MARAWI RESPONSE PROJECT (MRP) Quarterly Report FY 2020 2nd Quarter – J anuary 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 Submission Date: April 30, 2020 Cooperative Agreement Number: 72049218CA000007 Activity Start Date and End Date: August 29, 2018 – A ugust 28, 2021 Submitted by: Plan International USA, Inc. This document was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development Philippine Mission (USA ID/Philippines). 1 PROJECT PROFILE USAID/PHILIPPINES Program: MARAWI RESPONSE PROJECT (MRP) Activity Start Date and August 29, 2018 – August 28, 2021 End Date: Name of Prime Plan USA International Inc. Implementing Partner: Cooperative Agreement 72049218CA00007 Number: Names of Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits (ECOWEB) Subcontractors/Sub Maranao People Development Center, Inc. (MARADECA) IMPL awardees: Project (IMPL) Major Counterpart Organizations Geographic Coverage Lanao del Sur, Marawi City, Lanao del Norte & Iligan City (cities and or countries) Reporting Period: January 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 2 CONTENTS PROJECT PROFILE ............................................................................ 2 CONTENTS ........................................................................................ 3 ACRONYMS ........................................................................................ 4 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................... 5 2. PROJECT OVERVIEW ................................................................... 6 3. ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ............................. 7 3.1 Administration .............................................................................................................................. 7 3.2 Technical ...................................................................................................................................... 10 Intermediate Result 1: Improved economic conditions of IDPs and host communities ............. 10 Intermediate Result 2: Social Cohesion of IDPs and host communities strengthened ............... 25 3.3 Coordination .............................................................................................................................. 30 4. INTEGRATION OF CROSSCUTTING ISSUES AND USAID ............................................................................................................. 32 FORWARD PRIORITIES .......................................................... 32 4.1 Gender ......................................................................................................................................... 32 4.2 Youth Development .................................................................................................................. 33 4.3 Environmental Compliance ...................................................................................................... 34 5. IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES ......................................... 34 6. LESSONS LEARNED ................................................................... 35 7. PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR NEXT QUARTER ..................... 36 ANNEX A: INDICATOR RESULTS SUMMARY TABLE ............ 38 ANNEX B: GENDER & SOCIAL INCLUSION DOCUMENTS .. 40 ANNEX C: SUCCESS STORIES ..................................................... 41 3 ACRONYMS AIP Annual Implementation Plan AOR Agreement Officer Representative ASPIRE Agribusiness Support for Promotion and Investment in Regional Exposition BARMM Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao BMCCI Bangon Marawi Chamber of Commerce and Industry BRGs Business Recovery Grants CBED Community-based Enterprise Development CIIFI Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Iligan Foundation, Inc CMGs Community Micro-Grants CO Country Office COP Chief of Party COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease CSG Community Solidarity Group DOLE Department of Labor and Employment DSWD Department of Social Welfare and Development DTI Department of Trade and Industry ECOWEB Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits ECQ Enhanced Community Quarantine ESR Environmental Screening Report FY Fiscal Year GSI Gender and Social Inclusion HCM Host Community Member HDC Hyundai Dream Center IDP Internally Displaced Person IR Intermediate Result LGU Local Government Unit LTA Long-Term Agreement MARADECA Maranao People Development Center, Inc. MBC Makati Business Club MERL Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning MinDA Mindanao Development Authority MOU Memorandum of Undertaking MRP Marawi Response Project MRP-PMO Marawi Response Project-Project Management Office MSME Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises MSU Mindanao State University MSU-IIT-iDEYA Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology-iDEYA NGO Non-Governmental Organization OJT On-the-job Training P&R Pause and Reflect Session PCCI Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry PDRF Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation RTW Ready-to-Wear TESDA Technical Education and Skills Development Authority TFBM Task Force Bangon Marawi TVI Technical Vocational Institute USAID United States Agency for International Development USG United States Government YEE Youth Economic Empowerment 4 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20), the Marawi Response Project (MRP) continued to build its programmatic momentum. A total of 237 grant requests were reviewed, 187 approved, 155 issued purchase requests, and 105 (or 57%) delivered this quarter. Delivered grants included grocery and textile commodities, as well as community learning facilities, cultural festivities and small infrastructure projects. Approximately 7,474 beneficiaries are directly benefiting from the delivered grants. MRP and its partners, Maranao People Development Center, Inc. (MARADECA) and Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits (ECOWEB), continued to develop new grant ideas throughout the quarter, with a total of 216 new concept notes submitted. During this quarter, MRP received approval from USAID to increase the grant threshold and implement a new quick response grant type, which will have further positive impact on the support MRP provides to IDPs and their host communities. The grants were complemented by MRP’s training activities. For this quarter a total of 2,822 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and Host Community Member (HCMs) have completed MRP’s multifaceted community capacity building and training activities that include technical skills, entrepreneurial and enterprise development skills, life/soft skills, business development and financial planning as well as civic engagement, peace building, gender & development and other social cohesion-related capacity building interventions. Of those who completed these trainings, sixty-six percent (66%) are women. Under business recovery training, MRP trained a total 91 IDP business owners from the most affected areas on business planning and financial management. Sixty-two percent (62%) of the trained business owners are women. Under the workforce readiness development, 505 IDPs and HCMs were provided with appropriate technical skills, life/soft skills and entrepreneurial skills training, preparing them for implementing their respective livelihood projects funded under MRP’s in-kind livelihood micro-grants. The project also conducted technical and life skills trainings to individuals to prepare them for wagedemployment. Sixty percent (60%) of the training completers are women and 53% are youth. Under social cohesion training and capacity building, a total of 2,226 IDPs and HCMs were trained on the methods and processes of community civic engagements, peace narratives, peace building, community score card and gender and development. In January, MRP established a partnership with the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI). Of a special note is one of the partnership themes focuses on business matching and identification of markets for products produced by IDPs/HCMs based on value chain priorities through its Agribusiness Support for Promotion and Investment in Regional Exposition (ASPIRE) Program. Furthering partnership conversation, on January 29, MRP convened an “Investment Roadmapping 2020” Roundtable Discussion with the Iligan Business Community and Iligan City LGU to map out priority investment agendas for both Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur. MRP also secured commitments from the provincial government of Lanao del Sur and East West Seed Company to establish demo farms in Lanao del Sur, formalizing these through a Memorandum of Undertaking (MoU) on March 3, 2020. On March 3-4, MRP successfully conducted a two-day YOUth Innovate! Summit during which 22 youth groups showcased their entrepreneurship, workforce readiness and creativity of their business ideas. Among other high profile guests the event was attended by the USAID Mission Director, the Provincial Governor of Lanao Del Sur, the Chair of the Innovation and Science and Technology Committee of PCCI and the Executive Director of the Makati Business Club as well as other esteemed members of the local government, businesses, and international development community. Through the Hyundai Asia Resources Inc.-PLAN International partnership, two of the four scholars who completed the six-month extensive training at the Hyundai Dream Center (HDC) in Calamba, Laguna are now under probationary employment, while two others are participating in an on-the-job training (OJT) program. MRP submitted its baseline assessment report on January 31, 2020. The Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) team also facilitated internal Pause and Reflect