USAID HAY TAO ACTIVITY Quarterly Progress Report Fiscal Year 2019 Quarter 3: April 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019
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USAID HAY TAO ACTIVITY Quarterly Progress Report Fiscal Year 2019 Quarter 3: April 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019 Submission Date: July 30, 2019 Contract Number: 72068718C00001 Contract Period: March 6, 2018 to March 5, 2023 COR Name: Ms. Agathe Sector Submitted by: Jean-Solo Ratsisompatrarivo, Chief of Party Pact, Inc. 1828 L Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20036, USA Tel: 202-466-5666 Email: [email protected] This document was produced for review and approval by the United States Agency for International Development//Madagascar Mission (USAID/Madagascar). CONTENTS Acronyms and Abbreviations ....................................................................................... i 1. Activity Overview ..................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Activity Details ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................... 4 1.2.1. Short Introduction .............................................................................................. 4 1.2.2. Summary of Results for the Reporting Period and Key Achievements .. 4 1.2.3. Problems Encountered/Lessons Learned ....................................................... 7 2. Activity Implementation .......................................................................................... 8 2.1. Progress Narrative ............................................................................................................... 8 Strategic Approach 1: Support USAID Mikajy and other conservation enterprises on sustainable livelihoods, protected area management, and community-based natural resource management through training and capacity development ............................................................................................. 8 Strategic Approach 2: Improve and make available data on biodiversity and conservation effectiveness for collaboration, transparency, and decision- making ...................................................................................................................... 23 Strategic Approach 3: Identify and foster innovative financing options (Payment for Ecosystem Services, private sector, social enterprise) for conservation ........................................................................................................... 46 Strategic Approach 4: Document, disseminate and/or implement lessons learned and best practices on sustainable livelihoods, Protected Area management, Community-Based Natural Resource Management and Population, Health and Environment ................................................................ 53 This activity is scheduled for Q4.Strategic Approach 5: Strengthen Government of Madagascar institutions in policymaking and enforcement of tenure rights and natural resource management through learning ....... 65 Strategic Approach 6: Strengthen Civil Society Organization networks’ capacity for environmental and land/coastal/marine resource tenure advocacy through constructive engagement ................................................... 86 Cross-Cutting Activities.............................................................................................. 97 2.2. Reporting Data and Database.......................................................................................... 99 2.3. Implementation Challenges, Modifications Made, and Issues Addressed from Last Quarterly Report ....................................................................................... 100 3. Collaborating and Knowledge Sharing .............................................................. 101 3.1. With Other USAID Activities ...................................................................................... 101 Collaboration with USAID Mikajy ......................................................................... 101 USAID Communication Working Group ............................................................ 101 PHE Collaboration .................................................................................................... 101 Data Collaboration ................................................................................................... 101 3.2. With Partner Entities in Host Government and Other Donor Agencies .......... 101 Collaboration with SE CNFAR/MAEP .................................................................. 102 Collaboration for Small-Scale Fisheries ................................................................ 102 Gender Working Group .......................................................................................... 102 Collaboration on PHE .............................................................................................. 102 4. Assessments, Evaluations, Lessons Learned, Best Practices .......................... 104 USAID Hay Tao Activity FY 2019 Q3 Report 4.1. Major Assessments / Internal Evaluations and Lessons Learned/ Best Practices .............................................................................................................................................. 104 Private Sector Landscape Assessment .................................................................. 104 Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment .......................................................... 104 Applied Political Economy Analysis (APEA) ........................................................ 105 Baseline Assessment ................................................................................................. 105 4.2. Actions and Way Forward ............................................................................................ 105 5. Planned Activities for Next Quarter ................................................................. 107 5.1. Proposed Tasks and Activities for the Next Quarter ............................................ 107 5.2. List of Upcoming Events ................................................................................................. 119 5.3. Staff and Consultant Travel ............................................................................................ 121 6. Branding Communications and Dissemination ................................................ 124 6.1. Key Communication Activities - Specific Activities That Reflect Branding Awareness for USAID ..................................................................................................... 124 Regional workshop of national land institutions for the securitization of community land rights ....................................................................................... 124 USAID Hay Tao contributed financially to this international worshop on May 21, 22 and 23 at Carlton Hotel Anosy Antananarivo ................................. 124 Presentation and launch of the National Action Plan of the Integrated Coastal Zone Management (PANGIZC) (2019–2023) ............................................. 126 International Biodiversity Day ................................................................................ 127 Forests, Economy, and Development Conference ............................................ 128 6.2. Activity Branding ............................................................................................................. 129 6.3. Planned Outreach and Communication Events for Next Quarter ...................... 130 7. Sustainability and Exit Strategy ......................................................................... 132 8. Annexes ................................................................................................................ 133 Annex Ia. Indicator Performance Tracking Table ............................................................ 133 Annex Ib. PIMS Tracking Table ............................................................................................ 137 Annex II. Geographic Data Reporting – GIS Template .................................................. 140 Annex III. Success Stories ...................................................................................................... 141 Key achievement: Intersectorality and decentralization within FAR system 141 Key achievement: regional dialogue, a step for change in Menabe region ... 141 Annex IV. Training Report .................................................................................................... 142 Annex V. Pictures ................................................................................................................... 144 Annex VI. Sub-Grants Under the Activity ......................................................................... 151 Annex VII. Integration of Cross-Cutting Issues and Guiding Principles ..................... 153 (a) Gender Equality and Female Empowerment ................................................ 153 (b) Institutional Strengthening and Local Capacity Building............................. 153 (c) Youth ..................................................................................................................... 153 (d) Public Private Partnership (PPP) ...................................................................... 153 (e) Science, Technology, and Innovation ............................................................. 154 (f) Policy and Regulatory Reform ........................................................................