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CSA Program QR Jan-Mar 2015 Civil Society Assistance Program Quarterly Report Report Period: April – June 30, 2017 Delivered to: USAID Implementer: Counterpart International Cooperative Agreement Number: AID-OAA-LA-14-00011 2345 Crystal Drive Suite 301 Arlington, VA 22202, USA TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ATTACHMENTS ....................................................................................................................... 4 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................................................ 5 II. POLITICAL CONTEXT .................................................................................................................. 8 III. SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................................ 11 IV. MONITORING AND EVALUATION.............................................................................................. 30 V. ACCOMPLISHMENTS ................................................................................................................. 31 VI. BEST PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES ...................................................................................... 32 VII. EXPENSES .................................................................................................................................. 33 VIII. NEXT QUARTER PRIORITIES ...................................................................................................... 33 Ecuador Civil Society Assistance Program 2 AID-OAA-LA-14-00011 Quarterly Report 11, April – June, 2017 List of Acronyms AME Association of Ecuadorian Municipalities (Spanish acronym Asociación de Municipalidades del Ecuador. CEOSC Confederation of Ecuadorian CSOs (Spanish acronym Confederación Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil) CNE National Electoral Council (Spanish acronym Consejo Nacional Electoral) CONAIE Confederation of Indigenous Populations (Spanish acronym for Confederacion Nacional de Nacionalidades y Pueblos Indigenas) CPSCC Citizen Participacion and Social Control Council. (Spanish acronym for Consejo de Participacion Ciudadana y Control Social) CPI Counterpart International CSA Civil Society Assistance Program CSO Civil Society Organizations EPP Electoral and Political Processes ESQUEL Fundación Esquel ESQUEL – CLIC Esquel – Latin American Center for Collective Intelligence FARO Grupo FARO GADs Decentralized and Autonomous Governments (Spanish acronym Gobiernos Autónomos y Descentralizados) GOE Government of Ecuador MC Mesa de la Convergencia initiative M&E Monitoring and Evaluation NGO Non-Governmental Organization NWG National Working Group ONU – Mujeres U.N. Organization for Women (Spanish acronym for Organizacion de Naciones Unidas para la Mujer) OD Organizational Development PC Participación Ciudadana PNUD United Nations Development Program (Spanish acronym for Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo) PY Program Year SENPLADES National Secretariat for Planning and Development (Spanish acronym for Secretaria de Planificación y Desarrollo TA Technical Assistance UTPL Technical University of Loja (Spanish acronym for Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja) Ecuador Civil Society Assistance Program 3 AID-OAA-LA-14-00011 Quarterly Report 11, April – June, 2017 List of Attachments Annexes 1-2: Workshop Module II: “Citizen Participation, Transparency and Accountability”: Agenda and record of participants (FARO) Annexes 3-4: Workshop Módulo III: Gender Mainstreaming: Agenda and record of participants (FARO) Annexes 5-6: Workshops on Local Risk Management: agendas and records of participants. (FARO) Annexes 7-8: Workshop on Strategic Communication and Citizen Participation: agenda and record of participants. (FARO) Annexes 9-10: Workshop for the coordination of Change Projects: agenda and record of participants, (FARO) Annex 11: Change projects workshop´s results summary (FARO) Annex 12: Monitoring Matrix: Change Projects (FARO) Annex 13: CSO Law proposal draft. (FARO) Annex 14: Democracy Code reform proposal. (FARO) Annex 15: Meetings with Observatory Members and topics discussed. (FARO) Annex 16: Methodological Guide - Observatory´s Indicators (FARO) Annex 17: Consortium “Del Dicho, Al Hecho” first meeting agenda (FARO) Annex 18: Letters and Manifests of support to PC(PC) Annexes 19-22: CSO Strengthening Training Booklets. (PC) Annex 23: Press Release “Fighting Corruption” (PC) Annex 24: Presence in social media. (PC) Annex 25: Compilation of Communication Products (PC) Annex 26: List of media coverage. (PC) Annex 27: Compilation of comunicational products (ESQUEL) Annex 28: Alianza Igualitaria Ordinance proposal. (ESQUEL) Annex 29: Mapping of Potential Financial Sources. (ESQUEL) Annex 30: PMEP Table– Results Third Quarter PY3 (Counterpart) Ecuador Civil Society Assistance Program 4 AID-OAA-LA-14-00011 Quarterly Report 11, April – June, 2017 I. Executive Summary The Civil Society Assistance (CSA) program is a three-year program which seeks to support, strengthen and sustain the critical work of civil society organizations (CSOs) in their efforts to develop a wide base of participation and citizen linkage with national and local governments. This objective is supported by three integrated programmatic objectives: 1) Strengthen civil society’s commitment to promote transparency and accountability at the national and municipal level; 2) Expand citizen oversight of government activities at the central and municipal levels as allowed by Ecuadorian legislation, including the provision of objective and verifiable information regarding government performance, and; 3) Strengthen the technical and financial capacity of CSOs in their efforts to establish mutual support networks and examples of transparency and accountability under a restrictive environment. The program is jointly implemented by three Ecuadorian CSOs: GRUPO FARO (FARO), PARTICIPACION CIUDADANA (PC), and FUNDACION ESQUEL (Esquel). On June 27, the CSA program was extended for a period of 18 months (until January 2019) to further strengthen citizen participation in political and electoral processes in Ecuador (with funding from the USAID EPP Fund), within the framework of the three CSA program objectives. This report covers the third quarter (January - March 2017) of PY3. Taking into account the post- electoral political context, the partner organizations initiated thorough discussions on the decisions and first actions of the new government, and reached out to diverse civil society groups with different areas of expertise, political affiliations, and geographic locations to discuss potential strategies to promote policies and issues of public interest with the new administration. Partners also continued to approach political actors to explore the conditions that will enable them to move forward with their proposals and implement the new activities of the CSA program approved under the EPP Fund. During this period, through an international consultant, Counterpart International (CPI) provided specialized technical support on collaborative advocacy strategies to better equip partner organizations for the transition period and develop further engagement with the new government. In addition, the CSA program continued to strengthen CSO and local government capacities in issues related to local management and development, as well as gender approach incorporation, through the Innovacción Training program. Likewise, workshops were delivered to various CSOs and other citizen groups on citizen participation, communication, social control, and advocacy. The beneficiary organizations continued to make progress in the implementation of local advocacy initiatives and in the strengthening of their knowledge and strategies for financial sustainability and other related issues. Similarly, an enabling atmosphere for CSOs continued to be promoted. Some of the results achieved during this period include the following, listed by partner organization: FARO: The "Citizen Participation, Transparency and Accountability" and "Mainstreaming the Gender Approach" modules from the Innovacción Training program for CSOs and local governments were delivered in April and May. A total of 40 individuals participated in these modules, which consisted of an initial face-to-face workshop for each module, in addition to the online training. The fourth and final module, "Social Project Management", started in early June and will end in July. This last module will include the submission of Change Project proposals by the participants. Ecuador Civil Society Assistance Program 5 AID-OAA-LA-14-00011 Quarterly Report 11, April – June, 2017 FARO also faciliated three additional workshops directed to municipal officials in April. FARO worked together with the Association of Municipalities of Ecuador (AME) and the Technical University of Loja (UTPL) to deliver these workshops. Two of the workshops focused on the issue of risk management, and 61 municipal officials from three provinces in the south of the country attended these workshops. 40 municipal officials from 22 municipalities in five provinces attended a third workshop, focused on strategic communication and citizen participation. With the support of FARO, the eight Change Projects continued to make progress, including the incorporation of citizen participation and social control mechanisms. For example: (a) In the Pedro Moncayo canton, there are now allies from the academy to support the promotion of participatory management in municipalities and communities in
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