Ma3an Quarterly Report Year Three, Quarter Two – January 1, 2021 – March 31, 2021 Submission Date: April 30, 2021 Agreement Number: 72066418CA00001 Activity Start Date and End Date: SEPTEMBER 1, 2018 to AUGUST 31, 2023 AOR Name: Hind Houas Submitted by: Patrick O’Mahony, Chief of Party FHI360 Tanit Business Center, Ave de la Fleurs de Lys, Lac 2 1053 Tunis, Tunisia Tel: (+216) 58 52 56 20 Email: [email protected] This document was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. July 2008 1 CONTENTS Acronyms and Abbreviations ................................................................................ 3 Executive Summary ............................................................................................... 1 Project Overview .................................................................................................... 2 Ma3an’s Purpose ................................................................................................................................. 2 Context .............................................................................................................................................. 3 Year 3 Q2 Results ................................................................................................... 4 OBJECTIVE 1: Youth are equipped with skills and engaged in civic actions with local actors to address their communities’ needs. .................................................................................. 4 OBJECTIVE 2: Tunisian capabilities to prevent and counter violent extremism are enhanced. .................................................................................................................................. 23 Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) .................................................... 25 Comparison of Actual Expenditures with Budget Estimates .......................... 28 Annexes ................................................................................................................. 28 Annex A: Youth Mentors Activities and Participants 1 ........................................................... 29 Annex B: Youth Mentors Activities and Participants 2 ............................................................ 29 Annex C: Youth Mentor ToT and Support ................................................................................ 29 Annex D: Youth Mentor Stories ................................................................................................... 29 Annex K: Performance Indicator Tracking Table ........... 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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AAR After Action Review AMELP Annual Monitoring Evaluation, Learning, Plan AO Agreement Officer AOR Agreement Officer’s Representative CLA Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting CNLCT Commission Nationale de la Lutte Contre le Terrorisme CRA Community Resilience Activities CRC Community Resilience Committee CSA Community Support Activity CSAP Collaborative Stakeholders Action Planning CSO Civil Society Organization CYM Community Youth Mapping EMMP Environmental Management and Monitoring Plan GoT Government of Tunisia L2D Learn to Discern MEL Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning MoE Ministry of Education MoU Memorandum of Understanding MSC Most Significant Change NGO Nongovernmental Organization P/CVE Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism PIS Professional Insight Day PPI Partner Process Interviews PYD Positive Youth Development Q1 Quarter 1 Q2 Quarter 2 Q3 Quarter 3 SNA Social Network Analysis ToT Training of Trainers USAID United States Agency for International Development VE Violent Extremism YCS Youth Community Service Y1 Year 1 Y2 Year 2 Y3 Year 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Ma3an’s support and engagement of youth - were at the center of its efforts in the second quarter (Q2) of its third year (Y3), focusing on capacity building and civic engagement actions aimed at preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE), strengthening social cohesion, and building youth’s trust and sense of belonging to their communities. A highlight of these efforts -was the 60 rapid response activities that Ma3an implemented in 33 communities to respond to the January/February 2021 youth protests; these activities equipped youth and community actors to lead locally-driven solutions that address youth grievances specific to each community, identified by youth activists, civil society, and government authorities in these communities. In Phase 3 communities, Ma3an initiated its partner capacity-building process to identify local partners’ needs and develop and launch tailored capacity development interventions to address them. In addition, Ma3an provided partners with a Training of Trainers (ToT) on community youth mapping (CYM) - the foundational step in Ma3an’s P/CVE community-based model – to equip the partners with necessary tools to meaningfully mobilize vulnerable youth in mapping P/CVE factors, and the needs, resources, and opportunities available for youth in their communities. Moreover, Youth Mentors continued their activities to engage youth and build their capacity to address community needs and serve as role models for their peers. Youth Mentors have been particularly successful in reaching at-risk youth: 41.7 % of youth participating in Youth Mentor activities in Q2 identified themselves as unemployed and 33% identified as school drop-outs. Moreover, in response to the January & February youth protests, Youth Mentors strengthened partnerships and collaboration with local stakeholders in their communities by hosting their activities at local youth centers, coworking spaces, and civil society organizations’ (CSOs) offices and facilitating the use and access of community youth to these venues and facilities. Ma3an also made important progress this quarter in preparations for its civic engagement component to raise awareness among Tunisian youth on the value of civic participation and engage them in community service. Ma3an received USAID approval to provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Education (MoE) to develop a roadmap and action plan to revise, update, and disseminate the National Civic Education curriculum to all primary and secondary schools and based on a series of discussions with the MoE has proposed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) detailing the support Ma3an will provide to support the MOE in achieving its goal. Finally, during this quarter, Ma3an participated in several meetings, workshops, and study days with international donors, CSOs, and international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working on P/CVE at the local and national levels to further design its P/CVE activities and identify possible synergies. Ma3an held several discussions with the Commission Nationale de la Lutte Contre le Terrorisme (CNLCT) to support them in identifying their needs in terms of capacity development in P/CVE especially for its regional representatives, who will serve as focal points for CSOs and local actors when implementing Ma3an’s P/CVE activities. Ma3an also continued its work on P/CVE tools, including the Tunisia Violent Extremism (VE) and Hate Speech Lexicon and the Arabic version of the CVE Reference Guide for Local Organizations. Page 1 of 27 In Q2, the Ma3an team worked closely with USAID to revise the Ma3an program description and budget. The program description now reflects Ma3an’s new goal, objectives and theory of change presented below as well as a budget that reflects a move away from direct implementation to Ma3an’s increasing reliance on Tunisian civil society partners to implement Ma3an activities. PROJECT OVERVIEW Ma3an’s Purpose Ma3an (“Together” in Arabic), is a USAID-funded program that seeks to increase youth participation in civic and political life, address youth grievances, and prevent radicalizations in Tunisian communities vulnerable to violent extremism. Ma3an’s Theory of Change IF youth engage in civic actions to address their grievances and community needs, and IF Tunisians have the knowledge, skills, and practices to confront and address drivers and dynamics of violent extremism, THEN youth will have more of a role in Tunisian society, VE drivers and dynamics will be mitigated and radicalization prevented. Ma3an’s goal is achieved through two inter-related objectives: • Objective 1: Youth are equipped with skills and engaged in civic actions with local actors to address their communities’ needs. (Positive Youth Development) • Objective 2: Tunisian capabilities to prevent and counter violent extremism are enhanced. (Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism) After conversations with and inputs from USAID and the project team, Ma3an’s goal, objectives and activities were revised in Q2 to better reflect the current needs and priorities in Tunisia and for USAID. Ma3an’s revised Program Description was approved by USAID, and the Cooperative Agreement was modified, effective March 12, 2021. As part of its update to its AMELP (discussed in the MEL Section), Ma3an has also proposed a revised Results Framework that is being reviewed by USAID. This quarterly report is organized according to the new Ma3an Program Description’s objectives and activities. To achieve its objectives, Ma3an works on two levels: (1) at the community level in 33 communities chosen jointly by Ma3an, USAID, and the Government of Tunisia (GoT); and (2) at the national level. At the community level, Ma3an uses a community-driven P/CVE model to inform both Positive Youth Development (PYD) and P/CVE interventions. This model establishes