USAID MALI CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM (CEP-MALI) Year 4 Report (October 01, 2019 – December 31, 2019)

Celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, December 3rd, 2019

Funding provided by the United States Agency for International Development under Cooperative Agreement No. AID-688-A-16-00006

January 2020

Prepared by: FHI 360 Submitted to: USAID

Salimata Marico Robert Schmidt Agreement Officer’s Representative/AOR Agreement Officer [email protected] [email protected]

Inna Bagayoko Cheick Oumar Coulibaly Alternate AOR Acquisition and Assistance Specialist [email protected] [email protected]

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LIST OF ACRONYMS ARPP Advancing Reconciliation and Promoting Peace AOR Agreement Officer Representative AAOR Alternate Agreement Officer Representative AMPPT Association Malienne des Personnes de Petite Taille AFAD Association de Formation et d’Appui du Développement AMA Association Malienne des Albinos ACCORD Appui à la Cohésion Communautaire et les Opportunités de Réconciliation et de Développement CEP Civic Engagement Program CMA Coordination des Mouvements de l’Azawad COR Contracting Officer Representative COP Chief of Party CPHDA Centre de Promotion des Droits Humains en Afrique CSO Civil Society Organization DCOP Deputy Chief of Party DPO Disabled Person’s Organization EOI Expression of Interest FHI 360 Family Health International 360 FONGIM Fédération des Organisations Internationales Non Gouvernementales au Mali FY Fiscal Year GGB Good Governance Barometer GOM Government of Mali INGOS International Non-Governmental Organization INSO International NGOs Security Organization MACNA Malian Association of Cinema Numerique Ambulant MJP Mali Justice Program MINUSMA Mission des Nations Unis pour la Stabilisation au Mali ME&L Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning NGO Non-Governmental Organization 3P Participatory Peace Processes program PMP Performance Monitoring Plan

PWD Persons with Disability PPP Public-Private Partnership RFA Request for Applications SCALE+ System-wide Collaborative Action for Livelihoods and Environment STTA Short-Term Technical Assistance SNGP Sub-National Governance Project TA Technical Assistance TEMEDT Association Malienne des ‘’Bella’’ TOR Terms of Reference TOT Training of Trainers WASH Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The United States Agency for International Development in Mali (USAID/Mali) awarded the USAID Mali Civic Engagement Program (CEP) to Family Health International (FHI 360) in August 2016. CEP is a five- year program that runs from 2016-2021, with a total budget of $12 million. The goal of the program is to improve public accountability by increasing and strengthening citizens’ role in the community development process. The program focuses on achieving three main objectives: 1) strengthening mechanisms of bottom-up social accountability, 2) improving effective collaboration among civil society organizations (CSOs), the Government of Mali (GoM), and the private sector to develop public policy and advance issues of common interest, and 3) increasing citizens’ understanding of rights and responsibilities to feel empowered to engage with the GoM.

The civic engagement program (CEP), amongst other programs in the USAID/Mali’s Peace, Democracy, and Governance (PDG) Office, of which includes the Sub-National Governance Project (SNGP); the Mali Justice Program (MJP); the Participatory Peace Processes (3P) program; the Advancing Reconciliation and Promoting Peace (ARPP) program; the Mission’s other water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programs; health, and agriculture programs; and education projects, support the full consolidation of the civic engagement and democratic processes in Mali, bringing citizens closer to their officials to reduce the underlying institutional weaknesses that have contributed to the fragility of the country.

During this first quarter of the fourth-year of implementation, CEP accomplished the following activities to achieve its program objectives and results: a) Under objective 1: Strengthening mechanisms of bottom-up social accountability - The continuation of the implementation of 07 GGB processes out of the 08 planned for the program. For the first GGB process initiated in Dandoli to improve the governance of Education, as a pilot phase with GAAS Mali (CEP’s partner in this commune), an action plan produced as a result of the process has continued to be implemented. The GGB process in the commune of Niono on governance in the hygiene and sanitation sector has completed its phase 5 with a workshop of 45 multi-stakeholders’ participants, comprising 28 men and 17 women. The GGB process in the commune of Tominian on the mobilization of local resources for the commune, CEP has helped organize a training of 06 persons, which included 03 men and 03 women, among them 04 youth data collectors on the GGB questionnaires for data collection. The GGB process in the commune of Sirakoro, aiming to improve the governance of education, has completed its phase 05 with a restitution workshop on data collection results on indicators. The GGB process in the commune IV of Bamako, emphasizing on the safety in schools, has also completed its phase 5 with a restitution workshop on data collection results on indicators. The GGB process in the commune of Domba, focusing on addressing the issues of girls who drop out of school in favor of gold mining activities, has completed its phase 4 with the determination of the maximum and minimum data of the GGB indicators. Finally, the GGB process in Danderessa has started its phase 1 with a workshop organized with all stakeholders in the community to help local residents better understand the GGB process, and its implementation schedule, roles and responsibilities, and mobilized 36 participants including 27 men and 9 women, amongst which were 02 people with disabilities. - The holding of 62 forums to strengthen the participation of community groups in decision-making processes and improve access to information and the quality of health, education, and WASH services (these forums brought together a total of 2,655 people, including 1,748 men and 907

women, and among them 98 disabled people. They have also enabled community organizations to influence or propose 29 policies or plans with local authorities), - The holding of 59 advocacy initiatives to improve the quality of basic social services at the community level in the 6 intervention regions of the project (Kayes, Sikasso, Ségou, Mopti, Timbuktu, and Bamako) during this quarter. These advocacy initiatives held during this reporting period engaged a total of 481 CB0s partners and some of the issues addressed included the need for infrastructures and equipment, the recruitment of qualified personnel for the provision of services, good health care and sexual health, the fight against gender based violence, the good quality of education and WASH services, transparency in the management of public funds and goods, and the consideration of community priority needs in the communal development planning with an emphasis on community participation. - The establishment of 64 mechanisms (actions) to monitor the use of public resources and the management of basic social services. These actions were done through an active participation in the public debate sessions on the primitive budget in several municipalities of the region of Mopti (Bandiagara, Pignari Bana, Dourou, and Dandoli), and in the region of Sikasso (Debelin, Domba, Sanso, Koumantou, and Zantiebougou). b) Under objective 2: Improving effective collaboration among civil society organizations (CSOs), the Government of Mali (GoM), and the private sector to develop public policy and advance issues of common interest - Meetings with the Ministry of Youth and Sports for the preparation of youth forums on citizenship. During this quarter, CEP held a series of meetings with the Ministry of Youth and Sports to discuss how to better support the capacity building of youths through youths forums on citizenry and peace across the country. CEP extended these discussions with ARGA as a local CEP partner and with other USAID partners such as the PSR and the project LAFIA to carry out these activities in collaboration with the Ministry. - Monitoring the public-private partnership working groups’ activities in the CEP’s regions of intervention (Ségou, Sikasso, Kayes, Tombouctou, and Bamako). During this reporting period, CEP, through its CSOs partners, organized 10 working meetings and planning of PPWGs in Mopti, Sikasso, Ségou, Tombouctou, Kayes, and Bamako to discuss their collaboration and advocacy initiatives. In their meetings, PPWGs identified specific issues that affect their communities to work on in the area of education, health, and WASH, and their related solutions. - Continuing to mobilize the government and elected officials to support and participate in the program. - The holding of 18 training sessions on conflicts prevention and management techniques for 478 participants including 275 men and 203 women, including 40 people with disabilities. - Strengthening synergy actions with other PDG USAID-funded programs: CEP had a series of meetings with other USAID partners including the PSR and SNGP to identify areas of collaboration. One of the areas identified was the implementation of youth forums across the country with the Ministry of youth and sport to be held in the next quarter. c) Under objective 3: Increasing citizens’ understanding of their rights and responsibilities to feel empowered to engage with the GoM. - The organization of 14 training sessions on WASH for 276 participants including 162 men, 114 women and among them 13 disabled people on WASH, gender and inclusion. - The holding of 178 awareness sessions on local governance, local budgeting, accountability, advocacy on national legal texts and governance instruments, improving services delivery,

inclusion and the reinforcement of civic engagement. These sessions reached a total of 4,096 persons, including 1,716 men, 2,380 women, and among them 202 people with disabilities. - The broadcast of 118 radios programs on local radio stations. - The organization of 11 trainings sessions on transparency, accountability and advocacy, gender and inclusion for 378 participants, including 148 men and 230 women and 46 people with disabilities. - The second phase of the screenings of the mobile film on health, Education, and WASH was carried out in the Segou region and involved 18 municipalities. The aforementioned municipalities benefited from 36 projections (two per commune) and involved 24,435 people including 4,668 women, 4,182 men, 8,220 girls, and 7,365 boys. - The validation of the civic education curricula adapted into a comic book module by the program. The National Directorate of Fundamental Education (DNEF) has finally validated the Training Module produced by CPHDA, CEP’s partner, for students aged from 12 to 16 through the granting of a letter of authorization allowing CPHDA to organize training sessions in basic schools. The final version will be produced after the attainment of USAID’s feedbacks and the pre-test in some schools in Bamako. - CEP, through its Studio Tamani’s partner, produced and aired 6 radio Magazines to inform and promote dialogue around consensual solutions to governance issues in the program’s targeted communes. It also produced and aired 6 grand dialogue radio programs to engage Malians into a dialogue around issues that directly affect the country’s governance at the national level such as the education governance, WASH governance, the revision of the electoral lists, and the integration of disabled people. - CEP and its partner PHIPHI Show produced a talk show on the importance of multi-actor partnership to improve the delivery of basic social services: case of education at Sikasso Wayerma II, where the CGS, in partnership with some economic operators in the region, began the construction of classrooms to reduce the plethora of student in limited spaces. - The training of 120 young traditional communicators including 68 men and 52 women with Binthily, CEP’s partner, in the 6 regions of the program intervention. The aim of the training was to translate basic information and texts into a language that is accessible to all to improve citizens' access and understanding of laws and public policies on governance related to the delivery of basic services. At the end of the training, the content of texts and laws on decentralization were translated in songs, sketches, and poetry slams. Among the above activities implemented to achieve the three program objectives, the report has specified in details activities related to WASH, disabilities, and cross-cuting activities on gender and inclusion.

INTRODUCTION This document outlines CEP’s FY4 quarter 1 achievements from October 1st, through December 31st, 2019. It includes technical achievements and communication activities (directly by CEP and through its grantees and sub-contractors) as well as operational achievements. The report also outlines program challenges and provides initial plans for overcoming them. This report will serve as a monitoring tool to document progress and achievements and inform reflection and activities refinement and adjustment.

THE COUNTRY POLITICAL AND SECURITY CONTEXT

The first quarter of FY2020 security in Mali remains at a high level especially with the lack of the presence of state institutions in many areas in the northern and central parts of the country. Statistics have shown 3,503 incidents in Mali during the last three months. Mali has observed an increase number of incidents, (+ 17%) reflecting a continuous deterioration of the Sahel context. With more than 187 deaths reported, civilians have been exposed to an array of issues, including exposure to the inter-community conflicts and the military fights againts radical groups. The radical armed groups continue to extend beyond borders, with 177 incidents on average per quarter since 2018, and could further complicate humanitarian access. The presence of these armed groups and militias in central Mali increases the access constraints faced by NGOs in various communes where people are in a great need of assistance in this region. The conflict has created mass movement of populations in the affected areas, as terrorist groups exist in the regions of Mopti, northern Segou, and Koulikoro. The armed rebel groups have been very active accross the borders of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, causing large amounts of causalities in their path.

The security situation in Mali is also affected by the socio-political tension with a series of strikes almost every month by differents unions (teachers and CHU workers), demonstration movements against the presence of foreign troops in Mali etc…. These demontsrations have mostly occured in Bamako, Kayes, Sikasso and Bandiagara. In the regions of Bamako and Kayes, several elected and other officials have been arrested and accused of embezzlement of public funds. Other forms of crimes continue to increase in all of the major cities, in both central and northern Mali, including Bamako, and are reflected in the spike of robberies from organized groups.

DETAILED ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS TO DATE During this quarter, the Civic Engagement Program has continued to implement activities to achieve its three goals. The program achieved the following results for its objectives:

Objective 1: Mechanisms for Bottom-up Social Accountability Strengthened through Sub-Awards and Technical Assistance: During this first quarter of year 4, the main achievements of CEP under objective 1 were:

1) The continuation of the implementation of 07 GGB processes out of the 08 planned for the program. 2) The holding of 62 forums to strengthen the participation of community groups in decision-making processes and improve access to information and the quality of health, education, and WASH services (these forums brought together a total of 2,655 people, including 1,748 men and 907 women, and among them 98 disabled people. They have also enabled community organizations to influence or propose 29 policies or plans with local authorities). 3) The holding of 59 advocacy initiatives to improve the quality of basic social services at the community level. 4) The establishment and facilitation of 64 external control mechanisms for the use of public resources.

The section below describes CSO’s contribution to objective 1:

Good Governance Barometer (GGB) implementation:

The GGB is a tool designed to aggregate the interests of citizens, connect citizens to decision-makers and support advocacy and monitoring for the improvement of public services. For CEP, the use of the GGB process in a commune inspires the creation of “islands of responsibility”, which helps to enhance

improved public services in the sector of health, WASH, education, and others, and serve as models for the surrounding communities within municipalities and regions.

During this quarter 1 of FY 2020, CEP continued the implementation of the GGB process in the 6 municipalities already launched and started a 7th GGB process in Danderesso (Sikasso) on December 23, 2019. As of today, the 7 GGBs in process are in the municipalities of Dandoli (Mopti), Niono and Tominian (Ségou), Sirakoro (Kayes), commune IV (Bamako), and Domba and Danderesso (Sikasso). The 7 GGBs have permitted 7 multi-stakeholder’s meetings which enabled in a participatory approach the identification of governance challenges in each of the municipalities in the sector of health, education, and WASH. These meetings have also enabled communities to define indicators of the challenges identified in each of the target municipalities.

GGB in Dandoli (Mopti region) : For the first GGB initiated in Dandoli as a pilot phase with GAAS Mali (CEP’s partner in this commune), an action plan produced as a result of the process has continued to be implemented. CEP is planning to provide a small grant to GAAS Mali to support the implementation of some activities in this action plan while other activities are under the community’s responsability for implementation. CEP’s funding will occur during the second quarter of 2020, meanwhile, CEP and GAAS Mali have continued to support community mobilization and engagement through awareness raising and consultation activities to help communities’ stakeholders and CBOs implement their activities.

For instance, on December 19, 2019, a quarterly meeting of members of the monitoring group committee for the implementation of the GGB action plan was held at the town hall of the municipality of Dandoli., During the gathering, members of the committee took a retrospective look at the state of the progress of the implementation of the action plan activities under the responsability of community stakeholders and CBOs including the town hall, school directors and teachers, CGS , CAP, and other local technical and financial partners. The monitoring group committee noted a remarkable progress in the implementation of training activities, community mobilization, community initiatives in the action plan, but also some delays in the implementation of other actions to support technical services and the collectivity due to lack of financial means. Some of these actions will be addressed in the upcoming CEP small grant to GAAS Mali for the Dandoli GGB action plan. The theme identified earlier for the GGB process in Dandoli was "To improve the governance of education in the municipality of Dandoli", and one flagship community activity in the GGB action plan during this quarter was the construction of the fence of the Sassadi 1st cycle school (commune of Dandoli) to reinforce security around the school done in November 2019. In total, 95 community members, including 85 men and 10 women, participated in this activity.

Community work to build the fence of the Sassadi school in the commune of Dandoli (Novembre 05, 2019), GAAS Mali

GGB in Niono (Segou region) : FEDE (CEP’s partner) implements the GGB process in the commune of Niono around the theme of "governance in the hygiene and sanitation sector ». This GGB process has completed its phase 5 on December 17, 2019 with a workshop of 45 multi-stakeholders participants

including, 28 men and 17 women. Participants to the workshop were selected among members of community organizations (CBOs), technical services, and community members of the municipality of Niono. The workshop allowed to identify, on the basis of data collection analysis, priority actions of the municipality, and the development of an action plan. The workshop established at the end a technical monitoring committee group comprising 9 members of 7 men and 2 women. These members were representatives of the community, elected officials, and technical services at the commune level. The next step for the GGB process will be the implementation of community initiatives in the action plan, the submission and approval of a small grant to support the implementation of parts of the activities of the action plan. CEP will also continue working with FEDE to look for other local partners interested in supporting the GGB action plan.

GGB in Tominian (Segou region) : ADICO (CEP’s partner) implements the GGB process in the commune of Tominian around the theme of « Mobilization of local resources ». During this quarter, from November 18th to the 21st, 2019, CEP helped organize a training of 06 persons, including 03 men and 03 women, 04 of whom were youth data collectors, on the GGB questionnaires sent to the municipality, prefecture, CBOs, community members, and the technical services for data collection. With the support of ADICO staff, the trainees collected data through 114 survey sheets and reached 65 men and 49 women. To date, all data collected have been analyzed and results will feed discussions for the next step of the prioritization and planning workshop which will take place earlier Q2 of FY20.

GGB in Sirakoro (Kayes region) : ADEFIM (CEP’s partner) implements the GGB process in the commune of Sirakoro around the theme of « governance of education ». This GGB process has completed its phase 5 with a restitution workshop on the data collection results on indicators. In total 40 participants, including 29 men and 11 women, and among them 02 people with disabilities, attended the workshop. The workshop permitted the development of the GGB action plan and the establishment of a monitoring group committee comprising 09 members of 07 men and 02 women. The next steps will be the dissemination of the action plan, the implementation of community mobilization actions and initiatives, the preparation and approval of a small grant to ADICO to support the implementation of some parts of the action plan, and with ADICO to continue looking for potential partners in the area who would be interested in supporting the implementation of other parts of the GGB action plan.

Training of youths data collectors in Tominian, Novembre 18, 2019

GGB in Commune IV of Bamako : AADeC (CEP’s partner) implements the GGB process in the commune IV of Bamako around the theme of "safety in schools of commune IV". This GGB process has also completed

its phase 5 with a restitution workshop on the data collection results of results on indicators. In total 46 participants including 36 men and 10 women, and among them 02 disabled people, attended the workshop. The workshop permitted the development of the GGB action plan and the estbalishment of a monitoring plan committee group comprising 09 members including 07 men and 02 women among elected officials, CBOs, and the technical services of the CAP.

GGB in Domba (Sikasso region) : CRADE (CEP’s partner in the region) implements the GGB process in the commune of Domba around the theme of "problems of girls who drop out of school in favor of gold mining activities". In this commune, the GGB process has completed its phase 4 with the determination of the maximum and minimum data of the GGB indicators. In this phase, the next step will be the collection and analysis of data indicators and will take place in the second quarter of the fiscal year 2020. This GGB phase has involved 45 participants, including 33 men and 12 women, and among them 01 disabled person, all selected among women, youths, representatives of village councils, ASACO, CGS, water committees, technical services, the town hall, and the local administration.

GGB of Danderesso (Sikasso region): APIB (CEP’s partner in the region) implements the GGB process in the commune of Danderesso. The GGB is in its phase 1 with a workshop organized with all stakeholders in the community to help them better understand the GGB process, its implementation schedule, roles and responsibilities. The selected GGB theme for this municipality is « School governance and monitoring the absenteeism of teachers in schools ». The process has mobilized 36 participants including 27 men, and 09 women, and among them 02 people with disabilities, selected among youths, representatives of village councils, ASACO, the CGS, water committees, technical services, the town hall, and the local administration.

Working group during phase 1 of GGG in the commune de Danderesso, Decembre23rd, 2020, APIB

CEP plans to complete all phases of the 7 GGB processes and start the remaining GGB process of Timbuktu in Q2 of FY20. CEP will also begin the process of providing small grants to support the implementation of GGB actions plans of Dandoli, Niono, Sirakoro, and the Commune IV of Bamako. For a better synergy with other partners, CEP will also reach out and share these actions plans with other existing partners including public and private sector partners in the municipalities interested in supporting the implementation of parts of these actions plans.

Summary of the level of progress / activities on the GGB processes:

GGB level of progress per region and per commune Number Participants CSO Type Action of Responsible Region Communes sessions Total M F DP COMMUNE AADEC Workshop 5 1 26 17 9 1 Bamako IV Kayes SIRAKORO ADEFIM Wprkshop 5 1 40 29 11 3 Sikasso Danderesso APIB Workshop 1 1 36 27 9 2 Sikasso DOMBA CRADE Workshops 3&4 2 45 33 12 2 Segou Niono FEDE Workshop 5 1 45 27 18 1 Training session on ADICO 1 6 3 3 1 Segou Tominian data collection Quarterly meeting of GAAS-Mali the monotoring plan 1 10 7 3 0 Mopti Dandoli committee Tombouctou Tombouctou ARDIL Scheduled to launch in february 2020 TOTAL 8 168 114 54 10 While CEP and its partners continue to implement the GGB processes in these communes, several other communes, not intially selected for the GGB process, are requesting to also have the GGB process due positive reports they are hearing about this tool.

Forums to strengthen group participation in decision-making processes and to improve access to information and quality of basic services (Health, Education, and WASH):

In addition to the GGB processes as described above, and with the aim of strengthening the mutual responsibility of all local actors of governance in the target municipalities of the project, CEP, through its CSOs partners, has supported 56 consultation forums to improve the delivery of basic social services and to create spaces of exchange between local authorities and citizens particularly on themes related to governance and budgeting while taking into account citizens’ concerns in terms of community development. These forums organized by 14 CSOs in 5 regions of CEP’s intervention mobilized a total of 2,655 participants including 1,748 men, 907 women, and among them 98 people with disabilities.

For illustration, • 9 forums were held in the region of Kayes of which 07 by IAMANEH in Kayes city and Diéma, and 2 by ADEFIM in the Kita circle; • 15 forums were held in the region of Sikasso of which 8 by CRADE in Bougouni, 6 by GRAT in Sikasso and 1 by APIB in Koutiala ; • 17 forums were held in the region of Segou of which 9 by ADICO in Tominian, 5 by AMCFE in the Ségou district, and 3 by ASSAFE in Macina ; • 10 forums were held in the region of Mopti of which 04 by ESPOIR in Douentza, 3 by AMID in Youwarou, 2 by Action Mopti in Mopti, and 01 by GAAS Mali in Bandiagara and ;

• Finally 5 forums were held in the district of Bamako of which 4 by AADeC in commune II, III, and IV, and 1 by ARGA in Commune I.

These different forums addressed themes on improving the availability and quality of basic services (Health, education, WASH, Agriculture, Gender and Inclusion) taking into account priority needs / actions in the communal plans. These forums served as frameworks that enabled CBOs and authorities to evaluate commitments, recommendations, and appeals made in previous forums, discuss the level of progress of advocacy initiatives of CBOs and citizens towards municipal authorities. They have also enabled communities to mobilize their authorities and services providers to commit and show more leadership in the decision- making processes regarding improving the quality of services for their communities. The CBOs in their turn made also their commitments to play a greater role in community mobilization to engage into citizen initiatives, and lead advocacy and citizen monitoring initiatives.

Advocacy initiatives to improve the quality of social basic services at the community level

The recommendations made during the above forums/foras and consultation frameworks supported by CSOs partners fueled the holding of 59 advocacy initiatives in the 6 intervention regions of the project (Kayes, Sikasso, Ségou, Mopti, Timbuktu, and Bamako) during this quarter. The advocacy initiatives held during this reporting period engaged a total of 481 CB0s partners in the program intervention at the commune level. Some of the issues addressed during these advocacy initiatives included the need for infrastructures and equipments, the recruitment of qualified personnel for the provision of services, good health care and sexual health, the fight against gender based violence, the good quality of education and WASH services, the transparency in the management of public funds and goods, and the consideration of community priority needs in the communal development plannings with an emphasis on community participation. The support of CBOs by CSOs during these advocacy initiatives led to the increase of follow-up actions and more proposals/suggestions to the elected officials through several meetings and sessions held to update the work plans of CBOs.

Some results of these advocacy initiatives can be linked to the INFLUENCE OF PUBLIC POLICIES during the program intervention in different municipalities:

CEP, through its CSOs partners has helped community organizations to prioritize and influence local authorities in the adoption and implementation of local policies and communal plans within their respective municipalities. They participated in discussions around the development of annual plans of their municipalities and contributed to formulate concrete proposals which include their community’s priority needs in the areas of health care, education, WASH, gender and inclusion. With their active involvement at different levels, CSOs and CBOs were able to influence and/or propose 29 concrete actions as the fruit of their sustained advocacy activities and interactions between communities, authorities, and technical services. For illustration, these actions include the finalization of 3 GGB actions plans in the commune IV of the district of Bamako, Sirarakoro (Kayes region), and Niono (Ségou), and the integration in the annual communal plans of the construction of infrastructures from the communal budget or from the ANICT funds (Agence Nationale des Collectivites Territoriales) as a result of a number of advocacy initiatives done by CSOs in their respective communes. Some examples of these infrastructures and actions: • In the region of Mopti: the construction of housings for teachers in the municipalities of Bassiro (Mopti) and Tedié (Douentza), and the construction of a wall of the CSCOM in Konna (Mopti)

• In the Sikasso region: the construction of 9 classrooms including 3 in Diossebougou, 3 in Koumantou, and 3 in Bontola in the commune of Koumantou, the closing of the CSCOM Tiefala in the commune of Koumantou, the construction of 3 classrooms and the closing of the CSCOM in the commune of Zantiébougou, the realization of 3 boreholes in the municipality of Zantiebougou, the development by the CGS of a school project and an action plan for the school of Wayerma, the signature of a standard agreement between the Town Hall and the CGS of the Rural municipality of Farakala, the Signature of Mutual Assistance Agreement (CAM) in Domba, the recruitment of a teacher in Debelin’s first cycle, and to take in charge the salary of all matrons by the municipality. • In the Ségou region: the signing of the Mutual Assistance Agreement (CAM) and the establishment of a joint committee in the municipalities of Yasso, Ouan, Fangasso, Benena in the circle of Tominian and, • In the district of Bamako: the proposal by the CBOs of 3 charters of governance, services, and citizenship at the level of municipalities I, V, and VI of the districts of Bamako with the support of ARGA (CEP partner in Bamako).

External control mechanisms for the use of public resources

To fulfill their citizen monitoring roles, 446 CBOs partners have initiated and/or participated in a total of 64 mechanisms (actions) to monitor the use of public resources and the management of basic social services. These actions involved mainly municipal authorities and services providers. This is a follow-up exercise that was generally done through an active participation in public debate sessions on the primitive budget in several municipalities in the region of Mopti (Bandiagara, Pignari Bana, Dourou, and Dandoli) and in the region of Sikasso (Debelin, Domba, Sanso, Koumantou, and Zantiebougou). These debate sessions helped to provide the information that CBOs and citizens needed to know on how public resources and services are managed and transferred within their communities. CBOs played also their minitoring roles through meetings for the follow-up and interpellation of elected officials on how they allocate public resources, the quality of services they provide , and the time they take to complete infrastructures. Some examples of the monitoring by CBOs include: • The monitoring by youths of the construction of the Toya youth center in the town of Alafia with the communal funds and the folow up of the reparation of the Bourem Inaly water point (these 2 control actions were done in the Timbuktu region), • The follow-up meetings of the management bodies of the education sector (School Management Committee-CGS), health (Community Health Association-ASACO), and WASH (including the management of water Points Committees) in Farakala, Niena, Wayerma II, and Lobougoula (Sikasso region). The CBOs encouraged by these successful initiatives tend to play more and more critical roles on the management of public resources by elected officials, services management bodies, and services providers, and their interpellation to be more accountable to citizens.

The acceptance by local authorities of these CBOs’inputs and proposals have encouraged them in most to pursue their momentum. The recognition of the CBOs’ contributions by the councils of municipalities in TEDIE (Douentza), Dandoli, and Bandiangara in Mopti), and Alafia in Timbuktu in terms of advocacy, citizen surveillance of the municipality and influence to improve the quality of services, and the responsiveness of these municipalities constitute some lessons learned which could be a subject for exchanges of experience in the near future between CBOs partners of CEP.

During this quarter, control actions carried out by CBOs helped to identify communities’ challenges and priorities, drew the attention of decision- makers on communities’ concerns, understand gaps that needed to be Follow up of CSCOM’s activites improved in the implementation of policies or in the construction of in Dema, Oct.24,2019, IAMANEH infrastructures. These actions also allowed to recall the roles and responsibility of elected officials, service providers, and CBOs and citizens to worlk collaboratively for the development of their municipalities.

Objective 2: CSOs Collaborate Effectively with Government and the Private Sector to Develop Public Policy and Advance Issues of Common Interest During this reporting period, CEP implemented the following activities under this objective 2: 1) Meetings with the Ministry of Youth and Sports for the preparation of youth forums on citizenship. 2) Monitoring the activities of the public-private partnership working groups in the various intervention regions (Ségou, Sikasso, Kayes, Tombouctou, and Bamako). 3) Continuing to mobilize the government and elected officials to support and participate in the program. 4) The holding of 18 training sessions on conflicts prevention and management techniques for 478 participants including 275 men, 203 women, and among them 40 people with disabilities.

1)Meeting with the Ministry of Youth and Sports for the preparation of youth forums on citizenry: In order to support activities suggested during our SCALE + process, CEP continued to discuss with the Ministry of Youth and Sports on how to better support the capacity building of youths through a series of forums on citizenry and peace across the country. CEP started these discussions as well with its partner ARGA in Bamako for its good experience of working with the Ministry of Youth and Youths organizations to ensure a successful implementation of this activity. Today, ARGA has already submitted to CEP a technical and financial proposal that includes the Ministry of Youths approach. CEP is currently discussing with other USAID PDG programs for a possible synergy around this activity. Discussions are still taking place with PSR and the project Lafia and will be extended to other programs interested. A final technical document and budget will be finalized during the next quarter and CEP will submit to USAID a request for grant approval to start the implementation.

2) Monitoring of public-private partnerships working groups (PPWG) As a reminder, during year 2019, CEP and its CSOs partners completed 6 public-private partnership workshops as initially planned in the regions of Segou (with AMCFE), Sikasso (with GRAT), Kayes, and Diéma (with IAMANEH), Tombouctou (with AMSS), and in the District of Bamako (with ARGA) on themes related to education, health, and WASH. Each workshop led to the creation of 2 Public Private Partnership working groups (PPWG) for a total of 12 PPWGs as of to date. During this reporting period, CEP, through its CSOs partners, organized 10 working meetings and planning of PPWGs in Mopti, Sikasso, Ségou, Tombouctou, Kayes, and Bamako to discuss their collaboration and advocacy initiatives.

In their meetings, PPWGs identified specific issues that affected their communities to work on in the area of education, health, and WASH, and their related solutions. In Sikasso for instance, the PPWG worked with the CGS to build 3 classrooms of the Wayerma II school in the municipality of Sikasso. Three potential partners, including the municipal council of Wayerma II, the owner of the Maissa Kone hotel, and the Jean Bosco School in Sikasso, were approached as potential partners to get their support in this project. These three partners agreed to provide their support and as of today, the municipal council of Wayerma II has supplied laterite to fill the foundation of the 3 classrooms under construction, the manager of the Maisa KONE hotel has provided 1 ton of cement to start the construction and promised to continue supporting the project, and the Jean Bosco school has committed to supply the French windows and all the metal joinery. The CGS of the Wayerma II school continues to collect contributions from community members to support the implementing of this project to improve the conditions and comfort of students and the quality of education in this school.

In the region of Kayes, IAMANEH facilitated two prioritization meetings of the public-private partnership working group which brought together 8 members, including 6 men and 2 women. These meetings were done to review the activities carried out. Subsequently, the group carried out an advocacy initiative toward the town hall of Diéma for the inclusion in the PDSEC of the municipality issues related to the management of water, health centers, and secondary centers . The municipal council took a decision on this request after a deliberation meeting on November 27, 2019. The PPWG working on health in Diéma has also planned its next advocacy initiative with elected officials, ASACO managers, and Village Chiefs to request the display of prices and services, and the organization chart of staff members in all health centers of the municipalities of Béma and Diangounté Camara. Members of the PPWG in collaboration with the town hall will take advantage of the next exchange meeting between the Town Hall, ASACO, and village chiefs to Meeting with members of the minitoring introduce the question in the discussions. committe of the PPWG in Kayes, IAMANEH In the district of Bamako in commune I, V, and VI, ARGA (CEP’s partner) facilitated 2 PPWG meetings at the AMDQ center (municipal agency for the development of districts in commune I of the district of Bamako). The meetings brought together 60 participants including 50 men and 10 women, among the elected officials, representatives of CBOs from the communes I, V, VI of the district of Bamako. These 2 meetings allowed to evaluate the progress of 2 actions plans (WASH and Education), identify strengths and weaknesses, and to reschedule activities. The PPWG prioritized the 2 following activities :

• The creation of sumps and laundries in all target municipalities (C. I; C. V; and C.VI); • An awareness-raising campaign on sorting out garbage, and an advocacy action at the town hall level for the creation of transit depots.

In the region of Segou, AMCFE supported the holding of 1 PPWG workshop for exchanges between elected officials and members of the Public-Private Partnership Working Group on education in the 4 intervention municipalities (Segou, Cinzana Gare, Samine, and Sakoiba). The workshop held in Ségou from November 14 to 15, 2019 brought together 30 participants including 16 men and 14 women, including 1 disabled

person. This meeting allowed participants to prioritize problems, develop an operational Health- Education action plan, and designate focal points for the implementation of the action plan initiatives.

In the next quarter, CEP will deepen reflections with its CSOs partners on how to combine or link PPWG initiatives which are similar to those already proposed in the SCALE + actions plan. The aim is to reinforce these initiatives while avoiding duplication to improve the conditions of access to basic social services. CEP plans to support and accelerate, through its small GRANTs, the implementation of some of these initiatives such as the monitoring of the improvement of the quality of services at the Ségou hospital identified as an issue by the PPWG during the preparation of the PhiPhi Show in Ségou in September 2019. The other initiative that will need support and be accelerated is the advocacy to finalize the construction of the Wayerma II school classrooms. 3)The continued mobilization of government and elected officials for support and participation in the program In all its intervention regions and communes, CEP has maintained a good relationship between CSOs partners and local authorities (including regional governors, prefects, mayors, and technical services providers on health, education, WASH, and agriculture) for their participation in the program’s activities at the commune and circle levels. At the national level, CEP held, during this quarter, meetings with the Ministry of Youth, as indicated earlier in this report, for the support needed in the organization of youth forums on peace and citizenry across the country as suggested in the SCALE+ process.

4)The training of CBOs on conflict mediation; During this quarter, 8 CSO partners in the region of Mopti (GAAS, Action Mopti, and ESPOIR), Kayes (ADEFIM), Ségou (FEDE, and AMCFE), Sikasso (GRAT), Tombouctou (AMSS and ARDIL), and Bamako (AADeC) organized during this reporting period 18 training sessions on consensual conflict management for their CBOs partners (CGE, CEHA, AUEP, CGS, RECOTRADE, and associations of women and young people). The training content was built on the tools developed by CEP. In total 478 CBOs members including 275 men and 203 women, and among them 40 people living with disabilities participated in these training sessions. CEP conducted this activity to fulfil its objective of strengthening the capacities of community organizations in conflict prevention and mediation techniques. Participants appreciated the content of the training and promised to apply the knowledge and tools received in practical cases to resolve local conflicts within their respective communities.

Also, CEP awarded 3 grants to 3 CSOs partners as part of its Emerging Opportunity Grants for an annual statement program (APS) for conflict prevention and management. The 3 grants, which lasted 3 months each, were awarded to ADEFIM, FEDE, and ESPOIR. During the implementation of their projects, these 3 partners included training sessions of their CBOs partners to work with them on their identified local conflicts. ADEFIM has addressed a transhumance conflict in the circle of Kita gathering representatives of 7 communes including their mayors to address conflict between herders and farmers in the region which helped them to come up with mutual and practical solutions which need to be implemented and follow up actions in the future.

CEP has launched the selection process of a second round of APS projects towards its CSOs partners. The closing date for submission of proposals was December 20, 2019 and the final selection will be completed in the next quarter.

5)The establishment of dialogue and consultation frameworks on consensual conflict resolution processes; One example of dialogue and consultation framework on the consensual conflict resolution process is the multistakeholder forum on natural resource management (GRN) which highlighted the problems of transhumance and natural ressource management (GRN) in the fladougou and Brigo area (Kita Circle, Kayes region) organized by ADEFIM in its APS project during this repoorting period (from November 1 to 2, 2019). In total 164 people participated in the forum including 132 men and 32 women. The recommendations and results of the forum enabled the development of a transhumance management plan in the 7 municipalities of the target areas of the project (Kotouba, Madina, Kassaro, Sebekoro, Senko, Sirakoro and Makono). CEP team participated as well in this forum.

Forum on the transhumance ‘issues management in Kassaro 1st November 2019, ADEFIM

Another example of dialogue and consultation framework on the consensual conflict resolution process during this reporting period is the partnership that GASS Mali (CEP’s partner) has established with the network of traditional communicators (RECOTRADE) for the implementation and monitoring of local mechanisms for the prevention and management of conflicts around water points, hygiene, and sanitation (WASH) in the CEP target municipalities in the Bandiagara district.

As a reminder, in the year 2019, GAAS Mali trained RECOTRADE members on conflict management tools and on WASH. Subsequently, members of RECOTRADE carried out an awareness campaign on how to better use water infrastructures in 48 villages in the 4 communes (Bandiagara, Dandoli, Dourou, and Pignari Bana), reaching 620 people including 343 men and 277 women. It was after these activities that GASS Mali established this parternish to address any local conflict related to the use of these infrastructures.

6)Strengthening synergy actions with other USAID-funded programs and the private sector During this reporting period, CEP had a series of meetings with other USAID partners including the PSR and SNGP to identify areas of collaboration. One of the areas identified is the implementation of the youth forums across the country with the Ministry of Youth and Sports that will start in the next quarter. CEP also invited these programs to participate in its activities such as the production of the Phiphi Show in

Sikasso, the radio magazine produced with studio Tamani, the training of traditional communicators with Binthily, and in the projection of its mobile cinema with MCNA in Segou, though the majority of them did not attend. CEP also attended the planning meeting for synergy organized by the USAD/ PDG department and has integrated identified synergy actions in its annual work plan of the Year 2020. CEP, through its 02 CSOs partners (ESPOIR and Action Mopti), has attended, during this quarter, the USAID resilience platform meeting in Mopti held on december 10, 2019. The two CEP partners were able to share their activities and identify potential areas of collaboration with other USAID programs in the region of Mopti.

Objective 3: Citizens Understand their Rights and Responsibilities and Feel Empowered to Engage with Government of Mali Actors During quarter 1 of year 4 of the program, CSOs partners contributed to objective 3 as follows: 1) The organization of 14 training sessions on WASH for 276 participants including 162 men, 114 women and among them 13 disabled people on WASH, gender and inclusion. 2) The holding of 178 awareness sessions on local governance, local budgeting, accountability, advocacy on national legal texts and governance instruments, improving services delivery, inclusion and the reinforcement of civic engagement. These sessions reached a total of 4,096 persons, including 1,716 men, 2,380 women, and among them 202 people with disabilities. 3) The broadcast of 118 radios programs on local radio stations. 4) The organization of 11 trainings sessions on transparency-accountability and advocacy, gender and inclusion for 378 participants including 148 men and 230 women and 46 people with disability. 1) The organization of 14 training sessions on WASH During this reporting period, CSOs partners organized 14 training sessions for elected officials, water point management organizations, and other CBOs on the management and governance of WASH to strengthen their capacities. These sessions involved 276 actors, including 162 men and 114 women, among them 13 people with disabilities. 2)The holding of 178 awareness sessions CEP through 12 CSOs partners (IAMANEH and ADEFIM in Kayes, Action Mopti, GAAS, and AMID in Mopti, GRAT and CRADE in Sikasso, AMCFE, FEDE, and ASSAFE in Ségou, AMSS and ARDIL in Timbuktu) among all its partners supported 178 awareness-raising sessions in the form of community discussions, debates, and mass information campaigns. These sessions focused on improving the quality and management of the education, WASH, and health sectors in the decentralized mode, governance-accountability, municipal budgeting, inclusion and the rights of women and girls, and youths. Of the 178 sessions, 69 focused on women's concerns, the consequences of early marriage, female genital mutilation, access to care and the concerns of people with disabilities. A total of 4,096 persons, including 1,716 men, 2,380 women, and among them 202 people with disabilities participated in these awareness sessions. All these actions (training and awareness sessions) have gradually strengthened the knowledge of different actors (CBOs and communities) on their rights and responsibilities, the rules, laws, and policies governing the governance of basic social services. Beneficiaries of these training and awareness campaigns have learned participatory tools (advocacy, forums and consultation frameworks) to use in their advocacy initiatives, planning periods, and in the budgeting process with other stakeholders for an effective influence. CSOs partners have continued to use this knowledge to engage authorities and services providers in a participatory manner to their commitments through forums and in decision-making processes.

3)The broadcasting of 118 radio programs on local radio stations During this reporting period, CSOs partners and their CBOs continued to work together with local radio stations within their respective communes to broadcast radio programs on their activities. A total of 118 radios programs were produced and broadcasted on subjects such as local budgeting, decentralization, citizen engagement, gender and equality, improvement and access to basic social services etc.

4) The organization of 11 trainings sessions on transparency-accountability During this quarter, 4 CSO partners organized 10 training sessions for their CBOs in 3 regions of the program (7 sessions in Ségou including 4 with AMCFE and 3 with FEDE, 1 session in Timbuktu with ARDIL, and 2 in Bamako with AADeC). These training sessions involved local authorities and technical services providers. The training focused on transparency, accountability, lobbying and advocacy, and land management and women's access to land. 378 people, including 148 men and 230 women, and among them 46 people with disabilities attended the training. 5) Contribution of subcontractors to objective 3

Cinema Numerique Ambulant (CNA)

As part of the implementation of the Civic Engagement Program, CNA continued its film screenings in the program implementing regions. During this quarter, the second phase of the screenings were carried out in the Segou region and involved 18 municipalities. These 18 municipalities benefited from 36 projections (two per commune) and involved 24,435 people including 4,668 women, 4,182 men, 8,220 girls, and 7,365 boys. The screenings took place from 15 October to 3 November 2019. CNA deployed two teams that collaborated with CEP CSOs partners in Segou. The purpose of this information and awareness campaign is to inculcate values of active citizenship in the population. It is also and above all a question of informing people about the partition that each citizen must play, and the rights and obligations of each person as citizen. The realization of these field projections required the mobilization of important material resources and that why CNA mobilized two well-equipped teams, each team had a tablet/ computer containing a copy of the three water, education, and health awareness short films. These films were already dubbed in several local languages since their production in November 2018. In order to facilitate the understanding of the community, the team always seek the opinion of spectators on the choice of the language for the projection and the dialogue. The version broadcasted in Segou, for instance, was in bambara. CEP implementing partners in the region played a key role in facilitating the success of these educational screenings. The CSO partners’ contribution consisted generally of identifying the appropriate site for projection, sanitation, watering, animation of the debates, etc. Youths and women were very involved in this process.

These projections, largely for the benefit of the rural and mostly uneducated population, are part of the promotion of citizenry and the improvement of mutual accountability. With the fragility of our entire system of governance and the challenges that people face on a daily basis, CNA directly meet citizens in their respective areas of residence to share information and provide them space to debate on the governance issues they are facing. The aim is to go through multifaceted actions with the same objective: achieving better sustainable results on active citizenry, citizen participation in governance, ownership, and good management of basic social services.

The projection sessions highly involved and mobilized administrative authorities (governorates, prefectures, sub-prefectures, and town halls), customary and religious leaders, disability associations and groups, women, youth, etc.

The series of short films broadcasted was followed with great interest by the population . The propagated message appears to have been understood by beneficiaries. The information and exchange framework created by the film screenings was important for communities to assess the quality of their participation in the management of public affairs at the local level. It allowed communities to locate themselves and understand the efforts that need to be done to improve the quality of basic social services. Participants understood that the issue of community development is not just a matter of rulers or elected officials. It is also for civil society and the private sector to play their full part to boost the local development on all fronts and for social well-being. A particular emphasis was placed on the need for qualitative collaboration between governments and governed for the implementation of core initiatives. Achieving results commensurate with social demand, including the provision and sound management of basic social services, also requires collaboration, mutualization of efforts and mutual accountability. The level of mobilization and participation in the caravan was qualitative and quantitative. It has met expectations according to demographics and despite some challenges (including security) for some areas. The findings point to promising results in terms of behavioral change in the not-too-distant future. This is conducive to improving the quality of local governance and the living conditions of the people. The beneficiaries did not fail to express their satisfaction with the choice given to their respective villages for the distribution of these three films on civic engagement.

The framework created by these 36 film screenings made a perfect sense and a decisive role in the fight for inclusive governance, the elimination of certain harmful governance practices, and the strengthening of citizens' capacity for local development. Prospects for the adoption of new behaviors have emerged, as the various interventions are likely to show. It was welcomed that the message conveyed is well understood by the beneficiaries.

The satisfactory level of understanding, both of which, makes it possible to be optimistic and promising of changes conducive to improving the quality of life of Malians. This gives hope to raise the qualitative and quantitative level of participation of Malians in solving social problems and challenges. There is an awareness, a willingness to involve and adhere to all the initiatives that would result in the effect of a collective well-being. This is reassuring to say the least, given the many difficulties that have plagued the country for years.

Binthily Communication

CEP finalized a partnership agreement with Binthily during the last quarter of the year 3 of the program, and Binthily organized immediately from september 25 to 27, 2019 a training session in Bamako to train 6 trainers from regions. During this quarter, the 6 trainers trained in their turn young traditional communicators from November 25 to December 26 , 2019 in the regions of Mopti, Sikasso, Kayes, Timbuktu, Ségou, and Bamako. The young traditional communicators were selected in collaboration with CEP implementing partners in the regions. A total of 120 young traditional communicators including 52 women and 68 men attedend the training.

The aim of this training was to translate basic information and texts in a language that is accessible to all to improve citizens' access and their understanding of laws and public policies on governance related to

the delivery of basic services in their regions. This helps to demystify the local governance and promote grassroots development through a good understanding of the laws of the decentralization. At the end of the training, the content of texts and laws on decentralization were translated in songs, sketches, and poetry slams.

In each region, the history of decentralization was traced prior to the training on the proper understanding of the 12-15 laws relating to gender, water management, education orientation, citizenship, associations, decentralization, and people with disabilities, and translated by CEP in Tamasheq, Sonrhai, Soninké, Peulh and Bambara according to the six regions involved in the project.

Participants took the opportunity of the training to share their experiences on the level of law enforcement within their communities. All participants were unanimous on the non-compliance with the laws due most of the time to their misunderstanding or lack of knowledge by the communities who cannot play their role of inquiry.

Participants were satisfied with the training and appreciated the choice of topics covered. They reassured that they are sufficiently equipped and inspired to make artistic creations that will facilitate a good understanding of the laws of decentralization to the whole community. At the end of each taining, young traditional communicators created songs, skecthes, poems, and poetry slams that will be used during the next quarter program’s activities.

After this phase of training, young traditional communicators, with the production of artistic works (songs, poems and sketches), will organize citizen caravans in all the regions of CEP intervention (Mopti, Ségou, Bamako, Sikasso, Kayes, and Timbuktu).

Artistic repetition (Sketch, Singing, Poetry) in the Region of Kayes

Center for the Promotion of Human rights and Development in Africa (CPHDA)

During this quarter, CPHDA worked with the Ministry of education for the validation of the civic education curricula adapted into a comic book module by the program. After several months of waiting, the National Directorate of Fundamental Education (DNEF) has finally validated the Training Module of CPHDA for students aged from 12 to 16 through the granting of a letter of authorization allowing CPHDA to organize training sessions in basic schools.The module was validated after a presentation session of its content to

the technical directorate of the Ministry of Education, namely the Directorate of Fundamental Education (DNEF), the National Directorate of Education (DNP), and the (SCOFI)

In the meeting room of the National Directorate of Fundamental Education (DNEF), CPHDA team presented on November 21, 2019 the module implementation strategy and pedagogy that will be used for a better understanding of the module by students.

The module document submitted by CPHDA received a favourable opinion from the ad-hoc committee of the national directorates of the Ministry of Education. No contradiction was found in the document presented to the basic education program and based on the recommendation of this committee; the National Directorate of the Basic Education gave permission to deliver training in basic schools of the regions targeted by the project. The draft comic book was shared as well with USAID for feedback, and CPDHA is currently considering these feedback before finalizing the last version. CPDHA has also planned to do a pre-test of the comic book with students in some schools in Bamako before finailzing the last version.

During this quarter,the Government access booklet developped by CPHDA as part of their deliverables was validated by FHI360, CPHDA printed 8,000 copies of the booklet to be dispatched in the 80 communes of intervention. The audio translation phase of the booklet into six (6) local languages including Bambara, Sonrhai, Tamasheq, Peulh, Soninké, and French is in progress. The first draft will be submitted in February 2020.

Fondation Hirondelle/Studio Tamani

CEP uses radio programs to identify and raise awareness of the challenges in the delivery and the management of basic social services. Through these radio programs, CEP aims to influence citizens to participate in local governance, help communes identify challenges, find solutions, and permit other communes facing similar challenges to learn from their peers. CEP radio programs are broadcasted on 70 local radio with a national coverage, giving the opportunity to each of the CEP 80 target communes to learn from the challenges and solutions of others, and to imitate best practices. These radio programs are produced and aired bi-monthly and take the format of a magazine (3-Min) or a radio debate called “Grand Dialogue” (45-Min).

Radio Magazine:

During this quarter, CEP, through its partner Studio Tamani, produced and aired 06 radio Magazines to inform and promote dialogue in order to find consensual solutions to governance issues in the communes.

The six (6) magazines respectively focused on:

- Magazine 56: In Niono it’s "difficult for a woman to have a farming land". FEDE (CEP partner) is working to improve women's access to land for their agriculture needs as stipulated in the agricultural orientation law. The magazine was an opportunity to show how difficult it is for women to have access to land despite the existence of the law. - Magazine 57: In Kita, ADEFIM together with the CGS begun a series of meetings with education stakeholders to improve the management of schools while building the capacity of the CGS members. The magazine highlighted the work done in that perspective.

- Magazine 58 Bandiagara: First public debate on a draft municipal budget, organized by the Town Hall of Bandiagara in partnership with the CEP partner GAAS-Mali. This Magazine aimed to inform communities on their rights to participate in the budgeting processes. - Magazine 59 Benena: Access to basic social services: the authorities of Benena questioned by the l’Association pour le Développement de l’Initiative Communautaire (ADICO) on health, education, water and sanitation governance. Through this magazine CEP wanted to show how powerful are the CBOs in improving the social services if they are well organized and trained. - Magazine 60: The experience of collaboration between CGS and the public-private partnership in Sikasso: GRAT (CEP partner) organized a workshop on the development of public-private partnership in Sikasso. The meeting also served to develop public-private priority issues of common interest including access to a good quality of education. - Magazine 61: Local governance: The good governance barometer tool applied in the commune of Danderesso (Sikasso): Municipal authorities and populations of Denderesso, in the circle of Sikasso, have been trained on the good governance barometer tool. The workshop identified the main difficulties that the commune is facing including access to education and the collection of TDRL.

Grand Dialogue: During this quarter, 6 Grand Dialogue have been produced and aired by Studio Tamani. The Malian socio-political sphere has been very turbulent in the past 3 months, this is why CEP focused its radio debate program on issues that directly affect the country’s governance such as the education governance, WASH governance, the revision of the lists of electors, and Integration of disabled people.

The table below shows the 6 Grand Dialogue broadcasted:

NUMBER DATES THEMES GUESTS WEB-LINKS

GRAND 17 October Back to school for • Adama Fomba from the https://www.studiotam DIALOGUE 2019 the year 2019 – synergy of the national ani.org/index.php/dialo 50 2020: what to teachers' union gues/21673-rentree- expect ? signatory of October 15, scolaire-2019-2020-a- 2016 quoi-faut-il-s-attendre-2 • Dioukamadi Sissoko, Member of the national federation of parents of pupils • Boubacar Bocoum, analyst Expert GRAND 24 October Revision of the • Nouhoum Keïta, from https://www.studiotam DIALOGUE 2019 electoral lists, what SADI party; ani.org/index.php/dialo 51 explanation for the • Dr. Ibrahima Sangho, gues/21748-revision- low attendance ? President of the des-listes-electorales- Observatory of quelle-explication-a-la- Elections Moussa Zan faible-affluence Diarra, from the

NUMBER DATES THEMES GUESTS WEB-LINKS

Network of Active Youth GRAND 14 Crisis in Mali: what • André Bourgeot, https://www.studiotam DIALOGUE November security challenges Anthropologist, ani.org/index.php/dialo 52 2019 for the Sahel? researcher at CNRS, in gues/21921-crise-au- Paris, of in the Sahel mali-quels-enjeux- Region securitaires-pour-le- • Dr. Aly Tounkara: sahel Academic, researcher on security issues GRAND 28 Drinking water • Bakary Coulibaly : https://www.studiotam DIALOGUE November supply: who coordinator of Kabala ani.org/index.php/dialo 53 2019 benefits from social project at SOMAPEP gues/22084- connections ? • Cheick Abdel Kader approvisionnement-en- Fofana : Heath Focal eau-potable-a-qui- point at ASCOMA profitent-les- • Abdoul Karim Koné : branchements-sociaux communication Officer at SOMAGEP GRAND 03 Integration of • Aminata Traoré, https://www.studiotam DIALOGUE December disabled people: President of the Malian ani.org/index.php/dialo 54 2019 Results and Association of Persons gues/22130-insertion- prospects with Albinism (AMPA) des-personnes- • Youssouf Diakité, Head handicapees-bilan-et- of the section perspectives monitoring of social institutions in the National Directorate of Social Development • Kadiatou Coulibaly, Deputy Secretary General of the Malian Association of Women with Disabilities GRAND 28 Drinking water • Bakary Coulibaly: https://www.studiotam DIALOGUE December supply: who coordinator of Kabala ani.org/index.php/dialo 55 2019 benefits from social project at SOMAPEP gues/22084- connections? • Cheick Abdel Kader approvisionnement-en- Fofana: Heath Focal eau-potable-a-qui- point at ASCOMA profitent-les- • Abdoul Karim Koné : branchements-sociaux communication Officer at SOMAGEP

Below is a summary of some of the Grand Dialogue broadcasted:

Grand Dialogue 50: Back to school for the year 2019 – 2020: what to expect? This debate brought together a representative of the synergy of the national teachers' union signatory of October 15, 2016, a member of the national federation of parents of pupils, and an expert analyst. Discussions focused on access to school in the central regions and the related challenges, the implementation of the commitments taken by the parties for a peaceful school year.

Grand dialogue 51: Revision of the electoral lists, what explanation for the low attendance?

The revision of the lists of electors started on October 01, 2019 and a month after the operations to revise the electoral lists, it was noted a low presence of citizens in the operations centers. The revision, which included several stages, was extended to continue till December 31. The guests of the Grand Dialogue were composed of a representative of the SADI Party, the President of the Observatory of Elections, and a member of the Network Active Youth. The reasons of this low attendance were due to the lack of motivation of the population for no interest in the elections.

Grand dialogue 54: Integration of disabled people: Results and prospects

Mali celebrated on December 3, 2019 the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The aim is to promote the rights and well-being of people with disabilities in all spheres of society and development. It also aims to increase the accessibility of people with disabilities to basic social services: health, education, political, social, economic, and cultural life. The guests of the Grand Dialogue were the President of the Malian Association of Persons with Albinism (AMPA), the Head of the section monitoring social institutions in the National Directorate of Social Development, and the Deputy Secretary General of the Malian Association of Women with Disabilities.

Below are recommendations that were derived from this debate: - Take into account the specific needs of people with disabilities in strategic documents - Promote and defend the rights of people with disabilities and more specifically “disability and gender”.

- Promote the inclusion of the disability dimension by public services; - Facilitate the integration of people with disabilities into the public positions.

Listening group activities (GE): 10 listening groups in the intervention regions held meetings regularly. During this quarter, (2 meetings per month for each group). In total, these listening groups held 60 meetings during this quarter. These groups meet twice a month to discuss the topics covered (magazine and Grand Dialogue). The local correspondent of Studio Tamani serves as a facilitator. Members of these groups are selected as representatives of the listeners of Studio Tamani's programs on one hand, and as targets of the CEP civic engagement campaigns, on the other hand.

Phiphi show Phiphi show is a talk show initiated and conducted by the agency PHIPHI PLUS since 2014. It’s aired on the Mali's national television ORTM1. It is a very influential program and watched by millions of viewers around the world. PHIPHI SHOW through its themes and its various topics that range from current events to the socio-cultural problems of Mali gives voice to the voiceless, that is to say the Malian lambda. CEP uses this program to discuss issues of governance, civic engagement, and the inclusion of vulnerable people in the development process.

During this quarter, Phiphi show continued its activities with CEP and produced a program in Sikasso on December 21, 2019.

The theme of the show was based on the multi-actor partnership to improve the delivery of basic social services: case of education at Sikasso Wayerma II where the CGS in partnership with some economic operators in the region began the classroom construction to reduce the plethora of student in the classrooms. The issues discussed were based on the involvement of all stakeholders with a particular focus on public-private partnership in the delivery of basic social services.

The invitees were: Mr. Sinaly TOGOLA: Director of the Sikasso Teaching Academy; Mr. Tidiane NIMAGA: Chairman of the PPP Committee and Chairman of the primary school Management Committee (CGS) Wayerma 2; Mr. Lassana FOFANA: President of WASH (Hygiene Water/Hygiene) Committee and Chairman of the Neighbourhood Development Committee (CDQ) Wayerma 1; Mr Sidy CISSE: Executive Secretary of

the Regional Federation of Persons with Disabilities, member of the PPP Committee Mrs. BAMBA Alima DAOU: Head of the Basic Education Division at the Sikasso Academy of Education.

On the sidelines of the show, a micro sidewalk was organized in the city of Sikasso to take different opinions related to the theme of the show. These notices were broadcasted during the program.

For the "Proud of My Job" section, it was the journey and story of Madame Fatoumata Coulibaly, a woman who lived in Sikasso and practiced electromechanics, that was the profile of the day. She is also a teacher and has trained several young girls in Sikasso to create a small scale enterprises (GIE).

As for the "Lesson of the Day" section, the theme focused on how to improve the involvement of parents in the schooling and keeping their children in school?

The various questions asked to the speakers during the recording of the program and during the micro- trottoir were:

During the recording of the program: Are PPPs an opportunity or a threat to the future of our education system? How can PPPs be developed? What do you mean by PPP? Who are the actors? His role? What are the proposals for action that can be taken?

Public interventions and reactions to the theme: What is the level of impact of PPPs on female teachers or women in the education sector?

During the micro-trottoir: What is the role of the family in education? What are the rights and duties of parents? How important is school in the society? What's education?

The recording of this show was a great success. The program was broadcasted on January 18, 2020 at noon on the ORTM and rebroadcasted on Monday, January 21, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. on ORTM1.

The next recording will be held in Kayes before the end of March 2020.

Phiphi show recording in Sikasso

Cross-Cutting Activités Part of the cross-cutting activities during the program implementation are the organizational capacity (ODA) for CSOs partners, inclusion and gender, WASH governance, and the environmental compliance.

1) ODA activities implementation:

To strengthen the organizational capacities of its CSOs partners, CEP supported, during this first quarter of the year 2020, the organization of 07 training sessions including 4 on monitoring evaluation, and the use of data and their translation into graphics, 1 on mobilization techniques/processes of resources, 1 on Gender and Disability, and 1 on conflict prevention and management techniques for 7 CSO partners. The 7 CSOs partners beneficiaries of these training include 4 in Sikasso (GRAT, APIB, ASECOM, and FERAPH), 2 in Ségou (FEDE and AMCFE), and 01 in Mopti (GAAS). In total 94 staff from these CSOs including 74 men and 20 women, and among them 8 disabled attended these training sessions in the way described below : • 2-day training of AMCFE staff / staff in Monitoring-Evaluation for 6 AMCE Staff including 5 men and 1 women (December 17-18, 2019); • 2-day training on monitoring and evaluation and reporting techniques for APIB, ASECOM, GRAT and FERAPH agents, which brought together 12 people including 11 men and 1 woman and among them 2 disabled people (November 7 to 08, 2019) • Training on the use of data and the graphical translation of 15 volunteers for data collection including 13 men and 2 women (November 28, 2019). • 2-day training on resource mobilization techniques / process which brought together APIB, GRAT and FERAPH agents and reached 13 people including 11 men, 2 women, including 6 disabled people (Novemeber 15 to 16, 2019); • 3-day training of AMCFE staff / staff in Handicap and Gender which affected 5 people including 4 men and 1 women (december 26 to 28, 2019). • 3-day training in Andragogy and Monitoring Evaluation was done in three days from September 30 to October 02, 2019 in the meeting room of the NGO FEDE at KATI, with 25 participants including 20 men and 5 women (September 30 to October 02, 2019) • 3-day training for personnel of the NGO GAAS Mali on conflict prevention and management techniques. The session brought together 18 participants including 10 men and 8 women.

Session on conflict prevention, 7 Novembre 2019 Session on conflict management, _ Novembre 2019

These training sessions helped to build the capacity of CSO staff. CEP provided other additional support to strengthen the organizational and institutional capacities of its CSOs partners. CEP provided technical advice to FEDE, AADeC, ESPOIR, ASECOM, AMCFE, CRADE, ARGA, ARDIL and AADeC in their process of recruiting consultants who worked with them to: • develop a strategic work plan for AADeC (August 201); • establish an archive system for IAMANEH and ASSAFE (October 2019); • facilitate a workshop review of the five-year plan of FEDE.

CEP will continue to monitor the implementation of the ODA capacity building plan with each of its CSO partners and will continue coaching them closely through its mentors to improve their technical and organizational capacities. CEP intend to assess the implementation of the ODA plans of its CSOs partners during Q2 of year 2020.

Training session on resource mobilization techniques held in Sikasso, from November 15th to 16th, 2019

2) WASH governance : During this first quarter of 2020, CEP continued to ensure that WASH governance was a priority in its activities. As a reminder, 7 of its CSOs partners focus mainly on governance activities in the WASH sector. WASH represents about 38.88% of CEP field activities. In addition, the majority of CEP beneficiaries have included WASH governance activities in their respective projects.

During this review period, CEP conducted a series of WASH activities including the continuation of the GGB process on WASH in Niono with the theme of "Hygiene and sanitation problem in the city of Niono ». The phase 5 of this GGB process for the restitution of the analysis of collected data in Niono has been completed. A GGB action plan has be developed and a GGB monitoring group (composed of 9 members including 2 women) has been established. FEDE (CEP partner) will work with local actors to prioritize actions in the work plan that will be submitted to CEP for funding through its small grants budget. Partners also organized 14 training sessions for elected officials, water point management organizations and other partner community organizations on the management and governance of water points on WASH to strengthen their capacities. These sessions involved 276 actors, including 162 men and 114 women, among them 13 people with disabilities.

ADICO (CEP partner) and ARDIL (CEP partner), in their respective interventions communes, have trained 230 people on water security tools and approaches and / or methods in the municipalities of Benena, Tominian, Fangasso, and Yasso (Segou region), and Goundam, Tonka, Niafounké, and Soboundou (Timbuktu region). All these sessions were facilitated by the technical services (SLACPN, DTC of health centers and Hydraulic Service) and translated into local languages( Bambara and Sonrhaï).

In the Mopti region, GAAS Mali supported 02 restitution training sessions on water security for CBOs members in the villages of Wendéguélé and Yawa (Municipalities of Dourou) respectively on October 9 and November 6, 2019. In total 167 people including 103 men among them 79 young boys, and 63 women among them 59 young girls attended these sessions.

In the Sikasso region, GRAT continued to support the coaching / training of CGS, AUEP, and elected officials on their roles and responsibilities in the management of drinking water points (November 18 to 21, 2019). In total 17 CBOs members including 11 men and 6 women participated in these trainings.

Sensitization session at Wendéguélé, Novembre 06th, 2019), GAAS Mali

3) Inclusion and Gender:

• Gender activities :

During this first quarter of 2020, CEP implemented a total of 30 activities to promote inclusion and gender. These activities brought together 2,253 people including 1,590 women and 663 men, and among them 109 people with disabilities. The gender-related activities carried out include the following : IAMANEH Mali (CEP partner) in the region of Kayes supported the organization of 11 educational sessions on gender from October to December 2019 in the municipalities of Kayes, Madiga Sacko, Diangounté Camara, Béma and Diéma). A total of 1051 participants attended these sessions, including 732 women, 319 men and among them 85 people with disabilities. The themes developed during these training sessions included the family planning, prevention of obstetric fistula, the consequences of early and forced marriage, and the importance of sex education for young adolescents.

IAMANEH supported also the training of marginalized groups (people affected or infected by HIV / AIDS, the disabled, sex workers, fistula victims, caste groups, etc.) in transparency, accountability, and monitoring of Community actions and technical services. In total 20 people including 13 men among them 1 RECOTRADE, 2 People living with HIV / AIDS, 10 People with disabilities, and 7 women attended these trainings.

IAMANEH organized as well 2 public fora on information and awareness-raising for citizens on the “rights and duties of women and girls in health matters” and on “the importance of municipal planning and budgeting in matters especially for women and the indigent persons. These fora took place respectively on October 10, 2019 in Diangounté Camara and on December 23 at the Diéma circle council. A total of 86 people attended these activities, including 52 men and 34 women, and among them 1 disabled person. The purpose of these forums was to sensitize participants (community leaders, communities, and elected officials) on policies and the difficulties of women’s access to land, and on the quality of basic services provided at the municipal level. The forums recommended communities / elected officials to adopt specific measures so that women and young people can fully participate in the process of the PDSEC and the development of municipal budgeting so that their concerns can effectively be taken into account. These forums made recommendations to local authorities on their roles and responsibilities and to CBOs on how to organize themselves in order to have an influence on decisions-makers. A total of 228 persons including 127 men and 101 women participated in these forums.

FEDE (CEP partner in the region of Segou) organized from December 17 to 30, 2019 in the district of Niono 08 training sessions including 04 on female participation in the management of land and specifically on agricultural affairs, and 4 others on the rights of the child (Convention for the Rights of the Child (CDE) and advocacy for the defense of the education rights of the little girl and her retention in school. A total of 89 participants including 47 men and 42 women, and among them 07 people with disabilities all members of 22 CBOs and elected officials from the municipalities of Niono, Diabaly, Dogofry, and Sokolo attended these training sessions. The purpose of these sessions was to enable community organizations to play their role effectively in monitoring citizens and advocate for the access of women and young people to land.

FEDE supported the holding as well of three (3) inter-community consultation frameworks on women's access to land in the commune of Diabaly, Dogofry, and Sokolo from September 23 to 27, 2019. The objective of this activity was to set up a platform for expression, influence, and advocacy for a better access of women to land in these municipalities.

FEDE also supported the holding of 4 information and mass awareness sessions for community actors to better support gender in the communal budget and the PDESC planning in the municipalities of Niono, Diabaly, Dogofry and Sokolo. These sessions mobilized a total of 582 persons including 404 women and 178 men, and among them 12 people with disabilities.

Also in the Ségou region, from November 07 to 10, 2019, AMCFE (CEP partner in the region) supported the holding of 4 training sessions for CBOs on their rights and civic duties, and on accountability, citizen control and transparency in the management of public affairs in the rural communes of Saminè, Sakoïba, Cinzana Gare, and in the urban commune of Ségou. A total of 100 persons including 78 women and 22 men, took part in these sessions. The purpose of these forums was to sensitize participants (community leaders) and engage communities on policies and the difficulties of access of women to land, and on the quality of basic services provided at the municipal level. These forums made recommendations to local authorities on their roles and responsibilities, as well as to CBOs on how to organize themselves in order to have an influence on decision-makers. A total of 228 persons including 127 men and 101 women participated in these forums.

In the Timbuktu region, from October 09 to 14, 2019, ARDIL supported the training on gender, women participation in the decision-making processes, early marriage, female entrepreneurship, local governance, and Citizenship to CBOs in 04 intervention communes in the region (Goundam, Tonka, Soboundou, and Niafounké). A total of 30 persons including 20 women and 10 men took part in this activity. Subsequently, ARDIL supported the holding of 03 restitution sessions initiated by 3 CBOs partners of the municipality of Tonka (Association Gomni Bangeye, Association of disabled persons of Tonka, and Wafakoye Horo network of women). 68 persons in total including 53 women and 15 men attended these restitution sessions.

Training on gender in Goundam et Sampi, Octobre 2019, ARDIL

AMSS jointly with the EPC program (Saving for change funded by the Stromme Foundation) supported 2 awareness sessions (respectively on October 8 and December 24, 2019) for the Association "Tounka goy" and " Batiéré N'Da Yerkoye” to encourage women and other vulnerable persons to apply for office renewal positions of their CBOs within their communities. A total of 49 women, including 2 persons with disabilities took part in these activities.

Sensitization event in Tombouctou to encourafe them to apply for office renewals of their CBOs, Decembre 24, 2019, AMSS

In the Mopti region, GAAS Mali supported the holding of 3 capacity building sessions for female members of CBOs and other disadvantaged social groups (marginalized, vulnerable, and minorities) in its 4 target communes on mediation / conflict resolution techniques or community consensus. These capacity building sessions were held from November 01 to 04, 2019 in Goundaka (municipality of Pignari-Bana), Bandiagara, Dandoli, and Dourou. A total of 100 persons including 77 men and 23 women and among them 05 people with disabilities participated in these sessions.

• Inclusion of Disable people organisations (DPO) in the implemenation of the program: The inclusion of people with disabilities and vulnerable people in all CEP activities is essential for all beneficiaries and subcontractors. Currently, 45 specific CBOs representing people with disabilities work with the program’s CSOs partners. Following the selection of 04 DPOs, AMPA, APHM, EIHD (in Bamako), and FERAPH (in Sikasso), CEP has initiated an official partnership this year with these DPOs in addition to its 18 CSOs partners for the inclusion purpose. The 04 DPOs were more operational in the field in the first quarter of 2020 and they have successfully involved 12 other DPO partners in the implementation of their activities.

CEP intends to continue building their capacity to make them competitive in the fundraising and programs implementation. In that perspective, CEP has supported during this reporting period a series of training sessions including the introductory training on grants management tools, communication, monitoring and evaluation, advocacy, and resource mobilization. These training sessions with CEP occurred during the period of October to December 2019 in Bamako and Sikasso. The training session on communication and monitoring evaluation with CEP DPO grantees gathered 10 persons including 8 men, 2 women, and all the 10 participants are persons with disabilities.

Communication and monitoring evaluation training session with CEP DPO grantees, November 27th, 2019

Since their approval, DPOs have initiated and implemented a number of activities as detailed below.

• AMPA: « Association Malienne pour la Protection des Personnes atteintes d’Albinisme »

- Capacity building on the rights of people with albinism. 21 people were reached by the training, including 16 men, 4 women, and among them 9 people with disabilities.

- Celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3rd, 2019: AMPA and APHM celebrated the International Day at ‘’IJA’’ (National Institute of Blind Youth) in Faladié, Bamako. A conference debate was organized for the occasion. The theme of the conference was: “inclusion/equity in WASH and the challenges faced by people with albinism”. A total of 93 people including 50 men and 43 women took part in the event.

- 10 days of awareness campaign on albinism in the 06 municipalities of Bamako. The aim of this campaign was to raise awareness among local leaders, young women and men from various associations, neighborhood leaders, and residents of the 6 municipalities of Bamako on the rights of people with disabilities, and to make advocacy at the level of local actors for taking into account the specific needs of albinos into the program and policies of the municipalities. 475 people, including 299 men, 176 women and 82 people with disability were reached by the campaign.

Training Session of AMPA on the rights of people with albinism from October 23 to 25 , 2019 • APHM: « Association des Personnes en Situation d'Handicap de Medina coura An be kun »

- Celebration of the International Day of Toilet: This event took place at the UMAV on November 19th, 2019. A discussion on inclusion/equity in WASH was held during the day. 100 people including 60 men and 40 women took part in the event.

- A 3-day training session for people with disabilities on advocacy, and negotiation and communication techniques within the framework of the WASH. The training took place from November 14th to 16th, 2019, with 30 participants, including 11 men, 8 women, and 11 people with disability.

- The launching of APHM's WASH project, held on October 30th, 2019 in Medina Koura, with 76 participants, including 68 men, 8 women, and among them 21 persons with disabilities.

- The choice of community focal points for WASH activities in 13 neighborhoods in the Commune II of Bamako. This event took place at Bagadadji Town Hall on October 17, 2019. A total of 100 people participated in this activity including 72 persons with disability.

- Organization of sanitation activities with the town hall of the Commune II:

✓ Cleaning of the Missira CSCOM on December 28, 2019. Total participant: 32 persons including 24 men and 8 women. ✓ Cleaning of the CSCOM in Medina-Coura, November 30, 2019. Total participants: 12 persons with 10 men, 2 women, and 06 PH. ✓ Cleaning of the Missira canals, December 28, 2019. Total participants: 32 persons including 30 men, 2 women, and among them 8 disable persons.

Workshop for the development of an advocacy strategy on Official launching of the activities of the ANBEKU project WASH, from January 6 to 8 , 2019 at the town hall of Bagadadji of APHM in Medina Coura, October 30th, 2019

• EIHD: « Emploi Intégration des Handicapés pour le Développement » - Training of EIHD members on conflict sensitivity, from October 29th to 31st, 2019 at FEMAPH. The purpose of the training was to better analyze the relevance of conflict sensitivity in the implementation of humanitarian and development programs, to integrate conflict sensitivity into the development projects cycle, and to identify the responsibility of each EIHD member to conflict. Participants: 11 people including 06 men, 05 women and 11 disable persons.

- Training on Advocacy, Advocacy Strategy development and Citizen Control of Public Action organized by EIHD as part of the capacity building of its DPOs partners and EIHD members. The training took place from December 04th to 06th , 2019 in the training room of FEMAPH.This training enabled members of the DPOs partners to strengthen their capacity on advocacy to improve the living environment and conditions of people with disabilities. Participants: 11 persons in total, 7 men, and 04 women.

- Identification and Orientation of data collectors to collect data on the health status of people with disabilities. From December 28th to 29th, 2019, EIHD held in the training room of FEMAPH a training of data collectors on a micro-study (analysis) on the health, education, and citizenship situation of people living with disabilities. EIHD held this training with the aim of providing a reference document to present to the concertation sessions in the six (6) municipalities of Bamako district through the USAID Civic Engagement Program and FHI360. In total 12 participants including 3 women and 9 men attended the session.

Training of EIHD members on conflict Training session on Advocacy and Citizen Control of sensitivity, from October 29 to 31, 2019 Public Action, from December 04 to 06, 2019

• FERAPH: “Fédération Régionale des Associations de Personnes Handicapées”

During this reporting period , FERAPH conducted the following actiivties:

- Training of members of the FERAPH office in advocacy techniques (1st session) and resource mobilization (2nd session) held in Sikasso in November and December 2019. It brought together 06 people with disabilities including one woman.

- 3 training sessions to build the capacity of CBOs of people with disabilities in advocacy techniques (03 Regional Federation of Disability Associations -FELAPH-)

- 1 training session to strengthen the capacity of members of the FERAPH Office on communication, information, and awareness techniques, held in December 2019.

Training session for FERAPH members on advocacy, Training session on resources mobilization in Sikasso, Nov. 5th, 2019 tachniques in Sikasso, Nov. 16th to 16th, 2019

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE :

CEP received a categorical exclusion for all its activities in the USAID/Mali PDG Office’s approved Initial Environmental Examination and Request for Categorical Exclusion. The IEE for CEP activities, including those of its grantees, fall under Project Purpose 4: Civic Engagement to Improve Government Accountability. These activities have received a categorical exclusion as they are not expected to have any adverse impacts on the physical and biological environment, per section A.12.4 of the CEP award. CEP will stay up-to-date on the program’s environmental compliance and make plans for activity adjustments if needed. MONITORING, EVALUATION AND LEARNING (MEAL) ACTIVITIES : The training of the District of Bamako youth data collectors for civic engagement: During Q1, as part of the implementation of the Community Youth Mapping (CYM) initiative, CEP built the capacity of 24 youth volunteer data collectors including 11 girls and 2 staff from 2 CSOs on Community Youth Mapping and data collection for civic engagement. The 24 Participants to the training were youth from the 6 target communes of the District of Bamako. The training was a 3-day training session on community youth mapping and data collection strategies. The CYM initiative permitted CEP to have direct connection with community beneficiaries to maintain regular communication with them for the impact of CSOs activities within their communities as a closest monitoring tool. This training was the last phase of the training sessions held in the 6 regions of intervention.

working group on community mapping during the youth training sessions in Bamako

Organization of a series of orientation session for partner CSOs on data collection sheets :

The adapted collection sheets were designed to facilitate the reporting of data collection of CEP indicators. The training sessions were carried out as part of CEP technical capacity building field missions for its CSOs. Since November 2019, CSOs partners have started using these new data collection sheets to collect data for their monthly activities repots. During htese training, CEP has also helped CSOs to improve evidence- based during the data collection processes. It was a opportunity to address also DQA and TPM reports questions with CSO partners while explaining the new data collection tools.

Training session on monitoring evaluation and reporting techniques for CSOs partners:

In order to reinforce the capacity of CSOs partners on monitoring and evaluation, and reporting techniques, CEP carried out 3 training sessions as part of the ODA plans : • 1 training session in monitoring and evaluation and reporting techniques held in Sikasso in November, 2019 with members of GRAT, APIB, ASECOM, and FERAPH. • 1 training session held in Bamako for the personnel of GRAT on the treatment and the interpretation of the data including the use of the graphics. This training enhanced the skills of GRAT in the interpretation of graphical data. • 1 training session in monitoring and evaluation held in December, 2019 for the benefit of AMCFE staff. This training was an opportunity for AMCFE executive mangers to strengthen their skills in monitoring and evaluation of projects. PROGRAM INDICATORS STATUS AND PROGRESS IN MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND LEARNING : The table below summarizes the progress made to date on CEP’s targets and indicators.

Total Achieved % of Target Indicator Name Achieved in Target No. Y4

Y2-Y3 (Q1-Y4) Achieved Indicator Indicator Number of Civil Society Organizations 481 (CSOs) receiving USG assistance 1.1.1 505 520 (including 93% engaged in advocacy interventions. 50 DPO) (USAID Indicator DR.4.2-2) Number of mechanisms for external 1.1.3 oversight of public resource use 108 160 64 40% supported by USG assistance Number of mechanisms functioning with USG support to improve 1.1.3. a transparency or accountability 108 160 64 40% (Indicator 2.2 HFG Project, Leadership and Governance) Number of trainings conducted with USG support on improving 1.1.3. b transparency or accountability 221 160 40 25% (Indicator 2.3, HFG Project, Leadership and Governance)

Total Achieved % of Target Indicator Name Achieved in Target No. Y4

Y2-Y3 (Q1-Y4) Achieved Indicator Indicator Number of sub-national development plans that include actions for WASH 1.2.1 (water management, hygiene and/or 22 40 0 0% water source protection) as the result of citizen advocacy Average percentage change in citizen satisfaction with public services in 1.2.2 0% 25% 0% 0% target communes where GGB is operating Number of people educated on tools, approaches, and/or methods for water 276 security, integrated water resource (162 Men 1.2.3 28% management, and/or water source 2,170 1,000 and 114 protection as result of USG assistance. Women) (USAID Indicator HL.8.3-1) Number of CSOs that demonstrate 1.3.1 working with and representing the 188 300 300 100% concerns of marginalized groups Number of USG-funded organizations representing marginalized constituencies trying to affect 1.3.2 0 12 16 133% government policy or conducting government oversight (USAID Indicator 2.4.1-11) Number of public-private or private- private partnerships facilitated, 2.1.1 brokered, strengthened, or established 19 20 19 95% with project support (Indicator 5.6 HFG Project, Leadership and Governance) Number of groups trained in conflict mediation/resolution skills or 2.2.1 consensus-building techniques with 349 120 77 64% USG assistance (USAID Indicator DR.3.1-2) Number of consensus building forums (multi-party, civil/security sector, 2.2.2 150 100 63 63% and/or civil /political) held with USG Assistance (USAID Indicator DR.3.1-3) Number of individuals receiving civic

3.1.1 education through USG-assisted 100% 2,623,680 2,623,680 2,623,680 programs (USAID Indicator DR.3.2-5)

Total Achieved % of Target Indicator Name Achieved in Target No. Y4

Y2-Y3 (Q1-Y4) Achieved Indicator Indicator

Number of USG-supported activities 3.2.1 designed to promote or strengthen the 196 100 28 28% civic participation of women GNDR-1 Number of legal instruments drafted, proposed, or adopted with USG assistance designed to promote 3.2.1 a 11 19 7 37% gender equality or non-discrimination against women or girls at the national or sub-national level Number of youths at risk of violence trained in social or leadership skills 3.2.2 a 300 200 144 72% through USG assisted programs (USAID Indicator YOUTH-1)

SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES PLANNED VERSUS IMPLEMENTED In the Table below, CEP presents a summary of Q1 of FY20 activities planned versus implemented.

Summary Plan of Activities for Q1 FY20 Status of Implementation Difference of achievement or comments

Program Start-Up and Administration

PDG program coordination meetings Meetings were held with To be continued with other MJP, PCP and SNGP for more partners as well synergy with CEP

During this Y3, mentors This will continue in Q2 visited civil society A&E Mentors and staff coach and mentor organizations in the 4 CEP CSO partners based on their individual intervention areas (Ségou, needs Sikasso and Kayes and Bamako). During this Y3, mentors This will continue in Q2 visited civil society through follow-up field A&E Mentors and staff visit CSOs to review organizations in the 4 CEP visits. TDP implementation, troubleshoot issues, intervention areas (Ségou, CSOs and offer feedback at least 3 times per year Sikasso and Kayes and Bamako).

Objective 1: Mechanisms of Bottom-Up Social Accountability Strengthened through Sub-Awards and Technical Assistance (TA)

IR1.1: Increased CSO effectiveness to provide government oversight and aggregate citizen interest

GGB Phase 1: 6-8 CSOs conduct the GGB in GGB Pilot completed with The remaining 1 GGBs selected communes; CEP GGB Mentors the first seven GGB grantees. (Timbuktu) will start in Q2. introduce the GGB process to target 7 out 8 have completed this communes to build understanding and a phase. community level buy-in

Community members nominate a small 7 GGB out of 08 completed The remaining 1 GGBs will multi-stakeholder group that participates in this phase start in Q2. a break-off, one-day workshop; the small stakeholder group also identifies a larger multi-party stakeholder group to complete the rest of the GGB process GGB Phase 2: GGB Mentors and trained CSO 6 GGB out of 08 completed The remaining 2 GGBs will facilitators organize a workshop with the this phase. start in Q2. full stakeholder group to introduce them to the GGB process, the implementation timeline, and their roles and responsibilities

GGB Phase 3: GGB Mentors and CSO 5 GGB out of 8 completed 3 GGBs (Domba, facilitators use the GGB’s universal criteria this phase. Danderesso and Timbuktu) and sub-criteria to define local indicators will start this phase in Q2. for their selected service delivery challenge 4 GGB out of 8 completed 4 GGBs (Tominian, Domba, GGB Phase 3: Data collection (especially this phase. Danderesso, and conducted by youth) Timbuktu) will start this phase in Q2. GGB Phase 4: GGB Mentors and CSO 5 GGB out of 8 completed 2 GGBs will start this phase facilitators present outputs to the GGB this phase. in Q2 (Domba and multi-party stakeholder group for Danderesso. participatory analysis and action planning GGB Phase 4: The multi-stakeholder group 4 GGB out of 8 completed 2 GGBs will start this phase elects a Technical Monitoring Group, this phase. in Q2(Tominian and charged with management and oversight of Domba). the GGB action plan, implementation and coordination with CSO facilitators and other civil society groups, and integration with the PDSEC process, as needed

GGB Phase 5: The Technical Monitoring At this stage 4 GGB plans Advocacy and synergy Group identifies resources available to are available. The OCBs and actions will continue in Q2 implement GGB oversight and advocacy the monitoring group carry activities out advocacy activities to mobilize communities and seek synergies for the implementation of the actions plans. GGB Inclusivity Grants: CEP funds select The small GRANT concept 4 GGBs will receive small activities proposed in GGB action plans that note package for GAAS Mali grants for support of their has been finalized. The work plans in Q2. other 3 packages (Niono, Sirakoro, and Bamako IV) are being prepared.

Promote advocacy and oversight for The 4 DPO partners have CEP will continue to marginalized groups started implementing support the pursuit of OCB advocacy activities. advocacy actions

Organization of a two-day training Complete in the 6 CEP Young peoples will start to workshops on Community Youth Mapping regions. The last one is be involved in collecting (CYM) methodology for 300 youth data Bamako which was done in data for PEC in Q2. collectors in selected 5 regions and the December, 2019 district of Bamako (50 per Region) Deployment of youth in communes to Completed with the GGB in To be continued with the collect data related to existing water points Niono, Sirakoro and Bamako 02 other GGBs (Domba and their functionality, water user and Tominian. and Danderesso) in Q2. committee performance, number of latrines Young peoples will also in public spaces, number of shared latrines start to be involved in in households, latrine maintenance and collecting data for PEC in cleanliness, open defecation, and presence Q2. of visible feces Fondation Hirondelle, through Studio This continues in Dandoli To be continued in Q2. Tamani, uses media to showcase GGB with community initiatives Inclusivity Grant activities implemented from the GGB plan (awareness raising, construction of a school wall by the communities). IR 1.2: Citizen ability to demand improved services, especially health services, through CSO advocacy strengthened

Advocacy & Empowerment (A&E) Mentors Ongoing process. During this Advocacy mentoring will reinforce CEG CSOs advocacy skills as Quarter CEP has continue with All CSO in needed strengthened 4 DPOs Q2 partners in Advocacy

IR1.3: Citizens, especially marginalized groups, have improved access to and oversight of government

CEP held a workshop on CEP will continue to GRANT Management, strengthen DPOs in the CEP Staff will hold a Grants Management project management and management of GRANT Workshop with selected DPOs M&E with all 4 DPOs and the activities of their projects During this quarter CEP staff To be continued in Q2 supported 10 capacity CEP staff will provide targeted capacity building sessions of the 4 building in areas identified in the DPOs' DPOs in advocacy, grant TDPs management, conflict sensitivity and M&E The 4 DPDs were trained in Coaching will continue in A&E Mentors will train selected DPOs on advocacy Q2 advocacy

DPOs will work to provide information and the 4 DPOs started to To be continue in Q2. to sensitize of citizens on the law and conduct awareness sessions policies that promote marginalized groups

Objective 2: CSOs Collaborate Effectively with Government and the Private Sector to Develop Public Policy and Advance Issues of Common Interest IR 2.1: Links between CSOs, government, the private sector and the media strengthened

In progress with some key To be continued in Q2. CEP provides grants to two to three SCALE+ activities identified with Task Forces to implement collaborative some partners in the work actions identified during the retreat plans (Morilla and the through marched funds of up to 50% Ministry of Youth) CSOs support two Public-Private Working Public-Private partnership PPWG will continue in Q2. Groups (PPWGs) each year in target regions initiatives are underway in Sikasso, Segou, and Kayes CSOs present results of PPWGs at town hall This was done in all 6 CEP PPWG will continue the meetings in each target region regions. advocacy and mobilization work in Q2.

Local radio, through partner Studio Tamani, Studio Tamani spoke about To be continued in Q2. and through CSOs' own community radio the level of advancement of partners, reports highlights from the the Public Private PPWGs and SCALE+ Partnership of Sikasso. IR 2.2: Conflict Management mechanisms strengthened CEP completed a conflict The CEP will support the 3 CEP staff and TA provide ongoing mentoring analysis with CSOs. CEP has CSO beneficiaries of APS in and TA to organizations interested in provided training tools to the development of a developing conflict sensitivity policies and CSOs. conflict management conflict management guides for their directive to help monitor organizations the conflict resolution process CEG CSOs in conflict-affected areas will Ongoing To be continued in Q2 carry out conflict mitigation activities including training at-risk youth, conflict resolution and conflict mitigation training, and non-violent conflict resolution strategies CEP will fund Emerging Opportunity CEP has already launched The selection will be Grants to diffuse conflicts as appropriate the offer for the submission finalized in January 2020 of CSO APS projects. Fondation Hirondelle’s Studio Tamani's Ongoing This activity will continue story-enhanced talk shows broadcast during Q2. bimonthly to introduce conflict mediation, communication, and dialogue skills to listeners

Objective 3: Citizens Understand Their Rights and Responsibilities and Feel Empowered to Engage with Government of Mali Actors

IR 3.1: Citizen understanding of rights and responsibilities increased

Translate laws into 6 local languages and 10 laws have been To be continued in Q2. disseminate through Studio Tamani translated and the Network radio, Cinema Numerique dissemination is ongoing Ambulant, PhiPhi television shows. with Studio Tamani and the Cinema Numerique Ambulant CEP makes law translations available online The Website has been To be completed in Q2. for download through the websites of CEP finalized and just waiting for and CEP’s grantees, as well as in hard copy a go-live from USAID to in local schools, health centers, and town satrt. halls

The design of the booklet has also been completed and 8000 copies have been printed and will be distributed in Q1.

CEP funds thematic trainings on the laws for Done CEP will continue to work 20-25 young griots in each target district with young griots in Q2.

Griots participate in creative workshops to Done To be completed in Q2. create songs, jingles, and stories about laws, rights, and responsibilities of civic life Griots songs, jingles, and stories air on local To be done in Q2. radio stations

CEP supports Caravanes Citoyennes in each CEP is currently planning To be start in Q2. target district this activity with Binthily

Communication.

Studio Tamani produces bi-weekly 3minute Ongoing To be continued during Q2. magazines and monthly Le Grand Dialogue debates on a variety of topics relevant to enhancing civic life, including laws, citizen rights and responsibilities, conflict management, participatory governance, and issues concerning marginalized groups. These shows are broadcast across Studio Tamani's network of 70 local radio stations. Phiphi Show airs hour-long show focused The third show took place in Done on a variety of civic engagement topics Sikasso in december.

CNA takes film roadshow and discussion to CNA has completed To be continue in Q2 in 80 communes projections for Mopti and Timbuktu Segou regions regions. IR 3.2 Citizen ability to engage government and solve problems through participatory democratic processes improved

CEP supports CPHDA to adapt standard civic The document has been Training will start in Q2 education curricula into comic book form validated with the Ministry and provides advocacy trainings for CSOs of Education. The trainings attempting to reform the policies governing are in preparation. civic education CEP funds CPHDA to compile and publish a The content of the To be completed in Q2. printed and audio “Government Access Government Access book is Handbook” finalized and approved by CEP. The document will be disseminated in Q2. Ongoing To be done in the course of CEP funds CSOs to hold town hall meetings Q2 on issues of interest to various communities (Timing dependent upon topic. TBD by the CSOs.)

PLANNED FY20 QUARTER 2 ACTIVITIES • Implementation of GGB processes • Provide grants to implement SCALE+ collaborative, GGB and PPP plan actions • Co-hosts government-youth meetings that have intermittently taken place in the past • Set up and follow up on PPWG activities • Outreach activities with studio Tamani • Video screening with Cinema Numerique Ambulant • Follow up on the implementation of the ODA action Plan • Issuing 2nd round of Emergency Opportunity Grant to three CSOs • Continue to implement DPO project activities • Caravan implementation and community education sessions on rights, duties, and laws with traditional communicators / binthily communication • Continue CSOs activities in the field (forums, advocacy activities, external review mechanisms, Capacity building of CBOs…) • CEP coordination meeting with others PDG projects • Broadcast of the program PhiPhi show from the Sikasso region in January 2020 • Finalization of the comic books on civic education • Publish a printed and audio "Government Access Manual" • Mid-year internal program review with partners • Fourth PHI PHI show recording in Kayes region

OPERATIONS ACHIEVEMENTS Throughout Quarter 1 of FY2020, CEP hired one Grant Officer who started on October 21, 2019; posted on open position of Finance Officer I, and renewed of (5) expired contracts of its staffs.

Three (3) exemption files requests were sent to USAID in October 31, 2019 for processing

1. Request for exemption from customs duties relating to a vehicle intended for the Administrative and Financial Director of PEC sent on : 2. Exemption request in favor of Securicom Protect for the office security service under FY-19. 3. Exemption request in favor of Securicom Protect for the office security service under FY20.

PROGRAM CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES The most important challenge faced by the program during this quarter is the spreadout of insecurity in the north and centre regions ( Timbuktu and Mopti regions) making the implementation of some activities, such as the screening of Cinema Numerique Ambulant in the program intervention communes of Mopti and Timbuctou regions difficult.. If the insecurity situation perisits in these areas, CEP is thinking to select other areas in the regions for the film projections.

RECOMMENDATIONS During Q2 of YF4, CEP will introduce GGB packages to support their implementation and expect the approval process to be fast to allow a quick beginning of the implementation process. During Q2, CEP is expecting the translation in french of USAID indicators by USAID to allow the same understanding at all level of the partnership. CEP expects also that USAID will continue to facilitate synergy meetings and activites between PDG programs during this quarter for great impact.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY Per USAID’s request, CEP tracks spending against its various funding sources - WASH, disability, and governance. As of December 31st, CEP has spent $6,795,851.13 of its current obligation of $9,167,738.44. $5,807,456.22 of the amount spent is from the governance funds, $741,760.15 is from the WASH funds, and $246,634.76 is from disability funds. CEP anticipates continuing to increase its burn rate in the coming quarter, as all 18 CEG grants and four DPO grants are implementing their activities and new small grantes will be awareded. Please see the table below for a budget line breakdown of the program’s spending through Y4Q1.

Table 7: CEP Y4Q1 Financial Summary by Funding Source:

Line Item Budgeted Spent to Date Governance WASH Disability Amount PERSONNEL & $3,444,395.00 $1,878,870.47 $1,549,628.74 $228,715.08 $100,526.65 CONSULTANTS FRINGE BENEFITS $1,142,573.00 $992,812.23 $827,357.88 $114,726.31 $50,728.04 TRAVEL & $456,283.00 $251,831.14 $248,177.86 $3,369.94 $283.34 TRANSPORTATION OTHER DIRECT COSTS $685,442.00 $671,222.02 $630,927.82 $29,790.52 $10,503.67 CONTRACTUAL $3,792,000.00 $1,548,229.39 $1,297,568.37 $223,670.83 $26,990.20 EQUIPMENT $125,000.00 $101,709.89 $101,709.89 $0.00 $0.00 INDIRECT COSTS $2,354,169.00 $1,351,376.65 $1,152,276.22 $141,495.10 $57,605.34 GRAND TOTAL $11,999,862.00 $6,796,051.79 $5,807,646.77 $741,767.78 $246,637.23