FUNDAÇÃO MASC 1 st Progress Report March August 2015

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1 FUNDAÇÃO MASC 1 st Progress Report March August 2015 Final Version_circulated 02/10/2015

2 1. Abbreviations and acronyms AB AFFG AIIM AMJ APRM BRAC Afrobarometer Africa Foundation for Governance Alignment, interest and Influence Matri Associação Moçambicana de Juizes African Peer Review Mechanism Bangladesh Association LIGADA MIRUKU COOP MoU NVIVO OMR DFID Programme aimed at Adolescent and Young Women Nampula based organization functioning as a business cooperative Memorandum of Understanding Monitoring and Evaluation Software OMR: Observatório Sobre o Meio Rural. CDD Ghana Center for Democratic Development OPHAVALA Local Nampula based CSO working with Saving Groups CEP CEPSA CESC CIP CP CEP-Cidadania e Participação Centro de Pesquisa Em População e Saúde Centro de Aprendizagem e Capacitação da Sociedade Civil. Centro de Integridade Publica. Cooperating Partners OSISA PCR PEA PIA PLASOC Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa Programme Completion Report Political Economy Analysis PRIA International Academy Civil Society Platform in the area of Health CSO Civil Society Organisation PRIA Participatory Research in India CSOSI CSSM DANIDA Civil Society Sustainability Inde Civil Society Support Mechanism Danish International Development Agency PRODEM PSC-PS Programme for Municipal Development in North and Central Mozambique Plataforma da Sociedade Civil Moçambicana para Protecção Social DFID IESE JFA Department for International Development IESE: Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Economicos. Joint Financing Agreement PVC SAVI SDC parallel vote counting State Accountability and Voice Initiative Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SME Small and Medium Enterprise 2

3 Table of Contents 1. Abbreviations and acronyms Brief analysis of the socio-political environment Eecutive Summary Introduction Progress related to Output 1 and Output Progress related to Output Progress related to Output Highlights of Outcomes of MASC interventions Monitoring progress of MASC approved 2015 work plan Lessons Learnt Management Main activities for the net quarter

4 2. Brief analysis of the socio-political environment The recent problems of instability, military conflict and political tension in the country continues, the complete rejection of RENAMOs proposal for decentralization of power by the Mozambican Parliament left a bitter teste in the opposition parties mouth who had counted on the positive dialogue with the Mozambican President as being an indication that all or part of the proposal would be considered. The assignation of Professor Dr. Gilles Cistac days before submitting the above mentioned already began to raise alarm bells within the opposition while the timing and nature of the assassination was considered by many ordinary citizens to be a message from the ruling party in what was a cowardly and barbaric act. The rejection of the opposition s proposal was followed by more turbulent times. Subsequent hard line interventions from different members of the ruling party, including President Nyusi, also appeared to indicate a shift from the original positive dialogue and eistence of different opinions and pressures within the party itself. In counterpart the leader of the main opposition party returned to his original line of threats of violence to take the power which he and his party considers rightfully theirs. The once full RENAMO demonstrations have begun to see a reduction in the number of believers, with the population becoming tired of false dawns and promises from the two parties. MDM for their part attempt to play the role of middle man avoiding the radical stands of both other parties and calling for peace, the reality however is that neither the party or their leader, as seen in the last elections, managed to capture the belief or imagination of the masses as a viable nationwide option. Fast forward a few months and claims of intimidation and attacks are rife from both FRELIMO and RENAMO both in reality are looking to secure their political and military footing. Recent military interventions in Tete province (Moatize and Tsangano) indicate a rise in intensity of the process and a risk of sparking a much larger conflict. The mediators in the centre Joaquim Chissano appear ehausted and drained having repeatedly come across seemingly immovable objects and alternative agendas. One of the key challenges they face is that of how to 4

5 operationalize the requests being made by both parties as well as the need to look at the longer term perspective in terms of finding practical solutions to the questions of social, economic and political eclusion that are behind the problems that eist. In the absence of such solutions and space for negotiation within each party it will be difficult to move the process forward. MASC Foundation continues to closely monitor the situation province by province as it begins the dissemination of its five year strategy. To date activities planned are able to go ahead without any problems including the introduction of Political Economy Analysis which is more relevant than ever to help CSOs become more politically savy. At the end of the day the success of the PEA and subsequent interventions will depend on the identification of organisations and individuals that have the desire, courage and knowhow to play a key role in the governance and peace processes. Early indications from the initial dissemination in Inhambane province demonstrate that the number of CSOs and CBOs in a position to immediately carry out such an analysis are few with many having neither the capacity nor institutional desire to carry out such work. 5

6 3. Eecutive Summary Official launch of the MASC Foundation MASC Foundation was formally launched on the 29 th July 2015 at the Indy Village Hotel, Maputo where over 300 people representing Civil Society, Donors, Political parties and Private Sector were present. The launch included interventions by different stakeholders and a short video on the history of the original CSSM programme and the vision of the new Foundation. The highlight of the evening was the awards ceremony where MASC Foundation awarded certificates of merit to different personalities and institutions crossing diverse social, economic and political backgrounds that had worked in defence of the public cause. The event was covered by all the major media houses and considered a great success and eample of inclusiveness. MASC Etraordinary General Assembly On the 28 th July MASC Foundation held an Etraordinary General Assembly. A total of 22 members were present in the Assembly that unanimously approved all the Foundations systems, procedures and governing policies. An update was also provided on the 2015 Work plan and budget which was also approved. The Assembly ended in the election of new governing bodies for the net three years, the results of which can be found later in this report. Training on Political Economy Analysis As part of the its strategy to introduce Participatory Political Economy Analysis, the MASC Foundation teamed up with Nigeria s State Accountability and Voice Initiative (SAVI) s and held a three day training workshop in Maputo for leading researchers from IESE, CIP, CEPSA and CESC. The training follows MASCs integrated learning by doing approach whereby CSOs trained are given an opportunity to put their knowledge training into operation, in this case to carry out Macro/Sectorial level PEAs in Health, Education and Agriculture. Staff Recruitment The MASC Foundation further strengthened its team with the contracting of staff in the area of Information and Knowledge learning, Capacity Development and Monitoring and Evaluation. The following quarter will see the final staff members being recruited namely the facilitating Agents for the South and North of the Country. 6

7 Rehabilitation of MASC offices Following market research on potential offices for rent, the MASC Foundation decided to remain in their eisting premises which presented the best value for money. It was necessary however to carry out small rehabilitation of the top floor of the office, namely part of the ceiling which had severe dry rot as well as problems of infiltration. The rehabilitated also included the transformation of the top floor into a training room/library with materials in the area of governance. The training room will also serve to host MASC round table events as well as being open for use by its CSO partners and CPs. MASC Foundation in the Provinces MASC has identified premises in Beira that will function not only as the office for its facilitating Agent but also for small training programmes and accommodation for visiting CSOs, MASC staff and CPs. The income from the above will cover the operational costs of the premises as well as reducing training and accommodation costs as part of the MASC Foundation value for money operation. Signing of Joint Funding Agreement MASC Foundation and its cooperating Partners (CPs) are functioning off a Joint Funding Agreement (JFA). To date four CPs have signed the JFA and respective bi lateral agreements, namely DANIDA, Irish Aid and SDC that signed on the 4 th March 2015 and DFID on the 30 th June The Finish Embassy have also indicated that their head office has approved funding for MASC and work is in progress to finalize the contractual process. MASC Foundation Staff and Members Induction The Induction process of the new staff and Founders members has taken place. The Founder members induction was carried out as part of the General Assembly and the new MASC staff were all taken through the MASC strategy, system and procedures on their arrival. The objective is to ensure that everyone understands the MASC Strategy and approach as well as its internal systems and procedures. Information, Knowledge and Learning and Alliance Building The first months of the MASC Foundation has seen visits by BRAC, PRIA India and CDD Ghana which came as a result of the partnerships created in 2014 as part of the transformation of MASC into a local Foundation. BRAC s visited to MASC was to echange ideas around their work of gender empowerment, inclusion, targeting of the poorest of the poor and social enterprises. As a result of their visit areas of possible collaboration and technical 7

8 assistance were identified in particular with local organizations in Nampula that are already active in supporting Small and Medium size business namely MIRUKU and OPHAVELA. MASC will continue to dialogue with BRAC on the possible role out of such a programme in the future. The visit of PRIA India primarily focused in the area of E-Learning and how they could support MASC Foundation in the setting up of an e-learning platform in Mozambique. MASC is also currently working with Aga Khan Foundation in this area and together with a group of eight other CSOs that are testing CSO E- learning training material. The following quarter will provide a detailed proposal from both entities on how such a platform can be set up for the Foundation. The visit of CDD Ghana was around creating working partnership in the creation and introduction of a local governance barometer in Mozambique based on the Afrobarometer. CDD is also looking to link up with MASC Foundation as part of an initiative to consolidate the idea of an Africa Foundation for Governance where MASC and other similar mechanisms will come together to create an African Development Think-tank. 8

9 4. Introduction The objective of the progress report is to assess the progress in implementing the activities as outlined in the Annual Work Plan and Budget and the respective targets, outputs and outcomes as per the MASC Foundation Theory of Change and Log Frame. The report is submitted to the Board of Administration and Donors for feedback and approval. Overall progress in delivering the outputs and outcomes will be reported in the annual report. The basic reference document for this report is the MASC work plan for the period from March to December This report covers the si month period from March to August The Financial Report for the same period is prepared in a separate document. 9

10 5. Progress related to Output 1 and Output 2 Output 1: Mechanisms for improving strategic engagement with political and public policy processes eist for marginalized citizens Output 2: Platforms for greater evidence-informed state-citizen dialogue enhanced at all levels (involving CSOs, elected reps, media, and bureaucrats) Activity 1: Provide grants to CSOs MASC Foundation, as per its operational manual will be running four types of funds for the net five years namely: Strategic Funds for 3-5 year funding for institutions working at Macro and Provincial level on alternative political policies, Innovation Funds for 1-3 years that will include, but not be limited to, use of IT in monitoring quality of basic service provision, Rapid Response funds for short and immediate advocacy interventions of up 3-12 months and Small/medium funds for 1-3 years issue based interventions largely identified as a result of PEA. Masc will be financing 30 grants per year as per table1 below. Table1 : Number and type of funds planned per year Type of Fund Estimated number per Estimated average value per grant year Small / Medium 20 25,000 Strategic 5 150,000 Innovation 2 70,000 Rapid Response 3 25,000 Total 30 The focus of MASC interventions will be Advocacy projects which will cover 70% of funding whilst the remaining 30% will be allocated to Monitoring projects. The MASC Fund will be distributed equally between the 10 provinces + Maputo City 10

11 and funding in each province will be split 70% City Capital based interventions and 30% Distirct/Community based. The basis of MASC projects will be that of supporting organisations in consortiums with lead organisations identified in each case. MASC Foundation, that will be focussing on social justice and democratisation, will identify the issues to be supported through the use of eisting research data and the use of Political Economy Analysis as part of each grant to identify the key actors, win-win scenarios (short, medium and long term) and formal and informal advocacy strategies to achieve the intended changes. MASC foundation will be making a series of call for proposals, both to carry out the PEA but also to respond to eisting areas of intervention (thematic and geographic). Activity 1 Funds linked to Macro and Sectorial PEAs As illustrated below the four grants were approved in the month of August 2015 to carry out three Political Economy Analysis, namely one Macro and two sectorial (Education and Health). MASC Foundation also awarded one rapid response grant to AMJ (Associação Moçambicana de Juizes) for an International Conference in Maputo. (see Capacity Development Section for more details). Table 2: Grants Approved to date N Acronym OSC Full Name Title of Proposal Duration Value 1 CEPSA Centro de Pesquisa Em População e Saúde Sectorial Political Economy Analysis in the 01/08/ /01/2016 2,074,200.00Mts 2 CESC Centro de Aprendizagem e Capacitação da Sociedade Civil. area of Health Sectorial Political Economy Analysis in the area of Education 6 months 01/08/ /01/ months 1,883,586.00Mts 3 CIP Centro De Integridade Pública 4 AMJ Associação Moçambicana de Macro Political Economy Analysis International Conference on 01/08/ /01/2016 3,335,738.00Mts 6 months 3 Months 745, Mts 11

12 Juizes Environment, Human Rights and Rights state of Portuguese speaking African Countries 12

13 6. Progress related to Output 3 Output 3: Credible, legitimate CSOs, media, private sector, community leaders identified and have their capacity to influence public policy enhanced Activity 1: Training CSOs on Participatory Political Economy Analysis methodology The past seven years has seen MASC centre its work around a demand-based good governance and accountability agenda. The Foundation will continue in the area of governance but focus on achieving a more inclusive democratisation and social justice issue based agenda that is based on a continuous process of identifying priority democratisation issues that affect citizens around which to broker and strengthen dialogue between civil society, government (e.g. eecutive, parliament and judiciary), private sector and the communities. One of the forms of identifying the issues to be addressed by MASC will be by the use of political and economic analysis (PEA) to be undertaken at national, sub national, micro level and sectorial level creating, consolidating and reinforcing initiatives that strengthen civil society capacity to engage in a smart and politically savvy way within its constructive engagement with government, private sector and communities for collective problem solving. As part of this process MASC Foundation carried out its first training workshop for Research based institutions on PEA at Macro, sub National and Sectorial level. The workshop was carried out in coordination with the Nigerian based State Accountability and Voice Initiative (SAVI) and led by Dr.Ishaya Bajama: a Nigerian Nacional with in-depth eperience of implementing participatory Political and Economic Analysis as part of SAVIs work and MASCs Dr. Fletcher Tembo epert in Monitoring and Evaluation and Theory of change on Governance programmes implemented by the Overseas Development Institute. The training took place between the 5 th and 7 th of May at the Hotel Tivoli and a total of 9 participants took part (4 male and 5 female). The participants, for this pilot workshop, were selected based on their previous eperience in carrying out similar studies and their area of specialty that MASC considered would be 13

14 identified as key areas in the future. This being the case CEPSA was invited to focus on Health and Population, OMR to focus on Agriculture and Natural Resources, CIP to focus on Macro level analysis including corruption and CESC to focus on Education. The training followed MASCs strategy of having an integrated learning by doing approach whereby the its capacity development interventions are not carried out in isolation but rather followed by practical intervention and continuing technical assistance. This guarantees that its investments in capacity development bring immediate and practical results to both the programme and the institution being trained. Table 3: Overview of Participants Name of Organisation Area of Specialty Centro de Pesquisa Em Health and População e Saúde Population (CEPSA) Observatório Sobre o Meio Rural. (OMR) Agriculture and Natural Resources Number of M F Participants Centro de Integridade Publica.(CIP) Corruption Centro de Education Aprendizagem e Capacitação da Sociedade Civil.(CESC) Total Training Objectives There were four specific objectives for this training, namely: a) To get a clear understanding of how to practically work with civil society organisations in Mozambique using PEA to think and act politically, as a key principle of their project designs, implementation and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning 14

15 b) To develop a PEA learning by doing approach and guidelines within MASC that is fit for supporting local CSOs to use PEA as their base for politically smart and savvy civil society interventions in working with state, private sector and other important stakeholders. c) To provide training / echange of eperiences with leading local researchers around the participatory component of the SAVI PEA process. d) To act as preparation and a stepping stone for local research institutions to then carry out different Participatory PEA s. Immediate results of the Training As a result of the training: a) MASC and SAVI drew up guidelines to carry out Macro/SubNational Sectorial and Micro level guidelines for CSOs to carry out Participatory PEA. b) The four organizations drew up proposals to implement pilot PEAs in their respective areas demonstrating an understanding and appreciation of the approach. (see output 1 for more details on grants awarded for PEA work) 15

16 7. Progress related to Output 4 Output 4: MASC is consolidated as a national and regional center of ecellence on evidence-informed democratic development with social justice The recent history of instability, conflict and political tension in the country means that mutual respect and discussions on issues and not individuals are elements that need to be negotiated in order to reach some consensus (see Booth, 2012). The lack of any clear division between the ruling party, government and state and different individual and political interests demands Civil Society to become more politically aware and develop the necessary skills to be able to identify, understand, negotiate and influence the key game changers. The MASC Foundation strategy places it as a broker for such dialogue. For this to be possible it must be seen as a dynamic and independent voice that has the combination of courage, technical capacity and vision to be accepted as a valid interlocutor that not only highlights the challenges but also bring solutions to the table. As part of this process the MASC Foundation carried out the following interventions: Activity 1: MASC in the Media MASC Director interview SAVANA Newspaper 6/8/2015 The MASC Director interview had the objective of not only raising issues of the performance of the new government and President but also the work of the MASC Foundation. 16

17 Activity 2: Dissemination of MASC Official Launch of MASC Foundation MASC Foundation was formally launched on the 29 th July 2015, at Indy Village Hotel in the city of Maputo. The ceremony, attended by over 300 people, included interventions by the MASC Foundation President, Eecutive Director and DANIDA in representation of the cooperating Partners. This was followed by a promotional video which as well as highlighting the gains from the last seven years of the CSSM/MASC included interviews with Founder members on their hopes and aspirations for the new Foundation. The highlight of the event was undoubtedly the awards ceremony which followed where the MASC Foundation paid tribute to various personalities and institutions. The awarding of certificates to and from people from different social, economic and political backgrounds, for their contribution to the defence of the public cause, offered a truly inclusive ceremony where people recognised the importance and potential of MASC Foundation as an independent interlocutor with the professional capacity and vision to put such events and bring such different people together under the same roof for a common cause. The award winners included Rui Baltazar, Graça Machel, Ismail Ossemane, Ivone Soares, Maria Alice Mabota, Carlos Castel-Branco, Catandica Community Radio and the village development associations Namuapala and Nagua among others. Several Municipalities were also awarded certificates as well as the ministries of Education and Health and two private sector companies. The event was considered huge success and an eample of inclusiveness. Dissemination workshops at provincial and District Level The objective of the workshops was to continue the process of disseminating the MASC Foundation strategy at provincial and district level. Inhambane was the first destination with 10 organizations and platforms being invited from each district to participate in the different workshops with those working in the area of governance being given priority. Of the 140 participants invited a total of 121 participated from all of the province with the districts of Inhassoro, Massinga, Inharrime and the city 17

18 of Inhambane chosen to host the workshops as indicated below. Of the 121 participants 51 (42%) were women. Table 4 District participants in Inhambane workshops Local do Workshop Districts Total Participants Inhassoro Inhassoro Vilanculos Mabote Govuro 28 Massinga Massinga Funhaloro 14 Inhambane Cidade Cidade de Maie Homoíne 50 Inhambane Morrumbene Jangamo Inharrime Inharrime Zavala Panda 29 Total Activity 3: Promoting Debates Round Table: Definition of Civil Society in Mozambique On the 18th August 2015, MASC hosted a round table debate under the title Rethinking civil society from a Southern perspective The round table forms part of an ongoing study by Tanja Kleibl who after many years of working in Mozambique has returned to carry out research as part of her doctorate course. The research centres around the definition of Civil Society in Mozambique and this round table meeting was the second of its kind following the first held in August 2014 where a small Focus group discussion with NGOs, Academia and Donors was held to discuss the original research topic. The meeting led to the creation of a local research advisory team, elements of which were invited to this follow-up round table where Tanja presented the initial results of her research carried out in 18

19 Zambezia and Inhambane provinces. The workshop included a presentation of the power groups identified by the research and a discussion on how to incorporate the unsocial civil society within the definition of civil society in Mozambique. Table 5: Participants in Round Table Debate Male Female Total Activity 4: Alliance Building Regional /International Visits for MASC Foundation by BRAC Bangladesh, PRIA India and CDD Ghana The Month of July saw the visit of PRIA India and CDD Ghana to the MASC Foundation which followed up on the partnership started in 2014 as part of the transformation of MASC into a local Foundation. Visit of PRIA : Participatory Research In Asia PRIA International Academy (PIA) was set up in 2005 to share PRIA s accumulated eperience for more than 30 years with the wider audience working on issues related to development, democracy and governance around the globe. PRIA s perspectives on participatory research and learning within the framework and principles of adult learning guided the development of Distance Learning Education through e-learning mode. In 2014, as part of their echange of eperience with other Social Accountability programmes, MASC epressed its interest in entering into collaboration with PRIA to establish an e-learning platform for their intervention areas. Dr. Kaustuv Kanti Bandyopadhyay, Director of PRIA attended the launch ceremony of MASC in Maputo in July 2015 and discussed this possibility in detail. Following this discussion PRIA agreed to prepare short note outlining a roadmap to support this endeavour of MASC. This proposed note is a broad outline of the activities that would need to take place for developing an effective e-learning programme, namely: Designing and developing a strategy for e-learning programme Designing and developing e-learning courses Establishing a technology platform for offering e-learning courses Implementation of e-learning programme using online and distance learning (ODL) methodology 19

20 The results of the PRIA partnership approach will be part of the net quarterly progress report with them due to report back to MASC in August Visit of CDD Ghana The discussion around the collaboration between MASC and CDD-Ghana focus on four specific areas: (1) developing agreed indicators for Mozambique on quality of democracy and accountability with emphasis on inter-group relationships, ethnicity, regional disparity etc; (2) MASC interest in covering the cost for conducting the net round of Afro Barometer survey in Mozambique (June 2016) and in eploring the regional question in the net round of AB survey; (3) CDD- Ghana to support the production of yearly state of the nation report (i.e. methodology and instrument); (4) Establishing the Africa Foundation for Governance (AFFG) MASC to consult with donor partners on governance indicators CDD-Ghana to develop a dataset of available governance indees such as APRM inde, Mo Ibrahim governance indicator, Transparency International inde, Freedom House, MISA, Global Integrity Inde, Ominbus Inde, World Governance Institute, OSISA inde etc. MASC and CDD-Ghana to facilitate a dialogue on AFFG The following areas were identified for possible capacity building interventions: a) Research based advocacy on social accountability work tracking public ependiture (i.e. where public funding is going and outputs) through sharing of methodologies b) Monitoring the progress of governance at district level district development league table c) Developing CSOs capacity around election observation and in conducting parallel vote counting (PVC) d) Echange visit for the purposes of embeddedness within CDD MASC and CDD-Ghana to structure the relationship through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) detailing specific work areas. MASC to send 3 persons to CDD-Ghana in October/November on study visit. 20

21 Visit of BRAC Bangladesh BRAC s visited to MASC was to echange ideas for collaboration around ultrapoor,adolescent/gender and Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) related programming. As a result of their visit areas of possible collaboration and technical. BRAC met with IESE, Aga Khan Foundation, Muruku, Ophavela and Irish Aid during their brief visit. After consideration, BRAC determined that it is unable at this time to implement directly in Mozambique due to operational, and added local language constraints. BRAC is able however to engage and advise MASC on the following: Knowledge transfer and demonstrating programs at work BRAC etended an invitation for Immersion visits for the ELA and Targeting the Ultra Poor program for MASC and committed on-the-ground implementers of livelihoods (agriculture/ trade), financial access (savings), and youth empowerment activities. BRAC would welcome current or potential MASC partners engaging in skills training/ capacity building of end clients. BRAC also offer the opportunity to visit other BRAC programming in Agriculture and Microfinance in East Africa and Bangladesh. BRAC would be especially interested in Immersion Echange options wherein BRAC staff could also learn from local programming efforts of strong partners in Mozambique around SME training and linkages, farmer cooperative training etc. Technical advisory If/when MASC Foundation attains additional funding for SMEs and has completed a stakeholder mapping and narrowed in on geographic locations and primary partners, BRAC could return to Mozambique to help eplore localized feasibility. This could include eploring the following dimensions: Localized feasibility of delivering impactful programming for identified partners. Identify organizational capacity constraints and recommendations to address these constraints Rapid assessments of livelihood options for SME or youth programming 21

22 Design of mini pilots to test program/ service delivery Research/ evaluation design recommendations for intended programs Activity 5: Alliance Building Local A number of meetings have been held in respect to identifying key strategic partners for MASC not only in terms of direct support but also coordinating resources for most efficient and effective use of donor Funds. These have included the CSO Platform for CSOs working on Health, HIV Aids and Human Rights (PLASOC), Ordem de Advogados, PRODEM and PSC-PS - Plataforma da Sociedade Civil Moçambicana para Protecção Social Activity 6: MASC Foundation Website The MASC Webpage has been designed and is currently in the phase of roll out including the part of completing the information based on the recently approved systems, procedures and policies. The Page will have monthly release from September to the end of the year where visitors will have additional information available to them. The page will include an overview and map of where MASC funds are being allocated as well as a detailed information centre for organisations working on the Governance area. Activity 7: MASC Public Awareness Material As part of its initial outreach approach MASC Foundation produced a promotional video which was shown at the MASC launch ceremony. The video illustrates both the work of MASC in the previous 7 years and the vision of the MASC Foundation through the eyes of some of its Founder Members. MASC is presently looking to add the recent launch to the video footage to act as an introduction to MASC Foundation for use on its webpage and in the social media. 22

23 8. Highlights of Outcomes of MASC interventions This section will be used to update the members and donors about progress in relation to the outcomes and impacts alongside the progress of the interventions supported by the MASC Foundation in the current phase. A more detailed picture in this regard will be provided in the Annual Reports and complemented through other MASC dissemination mechanisms such as Fact Sheets, videos, the website among others. 23

24 9. Monitoring progress of MASC approved 2015 work plan TABLE 6: MASC Foundation 2015 Workplan Nº Description of the activities Epected results M A M J J A S O N D B1.0 Political Economy Analysis (PEA): Identification of key priority areas and issues to be addressed B1_01_PEA Terms of reference for PEA Terms of reference circulated to selected research institutes Completed B1_02_PEA Terms of reference and contracting of SAVI Mentor for training SAVI Mentor contracted to carry out training on PEA Completed B1_03_PEA Identification of CSOs and local consultant to be trained and conduct participatory PEA s CSOs and local consultant identified for training on participatory PEA Completed B1_04_PEA PEA-Identification of key priority areas and issues to be addressed PEA's completed at National, Sub-National and Micro Level In Course B1_05_PEA Low level dissemination of results (key issues identified) Results of key issues from PEA disseminated CEPSA in October B2.0 - Integral Training Packages Support B2_01_ITPS Design of terms of reference for regional offices Offices identified in Nampula and Sofala for regional representatives Completed 24

25 B2_02_ITPS Training workshop for research institutions on participatory PEA CSOs and local consultant trained on participatory PEA Completed B2_03_ITPS Organizational capacity and risk assessment of pre-approved applications Diligence tests carried out and risk assessment in place Will de done on approval of first PEA projects in October/Novemeber B2_04_ITPS Drafting of detailed Organizational Capacity Development Plan and Technical Support Detailed plan of action to address weaknesses identified in the diligence test designed and implemented Will de done on approval of first PEA projects in October/Novemeber B2_05_ITPS Drafting and submission of a complete project document Transformation of concept note into complete project with Baseline, ToC, M&E Framework, Log Frame, Advocacy Plan etc. In course to be presented in October B2_06_ITPS Training on instruments for data collection MASC grantees trained on use of data collection instruments Will be done on approval of first PEA projects in October/Novemeber B3.0 - Alliance building B3_01_AB Mapping of key alliances and approach to renovate the same (e.g G20,MEPT, FORCOM, Platforms on Health and Nutrition, Water and Sanitation, Natural Strategy for restructuring of Advocacy Networks in place In course 25

26 and Mineral Resources) B3_02_AB Trip to India for MoU with SEWA to train different groups in the informal markets and PRIA for E-Learning MoU signed for implementation of E-Learning and training for informal market traders. In course B4.0 - Integrity building and Rapid response Training Packages B4_01_IB Transparency Inde : Design of tools and instruments with Ordem de Contabilistas e Auditores Tools and instruments designed to measure the transparency and integrity in the Administrative and financial processes of CSOs To be elaborated in last quarter 1.0 General Management C1_01_GM Completion of final activities, Audit and DFID closure report completed on CSSM programme CSSM Programme successfully closed Completed C1_02_GM Grants and capacity development tools designed All MASC Foundation's operational Manuals completed Completed C1_03_GM Signature of Contracts and Joint Funding Arrangement with Donors First contracts signed permitting the MASC Foundation to function for the first 12 months DANIDA, Irish Aid, SDC, DFID have all signed JFA C1_04_GM ToR and Signature of contracts with key MASC Foundation Staff Key MASC Foundation Staff in place Just missing one contract for Faciltating Agent I 26

27 the North C1_05_GM ToR and contracting of company for rehabilitation of MASC Foundation office MASC Foundation office operational Completed C1_06_GM Setup of MASC office, meeting room, library, visitors space, reception MASC Foundation office fully functional Just missing reception and entrance C1_07_GM Translate all MASC Foundation Policies into Portuguese All MASC Foundation policies available in Portuguese Completed C1_08_GM Induction for MASC Foundation Staff All staff with a full understanding of the Foundation's Strategic Plan, Methodology and Procedures etc. Completed C1_09_GM Holding of MASC Foundation General Assembly Approval of MASC Foundation Policy documents, Workplan and election of governing boards Completed C1_10_GM MASC Foundation Policy and approach induction for Donors and Founder members Donors and Founder Members fully aware of MASC Foundation's Strategies and Policies Completed C1_11_GM Progress reporting Quarterly Report made and circulated to Board 1sr report Completed C1_12_GM Quarterly Board Meeting Board Meeting Completed 27

28 C2.0 Information, Knowledge and learning: Outreach and Networking C2_01_IKL Contract entity for MASC Foundation Branding, Web Page etc MASC Publicity material, Logo, business cards, letter heads, roll up etc and webpage completed Publicity Material Webpage to be gradually rolled out from September C2_02_IKL Round Table meeting between eperts on results based monitoring Echange on eperiences on results based monitoring held To be held on completion of tools and logframe C2_03_IKL Launch of MASC Foundation + International Conference MASC Foundation Launched as part of international conference on corruption Completed C3.0 Monitoring & Evaluation C3_01_ME Design of terms of reference and implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation database Monitoring and evaluation database in operation NVIVO to be operational in October 2015 C3_02_ME Definition of final MASC Foundation indicators and data to be collected based in part on results of PEA's Log Frame Indicators and data collection tools completed X In course to be completed in October C3_03_ME MASC Baseline on results of PEA, Afrobarometer, information from the field. MASC baseline in place Final Baseline due November 2015 C3_04_ME Final logframe, indicators, theory of change MASC M&E Framework completed Final Version due October

29 C3_05_ME Follow up the implementation of the grants projects through monitoring visits First M&E visits carried out First visits ref PEA contracts in course C4.0 Grant Process Management C4_01_G Grants database designed Grants database and on-line service functioning In Course for integration on Website C4_02_G Call for proposals based on issues identified in PEA divided by Innovation, Policy Development, and Brokering Call for proposals launched at National, Sub-National and Micro Level First call Inhambane PEA Sept 2015 C4_03_G Receipt and Assessment of grant applications Applications analyzed by MU functions on clear criteria of eligibility and relevance to MASC Priorities PEA Inhambane proposals- October 2015 C4_04_G Grants Committee Meeting Grant Committee minutes with committee comments and decisions of proposals presented First Meeting Completed Net Meeting October 2015 C4_05_G Preparation and communication (letters, phone, meetings) of feed-back on proposals Applying CSOs receive feedback letter on assessment of their proposal Continuous C4_06_G Grant Committee Meeting - for final approval Grant Committee minutes indicating final list of proposals approved First meeting Completed Net meeting Oct /Nov

30 C4_07_G Set up meetings for contracts signature, training on MASC contract terms and conditions and reporting procedures and guidelines. Contracts signed and all new grantees with understanding on Terms and conditions and reporting requirements First contracts Completed Net due November 2015 C4_08_G Request to bank for transfer of funds First transfer of funds to new grantees First Transfers Completed 30

31 Tracking Value for Money Indicators This section will be dedicated to the tracking of Value for Money Indicators. MASC Foundation is in the process of identifying these at Economy, Efficiency and Effectiveness levels. Baseline values will then be defined for all the indicators at the three levels and Milestones set in the net quarter. Below are some of the indicators under consideration. 31

32 Civil Society Support Mechanism (CSSM) 32 TABLE 7: Monitoring progress against Value for Money Indicators Nº Value for Money Indicators Baseline 1 Milestone Economy 1 Staff costs as a percentage of the total budget Efficiency 2 Cost per training per beneficiary CSO Milestone Target 2019 Forecast Actual Forecast Actual Forecast Actual 3 Cost of training per beneficiary (per person) 4 Cost of Mentoring (per CSO) 5 Percentage of programme budget going on Programme technical support vs. Pure Administrative and management overheads 2 6 Time (Number of days) to process a grant from close of call to first fund transfer request to Bank 1 Baselines are based on data (average) of the first 4.5 years of CSSM implementation see project document Staff time is divided between administrative duties (planning, budgeting, staff meetings etc.) and programme duties (such as technical assistance to grantees, monitoring/follow up of grantees' projects, workshop training, facilitation, mentorships, networking etc.).

33 Civil Society Support Mechanism (CSSM) 33 7 Division of funding envelope by size of grant 3 Nº of Strategic Grants Nº of Small Grants Nº of Innovative Grants Nº of Rapid Response Grants 8 Ability to cover the 11 provinces and an increasing number of districts through MASC funded projects. Provinces Districts 9 Percentage of Grant beneficiaries (CSOs/CBOs) based in the districts 3 Baseline 2011 and final target 2015 based on CSSM etension document (August 2012). The milestones are cumulative. The figures will rise once the results of the call for small proposals for 2013 are included in the net quarter..

34 Civil Society Support Mechanism (CSSM) Lessons Learnt PEA Training and initial dissemination In general the organizations are appreciative of the PEA approach but aware that it's a step up for many of them. CSO have demonstrated a limited understanding of being savi in their work and implies that a huge investment will be necessary. It s unlikely that an individual CBO will be capable of carrying out the first general Micro PEA. Although in General the District Platforms are the most active within the workshops they still require much work to be representative and work in true coordination. Through disseminating the programme at district level, MASC is already reaching organisations (including informal) that previously it had not had direct contact with. For their part the organisations recognise that no other donors gets down to this level The number of organisations with a project in course (eternal funding) is less than 10% of those encountered, it is therefore not surprising that one of the key concerns and interests of CSOs is that of sustainability Although the women s participation has been acceptable in terms of numbers, their interventions are mostly out of the meeting space Initial feedback from the Ministry of Education, Health, Provincial Governors has been very positive with much interest to set a meeting with MASC The question of dissemination of the results of the PEA is one being raised by potential partners, suggesting that the most sensitive information be hidden for fear of reprisals The terms Political Economy Analysis has also been adapted in different moments both by MASC and their partners as it creates a level of concern for the government MASC Foundation Launch The official launch of the MASC Foundation was considered a huge success by all those at the event and those that accompanied the event in the media. Around 200 hundred people were epected to attend but the final figure actually reached over 300. Over 80% of the award winners were present in the event and mass media coverage was achieved. Despite the success of the event, MASC is always looking to improve and identified the following areas for the future: The formal letter sent to the President should have been submitted earlier and included a request to identify a substitute in his absence;.

35 Civil Society Support Mechanism (CSSM) 35 The sending of invitations and confirmations, despite being a time consuming process, cannot be 100% outsourced; More use should have been made of individual meetings with the potential award winners and those handing over the certificates for preparation purposes; Confirmation of the award winners should have been obtained earlier; The mestre of ceremonies should have received more background information to each award winner to permit a more complete introduction. Fundraising LIGADA Proposal The process of making a large proposal needs to begin months in advance as does the identification of potential team members to secure the best candidates. The use of outside epertise was very useful in understanding what the donor was likely to be looking for The outsourcing of specific skills was a success The potential team leaders should assume more responsibility in the bidding process The involvement of those organisations working as part of the MASC consortium was both very useful in terms of discussing approaches and helped ensure total transparency in the whole process. The possibility of a local organisation in winning such a bidding process is still minimum, however the process served to put MASC Foundation on the Map as a potential partner for the future.

36 Civil Society Support Mechanism (CSSM) Management Internal Governance, General and Financial Management and Monitoring and Evaluation and Interaction with Cooperation Partners Activity 1: Interaction with Cooperation Partners (CPs) Donors Diligence Testes In March 2015 donors carried out their respective due diligence and risk assessment analysis of the MASC Foundation. DFID, Danida and Irish Aid made a joint assessment while SDC carried out its own assessment. The results demonstrated that the Foundation was a low risk partner being well placed to manage and successfully implement donor funding. This was due to it not only having detailed systems, procedures and policies but also its track record in implementing similar levels of funding with the same donors over the last seven years and the fact that the key staff remain in place. It is not therefore a new organization in terms of its internal capacity. Joint Funding Agreement (JFA) On the 4 th and 5 th March 2015, DANIDA, Irish Aid and SDC signed the Joint Funding Agreement with the MASC Foundation, the official signing ceremony on the 4 th was held in the Hotel Cardosa where leading Civil Society personalities and institutions were present to witness the event. The same JFA was also signed with DFID on the 30 th June. The JFA outlines the common provisions and procedures for cooperation between the Cooperating partners (CPs) and CPs relationship with the MASC Foundation. The objective of the JFA is to establish the basic modalities and procedures for cooperation between the parties towards the operation and consolidation of MASC. The CPs subscribing to the JFA support emphasizes donors agreement to a common; monitoring and Evaluation Framework, Log Frame and Results, Narrative and Financial Report and Annual Audit. All Donors are contributing to a percentage of the overall five year programme and not funding particular activities/outputs..

37 Civil Society Support Mechanism (CSSM) 37 As well as the JFA the MASC Foundation also signed bi-lateral contracts with the CPs. To date MASC has signed with DANIDA, Irish Aid,SDC and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with DFID. Donor Induction On the 5 th and 6 th August MASC held a CP Induction workshop at its offices. The objective of the workshop was to allow the CPs to have an in-depth understanding of the MASC Approach and policies and procedures. It was also an opportunity to clarify points around definition of administration costs, the type and level of data that the donors will required in the progress reports and dates and responsibilities around Annual and Mid Terms reviews and Audit. The workshop was considered to be very useful from both MASC and the CP s point of view. Table 8 : The key points raised in the Donor Induction workshop: Day 1: 5 th August 2015 MASC Administrative Cost in comparison with Private Consultancy Companies and International /National NGOs MASC Foundation Policies and Procedures Use of the PEA, capacity development, access to information Knowledge learning and Reporting Outline Quarterly Progress report Annual Progress Report MASC was congratulated for its work and transparency around the question of salaries and administration costs. The CPs had no further questions on this issue. MASC called attention to the CPs that they should be aware that the use of the Political Economy Analysis approach being proposed by MASC which will largely prioritize CSOs at District and community level and see equal distribution of funds nationwide was an innovative approach that was likely to create much pressure from the larger Maputo city and provincial capital based organizations looking for large funding. More information on the role out of PEA can be found in the Capacity Development section of this report. MASC presented the basic outline to the Narrative progress report, namely Introduction and Table of Contents Abbreviations and Acronyms Eecutive Summary Brief Analysis of Socio-Political Environment Progress related to Output 1 4 Progress related to Outcomes 1+2.