Surge Capacity Services Project Quarterly Report: October - December 2015

The project's objective is to provide long and short-term policy, program, and administrative support to USAID's Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning (PPL). The project's scope of work includes providing technical assistance, technical assistance, and administrative support to PPL in areas such as policy, project design, project design, monitoring, evaluation, and learning. The project also involves providing support to PPL in areas such as donor engagement, monitoring, and evaluation. The project's key highlights include the recruitment of long-term support staff, including a Project Manager, an Administrative Assistant, and a Project Design Specialist. The project also involved the recruitment of short-term staff, including a Senior Policy Analyst and a Facilitation Training Specialist. The project's accomplishments include the submission of all required deliverables on time and the successful completion of all technical assistance assignments. The project also involved the hiring of additional staff, including a Senior Policy Analyst and a Project Design Specialist. The project's challenges include identifying the right type of candidate for the Project Design Specialist position and the recruitment of coaching consultants. The project also faced challenges in terms of budget modification and funding. The project's priorities for the next quarter include submitting monthly project status reports, submitting a quarterly project status report, hiring additional Surge personnel, scheduling additional technical assistance assignments, and finalizing a budget modification. The point of contact for the project is Tiffany Ditzel, Surge Services COR, at [email protected], and Stephanie Fugate, CO, while Tiffany Ditzel is on maternity leave until March 2016.