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LIBERIA COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT II APRIL 2007 – APRIL 2010 FINAL REPORT MAY 2010 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by DAI. LIBERIA COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT II APRIL 2007 – APRIL 2010 FINAL REPORT Program Title: Liberia Community Infrastructure Project II Sponsoring USAID Office: USAID Liberia Contract Number: 623-00-03-00050-00, Task Order #10 Contractor: DAI Date of Publication: May 10, 2010 Author: DAI The authors’ 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 ABBREVIATIONS ...............................................................................................................VIII EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................ 1 CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 3 PROJECT IDENTIFICATION ......................................................................................................... 3 PROJECT CONTEXT .................................................................................................................. 4 PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND APPROACH .................................................................................... 5 USAID Objectives ............................................................................................................. 5 Project Objectives, Deliverables, and Goals ..................................................................... 6 Project Approach............................................................................................................... 7 Economic and Social Reintegration Approach .................................................................. 9 PROJECT MANAGEMENT ......................................................................................................... 11 Project Team ................................................................................................................... 11 Cooperation with Counterparts ....................................................................................... 12 CHAPTER TWO PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS .......................................................... 13 COMPONENT 2: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL REINTEGRATION ........................................................ 13 Workforce Development and Employment Generation – Private Sector Development .. 26 Workforce development and employment generation—Agriculture Production .............. 30 Conflict Prevention, Mitigation, and Resolution ............................................................... 33 POTUS Furniture ............................................................................................................ 33 COMPONENT 1: INFRASTRUCTURE ......................................................................................... 13 Roads .............................................................................................................................. 14 Buildings.......................................................................................................................... 20 Small-scale community infrastructure ............................................................................. 23 Ministerial Technical Assistance ..................................................................................... 24 CHAPTER THREE TARGETS AND RESULTS ................................................................... 35 PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ................................................................................................... 36 EMPLOYMENT GENERATION .................................................................................................... 38 INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS ................................................................................................ 39 CHAPTER FOUR BEST PRACTICES AND LESSONS LEARNED .................................... 39 BEST PRACTICES ................................................................................................................... 40 Implementing INF projects and Subcontractor Management .......................................... 40 Implementing ESR Activities and IP Management .......................................................... 42 Administration and Management .................................................................................... 43 LESSONS LEARNED AND RECOMMENDATIONS ......................................................................... 43 Infrastructure Activities .................................................................................................... 43 LIBERIA COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT II—FINAL REPORT v Economic and Social Reintegration Activities ................................................................. 45 Administration and Strategic .......................................................................................... 47 CHAPTER FIVE FINANCIAL SUMMARY ........................................................................... 50 ANNEX A INDICATORS, TARGETS, DELIVERABLES, AND RESULTS ......................... 51 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS ................................................................................. 51 2009 Beneficiary Competition ......................................................................................... 51 ANNEX B METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................... 53 PROJECT MONITORING AND EVALUATION SYSTEM .................................................................. 53 METHODS USED TO ESTIMATE RESULTS OR IMPACT ................................................................ 54 ANNEX C PROJECT DOCUMENTATION .......................................................................... 57 REPORTS PROVIDED TO USAID .............................................................................................. 57 ANNEX D MAPS ................................................................................................................. 59 ANNEX E PHOTOGRAPHS ................................................................................................ 63 vi LIBERIA COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT II—FINAL REPORT TABLES AND FIGURES TABLE Table 1: History of Task Order Modifications and Funding ........................................................................... 3 Table 2: LCIP Objectives aligned with 4 PRS Pillars .................................................................................... 5 Table 3: National Staff Promotions ............................................................................................................. 11 FIGURE Figure 1 MAP OF ALL LCIP II ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................. 2 Figure 2: Outlining the 4 phases of evolution during LCIP I and LCIP II ...................................................... 4 Figure 3: INF and ESR allocation of Grants Disbursements ........................................................................ 5 Figure 4: LCIP II Technical Activity Structure ............................................................................................... 6 Figure 5: INF Projects, Pie Chart indicating total disbursements ................................................................. 8 Figure 6: ESR Approach/Pyramid ................................................................................................................. 9 Figure 7: ESR Main Tasks, Pie Chart by $ Disbursements ........................................................................ 10 Figure 8: Per County Expenditures of Grants Funding ............................................................................... 51 FIGURE 9: MAP OF AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES .................................................................................. 59 Figure 10: Map of Private Sector Development Activities ........................................................................... 60 Figure 11: Map of Road Activities ............................................................................................................... 61 Figure 12: Map of Building Activities ........................................................................................................... 62 LIBERIA COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT II—FINAL REPORT vii ABBREVIATIONS A&E Architecture and Engineering AITB Agriculture Industrious Training Bureau CBO Community Based Organization CDC Community Development Committee CPMR Conflict, Prevention, Mitigation and recovery DAI Development Alternatives Inc. DDRR Demobilization, Disarmament, Recovery, and Reintegration EMMP Environmental Mitigation and Management Plan ESR Economic and Social Reintegration ExComs Ex-Combatants EOI Expression of Interest FFP Firm Fixed Price FAF Foreign Assistance Framework GIS Geospatial Information System GOL Government of Liberia GTZ German Development Agency IEE Initial Environmental Examination INF Infrastructure IP Implementing partner IRAP Integrated Rural Access Planning KRTTI Kakata Rural Teacher Training Institute LACE Liberia Agency for Community Empowerment LCIP Liberia Community Infrastructure Project LCIP II Liberia Community Infrastructure Project II LEDFC Liberian Enterprise Development and Finance Corporation LSGA Limited Scope