Fostering Accountability and Transparency (FACT) in Zambia Quarterly Report January 1 to March 30, 2019 Youth Symposium Participants Outside FQM Trident Foundation Limited Offices after receiving training from one of FACT partners Submission Date: April 30, 2019 Submitted by: Chilufya Kasutu Agreement Number: Chief of Party AID-611-14-L-00001 Counterpart International, Zambia Email: [email protected] Submitted to: Edward DeMarco, USAID Zambia AOR This document was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development, Zambia (USAID/Zambia). It was prepared by Counterpart International. ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AOR Agreement Officer’s Representative ART Anti-Retroviral Treatment CCAs Community Conservation Areas CCPs Community Conservation Plans CFGs Community Forest Groups CEFTA Citizens Engagement in Fostering Transparency and Accountability COMACO Community Markets for Conservation CRB Community Resource Boards CSPR Civil Society for Poverty Reduction CSO Civil Society Organization DAC District Advocacy Committee DAMI District Alternative Mining Indaba DDCC District Development Coordinating Committee DEBS District Education Board Secretary DHO District Health Office DIM District Integrated Meetings EITI Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative ESSP Education and Skills Sector Plan FACT Fostering Accountability and Transparency FZS Frankfurt Zoological Society GPE Global Partnership for Education GRZ Government of the Republic of Zambia HCC Health Centre Committee HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus LAG Lobbying and Advocacy Group MoGE Ministry of General Education MNCH Maternal Neonatal and Child Health NHC Neighborhood Health Committee OD Organizational Development PAMI Provincial Alternative Mining Indaba PCSC Parent Community School Committee PEPFAR President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief PHO Provincial Health Office PODA Participatory Organizational Development Assessment PTA Parent Teacher Association REFLECT Regenerative Freirian Literacy through Empowering Community Techniques RFA Request for Applications RICAP Rise Community Aid Program RMNCH+N Reproductive Maternal Child Health plus Nutrition 7NDP Seventh National Development Plan SI Statutory Instrument SMAG Safe Motherhood Action Group TALC Treatment Advocacy and Literacy Campaign USAID United States Agency for International Development 2 | P a g e WDC Ward Development Committees WFC Women for Change ZAMI Zambia Alternative Mining Indaba ZANEC Zambian National Education Coalition ZINGO Zambia Interfaith Networking Group ZOCS Zambia Open Community School 3 | P a g e TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS................................................................................................... 2 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Program Description/Introduction .......................................................................................................... 6 1.2 Context Analysis ............................................................................................................................................... 7 II. PROGRAM AND ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS .................................................. 9 2.1 Implementation Status .................................................................................................................................. 9 III. PROGRAM PRIORITIES FOR NEXT QUARTER ...................................................................... 26 IV. INTEGRATION OF CROSSCUTTING ISSUES .......................................................................... 27 4.1. USAID Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Policy .............................................. 27 V. COLLABORATING, LEARNING AND ADAPTING ....................................................................... 27 5.1 Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing with other USAID Activities .................................. 27 5.2 Collaboration and Coordination with other Key Stakeholders .............................................. 28 5.3 Program Challenges and Lesson Learned .......................................................................................... 28 V. AGREEMENT MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................. 29 6.1 Administrative Update ................................................................................................................................ 29 6.2 Financial Management ................................................................................................................................. 29 Annex A: FACT CSO Partners .................................................................................................. 31 Annex B: Success Story .............................................................................................................. 33 Attachment C: FY19 Indicators Performance Table 4 | P a g e I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In FY19 Q2, FACT supported partner organizations to increase their capacity and advocacy efforts to enhance positive change in their communities. A notable accomplishment in strengthening partner capacity to foster greater citizen engagement was the co-sponsorship with First Quantum Minerals (FQM) Trident Foundation. The Trident Foundation is the Corporate Social Responsibility Unit at Kalumbila mine. The Extractive Industries and Transparency Alliance (EITA) and the Trident Foundation conceived the idea to broaden women and youth participation in local content contracts through a symposium whose aim was to assess entrepreneurial and business skills, examine the nature and scope of the business ideas and initiatives that abound in Kalumbila, and explore partnerships and opportunities to strengthen and build stronger enterprises that can compete in the market. To strengthen government engagement, partners worked with key government departments to host radio discussion programs to increase public messaging and build civic awareness about public services in health, education and environment. The government willingly participated in writing script for the radio shows and also served as discussants on the TALC moderated programs. They were able to provide relevant and timely information about health services that included ART management, Maternal and neonatal health, sexual and reproductive health. In conservation farming, COMACO focused on the protection and conservation of natural resources and on the role different entities such as government departments in natural resources, traditional leadership, and farmers have in conservation. The radio programs presented opportunity for the wider listenership to gain information on government provided services and helped to clarify concerns and responsibilities of both service users and providers. This close collaboration between government and CSO provided an opportunity for government responsiveness as they directly interacted with those community members who call in. There were notable successes resulting from capacity training of farmer groups, traditional leaders, and the broader community members. Key achievements from these efforts include community policing efforts, re-forestation, better farming practices, and less chemical depended farming. As a result, there is better collaboration between the departments of National Parks and Wildlife and Forestry thereby improving their working relationships with communities in protecting natural resources. FACT Submitted to USAID/Zambia by Counterpart International the Sustainability Plan on February 19, 2019. At the core of the sustainability plan are six strategies; 1. Empower and Enhance CSOs. 2. Maximize Local Ownership. 3. Transparency. 4. Promote Trust and Constructive Engagement through Social Partnerships. 5. Promote Inclusive Development. 6. Enhance Financial Sustainability FACT commenced the close out process for the Zambia Open Community Schools (ZOCS) and PANOS Institute’s grants in Q2. 5 | P a g e 1.1 Program Description/Introduction In September 2014, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded the Associate Cooperative Agreement No. AID-611-14-L-00001, under the Leader with Associates Cooperative Agreement No. DFD-A-00-09-00141-00, to Counterpart International (Counterpart) to implement the Fostering Accountability and Transparency (FACT) in Zambia program. FACT is a 5½-year, $6.4 million program that began on September 30, 2014 and will end on March 31, 2020. The goal of FACT is to improve the enabling governance environment of Zambia by increasing citizen demand for effective, transparent, and accountable service delivery. FACT focuses on engaging a range of sector-specific Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to strengthen and increase meaningful engagement among Zambian civil society, citizens and the state. FACT aims to achieve this goal through the following two (2) objectives: 1) Strengthening capacity of local Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to enhance delivery and oversight of public service delivery in the education, health/HIV, sustainable rural livelihoods, extractive industries and environment sectors; and 2) Improving engagement between citizens and government service providers in the education, health/HIV, sustainable rural livelihoods, extractive industries and environment sectors to improve service delivery. FACT is implemented in three of Zambia’s ten provinces namely Lusaka, North-Western and Eastern Provinces.