Liberia Accountability and Voice Initiative (Lavi) Quarter 3 Report: April 1 – June 30, 2017 Year 2
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LIBERIA ACCOUNTABILITY AND VOICE INITIATIVE (LAVI) QUARTER 3 REPORT: APRIL 1 – JUNE 30, 2017 YEAR 2 Contract Number: AID-669-C-16-00003 July 31, 2017 This report is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID.) The contents of this report are the sole responsibility of DAI and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. Liberia Accountability and Voice Initiative (LAVI) Quarter 3 Report: April 1 – June 30, 2017 Year 2 Contract Number: AID-669-C-16-00003 July 31, 2017 The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. CONTENTS ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................................. 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................... 1 DETAILED ACTIVITIES & RESULTS .................................................................................................... 3 Program Management ............................................................................................................................................................................ 3 1.0 Administrative and Operations Management .................................................................................................................... 3 2.0 Technical Program Support.................................................................................................................................................... 4 TECHNICAL PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ...................................................................................... 4 Objective 1: Strengthen Horizontal and Vertical Linkages Among Actors Engaged in Similar Issues .............................. 5 1.1 Civil Society Natural Resource Management and Concessions Grant Project (NRMCP) .................................... 5 1.2 Support Grantee Partners to develop collaborative and inclusive processes to implement advocacy campaigns. 10 1.3 Launch the Second Thematic Funding Window ............................................................................................................. 11 1.4 Strengthen Relationships with the Government of Liberia (GoL) ............................................................................. 12 1.5 Facilitate Process So That Non-traditional Actors Are Included in LAVI ............................................................... 13 Objective 2: Increase Organizational Capacity of Targeted CSOs to Participate in Issue-Based Reforms .................. 13 2.1 Capacity Assessments for CSO Partners ......................................................................................................................... 13 2.3 Provide Technical Assistance to Grantee Partners and Core Funding Organizations ......................................... 14 Objective 3: Promote the Development of Ongoing Capacity Development Services on the Local Market .............. 15 3.1 Expand the Capacity Development Service Provider Pool .......................................................................................... 15 3.2 Develop the Capacity Development Post ........................................................................................................................ 15 3.3 Provide Technical Assistance to Service Providers ....................................................................................................... 16 Objective 4: Ensure that Learning and Methodologies Are Shared and Applied by Other Development Actors...... 16 4.1 Operationalize the LAVI Learning Lab .............................................................................................................................. 16 4.2 Support Partner Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) ........................................................................................................... 17 4.3 Support Communities of Practice (Compracs)............................................................................................................... 17 4.4 Facilitate Partner Learning, Knowledge Management, and Research ........................................................................ 18 Project Monitoring and Evaluation ................................................................................................................................................... 18 1.0 Ongoing Data Collection and Evaluation .......................................................................................................................... 18 2.0 Host Learning Reviews and Mechanisms .......................................................................................................................... 19 ANNEXES ............................................................................................................................................... 20 ACRONYMS AC Advisory Council ACAT Advocacy Capacity Assessment Tool AGENDA Actions for Genuine Democratic Alternatives AMEP Activity Monitoring and Evaluation Plan APICCM I Advocacy Policy and Inclusive Citizens Compliance Monitoring Workshop Phase I APICCM II Advocacy Policy and Inclusive Citizens Compliance Monitoring Workshop Phase II APS Annual Program Statement CDCS Country Development Cooperation Strategy CDI Center for Development Innovation CDP Capacity Development Plan CODRA Community Development and Research Agency Comprac Community of Practice CLA Collaborating, Learning and Adapting COP Chief of Party CSDF County Social Development Funds CSO Civil Society Organization CUPPADL Citizens United to Promote Peace & Democracy in Liberia CWG Concessions Working Group DAI DAI Global, LLC. DEN-L Development Education Network-Liberia EOI Expression of Interest EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAM Finance and Administration Management FDA Forestry Development Authority FDG Focus Group Discussions FY Fiscal Year GEC Grant Evaluation Committee GOL Government of Liberia ICAT Institutional Capacity Assessment Tool ICCM Inclusive Citizens Compliance Monitoring ICT4D Information and Communications Technology for Development IGR Information Gathering Report IHRC International Human Rights Commission IREDD Institute for Research and Democratic Development KII Key Informant Interviews KM&L Knowledge Management and Learning LACC Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission LAVI Quarterly 3 Report: April 1 to June 30, 2017 (Year 2) Page: 1 LAVI USAID/Liberia Accountability and Voice Initiative LEGIT Local Empowerment for Government Inclusion and Transparency (Liberia) LEITI Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative LMC Liberian Media Center LSA Liberia Strategic Analysis Project ME&L Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning MIA Ministry of Internal Affairs NAYMOTE National Youth Movement for Transparent Elections NBC National Bureau of Concessions NCSCL National Civil Society Council of Liberia NRM Natural Resource Management P4DP Platform for Dialogue and Peace PIDS Performance Indicators Database System PMC Project Management Committee RF Results Framework RFP Request for Proposal RFQ Request for Quotes RHRAP Rural Human Rights Activists Programme SOW Statement of Work SDI Sustainable Development Institute SP Service Provider STTA Short-Term Technical Assistance TAMIS Technical Administrative Management Information System USAID United States Agency for International Development LAVI Quarterly 3 Report: April 1 to June 30, 2017 (Year 2) Page: 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY DAI Global, LLC (DAI) was awarded the five-year, $17 million Liberia Accountability and Voice Initiative (LAVI) by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on November 25, 2015. LAVI strengthens multi-stakeholder partnerships to advocate for and monitor policy and accountability reforms. It contributes to the overall goal of USAID/Liberia’s civil society and media interventions to increase the influence of citizens and media in the governance of public goods and services. The program also supports Development Objective 1 in USAID/Liberia’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) for more effective, accountable, and inclusive governance. The overall purpose of LAVI is to contribute to USAID’s development objective of “a more effective, accountable and inclusive Government.” The LAVI project has four (4) objectives/intermediate results that actively and collectively work towards achieving the above. Q3 progress on these objectives is detailed below: Objective 1 (LAVI IR 1): Objective 1: Strengthen Horizontal and Vertical Linkages among Actors Engaged in Similar Issues During Q3, the project achieved meaningful progress towards increasing engagement amongst key stakeholders (CSO, community based organizations (CBOs) Government representatives, political aspirants and lawmakers) on similar issues. During the quarter key stakeholders and concerned citizens were in attendance at 134 events (please refer to Annex 1 for full details of LAVI Partner event implementation), such as town hall meetings and workshops implemented by LAVI-supported Natural Resources Management (NRM) Coalition Partners1 - a coalition of national and county CSOs. Of the 140 events, 21 events specifically focused CSO and Government engagement (LAVI I) on the distribution of pledge cards (please refer to Annex 2 for examples of signed pledge cards) and scorecards