USAID MIKAJY QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT FY 2020 QUARTER 3 – APRIL TO JUNE 2020 scape Madagascar scape Baobab Alley, Menabe Land Menabe Alley, Baobab Picard Catherine Credit: Submission Date: July 30, 2020 Contract Number: 72068718C00002 Contract Period: May 7, 2018, to May 6, 2023 Contracting Officer’s Representative: Tiana Razafimahatratra Submitted by: Fanja Randrenalijaona, Acting Chief of Party, USAID Mikajy, Tetra Tech Phone: (+261) 34 19 615 44 Email: [email protected] Quarterly Progress Report: USAID Mikajy Activity FY 2020 Q3 P 1/83 This document was produced for review and approval by the United States Agency for International Development/Madagascar (USAID/Madagascar). TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................... 1 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................. 3 1. ACTIVITY OVERVIEW ...................................................................................... 6 1.1 Activity Details .................................................................................................................................. 6 1.2 Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................... 6 2. MAMABAY IMPLEMENTATION ................................................................... 10 2.1 Strategic Approach 1: Work with communities, nongovernmental organizations, CSOs, and government to improve protected area and natural resource management10 2.2 Strategic Approach 2: Support community-based, conservation-friendly enterprises and livelihoods ................................................................................................................................. 18 2.3 Strategic Approach 3: Synergize with other development programs delivering services to target communities. .................................................................................................................. 22 2.4 Strategic Approach 4: Operationalize community-based land and resource tenure policy in landscapes/seascapes ..................................................................................................... 23 2.5 Strategic Approach 5: Strengthen the capacity of key stakeholders to advocate for and engage in improved community-based land and natural resource management ............. 25 3. MENABE IMPLEMENTATION ....................................................................... 27 3.1 Strategic Approach 1: Work with key stakeholders to improve protected area and natural resource management ..................................................................................................... 27 3.2 Strategic Approach 2: Support community-based, conservation-friendly enterprises and livelihoods ................................................................................................................................. 35 3.3 Strategic Approach 3: Synergize with other development programs delivering services to target communities ................................................................................................................... 43 3.4 Strategic Approach 4: Operationalize community-based land and resource tenure policy in landscapes/seascapes ..................................................................................................... 44 3.5 Strategic Approach 5: Strengthen stakeholders’ capacity in targeted landscapes to advocate for and engage in improved community-based land and natural resource management ..................................................................................................................................... 46 4. CROSSCUTTING ............................................................................................. 48 4.1 Gender and Youth ......................................................................................................................... 48 4.2 Technology ....................................................................................................................................... 48 4.3 Global Climate Change ................................................................................................................. 49 5. COLLABORATION AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING ............................ 51 5.1 Collaboration with USAID Hay Tao .......................................................................................... 51 5.2 Collaboration with other USAID Activities ............................................................................. 51 Quarterly Progress Report: USAID Mikajy Activity FY 2020 Q3 P 1/83 5.3 Collaboration with Government and Other Donors ............................................................ 52 5.4 Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) ............................................................................ 52 6. ADMINISTRATION ......................................................................................... 54 6.1 Human Resources .......................................................................................................................... 54 6.2 Procurement .................................................................................................................................... 54 6.3 Administration and Finance.......................................................................................................... 54 6.4 Staff and Consultant International Travel ................................................................................. 55 6.5 Key Communication Activities .................................................................................................... 55 7. ANNEXES ........................................................................................................... 56 Annex I. Q3 Indicator Performance Tracking Table ........................................................................... 56 Annex II. Success Stories ............................................................................................................................ 60 Annex III: Grants Under Contract ........................................................................................................... 60 Annex IV. Environmental and Climate Risk Management Compliance ........................................... 62 Annex V. USAID Mikajy Organizational Chart (updated July 2020) ................................................ 82 Quarterly Progress Report: USAID Mikajy Activity FY 2020 Q3 P 2/83 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AFAFI Nord Programme d’Appui au Financement de l’Agriculture et aux Filières Inclusives dans le Nord (de Madagascar) APCLFA Aire Protégée Complexe Lac et Forêt d’Ambondrobe/Protected Area Lakes and Forests Complex (Ambondrobe) APGL Locally Managed Marine Protected Areas APMA Aire Protegee Menabe Antimen (Protected Area Menabe Antimena) AVG Alliance Voahary Gasy BNGRC Bureau National de Gestion des Risques et des Catastrophes CBNRM Community-Based Natural Resources Management CDGRC District Risk and Disaster Management Committee CF Conservation Farming CLP Comité Local de Patrouilles COBA Communauté de Base (equivalent of VOI) COGE Community Management Committees COP Chief of Party COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease 2019 CRL Local Recognition Commission CSO Civil Society Organization DGM Direction Générale de la Météorologie DRAEP Regional Directorate of Agriculture, Farming, and Fisheries DREDD Regional Directorate for Environment and Sustainable Development ES Ecosystem Services FIVE Instrumental Force to Value Together FOSA Fo Sarotiny amin ‘ ny Ala FY Fiscal Year GPPM Groupement des Pêcheurs Professionnels de Menabe GPS Global Positioning System Ha Hectare IOM International Organization for Migration KMCC Kew Madagascar Conservation Center Quarterly Progress Report: USAID Mikajy Activity FY 2020 Q3 P 3/83 KMMFA Komity Miaro sy Miady amin’ny Famonoana Afo (local committee that fight fires and patrol) LEAP Learning, Evaluation and Analysis Project LMMA Locally Managed Marine Area M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MaMaBay Ma kira-Ma soala - Bay of Antongil MATP Ministere de l’Amenagement du Territoire et des Travaux Publics MEDD Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development MEL Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning METT Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool MGA Malagasy Ariary MNP Madagascar National Parks MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MoU Memorandum of Understanding MSIS Multi-Sector Information Service MSME Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises NCBA-CLUSA National Cooperative Business Association Cooperative League of the USA NGO Nongovernmental Organization NP National Park NRM Natural Resource Management OCAT Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool OIM Organisation Internationale pour les Migrations OPJ Officiers de Police Judiciaire (Judicial Police Officer) ORTANALA Regional Tourist Office of Analanjirofo P&R Pause and Reflect PA Protected Area PACP-BA Plan ’Development Concerte Fisheries (Development Plan for the Fisheries of Antongil Bay) PAG Plan ’Development and Management PAP Plan ’Development of Fisheries PES Payment for Ecosystem Services PGS Participatory Guarantee System PLOF Local Plan d’Occupation Foncière (local land use plans) Quarterly Progress Report: USAID Mikajy Activity FY 2020 Q3 P 4/83 RA Rainforest Alliance REAP Responding to Threats to Peace and Social Cohesion Linked to Uncontrolled Migration Program SA Strategic Approach SBCC Social and Behavior Change