USAID MALI CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM YEAR 5 WORK PLAN

The program was awarded to Family Health International (FHI 360) in August 2016 and has a budget of $12 million. The goal of the program is to achieve three main objectives: strengthening mechanisms of bottom-up social accountability, collaborating effectively with government, municipalities, and the private sector to develop public policy and advance issues of common interest, and empowering citizens to engage with the Government of Mali. To achieve these objectives, CEP is working with 18 Civic Engagement Grantees (CEG) and 4 Disabled People Organizations (DPO) grantees to implement activities in the target communes. These activities include the implementation and finalization of Good Governance Barometer (GGB) processes, advocacy activities, consolidation of PPP-WG activities, and support to community-based organizations (CBOs) to follow the outputs of their community-based level advocacy actions initiated and community watchdog functions activities. Additionally, 2 CEP subcontractors, Studio Tamani and CPHDA, will consolidate and finalize ongoing communication, capacity building on civic engagement activities, and outreach activities on citizenship and inclusion. CEP has decided to support citizen responsive governance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had a significant impact on Mali. The program has adapted its work to address the pandemic's effects and has added a fourth objective to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 in targeted communities. This objective will be implemented with an additional funding of $345,000. The CEP team and CSOs partners will implement the program activities during the final year (Y5), which includes CEP staff-led activities, civil society organization partners/sub-grantee-led activities, and subcontractor-led activities. The program will also undertake a series of regional program review sessions to consolidate learnings among partners and support CSOs for the implementation of their remaining and closeout activities. CEP will continue working closely with the Government of Mali (GOM) representatives and civil society organizations to share the program's goals and objectives, clarify their perspectives on civic engagement needs, and discuss CEP's planned activities. The program will also continue to meet with representatives of the Ministry of Youth, citizenry, and employment, and the Ministry of Education through its partner CPDHA at the national level. The program's final year (Y5) implementation approach includes the overview of the program, alignment with Mali communal authorities and community-based organizations priorities, key implementing CSOs and strategic partners, their activities and target areas, and synergy with USAID programs and other donors during this fifth year. The program's four objectives and the implementation of their activities, monitoring, evaluation, learning, and exit strategy activities, program final reporting, risk management plan, and detailed timeline for all planned activities for Year 5 are also included in the work plan. The CEP's fourth objective is to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 in targeted communities. This objective will be implemented with an additional funding of $345,000 and will include activities such as supporting citizen responsive governance, improving delivery of basic services, and adapting the program's work to address the pandemic's effects. The program's risk management plan includes the current political situation with a possible regime change in the country. The program will continue to work closely with the Government of Mali and civil society organizations to address any potential risks and ensure the program's success. The CEP's final year (Y5) work plan includes a detailed timeline for all planned activities, which will be implemented from October 1, 2020, to July 31, 2021. The program's activities will be led by CEP staff, civil society organization partners/sub-grantees, and subcontractors, and will include activities such as mentoring and coaching of CSOs, implementation and finalization of GGB processes, advocacy activities, and support to community-based organizations.