Volunteers for Prosperity Year 2 Activities

H. Key Products and Reports for Year 2

The following table lists the key products and reports that will be produced in Year 2 along with the deadline or expected completion dates and key individuals at USAID who will receive copies. Key Products and Outputs Schedule Recipient Program Reports Richard Volk, CTO and Joseph Schmidt, AO Year 1 Semi-annual Report 31-Dec-05 Year 2 Semi-annual Report and PMP Report 30-Jun-06 Year 3 Work Plan and PMP report 1-Oct-06 Year 2 Semi-annual Report 31-Dec-06 Financial Reports quarterly Forms SF 269, 269a Richard Volk,CTO Forms SF 272,272a R. Volk,CTO www.dpm.psc.gov Trainet Data win 30 days of event USAID Trainet database Ecuador - livelihood workshop Mar-06 Ecuador - promoter workshop Apr-06 Nicaragua - blood cockle capacity building workshops 3 Nov-05 Nicaragua - alternative livelihood workshops 3 Jun-06 Nicaragua - FINCAMAR eco-tourism feasibility analysis training Apr-06 Nicaragua - training of producers Jun-06 Tanzania- milkfish farming national training workshop TBD Tanzania - regional training workshop Dec-05 Volunteer Reports Volunteers for Prosperity upon request VfP Coordinator Publications win 30 days of pub. Richard Volk, CTO and USAID Clearinghouse Ecuador - extension manuals 3 Dec-05 Ecuador - cost benefit analysis for alternative livelihoods Mar-06 Tanzania - extension manuals 2 Jun-06 Global - governance baselining bulletin Sep-06 Global - marketing livelihood products Jun-06 Quarterly - win 45 days of Dec 31, March 31, June 30, and September 30 PMP Report - evidence for all dataentries for each indicator on file at CRC, available on request Financial Reports - submitted by URI Controllers Office Trainet Data - includes as applicable stakeholder compacts, liability waivers, individual participant information, training cost summary, drug use waiver. Backup data on file at CRC, available on request Volunteer Reports - limited information provided in PMP Report, detailed data for the VfP annual report available on request 52

IV. Associate Awards

During Year 1, a key objective for associate awards was to inform USAID Missions about the Integrated Management of Coastal and Fresh Water Systems IMCAFS SUCCESS LWA mechanism. SUCCESS cooperated with the USAID Water Team and the Global Water for Sustainability GLOWS Program to develop and distribute a joint SUCCESS–GLOWS flyer targeted primarily at USAID Missions and Bureaus. CRC also developed a stand-alone flyer with information specifically on the SUCCESS Program. SUCCESS team members have met with each Mission where there are SUCCESS Leader activities on-the-ground Tanzania, Ecuador, Nicaragua and have briefed them on Program activities. This communication with missions about the SUCCESS LWA mechanism and accomplishments to date in the countries where the SUCCESS Programs operate will continue. One Associate Award – the Post-Tsunami Sustainable Coastal Livelihoods Program in Thailand – was made to URICRC on March 14, 2005 under the SUCCESS Leader Award. Missions are also supporting and funding complementary activities in Tanzania and Ecuador. Although not awarded through the LWA mechanism, these are considered leveraged and complementary funding for our activities. The expectation and hope is for additional associate awards in the years ahead and these will provide opportunities for additional engagement by the family of SUCCESS partners. The LWA Associate and non-associate USAID supported activities in SUCCESS countries are briefly outlined below. Performance management and reporting on USAID indicators and Life-of-Program LOP indicators for the leader award does not include data from associate awards. Such data, however, is included in Performance reports submitted to the Missions that issue the associate award and copies are furnished to the cognizant technical officer CTO for the SUCCESS Leader Award. A summary of past and projected Year 2 results for the Thailand Associate Award are also provided below. Thailand: The Post-Tsunami Sustainable Coastal Livelihoods Program is a model Program to demonstrate sustainable coastal communities that are resilient to economic and environmental shocks. This Program was created in response to the December 26, 2004 tsunami disaster. The USAID Regional Development MissionAsia RDMA provided an associate award to the Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island in the form of a grant of US3 million to rebuild and diversify sustainable coastal livelihoods of severely affected fishing communities on the Andaman Coast of Thailand and to demonstrate effective practices of community-based disaster preparedness. The Program has a 30-month time horizon, with an end date of September 30, 2007. It is implemented in a partnership with the Asia Institute for Technology AIT, University of Hawaii, Coca-Cola Thailand, WWF Thailand, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, and other local partners. The Program selected five tsunami-affected villages in Ranong Province, south of the Myanmar border for the demonstration initiative. The villages are within Laemson National Park. They are small, rural, predominantly fisheries and agriculture dependent communities, consisting of approximately 731 households and 4,560 people. 6 The communities suffered from the death of over 160 of their residents, the loss of over 220 fishing boats, engines and gear as well as scores of homes, public buildings and coastal infrastructure destroyed or damaged. The livelihoods of these communities were devastated. 6 2004 census data. 53 In the aftermath, and because they are among the poorest coastal communities in Thailand and depend on local ecosystems for their economic well-being, these communities have expressed a strong interest in livelihood rehabilitation and improved resource management. A key goal of the Program is therefore to demonstrate participatory integrated coastal management ICM strategies and good practices for reconstruction that provide tangible on-the-ground results, and that are also environmentally sustainable. Fisheries-related ecosystems, for example, must be protected, and boats, fishing gear and practices should be compatible with responsible fisheries to ensure sustainable long-term fisheries production. The specific objectives of the Program are to: ● Establish a common vision and coordinated approach to rehabilitation ● Restart and diversify livelihoods, especially those that rely on healthy coastal resources ● Redesign damaged coastal infrastructure and reduce vulnerability to future natural hazards ● Build capacity for planning and decision-making in the coastal zone ● Promote learning and share experience in Thailand and the region Activities are organized into four Program components: ● Facilitate Consensus and Create a Unified Vision for Action ● Restart and Develop Sustainable Livelihoods ● Site, Design and Construct Coastal Public Infrastructure ● Enhance Management Capacity The Program was made fully operational shortly after the original award was made in March 2005. A Program office was established at the Tambon administrative office TAO. Two full- time local field staff coordinators were hired along with two expatriate staff - a Chief of Party based in Bangkok at AIT and a Field Site Manager assigned at the field site. The Program is already producing significant results including: ● 69 people 44 male, 25 female employed in cash-for-work activities for a total of 941 person days ● 20 fishing micro-enterprises all male restarted through replacement of 20 long-tail fishing boats ● 12 persons 1 male, 11 female received financial assistance to start a catering service. This business provides catering services to organizations doing rehabilitation work in the villages ● 250 persons received business and micro-credit training ● Nine people 8 male, 1 female were trained in basics of catfish fish seed production ● One section approximately 1 km of dirt road in one village was improved The first workplan for the start-up period from March 15 – September 30, 2005 was prepared and approved by the RDMA Mission Cognizant Technical Officer CTO. This workplan includes a PMP framework including Life-of-Program targets. The original 36-month, 2-million award was modified to a 30 month, 3-million award in September of 2006. The Program Statement was modified along with Life-of-Program targets and a Year 2 workplan prepared in September. Year 2 activities in Thailand will expand the scope of activities and number of partners that we will be working with at the site level. The progress made in setting up the Program and site­ 54