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

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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

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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 (please refer to Annex 3 for completed scorecards), and the acquisition of signatures from current political and lawmaker representatives and political and lawmaker aspirants (Pledgers). The Pledgers also completed the scorecard that will serve as a tracking tool for NRM Partners to follow-up efficiently and effectively with pledges as they progress through the election cycle. NRM Partners obtained 258 signed pledge cards (please refer to Annex 4 for a breakdown by county). Additionally, the NRM Coalition actively sought input from LAVI supported government partner, Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI); in the CSDF focused policy brief the NRM Coalition drafted this quarter. Further evidence of LAVI supported CSO and government engagement is the use of LEITI’s Matrix of Concession Contracts and data on CSDF expenditure (per county) by the Liberian Media Centre (LMC), NRM Coalition Partner. During the month of June, LAVI supported Government Partners2 implemented 10 complementary events focused specifically on citizen-government engagement. The Government partner events focused around community-level dialogues, environmental social impact assessments (ESIA), and ‘town hall’ meetings in concession-affected communities.

During Q3 NRM Partners, with LAVI support, mobilized 345 distinct organizations (Ind. 1.3) to attend 93 multi- party meetings (Ind. 1.2). Year to date LAVI indicator data has supported the implementation of 162 multi-party meetings that have been attended by 682 distinct organizations. In respect to Ind. F 2.3.1-7, 47 meetings were conducted during Q3, producing a year to date total of 63 meetings. Q3 Objective 1 particulars and achievements are detailed in the body of the report, starting on page 5, which also define how LAVI NRM Partner activities link to the NRM Coalition goal and objectives.

Finally, LAVI-supported NRM Partners utilized various forms of media - talk show radio, newspaper and online newspapers - to extend their reach and increase public awareness and education on the NRM Coalition, the CSDF, the role of CSOs, and advocacy (notably the right of the individual to peacefully advocate for government and

1 The NRM Coalition consists of three (3) National Partners - Development Education Network- Liberia (DEN-L), Liberia Media Center (LMC), and Platform for Peace and Development (P4DP), and five (5) County Partners (each Country Partner covering three (3) Counties - Citizen United to Promote Peace and Democracy in Liberia (CUPPADL), Institute for Research and Democratic Development (IREDD), National Youth Movement for Transparent Elections (NAYMOTE), Rural Human Rights Activists Programme (RHRAP), and Sustainable Development Institute (SDI). 2 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Forestry Development Authority (FDA), Liberia Extractive Industries & Transparency Initiative (LEITI), and National Bureau of Concessions (NBC).

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policy reform). Details of these activities are reported below, starting on page 7. Please see Annex 5 for LAVI NRM Partner CSDF newspaper articles and Annex 6 and 7 for two LAVI Project Success Stories from this reporting period.

Objective 2 (LAVI IR 2): Organizational capacity of targeted CSOs to participate in issue-based reforms increased LAVI continued to work with the eight (8) targeted CSOs in the NRM Coalition this quarter to support the development of their organizational capacity. Capacity Development Plans developed for each CSO in Q1 were integrated into organizational capacity development grants and issued this quarter in April and May, 2017. The remainder of the quarter was spent in recruitment efforts to identify the SPs who will provide the technical assistance under these grants in Q4. LAVI additionally issued three RFPs in Q3 to recruit strategic core-funding partners who will support project programming in the areas of learning, advocacy, and research and policy reform. The Strategic Learning grant was issued to ALab on May 31, 2017. Shortlisted candidates were identified for the remaining two core funding grants, which will be finalized in Q4. Notably, this quarter saw the first SP led training, by Pace Management, in support of NRM Coalition CSOs. Pace Management instructed on how to mainstream gender and social inclusion in CSO advocacy activities. The training took place at DEN-L’s training center in Gbarnga, Bong County and supported thirty-five (35) participants including Project Managers, Field Coordinators and M&E Officers representing all eight CSO Coalition members.

Objective 3 (LAVI IR 3): Promote the Development of Ongoing Capacity Development Services on the Local Market LAVI continued to develop the Service Provider Pool this quarter. LAVI launched its third Expression of Interest (EOI) to add more qualified, local service providers to LAVI’s Service Provider (SPs) Pool. This EOI called for applicants with skills in line with the capacity development needs of the LAVI-supported CSOs and as a result of the EOI, LAVI has added an additional two (2) SPs - Bil-lander Limited Inc.3 and the Khana Group4. This brings the total number of local SPs to 19 this quarter (Ind. 3.3). To ensure that SPs provide quality training and support LAVI introduced a Code of Conduct for each SP to sign that clarifies the purpose of the Service Provider Pool, membership and responsibilities, and a commitment to professional standards and practices. Additionally, LAVI provided expert international and local technical assistance to SPs in various technical and operational areas to improve delivery of their services to CSOs, including training and mentorship in ICT4D, leadership and strategic planning, and marketing and business plan development.

Objective 4: Ensure that Learning and Methodologies Are Shared and Applied by Other Development Actors The project’s vision for facilitating a Learning Network was incorporated into the ALab’s Strategic Learning Partner grant, which was signed on June 6 of Q3. The LAVI, ALab, and iLab teams held a series of meetings at the end of June to begin planning the Learning Mapping Exercise, an overview of learning activities and actors in Liberia that will inform the development of the Learning Network. Through a series of interview with INGOS, donors, CBOs, and CSOs, LAVI’s Strategic Learning Partner aims to understand the organizational and programmatic learning landscape in Liberia and identify partners and resources available to support learning around advocacy in Liberia. During the planning meetings, LAVI and its Strategic Learning Partner developed draft interview questions, a contact list for interviewees, a research timeline, and clear responsibilities. During early Q4, ALab and iLab teams, with support from LAVI ME&L team, will conduct these learning interviews and synthesize the findings into a final report for distribution. The contacts generated from this exercise will help ALab and iLab develop a Learning Network of Liberian organizations and individuals committed to programmatic learning to improve advocacy and

3 Bil-Lander Limited Inc. is an ICT and Project Management Consultancy Firm that aims to develop business operations through a combination of industrial expertise and the next-generation fusion with services in information communication technology, project management, M&E, research and HR management. 4 The Khana Group (TKG) is a social impact advisory firm with a mission to develop sustainable solutions that will positively impact and transform lives. TKG’s core capabilities are research and policy analysis, monitoring and evaluation, capacity development, technology and innovation.

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development outcomes. In respect to Ind. 4.2, 14 distinct individuals made use of the LAVI Learning Lab, bringing the year to date figure to 70. At the end of Q3 ALab and iLab had conducted eight (8) LAVI specific trainings.

Other highlights during the quarter include that LAVI-supported, NRM county-level Coalition Partners worked on identifying dormant District Development Councils (DDCs) and Community Monitoring Groups (CMGs) and reactivating them. The objective for reactivating these councils and groups is for them to assist in monitoring the CSDF at the district level and enabling district level CSOs, and CBOs, an opportunity to play an active role in decision making and monitoring processes. During the quarter, Citizens United to Promote Peace and Democracy in Liberia (CUPPADL) and National Youth Movement for Transparent Elections (NAYMOTE) identified a total of six of these councils and groups. The NRM Partners directly engaged with the DDCs and CMGs to provide capacity and technical support to reestablish their respective structures and emphasized to DDC and CMG members the important role they play in society by ensuring that Government institutions are monitored and held accountable.

For full details of LAVI Project Q3 indicator data and results please refer to Annex 10.

DETAILED ACTIVITIES & RESULTS

Program Management The Project has two (2) main components under the umbrella of project management, as follows: 1. Administrative and Operations Management 2. Technical Program Support

1.0 Administrative and Operations Management 1.1 Financial and Administrative Quality Control During Quarter 3 (Q3), the LAVI team continued using Oracle to manage project finances. Q3 Financial Report and Projections is found in Annex 11.

The LAVI Finance and Operations team worked in collaboration with Revenue Generation for Governance and Growth (RG3) and Local Empowerment for Government Inclusion and Transparency (LEGIT) Operations teams to streamline operations and procurement for the shared operations platform the three projects are transitioning to in the next quarter.

In April, the LAVI hired 12 local Field Activity Monitors (FAMs) under service agreements. The FAMs are the Project’s primary source of verification that LAVI Partners’ (CSO and government) events are being implemented as per the date and location in Partner calendars.5 The Finance and Administration team additionally hired a local intern in May.

1.2 Grants Quality Control On May 31 and June 1, 2017, the LAVI Grants team provided trainings for LAVI’s eight (8) CSO NRM Coalition Partners’ staff - Project Managers, Monitoring and Evaluation Officers and County Coordinators on how to understand the Fixed Amount Award (FAA) grant type, requirements, milestone responsibilities, deliverables and methods to successfully track and document required deliverables. Additionally, the team generated nine grant modifications to CSO and government partner grants to extend timelines, modify deliverables tables, or add

5 Further information on the role of the MEL FAMs is detailed under Objective 4.

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activities. LAVI additionally awarded one new grant to ALab for core funding support, and closed two completed grants to ALab and NCSCL (please refer to Annex 12 for Q3 Grant Activity).

Grantees for all agreements were properly vetted by LAVI’s Grant Evaluation Committee to ensure compliance and accountability. Payment requests were reviewed and approved by the LAVI Team prior to submission for milestone payments. Grant activities and reports were properly documented in the Technical Administrative Management Information System (TAMIS).

2.0 Technical Program Support 2.1 Technical Meetings and Reporting On April 6, 2017, LAVI held its 4th Advisory Council (AC) meeting at LAVI’s offices. The objective of the meeting was to provide an update on LAVI activities for the period of November 2016 through to April 2017. The meeting concentrated on the findings from LAVI’s nationwide GeoPoll Survey CSDF (please refer to Annex 13) and the NCSCL regional consultations (covering all counties) submitted in Q2. Both the NCSCL consultations and GeoPoll survey focused on identifying the key priorities of Liberian citizens, in the context of the upcoming presidential elections. The findings showed that the three (3) main areas of concern for Liberians are 1) security, 2) education, and 3) budget transparency. Accordingly, the AC members reviewed the findings and confirmed education as the second thematic window for the LAVI Project. USAID will provide final approval of the thematic funding window topic.

On April 11, 2107, LAVI initiated and hosted the CSDF Donor Coordination meeting. The meeting was attended by representatives from USAID, the European Union (EU), Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Oxfam, and DAI’s Local Empowerment for Government Inclusion and Transparency (LEGIT) project. It is part of LAVI’s initiative to coordinate different efforts around policy reform on CSDF and leverage cooperation among Donor stakeholders. The outcome of the meeting was that participants made a general agreement to work together towards research on CSDF, policy formation, and a unified approach to the Government of Liberia (GOL) and community involvement.

The LAVI Project held its internal Quarterly Performance Review (QPR) session on April 28, 2017. The QPR reviewed Q2 performance and identified key lessons learned, best practices to support overall improved project performance, and activity prioritization for Q3. The Q3 QPR has been tentatively scheduled for July 21, 2017.

The LAVI MEL team continued to monitor the political and security environment in Liberia through two main sources - Liberia media and FAM political and security field reports. In addition to the LAVI Weekly Report to USAID, the MEL team also provides daily news briefs to LAVI project stakeholders.

TECHNICAL PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

During Q3, with the support of LAVI, a total of 144 events were implemented by government6 (10 events) and National Resources Management (NRM) Coalition Partners (134 events) (LAVI Partners). Event topics, collectively linked to LAVI’s overarching objective - strengthen multi-stakeholder partnerships and advocate for and monitor accountability reforms. Please revert to Annex 1 for a detailed calendar of activities/events implemented by LAVI Partners during Q3. Technical project implementation follows LAVI’s four objectives as reported on in the following sections.

6 LAVI Government Partners: Environment Protection Agency (EPA), Forestry Development Authority (FDA), Liberian Extractive Industries and Transparency Initiative (LEITI), and National Bureau of Concessions (NBC)

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Objective 1: Strengthen Horizontal and Vertical Linkages Among Actors Engaged in Similar Issues 1.1 Civil Society Natural Resource Management and Concessions Grant Project (NRMCP) As reported in Q2, the nationwide, LAVI-supported Information Gathering Report (IGR) highlighted that citizens feel they are universally excluded from decision-making with respect to identifying development priorities, determining how the CSDF should be used, and participating in the monitoring of CSDF-funded, project implementation. Women reported that they face greater exclusion than men and are not invited to, nor able to take part in, the county meetings in many districts. Citizens are invited to the council meetings, but it is merely symbolic as they have no decision-making authority.

From the results of the IGR and the Advocacy Policy and Inclusive Citizens Compliance Monitoring Phase I (APICCM-I) Workshop held in Q2 and implemented by NRM Partner DEN-L, the Natural Resources Management (NRM) Coalition developed a comprehensive advocacy policy, inclusive citizen compliance monitoring, media and civil society capacity strengthening framework to guide and integrate the development of the NRM Coalition’s nation-wide activities. This framework lays out the mutual goal and objectives of the NRM Coalition Partners for activity development and implementation.

NRM Coalition During Q3 the NRM Coalition held three (3) Steering Committee meetings consistent with the advocacy framework and terms of reference of the NRM Coalition. All three (3) Steering Committee meetings were organized and implemented by P4DP as per their Milestone deliverables. The April 7 meeting focused on the IGR findings launch held on April 19. The 5th NRM Steering Committee took place on April 28 and the Agenda predominantly centered around NRM Partner activity implementation (namely the challenges on how to successfully implement). LAVI, in attendance, communicated to the NRM Partners the need to remain neutral in the upcoming election, and requested that all Partners sign a conflict of interest form in an effort of protect the Project from negative branding. The third and final Steering Committee for the Q3 took place on June 6. Key issued discussed at the meeting included DEN-L training status and statement. The key outcome from the meeting was Partner agreement that there was a need for the Coalition to meet and openly discuss how the Project (in respect to the NRM Coalition) has gone thus far, challenges faced, and sharing of solutions and lessons learned.

NRM Coalition Advocacy Framework Goal: Enhance accountability and transparency in CSDF management through citizen centered sustainable management by establishing adequate and long-term mechanisms for effective and participatory CSDF governance. Objective 1: Encourage political parties and candidates in the 2017 elections to commit to establishing long term mechanisms for effective and participatory CSDF governance. Objective 2: Influence the 54th National legislature to introduce necessary reform agenda/draft legislation focused on establishing long term effective and participatory CSDF governance. Objective 3: Increase communities and citizens’ active engagement in the CSDF governance reform advocacy initiatives through election-related initiatives. Objective 4: Enhance communities and citizens’ active engagement in the CSDF governance reform advocacy initiatives through local monitoring/reporting.

To work towards the above goal and objectives, NRM Partners developed and submitted detailed activity calendars set against the Partners’ Milestones. This task was part of each Partner’s grant development process. The following information relates to Partner Milestone deliverables.

As noted in the Executive Summary, in Q3 the NRM Coalition Partners moved from an activity preparation phase into activity implementation. As such, Q3 saw the NRM Partners implement 134 events across Liberia (please

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revert to Annex 1 for Partner event details). The NRM Coalition Partners’ activities predominantly focused on NRM Coalition Framework Objectives 1, 3 and 4 directly supporting engaging Government entities in committing to reform process in respect to the CSDF, and directly engaging citizens and communities in raising awareness and increased education on the CSDF and promoting policy reform via advocacy. These three (3) objectives’ outcomes link directly to and work towards LAVI 1: quality of engagement between civil society and government, LAVI’s project Indicators 1.1 - 1.4, F2.3.1-7, and F 2.4.1-9 targets, and LAVI 3: increased capacity of CSOs to foster citizen engagement. Please refer to Annex 10 for LAVI Project Q 3 indicator data and results.

This quarter LAVI strengthened horizontal and vertical linkages among actors engaged in NRM issues through forums, support of CSO advocacy interventions, and multi-party meetings. Notable Partner achievements in Q3 (supporting LAVI’s overarching objectives) are highlighted below. Partner event highlights can be sourced in Annex 14.

Launch of NRM Coalition Information Gathering Report (IGR) A key activity for the NRM Coalition this quarter was the organization and launch of the results from the IGR on the monitoring and management of the CSDF across Liberia; this event was implemented by NRM Coalition Partner, P4DP. The event brought together both CSOs, and the executive and legislative branches of the GoL, which links directly to Objective 1 - creating linkages between diverse stakeholders around advocacy issues. Also in attendance were international institutions, as well as representation from the private sector and media. The event successfully brought public attention to the CSDF activities that will be implemented by the NRM Partners at the national level and increase public awareness among citizens and policy-makers on the CSDF overall, i.e., how it is managed, how money is received into the Fund in the various counties, increased transparency, etc. The event’s six-person panel7 included government officials, who shared their opinions and insights in respect to the CSDF. The below quotes from two (2) panelists demonstrate the difficulties and challenges facing the NRM Coalition in finding common ground and agreement between the various stakeholders.

Hon. Horace Kollie argued that one of the major problems resulting in the ineffectiveness of the CSDF is the constant wave of interference and influence of the “honorable lawmakers”. She stated that, “Lawmakers do the management of the CSDF instead of playing an oversight role. This is something that questions the accountability of the funds.” In contrast, Rep. Younquoi emphasized that “the legislature oversight of the CSDF is actually a necessary evil and over the period the legislature has done it best in the management process”. He further noted that, “The executive branch is a hindrance to the proper functioning of the fund which is why the fund was merged and placed under the supervision of the legislators.”

It has been reported that since the launch and sharing of the IGR various stakeholders, such as, GIZ, the Liberian Extractive Industries and Transparency Initiative (LEITI) and Governance Commission8, have utilized the information to contribute to the reform processes in other related sectors.

Natural Resource Management Policy Brief In Q3, NRM Coalition Partner P4DP submitted the draft policy brief to LAVI on June 2, 2017 for review and feedback. The policy brief highlighted two alternatives in respect to the CSDF, 1) separating the CSDF into two (2) separate funds - the County Development Fund (CDF) and Social Development Fund (SDF); and 2) amending Chapter 9 of the GoL budget law (please refer to Annex 15) to ensure inclusive citizen participation in the management and monitoring of the funds. In the latter part of June, the policy brief was distributed to NRM Coalition Partners, and also to LEITI for review and comment. In an effort to make the policy brief inclusive, P4DP conducted various dialogue meetings with the Governance Commission, the University of Liberia’s Department

7 Hon. Gbeme Horace Kollie - Deputy Minister Operations, Ministry of Internal Affairs; Rep. Richard Matenokay Tingban - House Chairman of Committee on Lands, Mines, Energy, Natural Resources and Environment; Sen. Nyonblee Karnga Lawrence - Chair of Senate Committee on Concessions and Investment; Rep. Larry P. Younquoi; Cllr. T. Nebalee Warner - Dean Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law; and Dr. Anthony Chan - Mission Director USAID. 8 Governance Commission is the body is responsible for formulating policies relating to good governance in all sectors.

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on Research and Policy, and various political parties9 to seek their input and buy-in. Upon approval of the policy brief, the document will be disseminated to policy makers at both the national and district level in an effort to begin advocacy for necessary changes in the management and administration of the CSDF.

APICCM-II Trainings

To continue increasing the internal capacity, knowledge management and learning of the NRM Coalition, Coalition Partner DEN-L, conducted the APICCM-II of Training of Trainers (ToT) over the period of May 29 to Juen 1 in Bong County. The workshop was attended 38 staff (9 females and 29 males - female participation rate of 28.7%) from various NRM Partners. The training focused on the review of partner achievements, and challenges and lessons learned from the application of skills acquired in the Q2 Phase I training. The training created an open forum between partners to discuss common challenges during implementation and identifying solutions together. Other topics included pledge cards and scorecards, advocacy and citizen engagement strategies, and community meeting facilitation. The training additionally bolstered and improved the partners’ understanding and knowledge of core grant deliverable documents - including progress reports, templates, activity calendars, and M&E forms.

Throughout the counties, partners held additional capacity building trainings during Q3 for key stakeholders (CBOs, CSOs CMGs, DDCs, and community leaders) on APICCM-II skills, including policy formation, networking, community engagement, using pledge cards and citizen scorecards to obtain stakeholder’s signatures, using fact sheets to engage local leaders and other authorities, and advocacy skills and techniques on how to lobby for change and reform to the CSDF. These events link directly to LAVI capacity building objectives. Illustrative examples from IREDD and RHRAP’s work are included below with similar activities conducted in Grand Bassa, Margiubi and Montserrado counties (implemented by CUPPADL); Bong, River Gee, and Maryland counties (implemented by NAYMOTE); and Grand Kru, Lofa, River Cess counties (implemented by SDI). IREDD conducted capacity-building trainings in Grand Gedeh, Nimba, and Sinoe counties. IREED reported that after the trainings, participants independently volunteered to initiate an advocacy event in their counties on the management of the CSDF - this will be followed up on Q4-Y2 RHRAP implemented six (6) capacity-building trainings (in 2 districts per county) with a total of 150 participants from Bomi, Gbarpolu, and Grand Cape Mount counties. Of note, RHRAP implemented a proactive approach in directly distributing pledge cards to incumbent lawmakers, political aspirants and other key stakeholders in an effort to obtain commitment for CSDF reforms. RHRAP also plans to use the signed pledge cards as a tracker on individuals who are successful in the upcoming election, with the intent to ensure these individuals work collaboratively with the NRM Coalition to advocate for CSDF policy reform.

Media Activities In response to the limited media involvement in monitoring the management of the CSDF, the Liberia Media Centre (LMC) has been working to strengthen media practitioners’ involvement in the monitoring and reporting on the CSDF. During this reporting period, the LMC conducted four (4) of their five county-level trainings in Zwedru, Harper, Gbarnga, Tubmanburg. Forty-one community radio journalists (6 females and 35 males), from all 15 Counties, attended all county-level trainings. The trainings had two clear objectives: 1) with journalists to introduce NRM Coalition activities and the CSDF, brainstorm central Coalition and CSDF themes and potential stories, provide a basic understanding CSDF issues, and instruct on hosting radio talk shows, and 2) increase public awareness of the NRM Coalition and the CSDF to the media through their participation in the trainings. Utilizing the media for public awareness campaigns on the CSDF and the NRM Coalition will contribute directly to increasing awareness of citizens receiving media reports (indirect beneficiaries) and to those who attend NRM Coalition events (direct beneficiaries).

9 Liberia for Prosperity Party (LFPP), Movement for Economic Empowerment (MOVEE), Movement for Progressive Change (MPC), National Patriotic Party (NPP), and United Peoples Party (UPP)

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Following these trainings, LMC led 11- trained Monrovia-based journalists in two teams on field reporting visits to all 15 counties during April and June. The journalists represented the Liberian media outlets FrontPage Africa, Hot Pepper Newspaper, Heritage Newspaper, New Democrat Newspaper, New Republic Newspaper, News Newspaper, Women Voices Newspaper, The Sentile, Fabric Radio, Prime FM and Capitol FM. The national-level journalists connected with the trained community-based journalists while in each county to support their investigative reporting. The visits aimed to publicize and increase citizen awareness of the town hall meetings being implemented by NRM Partners in each county. The visits additionally aimed to provide the journalists with opportunities to conduct investigative journalism on the management of, and governance and citizens’ participation in the CSDF. Please revert to Annex 5 for NRM Coalition CSDF media articles written and published this quarter.

The stories of CSDF mismanagement uncovered by journalists will also be incorporated into a documentary that the LMC is developing about the LAVI-supported NRM Coalition and its activities. This, in turn, will form part of the Media Framework scrutinizing the usage of the CSDF and the benefit to, or lack of, to citizen beneficiaries. It will also be used as an advocacy tool by NRM Partners to bring about transparency and change in the management processes of the CSDF (NRM Coalition Objectives 2 and 3).

Town Hall Meetings

LAVI Partners are holding town hall meetings that bring together key policy makers - CSOs, CBOs, CMGs, DDCs, and community leaders, elders and chiefs, as well as concerned members of the public. These meetings are held throughout Liberia’s 15 counties to discuss the Coalition’s IGR findings, review CSDF fact sheets, explain the Coalition’s pledge card and scorecard advocacy tools, and listen to the experiences and ideas of community members on CSDF management and monitoring in their counties. The meetings aim to maintain and strengthen stakeholder engagement and build advocacy skills. These town hall meetings work towards NRM Coalition Objectives 1, 3 and 4. This quarter, a total of 36 town hall meetings were held across all 15counties by LAVI Partners.

The pledge cards and score cards (please refer to Annex 2 and 3 for examples) are the main advocacy tools for LAVI Partners to lobby and obtain formal (though not binding) commitment from political parties’ representatives and political candidates on CSDF reform. In Q3 LAVI Partners obtained a total of 258 pledge cards from political party members and aspiring political candidates (please refer to Annex 4 for a detailed breakdown).

County CSDF factsheets and communiqués (please revert to Annex 7 and 8 for examples) are additional advocacy tools developed during town hall meetings to increase awareness of CSDF issues and as a method to reach key stakeholders such as government, concessionaires, private sector, communities, traditional leaders, unions, and associations to highlight citizen concerns around the CSDF. Factsheets are an informational tool to communicate information on the CSDF and Section 9 of the budget law. In turn, the development of CSDF communiqués, in tandem with district residents, captures citizen recommendations to address county issues with the CSDF and Section 9 of the budget law. The aim is for residents to use these two documents as tools to promote discussion on process and procedures that govern the CSDF. This quarter County factsheets and communiqués were developed in collaboration with citizens’ recommendations for improvement on the CSDF. Collectively 500 factsheets and communiqués (please revert to Annex 9 and 10 for examples) were printed and distributed to residents in Bong, Grand Gedeh, Maryland, Nimba, River Gee and Sinoe Counties.

Achievements this quarter include:

 IREDD published and distributed 300 copies of county-specific factsheets and communiqués to residents in Grand Gedeh, Nimba, and Sinoe counties.  NAYMOTE, developed three (3) county-specific factsheets based upon the outcomes from working sessions and incorporating information from the IGR. Copies of 200 factsheets and communiqués were distributed at district-level mobilization meetings in Bong, Maryland, and River Gee counties.

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 CUPPADL facilitated the development of a district communiqué on CSDF issues by town hall participants and plans to distribute all communiqués to media outlets and key stakeholders in Q4.

District Development Council (DDC) Meetings NRM Coalition Partners are holding meetings with District Development Councils (DDCs) to advocate and lobby for their re-activation. The meetings create the platform to galvanize DDC members’ contribution to the monitoring and management of the CSDF at the district level. The goal is that the DDC re-activation will support the overall NRM Coalition goal under Objective 1. During the latter part of June, CUPPADL conducted county- level meetings with members of the DDCs of Greater Monrovia in Margibi and Montserrado counties. SDI also conducted meetings with members of the DDCs in Grand Kru, Lofa, and River Cess counties10.

Community Monitoring Groups (CMG) Re-activation Community Monitoring Groups (CMGs) play an important role in Liberian civil society by ensuring that government institutions are monitored and held accountable. NRM Coalition Partners are working to identify lapsed or inactive CMGs in their counties and, with LAVI support, provide capacity and technical support to reestablish the groups and mobilize them on behalf of CSDF issues. A total of six (6) CMGs from across six (6) counties were identified and re-activated this quarter by NAYMOTE and IREDD and positioned to support NRM Coalition goals.

Specifically, NAYMOTE identified three (3) inactive CMGs in Bong County – the Rubber Factory Youth Association, the Jorquellah Youth Organization, and the Bellquellah Youth Organization. By the end of the quarter, the CMG Rubber Factory Youth Association had begun work and directly engaged with the Local Liberia Marketing Association’s Superintendent, inviting him to attend a meeting to clarify the process on the collection of concessionaire money to the CSDF.

Similarly, IREDD, working in Grand Gedeh, Nimba, and Sinoe counties, identified three (3) inactive CMGs (one in each county). As a direct result of this intervention, the CMG in Sanniquellie City (Nimba County) - the Sustainable Action for Youth Development (SAYD) – is now fully reactivated as of the end of Q3 and is fully functioning as a CMG. SAYD has already reached out directly to IREED requesting an advocacy capacity building workshop to help them better advocate on policy reform on Section 9 of the GoL budget law.

County and District Mobilization Meetings County and district mobilization meetings are held to bring together multiple stakeholders including representatives from local government, county officials, government legislators, concessionaires, CSOs, the media, DDCs, and concerned members of the public. The meetings communicate to all participants who the NRM Coalition is, Coalition objectives, and upcoming activities, as well as advance LAVI’s objective of increasing quality engagement between civil society and the GoL. Illustrative examples from NAYMOTE’s work are included below with similar activities conducted in Grand Bassa, Margiubi and Montserrado counties (implemented by CUPPADL); Grand Gedeh, Nimba, and Sinoe counties (implemented by IREED); Bomi, Gbarpolu, and Grand Cape Mount counties (implemented by RHRAP); and Grand Kru, Lofa, River Cess counties (implemented by SDI).

This quarter, NAYMOTE promoted public awareness of and encouraged participation in Bong, River Gee, and Maryland counties by appearing on three (3) radio stations (one in each county) ahead of their mobilization meetings to discuss the LAVI project, the NRM Coalition, and Coalition objectives in respect to the CSDF and raising citizen advocacy awareness. The mobilization meetings that followed were particularly successful in securing the attendance of several notable participants with influence on CSDF policy reform, including the Bong County Superintendent, the Public Relations Officer of MNG Gold Liberia, the Maryland County Development

10 Barclayville (Grand Kru County), Voinjamin (Lofa County), and Cestos City (River Cess County).

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Superintendent, city mayors, and the Regional Director of the Press Union of Liberia (PUL). Afterwards, attendees expressed their belief that the NRM Coalition will help improve the management of the CSDF through increased citizen involvement and monitoring. A key outcome from the meetings was the realization that it had been over two (2) years since citizens had been given the opportunity to meet with the respective local leaders and law makers face to face and be afforded the chance to ask questions on issues of concern. A female participant was quoted as saying:

“Expressing ourselves as citizens in the community town hall meeting on CSDF issue has been something I never dreamt about. I am very shocked. It is surprising to sit face to face and hear about a committee as there is no committee set up in the county to monitor any project except Project Management Committee (PMC).”

Prior to mobilization meetings in Grand Gedeh, Nimba, and Sinoe counties, IREDD sent a formal introduction letter to all key stakeholders to introduce LAVI, the NRM Coalition, and the Coalition’s objectives. At the meetings, key decision-makers attended, including local government representatives, concessionaires, CBOs, CSOs, as well as general members of the public. These meetings resulted in county-specific factsheets being developed and first steps taken in the creation of district communiques.

1.2 Support Grantee Partners to develop collaborative and inclusive processes to implement advocacy campaigns. The LAVI technical teams including the Network and Advocacy, the ME&L and Grants, continued to provide extensive technical assistance to the NRM Coalition throughout Q3. LAVI received proposals for adjustments to the milestone performance periods from all 8 CSOs partners during the quarter for redress. Following the review of the milestone tables, LAVI approved and signed the adjusted tables which were then countersigned by all the partners. The adjustments covered amended milestone activity performance periods and report due dates for the remaining activities. Parallel to the review, the Network Building and Coalition team also provided support to the Partners to develop their activities’ calendars that indicate the modified dates and location of upcoming activities.

LAVI grants and technical teams organized coaching for all the CSOs partners from April 3 to 7 to increase their understanding of the reporting template to work to reduce delays in report submissions. On April 3, the LAVI grants and technical teams provided one-on-one coaching for NAYMOTE Executive Director and M&E officer and on April 5 to 6 the same training was held for CUPPADL, IREDD, LMC, RHRAP, and SDI.

On April 25, LAVI hosted a technical grant milestone and activities calendar review meeting with the eight coalition members. The purpose of the meeting was to review the milestone table and update the activities calendar as possible. The Coalition’s Project Managers and Executive Directors brainstormed and identified feasible dates for national and county-level activities. The final activities calendar with feasible dates for all Partners was shared to help better coordinate field activities for timely reporting. LAVI Grants and Technical teams continued to do individual follow-up with grantee partners to provide technical support in the adjustment of their milestone dates and the development of their activities calendars. The grantee meeting additionally enabled LAVI to share with the Partners the conflict of interest forms, for their signature, to promote neutrality and to help guide Partners during this election period.

On June 26 the NRM Coalition, with technical support from LAVI, conducted a one-day activities implementation reflection meeting at iCampus in Monrovia. The objective of the meeting was to review the NRM Coalition activities, strengthen programmatic approaches, and define direction for the CSDF policy reform. The meeting created the platform for all eight (8) partners’ organizations to converge and reflect on progress and challenges of the Coalition work since its inception. The meeting brought together the Executive Directors, Program Managers and M&E Officers and also LAVI’s Technical team and USAID COR. The meeting highlighted successes achieved by the Coalition thus far, and identified implementation challenges and possible solutions. It also helped to rekindle the momentum of the Coalition and to reinforce the strategies to move advocacy on the CSDF at both the county

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and national levels forward. At the end of the meeting, the Coalition members resolved that P4DP share the draft policy brief with partners for input and comments to inform the final policy brief.

1.3 Launch the Second Thematic Funding Window As reported in Q2, LAVI used a GeoPoll survey and regional consultation facilitated by the National Civil Society Council of Liberia to assess citizens’ perceptions about priority advocacy issues for the selection of the second LAVI Thematic Window. The result was education emerged as one of the three priority areas for LAVI support, along with security, and budget and transparency. When discussing the importance of education to development, a dialogue participant from Maryland County emphasized that, “an uneducated society is a blind society that will never appreciate development gains and can be swayed away easily”. Others in the county linked better education to discouraging bribery and contributing to national progress. A guest speaker at the Grand Bassa County dialogue summarized these perspectives that growth for any nation lies in the value of a responsible and educated youth, committed and dedicated to service.

Pursuant to findings from the GeoPoll Survey II, regional dialogues, consultations with LAVI Advisory Council and USAID, LAVI selected Education as the second thematic window and commissioned a political economy analysis (PEA) of Liberia’s Education Sector. Led by LAVI consultant Paul J. Kaiser, the PEA was conducted from May 29 to June 7, 2017. Mr. Kaiser and LAVI’s COP held a number of semi-structured interviews with multiple stakeholders to identify key issues related to the Education thematic window. They also worked on creating consensus on entry points for intervention for LAVI, focusing on challenges that will afford the Project the greatest opportunities for positive impact and policy reform. Mr. Kaiser met and consulted with key stakeholders - GoL Ministries and education facilities, civil society organizations, the United States Government departments, private sector, and development partners. Mr. Kaiser also undertook several site visits to both public and private schools, and Kakata Rural Teachers Training Institute. Mr. Kaiser will present key findings on where LAVI may yield the greatest impact and the potential entry points for LAVI. Initial findings from the survey undertaken in May 29 to June 7 is as follows:

1. Improve teacher quality and learning relevance by:  Increasing teacher salaries and benefits;  Providing additional pre-service and in-service training for teachers and principals; and  Reforming the curriculum at all levels to ensure for improved learning in the classroom. 2. Strengthen sector governance and stakeholder coordination by:  Improving and regularizing substantive communications between stakeholders to strengthen sector-wide coordination among government and non-government stakeholders; and  Developing a sector governance strategy, based on existing planning documents, established norms, and stakeholder consensus, that facilitates transparency in the identification, formulation, implementation and sustainability of education policies. 3. Enhance accountability in policy identification, formulation, implementation and sustainability by:  Systematically evaluating the policy framework to determine implementation status of current laws and relevance to current strategic priorities; and  Developing detailed implementation road-map, based on existing strategic plans and policy framework, with a well- designed monitoring and evaluation framework that has achievable milestones. 4. Mobilize additional resources based on sector priorities by:  Developing evidence-based strategies to advocate for additional resources based on sector priorities, specifically focusing on the annual budget appropriations process.

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1.4 Strengthen Relationships with the Government of Liberia (GoL) LAVI continues to partner with key government regulatory agencies in order to strengthen citizens and civil society relationships with the GOL. Grant agreements with the National Bureau of Concessions (NBC), Forestry Development Authority (FDA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Liberia Extractive Industries & Transparency Initiative (LEITI) are in full implementation with modifications to NBC, LEITI and EPA to carry out citizen engagement activities within their mandates.

On April 24 to 28, the FDA conducted county-level social dialogues on land rental fees in Grand Cape Mount, Grand Bassa, Rivercess and Sinoe counties on the impact and issues around land rental fees as provided for in Forest Management Contracts (FMC) and Timber Sales Contracts (TSC). The county level dialogues are multi- stakeholder events that brought together communities benefiting from land rental fees, local leaders, representatives of concessionaires, CSOs and the media to review progress and impact of the process. These meetings provided a forum for participants to openly engage and discuss issues.

In order to allow for final activities to be competed under the grant, USAID approved a no-cost extension on May 25, 2017. EPA has been in the process of preparing for a three-day national-level stakeholders’ workshop for NRM Coalition Partners. The report of the conduct of environmental social impact assessments and compliance monitoring at concessions of Sime Darby in Grand Cape Mount and Bomi counties, Golden Veroleum in Sinoe County and MNG Gold in Bong County will be validated during the workshop and subsequently distributed to the public. EPA finalized the compliance monitoring reports for distribution and national-level discussion.

LEITI conducted town hall meetings in April to disseminate copies of simplified versions of concession contracts at AME University and Stella Maris Polytechnic respectively. As a result of the success of these meetings, LEITI requested additional support from LAVI to engage with more communities and national-level actors in Q3. The request was approved after several technical meetings and implementation of these additional activities continued throughout the quarter. On June 19 LEITI, headed by its Deputy Head of Secretariat Hon. Myer Saye, departed Monrovia to implement field activities in Bong and Nimba Counties. The Team held town hall meetings in Sanniquillie on June 20, in Ganta on June 21, in Gbarnga on June 22 and in John Hill Town in Bong Mines on June 23 to continue dissemination of concession agreements in the extractive sector through government-citizen engagement.

A LAVI Field Activity Monitor (FAM) spoke at these meetings to a cross-section of the participants (such as the coordinator for a group of 77 disabled persons, the traditional council, market women, youth leaders, etc.) and all commented that the information shared by LEITI was beneficial in helping them to understand what the CSDF is, and what their rights are in respect to the Fund. Furthermore, they commented that the information booklet LEITI distributed to them will help serve as an advocacy tool for them in regards to engaging with management of the CSDF. Highlighted by the following quote from a participant:

Sylvia J. W. Karbba, Member of the Traditional Council, “…we never knew about the money that’s coming to the county, especially the one for the education of our children. Hearing about it today was very necessary. Now that I know about this money, I will first engage members of my group to share the information with them, and then we will engage our leaders.” Madam Sylvia recommended that the government sets up a monitoring and evaluation group to monitor the usage of the money.

Highlights of the events (video and photos) were posted to LEITI’s Facebook page (please see link https://www.facebook.com/libeiti/) with acknowledgement to USAID via LAVI for support.

NBC submitted a preliminary report on May 4 on the outcomes from community-level dialogues held in four counties (Margibi, Grand Bassa, Maryland, and Nimba counties). On May 12 NBC finalized a draft concept note for the modification of their on-going grant agreement. In the draft concept for modification, NBC proposed to hold more community-level dialogues before the county-level dialogues commence. Following an extensive review, the grant modification was approved by USAID on June 23.

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The activities of each government institution contribute to the goal of facilitating dialogue and information sharing among key stakeholders, namely between the GOL, citizens, civil society, and concession companies around issues in the NRM sector.

1.5 Facilitate Process So That Non-traditional Actors Are Included in LAVI In order to create and expand partnerships with actors not traditionally included in advocacy activities, LAVI through the PEA process, met with several groups of non-traditional actors from May 29 to June 7, 2017. LAVI along with visiting consultant Paul Kaiser met with the National Teachers Association of Liberia (NTAL), National Private Schools Teachers Association of Liberia (NPSTAL), Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS) Principal Association of Liberia, Catholic School System of Liberia, Bridge International Academies, Open Society Initiative of West Africa (OSIWA), National Commission on Higher Education, Association of Liberian Universities, etc. These meetings intended to gage the views of the institutions on issues within the Education sector, and also provided the opportunity for LAVI to highlight its NRM sector activities as background information, as the project now prepares for a new thematic window.

Objective 2: Increase Organizational Capacity of Targeted CSOs to Participate in Issue-Based Reforms 2.1 Capacity Assessments for CSO Partners In Q1, LAVI completed capacity assessments for all of its CSO partners. In Q2, eight (8) of the nine (9) NRM Partners submitted capacity development plans (CDPs) that reflect the mutually agreed upon gaps and recommendations from the assessments and include the partners’ self-identified priority areas for LAVI support. The most common priority areas were monitoring and evaluation, gender mainstreaming in organizational policies as well as the program cycle, and finance and administration (including installation and training in QuickBooks). The CSO partners also requested in their CDPs, IT and filming equipment to enhance their productivity and efficiency. These CDPs were integrated into organizational capacity development grants for the CSOs that were issued in April and May, 2017. In Quarter 3, the LAVI Capacity Development (CD) team worked on the recruitment of Service Providers (SPs) for the provision of the technical assistance needed under the CSOs CDPs. The CD and Procurement teams also worked closely with the DAI home office during Quarter 3 to procure the required equipment.

On June 12, 2017, LAVI received the filming equipment as requested by the LMC to produce a documentary about the CSDF and the NRM Coalition’s advocacy activities. The equipment was presented to LMC during a small handover ceremony on June 16, 2017 at LMC’s office. The ceremony was attended by USAID, LAVI, LMC and media representatives who reported the event in audio and print media. According to LMC Executive Director, Lamii Kpargoi, who received the inkind grant on behalf of LMC, the filmmaking equipment will aid LMC in expanding its services to include video production for external clients, and also serve as a revenue-generating tool to support the organization’s operational costs (a target of 50%). In order to build their skills in documentary film production, LAVI also contracted the services of consultant and documentarian, Kasey Kirby, to train and mentor LMC in the use of the equipment.

On June 22 LAVI published a Request for Proposals (RFP) among LAVI SP Pool for the provision of technical assistance to the CSO partners in line with their respective CDPs. The Service Providers can submit proposals for one or more of the following technical assistance areas:  Strategic Plan Development  Gender Mainstreaming and Social Inclusion  M&E  Advocacy Programming  Budget, Financial Policy Development, and Upgrade of Financial Manual

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 Fundraising & Financial Sustainability  Quickbooks Training  Website Development  Quickbooks Installation and Customization Service Providers are expected to start providing the required technical assistance early Q4.

2.2 Identify Core-Funding Organizations During Q2 (finalized in Q3), LAVI issued three (3) RFPs to recruit strategic core-funding partners to support its programming in the areas of learning, advocacy, and research and policy reform. The objective of the core-funding is to identify well-established and influential Liberian organizations with expertise in each strategic area to play a lead role in helping LAVI and its partners achieve their programmatic objectives. The core-funding partner organizations will also benefit from organizational capacity strengthening assistance through implementation of a customized capacity development plan (CDP) that will be developed in Q4.

As a result, on April 17, LAVI issued a direct solicitation to Accountability Lab (A-Lab) to be LAVI’s Strategic Learning Partner. Additional details on this grant can found in the Objective 4 section. In turn, on May 9, LAVI published the Annual Program Statements for the Strategic Advocacy and Strategic Research and Public Policy Partners. By the submission date of May 31, twenty concept notes were received for Strategic Advocacy Partner and five for the Strategic Research and Public Policy Partner. The Grants Evaluation Committee (GEC) met on June 15, 2017 to review the concepts notes and shortlist applicants who have demonstrated the requisite technical expertise. Development Education Network-Liberia (DEN-L), Community Safety Initiative (CSI) and Foundation for Human Rights and Democracy (FOHRD) were shortlisted for Strategic Advocacy core-funding and Bil-Lander Limited and Institute for Research and Democratic Development (IREDD) for the Strategic Research and Public Policy core funding. The GEC met with the shortlisted organizations individually to provide further guidance on how to refine their concept notes as the first step in developing their full proposals. During the meetings, the shortlisted applicants expressed their delight and appreciation for the opportunity and guidance. LAVI aims to select the two core-funding partners by the end of July so they can begin supporting LAVI to develop the approach to Thematic Window 2.

2.3 Provide Technical Assistance to Grantee Partners and Core Funding Organizations In Q3, LAVI and its Partners continued to provide capacity development technical assistance to the NRM Coalition grantees, government partners, and other LAVI stakeholders. As part of the cost-share for ALab’s core funding grant, the organization (in partnership with iLab) were required to provide trainings to LAVI and its Partners. Please refer to Annex 16 for trainings conducted by ALab and iLab in Q3.

The ALab and iLab teams have shared an evaluation survey with all their training participants from Q3 to collect best practices and lesson-learned on training relevance, design, and methodology. These findings will inform future technical assistance delivered to LAVI partners and stakeholders.

During the first week of June, Pace Management, one of the SPs in the LAVI Pool was contracted by LAVI to facilitate a training for LAVI NRM Coalition members on how to mainstream gender and social inclusion in their advocacy activities. This was the first time a Service Provider from the LAVI SP Pool delivered capacity development services to LAVI-supported CSOs. The training, which took place at DEN-L’s training center in Gbarnga, Bong County was attended, in total, by 35 participants - 15 females and 20 males (43% female participation rate) including Project Managers, Field Coordinators and M&E Officers representing the eight (8) members of the NRM Coalition. According to participants, the training particularly enhanced their understanding of the concept of gender which is not only a women issue as they previously thought, but concerns women and men, and involves working with men and boys, women and girls to bring about changes in attitudes, behaviors, roles and responsibilities at home, in the workplace, and in the community. They also shared that the training was

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an ‘’eye opener’’ on the importance of mainstreaming gender and social inclusion in their advocacy work. More details on the mentorship process for Pace Management can be found under Objective 3.

In addition, consultant Kasey Kirby continued to provide technical assistance to LMC in documentary film production. An updated storyboard, draft script, and filming plan for the NRM Coalition documentary were developed by LMC with Mr. Kirby’s support during Q3. LMC will capture the bulk of the footage for the documentary in July and focus on editing for the remainder of Q4.

As detailed in section 2.1, LAVI will also evaluate the proposals from LAVI Service Providers in July of Q4 and pair Service Providers with CSOs to begin providing technical assistance to enhance CSO’s organizational development and achievement of their advocacy objectives.

Objective 3: Promote the Development of Ongoing Capacity Development Services on the Local Market 3.1 Expand the Capacity Development Service Provider Pool At the end of May, LAVI launched its third Expression of Interest (EOI) to add more qualified, local service providers to LAVI’s Service Provider Pool. This EOI called for applicants with skills in line with the capacity development needs of the LAVI-supported CSOs. Out of the eight (8) applicants, four (4) were shortlisted for interviews. Based on the interviews, the LAVI Capacity Development team decided to add two new businesses to the SP pool: Bil-lander Limited Inc.11 and the Khana Group12.

In Q4-FY2 and Q1-FY3, the LAVI Capacity Development team will explore strategies to continue expanding the Service Provider Pool, especially in the counties. Currently, nineteen SPs are placed on the LAVI SP Pool.

3.2 Develop the Capacity Development Post13 The Capacity Development Post is an online directory of the LAVI Service Providers housed on the iCampus website to help CSOs facilitate matches with SPs for technical assistance. In early April, the LAVI Capacity Development team launched a RFA for SPs to enhance the Capacity Development Post website, develop print marketing materials, and organize in-person networking events. The goals of these grants are to market the SP Pool in the CSO and donor markets in Liberia, enhancing their business opportunities, and decrease the need for foreign consultants to provide capacity development services.

Three (3) SPs were selected to organize the marketing activities for the SP Pool: Gusceman for the organizational networking events and the SP Fair, Technopreneur for online marketing, and Nerisa for print marketing.

Looking ahead to Q4, Gusceman Inc., will be implementing the following activities:

 Organize networking event among SPs and presentations of business information and services to one another to enhance collaboration for business opportunities  An internal discussion on the SP Pool’s sustainability  Presentations on the SP Pool at key forums such as donor coordination meetings  A large SP fair to showcase the SPs work with CSOs and market their services

11 Bil-Lander Limited Inc. is an ICT and Project Management Consultancy Firm that aims to develop business operations through a combination of industrial expertise and the next-generation fusion with services in information communication technology, project management, M&E, research and HR management. 12 The Khana Group (TKG) is a social impact advisory firm with a mission to develop sustainable solutions that will positively impact and transform lives. TKG’s core capabilities are research and policy analysis, monitoring and evaluation, capacity development, technology and innovation. 13 Previously known as the “Palava Post”, the name of the Capacity Development Post was changed due to negative public perceptions of the word “palava” as explained by the LAVI service providers.

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LAVI will proceed with the signing of the grants for Nerisa and Technopreneur for the print and online marketing in Q4.

3.3 Provide Technical Assistance to Service Providers In Q3, LAVI continued to provide technical assistance to its Service Providers in tailoring their services to the CSO market in the following areas:

Business and Marketing Plan Mentorship: Following the Business and Marketing training for Service Providers last quarter, Subject Matter Expert William Dennis provided one-on-one mentorship with the Service Providers throughout the month of June on building the CSO and donor market into their organizational business and marketing plan. CSO Financial Sustainability: Consultant Mark Birnbaum returned to Liberia in April for a CSO financial sustainability Training of Trainers for Service Providers held April 25 to 26. The training emphasized appropriate planning to produce a comprehensive sustainability plan, including estimates of required funding for organizational operations and service delivery to beneficiaries. The major topics included: financial sustainability, proposal writing, marketing, human resources, and financial management. A total of 12 participants from the six selected service providers attended the training. Gender and Social Inclusion Facilitation Mentorship: After being selected in a competitive bid process, Service Provider Pace Management was mentored by LAVI Subject Matter Expert Ame Atsu David to co-facilitate the gender and social inclusion training for the LAVI NRM Coalition. Communications Training: Consultant Dustin Benedict mobilized to Liberia on June 13 and held a series of consultations with select CSOs and Service Providers to determine their capacity in strategic communications and its delivery through technical assistance. From June 20 to 22, Consultant Dustin Benedict trained Service Providers on how to tailor their communications services to a CSO client. Participants indicated they learned how to use structured tools to analyze and develop a communication strategy as well as help design interventions for CSOs. Eleven (11) Service Providers attended the training. Mr. Benedict worked with the communications Subject Matter Expert to outline steps forward for the longer-term mentoring of the Service Providers to ensure they develop or tailor their communications training materials for CSOs. Mr. Benedict is also developing a manual that reflects the content of the training and will be used during the mentoring process.

Objective 4: Ensure that Learning and Methodologies Are Shared and Applied by Other Development Actors 4.1 Operationalize the LAVI Learning Lab As reported in Q2, LAVI finalized its Learning Lab vision document to guide the building out of the online and physical communities, and resource libraries by LAVI partners ALab and iLab. In Q3, LAVI selected ALab, in partnership with iLab, to serve as the project’s Strategic Learning Partner - a LAVI core-funding partner as explained under Objective 2. ALab, as LAVI’s Strategic Learning Partner, will help LAVI achieve the Learning Lab objectives.

ALab and iLab have drafted a list of learning and advocacy questions that they will help LAVI address in Q4.

Learning Advocacy

 What can LAVI do to help civil society better  What strategies are most effective at helping civil understanding what is learning and KM, why it is society actors see the value in using evidence in important, and how to apply it in practical terms? advocacy and sharing this evidence?

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 How can LAVI help increase learning and sharing among  What are the barriers to citizens participating in policy our partners? decision-making processes? What are the most effective  How do we as a project generate and capture learning strategies for citizens to engage in policy change? What and information? are the most effective strategies for citizens to monitor and/or help implement policies?  How do we capture learning/share best practices between funding windows?

The Strategic Learning Partner grant was signed on May 31, 2017, and one of the first activities, a joint workshop with LAVI to establish a common understanding of learning and initial activities, was held on June 29. During the workshop, the teams also discussed a new layout and content for the Learning Lab webpage and resource library, which will be built out in Q4.

4.2 Support Partner Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) As reported in Q2, the LAVI ME&L team worked with the NRM Coalition’s M&E Officers and P4DP’s M&E Manager to develop an M&E plan and data collection tools for the Coalition activities. During Q3, iLab continued this support by providing a Microsoft Excel for Data Analysis training April 5 to 7 for the NRM Coalition M&E Officers to assist in collating data for the NRM Coalition’s indicators. At the end of the training, participants understood how to do data entry, analysis and management of their project data.

As noted under Objective 1, DEN-L hosted the ‘Advocacy Training of Trainers Part II’ for LAVI’s NRM Coalition Partners from May 29 to June 1. During this training, the LAVI ME&L team conducted a M&E refresher training workshop for the NRM Coalition’s Project Managers, M&E Officers and County Coordinators. The objective of this refresher training was to review LAVI’s ME&L standards and tools to ensure the timely and accurate collection and reporting of data. The NRM Coalition staff were oriented and trained on the following LAVI indicators: 1.1: Number of recommendations presented by civil society actors, networks, or coalitions requesting decision makers to introduce, adopt, repeal, or change public policies for practices; 4.3: Number of outputs by grant partners and Contractor that generate information on issues and practices; F 2.3.1-7: Number of consensus-building forums (multi-party, civil/Security sector and/or civil/political) held with USG assistance; 1.2: Number of multi-party meetings held to strengthen the horizontal and vertical linkages amongst partners; 1.3: Number of organizations that participate in multi-party meetings to strengthen the horizontal and vertical linkages amongst; 2.3: Number of CSO organizational capacity building activities conducted by LAVI or LSP; and 2.4: Number of individuals who participate in LAVI supported organizational capacity building activities and their corresponding data collection tools.

By the end of the training, the participants were provided with a clear picture of how the LAVI-required indicators link to their NRM Coalition Results Framework. They were also introduced to the LAVI FAMs role and their own in LAVI’s M&E process.

4.3 Support Communities of Practice (Compracs) The project’s vision for facilitating a Learning Network was incorporated into the ALab’s Strategic Learning Partner grant which was signed on June 6 of Q3. The LAVI, ALab, and iLab teams held a series of meetings at the end of June to begin planning the Learning Mapping Exercise, an overview of learning activities and actors in Liberia that

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will inform the development of the Learning Network. Through a series of interview with INGOS, donors, CBOs, and CSOs, LAVI’s Strategic Learning Partner aims to understand the organizational and programmatic learning landscape in Liberia and identify partners and resources available to support learning around advocacy in Liberia. During the planning meetings, LAVI and its Strategic Learning Partner developed draft interview questions, a contact list for interviewees, a research timeline, and responsibilities. During early Q4, ALab and iLab teams, with support from LAVI ME&L team, will conduct these learning interviews and synthesize the findings into a final report for distribution. The contacts generated from this exercise will help ALab and iLab develop a Learning Network of Liberian organizations and individuals committed to programmatic learning to improve advocacy and development outcomes.

4.4 Facilitate Partner Learning, Knowledge Management, and Research As reported during Q2, LAVI-APS-003 Promoting Best Practices and Information Sharing Among Civil Society Actors for Advocacy and Policy Reform: Natural Resource Management and Concessions Sector was advertised and the GEC short- listed three (3) CSOs out of forty-seven (47) short-listed applicants. The three CSOs short-listed are Accountability Lab Liberia (ALab), Community Development and Research Agency (CODRA) and Women NGOs Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL). During Q3, the LAVI ME&L team met each of the three short-listed applicants to further collaborate on the design of their activities and to draw on their organizational strengths and networks. Based on these meetings, a revised final application template was developed to support finalists in connecting their learning activities to LAVI’s learning agenda. The GEC then met and to review the proposals, generating a final round of feedback.

After evaluation, the GEC decided to move forward with A-Lab and CODRA. ALab’s activities were already incorporated into their core funding grant as a Strategic Learning Partner, as they demonstrated greater capacity to collaborate with LAVI on generating and sharing advocacy lessons-learned and learning methodologies in Liberia. The LAVI team held several additional meetings with CODRA staff in Monrovia and Gbarnga to finalize their learning activities and budget. The final CODRA grant package was submitted to USAID for approval on June 28 with anticipation that the grant activities will begin in early July of Quarter 4.

To document and share the learning process the LAVI team undertook during Q2 and Q3, the ME&L team submitted a case study to the USAID Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting Case Competition (please see Annex 17 for the LAVI submission).

Project Monitoring and Evaluation Program M&E contains two major tasks: 1. Ongoing Data Collection and Evaluation 2. Host Learning Reviews and Mechanisms

1.0 Ongoing Data Collection and Evaluation 1.1 Update Performance Indicators Database System (PIDs) The ME&L team finalized Q2-FY2 data verification and on May 19, 2017 all data was successfully uploaded into PIDs for USAID review and certification. The data entered into the system are actuals for Q2. USAID reviewed and certified the data, confirming there were no data issues.

1.2 Monitoring Results The ME&L team completed revision and verification of LAVI’s Q2 indicator data. As result of the Q2 data verification process it became evident that there was a need for the ME&L team to create formal procedures and

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documents for data verification, notably on LAVI indicators which are reliant on numbers of attending persons and/or entities. As such, during Q3 the MEL team created several indicator trackers (quarter based) to ensure indicator entities are single counted, and thereby ensuring that reported indicator data is neither skewed or over counted. To further bolster data verification processes LAVI hired twelve (12) county-based FAMs under service agreements. Please note the remaining two (2) FAMs will be hired in the early part of Q4. The FAMs key role is to act as the primary source of verification on LAVI Partner events, that is, to correlate that the Partner event did in fact take place as per the Partner stated deliverables, and that the event is implemented correctly (use of AMEP tools, correct USAID branding, etc.). Please see Annex 18 for a completed FAM event report which must be completed and submitted to the LAVI ME&L team for each event monitored. The LAVI ME&L team carries out the secondary source of data verification by selecting random participants from the event sign-in sheets and telephoning the individual for confirmation of event attendance and as such confirming that Partner data is legitimate, thereby allowing LAVI to report true and correct data to USAID. FAMs additionally assist the Partners on improving internal M&E tasks, report writing skills and identification of success stores. LAVI implemented a two-day staff capacity building training for the FAMs in Monrovia. On day 1, ALab hosted the training on success story best practices, reporting skills and photographic reporting. Day 2 was dedicated to follow-up M&E training to further develop the FAM M&E skill-set and implemented by the LAVI ME&L Director and Specialist.

In respect to LAVI Partners, the ME&L team continued to provide technical support focused predominantly on how to improve Partner knowledge in respect to M&E tools and methodology, improve processes for effective and efficient collection, data analysis, and reporting of evidence data.

2.0 Host Learning Reviews and Mechanisms On April 28, the LAVI project team held its Quarterly Performance Review session, covering the second quarter from January-March 2017. The event, which is part of LAVI’s internal organizational learning process, was meant to review technical, operational and financial performance of the LAVI project and carefully map and flag outstanding activities for prioritization in Q3 (April to June 2017).

As stated in Objective One, The NRM Coalition proactively organized and implemented a review and lessons learned event on June 26 at iCampus. The event allowed the Partners to share respective achievements, common challenges faced in implementation and lessons learned. The Partners also increased their understanding of using lessons learned, that is, how to make positive changes moving forward from the knowledge obtained from lessons learned.

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ANNEXES

Annex 01-Q3-FY2 NRM Partner Event Highlights

Annex 02-Q3-FY2 NRM Coalition Pledge Card Example

Annex 03-Q3-FY2 NRM Coalition Score Card Example

Annex 04-Q3-FY2 NRM Coalition Pledge Card Breakdown by County and Partner

Annex 05-Q3-FY2 NRM Media Articles

Annex 06-Q3-FY2 LAVI Project Success Story 1

Annex 07-Q3-FY2 LAVI Project Success Story 1I

Annex 08-Q3-FY2 NRM County Factsheet Example

Annex 9-Q3-FY2 NRM Community Communiqués

Annex 10-Q3-FY2 LAVI Indicator Tracking Table – Q3

Annex 11-Q3-FY2 LAVI FY2017 Q2 Financial Report Annex 12-Q3-FY2 Q3 Grant Activity

Annex 13-Q3-FY2 GeoPoll CSDF Survey Annex 14-Q3-FY2 LAVI Partner Activity Calendar

Annex 15-Q3-FY2 Section 9 - Budget Law of GoL

Annex 16-Q3-FY2 ALab and iLab Q3 Trainings

Annex 17-Q3-FY2 LAVI Submission - USAID CLA Competition

Annex 18-Q3-FY2 LAVI FAM Event Report

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Annex 1 - LAVI Partners Q3 Activity Calendar Partners Title Start Date End Date County Location Field Activity Monitor

CUPPADL Advocacy Training 01-Apr-17 01-Apr-17 Margibi YMCA Matthew Zeon

CUPPADL Community Town Hall Meeting to present fact sheets 01-Apr-17 01-Apr-17 Margibi Kakata Matthew Zeon

CUPPADL Community Town Hall Meeting to present fact sheets 01-Apr-17 01-Apr-17 Montserrado District 8 LAVI

CUPPADL Community Town Hall Meeting to present fact sheets 15-Apr-17 15-Apr-17 Montserrado District 16 LAVI

CUPPADL Community Town Hall Meeting to present fact sheets 01-Apr-17 01-Apr-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI

IREDD Stakeholders Meeting with Concession 03-Apr-17 03-Apr-17 Sinoe ARL Camp Perry T Boyee

NAYMOTE District level Mobilization Meeting 03-Apr-17 03-Apr-17 River Gee Webbo LAVI

NAYMOTE Identifying active and inactive CMGs 03-Apr-17 03-Apr-17 River Gee Fish Town LAVI

RHRAP Advocacy Training 03-Apr-17 03-Apr-17 Grand Cape MountMadina Prince Wesseh

RHRAP Advocacy Training 03-Apr-17 03-Apr-17 Grand Cape MountKinjor Prince Wesseh

CUPPADL Community Town Hall Meeting to present fact sheets 04-Apr-17 04-Apr-17 Montserrado Clara Town LAVI

IREDD Stakeholders Meeting with Concession 04-Apr-17 04-Apr-17 Sinoe Butaw GVL Perry T Boyee

NAYMOTE District level Mobilization Meeting 04-Apr-17 04-Apr-17 River Gee Fish Town LAVI

RHRAP Advocacy Training 04-Apr-17 05-Apr-17 Bomi Tubmanburg Kelvin Richardson

RHRAP Town Hall Meeting discussing Factsheet and signing Pledge cards 04-Apr-17 04-Apr-17 Bomi Tubmanburg Kelvin Richardson

SDI How to Organize Community Town Hall Meeting 04-Apr-17 04-Apr-17 Rivercess Darsow Town Estella Logan iLAB Liberia Excel for data Analysis 05-Apr-17 07-Apr-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI

IREDD Fact Sheet and Pledge Card Working Session 05-Apr-17 05-Apr-17 Nimba Ganta Nelso Kartee

LAVI CSOs Grant Reporting Template Coaching 05-Apr-17 06-Apr-17 Montserrado Monrvia LAVI

NAYMOTE Town Hall Meeting discussing Factsheet and signing Pledge cards 05-Apr-17 05-Apr-17 River Gee Potopo LAVI

CUPPADL Community Town Hall Meeting to present fact sheets 06-Apr-17 06-Apr-17 Montserrado Todee Matthew Zeon

CUPPADL Community Town Hall Meeting to present fact sheets 06-Apr-17 06-Apr-17 Margibi Cotton Tree Matthew Zeon

CUPPADL Community Town Hall Meeting to present fact sheets 06-Apr-17 06-Apr-17 Montserrado District 9 LAVI

CUPPADL LAVI project Awareness Launch 06-Apr-17 06-Apr-17 Grand Bassa Buchanan Agnes A. Korporal

CUPPADL Town Hall meeting to secure stakeholders signature 06-Apr-17 06-Apr-17 Margibi Lower Margibi Matthew Zeon

IREDD Mobilization Meeting 06-Apr-17 06-Apr-17 Sinoe Butaw Perry T Boyee

RHRAP Stakeholders training 06-Apr-17 06-Apr-17 Gbarpolu Bopolu LAVI

RHRAP Town Hall Meeting discussing Factsheet and signing Pledge cards 06-Apr-17 06-Apr-17 Bomi Gbarma Kelvin Richardson

RHRAP Town Hall Meeting to discuss and recommend solutions for CSDF 06-Apr-17 06-Apr-17 Grand Cape MountMadina Prince Wesseh

P4DP NRM Coalition Steering Committee Meeting 07-Apr-17 07-Apr-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

RHRAP Town Hall Meeting to discuss and recommend solutions for CSDF 07-Apr-17 07-Apr-17 Bomi Klay Kelvin Richardson

CUPPADL Working Session to Develop Fact sheet 08-Apr-17 08-Apr-17 Grand Bassa Buchanan Agnes A. Korporal

IREDD Advocacy Policy and ICCM training Phase II 08-Apr-17 08-Apr-17 Grand Gedeh Zwedru Patricia Goli

RHRAP Town Hall Meeting to discuss issues raised from the fact sheet 08-Apr-17 08-Apr-17 Bomi Gbah Kelvin Richardson

CUPPADL Advocacy Training 09-Apr-17 09-Apr-17 Grand Bassa Corn Farm Agnes A. Korporal

CUPPADL Community Town Hall Meeting to present fact sheets 09-Apr-17 09-Apr-17 Margibi District 5 Matthew Zeon

IREDD Fact Sheet and Pledge Card Working Session 09-Apr-17 09-Apr-17 Grand Gedeh Zwedru Patricia Goli

CUPPADL Advocacy Training 10-Apr-17 10-Apr-17 Grand Bassa Flower Mill Agnes A. Korporal

NAYMOTE Town Hall Meeting discussing Factsheet and signing Pledge cards 10-Apr-17 10-Apr-17 River Gee Fish Town LAVI

SDI County Level Meeting to Introduce Project goals and objectives 10-Apr-17 10-Apr-17 Lofa Voinjama Prince Kennedy

LAVI Donor CSDF Meeting 11-Apr-17 11-Apr-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

NAYMOTE Town Hall Meeting discussing Factsheet and signing Pledge cards 11-Apr-17 11-Apr-17 River Gee Sweaken Town Hall LAVI

RHRAP Town Hall Meeting of Stakeholders to discuss issues on the Fact sheet 11-Apr-17 11-Apr-17 Grand Cape MountGohnzoduah Prince Wesseh

SDI District Mobilization Meeting to introduce project goals and objectives 11-Apr-17 11-Apr-17 Lofa Varsala Prince Kennedy

SDI How to Organize Community Town Hall Meeting 12-Apr-17 12-Apr-17 Lofa Voinjama Prince Kennedy

IREDD Fact Sheet and Pledge Card Working Session 13-Apr-17 13-Apr-17 Sinoe Greenville Perry T Boyee

LMC Community Radio journalist Training 13-Apr-17 13-Apr-17 Bomi Tubmanburg Kelvin Richardson

LMC Community Radio journalist Training 14-Apr-17 14-Apr-17 Maryland Harper Daniel Dolo

NAYMOTE County Level Mobilization Meeting 14-Apr-17 14-Apr-17 River Gee Fish Town LAVI

RHRAP Town Hall Meeting to sign Pledge Cards and resolutions 14-Apr-17 14-Apr-17 Bomi Gbarma Kelvin Richardson

SDI District Level Meeting 14-Apr-17 14-Apr-17 Lofa Salayea Prince Kennedy

CUPPADL Advocacy Training 15-Apr-17 15-Apr-17 Montserrado Logan Town LAVI Partners Title Start Date End Date County Location Field Activity Monitor

CUPPADL Community Town Hall Meeting to present fact sheets 15-Apr-17 15-Apr-17 Montserrado Logan Town LAVI

RHRAP Town Hall Meeting to sign Pledge Cards 15-Apr-17 15-Apr-17 Gbapolu Bopolu LAVI

SDI Town Hall Meeting to discuss and recommend solution for the CSDF 15-Apr-17 15-Apr-17 Lofa Gorlu Prince Kennedy

IREDD Town Hall Meeting discussing Factsheet and signing Pledge cards 16-Apr-17 16-Apr-17 Sinoe Butaw Perry T Boyee

IREDD Advocacy Training 17-Apr-17 17-Apr-17 Sinoe LNRCS Perry T Boyee

LMC Community Radio journalist Training 17-Apr-17 17-Apr-17 Grand Gedeh Zwedru Patricia Goli

CUPPADL Advocacy Training 18-Apr-17 18-Apr-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 18-Apr-17 18-Apr-17 Nimba Sanniquellie Nelso Kartee

IREDD Community Town Hall Meeting 18-Apr-17 18-Apr-17 Sinoe Greenville Perry T Boyee

DEN-L Advocacy Policy and ICCM training Phase II 19-Apr-17 19-Apr-17 Lofa Salayea Prince Kennedy

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 19-Apr-17 19-Apr-17 Nimba Ganta Nelso Kartee

P4DP Launch of Information Gathering Report 19-Apr-17 19-Apr-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI

IREDD Town Hall Meeting discussing Factsheet and signing Pledge cards 20-Apr-17 20-Apr-17 Grand Gedeh Tchien Patricia Goli

IREDD Town Hall Meeting discussing Factsheet and signing Pledge cards 20-Apr-17 20-Apr-17 Grand Gedeh Zwedru Patricia Goli

SDI How to Organize Community Town Hall Meeting 20-Apr-17 20-Apr-17 Lofa Salayea Prince Kennedy

DEN-L Advocacy Policy and ICCM training Phase II 21-Apr-17 21-Apr-17 Bomi Tubmanburg Kelvin Richardson

DEN-L Advocacy Policy and ICCM training Phase II 21-Apr-17 21-Apr-17 Bomi Gbah Kelvin Richardson

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 21-Apr-17 21-Apr-17 Grand Gedeh Zwedru Patricia Goli

LEITI Popularization of Summarized Concession Agreements 21-Apr-17 21-Apr-17 Montserrado AMEU LAVI

LMC Community Radio journalist Training 21-Apr-17 21-Apr-17 Bong Gbarnga Abednego Mehn

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 22-Apr-17 22-Apr-17 Grand Gedeh Tiama Patricia Goli

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 23-Apr-17 23-Apr-17 River Gee Fish Town LAVI

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 24-Apr-17 24-Apr-17 River Gee Sarbo Town LAVI

LEITI Popularization of Summarized Concession Agreements 24-Apr-17 24-Apr-17 Montserrado Stella Maris PolytechnicLAVI

DEN-L Introduction to Pledge and Score Cards 25-Apr-17 25-Apr-17 Gbapolu Bopolu LAVI

DEN-L Introduction to Pledge and Score Cards 25-Apr-17 25-Apr-17 Gbapolu Gbarmah LAVI

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 25-Apr-17 25-Apr-17 Maryland RockTown Daniel Dolo

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 25-Apr-17 25-Apr-17 Maryland Barraken Daniel Dolo

FDA Multi Stakeholders Dialogue on Land Rental Fees 25-Apr-17 25-Apr-17 Rivercess Yarpah Town Estella Logan

FDA Social Dialogue on Land Rental Fees 25-Apr-17 25-Apr-17 Grand Cape MountMadina Prince Wesseh

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 26-Apr-17 26-Apr-17 Grand Kru Barclayville Eric Gbasue

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 26-Apr-17 26-Apr-17 Grand Kru Zoloken Eric Gbasue

DEN-L Introduction to Pledge and Score Cards 27-Apr-17 27-Apr-17 Grand Cape MountGohnzoduah Prince Wesseh

DEN-L Introduction to Pledge and Score Cards 27-Apr-17 27-Apr-17 Grand Cape MountMedina Prince Wesseh

DEN-L Introduction to Pledge and Score Cards 27-Apr-17 27-Apr-17 Grand Cape MountVoinjama Prince Wesseh

FDA County Level Social Dialogue 27-Apr-17 27-Apr-17 Grand Bassa Buchanan Agnes A. Korporal

FDA Multi Stakeholders Dialogue on Land Rental Fees 27-Apr-17 27-Apr-17 Sinoe Juarzon Perry T Boyee

NAYMOTE Stakeholders Advocacy Training 27-Apr-17 27-Apr-17 Bong Gbarnga Abednego Mehn

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 28-Apr-17 28-Apr-17 Sinoe Red Cross Perry T Boyee

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 28-Apr-17 28-Apr-17 Sinoe Butaw Perry T Boyee

NAYMOTE Advocacy Policy and ICCM training Phase II 01-May-17 01-May-17 River Gee Fish Town LAVI

NAYMOTE Stakeholders Advocacy Training 01-May-17 01-May-17 Bong Gbarta Abednego Mehn

NAYMOTE Advocacy Policy and ICCM training Phase II 03-May-17 03-May-17 Maryland Pleebo Daniel Dolo

NAYMOTE Advocacy Policy and ICCM training Phase II 04-May-17 04-May-17 Maryland Harper Daniel Dolo

NAYMOTE County Level Meeting 05-May-17 05-May-17 Bong Gbarnga Abednego Mehn

NAYMOTE Advocacy Policy and ICCM training Phase II 06-May-17 06-May-17 River Gee Webbo LAVI

IREDD Town Hall Meeting discussing Factsheet and signing Pledge cards 09-May-17 09-May-17 Grand Gedeh Putu Patricia Goli Partners Title Start Date End Date County Location Field Activity Monitor

P4DP Input on Draft Policy Paper 09-May-17 09-May-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI iLAB Liberia Excel for data Analysis II 11-May-17 12-May-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI

LAVI LAVI APS Pre- Submission Meeting 22-May-17 22-May-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI DEN-L Advocacy Policy and ICCM training Phase II 29-May-17 01-Jun-17 Bong Gbarnga Abednego Mehn iLAB Liberia MS Excel 2010 Basics 31-May-17 31-May-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI

LAVI Gender Training 02-Jun-17 05-Jun-17 Bong DEN-L Abednego Mehn

P4DP 6th Steering Committee Meeting 05-Jun-17 05-Jun-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

SDI Community Forestry Development Concession Meeting 10-Jun-17 10-Jun-17 Lofa Gbonyea Prince Kennedy

CUPPADL Town Hall meeting to secure stakeholders signature 14-Jun-17 14-Jun-17 Grand Bassa District 1 Agnes A. Korporal

CUPPADL Town Hall meeting to secure stakeholders signature 15-Jun-17 15-Jun-17 Grand Bassa Compound 2 Agnes A. Korporal

CUPPADL Community Town Hall meeting to secure stakeholders signature 16-Jun-17 16-Jun-17 Grand Bassa Buchanan Agnes A. Korporal

CUPPADL Town Hall meeting to secure stakeholders signature 16-Jun-17 16-Jun-17 Grand Bassa District 4 Agnes A. Korporal

CUPPADL Town Hall meeting to secure stakeholders signature 16-Jun-17 16-Jun-17 Grand Bassa Buchanan Agnes A. Korporal

SDI Community Monitoring and reporting event 16-Jun-17 16-Jun-17 Lofa Salayea Prince Kennedy

CUPPADL Metting with DDC, Local Authority and Legislators 17-Jun-17 17-Jun-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

CUPPADL Town Hall meeting to secure stakeholders signature 17-Jun-17 17-Jun-17 Montserrado District 10 LAVI

CUPPADL Town Hall meeting to secure stakeholders signature 19-Jun-17 19-Jun-17 Grand Bassa District 5 Agnes A. Korporal

IREDD Advocacy Policy and ICCM training Phase II 19-Jun-17 19-Jun-17 Nimba Ganta Nelso Kartee

SDI DDC, Local Authoruty and Ligislators Meeting 19-Jun-17 19-Jun-17 Rivercess Timbo Estella Logan

SDI Meeting with DDC, Local Authority and Legislators 19-Jun-17 19-Jun-17 Lofa Voinjama Prince Kennedy

SDI Metting with DDC, Local Authority and Legislators 19-Jun-17 19-Jun-17 Grand Kru GreenHill Eric Gbasue

CUPPADL Metting with DDC, Local Authority and Legislators 20-Jun-17 20-Jun-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI

IREDD County Level Meeting 20-Jun-17 20-Jun-17 Nimba Saniquellie Nelso Kartee

LEITI Town Hall Meeting discussing Factsheet and signing Pledge cards 20-Jun-17 20-Jun-17 Nimba Sanniquellie Nelso Kartee

SDI Community Monitoring and reporting Event 20-Jun-17 20-Jun-17 Grand Kru Kayken Eric Gbasue

SDI Meeting to Facilitate Community Monitoring Event 20-Jun-17 20-Jun-17 Lofa Voinjama Prince Kennedy

IREDD Town Hall Meeting discussing Factsheet and signing Pledge cards 21-Jun-17 21-Jun-17 Nimba Karnplay Nelso Kartee

LEITI Town Hall Meeting discussing Factsheet and signing Pledge cards 21-Jun-17 21-Jun-17 Nimba Ganta Nelso Kartee

SDI Community Monitoring and reporting Event 21-Jun-17 21-Jun-17 Grand Kru Jlatwen Eric Gbasue

SDI Meeting to Facilitate Community Monitoring Event 21-Jun-17 21-Jun-17 Lofa Salayea Prince Kennedy

LAVI CSDF Journalists Network Lunch Meeting 22-Jun-17 22-Jun-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

LEITI Town Hall Meeting discussing Factsheet and signing Pledge cards 22-Jun-17 22-Jun-17 Bong Gbarnga Abednego Mehn

SDI Community Monitoring and reporting Event 22-Jun-17 22-Jun-17 Rivercess Neezwein Estella Logan

LEITI Town Hall Meeting discussing Factsheet and signing Pledge cards 23-Jun-17 23-Jun-17 Bong Bong Mines Abednego Mehn

SDI Dissemination of P4DP Policy paper 23-Jun-17 23-Jun-17 Grand Kru Wedabo Eric Gbasue

SDI Dissemination of P4DP Policy paper 23-Jun-17 23-Jun-17 Grand Kru Warkpeken Eric Gbasue

SDI Community Monitoring and reporting Event 24-Jun-17 24-Jun-17 Rivercess Sengbloh Estella Logan

SDI Discussion on the P4DP Policy Paper 24-Jun-17 24-Jun-17 Lofa Kpayaquelleh Town Prince Kennedy

SDI P4DP POLICY PAPER DISSEMINATION 24-Jun-17 24-Jun-17 Rivercess Upper Cestos Estella Logan

P4DP Lunch Meeting with UL Policy Department 25-Jun-17 25-Jun-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

SDI P4DP POLICY PAPER DISSEMINATION 25-Jun-17 25-Jun-17 Rivercess Yarpah Town Estella Logan iLAB Liberia Data Management and Reporting Mentorship 28-Jun-17 29-Jun-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI

P4DP Lunch Meeting with Political Parties 29-Jun-17 29-Jun-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

RHRAP Policy Dialogue to discuss P4DP Policy Paper 29-Jun-17 29-Jun-17 Grand Cape MountMadina Prince Wesseh

RHRAP Seeking Reccommendation to Produce Policy 29-Jun-17 29-Jun-17 Bomi Tubmanburg Kelvin Richardson

RHRAP Draft Policy Paper Meeting 30-Jun-17 30-Jun-17 Bomi Gbarma Kelvin Richardson iLAB Liberia Ms PowerPoint & Presentation Best Practices 07-Jun-17 07-Jun-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI

ALab Understanding and Engaging Public policy 08-Jun-17 08-Jun-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI

ALab Community Engagement and Best Practices 13-Jun-17 13-Jun-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI

P4DP Input on Draft Policy Paper 29-Jun-17 29-Jun-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

P4DP Lunch Meeting with Political Parties 29-Jun-17 29-Jun-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

P4DP Lunch Meeting with UL Policy Department 09-May-17 09-May-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

Ilab/LAVI Reporting & Success Story 29-May-17 30-May-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI Partners Title Start Date End Date County Location Field Activity Monitor Partners Title Start Date End Date County Location Field Activity Monitor

LAVI Supported Government Q3 Activities Partners Title Start Date End Date County Location Field Activity Monitor

FDA County Level Social Dialogue 27-Apr-17 27-Apr-17 Grand Bassa Buchanan Agnes A. Korporal

FDA Multi Stakeholders Dialogue on Land Rental Fees 25-Apr-17 25-Apr-17 Rivercess Yarpah Town Estella Logan

FDA Multi Stakeholders Dialogue on Land Rental Fees 27-Apr-17 27-Apr-17 Sinoe Juarzon Perry T Boyee

FDA Social Dialogue on Land Rental Fees 25-Apr-17 25-Apr-17 Grand Cape MountMadina Prince Wesseh

LEITI Popularization of Summarized Concession Agreements 24-Apr-17 24-Apr-17 Montserrado Stella Maris PolytechnicLAVI

LEITI Popularization of Summarized Concession Agreements 21-Apr-17 21-Apr-17 Montserrado AMEU LAVI

LEITI Town Hall Meeting 22-Jun-17 22-Jun-17 Bong Gbarnga Abednego Mehn

LEITI Town Hall Meeting 23-Jun-17 23-Jun-17 Bong Bong Mines Abednego Mehn

LEITI Town Hall Meeting 20-Jun-17 20-Jun-17 Nimba Sanniquellie Nelso Kartee

LEITI Town Hall Meeting 21-Jun-17 21-Jun-17 Nimba Ganta Nelso Kartee Partners Title Start Date End Date County Location Field Activity Monitor

LAVI Supported NRM Coaltion Q3 Activities Partners Title Start Date End Date County Location Field Activity Monitor

CUPPADL Advocacy Training 01-Apr-17 01-Apr-17 Margibi YMCA Matthew Zeon

CUPPADL Advocacy Training 09-Apr-17 09-Apr-17 Grand Bassa Corn Farm Agnes A. Korporal

CUPPADL Advocacy Training 10-Apr-17 10-Apr-17 Grand Bassa Flower Mill Agnes A. Korporal

CUPPADL Advocacy Training 15-Apr-17 15-Apr-17 Montserrado Logan Town LAVI

CUPPADL Advocacy Training 18-Apr-17 18-Apr-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI

CUPPADL Community Town Hall Meeting to present fact sheets 01-Apr-17 01-Apr-17 Margibi Kakata Matthew Zeon

CUPPADL Community Town Hall Meeting to present fact sheets 01-Apr-17 01-Apr-17 Montserrado District 8 LAVI

CUPPADL Community Town Hall Meeting to present fact sheets 15-Apr-17 15-Apr-17 Montserrado District 16 LAVI

CUPPADL Community Town Hall Meeting to present fact sheets 01-Apr-17 01-Apr-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI

CUPPADL Community Town Hall Meeting to present fact sheets 04-Apr-17 04-Apr-17 Montserrado Clara Town LAVI

CUPPADL Community Town Hall Meeting to present fact sheets 06-Apr-17 06-Apr-17 Montserrado Todee Matthew Zeon

CUPPADL Community Town Hall Meeting to present fact sheets 06-Apr-17 06-Apr-17 Margibi Cotton Tree Matthew Zeon

CUPPADL Community Town Hall Meeting to present fact sheets 06-Apr-17 06-Apr-17 Montserrado District 9 LAVI

CUPPADL Community Town Hall Meeting to present fact sheets 09-Apr-17 09-Apr-17 Margibi District 5 Matthew Zeon

CUPPADL Community Town Hall Meeting to present fact sheets 15-Apr-17 15-Apr-17 Montserrado Logan Town LAVI

CUPPADL Community Town Hall meeting to secure stakeholders signature 16-Jun-17 16-Jun-17 Grand Bassa Buchanan Agnes A. Korporal

CUPPADL LAVI project Awareness Launch 06-Apr-17 06-Apr-17 Grand Bassa Buchanan Agnes A. Korporal

CUPPADL Metting with DDC, Local Authority and Legislators 17-Jun-17 17-Jun-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

CUPPADL Metting with DDC, Local Authority and Legislators 20-Jun-17 20-Jun-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI

CUPPADL Town Hall meeting to secure stakeholders signature 06-Apr-17 06-Apr-17 Margibi Lower Margibi Matthew Zeon

CUPPADL Town Hall meeting to secure stakeholders signature 14-Jun-17 14-Jun-17 Grand Bassa District 1 Agnes A. Korporal

CUPPADL Town Hall meeting to secure stakeholders signature 15-Jun-17 15-Jun-17 Grand Bassa Compound 2 Agnes A. Korporal

CUPPADL Town Hall meeting to secure stakeholders signature 16-Jun-17 16-Jun-17 Grand Bassa District 4 Agnes A. Korporal

CUPPADL Town Hall meeting to secure stakeholders signature 16-Jun-17 16-Jun-17 Grand Bassa Buchanan Agnes A. Korporal

CUPPADL Town Hall meeting to secure stakeholders signature 17-Jun-17 17-Jun-17 Montserrado District 10 LAVI

CUPPADL Town Hall meeting to secure stakeholders signature 19-Jun-17 19-Jun-17 Grand Bassa District 5 Agnes A. Korporal

CUPPADL Working Session to Develop Fact sheet 08-Apr-17 08-Apr-17 Grand Bassa Buchanan Agnes A. Korporal DEN-L Advocacy Policy and ICCM training Phase II 29-May-17 01-Jun-17 Bong Gbarnga Abednego Mehn

DEN-L Advocacy Training 19-Apr-17 19-Apr-17 Lofa Salayea Prince Kennedy

DEN-L Advocacy Training 21-Apr-17 21-Apr-17 Bomi Tubmanburg Kelvin Richardson

DEN-L Advocacy Training 21-Apr-17 21-Apr-17 Bomi Gbah Kelvin Richardson

DEN-L Introduction to Pledge and Score Cards 25-Apr-17 25-Apr-17 Gbapolu Bopolu LAVI

DEN-L Introduction to Pledge and Score Cards 25-Apr-17 25-Apr-17 Gbapolu Gbarmah LAVI

DEN-L Introduction to Pledge and Score Cards 27-Apr-17 27-Apr-17 Grand Cape MountGohnzoduah Prince Wesseh

DEN-L Introduction to Pledge and Score Cards 27-Apr-17 27-Apr-17 Grand Cape MountMedina Prince Wesseh

DEN-L Introduction to Pledge and Score Cards 27-Apr-17 27-Apr-17 Grand Cape MountVoinjama Prince Wesseh

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 18-Apr-17 18-Apr-17 Nimba Sanniquellie Nelso Kartee

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 19-Apr-17 19-Apr-17 Nimba Ganta Nelso Kartee

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 21-Apr-17 21-Apr-17 Grand Gedeh Zwedru Patricia Goli

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 22-Apr-17 22-Apr-17 Grand Gedeh Tiama Patricia Goli

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 23-Apr-17 23-Apr-17 River Gee Fish Town LAVI

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 24-Apr-17 24-Apr-17 River Gee Sarbo Town LAVI

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 25-Apr-17 25-Apr-17 Maryland RockTown Daniel Dolo

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 25-Apr-17 25-Apr-17 Maryland Barraken Daniel Dolo

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 26-Apr-17 26-Apr-17 Grand Kru Barclayville Eric Gbasue

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 26-Apr-17 26-Apr-17 Grand Kru Zoloken Eric Gbasue

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 28-Apr-17 28-Apr-17 Sinoe Red Cross Perry T Boyee

DEN-L Mentoring and Coaching 28-Apr-17 28-Apr-17 Sinoe Butaw Perry T Boyee

IREDD Advocacy and ICCM TOT 08-Apr-17 08-Apr-17 Grand Gedeh Zwedru Patricia Goli

IREDD Advocacy Policy and ICCM training 19-Jun-17 19-Jun-17 Nimba Ganta Nelso Kartee

IREDD Advocacy Training 17-Apr-17 17-Apr-17 Sinoe LNRCS Perry T Boyee Partners Title Start Date End Date County Location Field Activity Monitor

IREDD Community Town Hall Meeting 18-Apr-17 18-Apr-17 Sinoe Greenville Perry T Boyee

IREDD County Level Meeting 20-Jun-17 20-Jun-17 Nimba Saniquellie Nelso Kartee

IREDD Fact Sheet and Pledge Card Working Session 05-Apr-17 05-Apr-17 Nimba Ganta Nelso Kartee

IREDD Fact Sheet and Pledge Card Working Session 09-Apr-17 09-Apr-17 Grand Gedeh Zwedru Patricia Goli

IREDD Fact Sheet and Pledge Card Working Session 13-Apr-17 13-Apr-17 Sinoe Greenville Perry T Boyee

IREDD Mobilization Meeting 06-Apr-17 06-Apr-17 Sinoe Butaw Perry T Boyee

IREDD Stakeholders Meeting with Concession 03-Apr-17 03-Apr-17 Sinoe ARL Camp Perry T Boyee

IREDD Stakeholders Meeting with Concession 04-Apr-17 04-Apr-17 Sinoe Butaw GVL Perry T Boyee

IREDD Town Hall Meeting 20-Apr-17 20-Apr-17 Grand Gedeh Tchien Patricia Goli

IREDD Town Hall Meeting 21-Jun-17 21-Jun-17 Nimba Karnplay Nelso Kartee

IREDD Town Hall Meeting discussing Factsheet and signing Pledge cards 16-Apr-17 16-Apr-17 Sinoe Butaw Perry T Boyee

IREDD Town Hall Meeting discussing Factsheet and signing Pledge cards 20-Apr-17 20-Apr-17 Grand Gedeh Zwedru Patricia Goli

IREDD Town Hall Meeting discussing Factsheet and signing Pledge cards 09-May-17 09-May-17 Grand Gedeh Putu Patricia Goli

LAVI CSDF Journalists Network Lunch Meeting 22-Jun-17 22-Jun-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

LAVI CSOs Grant Reporting Template Coaching 05-Apr-17 06-Apr-17 Montserrado Monrvia LAVI

LAVI Donor CSDF Meeting 11-Apr-17 11-Apr-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

LAVI Gender Training 02-Jun-17 05-Jun-17 Bong DEN-L Abednego Mehn

LAVI LAVI APS Pre- Submission Meeting 22-May-17 22-May-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

LMC Community Radio journalist Training 13-Apr-17 13-Apr-17 Bomi Tubmanburg Kelvin Richardson

LMC Community Radio journalist Training 14-Apr-17 14-Apr-17 Maryland Harper Daniel Dolo

LMC Community Radio journalist Training 17-Apr-17 17-Apr-17 Grand Gedeh Zwedru Patricia Goli

LMC Community Radio journalist Training 21-Apr-17 21-Apr-17 Bong Gbarnga Abednego Mehn

NAYMOTE Advocacy Policy and ICCM training 03-May-17 03-May-17 Maryland Pleebo Daniel Dolo

NAYMOTE Advocacy Policy and ICCM training 04-May-17 04-May-17 Maryland Harper Daniel Dolo

NAYMOTE Advocacy Policy and ICCM training 06-May-17 06-May-17 River Gee Webbo LAVI

NAYMOTE Advocacy Policy and ICCM training 01-May-17 01-May-17 River Gee Fish Town LAVI

NAYMOTE County Level Meeting 05-May-17 05-May-17 Bong Gbarnga Abednego Mehn

NAYMOTE County Level Mobilization Meeting 14-Apr-17 14-Apr-17 River Gee Fish Town LAVI

NAYMOTE District level Mobilization Meeting 03-Apr-17 03-Apr-17 River Gee Webbo LAVI

NAYMOTE District level Mobilization Meeting 04-Apr-17 04-Apr-17 River Gee Fish Town LAVI

NAYMOTE Identifying active and inactive CMGs 03-Apr-17 03-Apr-17 River Gee Fish Town LAVI

NAYMOTE Stakeholders Advocacy Training 27-Apr-17 27-Apr-17 Bong Gbarnga Abednego Mehn

NAYMOTE Stakeholders Advocacy Training 01-May-17 01-May-17 Bong Gbarta Abednego Mehn

NAYMOTE Town Hall Meeting 05-Apr-17 05-Apr-17 River Gee Potopo LAVI

NAYMOTE Town Hall Meeting 10-Apr-17 10-Apr-17 River Gee Fish Town LAVI

NAYMOTE Town Hall Meeting 11-Apr-17 11-Apr-17 River Gee Sweaken Town Hall LAVI

P4DP 6th Steering Committee Meeting 05-Jun-17 05-Jun-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

P4DP Input on Draft Policy Paper 09-May-17 09-May-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

P4DP Launch of Information Gathering Report 19-Apr-17 19-Apr-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI

P4DP Lunch Meeting with Political Parties 29-Jun-17 29-Jun-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

P4DP Lunch Meeting with UL Policy Department 25-Jun-17 25-Jun-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

P4DP NRM Coalition Steering Committee Meeting 07-Apr-17 07-Apr-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

RHRAP Advocacy Techniques 03-Apr-17 03-Apr-17 Grand Cape MountMadina Prince Wesseh

RHRAP Advocacy Training 03-Apr-17 03-Apr-17 Grand Cape MountKinjor Prince Wesseh

RHRAP Advocacy Training 04-Apr-17 05-Apr-17 Bomi Tubmanburg Kelvin Richardson

RHRAP Draft Policy Paper Meeting 30-Jun-17 30-Jun-17 Bomi Gbarma Kelvin Richardson

RHRAP Policy Dialogue to discuss P4DP Policy Paper 29-Jun-17 29-Jun-17 Grand Cape MountMadina Prince Wesseh

RHRAP Seeking Reccommendation to Produce Policy 29-Jun-17 29-Jun-17 Bomi Tubmanburg Kelvin Richardson

RHRAP Stakeholders training 06-Apr-17 06-Apr-17 Gbarpolu Bopolu LAVI

RHRAP Town Hall Meeting 04-Apr-17 04-Apr-17 Bomi Tubmanburg Kelvin Richardson

RHRAP Town Hall Meeting 06-Apr-17 06-Apr-17 Bomi Gbarma Kelvin Richardson

RHRAP Town Hall Meeting of Stakeholders to discuss issues on the Fact sheet 11-Apr-17 11-Apr-17 Grand Cape MountGohnzoduah Prince Wesseh

RHRAP Town Hall Meeting to discuss and recommend solutions for CSDF 06-Apr-17 06-Apr-17 Grand Cape MountMadina Prince Wesseh Partners Title Start Date End Date County Location Field Activity Monitor

RHRAP Town Hall Meeting to discuss and recommend solutions for CSDF 07-Apr-17 07-Apr-17 Bomi Klay Kelvin Richardson

RHRAP Town Hall Meeting to discuss issues raised from the fact sheet 08-Apr-17 08-Apr-17 Bomi Gbah Kelvin Richardson

RHRAP Town Hall Meeting to sign Pledge Cards 15-Apr-17 15-Apr-17 Gbapolu Bopolu LAVI

RHRAP Town Hall Meeting to sign Pledge Cards and resolutions 14-Apr-17 14-Apr-17 Bomi Gbarma Kelvin Richardson

SDI Community Forestry Development Concession Meeting 10-Jun-17 10-Jun-17 Lofa Gbonyea Prince Kennedy

SDI Community Monitoring and reporting event 16-Jun-17 16-Jun-17 Lofa Salayea Prince Kennedy

SDI Community Monitoring and reporting Event 20-Jun-17 20-Jun-17 Grand Kru Kayken Eric Gbasue

SDI Community Monitoring and reporting Event 21-Jun-17 21-Jun-17 Grand Kru Jlatwen Eric Gbasue

SDI Community Monitoring and reporting Event 22-Jun-17 22-Jun-17 Rivercess Neezwein Estella Logan

SDI Community Monitoring and reporting Event 24-Jun-17 24-Jun-17 Rivercess Sengbloh Estella Logan

SDI County Level Meeting to Introduce Project goals and objectives 10-Apr-17 10-Apr-17 Lofa Voinjama Prince Kennedy

SDI DDC, Local Authoruty and Ligislators Meeting 19-Jun-17 19-Jun-17 Rivercess Timbo Estella Logan

SDI Discussion on the P4DP Policy Paper 24-Jun-17 24-Jun-17 Lofa Kpayaquelleh Town Prince Kennedy

SDI Dissemination of P4DP Policy paper 23-Jun-17 23-Jun-17 Grand Kru Wedabo Eric Gbasue

SDI Dissemination of P4DP Policy paper 23-Jun-17 23-Jun-17 Grand Kru Warkpeken Eric Gbasue

SDI District Level Meeting 14-Apr-17 14-Apr-17 Lofa Salayea Prince Kennedy

SDI District Mobilization Meeting to introduce project goals and objectives 11-Apr-17 11-Apr-17 Lofa Varsala Prince Kennedy

SDI How to Organize Community Town Hall Meeting 04-Apr-17 04-Apr-17 Rivercess Darsow Town Estella Logan

SDI How to Organize Community Town Hall Meeting 12-Apr-17 12-Apr-17 Lofa Voinjama Prince Kennedy

SDI How to Organize Community Town Hall Meeting 20-Apr-17 20-Apr-17 Lofa Salayea Prince Kennedy

SDI Meeting to Facilitate Community Monitoring Event 20-Jun-17 20-Jun-17 Lofa Voinjama Prince Kennedy

SDI Meeting to Facilitate Community Monitoring Event 21-Jun-17 21-Jun-17 Lofa Salayea Prince Kennedy

SDI Meeting with DDC, Local Authority and Legislators 19-Jun-17 19-Jun-17 Lofa Voinjama Prince Kennedy

SDI Metting with DDC, Local Authority and Legislators 19-Jun-17 19-Jun-17 Grand Kru GreenHill Eric Gbasue

SDI P4DP POLICY PAPER DISSEMINATION 24-Jun-17 24-Jun-17 Rivercess Upper Cestos Estella Logan

SDI P4DP POLICY PAPER DISSEMINATION 25-Jun-17 25-Jun-17 Rivercess Yarpah Town Estella Logan

SDI Town Hall Meeting to discuss and recommend solution for the CSDF 15-Apr-17 15-Apr-17 Lofa Gorlu Prince Kennedy

P4DP Input on Draft Policy Paper 29-Jun-17 29-Jun-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

P4DP Lunch Meeting with Political Parties 29-Jun-17 29-Jun-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

P4DP Lunch Meeting with UL Policy Department 09-May-17 09-May-17 Montserrado Monrovia LAVI

LAVI Supported iLab, Alab Q3 Activities Partners Title Start Date End Date County Location Field Activity Monitor iLAB Liberia Excel for data Analysis 05-Apr-17 05-Apr-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI iLAB Liberia Excel for data Analysis II 11-May-17 11-May-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI iLAB Liberia MS Excel 2010 Basics 31-May-17 31-May-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI iLAB Liberia Data Management and Reporting Mentorship 28-Jun-17 28-Jun-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI iLAB Liberia Ms PowerPoint & Presentation Best Practices 07-Jun-17 07-Jun-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI

ALAB Community Engagement and Best Practices 08-Jun-17 08-Jun-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI

Ilab/LAVI Reporting & Success Story 29-May-17 30-May-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI

ALAB Community Engagement and Best Practices 13-Jun-17 13-Jun-17 Montserrado iCampus LAVI

Annex 4: Pledge Cards

County CUPPADL IREDD NAYMOTE RHRAP SDI Bomi 1 Bong 5 Gbarpolu 4 Grand Bassa 9 Grand Cape Mount 1 Grand Gedeh 13 Grand Kru 23 Lofa 42 Margibi 24 Maryland 7 Montserrado 40 Nimba 23 River Cess 41 River Gee 2 Sinoe 23 Sub-Total 73 59 14 6 106 TOTAL 258

Annex 5: NRM Partner CSDF Newspaper Articles - Q3

1. On April 20 Heritage Newspaper published an article titled “Over $150,000USD Health Facility ‘Abandoned’”. The article discusses a health facility in Sawru Town, Grand Cape Mount county that was initially constructed by formed Representative candidate of the 2011 elections, Mr. Siaffa James of Sarwu Town. Mr. James reported turning the facility over to the Government of Liberia which then committed US$150,000 from the CSDF to complete construction of the facility. However, since its completion and dedication by Vice President Josephy Nyuma Boakai in 2015, the facility has not been maintained or staffed. Chief Adama Fahnbulleh, Town Chief of Sawru Town, said “I feel very bad when I see this big structure in our town, which is not serving any benefit to our people, because government has failed to assign staff.” Several resident of Sawru Town are interviewed calling on government to commit funds and staff to the health center. In an interview, Grand Cape Mount County Superintendent Madam Tenneh S. Kpadebah reported contacting the Ministry of Health through the Ministry of Internal Affairs on several occasion to seek support for the health facility.

2. A similar story was published in Women’s Voices on April 17 titled “Wasted Resources: Health Center Abandoned in Cape Mount.” In this article, Superintendent Kpadebah states the decision to construct the health center in Sawru Town was reached during their county sitting and, since its abandonment, the county authorities have set up a committee to meet with health authorities to follow up on the final construction and staffing of the health center.

3. Also in Women’s Voices, an article was published on April 18 titled “Bomi Has Changed in 10 years: County’s Bomi Development Superintendent Brags.” In the article, Development Superintendent, Ernest G. Davis, discusses the county’s use of approximately $1.8 million USD from the Social Development Fund to implement projects in Bomi County. Some of the completed projects include, James Sumo Bridge in Sackie Town, Barmore Bridge, Beajinie Bridge, a multipurpose building in Tubmanburg, and three hand pumps for Gaya Hill School in Tubmanburg. He reported that approximately $200,000 USD of the county’s annual funds come from the iron ore concession company, Western Cluster. The Superintendent claims that if all of the counties receive their Social Development Funds in full, “Liberia will achieve its developmental agenda.

4. In the Heritage Newspaper, an article was published on April 28, 2017, titled “Lofa Superintendent, FDA Regional Head give Conflicting Accounts”. In the article, there are conflicting accounts over the operations of the Alpha Logging Company (ALC) in the appropriation of County Social Development Funds (CSDF) by the company by Lofa County Superintendent, George S. Dunor, and the Regional Coordinator of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA), Boima Z. Ricks. Speaking to a team of Journalists in Voinjama, Lofa County, Superintendent Dunor said he knows nothing about funding coming from concession companies including ALC. As Superintendent for the last five years, Dunor said he has no idea whether or not ALC is contributing to the CSDF. “Besides the US $200,000.00 received annually from the CDF, we don’t benefit anything called County Social Development Fund, said the Lofa County Superintended. Contrary to the assertions by the Superintended that he knows nothing about CSDF from ALC, Mr. Boima Ricks, Coordinator of the Forestry Development Authority, said, “The Company signed a 25 years contract with the Liberian government and the superintendent knows much about the contract.” He further said, “Since ALC operations in 2012, it has been involved with education, health, road pavement in support to the county’s development agenda.” Mr. Ricks continued by saying “30% of the land rental fees provided by Alpha Logging Company are given to the Liberian government and the Superintendent as head of the county knows about this agreement.”

5. On May 2 The New Republic published an article titled “AML to Replenish SDF”. In the article, the Grand County Protocol and Communications Officer, Eddie Williams, revealed that the management of Arcelor Mittal Liberia (AML) has assured the counties that it will replenish the reduction in the Social Development Fund to the county once the company resumes full operations. As part of the Mineral Development Agreement between Liberia and the Management of the AML, Grand Bassa, Bong and Nimba Counties have been receiving social development funds from the company toward supporting their development agendas. The company has come short in providing social development funds to the three counties in recent years due to what the company continues to call “unfavorable market condition”. AML has sliced jobs and slow down on its projects, leaving many Liberians reportedly frustrated in what was once a promising investment venture. This was described as a possible bridge of the Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) signed in 2005 and amended in 2006. Among other things, the MDA specifies that AML contributes US $3 million a year to the County Social Development Funds for Nimba, Bong and Grand Bassa Counties intended for the enhancement of community development in the counties. Liberia’s 2016/2017 Fiscal Budget shows that AML will only pay half of its SDF to each of the three counties.

6. On June 6 FrontPage Africa published an article titled “No Social Development Fund for Grand Cape Mount Since 2013”. The article discusses the lack of allotment of County Social Development Funds for Grand Cape Mount County covering Fiscal Year 2014/2015 up to present. Grand Cape Mount County Superintendent, Tenneh Sampson Kpadebah, in an exclusive interview with a team of investigative journalists, told reporters that the last fund received by county authorities for development in Grand Cape Mount County was for Fiscal Year 2013/2014. According to her, authorities of the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Finance and Development Planning including some members of the Legislature informed her that some funds captured in past fiscal year budgets were reportedly transferred by the Government of Liberia to tackle other top priority issues including the Ebola Virus Disease. She however, informed the team of reporters that in the midst of all these challenges, the county has been able to undertake and start several projects some of which are completed, abandoned or stalled. She named some of those projects as clinics and health centers in several parts of the county. Madam Kpadebah pointed out that the Saywu Health Center which was started by a representative aspirant and completed by the Government of Liberia for the Ministry of Health now lays in ruin.

Journalists Help Citizens Hold Government Accountable for Mismanagement of County Social Development Funds

Chief Adma Fahnbulleh is tired of watching people die from illness, injury, and pregnancy complications in his community of Sawru Town, Grand Cape Mount county. As the chief explained, “Most often when people in this town and nearby communities get sick, we have to look for motorbike to take them far distance to seek treatment. Sometimes in the process, the person dies.” Yet sadly, there is a health facility right in the center of Sawru Town but it has fallen into disrepair.

The citizens of Sawru County advocated for the construction and renovation of their health facility during their county sittings to decide the use of Grand Cape Mount’s County Social Development Funds (CSDF). The CSDFs are funds from natural resource extraction companies dedicated to improve the development of the communities in which they operate. The funds are paid to the Government of Liberia per concession contracts and managed by county legislators. Unfortunately, the chronic mismanagement of the CSDF funds and limited Liberia Media Center interviewing a CSDF transparency in its spending hampers the potential positive impact of the concession Journalist about his reporting trips for a companies’ contributions to Liberians. This is the case with the health clinic in Sawru County. documentary about the NRM Coalition’s The facility has been abandoned despite the dedication of an additional $150,00USD of the advocacy activities to improve the management CSDF for its modernization. Grand Cape Mount Superintendent, Tenneh S. Kpadebah has and monitoring of the County Social contacted the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Internal Affairs for their support and inquiry Development Funds. into the use of the allocated funds with no response.

With the support of the USAID Liberia Accountability and Voice Initiative (LAVI), a team of journalists are investigating this story and others like it. Managed by the Liberia Media Center, the CSDF Journalist Network is comprised of representatives from 11 newspapers, Front Page Africa reported Al- media house, or radio stations in Monrovia and are connected with community-based journalists in the counties. The CSDF Journalists travel monthly to the counties to investigate Varney Rogers is using the data stories related to CSDF management, return to Monrovia to follow-up with national officials from LEITI to submit a Freedom and government agencies, and raise public awareness that can lead to corrective actions by lawmakers. of Information Act Request on CSDF expenditures in Bong. For example, the CSDF journalists wrote a series of articles about a similarly under- During a reporting trip, the Bong resourced health facility in Grand Cape Mount County that was supposed to be supported by the CSDF. “Based on our report from that clinic,” journalist Reuben Waylaua explained, County Development “the Minister of Gender and Children and Social Protection was able to take a visit to that Superintendent reported not clinic [and]…make available 75 gallons of fuel… [so] citizens can feel the impact of why that clinic was established.” receiving funds in 2014 despite the LEITI-reported allocation of In an effort to stimulate more long-term solutions to CSDF mismanagement, journalist Al- approximately $2.5 million from Varney Rogers of Front Page Africa is leveraging off the work of the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) that is being supported by USAID LAVI. LEITI has companies Acelor Mittal Liberia been disseminating simplified versions of concession agreements to affected communities in and China Union Investment. the counties to raise their awareness about the companies’ social obligations for use in citizen-driven advocacy efforts. Further, banners detailing annual CSDF allocations since 2007 per county have been distributed to County Service Centers for display. Rogers is using the data from LEITI to submit a Freedom of Information Act Request on CSDF expenditures in Bong. During a reporting trip, the Bong County Development Superintendent reported not receiving funds in 2014 despite the LEITI-reported allocation of approximately $2.5 million from companies Acelor Mittal Liberia and China Union Investment.

Coupled with the advocacy activities of the NRM Coalition, the investigative reporting of the CSDF Journalist Network is equipping Liberians with the information necessary to hold their leaders accountable for the misappropriation of community development funding and advocate for reforms to the policies and procedures of the CSDF in the lead up to the 2017 national elections. The multi-stakeholder approach of USAID LAVI ensures that government entities like LEITI are also participating in the process of ensuring government transparency and engaging citizens in policy reform.

Advocacy Trainings Help Liberians Constructively Engage Leaders around Community Development Spending

Engaging in strategic advocacy is a learned skill. “Before, we just used to talk,” Ma. Sarah Gaye, a women’s leader in Boisien District, Bong County, explained, “We never knew there are steps to advocacy.” With the support of the USAID Liberia Accountability and Voice Initiative, civil society organizations in the Natural Resource Management (NRM) Coalition are helping citizens and local leaders understand how to engage in evidence-based advocacy and citizen monitoring of the government to promote policy reforms around the County Social Development Funds (CSDF).

In April, NRM Coalition member NAYMOTE conducted advocacy trainings in Jorquelleh and Boisien in Bong County. The trainings were attended by more than 200 persons from neighboring communities, including citizens, local leaders, members of the District Development Council, community-based organizations, Women’s Leader, Ma. Sarah Gaye, of Boisien District, and civil society groups. NAYMOTE introduced participants to the NRM Bong County discusses the impact of NAYMOTE’s Coalitions’ advocacy objectives and disseminated factsheets that provided an advocacy training on her approach to engaging local and overview of CSDF policies and procedures, county data collected during the national leaders around CSDF spending. NRM Coalition’s information gathering exercise, and government statistics about CSDF expenditures in Bong. Participants were also trained in advocacy best practices as well as the use of citizen monitoring tools designed by the NRM Coalition. These citizen monitoring tools include pledge cards for local leaders, civil society organization (CSO) representatives, and political aspirants Following the advocacy trainings, Jerry to sign demonstrating their commitment to reforming CSDF process for increased inclusivity and transparency. Another tool are scorecards for citizens Nyumah, Youth President of the to rate their civil society and political leaders’ involvement in efforts to reform Community Monitoring Group the CSDF. Bellequelleh Youth Organization, With these data and tools, citizens can hold their leaders accountable for their explained, “The training enlightened us actions or inaction related to improving CSDF management, particularly during about our fair share and entitlement of an election year. As a result of these trainings, Gaye stated, “NAYMOTE has the CSDF. We as an organization are taught me how to constructively engage my leaders about our development funds….Now, I will work with my women in this district to identify issues about going to invite our representative to our development funds for us to advocate about.” explain to us how the CSDF has been used to benefit our clan directly. We Through their field engagements in Bong, NAYMOTE also identified three existing Community Monitoring Groups (CMGs) that monitored CSDF elected him and he must tell us expenditures. With LAVI support, NAYMOTE directly engaged with the CMGs everything we need to know”. to provide capacity and technical support to reestablish or enhance their monitoring practices. As a result of NAYMOTE’s support, the CMG Rubber

Factory Youth Association directly engaged with the Local Liberia Marketing Association Superintendent, inviting him to a meeting to clarify Bong’s process for collecting and allocating the CSDF. Following the advocacy trainings, Jerry Nyumah, Youth President of the CMG Bellequelleh Youth Organization, explained, “The training enlightened us about our fair share and entitlement of the CSDF. We as an organization are going to invite our representative to explain to us how the CSDF has been used to benefit our clan directly. We elected him and he must tell us everything we need to know”.

By providing advocacy training and mentorship, the USAID LAVI NRM Coalition is equipping citizens with the information and tools necessary to monitor CSDF spending and the strategically advocate for policy changes so communities can positively benefit from concession operations in their counties.

COMMUNIQUÉ OF DELEGATES ATTENDED A ONE DAY TOWN HALL MEETING IN BUTAW ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING BUTAW DISTRICT SINOE COUNTY, LIBERIA April 15, 2017

We the participants from various civil society and community based organizations, community leaders, traditional authorities, youth and women groups at a town meeting organized by the Institute for Research and Democratic Development (IREDD) on April 15, 2017 in the administrative building at Butaw District, Sinoe County to discuss critical issues pertaining to the County Social Development Funds and its implementation challenges do hereby discuss, conclude and recommend the following suggestions for improvement of the CSDF management:

1. That the legislator should play a more oversight responsibility role rather than it domineering role in the CSDF ; 2. For transparency and accountability there should be a third signatory to the CSDF account and that third signatories should be a head of the religious council in the county; 3. Since the county superintendent conducts day to day administration of the county, the equal number of the delegates should be set by superintendent alone with his officials not the legislative caucus; 4. That the cost of CSDF projects should be determined by the county engineer for proper costing and transparency instead of the PMC who is responsible for monitoring; 5. Civil Society should be represented as delegates to the county sittings not as mere observers;

6. That the PMC was elected by the County Council, any cause of removal them should be determine by the County Council not the legislator;

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Done this day on the April 15, 2017 at the Butaw Administrative Building, Sinoe County

Signed:

Signatures of representative (See Participants Attendance Listing).

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ANNEX 9: LAVI PROJECT Q3 INDICATOR RESULTS

Amendments to Q2 Data: As reported in Q2 there was as total of 20 events that were unable to be satisfactorily verified by LAVI. During Q3 these events were vigoriously reviewed and subsequently verified. As a result there has been amendments to the below Indicators highlighted green,

FY17 (1 Oct 16 - 30 Sep 17) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 FY17 Achieved FY17 Oct - (Apr - (1 Oct 16 - # Indicator Indicator Level Frequency Disaggregation Target Dec (Jan - Mar) Jun) (Jul - Sept) 30 Sep 17) Comments LAVI 1 Quality of engagement between civil Impact Quarterly based on when Average 70% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% The next ACAT will be conducted in society and the government data collection takes December 2017 place.

LAVI 2 Civil society’s satisfaction with their voices Impact Quarterly based on when Average 41% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% The next ACAT will be conducted in being heard in decision making and data collection takes December 2017 monitoring processes place.

LAVI 3 Increased capacity of CSOs to foster citizen Impact Quarterly - based on Average 70% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% The next ACAT will be conducted in engagement when data collection December 2017 takes place. LAVI IR 1: Horizontal and vertical linkages among actors engaged in similar issues strengthened

LAVI 1.1 Number of recommendations presented Outcome Quarterly Total 3 0 0 0 0 0 by civil society actors, networks, coalitions or government partners requesting decision makers to introduce, adopt, repeal or change public policies or practices

F 2.3.1-7 Number of consensus building forums Output Quarterly Total 20 0 16 47 0 63 Original number reported was 12. (multi-party, civil/security sector, and/or Verification resulted in an additional 4 civil/political) held with USG assistance. forums thus a corrected total of 16.

F 2.4.1-9 Number of CSOs receiving USG assistance Output Annual Total 15 0 0 0 0 0 engaged in advocacy interventions*

F 2.4.1-11 Number of USG-funded organizations Output Quarterly Total 10 0 9 9 0 9 representing marginalized constituencies trying to affect government policy or conducting government oversight*

LAVI 1.2 Number of multi-party meetings held to Output Quarterly Total 20 2 67 93 0 162 Original number reported was 49. strengthen the horizontal and vertical Verification resulted in an additional linkages amongst partners 18 meetings thus the corrected total to 67. LAVI 1.3 Number of organizations that participate Output Quarterly Total 80 55 282 345 0 682 Original number reported was 261. in multi-party meetings to strengthen the Verification resulted in additional 21 horizontal and vertical linkages amongst meetings thus the corrected total is partners 282.

LAVI 1.4 Number of grants provided to GOL to Output Quarterly Total 7 3 1 0 0 4 strengthen citizens and government engagement LAVI IR 2: Organizational capacity of targeted CSOs to participate in issue based reforms increased LAVI 2.1 Organizational and Advocacy Capacity Outcome Quarterly based on when Average 85% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% The next ACAT will be conducted in scores of targeted CSOs in the reporting data collection takes TW 1 (NRMC) December 2017 period highlighting improvements in CSO place. Average 40% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% capacity TW 1 (NRMC)

LAVI 2.2 Number of LAVI supported CSOs with a Outcome Quarterly Total 4 0 1 0 0 1 Implementation of CD plans will begin Capacity Development Plan being in Quarter 4 implemented LAVI 2.3 Number of CSO organizational capacity Output Quarterly Total 27 10 13 58 0 81 Original number reported was 11. building activities conducted by LAVI or LSP Verification resulted in an additional 2 events thus the corrected total to 13.

LAVI 2.4 Number of individuals who participate in Output Quarterly Total 400 116 249 1174 0 1539 Original number reported in Q2 was LAVI supported organizational capacity 196. Verification has resulted in an building activities additional 53 participants. Male 96 190 780 0 1066 Original number reported in Q2 for male participants was 161. Verification has resulted in an additional 29 participants. Female 20 59 394 0 473 Original number reported in Q2 for female participants was 161. Verification has resulted in an LAVI 2.5 Number of LAVI supported CSOs with a Output Quarterly Consultation 13 9 0 0 0 9 Capacity Development Plan in the Drafting 13 6 0 0 0 6 development stages of consultation, Review 9 0 8 0 0 8 drafting, review and approval Approval 6 0 6 0 0 6 LAVI IR 3: Development of ongoing capacity development services in the local market promoted

LAVI 3.1 Client Satisfaction Score for local capacity Outcome Quarterly AVERAGE TBD 0% 0% 85% 0% 85% There were five clients (LAVI CSOs) development service providers showing that evaluated their satisfaction of improvement in responsiveness and services received from PACE effectiveness of service provided Management

LAVI 3.2 Number of Local Service Providers who Outcome Quarterly Total 8 0 0 0 0 0 have an action plan being implemented with CSOs LAVI 3.3 Number of local service providers receiving Output Quarterly Total 20 0 17 19 0 36 support from LAVI

LAVI 3.4 Number of Local Service Providers who Output Quarterly Consultation 12 0 0 0 0 12 have an action plan in the development Drafting 12 0 0 0 0 12 stages of consultation, drafting, review Review 10 0 0 0 0 10 and approval with CSOs Approval 10 0 0 0 0 10 LAVI IR 4: Learning and project methodologies shared and applied by other development actors

LAVI 4.1 Public policy processes Participation Score Outcome Quarterly based on when AVERAGE 60% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% The next ACAT will be conducted in for target CSOs showing improved data collection takes December 2017 oversight of decision making place.

LAVI 4.2 Number of individuals who make use of Output Quarterly Total 200 0 56 14 0 70 the LAVI Learning Lab

LAVI 4.3 Number of outputs by grant partners and Output Quarterly Total 5 0 1 0 0 1 Contractor that generate information on issues and practices Annex 12 - Q3 Grants Activity

Grant No. Grantee Details Effective Date

G-Mon-002 Platform for Peace and Modification 3 was issued to amend the milestone activities’ May 5, 2017 Development (P4DP) performance period based April 25, 2017 grantee deliverables review meeting to reasonably deal with challenges preventing timely reporting to a realistic and achievable reports and deliverables submission due dates.

G-Mon-003 National Youth Modification 2 and 3 were issued to amend the milestone June 28, 2017 Movement for activities. The first modification was a result of the April 25, Transparent Elections 2017 meeting – where grantees reviewed setting realistic and (NAYMOTE) achievable reports and deliverables’ submission due dates. The second modification is to change the milestone performance period in order to achieve all required deliverables and results.

G-Mon-004 Citizen United to Modification 3 and 4 were issued to amend the milestone June 28, 2017 Promote Peace and activities. The first modification was a result of the April 25, Democracy in Liberia 2017 meeting – where grantees reviewed setting realistic and (CUPPADL) achievable reports and deliverables’ submission due dates. The second modification is to change the milestone performance period in order to achieve all required deliverables and results.

G-Mon-006 Sustainable Modification 2 and 3 were issued to amend the milestone June 28, 2017 Development Institute activities. The first modification was a result of the April 25, (SDI) 2017 meeting – where grantees reviewed setting realistic and achievable reports and deliverables’ submission due dates. The second modification is to change the milestone performance period in order to achieve all required deliverables and results.

G-Mon-007 Development Modification 2 was issued on May 4, 2017 to amend milestone May 4, 2017 Education Network- activities. This modification was a result of the April 25, 2017 Liberia (DEN-L) meeting – where grantees reviewed setting realistic and achievable reports and deliverables’ submission due dates.

G-Mon-008 Rural Human Rights Modification 2 and 3 were issued to amend the milestone June 28, 2017 Activists Programme activities. The first modification was a result of the April 25, (RHRAP) 2017 meeting – where grantees reviewed setting realistic and achievable reports and deliverables’ submission due dates. The second modification is to change the milestone performance period in order to achieve all required deliverables and results.

G-Mon-009 Liberia Media Center Modification 2 and 3 were issued to amend the milestone June 28, 2017 (LMC) activities. The first modification was a result of the April 25, 2017 meeting where grantees reviewed setting realistic and achievable reports and deliverables’ submission due dates. The second modification is to change the milestone performance period in order to achieve all required deliverables and results..

G-Mon-011 Liberia Extractive Funded Modification 2 which extended the project May 30, 2017 Industries performance period from May 31, 2017 to September 30, 2017. Transparency Initiative The modification also extended the scope of the Grantee’s (LEITI) program activities to include the additional Counties of Bomi, Grand Bassa, Grand Cape Mount, Margibi, and Nimba (bringing LEITI’s coverage to 12 Counties). The additional budget - $29,240. Grant type is In-Kind. Grant No. Grantee Details Effective Date

G-Mon-013 Environmental The grantee was awarded a no-cost extension from May 31, May 25, 2017 Protection Agency 2017 to July 31, 2017. The modification will enable the grantee (EPA) to complete the implementation of remaining grant activities.

One new grant was issued this quarter to the Accountability Lab Liberia (A-Lab):

Grant No. Grantee Details Effective Date

G-Mon-023 Accountability Lab LAVI awarded 1 year grant to the Grantee for Core Funding May 31, 2017 Liberia (A-Lab) Support to Civil Society Actors: Strategic Learning Partner. The performance period is May 31, 2017 to May 30, 2018 with a total budget of $160,200.

Grants that were completed and closed this reporting period include:

Grant No. Grantee Details End Date

G-Mon-001 A-Lab: Learning Lab This grant ended on 16 June 2017. June 16, 2017

G-Mon-014 National Civil Society This grant ended on 24 March 2017 and was officially March 24, 2017 Council of Liberia closed on 3 May, 2017. (NCSCL)

Liberia Accountability and Voice Initiative (LAVI)

GeoPoll Pre-Survey Data: CSDF

Liberia Accountability and Voice Initiative (LAVI) 18th Street & Warner Avenue, Monrovia 29-Jul-17`1 1 Respondent Demographics:

30% 283 Total Respondents: 1,000 25%

20%

15% 115 93 10% 85 81 78 61 60 5% 36 26 25 23 20 10 4 0%

29-Jul-17 2 Respondent Demographics

• Average number of respondents per county: 66.7

County Respondents Montserrado 283 Nimba 115 Lofa 93 Bong 85 Margibi 81 Maryland 78 Grand Bassa 61 Grand Gedeh 60 Bomi 36 Grand Cape Mount 26 Counties Gbarpolu 25 with smallest Sinoe 23 # of River Gee 20 respondents Grand Kru 10 River Cess 4 Grand Total 1000

29-Jul-17 3 Respondent Demographics

• Number of counties represented by respondents: 33 (45% of 73 electoral districts)

Top 10 Districts with Most Respondents

Percentage of District County Respondents Number of Respondents Greater Monrovia Monteserrado 22% 220 Jorquelleh Bong 8% 80 Bangarr Nimba 8% 79 Voinjama Lofa 7% 68 Tchien Grand Gedeh 5% 52 St. Paul River Montserrado 5% 50 Kakata Margibi 5% 49 Harper Maryland 5% 45 Sanniquelleh-Mahn Nimba 4% 36 Pleebo/Sodeken Maryland 3% 33

More district level analysis

29-Jul-17 4 Respondent Demographics

Gender Age

35+ 177, 18% 18-24 Female 346, 35% 337, 34% Male 663,66% 25-34 477, 48%

29-Jul-17 5 Do you feel like you have enough information about the implementation of the CSDF in your community?

40% 371, 37%

35%

30%

247, 25% 25% 205, 21% 20% 177, 18%

15%

10%

5%

0% Yes Somewhat No I don't know

29-Jul-17 6 Do you feel like you have enough information about the implementation of the CSDF in your community?

County Yes Somewhat No I don't know Grand Total Bomi 7 6 15 8 36 Bong 20 20 33 12 85 Gbarpolu 12 8 3 2 25 Grand Bassa 22 7 18 14 61 Grand Cape Mount 5 6 12 3 26 Grand Gedeh 14 20 16 10 60 Grand Kru 2 4 3 1 10 Lofa 14 18 44 17 93 Margibi 21 16 33 11 81 Maryland 24 12 29 13 78 Montserrado 58 49 115 61 283 Nimba 34 24 37 20 115 River Cess 2 1 1 0 4 River Gee 6 6 6 2 20 Sinoe 6 8 6 3 23 Grand Total 247 205 371 177 1000

29-Jul-17 7 How can citizens participate in CSDF decision- making?

60%

50% 50%

40%

30% 27%

20%

11% 10% 7% 5%

0% County-sitting District Bid evaluation Other Don’t know development committee meetings meetings

29-Jul-17 8 How can citizens participate in CSDF decision- making?

Bid District County- evaluation Dont County development other Grand total sitting committee know meetings meetings Bomi 5 24 2 3 2 36 Bong 36 30 7 4 8 85 Gbarpolu 15 9 1 0 0 25 Grand Bassa 24 28 3 3 3 61 Grand Cape Mount 10 11 0 0 5 26 Grand Gedeh 21 21 9 1 8 60 Grand Kru 5 4 1 0 0 10 Lofa 24 43 6 6 14 93 Margibi 14 54 4 1 8 81 Maryland 18 44 3 6 7 78 Montserrado 43 166 22 11 41 283 Nimba 36 50 9 9 11 115 River Cess 1 2 0 0 1 4 River Gee 10 6 2 1 1 20 Sinoe 5 12 2 0 4 23 Grand Total 267 504 71 45 113 1000

29-Jul-17 9 Have you heard about citizens and civil society organizations participating in the monitoring of CSDF implementation?

I don’t know 140, 14%

Yes 424, 42%

No, 436, 44%

29-Jul-17 10 Have you heard about citizens and civil society organizations participating in the monitoring of CSDF implementation?

County Yes No I don't know Grand Total Bomi 21 11 4 36 Bong 41 35 9 85 Gbarpolu 14 9 2 25 Grand Bassa 27 22 12 61 Grand Cape Mount 16 5 5 26 Grand Gedeh 28 22 10 60 Grand Kru 3 5 2 10 Lofa 31 49 13 93 Margibi 40 24 17 81 Maryland 33 37 8 78 Montserrado 90 160 33 283 Nimba 56 41 18 115 River Cess 1 2 1 4 River Gee 13 6 1 20 Sinoe 10 8 5 23 Grand Total 424 436 140 1000

29-Jul-17 11 Do you feel like you get enough information about the CSDF from your local authorities?

45% 423, 42%

40%

35%

30% 276, 28%

25% 232, 23%

20%

15%

10% 69, 7%

5%

0% Yes Somewhat No I don't know

29-Jul-17 12 Do you feel like you get enough information about the CSDF from your local authorities?

County Yes Somewhat No I don't know Grand Total Bomi 11 5 17 3 36 Bong 25 21 30 9 85 Gbarpolu 9 10 6 0 25 Grand Bassa 24 11 24 2 61 Grand Cape Mount 7 6 10 3 26 Grand Gedeh 15 22 19 4 60 Grand Kru 3 5 2 0 10 Lofa 20 17 49 7 93 Margibi 21 23 31 6 81 Maryland 24 16 34 4 78 Montserrado 63 56 142 22 283 Nimba 35 29 44 7 115 River Cess 1 1 1 1 4 River Gee 9 5 6 0 20 Sinoe 9 5 8 1 23 Grand Total 276 232 423 69 1000

29-Jul-17 13 How often do political candidates talk about citizen participation in the CSDF?

25% 230, 23% 234, 23% 215, 22%

20%

164, 16% 157, 16% 15%

10%

5%

0% Once a month or Every few About once a Never Unsure more months year

29-Jul-17 14 How often do political candidates talk about REFORMING CSDF policies?

Once a Every few About once a County month or Never Unsure Grand Total months year more Bomi 13 6 5 2 10 36 Bong 17 10 26 10 22 85 Gbarpolu 2 2 14 2 5 25 Grand Bassa 15 8 13 14 11 61 Grand Cape Mount 4 3 9 3 7 26 Grand Gedeh 14 8 17 8 13 60 Grand Kru 0 4 3 0 3 10 Lofa 22 15 16 19 21 93 Margibi 18 10 18 12 23 81 Maryland 17 16 20 14 11 78 Montserrado 50 39 56 52 86 283 Nimba 32 21 24 22 16 115 River Cess 2 0 0 1 1 4 River Gee 5 7 3 4 1 20 Sinoe 4 8 6 1 4 23 Grand Total 215 157 230 164 234 1000

29-Jul-17 15 How often do political candidates talk about REFORMING CSDF policies?

30% 261, 26% 25%

208, 21% 20% 190, 19% 178, 18% 163, 16%

15%

10%

5%

0% Once a month Every few About once a Never Unsure or more months year

29-Jul-17 16 How often do political candidates talk about REFORMING CSDF policies?

Once a Every few About once a County month or Never Unsure Grand Total months year more Bomi 10 8 4 7 7 36 Bong 12 11 19 20 23 85 Gbarpolu 1 3 14 6 1 25 Grand Bassa 11 6 16 10 18 61 Grand Cape Mount 3 2 7 7 7 26 Grand Gedeh 8 10 15 9 18 60 Grand Kru 0 3 2 3 2 10 Lofa 15 21 8 22 27 93 Margibi 20 11 17 13 20 81 Maryland 13 21 14 17 13 78 Montserrado 46 36 45 59 97 283 Nimba 30 19 19 27 20 115 River Cess 2 0 0 1 1 4 River Gee 4 6 3 5 2 20 Sinoe 3 6 7 2 5 23 Grand Total 178 163 190 208 261 1000

29-Jul-17 17 Do you feel that the media in your community is giving enough attention to reporting CSDF issues?

40% 368, 37%

35% 309, 31% 30%

25% 204, 20% 20%

15% 119, 12%

10%

5%

0% Yes Somewhat No I don't know

29-Jul-17 18 Do you feel that the media in your community is giving enough attention to reporting CSDF issues?

County Yes Somewhat No I don't know Grand Total

Bomi 13 5 10 8 36 Bong 38 19 17 11 85 Gbarpolu 8 2 15 25 Grand Bassa 33 7 13 8 61 Grand Cape Mount 12 2 7 5 26 Grand Gedeh 25 14 13 8 60 Grand Kru 1 4 4 1 10 Lofa 34 19 28 12 93 Margibi 30 15 25 11 81 Maryland 27 20 22 9 78 Montserrado 78 56 114 35 283 Nimba 54 26 27 8 115 River Cess 2 2 0 0 4 River Gee 7 10 3 0 20 Sinoe 6 3 11 3 23 Grand Total 368 204 309 119 1000

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Annex 15: Q3 NRM Coalition Partner Event Highlights

Event 1: SDI and the Community Forestry Development Committee (CFDC) hold County-level Dialogue with the Alpha Logging Company On June 10, 2017 SDI and the Community Forestry Development Committee (“CFDC”) facilitated a County level dialogue meeting in Salayea District (Lofa County) with the Alpha Logging (who did not appear at the meeting until close to the end), local authorities of Salayea, representatives of surrounding villages and communities affected by the concession activities. The aim of the meeting was to obtain data from Alpha Logging what concessions are being paid and to for the affected citizens to understand when they may get compensation for land loss. The LAVI Field Activity Monitor (the FAM) spoke to eight (8) members of the public who attended the event. Key quotes from his discussions are as follows. “Well the meeting was not bad, but the sad thing of the meeting is that no members from the concession company (Alpha Logging and Wood Processing Company) were present for us to really tell them how we are feeling”. “… we learned how to channel their complaint against Alpha Logging and Wood Processing Company and not to take a violent approach as it will only make the situation worse.” The FAM’s personal observations from the event was that he could really see the bitterness in the faces of the affected peoples and how badly they are hurting and that this really needs urgent attention before things get worse between the Citizens of Salayea District and Alpha Logging and Wood Processing Company. The FAM noted that the general consensus among all participants is that Alpha Logging and Wood Processing Company is causing serious problem for them, in that; most of their farm land is being damage by this concession company and as a result of that for them to farm nowadays is not easy because they sometimes have to go to a faraway place to farm which is not good for them most especially they are not benefiting anything from this company.

Event 2: CUPPADL Policy Paper Dialogue Meetings

On June 14, 15, 16 and 19, CUPPADL held town hall meetings in Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively in Grand Bassa County. A total of three hundred and eighty three (383) participants (281 males and 102 females) attended the events. The LAVI Field Activity Monitor (the FAM) spoke to 11 members of the public who attended these events and the Deputy Director for CUPPADL. Key quotes from his discussions are as follows. Emmanuel B. Johnson, student and community representative, said “I am so grateful that the meeting brought together people to enlighten their understanding regarding the CSDF. Though we have been hearing about CSDF, I did not know about the amount that comes directly to the county, where it is coming from and which project the leaders are undertaking. I am not aware of the CSDF and even the County sitting. I am also not aware about the implementation and usage of the money.” Moses Gbegongar Henry, Project Management Committee (PMC) ‘said, “Each district should have its sitting and come up with its own project. The result from the sitting should be made known to the people. Information dissemination is also good for the sake of transparency therefore each district should inform their people through the local radio station, town crier, meeting etc for awareness, and then every person will be aware”. Ruth Varney said “I firstly want to thank CUPPADL and LAVI for affording me the opportunity to sit with the county leaders and aspirants to discuss issues about the CSDF utilization or disbursement. She said, “I don’t even know about the CSDF and it appears to me like something that just started, however I am now getting knowledge about CSDF and will remind my leaders about these burning issues that need to be addressed to benefit the entire district”.

Chief Moses Korweh said’’ I have been hearing about CSDF for the county, but did not know the amount, who controls it, how it is managed, or even the usage. At least from this meeting when I get back to my people I will educate the youth, women and others about what I learned from the meeting”. Elijah Togar, Youth Leader , said, “if the leaders of the district or county could have involved the local citizens through county sitting meetings, it could have helped the citizens to express their interests or appropriate needed projects for communities and everybody will fully participate and benefit from the CSDF. In this case we will like for the county sitting meeting to be held at district levels and submit report to the county”. Mattias T. Zennoh a participant at the event said, “Yes I know about the County Social Development Fund (CSDF) that comes in the county every year”, He further said “the CSOs are the voice of the people but they have been polluted by the politicians, so how will they engage the Project Management Committee (PMC) and county leadership”. Thanks to LAVI/USAID-CUPPADL for the meeting with both local and county leaders together to discuss CSDF issues. I believe from now there will be some level of transparency. Reuben Gongar, Region One Coordinator said, “Money is given to the county and we are aware of it. We were informed that the Funds for the county should be used for the citizens of the county to benefit, but the implementation and usage of this money is what we have doubts about. Another doubt we have is how the funds are coordinated to the different groupings in the county. For example, how people are recommended to the county sitting.? He said, CSOs and groups with disability should be informed and benefit and not only be observers”. Chief Jonathan Reeves, a Clan Chief in District 2, Grand Bassa County said “the meeting has provided me with a broader idea on CSDF issues but I still want to know whether it is right for local citizens to sit with their leaders and discuss CSDF issues? I am asking this because since I was elected as chief, I learned from my leaders that the CSDF is not under the control of the local people, and now CUPPADL/LAVI-USAID is making us to know our rights to speak up”. Mr. Prince M. Joe, District Youth Leader expressed thanks and appreciation to the LAVI program for making them to learn more about the CSDF and its utilization. He said, “Since I took over as District Youth Leader (5years now) I do not know anything about CSDF sitting and CSDF resolution or project or, whether we are allowed to sit with lawmakers to discuss such a key issue, but now this program has made us to know our rights”. District Commissioner Amos L. Johnson Sr. expressed thanks and appreciation to LAVI program for making their people to learn more about the CSDF. He said, “The reason we have not been educating the people about CSDF is because it also requires funding to conduct such meetings or awareness”. He also said “Hon. Mary Karwon selected five persons for the sitting last year, and at that sitting-meeting, it was decided that those five persons will remain and there will be no rotational selection. From this meeting I noticed that information from the sitting regarding projects for the district is not spreading, so it is necessary that a joint meeting is held at the district level for CSDF resolution and projects priority for the district”. District Superintendent Nancy Greene said, “The program actually made us know our pit falls as it relates to CSDF management, now we have learned a lesson that USAID is observing us. We will now try to put into actions some mechanisms that benefit the entire district”. Mr. Mark Ranie, Deputy Director for CUPPADL said “the meeting was participatory and I like the way people were responding and the willingness of the aspirants and incumbent regarding the signing of the pledge cards”.

Event 3: SDI Community Monitoring and Reporting Event On June 16, 2017, SDI facilitated a Community Monitoring and Reporting event with stakeholders including CSOs, CBOs, community’s leaders, youth, women, local authority, and concessionaires on the CSDF in Salayea, Lofa County. A total of twenty participants (15 males and 5 females) attended the event.

The LAVI Field Activity Monitor (the FAM) spoke to six (6) members of the public who attended the event and the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer and County Coordinator of SDI. Key quotes from his discussions are as follows. “We learned how to administer the pledge cards to lawmakers/aspirants. The pledge card is very good for citizens of the county. We will get lawmakers/aspirants to sign them and that will be used as a tool to grade them if they are doing well or not.” “…once lawmakers/aspirants sign the pledge cards, they will be obligated to us, meaning, they will have to do everything the pledge cards has in it. If they don’t live up to the pledge cards that they have signed, we will definitely use it against said lawmakers/aspirants in a positive way to have them fulfill their promises in the pledge cards.” “….what really made the meeting fascinating was that the meeting was more participatory during the discussion on the score and pledge cards. Participants seem very interested in the discussion and were asking meaningful questions and making their own contributions on what they think of the pledge/score cards.”

Event 4: SDI District Development Council (DDC) Meeting On June 19, 2017, SDI facilitated another meeting with District Development Council (DDC), local authorities and Legislators in Voinjama, Lofa County. A total of twenty seven (27) participants (20 males and 7 females) attended the event representing CSOs, CBOs local government and communities. The LAVI Field Activity Monitor (the FAM) spoke to five (5) members of the public who attended the event. Key quotes from his discussions are as follows. “…we learned the roles, responsibilities and importance of the DDCs in the district and the county at large.” “…we realized how good/important the pledge card is for us, that is; it will help us determine a particular lawmaker/aspirant strength as it relates to development in our district. We want to thank SDI and the LAVI family for such a great initiative in our county; it is really helpful to the citizens of Lofa and Liberia at Large”.

Event 5: IREDD Advocacy and ICCM Training On June 19, 2017, IREDD facilitated the Advocacy and ICCM training held in Sanniquellie, Nimba County. A total of thirty three (33) participants (22 males and 12 females) representing CSOs, CBOs local government and communities attended the event. The LAVI Field Activity Monitor (the FAM) spoke to two (2) members of the public who attended the event. Key quotes from his discussions are as follows. Bandu Fahnbulleh said, “I enjoyed the topic on Advocacy. Advocacy is not to work in the interest of lawmakers or government officials for position but to work in the interest of the citizens and the nation. However, some people advocate in their own interest.” Abednego Doe said, “I am actually concerned about the CSDF. Every delegate should have voting right at the county sitting and a report should be made to citizens and citizens should be involved in decision making process of the CSDF.”

Event 6: SDI Community Monitoring and Reporting on Score Cards and Policy Paper Dialogue Meetings On June 19, 20, 21 and 23, SDI held four separate town hall meetings on Community monitoring and reporting on the score cards and the Discussion on the P4DP Policy Paper in Green Hill, Beloken, Kayken and Wedabo Ylatwen in Grand Kru County respectively. A total of ninety seven (97) participants (74 males and 23 females) attended the events. The LAVI Field Activity Monitor (the FAM) spoke to nine (9) members of the public who attended these events and SDI’s Program Manager. Key quotes from his discussions are as follows.

Sampson Williams, SDI Program Manager, praised participants for their level of interactions during the meetings and urge participants to use the knowledge acquired to bring about change in their communities especially when it comes to the management and use of the CSDF. Theopilus Blamoh, a Project Management Committee representative, at the meeting thanked SDI for organizing the forum which will help the community understand their roles and responsibilities of the Project Management Committee (PMC). He said “the work of the PMC is to make sure that contractors work for the community and are in line with the time frame of their contract. The committee should supervise the projects and report to the community, but the community has not been educated on the process”. Sarah Nyema, The Southeastern Women Development Association (SEWODA) Coordinator, for Grand Kru County, said,” I want to appreciate SDI for their continual support and efforts to community engagement on the education of the county social development fund. I promise to use the education provided them and put into practice engaging their local authorities”. David J. Togba, Representative Aspirant, Electoral District # 1, welcomed the idea of the score card. He said “the score card will give electorates the opportunity to have interaction with politicians and with those seeking high political positions in the county”. Teta Kojolo, member of SEWODA praised SDI for the opportunity to have a forum on “how community and politicians can interact”. She said, “This new idea of working with politicians and stakeholder will bring total transparency to implementation of policies”. Mr. Moses Bloh, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent, said “I am happy for such a meeting to be arranged between county administration and citizens. SDI and their partner should continue the good work in the community on the awareness of the CSDF”. Gbadee Nyeawa a civil society group chairman (FOFI), said “We as civil society advocate groups in this county believe that a meeting like this should always be held amongst stakeholders. This will help us know our individual roles as it relates to CSDF and how to engage politicians as well”. Ms Regina Nimely member of an organization called Rural Women said, “I am happy to be part of this meeting, because most of the things that happen in this county we are not be part of and are excluded most of the time. As women organizations in this county we should have played a major role in most of the activities that people or the government is doing”. The Youth leader of Wedabo, Jack J. Pleeyas, expressed disappointment on how the selection of delegates is made from the community to the county sitting. He said, “Selections to the county sitting are influenced by our political leaders. All decisions are made by the same politicians who do not come back to the community to know community needs.” Theophilus W. Blamoh, a Teacher at Wedabo Ylatwen Community Elementary School, commended SDI and told them to continue the good work in their communities on educating citizens on how to engage their leaders on developmental issues especially on the county social development funds.

Event 7: LEITI Government-Citizen Engagement Meeting On June 22, 2017, LEITI held a government- citizen engagement meeting in Gbarnga, Bong County to popularize the Concession Agreements in the Extractive Sector. A total of fifty (44) participants (25 males and 19 females) attended the event.

LAVI’s Field Activity Monitor (FAM) reported that the meeting was very educative and served as eye opener for the citizens on the basic social and cooperate responsibilities of Mittal Steel and China – Union (Hong Kong) Mining Company, Ltd to the people of Bong County. According to Jeffred N. Sumo a student reading Mining Engineering at the Bong County Technical College, and other participants, the training was very important. The FAM reported that many of the participants expressed sincere gratitude to LEITI, and LAVI for the information communicated in respect to the contributions made to

the development of the County by concession companies operating in the County. According to a cross section of people he spoke with after the meeting including the Coordinator for the Group of 77 (people living with disability) the Traditional Council, Market women, youth leader, etc, the information provided by LIETI was very useful and will serve as advocacy tool to engage stakeholders in the management of the Social County Development Fund. The participants promised to use the information received constructively ensuring that the desired benefits of the CSDFs are received by the citizens of Bong County. They (participants) also expressed appreciation of the process and form in which the meeting was conducted. They however recommended that LAVI and LIETE continue to conduct such meeting and ensure that major stakeholders including local authority, law makers and concessionaires are in attendance. The LAVI Field Activity Monitor spoke to four (4) members of the public who attended the event and the County Coordinator of NAYMOTE. Key quotes from his discussions are as follows. Jeffery N. Sumo, a student reading Mining Engineering at the Bong County Technical College, noted that the training was very important. Mr. Sumo appreciated the opportunity to attend the meeting and said, “I was totally innocent about the money, especially the fifty thousand United States Dollar ($50,000.00) that is paid every year for students from Bong County that have interest in studying Mining, Engineering and Geology at the University of Liberia.” Moses T. Togbah, Coordinator, Group of 77, said, “We the people with disabilities in this county have been left out of the benefits coming from these companies. There are centers for women and youth organizations but there is no center for the people with disability in this County.” Evelyn G. Kollie, a student, said, “As I sit in my seat, I’m so angry in my spirit hearing the kind of development fund coming to our county and some of us are out of school for lack of support not knowing we have money in our county that can support us in school.” Sylvia J. W. Karbba, Member of the Traditional Council, “…we never knew about the money that’s coming to the county, especially the one for the education of our children. Hearing about it today was very necessary. Now that I know about this money, I will first engage members of my group to share the information with them, and then we will engage our leaders.” Madam Sylvia recommended that the government sets up a monitoring and evaluation group to monitor the usage of the money.

Event 8: DEN-L Mentoring & Coaching On June 23, 2017, Development Education Network-Liberia (DEN-L) held a Mentoring & Coaching Meeting Phase III in Gbarnga, Bong County, with the NRM Coalition County Coordinators, citizens and CBOs. A total of 32 participants (25 males and 7 females) attended the event. The LAVI Field Activity Monitor (the FAM) spoke to two (2) members of the public who attended the event and the County Coordinator of NAYMOTE. Key quotes from his discussions are as follows. Mr. Moses Bailey, NAYMOTE County Coordinator said, “Beneficiaries of our intervention have understood the CSDFs. Their skills have been built in advocacy and community engagement. We have encouraged community members to engage their leaders including law makers constructively.” Alice S. Garmo, Member of the Bong Women Organization said, “Advocacy is a process and you are to gather more information, gather facts before you can advocate for any issue in your county or country. We will our advocacy skills to encourage women to participate in the voter roll update and a lot of the women we talked to participated in the process. The training is holding the women together in advocating for issue.” Bill G. Yealue, Secretary General of the National Teacher Association Bong County Chapter said, “Our challenge is that most of our teachers stay away from going to engage stakeholders for fear of losing their jobs. We will continue to encourage them and assure them that they will not be sacked when the advocacy is done constructively.”

Event 9: SDI Mentoring & Coaching On June 28, 2017, SDI held a meeting to discuss the P4DP Policy Paper to policies makers, CSOs, CBOs, community leaders, concessionaires, local authorities and media stakeholders in Salayea District, Lofa County. A total of twenty two (22) participants (14 males and 8 females) attended the event. The LAVI Field Activity Monitor (the FAM) spoke to five (5) members of the public who attended these events and the SDI team. Key quotes from his discussions are as follows. “….we learned about the P4DP’s policy paper and we learned a lot about the importance of this policy paper. We learned that this policy paper will help us to put some developmental activities in place which is a great thing for us in this part of Liberia. For too long we have been marginalized when it comes to some of these things (proper management of our CSDF, information or knowledge on pledge/score cards, etc.) that SDI was saying here in the meeting today.” “….we had the meeting and as we progress with the discussion during the meeting on the policy paper, participants got very interested and they started to ask questions and also they were giving sufficient input as well which was our target, it was really great.”

Event 10: RHRAP Policy Paper Dialogue Meeting On June 29, 2017, RHRAP held a meeting to discuss the P4DP Policy Paper to policies makers, CSOs, CBOs, community leaders, concessionaires, local authorities and media stakeholders in Tubmanburg, Bomi County. A total of twenty three (23) participants (16 males and 7 females) attended the event. The LAVI Field Activity Monitor (the FAM) spoke to two (2) members of the public who attended the event and RHRAP’s County Coordinator. Key quotes from his discussions are as follows. Mr. Augustine Boakia a Traditional Chief expressed great delight in the process and said “I find the discussion on the Social Development Fund and the County Development fund to be necessary with our participation”. Mr. Lanai B. Fahnbullah said “I had no knowledge of the two different funds that is provided in the county. He said the event surely brightened our minds”. Participants at the event complained about the lack of transparency and mismanagement of county’s resources by Legislators. They recommended that the draft policy paper be reviewed to ensure that Section 9 of the Budget law is revised in a manner that will ensure citizens are involved in the decision making aspect of the county’s funds. Andrew Jorgboyan, RHRAP’s County Coordinator, expressed great delight in the attendance and the full participation of representatives from CSOs, CBOs, Church Associations, Youth group, etc.

LAVI Event Photos

Image 1 - Event 2: Political Aspirant signing Pledge Card at Image 2 Event 2: Political Aspirant signing Pledge Card at CUPPADL’s event in Grand Bassa County CUPPADL’s event in Grand Bassa County

Image 3 Event 2: Participants at CUPPADL event in Civil Compound #1, Burquee City, Grand Bassa County

Image 4 - Event 7: LEITI / LAVI Town Hall Meeting Bong County Image 5 - Event 7: LEITI / LAVI Town Hall Meeting Bong County

Image 6 - Event 8: DEN-L / LAVI Mentoring and Coaching Event in Bong Image 7 - Event 8: DEN-L / LAVI Mentoring and Coaching Event in County Bong County

Image 8 Event 10: Participants at RHRAP Policy Paper Dialogue Meeting Tubmanburg, Bomi County

Annex 10: Section 9 - Budget Law (GoL) A Summary of Section 9 of the Budget Law and the Guidelines for the Management of the County Social Development Fund (CSDF)

A. Report of the Joint Committee on Ways, Means, Finance/Development Planning and Public Accounts on the National Budget (Referencing FY 2015/16) Section – 9: MANAGEMENT OF THE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS: (a) For the purpose of control of funds allocated directly to each county in this budget, each county shall establish and manage, at a local bank, a County Development Account in the name of the county. (b) Complementary to the terms and conditions of other agreements appertaining thereto, all funds allocated in this budget directly to a county as County Development Funds (CDF) and/or as Social Development Funds (SDF) shall first be deposited into the County Development Fund Account provided for in this budget. Allocation, disbursement and utilization of said CDF or SDF shall be determined and expressed in a Resolution of and by, the County Council as provided for in this Act. (c) The County Development Fund Account of each county is subject to all banking regulations and financial audits as provided for by Law. The authorized signatories to each county account shall be as follows:

A Signature: The County Assistant Superintendent for Financial or Fiscal Management as principal authorizer; or in the stead, the County Superintendent;

B Signature: The Project management Committee (PMC) Chairperson elected by the County Council as second principal authorizer; or in the stead, the PMC Treasurer also elected by the County Council.

(d) All withdrawals from a County Development Fund Account shall require the authorization of the first and second principal authorizers or; their stead as designated in this Act in accordance with guidelines to be agreed by the Legislature and the Executive Branches of Government. A withdrawal authorized by a principal and a stead I same category shall not be valid or legal. (e) The Minister of Finance and Development Planning shall, based on Resolution of each County Council, issue allotments against the amounts appropriated in this budget as follows:

i. County Development Fund, no later than December provided that reports of the previous amount have been made, and ii. Social Development Fund, immediately upon collection on behalf of the affected County.

This will ensure that counties have sufficient time to implement projects given that only certain seasons are conducive for implementation. (f) The Minister of Finance and Development Planning shall make payment to a county when previous disbursements have been fully accounted for and financial reports duly made and certified by the County Legislative Caucus. (g) Upon issuance of the allotments, the County Superintendent shall raise the necessary vouchers or requests and present same to the Minister of Finance and Development Planning for payment of the funds into the existing Development Account of each county. All monies for County Development and Social Development Funds are hereby appropriated in the National Claims section of the National Budget and directly managed by the Minister of Finance and Development Planning. (h) Access to County Development Fund: Access to the County Development Funds Account shall be upon Resolution of the County Council (CC). (i) Mandate of the County Council: Each county shall have a County Council, which shall serve as the highest decision-making body of the county on matters of development and fund-management. The primary mandate and duty of the County Council shall be:

i. To determine the most equitable and effective method of allocation or application of the County Development Funds which will induce rapid and sustainable improvement in the physical conditions on ground and in the lives of the general population of the county or a segment thereof; ii. To decide on, and target, specific areas and types of programs and projects on which the development funds are to be spent; iii. To elect a 3-member Project Management Committee (PMC), once every three years, compromising: a Chairperson, a Treasurer, and a Comptroller. The Council shall define criteria for qualification to contest the positions of PMC Treasurer and PMC Comptroller. Said qualification being based on professional training and working experience in the field of accounting; and iv. Review and assess level of progress on on-going development projects in the county, with the objective of taking decisions and/or measures that will rectify any delays in disbursement, or abused in the application, of allocated development funds.

(j) Decisions of the County Council shall be expressed in the form of Resolutions, which shall be signed by the heads of delegations attending the sitting, the presiding officer of the sitting, witnessed by the County Superintendent or, in the stead, the County Assistant Superintendent for Fiscal and Financial Management; and attested by the Chairperson and majority members of the County Legislative Caucus. (k) Once the Council has allocated funds to an area, it shall be the responsibility of the citizens of the targeted area to meet and appoint a Project Monitoring Team (PMT) which shall coordinate the planning of all activities relating to the project… (l) Convening of the County Council:

i. The County Superintendent, with the expressed consent of the County Legislative Caucus, shall convene sittings of the County Council to be attended by an equal number

(set by the County Legislative Caucus) of officials and opinion leaders from each of the traditional communities, Statutory Districts, Administrative Districts and/or Municipalities, whichever is most inclusive and broadest for consultative participation in the County; ii. The Chairperson of the County Legislative Caucus shall serve as Chairperson of the County Council; iii. The County Superintendent shall issue citations for each sitting of the County Council; iv. Delegates to the County Council shall include:

1. Equal representation of either the traditional communities, the Statutory Districts, the Administrative Districts, and/or the Municipalities, whichever most inclusive of the County as determined by the County Legislative Caucuses; 2. The County Superintendent; 3. The County Assistant Superintendent for Fiscal and Financial Management; and 4. Members of the County Legislative Caucus.

(m) Mandate of the Project Management Committee (PMC): the primary mandate of the Project Management Committee (PMC) elected by the County Council shall be: i. To serve as the technical arm of the County Council in identifying and costing of projects; ii. To oversee and coordinate implementation of all approved projects; iii. To ensure that transaction documents relating to the spending of the County Development Funds are in conformity and compliance with the Public Procurement and Concession Act and budget implementation regulations; iv. To ensure that the County Development Funds are spent only on county development activities; v. To make quarterly reports on the status of implementation of the County Resolutions and submit said reports to the County Superintendent; the County Legislative Caucus; and the County Council (IN SESSION); and vi. To execute other functions as determined by the County Council in the form of County Resolutions. (n) The primary duties of the members of the PMC shall be: i. The Chairperson shall supervise and preside over the affairs of the said PMC; ii. The PMC Treasurer shall be the chief examiner and custodian of all financial documents of the committee and for verifying that all documentary requirements are in order for transactions on the account; and iii. The PMC Comptroller shall serve as the Financial Officer of the PMC, keeping the books of accounts of the committee, ensuring proper transactions consistent with generally accepted accounting principles and in compliance with the Public Procurement and Concession Act. (0) Removal of PMC members: Members of the PMC shall be removed for cause to be determined by two thirds members of the Legislative caucus.

B. Guidelines for the Management of the County Social Development Funds Brief Summary (Revised April 2011):

I. Purpose of the Funds a. The County Social Development Funds (CSDF) was established for counties affected by the operations of concessionaires to receive annual contributions to support education, health, water, sanitation and hygiene, public social infrastructure, roads, bridges, public buildings, market halls, community recreational centers, agriculture and food security projects. b. The CSDF also support thematic projects linked to gender, youth, elderly, handicapped and other groups of vulnerability.

II. Current Contribution a. Arcelor Mittal provides US$3 million annually to Nimba, Bong and Grand Bassa Counties. Nimba 50%, Grand Bassa 33% and Bong 17%. b. China Union Liberia provides US$3.5 million annually to Bong, Margibi and Montserrado Counties. Bong 50%, Margibi 25% and Montserrado 25%. c. BHP Billiton provides US$400,000 annually to Nimba, Bong, Grand Bassa and Rivercess Counties. US$100,000 per exploration area.

III. How the Funds are Managed a. The Dedicated Fund Committee (DFC) is the national coordinating and regulatory body for the management of the CSDF. The DFC manages the annual social contributions for the counties. b. The County Development Management Committee (CDMC) oversees the management of the funds at the county level. c. Project Implementation Unit (PIU), manages the day to day implementation of the fund.

IV. Selection of Development Projects a. The CDMC determines and prioritizes the development needs in each county. b. The CDMC should at all times, include the participation of the County Development Office (CDO), Concessionaire Liaison Officer and civil society representation in determining the needs of the counties. It shall also ensure grassroots participation, especially for youth and women groups. c. The CDMC shall ensure that the County Development Agenda (CDA) is the main basis for determining county’s development priorities. d. Development needs shall be determined on the basis of needs assessments conducted by the PIU under the supervision of the CDMC.

V. Participation of Interest Groups a. Minutes, attendance records and other documentation of meetings, shall attest to interest groups participation in determining counties’ needs. b. Number of consultations held with interest groups, including categories and number of participants involved. c. Written documentation on how the consultations led to the decisions reached by the various groups.

VI. Project Approval a. The DFC will review and approve all project proposals within a month of receipt of such proposals. b. The DFC will approve a project by consensus between the Government of Liberia and the concessionaire(s) representatives to the Board. c. All decisions to approve or reject a project proposal will be communicated to respective PIU and County Development Management Committees through the DFC Secretariat with an official letter. d. No PIU is allowed to request tenders or bids for projects that have not yet been approved by the DFC. e. All approved projects must be implemented in the form and manner in which they were approved by the DFC. f. The PIU will communicate with and seek approval from the DFC, any decision to change a component of a project or its entirety.

V. Financial Management and Procurement

Bank Account a. The DFC will make all disbursements to the individual operational accounts of the CDMC which commensurate with the value of the projects approved.

Disbursement from county operational account a. The signatories of the operational account of each county shall be the County Superintendent as signatory A and the County Development Superintendent as co-signatory A. The Head of the PIU as signatory B. Signatory B is a constant signatory to all processed checks.

Disbursement of Funds a. All disbursement of funds will require the approval of the CDMC. Approval is provided in the form of signatures of payment vouchers. The PIU is required to submit payment requests to the CDMC for approval, with the necessary supporting documents, directly associated with the budget approved by the DFC for the project.

Payment Request a. All requests for payments emanating from suppliers, contractors or otherwise should be submitted to the CDMC through the PIU in the form of an invoice or a written statement. b. In the event that a request emanates from a contractor, amounting to a percentage of advance payment or final payment contained in its implementation contract, an evaluation/verification of the project should be done to confirm the contractor’s claim, before the payment is approved. In this case, the following supporting documents should be attached to the payment request: project monitoring reports, contractors’ invoice or payment request. c. The PIU will prepare all payment requests send to CDMC for review and verification. d. The CDMC will review and verify payment requests and forward them to the County Superintendent for approval. e. Upon approval, payment will be processed by the PIU.

Operational Budget a. Each PIU will prepare an annual budget for its County operations and submit to the CDMC for review and subsequently to the DFC for approval. This budget will be separate from the project budget, and must be submitted at the end of every year.

b. The operational budget for a county must not exceed between 5 – 10% depending on its annual allocation. Same applies to the DFC secretariat.

Account Balance a. The CDMC should maintain at all times a positive balance in its bank account.

Procurement a. Procurement of project equipment, materials, supplies and services will be carried out consistent with Public Procurement and Concessions Commission (PPCC) guidelines.

The County Development Management Committees (CDMC) shall lead the determination and prioritization of balanced development needs in each county. This procedure should at all times include the participation of the County Development Officer, Concessionaire Liaison Officer and Civil Society representation unless due to otherwise reasons. In this process, they will ensure that: The County Development Agenda (CDA) will be the main basis for determining a county’s development priorities. This shall be consistent with the Government of Liberia’s poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) or other national development documents; There is broad-based and grassroots participation, especially youths, and women groups; Prioritization of needs will be done on the basis of needs assessments conducted for this purpose by the PIU under the supervision of the CDMC. These guidelines set out the procedures for the selection, approval and management of development projects to be supported by the County Social Development Funds. They are intended to serve as a handy guide for the Dedicated Funds Committee, County Development Management Committees and Project Implementation Units on daily project implementation, supervision, monitoring and reporting.”1

1 Guidelines for the Management of the County Social Development Fund, Revised April 2011, Ministries of Lands, Mines & Energy and Internal Affairs, Republic of Liberia Annex 16: Q3 ALab and iLab Training

Training Date Objective Attendees

Excel for Data April 5-7 This fifteen (15) hours training course equipped the M&E officers NRM Coalition Analysis of LAVI NRM Coalition partners the skills to clean, format, M&E Officers analyze data effective using Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet for proper reporting and sharing.

Tools for May 11-12 iCampus staff hosted this training for NRM Coalition M&E LAVI NRM Communications Officers to introduce them to online tools, mainly Google Coalition M&E and Collaboration applications, that can be used to information sharing, Officers communication, and collaboration among the coalition.

Reporting & May 29-30 Conducted in partnership with the LAVI ME&L team, this LAVI Field Success Story training helped LAVI Field Activity Monitors (FAMs) learn how to Activity Monitors Training capture successes from NRM Coalition events in writing and photographs. The FAMs were also trained in how to thoroughly document the events using LAVI’s reporting tools.

Microsoft Excel May 31 The objective of this training was to introduce participants to NRM Coalition Basics Microsoft Excel 2010 and guide them in data entry, data Members & LAVI manipulation, sorting and filtering data, basic and logical staff calculations, etc. This training would also help field staff and county coordinators systematically collect and share data with M&E officers of the LAVI NRM Coalition partners

Microsoft June 7 Participants in this training learned essential functions of Microsoft LAVI Government PowerPoint Basics PowerPoint-- such as charts, Smart Art, and transitions—and best partners and and Presentation practices in developing and delivering compelling presentations. NRM Coalition Best Practices Members

Understanding and June 8 Accountability Lab’s network of youth organizations were invited Youth Engaging in Public to participate in a training the on public policy process in Liberia Organizations Policy and how they can engage in and influence the process around key issues for reforms. The attendees will be engaged in upcoming LAVI supported events targeting youth engagement around CSDF issues, namely those planned by LMC , in Quarter 4.

Citizen June 13 The objective of this training was to provide government actors LAVI Government Engagement Best with the relevant community engagement Partners Practices tools and strategies for conducting town hall discussions and communication effectively with citizens and community leaders.

Data Management June 28-29 The objective of the mentoring sessions was to support the NRM NRM Coalition and Reporting Coalition M&E Manger, Monica Dolo, in transcribing paper-based M&E Manager Mentorship data into a Microsoft Excel database, cleaning the data, and using basic functions to analyze and report on the data.

Case Title:

Submitter Name : Organization:

Summary:

1. Which subcomponents of the Collaborating, Learning and Adapting Framework are reflected most in your case (select up to 5 subcomponents)? Pause & Reflect Openness Adaptive Management Relationships & Networks Technical Evidence Base Continuous Learning & Improvement Theories of Change Knowledge Management Scenario Planning Institutional Memory M&E for Learning Decision-Making Internal Collaboration Mission Resources External Collaboration CLA in Implementing Mechanisms 2. What is the general context in which the case takes place?

3. Why did you use a collaborating, learning, and adapting approach? 4. Describe how you used collaborating, learning, and adapting in this case.

5a. Organizational Impact: What impact, if any, has collaborating, learning, and adapting had on your team, mission or organization?

5b. Development Results: What impact, if any, has CLA had on your development outcomes?

6. What factors affected the success or otherwise of your collaborating, learning and adapting approach? What were the main enablers or barriers?

7. Based on your experience and lessons learned, what advice would you share with colleagues about using a collaborating, learning, and adapting approach?

The CLA Case Competition is managed by USAID LEARN, a Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning (PPL) mechanism implemented by Dexis Consulting Group and its partner, International Resources Group, a subsidiary of RTI. Field Activity Monitoring Report

Partner Name: Sustainable Development Institute (SDI)

Date of Event: June 10, 2017

Event Type: Community Forestry Development Committee (CFDC] and Alpha Logging Concession and Wood Processing Company 2nd Quarterly Meeting]

Event Start Time: 11:00

Event End Time: 15:00

Location & Venue: LOFA: Salayea District, Gbonyea Town at the Guest House

FAM: Prince G. Kennedy

Date of Report: June 12, 2017

Partner Deliverables

No. Deliverable Yes [tick] No [tick]

1 Correct sign-in sheets used 

2 Sign-in sheets fully completed ie name, organization, telephone, email 

3 Did the Partner follow the Agenda - topics listed 

4 Did the Partner take photos of their event 

5 Appropriate branding and marking of materials 

6 USAID logo and correct date on Event Banner 

Event Details

No. Details - Participants Number of

1 Estimated total number of event attendees 39

1.1 Estimated number of total event attendees - female 4

1.2 Estimated number of total event attendees - male 35

3 Estimated total number of CSOs & CBOs in attendance 17

4 Estimated total number of Government representatives - Ministry, Local Got etc. 11

5 Estimated number of total general public attendees 11

5.1 Estimated number of total general public attendees - female 2

5.2 Estimated number of total general public attendees - male 9

6 How many Partner staff facilitated the event 1

Field Activity Monitoring Report Page: 1 Key M&E Observations Quotes Here are key quote from attendees at the meeting “We are going to put stop to them (Alpha Logging Company) from carrying out operations in the district, if they force it, we will go guitar [fight] with them because they are using our forest and we are not benefiting anything from them”. Here is a key quote from the partner “ Mr. Moses S. Vangar express his regret on why the Concession company in question didn’t turn out to the meeting to hear the burning issues of the citizens of the affected communities within the district but he added that the meeting went well]

Photos / Videos [get GPS locations, remember the big picture – what you are you trying to communicate via the photo] Must include the following:

1. Photo of each sign-in sheet 2. USAID logo and date event banner 3. Participants

Key M&E Observation At the beginning of the meeting, the facilitators welcome the participants to the meeting and self-introduction was made; after which the facilitator give the overview/purpose of the meeting. The partner face some challenges in the implementation of the meeting. According to the partner representative Mr. Moses S. Vangar who is the County Coordinator for SDI in Lofa County, he told me that, the CFDC and Alpha Logging Company meeting was organized by CFDC and the local authorities of Salayea and the surrounding villages and communities members of the affected district (Salayea), and this meeting was facilitated by Mr. J. Augustus F. Kwalah CFDC Chairman, Mr. George K. Vesselee CFDC Secretary and Mr. Andrew Y.Y. Zelemen CFDC Communication & Public Relation Officer, as a result of this Mr. Vangar was not able to facilitate the meeting which happen to be his major challenge. To deal with the challenge Mr. Vangar spoke to the facilitators about his project SDI, his mission for which he was there and what he expected from them (The Facilitators) and they all agree to work along with Mr. Vangar for the smooth implementation of the meeting. I was able to speak to eight (8) attendees after the meeting; I asked them if they enjoy the meeting? Their responses were “Well the meeting was not bad, but the sad thing of the meeting is that no members from the concession company (Alpha Logging and Wood Processing Company) were present for us to really tell them how we are feeling”.

I also asked them about things that they learned from the meeting, their responses were “We learned a lot from the meeting today, many thanks to the facilitators from CFDC for the lesson, some of those lesson learned was (1) Since Alpha logging make the commitment with the communities (Community road construction, construction of hand pump, hosting quarterly meetings, first employment preference for the people etc.) they have not fulfill not even one of those commitment mention. (2) They also said they learned how to channel their complaint against Alpha Logging and Wood Processing Company and not to take a violent approach as it will only make the situation worse. In their ending statement with me they all were saying, “We are going to put stop to them from carrying out operations in the district if they don’t appear from now to June 17, 2017 if they force things we will go guitar with them. Most of the participants that I talked to said; Alpha Logging and Wood Processing Company is causing serious problem for them, in that; most of their farm land is being damage by this concession company and as a result of that for them to farm nowadays is not easy because they sometimes have to go to a faraway place to farm which is not good for them most especially they are not benefiting anything from this company. I could really see the bitterness in the faces of the participants and how badly they are hurting and this really need urgent attention before things get worse between the Citizens of Salayea District and Alpha Logging and Wood Processing

Field Activity Monitoring Report Page: 2 Company. It was almost at the end of the meeting when a representative from Alpha Logging and Wood Processing Company in person of Mr. Samuel T. Supoe, Public Relation Officer came and he clearly told the participants that he could not answer any question from them because he just got the job two months ago and he didn’t have enough information on the company but he told them to be calm and they matter was going to be handle as soon as possible. Speaking to LAVI partner at the end about how he feel about the meeting, Mr. Moses S. Vangar who is the partner representative on ground told me that the meeting went well and he express his regret over the refusal for the Concession Company (Alpha Logging and Wood Processing Company) not to appear to the meeting that is so much important to the citizens of the affected communities within the district.

Photos of the Event

Pictorial view of participants before the meeting.

Pictorial view of participants as they write their name on the attendance before the meeting.

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Pictorial view of participants as they were seated attentively and listening to the facilitator as he read out loud the commitment that Alpha Logging and Wood Processing Company made to the affected communities during the meeting.

Photo of the participants during the meeting.

Pictorial view of Mr. Mr. J. Augustus F. Kwalah the Chairman CFDC as he elaborated on the continual refusal of Alpha Loggling and Wood Processing Company not coming to the call by citizens of the affected communities and aslo for them not commiting themselves to the commitment to the citizens.

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Pictorial view of Participants at the end of the meeting held in Gbonyea.

Photos of participants at the end of the meeting.

Below is photos of the attendance for the CFDC and Alpha Logging and Wood Processing Company Meeting held in Salayea District, Gbonyea Town.

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