila Council Officials and Representative the launch, District Council Chairperson Mr. Olix from Barrick Lumwana Kakwata emphasized the importance of the Charter and the partnership among the three key stakeholders. Mr. Kakwata stated that “the launch of the Citizens Charter is very timely as the council is in the process of developing the integrated development plan for Kalumbila District in June of 2020.” The Charter identifies education and health as the two critical areas of concern that need concerted investment in order to improve the lives of people in the communities. Kalumbila District currently has 13 secondary schools, but only three are fully functional. The district does not have colleges or tertiary education facilities. The Charter addresses Figure 5: The Council Chairperson and Community Representative the commitment to improving health signing the Charter standards, particularly in communities without a mining presence. In her remarks, the District Council Secretary said that “the key take away from the launch is the commitment we make on behalf of the district council to have the issues contained in the charter be incorporated into the Integrated District Development Plan that will be undertaken in June.” The launch culminated in the signing of the Charter by the all stakeholders, including representatives of the District Council, community leaders, and the two

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The launch and signing of the charter in Kalumbila are testimony to a strong and sustainable partnership among three key stakeholders: the local authority, the mining companies, and the mine host communities. EITA has been working to bring these three entities together to deliberate key priorities for district development and improve peoples’ lives. The 54 participants at the launch (33 females, 21 males) included the local authority representatives, district health, education and wildlife officials, the two mining companies (Kalumbila Minerals and Barrick Gold), Ward Development Committee chairpersons, faith leaders and youth and women heads of local community organizations, and a journalist from the local community radio.

Result 2.2: Increased grassroots civil society participation in the education, health/HIV, sustainable livelihood, extractive industries transparency, and environment sectors.

During this reporting period, FACT continued to support the extractive partners EITA and CSPR to strengthen opportunities for citizen engagement. One innovation was the introduction and implementation of community cinema in Kalumbila to provide information on the extractive industry to marginalized communities. Discussion clubs provided a space for women and youth to discuss key issues that affect their communities, such as access to services.

a) Accountability Campaign – a call to action

FACT and its partners agreed to and contracted five key champions for the accountability campaign public awareness. The goal was to select widely respected, renowned Zambian personalities who would promote the messages of the campaign across five thematic issues. They would appear in a short one-minute video that would be aired on national television and on social media platforms. FACT completed production of the videos this quarter, and their release is awaiting clearance from USAID. FACT also developed a 2020 calendar sharing the messages and 1,000 copies were printed and distributed by the partners. The main messages of the videos were: 1) Education- “An educated citizen builds a better Zambia. Support every child’s education.” 2) Youth participation-“Ba youth, your voice is your power. Do your part for Zambia and speak out on development” 3) Health- “A healthy woman is a healthy family. Support your partner to access maternal health.” 4) Extractive- “Improve the lives of your stakeholders. Build social infrastructure in your community” 5) Fiscal management- “What you think is a little pilferage, can deprive millions of services. A good steward looks after EVERYTHING that has been entrusted to them well.”

b) EITA IEC Materials

Learning from the CSPR example, EITA commissioned two wall murals that were mounted on a school wall and at the local clinic, where they will be widely viewed. They are in spaces that facilitate discussion on the messages conveyed. FACT estimates approximately 1,400 community members in Kalumbila will view the work.

15 Program Challenges and Lessons Learned

Challenges

• Context matters. The accountability campaign raised issues of accountable governance and increased awareness among various communities to strengthen opportunities for citizen dialogue and engagement. Unfortunately, the campaign was not completed due to sensitivity issues and strained U.S.-Zambia relations. This posed a challenge to the initial scope and reach of the campaign.

Lessons Learned

• Building community ownership builds resilience. One of the major lessons learned is the importance of building strong relationships and trust among different interest groups. Because the extractives involve so many different groups and layers of partnerships and relationships, ownership and trust become critical components of success. Building knowledge among host communities and civil organizations, the traditional leadership and the local district administration to understand the potential benefits that can come from better collaboration was critical. Creating a space for the stakeholders to deliberate and identify common solutions also helped to attain some successes and changed the nature of engagement in mine host communities.

• Collaborative partnerships: The extractive partners CSPR and EITA are both networks of local organizations working at different levels on issues to advance accountable governance. These networks of linkages and competencies are essential to effectively work across the extractive value chain. Working with Transparency International to examine corrupt practices and build community skills to question, track and monitor was also critical. Joining strategic partnerships, such as with Publish What You Pay or the Tax Network in Zambia, ensured that partners were tapping into resources and civic action that collectively were important to push host community interests at national level.

• Building champions across interest groups: FACT tried to leverage nationally respected individuals to further promote messaging. Those individuals included the local Council Chairperson of Kalumbila, Barrick Gold Sustainability Manager, the wife of Senior Chief Musele, Senior Chief Mumena, and youth leaders of the Community Action Groups. This group of influencers and deal brokers was important to effectively advocate for the agenda for citizen engagement; mobilize citizens, civic and traditional leaders; and convince the mines to recognize the importance of dialogue as a critical tool for resolving conflict and misunderstanding.

16 Agreement Management

The Fostering Accountability and Transparency program closed on March 30, 2020. During this reporting period, all staff were terminated as per local laws. The COP and Finance and Compliance manager were retained as consultants to ensure proper closeout of non-activity focused processes.

Counterpart International is in the process of drafting a FACT Final Report, which will provide a more comprehensive analysis of the sustainable impact of the program. That report will be submitted to USAID by June 30, 2020 as per the requirements of the agreement.

Financial Management The total expensed amount for FACT during FY20 Q2 (January – March) was $256,164 USD. The total expensed in grants for the period was $59,520.

Total Obligated as Total Advances as Total Expenses as Grant Start Grantee of March 2020 of March 2020 of March 2020 Date (ZMW) (ZMW) (ZMW) Rise Community Aid Program (RICAP) 11/9/2015 1,099,628.00 1,099,628.00 1,099,628.00 Treatment Advocacy and Literacy Campaign 11/9/2015 1,402,383.00 1,294,563.36 1,294,563.36 (TALC) Women for Change (WfC) 11/9/2015 1,394,860.00 1,302,249.61 1,302,249.61 Zambia Interfaith Networking Group 11/9/2015 1,603,025.67 1,603,025.67 1,603,025.67 (ZINGO) Zambia Open Community Schools (ZOCS) 11/9/2015 1,400,030.00 1,139,708.25 1,139,708.25 Common Market for Conservation 4/19/2016 1,761,034.00 1,722,251.07 1,722,251.07 (COMACO) Alliance for Sustainable development 9/25/2017 479,635.00 479,634.60 479,634.60 (ASD) Civil Society for Poverty Reduction-(CSPR) 11/7/2016 1,566,684.18 1,566,290.52 1,566,290.52 Zambia National Education Coalition 11/2/2016 1,086,591.00 1,044,290.54 1,044,290.54 (ZANEC) Extractive industry Transparency Alliance 10/09/2018 608,628.18 608,628.18 608,628.18 (EITA) Panos Institute Southern Africa 05/09/2018 260,000.00 260,000.00 260,000.00 (PANOS) TOTAL 12,662,499.03 12,120,269.80 12,120,269.80

17 Annex A: FACT Civil Society Partners Life of Project

Organization Districts Covered Sectors Community Structures Alliance for Maternal and child health 1. Sustainable National N/A (MCH) Development Civil Society for Poverty Health, Education, 2. National N/A Reduction Environment (CSPR) Community Eastern Province: Markets for Environment, conservation Farmer Producer Groups 3. Chipata, Lundazi, Conservation and agriculture and Cooperatives Mambwe. Petauke (COMACO) Neighborhood Health Committees (NHCs), Rise Health (HIV/AIDS, nutrition, Parent Teacher Community : MCH and family planning) 4. Associations (PTAs) and Aid Program Kafue Education (Government Parent Community School (RICAP) and Community Schools) Committees (PCSCs), Youth-led Organizations Treatment NHCs, Safe Motherhood Advocacy and Lusaka Province: Health Action Groups (SMAGS) 5. Literacy Shibuyunji (nutrition, HIV/AIDS, family People Living with Campaign Lusaka planning and MCH) HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) Support (TALC) Groups Environment and Natural Community Based Natural Women for Eastern Province: 6. Resource Management Resource Management Change (WFC) Petauke (Forestry) Boards (CBNRMB) Zambia National 7. Education National Education N/A Coalition (ZANEC) Regenerative Freirean Zambia Literacy through Interfaith Empowering Community Eastern Province: Health (Maternal and Child 8. Networking Techniques (REFLECT) Nyimba Health, HIV) Group Circles, (ZINGO) Lobbying and Advocacy Group Zambia Open PCSCs, Student Councils, Community Eastern Province: Education (Community 9. District Advocacy Schools Chipata Open Schools) Committee (ZOCS)

18 EITA North Western Extractives Community Action Province; Kalumbila Groups, Women 10. Champions, District Ward Committers

PANOS North Western Extractives Drama groups, Radio Province: Solwezi, Listening Clubs Kalumbila. 11. ; Kitwe, Mufulira, Chingola

19 Annex B: FY20 Indicators Performance Table & Analysis Quarterly Performance Annual Achieved to Indicators Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Implementation Status Target the End of Reporting Period (%) Objective 1. Strengthen Capacity of local CSOs to enhance delivery and oversight of public service delivery in the education, health/HIV, sustainable rural livelihoods and environment sectors. Result 1.1 Increased strategic capacity of civil society organizations to foster citizen engagement Indicator 1 (Outcome): Number of 33% The end line PODAs for targeted CSOs that show improved COMACO and CSPR will 3 1 0 organizational capacity from be completed in FY20 baseline Q2. Indicator 2 (Outcome): Number of 0 organizations that complete at least two actions from their 0 0 0 organizational development gender action plan within the timeframe of the action plan Indicator 3 (Outcome): Number of 0 public policies introduced, adopted, repealed, changed or 0 0 0 implemented consistent with citizen input Indicator 4 (Outcome): Key 0 HIV/AIDS related policies 0 0 0 monitored through Policy Tracking Tables Indicator 5 (Output): Number of 200% CSOs receiving USG assistance 5 7 3 engaged in advocacy interventions Indicator 6 (Output): Number of 0 Parent-Teacher Associations or Similar "School" governance 0 0 0 structures supported with USG assistance (Output indicator) Indicator 7 (Outcome): Percentage 0 of community schools included in 0 0 0 FACT program that are receiving increased support from the MOGE Indicator 8 (Outcome): Number of 0 people trained in sustainable natural resources management 0 0 0 and/or biodiversity conservation as a result of U.S. government assistance Indicator 9 (Outcome): Number of 0 hectares of biologically significant areas under improved natural 0 0 0 resource management as a result of U.S. government assistance

20 Indicator 10 (Outcome): Number 1 1 0 of networks strengthened 100%

Result 1.2 Sustainable strategic alliances and issue-based partnerships development among CSOs

Indicator 11 (Output): Number of key stakeholder meetings, workshops or other forums held 7 10 2 with local line ministries/local government planners/Privare sector actors/NGOs/donors. 171% Indicator 12 (Outcome): Number of U.S. government-assisted 5 6 2 consensus-building processes resulting in an agreement 160% Indicator 13 (Outcome): Number of CSOs making evidence-based 2 3 0 public recommendations 150% Indicator 14 (Outcome): Number of communities that develop and 1 1 0 monitor service improvement action plans 100% Objective 2. Improved engagement between citizens and government service providers in the education, health/HIV, sustainable rural livelihoods and environment sectors to improve service delivery Result 2.1 Strengthened citizen oversight in the delivery of education, health/HIV, sustainable rural livelihoods and environment activities in targeted areas Indicator 15 (Output): Number of school improvement plans resulting from joint sessions between District Education Officers 0 0 0 (DEOs) and School Management Committees (SMCs)/ DAC (District Advocacy committee) Indicator 16 (Output): Number of USG-supported PCSCs using Community Score Cards CSC to 0 0 0 assess the overall performance of their school 0 Indicator 17 (Output): Total number of community scorecards conducted by USG-supported community structures/School Management Structures farmer 0 0 0 group cooperatives and similar FACT community structures to foster service provision improvement 0 Indicator 18 (Outcome): Change in FACT Community Scorecard (number of facilities 0 0 0 demonstrating improved aggregate score) 0

21 Indicator 19 (Output): Number of public forums resulting from USG assistance in which government 5 7 2 representatives and members of the public interact on service delivery issues 180% Indicator 20 (Output): Number of broadcasts through new and traditional media in the course of 62 16 55 CSO-led public outreach campaigns 115% Indicator 21 (Outcome): Number of women and youth engaged as 20 88 33 leaders in civic activities related to service delivery 605% Indicator 22 (Output): Number of individuals 327 585 114 strengthened/trained/participating in FACT Forums 214% Result 2.2 Increased grassroots civil society participation in the education, health/HIV, sustainable livelihoods and environment sectors Indicator 23 (Output): Number of individuals receiving civic 5,000 4,103 0 education through USG-assisted programs (EITI_DRG 3.2-5) 82% Indicator 24 (Output): Number of USG-supported activities designed to promote or strengthen the civic 4 4 0 participation of women (EITI_DR 4.1) 100%

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