USAID/HONDURAS SCHOOL-BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACTIVITY Quarterly Report FY2018 Quarter 2 – January 1, 2018 to March 31, 2018 Submission Date: April 30th, 2018 Contract Number: AID-522-C-17-00001 Activity Start Date and End Date: February 23,2017 to February 22, 2022 COR Name: Ana Rubí Submitted by: DAI Global LLC This document was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development Mission (USAID/Honduras) USAID/Honduras School-Based Violence Prevention Activity Quarterly Report #4 1 PROJECT Overview/Summary School-based Violence Prevention Activity/ Program Name: Asegurando la Educación Activity Start Date and End Date: February 23, 2017 – February 22, 2022 Name of Prime Implementing DAI Global LLC Partner: [Contract/Agreement] AID-522-C-17-00001 Number: Name of Partners of America Subcontractors/Subawardees: Major Counterpart Organizations Geographic Coverage Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, La Ceiba, Choloma, Tela (cities and or countries) Reporting Period: January 1, 2018 to March 31, 2018 USAID/Honduras School-Based Violence Prevention Activity Quarterly Report – FY2018 Q2 2 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ASJ Association for a More Just Society CARSI Central America Regional Security Initiative CDCS Country Development Cooperation Strategy CED Council for School Development CLA Collaboration, Learning, and Adaptation COMDE Municipal Council for Education Development CINDE International Center for Education and Human Development CPTED Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design CREOH Comunidades con Riquezas, Educación y Oportunidades en Honduras DGDP Directorate General of Education Services DINAF Directorate for Children, Adolescents, and Families DO Development Objective EMMP Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plan EPPREVACEH National Comprehensive Strategy for Prevention, Protection, Reduction, and Control of Violence in Schools GIS Gender and Social Inclusion GOH Government of Honduras IR Intermediate result KM Knowledge management M&E Monitoring and evaluation MEL Monitoring, evaluation, and learning MIDEH Mejorando el Impacto al Desempeño Estudiantil de Honduras MOE Ministry of Education MTPVCE Round table for Violence Prevention in Education Centers. NGO Non-governmental organization PEC School Education Projects POA Annual Operating Plans PPP Public-Private Partnerships SBV School-Based Violence SBVP School-Based Violence Prevention SBVPA School-based Violence Prevention Activity SPS Secondary Prevention Services STTA Short-term Technical Assistance TAMIS Technical and Administrative Management Information System USAID United States Agency for International Development YSET Youth Services Eligibility Tool USAID/Honduras School-Based Violence Prevention Activity Quarterly Report – FY2018 Q2 3 INTRODUCTION USAID/Honduras’s School-based Violence Prevention Activity (SBVPA - known locally as Asegurando la Educación, or Asegurando) is a five-year activity that launched in February 2017, designed to achieve a two-part goal: 1) Address school-based violence (SBV) that impedes the delivery of education and its goals of access, retention, and learning; and 2) Use education and school processes to contribute to violence prevention in target communities. Asegurando is implemented by DAI Global LLC (DAI), with support from subcontractor Partners of the Americas. The activity works from a central project office in Tegucigalpa, and two field offices in San Pedro Sula (covering San Pedro and Choloma) and La Ceiba (covering Ceiba and Tela). Together, these locations are the focus of the USAID/Honduras Country Development Strategy (CDCS) Development Objective 1 (DO1) to increase citizen security for vulnerable populations, and its Intermediate Result (IR) 1.1.2 of increasing “quality services that protect against violence.” This is part of the US State Department’s Central American Regional Security Initiative (CARSI) and the 2014 Alliance for Prosperity, a regional initiative aimed at reducing the incentives for migration. In addition, the project aligns with the Government of Honduras (GOH) 2010 Visión del País on non-violence and security, and Ley Fundamental de Educación, which highlights prevention and rehabilitation as a crosscutting issue in the national curriculum. The project has the following four objectives: (i) Improve school ability to reduce school-based violence through creation of safe learning environments; (ii) Strengthen local networks that increase school safety; (iii) Increase the capacity of the Ministry of Education (MOE) and social protection actors to prevent and respond to SBV; and (iv) Lower risk factors and enhance protective factors for students who qualify for secondary prevention services (SPS). ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS Progress Overview This section covers key achievements and status of work plan targets for the January through March 2018 reporting period. Major highlights are included in this section. During the Annual Strategy Review (SR) session held on January 11-12, Asegurando and USAID agreed on the project’s activity strategic approach and model activities USAID/Honduras School-Based Violence Prevention Activity Quarterly Report – FY2018 Q2 4 that informed the work plan for Year 2. Other items discussed and agreed upon include the criteria to define new school cohorts, approximate number of target schools, learning agenda approaches and cost criteria. This effort represented a critical step toward the integration of the project’s activities across its four objectives and provided critical input to reorganize its structure and reallocate programmatic resources. On January 26, Asegurando delivered the work plan for Year 2 (ending September 30, 2018) which reflects the strategies and methodologies agreed during the SR session. The project has worked to enhance its partnership with the Ministry of Education to maintain the project’s position in the effort to support the various divisions and units of the Ministry. This was particularly important in the context of the political transition (see next section- Country Situation) in which the new administration’s agenda was generally defined and partners were identified. During Q1, the project held meetings with both the former and the new ministers and vice ministers to ensure continuity of the project’s priorities. At the central, regional, and local levels, educators lack skills, protocols, and tools required to identify, address, prevent, and reduce violence. Asegurando and the Directorate for Professional Development have begun to develop five resource modules that will provide the conceptual framework, practical tools, and other resources educators and other stakeholders require for SBVP. The project also continued to strengthen relationships with other key GOH agencies such as the Secretary of Prevention, as well as civil society groups, community-based organizations, and strategic counterparts. Asegurando has consolidated the Roundtable for Violence Prevention in Educational Centers (MTPVCE) to strengthen local stakeholders who contribute to SBVP and ensure that best practices in violence prevention are integrated into the MOE’s wider institutional policies and procedures. The Roundtable convenes key actors including the Ministry of Education, UNICEF, church institutions, the Ministry of Security, representatives of teacher leadership groups, and the National Direction of Childhood, Adolescence and Family (DINAF).1 The project has promoted knowledge management, enriching the process by producing a network map that encompasses all relevant activities taking place in the surrounding areas where participating schools are located. The data will be provided through a digital platform for sharing with the Ministry of Education, other GOH agencies, NGOs, and civil society organizations. This will ensure greater sustainability and the ability of all stakeholders to speak with one voice on SBVP. The project made significant technical implementation progress since last quarter. The Annual Strategy Review Session was held in collaboration with USAID in January 1Participating Institutions included 1. Municipal Council for Educational Development of the Central District. 2. Coordinating Network of Private Institutions for Girls, Boys, Adolescents, Youth and their Rights. 3. Inter-American Development Bank IDB. 4. Honduras International Plan. 5. World Vision. 6. Ciudad Mujer (Government Institution) 7. Teachers Union of Honduras. 8. National Institute for Women. 9. Ensuring the Education activity. 10. Departmental Department of Education of Francisco Morazán. USAID/Honduras School-Based Violence Prevention Activity Quarterly Report – FY2018 Q2 5 to kick off Year 2. The initial foundation has been established and aligned with a strong technical vision. The team began to move forward in February 2018 in Cohort I and II schools. Taking advantage of the beginning of the school year, Asegurando arranged introductory meetings with school faculty to share the project strategy, objectives and activities, to generate a commitment and participation from educators and administration. The meeting agenda included the formation of the Community School Committees (Comité de Convivencia Escolar), the Professional Development Program, Docents por la Paz and examples of possible extra-curricular activities. Building on work that began in Q1 and the discussions held during the SR session, the Asegurando team identified and submitted the names of 52 Cohort II schools to USAID after a rigorous selection process. Combined with the 14 Cohort