Georgia Human and Institutional Capacity Development (HICD) Activity Revised Work Plan

The project aims to achieve lasting results in the human and institutional capacity development of key strategic partner institutions in Georgia. These partner institutions include governmental, non-governmental, and private sector entities that play an important role in fulfilling the country's development objectives. The HICD Activity will increase the organizational integrity, operational effectiveness, and long-term viability of these key partner organizations. The project will draw on its internal capacity to carry out performance assessments and implement multiple performance solutions through its subcontractors. The Center of Excellence (CoE) connects those advancing HICD and shared national goals in a vibrant peer network within and across partners, regions, and organizational levels. The CoE will provide practical support and incentives for local professionals to lead HICD and apply the Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) toolkit. The CoE will be sustained by competitively selected local stakeholders from the end of year three. For Local Subcontractor Development, the HICD Activity uses the Kaizen Accelerator approach, which supports subcontractors to cooperate by sharing experiences learning and installing donor-compliant systems in the Georgian context. The HICD Activity also provides Exchange Visitors (EVs) Support services to all USAID/Georgia programs. As a cross-cutting theme, gender is integrated into all activities of the project by identifying and addressing any gender-related disparities experienced by employees within the partner institutions. The project will also integrate gender-related considerations into the HICD cycle to ensure that the policies, procedures, and practices of the partner institutions do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity. The HICD Activity will produce a variety of products to communicate key results activity of interventions. These products will include social media posts, videos, and one-pagers that communicate project successes and lessons learned to both USAID and our partner organizations. The effort will be led by the activity's Communications Specialist. The project organization includes the HICD Chief of Party (COP), who leads the field office in all aspects of the program, including activity design, development, and implementation. The COP supervises the long-term field team and directly supervises the Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) and the Operations and Procurement (OP) Director. The DCOP directly oversees the Program Team, which includes the Center of Excellence (CoE) Manager, Acceleration Advisor, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Specialist, Organizational Development (OD) Advisors, Communications Specialist, and short-term technical assistance (STTA) consultants. The HICD Activity will implement multiple performance solutions through its subcontractors, including the Center of Excellence, Local Subcontractor Development, and Exchange Visitors Support services. The project will also integrate gender considerations into all activities and produce various products to communicate key results and project successes. The project organization includes the HICD Chief of Party, Deputy Chief of Party, and Program Team, which oversees the implementation of the project's activities.