Quarterly Progress Report QPR-005 Marginalized Populations Support Activity in Bosnia and Herzegovina Contract No. AID-168-I-15-00001 July 2015 This publication was produced by the Contractor for review by the United States Agency for International Development. 1 QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS SUPPORT ACTIVITY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (PPMG) Report No. QPR-005 July 2016 Contract No.: AID-168-I-15-00001 Task Orders: AID-168-TO-15-00001 (TO1) AID-168-TO-15-00002 (TO2) AID-168-TO-15-00003 (TO3) AID-168-TO-15-00011 (TO4) AID-168-TO-15-00012 (TO5) The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. 2 CONTENTS 1. DOCUMENT REVISIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Acronyms .............................................................................................................................................................. 2 3. Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................... 3 3.1. Project Background ............................................................................................................................................ 3 4. Activity Highlights ................................................................................................................................................. 5 5. INTERVENTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENT ................................................................................................................. 11 TASK ORDER AID-168-TO-15-00001 ........................................................................................................................ 11 5.2. Task order: AID-168-I-15-00002 ....................................................................................................................... 26 5.3. Task order: AID-168-I-15-00003 ................................................... Pogreška! Knjižna oznaka nije definirana. 5.4. Task order: AID-168-I-15-00011 ....................................................................................................................... 35 5.5. Task order: AID-168-I-15-00012 ....................................................................................................................... 36 5.6. OTHER ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................................................ 47 6. OVERVIEW OF AWARDED GRANTS ..................................................................................................................... 49 7. Deliverables ........................................................................................................................................................ 51 7.1. TASK ORDER: AID-168-I-15-00001 .................................................................................................................... 51 7.2. TASK ORDER: AID-168-I-15-00002 .................................................................................................................... 51 7.3. TASK ORDER: AID-168-I-15-00003 .................................................................................................................... 51 7.4. TASK ORDER: AID-168-I-15-00011 .................................................................................................................... 51 7.5. TASK ORDER: AID-168-I-15-00012 .................................................................................................................... 51 3 1. DOCUMENT REVISIONS Version Date Person Comment 1. 1 2. ACRONYMS CO Contracting Officer COR Contracting Officer’s Representative OCA Organizational Capacity Assessment PPMG Marginalized Populations Support Activity QFP Quarterly Financial Report QPR Quarterly Progress Report SOW Statement of Work TO Task Order USAID U.S. Agency for International Development 2 3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3.1. PROJECT BACKGROUND Total Funding: $3.4 million Project Duration: February 2015 – February 2020 Implementing Partner: Institute for Youth Development KULT Approved Subcontractor: NGO & Business Audit d.o.o. The Challenge While the international community has long supported activities that facilitate t h e inclusion of marginalized populations in civic and political decision making in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), these groups are often overlooked or ignored by the BiH Government. As a result, many citizens – youth, women, religious minorities, Romani, disabled persons, minority returnees and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons – remain unheard and excluded from mainstream social, cultural, economic and political life. Youth are disaffected. Romani, largely disenfranchised, are excluded from decision-making processes, while most cannot get the skills or training they need to join the labor market. Persons with disabilities are marginalized from early childhood. Many are institutionalized and lack access to basic education in mainstream schools. Women’s participation in political and public life is extremely low. BiH society continues to abhor the idea of homosexuality and most institutions ignore discrimination or violent acts against LGBT persons. In fear for their physical safety, most of them stay hidden from the public sphere, and, as a result, LGBT activism is weak. A new marginalized group emerged in the aftermath of the 2014 floods, when 40,000 people were displaced. Assistance is still needed to provide economic and social stability to help flood-affected citizens from the most marginalized groups rebuild their lives. Our Activity USAID’s Marginalized Populations Support Activity supports activities of local organizations that advocate for the rights, empowerment and dignity of underrepresented groups of BiH society, and builds the capacity of local NGOs, BiH institutions and USAID implementing partners to do so. Providing underrepresented groups with opportunities to participate in civic and political issues, through their engagement in civil society organizations, will ensure that the government recognizes them as necessary and respectable partners in policy development. Implementation and Expected Results The Activity provides grants to local organizations that promote the rights and dignity of marginalized populations and to enhance their performance and management capacity through formal classroom training, mentorship and one-on-one coaching. Training topics include legal structures, financial management, human resources, internal control systems, project performance management, procurement systems, organizational sustainability, and 3 monitoring and evaluation. The Activity also builds the capacity of USAID partners, institutions and government leaders to promote and protect the rights of these underrepresented citizens. A component of the Activity is designed to respond flexibly and swiftly to public demand for humanitarian and other material assistance. By the end of the project’s life, the activity will: Strengthen the performance of at least 40 BiH NGOs and other organizations, including associations, civil society organizations, BiH institutions, and small and medium-sized enterprises; Enhance the performance of at least 75 current USAID local partners, to enhance their performance and management capacity through group trainings; and Build the expertise of at least 75 BiH government leaders of municipalities and ministries collaborating with USAID. 4 4. ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS The most notable program activities from the previous reporting period (QPR #4) are: signed grant agreements with 11 organizations whose projects were recommended for funding through the ODI and anti-TIP public calls, grant agreements signed with the association “ProReha”, sports wheelchairs and equipment handed over to the women's basketball club “Bambi”. 1. Grant agreement signed with Alliance of paraplegics and people with polio of FBiH On May 11, 2016, PPMG signed an in-king grant agreement with the Alliance of paraplegics and people with polio of FBiH, for the amount of 8,600 BAM (without VAT). The grant was intended to co-fund the expenses of organizing the “International Open Championship and XIII Sports Games for Paraplegics and People with Polio”. The international competition aims to achieve the following goals: . Provide equal rights to persons with disabilities to engage in sports and recreational activities; . Active re-socialization of persons with sever forms of disabilities; . Overcoming psychological barriers; . Physical empowerment through trainings and competitions; . International cooperation. Current scientific knowledge shows that sports play a very important role in the rehabilitation process of persons with disabilities, and on the process of their later social adaptation and integration into society. Modern rehabilitation theory, with the principle “it does not matter what the person with a disability lost, but what capacities they retain” was proven to be most obviously true in sports. These activities have a far-reaching effect on psychophysical adjustment, overcoming one’s one sense of incompetence and on social reintegration. As the most natural form of treatment, sports has an incredible effect on persons with disabilities, by including them in social activities and giving them back the joy of