Parceria Cívica para Boa Governação Program (PCBG) Quarter 2 2020: January 1, 2020 – March 31, 2020, Submitted to USAID/Mozambique PCBG Agreement No. AID-656-A-16-00003 FY20 Quarterly Report Reporting Period: January 1 to March 31, 2020 Parceria Cívica para Boa Governação Program (PCBG) Crown Prince of Norway Haakon Magnus (left) shaking hands with TV Surdo’s Executive Director Felismina Banze (right), upon his arrival at TV Surdo. Submission Date: April 30, 2020 Agreement Number: Cooperative Agreement AID-656-A-16-00003 Submitted to: Jason Smith, USAID AOR Mozambique Submitted by: Charlotte Cerf Chief of Party Counterpart International, Mozambique Email: [email protected] This document was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development, Mozambique (USAID/Mozambique). It was prepared by Counterpart International. Parceria Cívica para Boa Governação Program (PCBG) Quarter 2 2020: January 1, 2020 – March 31, 2020, Submitted to USAID/Mozambique Table of Contents ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................ 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................. 4 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION............................................................................................................................... 6 Project Overview .......................................................................................................................................................... 6 Project Framework ....................................................................................................................................................... 6 PROGRAM AND INDICATOR IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ........................................................................ 7 2. Implementation Progress ........................................................................................................................................ 7 Objective 1: More effective advocacy by partner CSOs in target sectors........................................... 7 Objective 2: Strengthened organizational performance by partner CSOs ......................................... 15 Objective 3: Facilitate a credible, participatory and peaceful electoral process ................................ 26 CROSS CUTTING OBJECTIVES ...................................................................................................................... 27 Communication strategy and branding awareness ............................................................................. 27 Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Section ...................................................................................... 27 CHALLENGES & LESSONS LEARNED ..................................................................................................... 28 COLLABORATION WITH OTHER DONOR PROJECTS ............................................................................ 28 KEY ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR NEXT QUARTER .......................................................................................... 29 Objective 1: More effective advocacy by partner CSOs in target sectors .................................................... 29 Objective 2: Strengthened organizational performance by partner CSOs ................................................... 29 Objective 3: Facilitate a credible, participatory and peaceful electoral process .......................................... 29 ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE .......................................................................................................................... 29 FINANCIAL UPDATE ..................................................................................................................................... 30 SUCCESS STORIES ........................................................................................................................................ 33 Annex A: Indicators Performance Table PITT- FY20 Q2 ................................................................................. 34 Annex B: Summary of Active Grants ..................................................................................................................... 36 Attachments: ............................................................................................................................................... 37 Parceria Cívica para Boa Governação Program (PCBG) Quarter 2 2020: January 1, 2020 – March 31, 2020, Submitted to USAID/Mozambique ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ADS Associação Desenvolvimento e Sociedade AENA Associação Nacional de Extensão Rural AMDEC Associação Moçambicana para o Desenvolvimento Concertado ANDA Associação Nacional para o Desenvolvimento Auto-Sustentado BIOFUND The Foundation for the Conservation of Biodiversity CCIE Coligação Cívica sobre Indústria Extractiva CESC Centro de Aprendizagem e Capacitação da Sociedade Civil CEURBE Centro de Estudos Urbanos de Moçambique CNCS Conselho Nacional de Combate ao HIV&SIDA CSO Civil Society Organization CPI Counterpart International FAA Fixed Award Amount FMO Fórum de Monitoria de Orçamento FRELIMO Frente de Libertação de Moçambique GRM Government of the Republic of Mozambique GRC Grants Review Committee GSI Gender and Social Inclusion IEC Information Education Communication INP National Institute of Petroleum KUWUKA Associação Kuwuka JDA – Juventude Desenvolvimento e Advocacia Ambiental MAHLAHLE Associação Para a Promoção e Desenvolvimento da Mulher MEF Ministry of Economy and Finance MEPT Movimento de Educação Para Todos MITADER Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development M&E Monitoring and Evaluation NNL No Net Loss OD Organizational Development PCBG Parceria Cívica para Boa Governação PENCS IV National Strategic Plan for the Fight against AIDS PLASOC Plataforma da Sociedade Civil sobre Saude e Direitos Humanos PNDH Pressão Nacional dos Direitos Humanos PNSCIE Plataforma Nacional da Sociedade Civil sobre Indústria Extractiva PODA Participatory Organizational Development Assessment RENAMO Resistência Nacional Moçambicana REGEB General Regulation of Basic Education RFA Request for Applications STAE Technical Secretariat for Election Administration USAID United States Agency for International Development VAWIE Violence Against Women in Elections Parceria Cívica para Boa Governação Program (PCBG) Quarter 2 2020: January 1, 2020 – March 31, 2020, Submitted to USAID/Mozambique EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report provides a summary of PCBG Program’s activities implemented in the second quarter of the 2020 fiscal year (FY20). The PCBG Program continues to support its partners to effectively engage policymakers, mobilize citizens’ voices to inform key legislative frameworks, and improve policy processes. This quarter, PCBG received a no-cost extension from March 25, 2020 to July 31, 2020 that will allow the project to capitalize on gains made using evidence-based approaches to affect policies and ensure government accountability; most notably in the climate change, health and governance sectors. PCBG continued to help partners strengthen their organizational capacity, developing new skills in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Communication, and Gender and Social Inclusion (GSI). The FY20 Q2 coincided with closeout of eight grant agreements, including the PCBG elections component. This quarter ended with the World Health Organization announcing the COVID-19 pandemic and PCBG preparing a series of phased plans for responding to the impact of COVID-19 on project staff and activities, as well as the impact on sub-grantee activities. Some key policy engagement activities with our partners included: • LIVANINGO made strides using evidence-based approaches to advocate decision makers to take action to include and recognize climate migrants in policies and strategic documents such as the National Climate Change Adaptation Plan (NAP) and Climate Change Local Adaptation (PLA). On March 31, LIVANINGO presented its research findings Impact of Climate Change in Coastal Zones of Mozambique at a workshop attended by representatives from the Ministry of Environment and Land, National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC), members of the National Climate Change Platform, and other key stakeholders. • This quarter, TV Surdo continued to advocate that health communications materials, formats and programs be adapted for people with disabilities to ensure equal access for this community. On March 25, TV Surdo participated in the first meeting for the Communication Technical Group at the National Council for Combat of AIDS (CNCS) to discuss the preparation of the Fifth National Strategic Plan to Combat HIV/AIDS (PENCS V). TV Surdo used this opportunity to pressure CNCS on the need to include aspects of disability in the national plan such as; equitable access to information, use of sign language, use of braille language on medicines, and other measures that would ensure access to and inclusion for people with disabilities. • Between March 23-27, MAHLAHLE engaged the district governments of Jangamo and Homoine, in Inhambane Province with the goal of enhancing government accountability to citizens through district civil society platforms. MAHLAHLE recently began working with these two districts and submitted petitions to the district governments to adopt the use of the District Social and Economic Budget Plan monitoring tool. This is in alignment with the