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Strengthening Civil Society Globally Strengthening Civil Society Globally Funding provided by: United States Agency for International Development Cooperative Agreement No. AID-OAA-L-16-00005 Quarterly Progress Report January 1 – March 31, 2019 Submitted: April 30, 2019 Submitted to: Maryanne Yerkes Agreement Officer’s Representative USAID [email protected] Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... 2 A. SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN UNDER THE LEADER AWARD .... 2 LEADER OBJECTIVE 1.1: DEVELOP AND PROMOTE EFFECTIVE APPROACHES TO STRENGTHENING OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND INDEPENDENT MEDIA ACTORS ................................................................ 5 Result 1.1.1: Knowledge and learning of effective approaches to strengthen civil society and media enhanced ....................................................................................................................... 5 Result 1.1.2: Models and tools focused on strengthening civic participation and freedom of expression, identified, synthesized and piloted ........................................................................ 9 Result 1.1.3: Promising models and tools for working with civil society and media on achieving positive change promoted and elevated .................................................................. 9 LEADER OBJECTIVE 1.2: EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF SCS GLOBAL LWA ............................. 12 Result 1.2.1: Associate Awards designed through a process that leverages key learning .... 12 Result 1.2.2: Overall LWA mechanism managed effectively. ................................................ 12 B. SUMMARY OF ASSOCIATE AWARDS ........................................................................ 14 ACTIVE ASSOCIATE AWARDS ..................................................................................................... 14 a) USAID/Jamaica – Local Partner Development (LPD) .................................................. 14 b) USAID/Guinea – Citizens’ Involvement in Health Governance (CIHG) ....................... 16 c) USAID/Tanzania – Boresha Habari/Media and Civil Society Strengthening Activity .. 18 d) USAID/Bosnia and Herzegovina – Balkan Media Assistance Project (BMAP) ............ 21 e) USAID/Kyrgyz Republic – Media K Cultivating Media Independence Initiative .......... 24 f) The Civil Society Organization Sustainability Index (CSOSI) ....................................... 26 g) USAID/Djibouti Civil Society Organizations’ Strengthening Program ........................ 27 h) USAID/Honduras Civil Society and Media Activity (ComunicAcción Ciudadana) ...... 27 i) USAID/Burma Advancing Transition to Peaceful Democracy Through Participation of Civil Society and Media (CSM-II) ......................................................................................... 30 j) USAID/Kenya Safer Democratic Spaces Kenya (SADES-K) ......................................... 32 k) USAID/Azerbaijan (ECSOFT) ....................................................................................... 35 l) USAID/Zambia Youth Lead ............................................................................................ 36 C. DATA ON LEADER AND ASSOCIATE AWARD INDICATORS ................................. 38 D. COMPARISON OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ... 40 SCS LEADER AWARD ................................................................................................................. 40 SCS ASSOCIATE AWARDS .......................................................................................................... 41 E. CHALLENGES AND RESOLUTIONS ............................................................................ 42 F. COMPARISON OF ACTUAL EXPENDITURES WITH BUDGET ESTIMATES .... 44 G. NEW ASSOCIATE AWARDS SIGNED AND MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING ASSOCIATE AWARDS ............................................................................................................. 46 H. PRIORITIES FOR UPCOMING QUARTER.................................................................. 46 Strengthening Civil Society Globally i Quarterly Report #12: January – March 2019 SCS Global Quarterly Performance Report Executive Summary A. Summary of Activities Undertaken under the Leader Award In the twelfth reporting period (Q12), we made significant progress under the Strengthening Civil Society Globally (SCS Global) Leader Award. With regard to research and learning products, we accomplished the following: • Protecting Civic Space from Excessive Financial Regulation: During Q12, SCS Global held a strategy call with the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) and USAID to plan a launch schedule for this important SCS Global tool. We agreed that a first event—an introductory, “bird’s eye view,” English-language webinar—will be held for key USAID DRG Center and Latin America/Caribbean Bureau (LAC) representatives. The LAC Bureau representatives will then help inform how best to share the tool with practitioners, country by country. • Expanded Civic I.D.E.A. Youth Media Literacy Toolkit: In Q12, SCS Global consortium partner Emerson College continued work modifying the Civic I.D.E.A Youth Media Literacy Toolkit to be more accessible and relevant for international audiences. Final modifications to the toolkit and launch will be completed in Q13. • Youth Programming Assessment Tool (YPAT): In Q12, SCS Global presented the final version of the YPAT tool to youth stakeholders at USAID. Final enhancements to the tool were completed, and we are planning several ways to launch and disseminate the tool in Q13, including a YouthPower Learning webinar and a table at the Marketplace at the 2019 DRG Partners’ Forum. • Civil Society CVE Programming Reference Guide: During Q12, FHI 360 submitted a revised proposal to USAID for the creation of an online tool, incorporating feedback from FHI 360’s Digital Solutions and Design Teams. The new proposal responds to feedback gained through our consultation process and literature review and adapts the format and content to meet needs identified by CSOs. On March 7 and 15, 2019, FHI 360 presented an updated illustrative module for the online tool to representatives of different USAID Bureaus to seek approval and additional funding for its development. In Q13, SCS Global will meet with the DRG Center, the Africa Bureau, and the Asia Bureau to discuss next steps. • Implementation Tips for USAID Partners: During Q12, SCS Global continued working with SCS Global consortium partners to produce an additional set of short, practical Implementation Tips documents focused on aspects of inclusive development (gender, Strengthening Civil Society Globally Page 2 of 47 Quarterly Report #12: January – March 2019 people with disabilities, LGBTQ individuals, youth, older people, etc.). We hope to release up to 10 new Tips in Q13. The SCS Global Team used the following formal and informal methods to share learning in Q12: • ME&L Roundtables: In March 2019, monitoring, evaluation, and learning field staff members representing 85% of the SCS Associate Awards joined for an in-depth discussion on project dashboards. SCS Jamaica’s ME&L Director Katherine Abrikian and SCS Global’s Data Capture and Utilization Specialist Jennifer Sargeant presented two dashboards – one being used at the AA level (Jamaica) and one being used at the global level. The conversation explored the use of dashboards, how to think through what to put in them, and the techniques for creation. • Pause & Reflect: SCS Global leader staff in Washington, DC met to discuss lessons learned during Q12. The team discussed the identification and dissemination of knowledge products and tools, and overall management of the LWA. During the meeting, staff identified key lessons from program implementation this quarter, regarding dissemination of resources and knowledge products, creating stronger internal feedback loops, and engagement of consortium partners at USAID meetings. • Learning Supplement: In April 2019, the SCS Global team received learning supplements from five of the AAs, with a further three reporting that they had nothing to report. The information collected will continue to help us identify common themes across the different countries in which SCS Global is active. • SCS Global Newsletter: The Winter 2019 edition of SCS Global Update (newsletter) was produced in Q11 and then disseminated in Q12 when the U.S. Government re-opened after a shutdown. The newsletter includes articles about various SCS Leader and AA activities, such as the introduction of SCALE+ as a stakeholder dialogue methodology in Jamaica, training youth on how to conduct Community Youth Mapping to promote civic engagement in Zambia, a formal launch event for CSOSI’s four regional reports, the use of co-creation for SCS project design, and the release of the tool kit on advocating against excessive financial regulations as a response to FATF anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing ratings. • Learning Forum on Inclusion of Older People in Development Programming: On March 15, 2019, SCS Global hosted a dialogue about including older people in development programming. It consisted of a brief presentation on ageing and world trends, followed by a panel discussing featuring Justin Derbyshire, CEO, HelpAge International; Peace Kyamureku, leader of a local NGO and activist for the rights and participation of older people in Uganda; Erica Robinson, Associate Director, Africa, NED: and Tony Pipa, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution.
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