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HO-TROSA 2 Oxfam and partners are designing (as per the request of Sida Bangkok) a follow up phase of the Transboundary Rivers of South Asia (TROSA) program for the period 2023-2027. This is called TROSA 2 or (tentatively) Building Resilience Across Shared Waters (BRASWaters). The program builds on the insights and results from the current phase, findings and recommendations from the evaluations (mid-term and end of program), and discussions with current TROSA partners during the Annual Learning Forum (held between05 and 06 May 2022in Kathmandu).

The overall objective of the program is to strengthen the climate resilience of riverine communities in the transboundary Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) river basins. Based on the learnings from TROSA 1 and the changed geopolitical context in theregion, it is envisioned that there won’t be implementing activities in the Salween basin and that Myanmar will play a linking and learning role.

Key themes that the program will focus on are resilience, water quality, leadership and the three Is (Information, infrastructure and institutions).

Some of the key elements (and implementation approaches) of the next phase of the program include:
o Basin-level planning and implementation
o Building an evidence base for informed advocacy and engagement
o Co-creating context specific narratives and solutions
o Deepening engagement with local and sub-national/provincial governments and other actors
o Thematic engagement with sub-regional initiatives
o Strengthening Civil Society Organisations (CSO)-led initiatives
o Deepening private sector engagement
o Implementing a clear strategy and approach to strengthen women’s and youth leadership
o Strong collaboration with like-minded institutions and programs

A Concept Notefor TROSA 2 was shared with the donor in June 2022 that received a positive response and an invitation to submit a full proposal.
HBWU-Women roles enhancing Hoa Binh Women Union was JIFF's first call grantee. Their functions include:
Studying gender violence in project area.
Organizing trainings for consulting officers and women, children on domestic violence.
Organizing seminars with functioning agenciesto update and raise legal awareness.
Conducting communication activities for "Say  no to discrimination against women and girls"
Producing mediapublications, video clips, experience lessons about legal counselling for community.

With the approachesto reaching women, especially ethinic minority women- a group having disadvantages of awareness, understanding and law enforcement, this project raises awareness of women and communities on living environment protection. Therefore, the project can changeenvironmental behaviors to improve living standards of communities. The project also strengthens the multidisciplinary collaboration in communication, legal and judicial advice; documenting practical lessons to replicate the model on environmental protection. Project activities include: Raising awareness, changing perception of 50% of women, girls, men, boys in project area regarding gender equality. Encouraging community's  participation in disseminating propaganda.
Equiping legal and judicial service system in the project areas with knowledge in gender-sensitive approach. Improving local communication officers' skills for implementing positive communication and behavior change.
Rivers Project- NERSWN The Northeast Research and Social Work Networking (NERSWN), Kokrajhar, is one of the responsive voluntary organization operating inthe region. The organization is registered under Section XXI of Society Registration Act of 1860, FCRA 1976 and Section 12A of IT Act 1961. The organization was conceived by a group of young people who were together known as ‘BRANSTHU’ in December 2004 and was registered as a society in June 2005. Presently, the organization is operating from its Headquarter at Kokrajhar, Assam with its project offices located at Gossaigaon and Kazigaon, sub-divisions in the district of Kokrajhar. Currently, the organization is working mainly in the Bodoland region of Assam with a group of people who have experienced exclusion from the developmental discourse, with anaim to realize sustainable development and create equitable opportunities.

Based on the recent FCRA issues Oxfam India has suggested engaging 2 partners in India to complete the project activities. Northeast Research and Social Work Networking (NERSWN) and Grameen Development Services (GDS) have beenapart of the TROSA program since year 1. They were part of Oxfam India in the past but now the partnership will be directly from ONL/PMU. We have approached the donor on the changes. Sida has approved the changes.
Key con]tribution from Local CSOs including GDS are
Civil society organizations: CSOs enable citizens to raise their voice, provide evidence-based alternatives and advocate
for change. Where political space is lacking, CSOs working in partnership with local governments can influence
water resource decision-making. Work may often be coordinated through alliances of like-minded groups, or working
in formalized or informal networks. These will often include nongovernment organisations working collaboratively with
combinations of researchers, policy institutions and universities, media, community based and peoples organisations.
Drawing together diverse skills sets and interests, they are able to analyze water related issues at different scales that
can provide evidence which can be a starting point for dialogue with decision makers, be used to hold duty bearers
accountable, and also provide scientific evidence for policy andpractice alternatives or interventions
TZ WATED-We RISE Coastal YW&G The main goal of the project is to provide long-term economic solutions by helping people improve their skills. This will help girls and young women between the ages of 12 and 35 who work in the informal sector have a voice, be represented in decision-making, andhave power in their communities and at work. Also, it wants to add to what the government is doing to help the targeted population get out of poverty. Facilitation, coaching, and other skills learned during project implementation will help people get into the formal market with skills, confidence, resources, and references. The project will be carried out in the Kigamboni, Dares Salaam, and Kisarawe Coastal regions, which are both rural and near cities. The districts that have been named are coastal areas. In these areas,it's common for people to get married young, drop out of school because of their lives, which can be hard or involve single parenting, have low self-esteem, lack or low exposure to legal, mental health, coaching, and mentoring services, and have limited access toinformation. WATED believes to train 440 identified teenage girls and young women champions in life skills, STEM, starting and growing a business, using technology to find and grow a business, online safety, registering a business and securing its name, secure and business branding, scaling up, and securing seed funding in the amount of USD 50 for 22 groups of ten selected individuals; 100 participants will save as trainers and champions. Teenage girls will learn abouttheir body autonomy, birth control, and how to report GBV through this project (to both). Also, young mothers and young women who get training will continue to get coaching, mentoring, legal advice, help making connections, and help growing their businesses. Every three months, there will be two weeks of training that includes hands-on work, mental health training, and counseling. The goal of the project was to give young women and girls a place to meet, share stories, and learn from each other. The lessons learned from this will be used in other parts of the country. The project is meant to bring up policy issues that will then be used to fill in gaps in the implementation of either policy. Focusing on the coastal area, we want to be a helpful organization where people can talk directly to the local and central governments about their stories and problems.
Amka Africa Justice Initiative The project will empower and amplify the voices of vulnerable women and ITGDPs to influence change of socio-cultural norms, practices and laws that predispose to exploitation, abuse and violence. This will be achieved through:
1. Joint comprehensive empowerment training for 30 persons from the target groups on, self- advocacy, policy-advocacy, media advocacy, and paralegal skills.
2. Policy advocacy, PuInterest Litigation (PIL) to promote social and legal recognition of ITGDPs so as to enable access documentation, health,including SRHRs, education, employment, among other rights.
3. Using lived realities of vulnerable women and ITGDPs, raise public awareness on various focus issues to reach over 500,000 people through digital social media i.e., Facebook, twitter, and Instagram, titoki and YouTube.
4. Legal aid services for atleast 30women and ITGDPs including assistance to report violence, advise on self-representation accompanying refugees/asylum seekers to court
5. Economic empowerment through our digital platform: https://amkafrica.org/inuawareshnawaless/ which provides information registration, licensing, taxation of businesses and self-help groups.
6.  In collaboration with grassroots, local and regional networks and groups impacted by the project, host link and learning workshop for 100 participants.
MIFTAH-FAIR4ALL Trade & Value Chains The importance of the Fair Tax Monitor (FTM) stems from the value of evidence-based advocacy and its significance in formulating fair fiscal policies and promoting transparency and accountability. FTM feeds into the overall goal of promoting lobbying, participation, and consolidation of societal efforts that seek to raise awareness on rights relevant to drawing fiscal policies with focus on Tax systems and public spending, as well as promote the participation of citizens in these processes and procedures. This is done with the view of ensuring the fulfillment of citizens’ needs and concerns and to enhance civil society’s role as watchdog and as influencers in reform and formulation public policies.
MIFTAH was engaged in publishing the first FTM researchin 2018 as part of the widerefforts of OXFAM to establish a global comparative taxation monitor, where Palestine was the 9th country to be surveyed. The FTM assessed the effects of the tax policy and its responsiveness on social justice and inequality.
MIFTAH during the coming four months will reassess the tax policy in Palestine by monitoring the updated measures including fiscal data of 2020-2023, with social justice and inequalities as crosscutting monitoring measures.
ACODE - Advocates Coalition for Developm Strengthening Capacity for Effective WEE and Care Work Interventions in Uganda is a collaborative project implemented by Oxfam and the Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE). The project is anchored in the wider spectrum of the Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women GROW East Africa Initiative which spurs gender transformation through advancing gender equality in theworld of work with a focus on gender segregation, unpaid care and women’s collective agency.

The policy and legal framework in Uganda equalizes opportunities for men, women and marginalized groups in Uganda. Gender disparities persist in educational attainment, paid employment, and sustainable income generation. All are critical areas for poverty reduction, growth and development. The disproportionate amount of time that women and girls spend on Unpaid care work presents further limitations to opportunities for WEE. Thisdisproportion entrenches social gender norms that disempower women and impede them from gaining quality employment, education as well as pursuit of business.

The project is designed to support policy processes and actions aimed at enhancing WEE and tackling Unpaid Care in Uganda through three workstreams. Workstream 1: rapid technical assistance and expert analysis that responds to the demands and needs of policymakers and fosters the development of effective WEE policy solutions and interventions. Workstream 2: Tailoredgender training and mentorship to strengthen the capacity of key policy actors to utilise relevant data and evidence on WEE and care work. Workstream 3: In-country coalitions of key WEE and care champions to foster concerted effort in identifying and promoting policy solutions to drive WEE. Overall,

The project will adopt an inclusive intersectional approach to ensure that no one is left behind in the campaign to support Women Economic Empowerment and Care policy processes and Policy actions in Uganda. The project will target various policy makers drawn from diverse public and private sectors. The project will also engage with CSOs, the academia and peer organisations and researchers in the GROW East Africa Initiative. Policy focus is development/ review of the ECD Policy.

The project recognises incremental change in knowledge, attitudes and practise of project participants; and, ultimate change evident through::
• Increased effectiveness in WEE and care work policy solutions, programmes and budgets by policy makers in Uganda by 2024.
• Increased information-sharing and utilisation of WEE and care work knowledge products  by champions and policy actors in Uganda by 2024.
• A functional community of practise on WEE and Care established
CEDIG - CENTRE FOR DISABILITY RIGHTS Spinal cord injury disrupts messages to and from the brain to the rest of the body! This results in paralysis, incontinence, pressure sores and sexual dysfunctions in men. This project aims to promote access to health services and improve the quality of life of spinal Injured persons.
Main objective: To facilitate Access to Health Services of 200 Persons with Spinal Injuries in Iganga and Jinja by2024
Changes to see:
Improved quality of life and improved Access to health services.

The project lead is Ms. Angela Balaba, she holds a Masters’ Degreein Business administration and management of Bugema University,majoring in project planning and management, a Bachelors’ Degreein Guidance and Counselling of Kyambogo University, majoring intrauma, sex and sexuality and a Post Graduate Diploma for non -financial managers of Uganda Management Institute. Angela hasundergone trainings in HIV/AIDs, palliative and pediatriccounselling, gender mainstreaming, human rights and disability,monitoring and evaluation, local government budgets processesand inclusiveness. Angela has vast experience in donor fundedprograms of fourteen (14) years, fundraising and report writing,project planning design and implementation, capacity building andmentorship. Angela has good knowledge and good insight ofinclusiveness of projectbeneficiaries. She is a swift, self -motivatedworker, who can work under tight deadlines unsupervised with goodcommunication skills, a good community mobiliser and a good teamplayer.
Ms. Monica Katumba is our accountant, She holders aBachelors’ Degree in Accounting and finance of MakerereUniversity.
NOW Us Award Organizer Cambodia_ IHPP Voice collaborated with the Spindle of Partos to launch the Nothing About  Us, Without Us! (NOW-Us!) Awards. The awards recognised inspiring inclusive initiatives from Africa and Asia to promote diversity and inclusion, and to trigger the self-empowerment of rightsholder groups and communities.  The NOW-Us! Awards have been positively and enthusiastically received. In a desire to expand its reach and further amplify inclusive initiatives done at the country-level. Voice is planning to have national NOW-Us! Awards in the countries where Voice is present. This celebrating Inclusion aim to bring together rightsholder voices together and, through an Award, highlight unsung efforts to take us one step closer to a responsive and inclusive society.

With this24 months project duration, IHPP is expected to organize and create a platform to facilitate the launch of the National NOW-Us Awards in Cambodia with key tasks and deliverables expected as below to:
• Work with the Voice country team to launch the callfor NOW Us Award and do outreach activiteis to identify 10 organisations or initiatives from the Voice rightsholder groups in Cambodia who are already implement amazing inclusive innovations to their empowerment or influencing practice;
• Organise and facilitate a participatory 5-day inclusive innovation bootcamp for the 10 organisations or movements to reflect, refine, and ideate the next steps for their initiative;
• Organise the award ceremony, preferably as a component of a larger event or celebration where different civil society members and stakeholders gather;
• Support and mentor the 1st place winners in their inclusion innovation journey, including their participation in the Innovation Festival in the Netherlands as well as exposure visit in the regional;
• Amplify and promote the NOW-Us! Awards to influence national conversations on diversity and inclusion;
• Manage the contractual elements of this grant by provide continued support and mentorship to the winners who will receive 25,000, 15,000, and 10,000 EUR in Empowerment grants
VNFU-508671-Farmers mobilizing The programme will empower precarious workers in the highly informal agri-food sector - mostly micro, small and medium enterprises - in 3 ASEAN member-states (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam) with the aim of addressing their rights, needs and vulnerabilities through the promotion of three pillars of the JSF Decent Work: labour rights at work, social protection and social dialogue for all. Climate change impacts, economic insecurity and occupational safety and health of these workers will be addressed by more adequate and shock-responsive social protection measures. Labour law enforcement will be enhanced to upgrade their livelihoods.

In this programme, Vietnam Farmers' Union (VNFU) will take major responsibility for components relating to mobilizing and capacity building for female farmers and informal workers so that they can improve accessibility to decent work and gender-responsive social protection. VNFU will also work with relevant civil society organizations, local authorities, and experts to better support these farmers in addressing theirneeds and demands in multi-stakeholders platforms, at both local and national level.

Project goal: By 2026, 16,800 women farmers and workers in rice and shrimp value chain in Vietnam have access to adequate labourand social protection, contributing to gender equality and (shock) resilience.

Specific Objective: By 2026, 16,800 female farmers and informal workers in rice and shrimp productionand processing in Mekong Delta are better organized in groups and havestrengthened capacity to support, claim and exercise their members' rights to gender-transformative and shock-responsive labour rights and social protection.

The project will mobilize the existing structure of local mass organizations i.e., Farmer’s Union, Women's Union, to support and sustain the project initiatives in the future. The project will work closely with these mass organizations to organize female farmers and informal workers working in therice and shrimp production sector in groups/cooperatives. As a result, these farmer/worker groups will have organization and governance capacity enhanced. In addition, the project will support group members to improve awareness in the field of work safety/OSH, gender norms and stereotypes, gender equality, labour, and social policies/laws, and their rights to decent work.

When it comes to increasing women's access to decent work, the project will enhance the capacity of female farmers and informal workers to improve bargaining powers and confidence. From that, they can discuss effectively with employers/buyers for a fair share of benefits and risks, as well as stronger network and ability to voice up to claim their participation and contribution to the local policy-making process, ultimately advancing the decent work agenda. The key interventions will focus more on two spheres of the ILO decent work framework, including extending social protection coverage for informal workers <(>&<)> female farmers and improving the quality of social dialogues for all.
CO-Safe Programming  Aspects  in Program Since 2018, Oxfam has renewed its commitment to safeguarding, including strengthening policies, developing procedures, and focusingon ensuring that programs and staff do not cause harm to the individuals and communities where programmes are implemented.This has been achieved through training staff to build expertise across multiple roles in Safe Programming, identifying potentially unsafe situations, and making mitigation plans that reduce risk for the people Oxfam serves. Oxfam’s safe programming approach recognizes thepotential for causing harm and requires us to take proactive measures to prevent or mitigate risks in our programs. Oxfam Somalia is implementing humanitarian and development programs across the country in  collaboration with local partners with operations mainlyin remote and hard to reach areas. The Humanitarian Programme focuses on 3 main sectors i.e. WASH, EFSVL and Protection.
Oxfam Somalia has made efforts towards ensuring the strengthening of safe programming in its programmes through training of staff, appointing separate safeguarding and safegrograming focal points, capacity building of partners and also ensuring that each Programme has risk assessments and mitigation plans in place. Despite these efforts more needs to be doneto ensure that the safe programming is strengthened in our programmes. Recent monitoring visits in local partners program areas have identified the following gaps when it comes to safe programming:
  There is generally varying understanding of theconcept of safe programming amongst partners which results in different approaches being adopted to ensure programmes are safe. There is a room for improvement in operationalizing uniform approach.
  There is a general absence of clear systems and processes that facilitate the implementation of the safe programming approach.
 There is a need to improve knowledge and skills related to implementing safe programming approach and define clear roles and responsibilities in adopting safe programming in different levels of the organization.
With these observations there, Oxfam seeks to ensure the strengthening of understanding of safe programming, ensuring a uniform approach with its partners and also making sure systems are put in place for the operationalizationof safe programming.
Specific objective 1: Oxfam and partner staff know and understand the safe programming approach and are able to put it into a practice.
Specific objective 2: Systems and process which facilitate a safe programming approach are in place and working.
Specific objective 3: Safe programming risks are systematically identified and mitigated for all programmes and projects.