DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DRC) INTEGRATED GOVERNANCE ACTIVITY (IGA) – QUARTERLY REPORT FY 2020 Quarter Two: January 1 – March 31, 2020 This publication was produced by IGA under Contract No. AID-660-C-17-00001 at the request of the United States Agency for International Development. This document is made possible by the support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development. Its contents are the sole responsibility of the author or authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the U.S. Government. Program Title: Integrated Governance Activity (IGA) Sponsoring USAID Office: USAID DRC Contract Number: AID-660-C-17-00001 Contractor: DAI Global, LLC Date of Publication: April 30, 2020 This publication was produced by IGA under Contract No. AID-660-C-17-00001 at the request of the United States Agency for International Development. This document is made possible by the support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development. Its contents are the sole responsibility of the author or authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the U.S. Government. CONTENTS ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 2 ACTIVITY OVERVIEW / SUMMARY 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 SUMMARY OF RESULTS TO DATE 5 EVALUATION / ASSESSMENT STATUS AND/OR PLANS 10 ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS 12 PROGRESS NARRATIVE 12 OBJECTIVE 1: STRENGTHEN CAPACITY OF SELECT GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS TO FULFILL MANDATES 12 OBJECTIVE 2: TARGETED SUBNATIONAL ENTITIES COLLABORATE WITH CITIZENS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT 13 OBJECTIVE 3: CITIZEN DEMAND FOR ACCOUNTABLE, TRANSPARENT, AND PARTICIPATORY SERVICES INCREASED 21 INTEGRATION OF CROSSCUTTING ISSUES AND USAID FORWARD PRIORITIES 25 GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT 25 YOUTH ENGAGEMENT 27 LOCAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT 27 INTEGRATION AND COLLABORATION 28 SUSTAINABILITY 29 STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT 30 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES 46 SUBMITTED DELIVERABLES 46 PROVINCIAL OFFICES 46 MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND LEARNING 46 AMELP 46 CHANGE LOG DATA 47 SPECIAL EVENTS FOR NEXT QUARTER 51 HOW USAID IGA HAS ADDRESSED A/COR COMMENTS FROM THE LAST QUARTERLY OR SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT 51 ANNEXES 53 ANNEX A. GEOPOLL RESULTS 53 ANNEX B. COMMUNICATION MESSAGES 53 ANNEX C. SUCCESS STORIES 53 USAID.GOV IGA QUARTERLY REPORT – Q2 FY2020 | 1 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS Accelere Access-Reading-Accountability-Retention AMALDEFEA Association des Mamans pour la Lutte Contre la Délinquance Féminine et l’Encadrement des Enfants Abandonnés ANAPECO National Association of Parents and Pupils of the Congo (Association Nationale des parents et Elèves du Congo) CARG Conseil Agricole Rurale de Gestion (Rural Agricultural Management Advisory Group) CBO Community-based Organization CDCS Country Development Cooperation Strategy CNONG National Council of NGOs (Conseil National des ONG) CO Contracting Officer CODESA Comité de Développement de l’Aire de Sante (Community Health Committees) COGE Comité de Gestion (Management Committee) COP Chief of Party COPA Comité des Parents (Parents’ Committee) COPACO Confédération Paysanne au Congo) (The Peasant Confederation) COREF Comité d’Orientation de la Reforme des Finances Publiques (Financial Reform Steering Committee) CSO Civil Society Organization DCOP Deputy Chief of Party DPS Divisions Provinciales de Santé (Provincial Health Division) DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo EPSP Primary, Secondary, and Professional Education ETD Decentralized Territorial Entities IE Impact Evaluation IGA Integrated Governance Activity IPM Minimum Personal Tax IPS Inspection Provinciale de la Santé (Provincial Health Inspectorate) LIFDED Women's League for Sustainable Development (Ligue des femmes pour le développement durable M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MEL Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning MELP Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plan ODEP Observatoire de la dépense publique (The Public Expenditure Observatory) PBG Programme de Bonne Gouvernance (Good Governance Program) PEA Political and Economic Analysis PICAL Participatory Institutional Capacity and Learning PIRS Performance Indicator Reference Sheets PPP Public Private Partnership TIP Trafficking in Persons USAID United States Agency for International Development USAID.GOV IGA QUARTERLY REPORT – Q2 FY2020 | 2 ACTIVITY OVERVIEW / SUMMARY TABLE 1: USAID IGA ACTIVITY OVERVIEW ACTIVITY NAME: Integrated Governance Activity January 09,2017 Activity Start Date: January 08, 2022 Activity End Date: Name of Prime Implementing Partner: DAI Global LLC AID-660-C-17-00001 Contract Number: Name of Subcontractors/Sub awardees: Geopoll, Integrity Geographic Coverage (Provinces) Kasai Central, Kasai Oriental, Lualaba, Haut Katanga, South Kivu, territory of Walikale Reporting Period: January 1 – March 31, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The United States Agency for International Development Integrated Governance Activity (USAID IGA) is a five-year (2017-2022) USAID-funded activity designed to create the good governance framework and local capacity necessary for improved delivery of key services, particularly for health, education, and economic development. USAID IGA empowers a broadly inclusive set of nongovernmental actors to hold public officials accountable for better services by changing the incentives of officials at all levels of government to act in the best interests of the citizenry. IGA is implemented in five provinces – Kasai Central, Kasai Oriental, Lualaba, Haut Katanga, South Kivu – and the territory of Walikale. USAID IGA’s specific objectives are built around the interaction of the governance cycle as follows: Objective 1: Strengthen capacity of select government institutions to fulfill mandate; Objective 2: Target subnational entities to collaborate with citizens for more effective development; and Objective 3: Citizen demand for accountable, transparent, participatory services increased. During Quarter 2, IGA adjusted project activities due to COVID-19 restrictions. COVID-19 cases began affecting Kinshasa in mid-March and on March 24th, President Tshisekedi declared a state of emergency resulting in a ban of the majority of international and all domestic flights for up to 30 days. Travel restrictions were coupled with tightened control at all points of entry. These measures appear to have successfully limited the spread of the virus to the provinces to a large extent. While the restrictions led to several cancellations of project events, a good portion of activities were implemented by provincial IGA USAID.GOV IGA QUARTERLY REPORT – Q2 FY2020 | 3 staff members in collaboration with local stakeholders. Due to the inability to travel, two IGA Kinshasa technical staff members facilitating workshops in Lualaba and Sud Kivu were unable to return to Kinshasa. This proved to be beneficial for IGA as they have been able to continue work on activities in the provinces concentrating on the new decentralized territorial entities (ETDs) in Lualaba, Sud Kivu and Haut Katanga. This has helped to ensure start-up in these new entities continues smoothly under local management once the Kinshasa-based staff depart. Highlights for this period include a team visit to Butembo in Nord Kivu where the team met with local stakeholders leading to the subsequent opening of the Butembo office. A survey was also conducted to determine the needs of all four communes in Butembo and the nearby Chiefdom of Baswagha. A guide for ETDs on how to manage mining royalties was completed in Haut Katanga by a local civil society organization (CSO) with technical assistance provided by the project. After examination and approval from a variety of local stakeholders, the guide was submitted to the Provincial Assembly and the Provincial Government for validation. Two short-term consultancies were initiated this period -one on the management of the retrocession process and the other to identify approaches to promote economic growth. Both consultancies were put on hold due to COVID-19, as well as the political economy analysis (PEA) to identify new initiatives and promising actors at the national level and provincial level in the Nord and Sud Kivu. A potential public-private partnership (PPP) study was conducted in Lualaba, Haut Katanga, and Nord Kivu, but was cut short due to travel restrictions imposed by both Nord and Sud Kivu related to the encroaching virus. The assessment of grant applications by CSOs was completed and evaluations of successful applicants’ financial and administrative capacities were initiated. IGA subcontractor, Geopoll completed a series of surveys on local governments and surveys of schools and health centers. Local actors are now actively participating in and facilitating many project activities leading to what promises to be lasting sustainable practices. USAID.GOV IGA QUARTERLY REPORT – Q2 FY2020 | 4 SUMMARY OF RESULTS TO DATE1 LOP LOP FY 20 ACHIEVE- PERCENT Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 ACHIEVE- PERCENT INDICATORS ANNUAL MENTS ACHIEVED LOP TARGET FY20 FY20 FY20 FY20 MENTS ACHIEVED TARGET FY20 FY20 (%) TO DATE (%) Impact: Key DRC governance institutions strengthened to improve the delivery of health, education and economic growth services at community level and to strengthen the social contract between citizens and the state IM.A. Number of institutions/organizations 90 Annual Indicator 0 0% 80% of all 46 82% of making significant improvements based on targeted reporting recommendations made via USG-supported organizations structures assessments have [Mission Standard Indicator DOI-13] improved IM.B. Percentage