Support for Professional and Institutional Capacity Enhancement (SPICE) April – June 2016 Quarterly Report Submitted to USAID/Sri Lanka This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. Grantee: Counterpart International Associates: Management Systems International (MSI) International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) GCSS Associate Cooperative Agreement Number: DFD-A-00-09-00141-00 Cooperative Agreement Number: AID 383-LA-13-00001 Counterpart International 2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 301 Arlington, VA 22202 Telephone: 703.236.1200 CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5 Operational Context 5 Achievements 5 Operational Highlights 6 Challenges 6 Programming Priorities in the Next Quarter 6 POLITICAL CONTEXT 7 ANALYSIS 8 SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES 9 Program Administration and Management 9 Component 1. Support Targeted National Indigenous Organizations to Promote Pluralism, Rights and National Discourse and Support Regional Indigenous Organizations to Promote Responsive Citizenship and Inclusive Participation 10 Component 2. Strengthen Internal Management Capacity of Indigenous Organizations 29 Capacity Building Process for SPICE Grantees 29 Capacity-Building Support to USAID’s Development Grants Program (DGP) 30 Community Organizations’ Role and Ethos: Value Activism through Leaders’ Understanding Enhancement Support (CORE VALUES) Training 30 Civil Society Strengthening – Operational Environment and Regulatory Framework 32 PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING 32 Performance Monitoring Plan Update 32 Summary of Sub-Awards 35 Summary of Sub-Awards - Subcontracts 47 ACHIEVEMENTS 48 BEST PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES 50 Best Practices 50 Challenges 50 EXPENDITURES 51 PROGRAMMING PRIORITIES FOR NEXT QUARTER 51 Project Management/Administration 51 Grants 51 ANNEX 1: Performance Monitoring Plan Update 53 SPICE QUARTERLY REPORT: FY16, Q3 APRIL-JUNE i ACRONYMS AND OTHER ABBREVIATIONS AG Attorney General DAC District Action Committee ASNN Ampara Social Needs Network DCC Divisional Citizens’ Committee ATM Active Theater Movement DCMT District Community Monitoring AWA Akkaraipattu Women’s Team Association DF Deshodaya Forum AWF Affected Women’s Forum DIRCs District Inter-religious BCS Business Consultancy Services Committees BDC DPO Batticaloa District Consortium DGP Development Grants Program of Disabled People’s DO Delivery Order Organizations DPO Disabled Persons Organization BOA Basic Ordering Agreement DSD Divisional Secretariat Division CAMID Center for Accessibility, DYG Diversified Youth Group Monitoring and Information on ECDC Early Childhood Development Disability and Care CBO Community-based Organization EG Equal Ground CBSL Central Bank of Sri Lanka EHED Caritas – Eastern Human and CDO Community Development Economic Development Organization EML EML Consultants (Pvt) Ltd. CF Creator’s Forum EPZ Export Processing Zone CfH Center for Handicapped EVSDOW Eastern Voluntary Social CHANGE CHANGE Humanitarian Development Organization for Organization Women CHR Center for Human Rights and FOG Fixed Obligation Grant Research FOSDOO Federation of Social CHRCD Center for Human Rights & Development Organizations Community Development FRC Family Rehabilitation Center CHRD Center for Human Rights and FTZ Free Trade Zone Development FY Fiscal Year CPBR Center for Peace Building and GA Government Agent Reconciliation GBV Gender-based Violence CPPHR Center for the Protection and GMSL Green Movement of Sri Lanka Promotion of Human Rights GN Grama Niladhari CID Criminal Investigation GSP+ Generalized System of Department Preferences Plus CMEV Center for Monitoring Election H2H Heart to Heart Lanka Violence HEO Humanitarian Elevation CMT Community Monitoring Team Organization CPA Center for Policy Alternatives HHR Home for Human Rights CPBR Center for Peace Building and HRC Human Rights Council Reconciliation HRCSL Human Rights Commission of CPPHR Center for the Protection and Sri Lanka Promotion of Human Rights HRD Human Rights Defender CRPO Child Rights Protection Officer HUDEC Human Development Center CSN Civil Society Network ICES International Center for Ethnic CSO Civil Society Organization Studies CTF Consultation Task Force ICNL International Center for Not- CWDU Child and Women Development for-Profit Law Unit SPICE QUARTERLY REPORT: FY16, Q3 APRIL-JUNE ii ICS Institute for Constitutional NHRCSL National Human Rights Studies (Gte) Ltd. Commission of Sri Lanka ICT Information and Communication NGO Nongovernmental Organization Technology NIIC National Inter-Religious IDP Internally Displaced Persons Committee IFES International Foundation for NNAF NGO National Action Front Electoral Systems NPC National Peace Council IGP Inspector General of Police NPC National Police Commission IMF International Monetary Fund NPFPU Northern Province Fisher ISD Institute of Social Development People’s Unity IWARE Islamic Women’s Association for NYSC National Youth Services Council Research OCA Organizational Capacity JSAC Jaffna Social Action Center Assessment KMP Knowledge Management Portal OHCHR Office of the United Nations KV Kinniya Vision High Commissioner for Human LAC Legal Aid Commission Rights LEADS Lanka Evangelical Alliance and ODF Organizational Development Development Services Facilitator LLRC Lessons Learnt and OGP Open Government Partnership Reconciliation Commission OIP Organizational Improvement LRHF Lanka Rainwater Harvesting Plan Forum OMP Office of the Missing Persons LST Law and Society Trust ONUR Office of National Unity and LTTE Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Reconciliation M&E Monitoring and Evaluation PALTRA Partners in Alternative Training MARDAP Mannar Association for the PCA Peace and Community Action Rehabilitation of Differently- PCM Project Cycle Management abled Persons PMN Prathiba Media Network MCC Mannar Citizen’s Committee PMP Performance Management Plan MoH Ministry of Health PPCC Professional Psychological MOH Medical Officers of Health Counseling Center PPPO Panama Pattu Protection MoU Memorandum of Understanding Organization MPDF Monaragala People’s PRC Public Representations Development Foundation Committee MPL Muslim Personal Law PEB Preschool Education Bureau MSI Management Systems PTA Prevention of Terrorism Act International PWD People with Disabilities MWDRF Mullaitivu Women’s R2L Right to Life Haman Rights Development and Rehabilitation Center Federation RDHS Regional Director of Health MWDT Muslim Women’s Development Services Trust RDS Rural Development Society NAP National Action Plan RFA Request for Application NAFSO National Fisheries Solidarity RGNK Rajarata Gamidiri Nirmana Movement Kawaya NECASL National Evangelical Christian RIID Reconciling Inter-Religious and Association Sri Lanka Inter-Ethnic Differences NewAROW Network for Advocating RPK Rajarata Praja Kendaraya Requirements of Women SPICE QUARTERLY REPORT: FY16, Q3 APRIL-JUNE iii RPR Resources for Peace and USAID United States Assistance for Reconciliation International Development RSSSO Ruhunu Sisila Social Services USF Uva Shakthi Foundation Organization VAW Violence against Women SACLS South Asian Center for Legal VAT Value Added Tax Studies VOI Voice of Image Sarvodaya Lanka Jathika Sarvodaya VSSO Voluntary Social Service Shramadana Sangamaya Organizations Act Savisthri Savisthri Women’s Movement WANT Women Action Network SCF Sirakukal Cultural Foundation WAS Women’s Affairs Society SCRoM Society for Citizens’ Rights of WDF Women’s Development Mullaitivu Foundation SCRM Secretariat for Coordinating WDO Women’s Development Officers Reconciliation Mechanisms WIN Women in Need SDJF Sri Lanka Development WRDS Women’s Rural Development Journalists Forum Society SEED Social Economical and ZEO Zonal Education Office Environmental Developers ZOA ZOA: Relief, Hope, and SEUSL South Eastern University of Sri Recovery Lanka SFM Secretariat for Muslims SGBV Sex- and Gender-based Violence SIPL Strategic Inspirations (Pvt.) 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SLCDF Sri Lanka Center for Development Facilitation SLF Sri Lanka Foundation SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party SOP Standard Operating Procedure SPICE Support for Professional and Institutional Capacity Enhancement STTA Short-Term Technical Assistance SWDC Suriya Women’s Development Center TGWCU Textile Garments Worker’s Congress Union TISL Transparency International, Sri Lanka TJ Transitional Justice TOT Training of Trainers UN United Nations UNCAT United Nations Committee against Torture UNICEF United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund UNHRC United Nations Human Rights Council UPFA United People's Freedom Alliance SPICE QUARTERLY REPORT: FY16, Q3 APRIL-JUNE iv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Operational Context A series of significant political developments have occurred during the period under review. “Good governance” and “transitional justice” are now in the spotlight and the public, civil society and the international community are giving intense scrutiny to the government’s political will to carry out its commitments to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution 30/1, manage its international relations and address fiscal reforms. Positive strides toward accountability and reconciliation have not gone unnoticed. These include: setting up an Office of the Missing Persons (OMP); enacting the Right to Information Act; approving the draft bill to issue certificates of absence to the families of those who went missing during Sri Lanka’s conflict; releasing the report of the Public Representations Committee (PRC) on Constitutional Reform; and issuing new