TRANSITION INITIATIVES FOR STABILIZATION PLUS (TIS+) FY 2016 Q3 QUARTERLY PROGRESS AND FINANCIAL REPORT 01APRIL – 30 JUNE 2016 AUGUST 2016 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by AECOM. TRANSITION INITIATIVES FOR STABILIZATION PLUS (TIS+) FY 2016 Q3 QUARTERLY PROGRESS AND FINANCIAL REPORT 01APRIL – 30 JUNE 2016 Award No: AID-623-C-15-00001 Submitted to: USAID Somalia Prepared by: AECOM International Development Prepared for: United States Agency for International Development/Somalia C/O American Embassy United Nations Avenue, Gigiri Nairobi, Kenya DISCLAIMER: The authors’ views expressed in this document do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. FY 2016 Q3 Progress and Financial Report/ Transition Initiatives for Stabilization Plus (TIS+) i TABLE OF CONTENTS Acronyms and Abbreviations ......................................................................................................................................... III I. Context Update (By Region) ................................................................................................................................... 5 II. TIS+ Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 6 A. Key Narrative Achievements ................................................................................................................... 7 B. Quantitative Highlights............................................................................................................................... 8 C. Activity Administration .............................................................................................................................. 8 D. Subsequent Reporting Period’s Work Plan .......................................................................................... 9 III. Key Narrative Achievements .................................................................................................................................. 9 Community Consensus Processes:................................................................................................................. 9 Gender Equality And Women’s Empowerment........................................................................................ 10 Bridging Plans ..................................................................................................................................................... 10 IV. Progress Against Targets ........................................................................................................................................ 12 V. Performance Monitoring ........................................................................................................................................ 12 VI. Lessons Learned ....................................................................................................................................................... 12 VII. Environmental Monitoring ..................................................................................................................................... 13 VIII. Progress on Links to Other Activities ................................................................................................................ 13 IX. Progress on Links to Host Government ............................................................................................................ 14 X. Inclusivity and Access .............................................................................................................................................. 14 XI. Sustainability .............................................................................................................................................................. 14 XII. Upcoming Reporting Period’s Work Plan .......................................................................................................... 15 Annexes & Attachments (Separate Documents) ..................................................................................................... 16 A. Sub-Award Details .................................................................................................................................. 166 B. Activity Administration ....................................................................................................................... 1717 C. Schedule of Future Events: ...................................................................................................................... 18 D. List of Deliverable Products ................................................................................................................... 18 FY 2016 Q3 Progress and Financial Report/ Transition Initiatives for Stabilization Plus (TIS+) ii ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ACOR Alternative Contract’s Officer Representative ACU Aid Coordination Unit AMEP Activity Monitoring and Evaluation Plan AMISOM African Union Mission in Somalia AS Al Shabaab BIMP Branding Implementation and Marking Plan BOQ Bill of Quantities BRA Banadir Regional Administration CCN Cooperating Country National CDE Community Dialogue Events CO Contract’s Officer COC Chamber of Commerce COP Chief of Party COR Contract’s Officer Representative CSO Civil Society Organization CVE Countering Violent Extremism DAI Development Alternatives Inc. DCOP Deputy Chief of Party DDGS Direct Distribution of Goods and Services EMMP Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plan ERF Environmental Review Form ERR Environmental Review Report FGS Federal Government of Somalia GEEL Growth, Enterprise, Employment and Livelihoods GRG Global Resilience Group HR Human Resources IDIQ Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity IOM International Organization for Migration IP Implementing Partner IR Intermediate Result ISIL/ISIS Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant/ Islamic State of Iraq and Syria JCC Jubaland Chamber of Commerce JSS Jubaland State of Somalia KDF Kenya Defense Force LOC Letter of Commitment M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MIBF Mogadishu International Book Fair MEO Mission Environment Officer MOI Ministry of Interior MOICT Ministry of Information and Communications Technology MOIFA Ministry of Interior and Foreign Affairs FY 2016 Q3 Progress and Financial Report/ Transition Initiatives for Stabilization Plus (TIS+) iii MOILG Ministry of Interior and Local Governments MOIPC Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation MOM Mayor of Mogadishu MOPW Ministry of Public Works MOWFA Ministry of Women and Family Affairs MOWHRD Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development MP Members of Parliament NGO Non-Governmental Organization NISF Nordic International Support Foundation OIC Officer in Charge OTI Office of Transition Initiatives PAS Program Activity Specialist PDO Program Development Officer PIKA Pool of In Kind Activities SNA Somalia National Army SPSS Somalia Program Support Services SSF Somalia Stability Fund SSG Strengthening Somali Governance SSI Somalia Stabilization Initiative SWS Southwest State TC Technical Coordinator TIS Transition Initiatives for Stabilization TIS + Transition Initiatives for Stabilization Plus UN United Nations UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services UNSOM United Nations Mission in Somalia USAID United States Agency for International Development VBIED Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device WF Wadajir Framework FY 2016 Q3 Progress and Financial Report/ Transition Initiatives for Stabilization Plus (TIS+) iv I. CONTEXT UPDATE (BY REGION) The socio-political context throughout Somalia during this quarter remains very similar to the previous quarter, with ongoing tension and challenges mostly involving Somalia’s political elites on negotiations on conducting upcoming elections and the selection process sometime in 2016. An election commission has been formulated in Mogadishu and is starting to work on the preparations for the election process, without yet having presented a firm calendar or dates for the specific components of the election process. TIS+ operates in Banadir Regional Administration (BRA) and the emerging Federal States of Jubaland State (JSS) and South West State (SWS) as well as the ‘contested’ regions of Sool and Sanaag, primarily in urban locations - Las Anod and Erigavo, which are administrated by the Somaliland government. BRA, JSS and SWS are the three regions most directly affected by ongoing violence and civilian insecurity, primarily related to Al Shabaab (AS) terrorist and insurgency actions directed towards the FGS and their international partners including the UN, AMISOM, and at times in certain locations, various NGOs, civil societies and private sector groups. The military campaign initiated by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) aimed at eradicating AS in certain districts can also have security implications for TIS+ implementation, however, the anticipated ‘dry season’ offensive was not in evidence in this quarter, as earlier anticipated. Insecurity incidents can also be attributed, in some instances, to actions by members of the Somalia National Army (SNA), criminal activity, as well as inter- and intra- clan violence. There has been very limited reporting during this reporting period on the previously identified issue of increasing tension between AS and ISIL/ ISIS / Daesh competing for prominence across