CAPABLE PARTNERS PROGRAM MID-TERM EVALUATION REPORT: HIGHLIGHTS AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PLAN FINDINGS I. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS In accordance with the five-year Leader with Associates Cooperative Agreement awarded on August 11, 2003 by USAID/DCHA/PVC-ASHA to the Academy for Educational Development (AED), with its partner Management Systems International (MSI), a mid￾term review of the Capable Partners Program (CAP) was conducted by program staff in the first quarter of 2006. An analysis of program data was based on the Objectives and Indicators included in the CAP Performance Management Plan (PMP), which was approved by the CTO in January 2004. This report is organized around those elements of the PMP, with information drawn from: • review of key documents • reports from Participating Organizations (POs ), 1 • measurement of changes in key areas of organizational capacity based on assessments using the Institutional Development Framework for baseline and follow-up measures, and • Customer Satisfaction Surveys soliciting feedback about CAP programs and services from POs, Innovation Grantees, and USAID personnel. Summary highlights include the following: • To date, CAP has worked with 63 network partners in 35 countries. 43 in the Africa region 4 in the Europe(Central Asia region 11 in the Asia region 5 in the Latin America region • To date, CAP' s work has touched more than 1700 NGOs, cooperatives, IS Os and others. • CAP has generated Associate Awards to date totaling $10,567,040 and has pending Associate Awards totaling more than $7,050,000. • CAP has awarded 13 grants to NGOs and networks totaling approximately $400,000. • 93% of organizations participating in CAP's first Global Core Initiative demonstrated an increase in overall institutional capacity. • Among CAP' s participating NGOs and networks, for every program aspect included in the Customer Satisfaction Survey, a rate of 100% was reported, surpassing CAP' s 80% PMP target. 1 For the period covered, POs are defined as those organizations that have participated in the CAP Advocacy Fellows Program (Global Core Initiative #1 or GCI #1) and the Innovation Grants Program. Capable Partners Programmatic Objectives (CAP) Mid-term Evaluation Report: Highlights and PMP Findings Page 1of13 II. BACKGROUND Information detailing on-going program activities was included in the four semi-annual reports submitted to PVC covering the period through September 30, 2005. Highlights of those activities may be summarized as follows: A. GCI #1 -- Advocacy Fellows Program + Discussions took place with representatives of USAID Regional Bureaus and selected Missions to request their assistance for the identification of NGO networks to participate in GCI #1, the Advocacy Fellows Program. Missions were offered an opportunity to provide Associate Awards for the participation of additional organizations. This process resulted in the selection of 17 organizations in 15 countries, as Missions in Ghana and Sudan executed small Associate Awards for the addition of a second organization from those countries. The countries represented and the sectors covered by participating organizations were: o Civil Society= Ghana, Sudan, Indonesia, Lebanon, Georgia, Tajikistan o Rule of Law= Ghana, Paraguay, Bulgaria o Environment = Mongolia, Peru o Health and Education = India, Albania, Zambia o Economic Growth = Sri Lanka, Guyana + Week-long training workshops were held in Ghana (February 2004) and Turkey (June 2004), and one-year Advocacy Action Plans were developed by participating organizations. + The Institutional Development Framework (IDF) was installed in all GCI #1 participating organizations between February and November 2004. This included the collection of baseline information, the identification of organizational priorities, and the formulation of Institutional Improvement Plans, which then became the basis for requests to CAP for technical assistance. + In response to requests from POs, technical assistance was provided in late 2004 through early 2006 to strengthen these organizations in the priority areas identified in their Institutional Improvement Plans. + Following completion of all IDF applications and the receipt of request for technical assistance, in February 2005, a Trend Analysis was conducted to identify similarities in the types of assistance needed within and across regions. + The second application of the IDF within participating organizations was conducted in the last half of 2005, in order to measure the degree of change that may have occurred following the delivery of technical assistance. Capable Partners Programmatic Objectives (CAP) Mid-term Evaluation Report: Highlights and PMP Findings Page 2of13 B. GCI #2 - Monitoring Training for the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (W ANEP) + This activity was launched with a week-long training workshop held in Ghana in October 2005. Participants were representatives of the 12 national NGO networks that comprise the W ANEP regional network, plus representatives from the four regional offices of the Economic Commission for West African States (ECOW AS), with which W ANEP works. The workshop was followed by a two￾day training of trainers, so that participants could return to their respective countries and deliver the monitoring training to the NGOs in their national networks. Given the end-of-year holidays, and the need for planning at the national level, follow-on activities have been delayed. The replication of the monitoring course, as well as the application of the IDF within each of the 12 national networks, is expected to begin within the next two months. Because of the premature stage at which this activity is currently found, it is not included in this mid-term evaluation. Rather, GCI #2 performance will be included in the final CAP evaluation report. C. Small Grant Programs + In early 2004, five target countries were identified for the Innovation Grants initiative. An APS was then developed and applications from NGO networks in those countries were solicited on May 1. After a careful review of the 19 concept papers received, and an objective analysis of the proposals submitted, five grants of approximately $30,000 were awarded to organizations in the following countries: • Nepal • Vietnam • Tanzania • Nicaragua + In early 2005, proposals for follow-on grants were invited from all organizations participating in GCI #1. This resulted in the award of nine grants to support advocacy efforts, develop institutional capacity, or support organizational learning. D. Case Studies Case studies of organizations with which CAP has relations were commissioned for GCI #1 participant NESI in Sudan, and for Innovation Grant recipients in Nicaragua, Nepal and Vietnam. The purpose is to explore and document the evolution of NGO networks in situations affected by conflict, the measures they have adopted over time in pursuit of their goals, and their vision for the future. Results will be published in the first semester of 2006 as a compendium, which will include lessons drawn from the experiences of the groups studied, along with recommendations addressed to donors for future support of NGO networks. Capable Partners Programmatic Objectives (CAP) Mid-term Evaluation Report: Highlights and PMP Findings Page 3of13 E. Information Dissemination + The CAP web portal, NGOConnect.NET, was created and launched in the first half of the program. It includes a wealth of resource materials for all phases of NGO￾related programming. • Total Portal Accounts: 589 • Total Knowledge Objects: 3793 • Total Communities: 23 • Total Topics: 998 • Total Page Views (1/1/06 to 3/8/06): 10479 + NGOConnect also has been used to facilitate communication among participating organizations and others, and a distance-learning training module on the use of the IDF was launched in January 2006. + The CAP newsletter, NGOConnections, is disseminated quarterly to approximately 750 recipients. F. Associate A wards Associate Awards are separately prepared and administered by the executing mission or operating unit. Each has its own reporting requirements, PMP, monitoring and evaluation plan, etc. A complete description of all current, completed and pending Associate Awards is included in the Summary of CAP Activities, Appendix 1. Associate Awards (current value: $10,567,040) in progress or complete are as follows: + USAID/Kenya Small Grants & Institutional Strengthening Programs I and II + Strengthening Leading Mozambican NGOs and Networks + Conflict-Sensitive Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop + Ghana Advocacy Skills Training and Institutional Strengthening Program + Sudan Advocacy Skills Training and Institutional Strengthening Program Pending Associate Awards ($7 ,050,000+) are as follows: + Strengthening Democratic Governance in Nicaragua + Liberia NGO Strengthening Program + Mexico Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Shelter Project + USAID/Kenya NGO Capacity Building Program (Health) + Global Disabilities Empowerment Program + Conflict Mitigation Pilot Program in Chad + USAID/South Africa Community Capacity Building Program on Nutrition, Maternal Health and HIV I AIDS + USAID Swaziland Community Capacity Building Program on Nutrition, Maternal Health and HIV I AIDS + USAID/Lesotho Community Capacity Building Program on Nutrition, Maternal Health and HIV I AIDS Capable Partners Programmatic Objectives (CAP) Mid-term Evaluation Report: Highlights and PMP Findings Page 4of13 III. FINDINGS Findings are organized in accordance with the Objectives and Indicators included in the CAP PMP for this period. Results are as follows: Table: CAP PMP Performance Indicators, Definitions and Analyses, and Findings Performance Definition and Findings Indicators Analysis Objective 1: Operational and technical capacity of local NGOs, networks, and ISO, strengthened. 1.1 - % of POs POs are the 17 A total of 12 of the 17 POs targeted areas for that show organizations that strengthening and received TA in those areas. increased participated in GCI #1, Some months later, the IDF was again capacity in one within which the IDF applied in order to track any change that may of the was applied. have occurred. Of the 12, the % of operational and improvement in the 2-3 areas targeted was: technical areas The "operational and they have technical areas" 3 POs (25 % ) showed an im2rovement of. targeted for targeted were those 2-3 25% or better: strengthening. areas identified by POs • Ghana/LRC = 32% for improvement • Sudan/AORD = 27% during the IDF process. • Tajikistan = 131 % Strengthening these 5 POs (42%) im:groved between 10% & areas then became the 25%: basis of requests for • Lebanon= 14% TA from CAP. • Peru= 13% • Sudan/NESI = 12% A rating of "increased • Mongolia = 24 % capacity" requires an • Paraguay= 23% increase of at least 25 % in the IDF score for the 3 POs (25 % ) im:groved over 5 % : capacity areas targeted. • Bulgaria= 6% • Sri Lanka = 6% • India= 7% 1 PO (8%) im:groved under 5%: • Indonesia = (-1.6%) Of the remaining 5 POs, 4 completed only the first application of the IDF for the following reasons: Capable Partners Programmatic Objectives (CAP) Mid-term Evaluation Report: Highlights and PMP Findings Page 5of13 • 3 became unresponsive and did not receive TA (Guyana, Zambia, Ghana/GAPVOD). • In Albania, due to the factors beyond our control, the delivery of TA and the second IDF application are still pending. In Georgia the original PO (in reality a Mission-funded project) ceased to exist after the first IDF application; no priority areas were set or TA delivered. Fortunately, CAP has remained in contact with the follow-on organization (virtually the same structure and staff), and the second IDF application was conducted. As a result, while we have a score for overall improvement, in the absence of organizational priorities, there is no weighted score for this indicator. 1.2 - % of POs POs are the 17 As explained above, a total of 13 POs that organizations that received the second application of the IDF. demonstrate an participated in GCI #1, An increase in overall institutional capacity increase in within which the IDF was recorded in all but one case. (Indonesia, overall was applied. with a score of -1.6%, was the only PO that institutional did not show an increase). capacity. "Increased overall Thus, nearly 93% of the POs demonstrated institutional capacity" an increase in overall institutional capacity: is an increase in the • Tajikistan 131% overall score between • Ghana/LRC 32% the 1st and 2nd IDF • Sudan/AORD 24% • Mongolia 23% applications. • Paraguay 21% • Lebanon 15% • Peru 12% • Sudan/NESI 12% • Georgia 13% • India 7% • Bulgaria 5% • Sri Lanka 5% Capable Partners Programmatic Objectives (CAP) Mid-term Evaluation Report: Highlights and PMP Findings Page 6of13 Objective 2.· Linkages among local organizations (NGOs, networks, governments and businesses) strengthened. 2.1 - % of POs For this period, POs are Information was collected from the 13 GCI 1 that develop or defined as those POs in which the IDF was applied twice. expand inter- participating in GCI 1. Two sub-components comprise this sectoral measurement: a) Ability to work with central linkages at the "Inter-sectoral and local government; and b) Ability to work local level. linkages" are formal or with other NGOs. informal relations among organizations Strengthened linkages were recorded for 8 from two or more (62%) of the 13 POs tracked; no specific sectors (i.e., not-for- target was set in the PMP. In di vi dual scores profit groups, private were as follows: enterprise or • Bulgaria 0.00% government) for the • Georgia 0.00% purpose of sharing • Ghana/LRC 46.67% information or working • India 7.14% toward a common • Indonesia -8.33% development goal. • Lebanon 11.11% • Mongolia 40.00% • Paraguay 47.06% • Peru -1.64% • Sri Lanka -6.00% • Sudan!NESI 8.33% • Sudan/AORD 3.85% • Tajikistan 400.00% Capable Partners Programmatic Objectives (CAP) Mid-term Evaluation Report: Highlights and PMP Findings Page 7of13 Objective 3: Increased capacity of NGOs, networks and ISOs to engage in advocacy for key policies or programs. 3.1 - % of Organizations that As explained above (see Indicator 1.1), a organizations participate in CAP change in capacity was measured for the 13 that participate activities are defined as POs in which the IDF was applied twice. in CAP all those participating Advocacy capacity included three sub￾activities with in GCI 1. components: a) Strategic Approach; b) Use improved of Research/Information; and c) Mobilizing advocacy "Improved advocacy Constituents. capacity. capacity" is defined as a positive change in the Improved advocacy capacity was recorded advocacy-related rows for 10 (77 % ) of the 13 POs tracked. of the IDF. Individual scores were: • Bulgaria 9.52% • Georgia 0.00% • Ghana/LRC 34.62% • India 12.12% • Indonesia -2.63% • Lebanon -9.68% • Mongolia 12.50% • Paraguay 13.51 % • Peru 3.33% • Sri Lanka 2.00% • Sudan/NESI 7.89% • Sudan/AORD 55.00% • Tajikistan 65.52% Objective 4: Wide dissemination (NGOs, local cooperatives, ISOs, etc.) of tested innovations, best practices, lessons learned, and standards. 4.1 - #of U.S. This relates to During the period covered, CAP and local reference materials or disseminated key capacity-building NGOs, other types of information to a total of 202 organizations. networks and information provided ISOs that by CAP through a GCI Via NGOConnect resources are disseminated receive key program or otherwise. to approximately 600 registered users and an capacity- CAP will have mailed, infinite number of guest users. building e-mailed, handed out • IDF Distance Leaming Module was information and/or provided via the accessed by 152 users; CD-ROM from the CAP website, information on versions were requested by nearly program. NGO, network and ISO 10% of users. capacity building. • Strengthening Civil Society Networks was accessed by 188 users (in English and Spanish); 200 have been disseminated to date in hard copies. Capable Partners Programmatic Objectives (CAP) Mid-term Evaluation Report: Highlights and PMP Findings Page 8of13 4.2-# of CAP Target organizations A survey of target organizations showed that: target are those participating • 100% of respondents (9 organizations) organizations in GCI 1 and reci pi en ts had received resource materials from that use of Innovation Grants. CAP or downloaded materials from information NGOConnect.NET. disseminated • While one respondent did not indicate by CAP, whether materials had been useful, all adopting tested others (8) reported that they had been innovations, useful. state-of-the-art • All organizations reported that the approaches and information provided by CAP had best practices been used to "overcome challenges or to solve solve problems." problems. Among the materials specifically mentioned were: • The Human Rights Education Handbook • Civil Society Networks • An Introduction to Advocacy • Monitoring and Evaluation materials • Building indicators • Guidelines and other materials regarding the IDF Process • Proposal guidelines • OCAT and TIPS on Measuring Institutional Capacity Objective 5: CAP Program implemented effectively and efficiently. 5.1- #of Includes request for Requests for information and services were requests for information, Associate received from a total of 48 USAID operating information A wards or other units. and services services received by from USAID CAP from USAID operating units OUs. received by the CAP Program. 5.2 - % of "Timely manner" In 81.25 % of cases, CAP responded to requests for means responding to requests for information and services within information requests within 24 24 hours. In other cases, responses were and services hours by either transmitted within 48-72 hours, depending on from USAID acknowledging receipt the type of request and when it was received. OUs and or direct! y providing development the information and/or community services requested. responded to in a timely manner. Capable Partners Programmatic Objectives (CAP) Mid-term Evaluation Report: Highlights and PMP Findings Page 9of13 5.3 - % of Here, "POs" refers to Information was collected through a rep re sen tati ves all GCI 1 customer satisfaction survey. The baseline fromPOs and organizations, plus all was set at zero, and CAP aimed for an 80% participating recipients of Innovation satisfaction rate. USAID OUs Grants. that express A total of 9 responses came from POs ( 5 satisfaction "Participating USAID from GCI 1 organizations and 4 from with CAP OUs" are those USAID Innovation grantees), while 11 came from program offices that have been USAID personnel. performance. in contact with CAP regarding the selection Responses from all 9 POs included the of GCI organizations, following: target countries and • 77% reported they were Very Satisfied grantees, or to discuss with the design and implementation of an associate award, or the program; 33% said they were for any other purpose. Satisfied; none reported dissatisfaction; Total satisfaction rate = 100% • 100% responded that they were Very Satisfied with their interactions with CAP staff; Total satisfaction rate= 100% • As an overall rating of CAP services and products, 77% responded that they were Very Satisfied, while 33% said they were Satisfied; no dissatisfaction was reported. Total satisfaction rate= 100% Responses from the 5 GCI 1 organizations included: • 66% were Very Satisfied with the quality of the advocacy training, while 33% were Satisfied, and none were dissatisfied; Total satisfaction rate= 100% • 33% were Very Satisfied with the usefulness to their organizations of the advocacy skills they learned; 66% said they were Satisfied, and none were dissatisfied; Total satisfaction rate = 100% • Concerning the quality of the IDF process, as well as of the technical assistance provided, 33% responded Very Satisfied, and 66% said Satisfied; Capable Partners Programmatic Objectives (CAP) Mid-term Evaluation Report: Highlights and PMP Findings Page 10of13 no dissatisfaction was reported. Total satisfaction rate= 100% The 4 Innovation grantees reported: • 50% were Very Satisfied with the grant application process, and 50% were Satisfied, while there was no dissatisfaction; Total satisfaction rate= 100% • 100% were Very Satisfied with CAP's support to their organizations as grantees; none were dissatisfied. Total satisfaction rate= 100% Of the 11 responses from USAID personnel, one responded No Opinion to all questions. Therefore, only 10 returns are included in the following responses: • Degree of satisfaction with the relevance of the CAP program (design and structure) to the needs of your operating unit: 50% Very Satisfied; 30% Satisfied; 20% Unsatisfied; Total satisfaction rate= 80% • Degree of satisfaction with the quality of CAP services to USAID missions and OUs, NGOs, NGO networks, and others: 40% Very Satisfied; 40% Satisfied; 20% Unsatisfied; Total satisfaction rate= 80% • Degree of satisfaction with their interactions with CAP staff: 70% Very Satisfied; 10% Satisfied; 20% Unsatisfied; Total satisfaction rate= 80% • Satisfaction with CAP information materials: 40% Very Satisfied; 30% Satisfied; 30% Unsatisfied. Total satisfaction rate = 70 % Capable Partners Programmatic Objectives (CAP) Mid-term Evaluation Report: Highlights and PMP Findings Page 11of13 IV. CONCLUSIONS A careful analysis of the findings described in the foregoing section leads to a number of conclusions concerning CAP experience to date and lessons for the future. The most relevant of the conclusions drawn may be summarized as follows: 1. CAP's focus beyond individual organizations to NGO networks greatly broadened the program's impact. By working directly with 63 networks in all four regions, CAP was able to touch more than 1,700 organizations around the globe. 2. By providing both technical training in advocacy and organization development assistance for the NGOs selected to participate in the first Global Core Initiative, CAP was able to develop a holistic understanding of those organizations and their needs and to build an on-going relationship. 3. The overall response rate to the Customer Satisfaction Survey disseminated by CAP for the purposes of this Mid-term Evaluation Report was 22.7%, indicating that CAP stakeholders are actively engaged in the CAP program. 4. NGOConnect.NET was seen as a valuable tool for extending the reach of the program to USAID missions and operating units, participating organizations, ISOs, and civil society organizations, as it allowed the program to disseminate information, engage stakeholders, and create linkages with a much wider audience. 5. The number of Participating Organizations and Innovation Grantees using CAP materials indicates that the program is developing and disseminating materials that are appropriate and useful for NGOs and NGO networks in a wide range of contexts. 6. Because CAP consulted USAID operating units with regard to participant selection and other aspects of the activities undertaken, a high level of interest and satisfaction was achieved. This is demonstrated, for example, by the fact that nearly 17 percent of the USAID personnel contacted responded to the CAP Customer Satisfaction Survey. A number of them took the time also to send additional comments, such as: a. "The direct contact via email at the time of start-up was very useful. Subsequently, the 'mailing list' arrangement worked very well for me." b. "The website provides information that is useful to NGOs/networking in general." c. "Since the Mission was working with a number of host country NGOs, in 2003 CAP was perceived by the Mission as a service provider for providing advocacy skills which would benefit the local NGOs." d. "We have received progress reports on the program from time to time. This was useful and appreciated." e. "For the service provided by CAP in 2003-2004, we are satisfied that the candidate was trained. CAP is not pre-packaged, but very adaptable in Capable Partners Programmatic Objectives (CAP) Mid-term Evaluation Report: Highlights and PMP Findings Page 12of13 terms of a program that could parallel existing programs that are not adequately addressing the needs of weak NGOs." f. "I am satisfied because it is not a simple course, but an exchange between many experienced persons. It was very useful for me." g. "I think the services are of good quality and it is the impression of many people that benefited of CAP services." h. "[The program] was very flexible and comprehensive and combined theory and practice to deliver a content that has remained with and continues to guide participants in their daily work in conflict zones. As for the needs of my unit, it was a God send as it is just what we need in our program ... " 7. A high level of satisfaction also was achieved among the participating NGOs and networks. For every program aspect included in the Customer Satisfaction Survey, a rate of 100 percent was reported, thus surpassing CAP's 80% target. Capable Partners Programmatic Objectives (CAP) Mid-term Evaluation Report: Highlights and PMP Findings Page 13of13 Appendix 1: Summary of CAP Activities CAP Core - Leader with Associates A ward Advocacy Fellows I Two-year initiative supporting 17 NGOs and networks with *Global* 2004-2006 Advocacy Program advocacy training, the development of Advocacy Action Plans, Youth institutional strengthening processes, and small grants. Guyana Citizen participation India Environment Advocacy skills: Training in advocacy, development of Albania lluman Trafficking Advocacy Action Plans, and on-going monitoring and Georgia Anti-corruption evaluation. Paraguay lluman Rights Institutional strengthening: Facilitation of participatory Ghana Transparency organizational assessments (baseline and follow-ups), Indonesia Economic Development development of Institutional Improvement Plans, and provision Tajikistan Conflict1\1anagement Sudan of technical assistance. Lebanon Institutional Small grants: One-year grants awarded to support advocacy Sri Lanka Strengthening campaigns, organizational learning and/or institutional Peru Network development strengthening activities. Bulgaria 1\1ongolia Appendix I: IDF Results I Zambia Appendix II: Advocacy Fellows Program Feedback Appendix III: Advocacy Fellows Program llighlights Appendix IV: Follow-on Grant Recipients Monitoring & I Two-year initiative with regional and national networks of *West Africa* 1\1onitoring & Evaluation Evaluation Program NGOs to strengthen their monitoring and evaluation capacities Senegal Conflict1\1anagement and support their institutional development. Liberia, Gambia Ghana, Togo Institutional Monitoring Training and Institutional Strengthening Benin, Guinea 2005-2006 Strengthening Program for the West Africa Network for Peace Building Sierra Leone Network development (W ANEP): Customized monitoring training for conflict- Guinea Bissau affected environments, and institutional strengthening process Burkina Faso for 12 national W ANEP networks. Cote d' lvoire Nigeria February 2006 Summary of CAP Activities Page 1of8 Monitoring & Evaluation Program (continued) Public-Private Partnerships Evaluation Certificate Course and Institutional Strengthening Program for Action Against Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Children (ATSEC): Evaluation course for ATSEC members, implementation of evaluation techniques for selected anti-trafficking projects, institutional strengthening processes (India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal), and network development (Pakistan and Afghanistan). This initiative will support the development of public-private partnerships. It will be launched in 2007. Innovation Grants I Provision of small grants to help form, strengthen, and/or sustain NGO networks, intermediary support organizations (ISOs ), coalitions, and other local support mechanisms. February 2006 Ometepe's Civil Organizations Network - Nicaragua. Ometepe is a network of civil society organizations focused on enhancing the participation of CSOs in the municipal development process. Ometepe' s project is designed to involve a wide variety of civil society organizations in influencing local policies and laws. Instituto de Estudios Nicaragiienses (IEN) - Nicaragua. IEN is a non-government research organization committed to supporting civic participation and good governance in Nicaragua. IEN' s project will bring together national and local civil society organizations to build capacity through private￾public partnerships, thus creating a bottom-up demand for greater rule of law, decentralization, transparency, accountability, and responsiveness to citizen demands. Summary of CAP Activities *South Asia* India Bangladesh Pakistan Sri Lanka Nepal Afghanistan Global Nicaragua Vietnam Nepal Tanzania Nicaragua Nicaragua 2006-2007 2007-08 2005-2006 Monitoring & Evaluation Human Trafficking Institutional Strengthening Network Development Global Alliances Public-Private Partnerships Institutional Strengthening Network Development Network Strengthening Gender-based Violence Civic Participation Social Services Advocacy Environment Page 2 of 8 Innovation Grants (continued) NGO Connect.NET Resource Development & Learning Agenda February 2006 Center for Education Promotion and Empowerment of Women (CEPEW) - Vietnam. CEPEW is a network of Vietnamese NGOs focused on women's rights and alleviating poverty. CEPEW' s project is to improve the operational skills of CEPEW member organizations, improve information sharing across the network, and promote cooperation between NGOs and government agencies working on poverty reduction. SAA THI - Nepal. SAATID is a coalition of organizations focused on improving the lives of Nepali women and children. SAATHI's project is to create a network in order to better address challenges-particularly violence faced by Nepali women and children-by providing training and resources to members and others. PAMOJA Trust-Tanzania. PAMOJA Trust is a Tanzanian organization that seeks to create a common space of dialogue for local government, the private sector and civil society. PAMOJA's project will strengthen the capacity ofNGOs and their networks to advocate and implement policies leading to sustainable development in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. Dynamic, interactive web portal that provides tools, theoretical frameworks, innovations and lessons learned through an online library of resources, public and private online communities, and distance learning modules. Network Case Studies: Descriptive portrayal of NGO networks active in conflict-affected environments in Nepal, Sudan, Nicaragua, and Vietnani. Summary of CAP Activities Vietnam Nepal Tanzania Global Vietnam Sudan Nepal Nicaragua 2004-2008 2005-2006 Network Strengthening Gender-based Violence Civic Participation Social Services Advocacy Environment Organizational Development Technical Capacity Social Legitimacy Financial Viability Network Strengthening Conflict Management Institutional Strengthening Page 3 of 8 Resource Development & Learning Agenda Technical Resources to Support Civil Society Networks: Desk review and field research with network stakeholders in four regions to develop network resources. Resource materials will include conceptual on network principles, design, and capacity-building, as well as practical tools for use in training and technical assistance. CAP Associates A wards .· .. ··· ... . . 1\.11t()lilit? ;: ... .. · ·Description· .··· :Award 1 <. ··. USAID/Kenya Small $999,079 Funded under the President's Emergency Plan Grants & Institutional for AIDS Relief (PEPF AR), this project Strengthening Program strengthened the organizational and technical (CAP Kenya I) capacity of organizations in Kenya working at the community level with HIV I AIDS-affected orphans and vulnerable children. USAID/Kenya Small $9,000,000 This project continues the activities begun under Grants and CAP Kenya I. Institutional Strengthening Program (CAP Kenya II) Strengthening Leading $400,000 USAID/l\1ozambique engaged CAP to design Mozambican NGOs and implement an institutional strengthening and Networks program for leading l\1ozambican NGO networks providing HIV I AIDS services in their communities. February 2006 Summary of CAP Activities Global 2004-2008 ..... · .Locatiriil ' \. · ... ··· .. • .·.···· .. '.])ates . ..... . .. . . . Kenya Nov2004- Nov2005 Kenya Dec 2005- Dec 2008 l\1ozambique Jan-June 2006 Network Strengthening Conflictl\1anagement Institutional Strengthening .. HIV/AIDS Health Disabilities Grants l\1anagement Institutional Strengthening HIV/AIDS Health Disabilities Grants l\1anagement Institutional Strengthening HIV/AIDS Health FBOs Institutional Strengthening Network Strengthening Page4of8 .. Conflict Sensitive Monitoring & Evaluation Workshop Ghana Advocacy Skills Training and Institutional Strengthening Program Sudan Advocacy Skills Training and Institutional Strengthening Program $143,395 $12,283 $12,283 : CAP designed and facilitated a pilot workshop in Accra, Ghana, for USAID staff, international PVOs, and local NGOs on conflict-sensitive monitoring and evaluation. The USAID/Ghana Mission provided funding to allow the Legal Resources Centre, an NGO in Ghana, to participate in CAP' s Advocacy Fellows Program. The USAID/Sudan Mission provided funding to allow the African Center for Relief and Development, an NGO in Sudan, to participate in the GCI Advocacy Fellows Program. West Africa Ghana Sudan Pending CAP Associates A wards Pending Award Amount Description Strengthening Program to engage civil society to advance democratic Democratic Governance TBD reforms through the active participation of civil society in Nicaragua organizations (CSOs) at all levels in raising public awareness about key policy issues, monitoring government performance, and advocating for policy development and implementation. February 2006 Summary of CAP Activities ·' Sept2004- April 2005 Sept 2004- Aug 2005 Sept 2004- Aug 2005 Location Nicaragua Sectorsl.A.reas Monitoring & Evaluation Conflict Management Advocacy Human Rights Institutional Strengthening Advocacy Conflict Management Institutional Strengthening ·. Sectors/ Area Advocacy Governance Civil Society Strengthening Page 5 of 8 Pending Award Amount Description Location Sectors/ Area Liberia NGO $250,000 NGO sector assessment and strengthening program. Liberia Civil Society Strengthening Program Strengthening Institutional Strengthening Mexico Trafficking in $2,800,000 Program to combat trafficking of women and children Mexico Human trafficking Persons (TIP) Shelter through network development, research activities, advocacy Network Strengthening Project campaigns, and technical support for the provision of social services. USAID/Kenya Small $2,800,000 Expansion of activities. Kenya HIV/AIDS Grants and Institutional Health Strengthening Program Disabilities Substance Abuse (CAP Kenya II) Grants Management Institutional Strengthening Strengthening Leading $1,200,000 Expansion of activities. Mozambique HIV/AIDS Mozambican NGOs and Health Networks FBOs Institutional Strengthening Network Strengthening Disabilities TBD TBD Global Health Disabilities Chad TBD TBD Chad Conflict Management February 2006 Summary of CAP Activities Page 6 of 8 . Pending Award Amount Description Location ·Sectors/Area ·• . Program to build capacity for NGOs that provide Health community-based care to HIV-positive women and their HIV/AIDS families; enhance M&E capacity through the integration of Nutrition South Africa TBD indicators on HIV and infant feeding; promote and South Africa Monitoring & disseminate best practices and BCC materials related to Evaluation infant and young child feeding in the context of HIV; and Institutional enhance advocacy capacity related to the finalization of Strengthening revised PMTCT guidelines. Network Strengthening Program to build capacity for NGOs that provide Health community-based care to HIV -positive women and their HIV/AIDS families; enhance M&E capacity through the integration of Nutrition Swaziland TBD indicators on HIV and infant feeding; promote and Swaziland Monitoring & disseminate best practices and BCC materials related to Evaluation infant and young child feeding in the context of HIV; and Institutional enhance advocacy capacity related to the finalization of Strengthening revised PMTCT guidelines. Network Strengthening Program to build capacity for NGOs that provide Health community-based care to HIV-positive women and their HIV/AIDS families; enhance M&E capacity through the integration of Nutrition indicators on HIV and infant feeding; promote and Lesotho Monitoring & Lesotho TBD disseminate best practices and BCC materials related to Evaluation infant and young child feeding in the context of HIV; and Institutional enhance advocacy capacity related to the finalization of Strengthening revised PMTCT guidelines. Network Strengthening February 2006 Summary of CAP Activities Page 7of8 PendingAward Mozambique February 2006 Amount TBD Description Program to build capacity for NGOs that provide community-based care to HIV-positive women and their families; enhance M&E capacity through the integration of indicators on HIV and infant feeding; promote and disseminate best practices and BCC materials related to infant and young child feeding in the context of HIV; and enhance advocacy capacity related to the finalization of revised PMTCT guidelines. Summary of CAP Activities Locati.Qn Mozambique Sectors/ Area Health HIV/AIDS Nutrition Monitoring & Evaluation Institutional Strengthening Network Strengthening Page 8of8