USAID MALI CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM (CEP-MALI) Year 4 Report (October 01, 2019 – December 31, 2019)
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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] 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page i 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 1 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