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Usaid Pankisi Community Links Activity in Georgia პანკისის სათემო კავშირები PANKISI COMMUNITY LINKS USAID PANKISI COMMUNITY LINKS ACTIVITY IN GEORGIA QUARTERLY REPORT NO. 3: Q3, FY 2020 JULY 30, 2020 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency of International Development. It was prepared by Chemonics International Inc. Pankisi Community Links QUARTERLY REPORT NO. 3: Q3, FY2020 1 USAID PANKISI COMMUNITY LINKS ACTIVITY IN GEORGIA QUARTERLY REPORT NO. 3: Q3, FY 2020 Cooperative Agreement No. 7201I418CA0000I Cover photo: USAID Pankisi Community Links' Akhmeta Office reopening in full compliance with the new healthcare regulations / June 11, 2020 DISCLAIMER 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 Pankisi Community Links QUARTERLY REPORT NO. 3: Q3, FY2020 2 ACRONYMS B2B Business to Business CPGP Community Projects Grants Program FY Fiscal Year GSCD Georgian Center for Strategy and Development JAG Junior Achievement Georgia KRDF Kakheti Regional Development Center LoP Life of Project NGO Non-governmental organization MEG Multifarious and Equal Georgia MOU Memorandum of Understanding MSPA Municipal Service Providers' Association MSMEs Micro, Small, Medium-sized Enterprises PYC Pankisi Youth Center RFA Request for Application RFP Request for Proposal RSF Roddy Scott Foundation Georgia SVCGP Small Value Chain Grant Program USAID United State Agency for International Development USG United States Government YA Youth Alliance YCC Youth Center for Civil Development YFD Youth for Pankisi Development YTD Year to date Pankisi Community Links QUARTERLY REPORT NO. 3: Q3, FY2020 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Executive Summary ......................................................................................................... 5 Pankisi Community Links Purpose-Level Indicators......................................................7 Activity Implementation Progress....................................................................................8 Implemented Activities.....................................................................................................9 Pankisi Community Links QUARTERLY REPORT NO. 3: Q3, FY2020 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This quarterly report summarizes the accomplishments of the USAID Pankisi Community Links Activity in Georgia (hereinafter referred to as Pankisi Community Links or the project) during the third quarter of FY 2020 (April 01, 2020 – June 30, 2020). During the quarter, the project carried out the following activities: Community Projects Grants Program, Lots 1-4: Pankisi Community Links announced the second round of the program and selected 4 grantees: Kakheti Regional Development Foundation (KRDF), Roddy Scott Foundation, Council of Elders, and Council of Elder Women. These four organizations are implementing eight projects. The awarded grants fall under four lots: awareness campaigns, community projects reflecting local priorities, cultural/educational exchanges, and youth internships. Community Projects Grants Program, Lot 5 : Pankisi Community Links added Advocacy Campaigns as Lot 5 of the program, which supports individuals (youth and women, specifically) and/or organizations to plan and implement joint actions with the involvement of self-governing and municipal authorities to improve the local community’s trust in the government while addressing common issues. Kakheti Regional Development Foundation (KRDF) was selected for the implementation of this program. Small Grants Program to Link Pankisi Enterprises to External Value Chains: Pankisi Community Links announced the second round of the program and received 111 applications, of which 17 applications have been selected and submitted to USAID for approval. Business Development Services to Pankisi Community Links Grant Recipients: Georgian Municipal Service Providers’ Association (MSPA) delivered online training sessions for the project’s Small and Linkage Program grantees. Business to Business Activity: Youth Center for Civil Development (YCCD) has finished all planned activities. YCCD representatives visited Pankisi and conducted several roundtables; They organized internal buyers trip, two tours for hotels and guesthouse owners, a fair of local produce and brought in potential buyers not only from Kakheti, but from other regions of Georgia, and four online Pankisi Community Links QUARTERLY REPORT NO. 3: Q3, FY2020 5 meetings to assist local producers to better understand local and international market demand for their products. Grants Program to Encourage Linkages between External Value Chains and Pankisi Enterprises: Pankisi Community Links announced the second round of the program and received 11 applications, of which 8 applications were selected, and will be submitted to USAID for approval. Business Skills in Education Curriculum: This quarter, Junior Achievement Georgia (JAG) implemented the second round of “Teaching Basic Business Concepts in Pankisi schools” activity, leading online trainings for teachers, delivering online program materials, and recruiting and engaging private sector volunteers in the program. The volunteers shared their own career experiences with students to inspire them and show them what successful careers can look like. At the completion of the grant, JAG organized a student competition for best business idea. Pankisi Community Links QUARTERLY REPORT NO. 3: Q3, FY2020 6 Progress Against Indicators Pankisi Community Links results against Purpose-Level indicators are summarized in Table 1 below. Please refer to the Performance Management Plan for a complete list of expected results. Table 1: Pankisi Community Links Purpose-Level Indicators Pankisi Community Links Activity in Georgia Purpose-Level Indicators No. INDICATORS LoP FY 2020 FY YTD % of FY Cumulative % of LoP TARGET TARGET 2020 2020 Total TARGET RESULTS TARGET 1 Number of USG supported events, 48 20 20 100% 46 96% trainings, or activities designed to build support for peace or reconciliation among key actors to the conflict; 2 Number of people participating in USG- 750 300 169 56.3% 445 59.3% supported events, trainings, or activities designed to build mass support for peace and reconciliation; 3 Percentage of Pankisi residents reached 60% 30% 30% 100% 30% 50% through awareness campaigns; 4 Number of organizations, receiving 55 25 9 36 % 50 90.9% USG-assistance; 5 # of Pankisi youth interacting with non- 90 30 15 50% 105 116.7% Pankisi youth; 6 Percentage change in perception of TBD TBD N/A N/A N/A N/A "other", based on pre- and post-activity perception surveys; 7 Number of business plans supported as a 45 20 10 50% 46 102.2% result of USG assistance; 8 Number of individuals who received 90 40 9 0% 0 0% USG supported short-term agricultural sector productivity training 9 Number of market linkages established 15 5 0 0% 5 33% through USG Assistance; 10 Number of new market referrals 50 20 10 50% 10 20% established through USG assistance; 11 Number of youths enrolled in vocational 450 150 146 97.3% 316 70% or other training; 12 Number of teacher/educators/teaching 30 10 7 70% 45 150% assistants who received intensive coaching or mentoring with USG support 13 Percent of students demonstrating 75% 75% N/A N/A 75 100% increased understanding of basic business concepts after completion of USG supported training/education; 14 # of private sector volunteers engaged in 24 8 12 150% 20 83.3% delivery of business skills program. Pankisi Community Links QUARTERLY REPORT NO. 3: Q3, FY2020 7 ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS BACKGROUND In many ways, Pankisi Valley residents occupy a distinct and parallel political, social, economic, and geographic space to that of the rest of Georgia. Surrounded to the north, west, and east by uninhabited mountains and forests, their only physical connection to the rest of Georgia is through the town of Akhmeta. Most Pankisi residents are Kists, whose Muslim religion separates them from the predominantly Orthodox Christian populations in the rest of Georgia. Other residents, particularly in Sakobiano, are Pshavi — are nominally Orthodox Christian with some pre-Christian traditions — or displaced Ossetians. The valley’s residents are engaged primarily in subsistence agriculture, and many depend on remittances for their livelihoods. Pankisi Kists have upheld a traditional and informal judicial and governance system led by an all-male Council of Elders rather than Georgian local governance structures. The area is known for being culturally closed, and notably few residents leave to pursue economic opportunities beyond their home communities. The nature of Pankisi’s physical isolation and cultural particularities, coupled with lack of economic opportunities, has increased the area’s vulnerability to sources of conflict and the spread of radical ideologies. Pankisi Community Links Activity is a three-year program designed to diminish the valley’s cultural and economic isolation by bringing people together – both within Pankisi and with other areas of Georgia – around economic and social incentives. Pankisi Community Links’ implementation approach centers on forging linkages across age groups and religious affiliations within Pankisi and connecting Pankisi citizens to the rest of Georgia through economic and social opportunities. The resulting interactions will help create a more cohesive society within Pankisi and help to bridge the divide between Pankisi and surrounding areas, making the area more resistant to conflict. Pankisi Community
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