2018 PORTFOLIO REVIEW (#4) ACTIVITY REPORT REPORTING PERIOD: December 2017- December 2018 ACTIVITY NAME: MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS SUPPORT ACTIVTY (PPMG) ACTIVITY OVERVIEW Activity Purpose: Individuals and CSOs representing underrepresented groups are constructively engaged in civic/political issues, will ensure that the government recognizes them as necessary and respectable partners in policy development. The Development Hypothesis: Constructive engagement in civic/political issues of individuals and CSOs representing underrepresented groups will be achieved by supporting the activities of groups of local organizations that advocate for the rights and dignity of underrepresented groups, building capacities of local NGOs and USAID implementing partners and providing grants to local CSOs that provide services to beneficiaries. Implementing Partner: . Institute for Youth Development KULT Activity Website: . Yes; url: www.ppmg.ba Activity Facebook page: . Yes, url: https://www.facebook.com/ppmg.ba/ COR/AOR: Ela Challenger COP Name: Jasmin Bešić Key Partners/Other Donors: NGO & BA d.o.o. Start /End Date: February, 2015 / February, 2022 Total Estimated Cost: $ 4,999,000.00 USD Obligated Amount: $ 4,219,245.67 Mortgage: $779,754.33 RESULTS ACHIEVED The Activity’s highest-level result statement: Increased citizen’s participation in governance. Contribution to Project log frame indicators (list the log frame indicators that this activity is contributing to, the targets, and the FY18 Results): Indicator Activity Targets for Activity Results for FY18 FY18* Number of underrepresented people assisted by a USG funded 3000 3818 intervention providing services to beneficiaries Number of advocacy initiatives focused on improving the status of youth, women, Roma, disabled, or LGBTI in public and political life in 60 99 BiH Number of human rights organization trained and supported 80 126 Number of organizations representing marginalized population which receive minimum 12 hours of training and counseling on 8 5 OCA dimensions Number of representatives of government institutions in BiH trained to 25 0 increase their organizational capacities. * If all results for FY18 are not available, provide data available and indicate the dates they cover. 2 Results achieved since last Review (Briefly summarize achievements made since January 2018): Grants: o Signed grant agreements with 8 organizations: 1. Association “Sarajevo Open Centre - SOC” (Sarajevo); o SOC will continue building the movement and empowering the LGBTI community in BiH through: maintaining unique LGBTI web portal lgbti.ba, advancing organizational abilities to influence and interact with relevant stakeholders (meetings, campaign and info sessions with opinion makers) for achieving changes in strategic documents and society, sub-granting and capacity development of local partners advocating LGBTI rights in two regions in B&H, mentoring new LGBTI activists. o SOC also will strengthen the local groups working on LGBTI human rights in Tuzla and Prijedor to have more influence on their local decision-makers. SOC will sub-grant to Tuzla Open Centre (Tuzla) and Association Kvart (Prijedor) to work on sensitizing the representatives of local institutions and bringing local LGBTI community closer to the local institutions offering different services for projects. These local groups, their members and activists will also take part in SOC’s advocacy campaign and other action in relation to freedom of assembly, same-sex partnership and legal gender recognition. o SOC will include an internship program for the volunteers as well. SOC shall raise new generation of LGBTI activists, who will be trained in different aspects of work and activism for the human rights of LGBTI people. o Grant amount is up to 108,000.00 USD. o Period of performance is up to 15 months: September 14th, 2018 – December 13th, 2019. 2. Association “SOCI” (Tuzla): o Through this grant (grant #2) we continued support to 4th Service Center for families of children and persons with disabilities in B&H. This SC in Tuzla run under same model as other SCs in established in B&H. Grant was planned to last up to February 28th, 2020, total amount is 30.000 USD. o Beneficiaries of SC in Tuzla are children and PWDs and their families from Tuzla Canton. o Total number of direct (primary) beneficiaries was (as of November 30th, 2018): 142 (number of families of PWDs from Tuzla region). o Total number of services provided to beneficiaries (as of November 30th, 2018): 9000 services. o Expected period of performance: March 1st, 2018 – February 29th, 2020. 3. Union of paraplegics and polio survivors of FB&H Sarajevo; o USAID supported organization of International Open Championship and 15th Paraplegic and Polio Games in B&H. o Grant amount: 9,300.00 USD. 3 o Total number of beneficiaries (as of June 30th, 2018): 135 (PWDs from B&H and abroad). o Period of performance: May – June, 2018. 4. Association „Srce puno osmijeha“ (Sarajevo); o This association implement smile-therapy workshops, sports workshops, music therapy sessions for children with developmental disorders in institution “Mjedenica” as well. o In the period April - June, 2018 we supported extension of project completed by the December, 2018. o Beneficiaries were children with developmental disorders in Institution “Mjedenica” (29 PWDs), as well as families, members, youth, volunteers of this CSO (89 youth volunteers). o Grant amount was 3,800.00 USD. o Period of performance was 3 months: April 1st – June 30th, 2018 5. Association “Zemlja djece u BiH” (Tuzla); o Survey on the prevalence of violence against children in B&H o Association “Zemlja djece u BiH” (Tuzla) for grant amount of $ 45,000 will conduct an epidemiological survey on the prevalence and incidence of various forms of violence against children in BiH, including: physical violence, psychological violence, sexual violence, child neglect, violence in the digital environment (cyber bullying, grooming, sexting, sextortion, live stream). Focus will be placed on processing cases where children witnessed violence (in the family and the community) to place emphasis on children’s exposure to this type of violence and the importance of recognizing children as the primary victims. o This survey is also intended to show the prevalence of violence against children in marginalized groups (children with disabilities, Roma children, children without adequate parental care and children placed in residential institutions). o The survey will use the stratified cluster probability sampling of 4% of children aged 6, 11, 13 and 16, children placed in institutional care, and Roma children who live in isolated Roma communities. The planned scope would be a minimum of 5000 children. The survey will include primary and secondary schools, homes for children without parental care, residential institutions and Roma communities in both BiH entities and Brčko District. o Grant amount is up to 45,000.00 USD. o Period of implementation is December 17th, 2018 – December 16th, 2019. In February, 2019 we will award another grant related to this research to Association “ProMente” (Sarajevo) . ProMente for amount of $ 5,000 will be engaged as a partner on this survey and will perform a review of the current methodology for researching violence against children, analyzing questionnaires, research protocols, sampling procedures, and 4 provide suggestions and guidelines for their improvement to create the Modified research protocol and questionnaire for evaluating the incidence of violence against children. The Association will be involved in pilot survey implementation. Grant amount is up to 5,000.00 USD. Period of performance is up to 4 months. 6. Women University Volleyball Club “Student UNTZ” (Tuzla); o The Women University Volleyball Club “Student UNTZ” gathering young women and/or female students of Tuzla University. Among club members many of them are Roma ethnicity, socially endangered or marginalized in Tuzla region. o Club gathering more than 70 young women from cities and local communities in Tuzla Canton and wider since there are students on Tuzla University that are from other places in B&H. o Through this in-kind grant we provided sports equipment necessary for trainings to Roma women / members of the club and other socially marginalized athletes: trainers, t-shirts, balls, and other professional sports equipment. o For this purpose we donated 5.100 $ to buy equipment. o Duration of this in-kind grant was 4 months: April – July, 2018. 7. Association Swim Club “SPID” (Sarajevo); o PPMG donated swimming equipment to Swimming club “SPID” from Sarajevo. The SPID Swim Club is the first and only swimming club for people with disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. o The SPID Swim Club is the first and only swimming club for people with disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aim of the club is rehabilitation, resocialization and inclusion of persons with disabilities through swimming and water sports, development and improvement sports for people with disabilities, encouragement and promotion of athletes with disabilities. o The Club have 79 active club members and all of them are persons or children with disabilities. Club members coming from all over the country (Sarajevo, East Sarajevo Lukavica, Olovo, Živinice, Gornji Vakuf, …) and all club activities and trainings are free of charge for PWDs. o Through this in-kind grant PPMG provided sports equipment necessary for trainings: buoy, shoulders, swimming balls and flippers, swimming glasses,