USAID IGPA/TAKAMUL USAID-FUNDED IRAQ GOVERNANCE & PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY (IGPA/TAKAMUL) PROJECT QUARTERLY REPORT JANUARY 1, 2019 – MARCH 30, 2019 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by DAI. Program Title Iraq Governance and Performance Accountability (IGPA/Takamul) Project Sponsoring USAID Office USAID Iraq Contract Number AID-267-H-17-00001 Contractor DAI Global LLC Date of publication April 30, 2019 Author IGPA/Takamul Project Team Cover Irfaz Water Plant, Erbil. March 2019. The authors’ views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. CONTENTS ACRONYMS PROJECT SNAPSHOT ............................................................................................................ 1 Number of Participants Trained .................................................................................................................... 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY......................................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER I: PROJECT PROGRESS .................................................................................... 10 OBJECTIVE 1: ENHANCE IRAQI GOVERNMENT SERVICE DELIVERY CAPACITY ................. 10 Result 1.1 Improve service delivery outcomes in sectors with high impact/visibility ................................................................................................. 11 Result 1.2 Strengthen the strategic approach and capacity of the federal line ministries and provincial directorates to better align service delivery outcomes with priorities of provincial governments and local populations ............................................................................................... 26 Result 1.3 Enhance regulatory and procedural certainty to attract private sector investment ................................................................................................................. 36 SUCCESS STORY New rental process benefits small farmers in Wasit .............................. 38 OBJECTIVE 2: IMPROVE PROVINCIAL AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENT PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ......................................................................................... 39 Result 2.1 Strengthen capacities of provincial offices and support their conversion into fully operational financial management offices .......................................... 40 Result 2.2 Support the development of federal oversight mechanisms, such as financial audit procedures of provincial finances .............................................. 42 Result 2.3 Enhance provincial revenue generation, collection, and management from outside the oil sector .................................................................................... 44 Result 2.4 Enhance budget-cycle planning, development, and execution against decentralized expenditure assignments .............................................................. 45 SUCCESS STORY Capacity building from the bottom up ....................................................... 47 OBJECTIVE 3: SERVICE DELIVERY AND PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT ......................................................................................................................... 48 Result 3.1 Strengthen the capacity of selected provincial institutions to establish effective citizen participation and outreah mechanisms ................................. 50 Result 3.2 Enhance public capability and willingness to participate in planning, monitoring, and evaluating public services ......................................................... 54 SUCCESS STORY More fuel supply leads to less trash on the streets of Hilla.................. 60 OBJECTIVE 4: SUPPORTING CHANGE AGENTS ............................................................................... 61 Result 4.1 Enhance capacity of Change Agents .................................................................... 61 Result 4.2 Enhance capacity of women and vulnerable populations to represent their needs within government decision-making process .............................. 62 Task Order 1: Assistance to Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Oil ................................... 62 Task Order 3: KRG Information Systems Reforms ................................................................... 64 CHAPTER II: MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND LEARNING ................................... 66 PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ................................................................................................................. 66 IGPA/TAKAMUL MEL SYSTEM ................................................................................................................... 78 FACILITATING DATA COLLECTION .................................................................................................... 78 MEL TRAINING NEEDS (February – March 2019) ................................................................................ 79 PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS ...................................................................................................................... 79 PROJECT LEARNING/INTERNAL DATA QUALITY ASSESSMENTS.............................................. 80 COMPLEXITY AWARE MONITORING .................................................................................................. 81 IGPA/Takamul and Complexity Aware Monitoring objectives ............................................... 81 IGPA/Takamul and the application of the Complexity Aware Monitoring evaluation ...... 82 Context Monitoring tools ................................................................................................................ 82 Complexity Aware Monitoring tools ............................................................................................ 83 CHAPTER III: OPERATIONAL CONTEXT, CHALLENGES, AND LESSONS LEARNED ....................................................................................................... 88 OPERATIONAL CONTEXT ....................................................................................................................... 88 POLITICAL DYNAMICS .................................................................................................................. 88 GOVERNANCE DYNAMICS ......................................................................................................... 93 ECONOMIC DYNAMICS ............................................................................................................... 94 LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS ............................................................................................................................. 97 Political context and impact on IGPA/Takamul .......................................................................... 97 CONFLICT SENSITIVITY AND SECURITY CHALLENGES ............................................................... 98 Conflict sensitivity and IGPA/Takamul programming ................................................................ 98 Major conflict dynamics and drivers .............................................................................................. 99 ANNEXES ……………………………………………………………………………………...101 ANNEX 1: Sub-Activity Report ................................................................................................................. 102 ANNEX 2: Quarterly Financial Information ........................................................................................... 111 ANNEX 3: PPDC Timeline of Activities .................................................................................................. 113 ANNEX 4: Contract Deliverables ............................................................................................................ 114 ANNEX 5: Context Monitoring Reports ................................................................................................ 115 ANNEX 6: Boru’s Sequential Questions for IGPA/Takamul’s CAM Report .................................. 116 ANNEX 7: IGPA/Takamul Selected Activities for Annual Report 2019 .......................................... 117 ANNEX 8: Subcontractors’ Overview .................................................................................................... 122 ANNEX 9: Success Stories (in Arabic) .................................................................................................... 125 ANNEX 10: Recommendations | KRG’s Water Resources Management Conference ................. 128 ANNEX 11: Xizmat Branding and Communication Strategies Final Report ..................................... 143 ANNEX 12: IGPATakamul’s Media Coverage .......................................................................................... 147 ANNEX 13: CSOs Enagaged by IGPA/Takamul ....................................................................................... 159 ANNEX 14: IGPA/Takamul’s Procurement Assistance Using Standard Bidding Documents........169 TABLES Table 1: Summary Table of Results .................................................................................................................. 1 Table 2: Number of participants trained – FY2019 Quarter 2 ................................................................. 3 Table 3: Business process reengineering – Round 2 .................................................................................. 18 Table 4: Business process reengineering – Round 3 .................................................................................