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Fostering Accountability and Transparency in Zambia (FACT Zambia) This new activity will work with the Zambian government to re-energize civic participation among Zambians by boosting active membership and strengthening the ability of civil society organizations to engage with grassroots constituencies in the education, health/HIV, sustainable rural livelihoods, and environment sectors ($200,000 SL strengthens NGO ability to link policies with their impact on forests and communities). It includes strengthening the watchdog function of civil society organizations to minimize cases of mal-administration among service providers and corruption in service provision. The activity will increase and improve the engagement between citizens and government service providers in the above-mentioned sectors. This will require establishing and strengthening service delivery monitoring systems and processes that enable citizen/civil society-government engagement and result in increased participatory governance around service delivery, quality, and accessibility.
Support to the HIV/AIDS Response in Zambia (SHARe II) Support to the HIV/AIDS Response in Zambia (SHARe II) is a continuation of the work begun in 2004, and the overall assistance objective remains to strengthen and support the mutisectoral response to HIV & AIDS in Zambia. The previous project built a solid foundation of systems, tools, communications, and information sharing and policies. This next phase of the project is focusing on the continuation of enhanced assistance, with an emphasis on quality, equitable implementation, and leadership accountability, with an added emphasis on the documenting and sharing of best practices. The project is examining and working to address the structural drivers of HIV as well as the behavioral drivers of the disease. SHARe II supports the Government of Republic of Zambia (GRZ)'s vision of "a nation free from the threat of HIV," and is working in partnership with the National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council, cooperating partners (including the Global Fund, UNFPA, DfID, and other bilateral, multilateral, and private sector partners), and other stakeholders to support efforts to mitigate the impact of HIV in Zambia.
STOP/GBV Prevention and Advocacy Project The purpose of the STOP GBV Prevention and Advocacy Project is to decrease societal acceptance of GBV, enhance protective factors and improve the enabling environment to respond to GBV. Through this project, outreach efforts against GBV will be expanded, communities will be mobilized against GBV, and political and institutional commitment to GBV prevention and response with GRZ will be strengthened
Management, Monitoring & Evaluation Develop and conduct needs assessments, baseline studies, targeted evaluations, special studies or other information-gathering efforts specifically for the design, monitoring and evaluation of USG-funded programs. This sub-element may also include developing and disseminating best practices and lessons learned, testing demonstration and/or pilot models, or the preparation of strategic plans and other short-term programming tasks. Note: All such activities that are carried out by partners as an integral part of their monitoring and evaluation efforts for programs funded under other sub-elements should be included within those sub-elements.
Business Enabling Project (BEP) (Zambia):  .The USAID Business Enabling Project (BEP) is designed to catalyze inclusive private sector investment and trade in Zambia to benefit rural populations. The mechanism seeks to facilitate evidence-based public-private dialogue and strengthen select public and private sector institutions to implement streamlined policies and processes for economically viable enterprises. It has a sectoral focus in agriculture, energy, eco-tourism, and trade, and a geographic focus in the Central, Eastern, and Southern provinces. This multi-pronged approach will foster a stronger enabling environment for business and champion reforms that enable women-led enterprises in these sectors to participate fully in Zambia's economic development. With FY 2023 funds, BEP will support the following activities: Agriculture: Increase competitiveness and reduce barriers to stimulate private investment in agriculture.  BEP will support reforming the Farmer Input Support Program (FISP) to the efficient e-voucher system, and also support the implementation of the Comprehensive Agricultural Transformation Support Program (CATSP). BEP will work to help GRZ cut spending on agricultural input and maize subsidies in order to re-allocate those public funds in support of diversified, private sector led growth in the agriculture sector.Tourism: Facilitate the passing of the Tourism and Hospitality Act Amendment and its implementation. Energy: Support the development of a roadmap for the implementation of an Open Access Regime agreed upon by private and public sector stakeholders by addressing key bottlenecks in the sector identified by the Institutional Architecture Constraints Analysis (IACA) undertaken by BEP in 2022.  he mechanism will also contribute to the Mission ICS Goal: 2 Promote trade and investment for sustainable, inclusive economic growth and shared prosperity...
Local Impact Governance (Zambia):  .Local Impact (LI) is strengthening the performance and accountability of local government. With FY 2023 funds, the activity will: 1) support central government's implementation of decentralization reforms; 2) support improved public administration, service delivery, and fiscal management in targeted local governments; and 3) support citizen engagement and oversight of local government policy, planning and governance.  LI will provide substantial support to the Zambian Government to implement the Revised National Decentralization Policy.  This entails supporting the transfer and integration of eight recently devolved functions, including health, and transfer of 51,000 civil servants to local authorities, and supporting expanded fiscal decentralization. The activity will also expand its national monitoring tool measuring local government performance, including service quality and accountability.  By building the staff skills as well as strengthening systems, LI will also enhance local autonomy, decision-making and public administration of 34 targeted district governments -exceeding the original plan of 27. These measures will support local authorities to respond to the decentralization reforms and strengthen service delivery, including district health services, agricultural services, and solid waste management coverage.  LI will support more than 500 citizen mechanisms - Ward Development Committees (WDCs) - allowing for the participation of at least 5,000 individuals in local governance. This includes coaching WDCs to consider the needs and priorities of women and girls when they plan, budget, and monitor projects.  .Under USAID's CDCS, the mechanism supports Development Objective 1: Citizen and National Self- Reliance Advanced by More Effective, Accountable Governance. The mechanism will also contribute to the Mission ICS Goal:1 Support Zambian democratic institutions to promote stability and deter democratic backsliding in the SADC Region.....
Scaling Up Nutrition Technical Assistance (SUN TA) (Zambia):  .The Scaling Up Nutrition Technical Assistance (SUN TA) mechanism works through the Zambian government to reduce stunting among children under age two in 13 districts. It aims to address the drivers of stunting by 1) promoting dietary diversity among women and children; 2) achieving minimally acceptable diets for children under two years of age; 3) promoting health-seeking behaviors including family planning, maternal and child health; and 4) increasing access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation. With FY 2023 funds, USAID will provide technical assistance to strengthen the delivery of high-priority maternal child health interventions that will lower the rates of diarrheal illness and improve appropriate management of diarrhea, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene, and agriculture interventions to reduce stunting. ..With FY 2023 funds the mechanism will support households with pregnant and lactating women through Social Behavior Change interventions, and family planning training and commodities to communities to expand access to family planning services and promotion of contraceptive use. Further, the funds will support counseling on maternal and/or child nutrition. District and village level Water Sanitation and Hygiene champions will be trained to improve sanitation and access to safe water. In addition, new wells will be drilled, old ones will be rehabilitated, and the activity will promote household food security by supporting contract farming with private sector partners. ..The mechanism contributes to the U.S. foreign policy priority of working with partner countries to help improve business environments and moving beyond assistance to trade relationships, partnerships that promote prosperity, and building global health security capacity by investing in basic health care systems. The mechanism will also contribute to the Mission ICS Goal: 2 Promote trade and investment for sustainable, inclusive economic growth and shared prosperity ..
Transforming Teacher Education (Zambia):  Over the years, works aimed at enhancing the quality of education in Zambia have predominantly focused on facilitating access and delivering school-based interventions with limited focus on the other core elements which are necessary for an effective and self-sustaining system. USAID will partner with the Government of the Republic of Zambia's (GRZ) Ministry of General Education (MOGE) to improve the capacity of universities and colleges of education to complement, strengthen, and sustain existing investments in early-grade reading. .The Transforming Teacher Education activity will make targeted, foundational investments to institutionalize early-grade reading expertise among faculties at the pre-service level, and devise a practical program of study to prepare teachers for teaching reading at the pre-primary and primary school levels. Using FY 2021 funds and in partnership with US based education institutions, it will directly target principals and lecturers to participate in an intensive course of study in language, literacy, early-grade reading, and differentiated instruction. The activity will also establish two Centers of Excellence housed at the University of Zambia and one of the colleges of education to sustain effective instructional practices, coaching, and mentoring in primary literacy instruction.The activity will complement USAID/Zambia's existing investments, primarily the Let's Read and Teaching at the Right Level (Catch Up) activities which focus on improving the instructional skills of in-service teachers already deployed to schools. This will support achievement of USAID/Zambia CDCS Development Objective 4: Quality of Primary Education Strengthened to Improve Learning Outcomes.It also contributes directly to the Administration policy priority of promoting healthy, educated, and productive populations in partner countries to drive inclusive and sustainable development and support U.S. prosperity and security objectives..
USAID Stop GBV Now Activity The USAID Stop Gender-Based Violence Now project will produce digital and multimedia campaigns, use GBV hotlines for tele-counseling, and increase involvement of men through a specific MenCare activity to educate men on healthy, equitable relationships and non-violent parenting practices. These activities will be conducted in close partnership with the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Community Development and Social Services, and the Gender Division at the Office of the President. The USAID Stop Gender-Based Violence Now project will also strengthen private sector engagement to ensure that survivors access services such as shelter and economic strengthening for vulnerable individuals, which will help prevent GBV.
Expanding Impact in USAID/Zambia Value Chains The purpose of the program is to work with medium and large firms that have forward or backward commercial linkages with a significant number of Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to enhance production, value-added production, technology transfer, including access to markets, inputs and business development services to MSMEs in USAID supported value chains. The program also promotes increased awareness and application of value chain and market development approaches among donors and development organizations working in the same sectors as USAID funded programs.
Controlling HIV Epidemic for Key and Underserved Populations (CHEKUP II) Activity The objective of this activity is to address the needs of people living with hiv (PLHIV) and those most at risk of acquiring hiv and contribute to hiv mitigation and epidemic control, the program seeks to improve the health outcomes of priority populations in the highest hiv-burden provinces.
USAID Education Data Activity (Zambia):  The USAID Education Data mechanism  provides assessment, data management, research, and evaluation services to monitor progress of USAID's flagship education program, Let's Read. The Let's Read supports the Government of the Republic of Zambia's (GRZ's) Ministry of General Education (MOGE) to improve reading skills of 1.4 million children in kindergarten and Grades One to Three, in 4,250 public and community primary schools in 425 zones in 56 districts, in five target provinces. In November 2018, Education Data conducted a baseline Early-Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) to measure learning outcomes among a sample of the target 1.4 million students reached through the Let's Read activity. With FY 2020 resources and building on the baseline results, Education Data will conduct a midline EGRA, and also research on  topics that are  beneficial to programming needs and addressing the challenges faced by the MOGE. Using FY 2020 funds, the EGRA results and research findings will be disseminated among key GRZ, donor, and Zambian education stakeholders to identify learning gaps and opportunities to improve learning outcomes. Education Data will institutionalize and sustain Zambia's capacity by, planning and implementing all activities in conjunction with the Examinations Council of Zambia, a quasi-governmental institution mandated to conduct national educational assessments and examinations. Under USAID's Country Development Cooperation Strategy, the activity will respond to Development Objective 4: Quality of Primary Education Strengthened to Improve Learning Outcomes. ...
Mid-Term Evaluation of the Partnership for Integrated Social Marketing (PRISM) Program IBTCI was contracted to conduct an evaluation of the Partnership for Integrated Social Marketing Program (PRISM), a 5-year USAID funded project which conducts social marketing programs for health services and products in HIV prevention, family planning, malaria, and maternal and child health. The evaluation employed a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods including a document review, as well as primary data collection through more than 150 key informant interviews (KIIs), 40 focus group discussions (FGDs) and 240 quantitative household surveys conducted in selected communities in two districts across six provinces. Quantitative data was analyzed using Epi-info while qualitative data was analyzed using N-Vivo. Where possible and results insightful, data was segregated by gender, age, region, urban versus rural across all PRISM products and services.
Data Collection Services for the USAID/Zambia Education Project Through this task order, RTI is collecting education data to inform the work of both the USAID Mission and the Zambian Ministry of Education, Science, Vocational Training, and Early Education. RTI's primary responsibilities are to design a sampling methodology suitable for a nationally representative EGRA survey in 2014 and an endline assessment in 2016 and to lead the administration of the 2014 survey. Ultimately, this data on early grade reading outcomes will serve to bolster USAID's literacy initiatives and inform the Ministry about the current state of reading in the early grades, particularly in the seven Zambian languages of instruction. Throughout, RTI will work to build related in-country capacity in sampling, data systems, data collection and analysis, and dissemination.
Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) DAPP improves wetland management by establishing community structures, such as community resource boards, village action groups, and school clubs. Residents also receive fuel-efficient cook stoves, which reduces stress on surrounding forests.
PAMO Plus (Zambia):  The PAMO Plus mechanism has been increasing quality malaria testing and treatment for end users to help reduce malaria infection in children under five and malaria deaths in targeted provinces. The activity aligns with the National Malaria Elimination Strategic Plan (NMESP) 2022-2026 and supports USAID'S goal of combating infectious diseases. PAMO Plus is a key partner in the President's Malaria Initiative's endeavor to support malaria control in Zambia. Using FY 2023 funds, PAMO Plus will strengthen the Ministry of Health and the National Malaria Elimination Program's capacity to implement the NMESP at provincial, district, and community levels in 68 districts across the four main PMI target provinces, namely Eastern, Luapula, Muchinga, Northern, with additional, limited support to Central and Copperbelt provinces. The project will build strong effective partnerships with communities, civil society, health facilities, District Health Offices, Provincial Health Offices, the private sector, and cooperating partners to scale-up and maintain internationally accepted strategies to fight malaria. Under USAID's CDCS, the mechanism will support Development Objective 3: Capacity of Zambia's Government, Citizens and Private Sector Increased to Improve Health Outcomes and Meet Critical Needs of Vulnerable Populations. This mechanism contributes directly to the Biden Administration's policy priority of building global health security capacity by investing in health care systems... .
Zambian Nutrition Assessment Counseling and Support (ZAMNACS) program The purpose of the ZAMNACS project is to improve the nutritional status of People Living with HIV (PLHIV), adults and children and OVC by promoting good nutrition and preventing malnutrition.
Prevention, Care, and Treatment Partnership II In collaboration with the Government of Zambia, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Community Development and Mother and Child Health, the Zambia Care and Treatment Partnership (ZPCT II) is being implemented in six provinces to strengthen the national health system by maximizing access, equity, quality and sustainability in the delivery of comprehensive HIV/AIDS services. The project implements strategies designed to initiate, scale up and strengthen a comprehensive package of HIV/AIDS services, including testing and counseling, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, clinical care, male circumcision and antiretroviral therapy, which are supported by strengthened laboratory and pharmaceutical systems. ZPCT IIs comprehensive approach involves integrating services; engaging communities, partners and stakeholders; building public-private partnerships; and strengthening major system components affecting the delivery of all services.
Performance Evaluation of Community Empowerment through Self-Reliance project (COMETS) Performance Evaluation of Community Empowerment through Self-Reliance project (COMETS)
Family Health and Nutrition (Zambia):  The Family Health and Nutrition mechanism will continue to provide targeted technical assistance (TA) for the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent, Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH&N) health program utilizing a whole province approach in Luapula and Muchinga provinces, and also complement the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)'s support to these services in Eastern and Southern provinces. The demand-driven TA will strengthen the GRZ's capacity to provide high-quality essential health care, and support public financial management and data for decision-making. It will address key factors that contribute to maternal and child deaths, including early pregnancy, weak antenatal/postnatal care, unsafe deliveries, inadequate nutrition, incomplete immunization, diarrhea, and pneumonia. FY 2023 funds will 1) support training and mentorship in RMNCAH&N interventions, 2) provide TA for service delivery, 3) promote community involvement through training and behavior change communications, and 4) support targeted health-systems strengthening, including data analysis for decision-making. Other activities will support Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) needs in health facilities to assist in infection prevention and control operation therefore strengthening hygiene behaviors among health workers and the community.  Under USAID's CDCS, the mechanism will support Development Objective 3: Capacity of Zambia's Government, Citizens and Private Sector Increased to Improve Health Outcomes and Meet Critical Needs of Vulnerable Populations. This mechanism contributes directly to the Biden Administration's policy priority of building global health security capacity by investing in health care systems... .
Time to Learn (TTL) (Zambia):  The Time to Learn (TTL) project will continue to assist the Ministry of Education (MOE) to improve reading outcomes in community schools in six target provinces in the following areas:-Policy development for the community school sector-Teacher training in the five major components of reading -Capacity building of community school managers in instructional leadership and management -Provision learning materials, and engagement of community members to support learning outcomes-Mitigating of the impacts of HIV/AIDS on teacher and student populations through the provision of HIV/AIDS prevention messages linked to guidance and counseling support, as well as referrals to social service providers  -Scholarship Provision to orphans and vulnerable children for school fees, resources, and academic/psychosocial support to help students successfully completes their secondary education-Development of a transition strategy for local ownership and sustainability of interventions with the ministry of education
REDUCED HIV/AIDS IMPACT THROUGH MULTISECTORAL RESPONSE - Assistance for HIV/AIDS PEPFAR: Reduced Impact of HIV/AIDS through a Multi-sectoral Response - Assistance for HIV/AIDS
Empowered Youth Program III To improve the resilience and health outcomes of vulnerable households in the following HIV-burden provinces of Zambia (i.e. Lusaka, Eastern and Western), while strengthening the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) social protection platform so that the GRZ eventually provides the majority of services to vulnerable children and adolescents (VCA).