Tunisia Resilience and Community Empowerment Activity TRACE Quarterly Report Third Quarter – April 1St to June 30Th, 2019
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Tunisia Resilience and Community Empowerment Activity TRACE Quarterly Report Third Quarter – April 1st to June 30th, 2019 Submission Date: July 31st, 2019 Agreement Number: 72066418CA00001 Activity Start Date and End Date: SEPTEMBER 1st, 2018 to AUGUST 31st, 2023 AOR Name: Hind Houas Submitted by: Nadia Alami, Chief of Party FHI360 Tanit Business Center, Ave de la Fleurs de Lys, Lac 2 1053 Tunis, Tunisia Tel: (+216) 58 52 56 20 Email: [email protected] This document was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. July 2008 1 Contents 1. PROJECT Overview/Summary ........................................................................ 1 1.1 Project Description/Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Summary of Results to Date ................................................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Progress Narrative .................................................................................................................................................... 7 2. Implementation Status ...................................................................................... 7 Objective 1: Community resilience is strengthened............................................................................... 9 Objective 2: Community vulnerabilities are mitigated ......................................................................... 17 Objective 3: Capacity of Tunisian partners to sustain and replicate the model is strengthened18 2.1 Revisions to MA3an Workplan Year 1 .............................................................................................................. 23 2.2 Performance Management Plan ............................................................................................................................ 25 2.3 Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plan.......................................................................................................... 28 2.4 Communication Plan ............................................................................................................................................... 32 2.5 Ops and Finance....................................................................................................................................................... 34 2.5.1 Procurement ............................................................................................................................................................. 34 2.5.2 Security ....................................................................................................................................................................... 34 2.5.3 Logistics ...................................................................................................................................................................... 35 2.5.4 IT .................................................................................................................................................................................. 35 2.5.5 HR – ............................................................................................................................................................................ 36 2.6 Finance ........................................................................................................................................................................ 36 3. INTEGRATION OF CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES and USAID FORWARD PRIORITIES ...................................................................................................... 37 3.1 Gender Equality and Female Empowerment .................................................................................................... 37 3.2 Sustainability Mechanisms ...................................................................................................................................... 37 3.3 Environmental Compliance ................................................................................................................................... 38 3.4 Policy and Governance Support .......................................................................................................................... 39 3.5 Local Capacity Development ................................................................................................................................ 39 3.6 Public Private Partnerships (PPP) ........................................................................................................................ 39 4. Implementation Challenges ........................................................................... 40 5. LESSONS LEARNED ..................................................................................... 40 6. PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR NEXT QUARTER INCLUDING UPCOMING EVENTS ............................................................................................................ 42 7. Annexes: ........................................................................................................... 45 1. PROJECT OVERVIEW/SUMMARY Tunisia Resilience and Community Empowerment Program Name: (TRACE), now known as Ma3an (“Together” in Arabic) Activity Start Date and End September 1st, 2018 – August 31st, 2023 Date: Name of Prime FHI 360 Implementing Partner: Agreement Number: 72066418CA00001 Name of Search for Common Ground, IREX, JSF, CONECT, and Subcontractors/Subawardees: IACE. Major Counterpart Office of the Presidency of the Government of Tunisia Organizations and the Ministry of Education. Over the project implementation period (five years), Ma3an will cover 30 communities. We have developed an interactive map of the 17 communities of implementation in Year one which includes available infrastructure as well as available data from the Tunisian National Observatory of Youth. Below is the list of the 17 Year one communities, by governorate. Governorate Communities Jendouba Fernana - Ghardimaou Kairouan Kairouan North - Nasrallah Geographic Coverage (cities and or countries) Siliana Rouhia – El Aroussa Sousse Hay Erriadh - Sidi Abdelhamid Tunis Hrairia - Sijoumi Zaghouan Saouef - Nadhour Sustainability activities will cover Sharekna communities in: El Kef Kef City Ariana Ettadhamen Manouba Douar Hicher Sidi Bouzid Sidi Bouzid center - Souk Jedid Reporting Period: April 1st – June 30th, 2019 1 Acronyms and Abbreviations AO Agreement Officer AAR After Action Review AFDP Association Fidélité pour le Développement et la Promotion Rouhia ANF Association Namaa Fernana AOR Agreement Officer’s Representative ATCD Association Thabboura for Culture and Development B4H Battle for Humanity CBD Community Based Development CC Coordination Committee CDCS Country Development Cooperation Strategy CDF Community Development Fund CJD Centre des Jeunes Dirigeants CLA Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting CRC Community Resilience Committee CSAP Collaborative Stakeholders Action Planning CONECT Confédération des Entreprises Citoyennes de Tunisie COP Chief of Party CSO Civil Society Organization CYM Community Youth Mapping DCOP Deputy Chief of Party DH Douar Hicher DM&E Design, Monitoring & Evaluation DNH Do No Harm DO Development Objective FGDs Focus Group Discussions FS Friguia for Strategies GESI Gender Equality and Social Inclusion GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit GoT Government of Tunisia HR Human Resources IACE L'Institut Arabe des Chefs d'Entreprises IDH Institut du Developpement Humain IIDEBATE International Institute of Debate IRI International Republican Institute IR Intermediate Result ISET Institut Superieur de Etudes Technologiques JCI Juen Chambre Internationale JSF Jeunesse Sans Frontières KII Key Informant Interviews L2D Learn to Discern LOA Letter of Agreement LDF Local Development Fund MEL Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning MEPI Middle East Partnership Initiative MoE Ministry of Education MOU Memorandums of Understanding MoYS Ministry of Youth and Sports NDI National Democratic Institute 2 NGO Non-Governmental Organizations OIT Organisation Internationale du Travail OTCS Tunisian Organization for Social Cohesion PIRS Performance Indicators Reference Sheet PoG Presidency of the Government PYD Positive Youth Development RFA Request for Applications RFQ Request for Quotations RMELOs Regional Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officers (RMELOs) R&L Research and Learning Search Search for Common Ground SM Social Media STTA Short Term Technical Assistance SW Sustainability Workshop ToC Theory of Change ToRs Terms of Reference ToT Training of Trainers TRACE Tunisia Resilience and Community Empowerment UGC User Generated Content UNDP United Nations Development Programme USIP United States Institute of Peace USAID U.S. Agency for International Development UTICA Union Tunisienne de l'Industrie, du Commerce et de l'Artisanat VE Violent Extremism WSR Whole System in the Room YES Youth Essential Skills YL Youth Leader YM Youth Mapper 3 1.1 Project Description/Introduction The Tunisia Resilience and Community Empowerment Activity, known as Ma3an (“Together” in Arabic), is a five-year, $48,552,142 project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The project’s implementation period is from September 1, 2018 until August 31, 2023. The goal for the project is to increase the capacity of communities to withstand political, social, and economic stresses and