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ASEAN-U.S. PARTNERSHIP FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE, EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY (PROGRESS) QUARTERLY REPORT: OCTOBER—DECEMBER 2014

OCTOBER 1– DECEMBER 31, 2014

This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It

was prepared by DAI.

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ASEAN-U.S. PARTNERSHIP FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE, EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY (PROGRESS)

QUARTERLY REPORT (OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2014)

Program Title: U.S.-ASEAN PROGRESS

Sponsoring Office: USAID/RDMA

Contracting Officer’s Representative: Dana Stinson

Contract Number: AID-486-C-13-00005

Contractor: DAI

DAI Project Number: 1002252

The authors’ views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS�

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................... VI�

II. ACTIVITIES BY COMPONENT ........................................................................................ 1�

COMPONENT 1 – ADVANCING GOOD GOVERNANCE AND POLITICAL-SECURITY COOPERATION ................................................................................................................... 1�

WORK STREAM 1: TRANSNATIONAL CRIME AND NON-TRADITIONAL SECURITY THREATS WITH A FOCUS ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) ................................... 1�

WORK STREAM 2: HUMAN RIGHTS .................................................................................. 2�

WORK STREAM 3: EXECUTIVE, JUDICIAL, AND LEGISLATIVE NETWORKS (PLUS SUPPORT TO THE CHAIR) ................................................................................................. 3�

COMPONENT 2 – PROMOTING EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................................... 5�

WORK STREAM 4: SCIENCE-BASED POLICY MAKING ................................................... 5�

WORK STREAM 5: DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT ......................... 7�

WORK STREAM 6: WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S RIGHTS ............................................... 8�

COMPONENT 3 – INCREASING ASEAN SECRETARIAT’S INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY 9�

WORK STREAM 7: PUBLIC OUTREACH AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE ASEAN SECRETARIAT ....................................................................................................... 9�

COMMUNICATIONS .......................................................................................................... 11�

III. COMMUNICATION INTEGRATOR ............................................................................... 12�

IV. MONITORING AND EVALUATION ............................................................................... 12�

V. MANAGEMENT/OPERATIONS .................................................................................... 14�

VI. LOOKING AHEAD ........................................................................................................ 15�

ANNEX 1 – INDICATOR TABLE ........................................................................................ 17�

ANNEX 2 – QUARTERLY FINANCE REPORT .................................................................. 22�

ANNEX 3 – COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS ..................................................................... 23�

PROMOTING ACCESS TO FINANCE FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS .......................................... 24�

NEW MOBILE APP LAUNCHED TO HELP COMBAT WILDLIFE TRADE IN ASIA ............................. 25�

ASEAN PUBLIC-PRIVATE TASKFORCE DEMONSTRATES THE POWER OF COLLABORATION IN

SAFEGUARDING THE FUTURE OF ASIA’S MARINE RESOURCES AND RURAL LIVELIHOODS ........ 26�

ASEAN ENDORSES INNOVATIVE TOOL TO PRIORITIZE FOREST MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ... 27�

U.S., ASEAN CITIES CLIMATE CHANGE PARTNERSHIP HIGHLIGHTED AT SOUTHEAST FLORIDA

REGIONAL CLIMATE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT ............................................................................. 27�

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TOWARDS GREATER MOBILITY OF SKILLED LABOR UNDER THE ASEAN COMMUNITY .............. 28�

IMPROVING MEDICAL DEVICE REGULATION FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA’S INCREASINGLY INTEGRATED

HEALTHCARE SECTOR .......................................................................................................... 29�

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ABBREVIATIONS AADMER ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency

Response

ACDM ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management

ACWC ASEAN Commission on the Protection and Promotion of Women’s

and Children’s Rights

ADHR ASEAN Declaration on Human Rights

ADTRAIN ASEAN Disaster Management Training Institute Network

AFCE ASEAN Framework for Court Excellence

AHA ASEAN Coordinating Center for Humanitarian Assistance

AICHR ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights

AIPA ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly

AIPO ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organization

AJA ASEAN Judiciary Association

AMS ASEAN Member States

APG AADMER Partnership Group

ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ASEAN-WEN ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network

ASLOM ASEAN Senior Law Officials Meeting

CEJCF Court Excellence and Judiciary Cooperation Forum

CLMV Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam

COP Chief of Party

COST ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology

CPR Committee of Permanent Representatives

CSO Civil Society Organization

DAI Development Alternatives, Inc.

DCOP Deputy Chief of Party

DMRS AHA Centre’s Disaster Monitoring and Response System

DEVAWVAC ASEAN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women

and Violence Against Children

DOCS Department of Communications (DOCS)

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DOS Department of State (U.S.)

HRRC Human Rights Resource Centre

HRWG Human Rights Working Group

ICT Information Communication and Technology

JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency

M&E Monitoring and Evaluation

NDMO National Disaster Management Organization

NOSSA Network of Social Services Agencies

OFDA Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance

PDC Pacific Disaster Center

PMP Performance Monitoring Plan

POCS ASEAN Secretariat Public Outreach and Civil Society Division

PROGRESS ASEAN-U.S. Partnership for Good Governance, Equitable and

Sustainable Development and Security

PSC Project Steering Committee

RAEWM ACDM Working Group on Risk Assessment, Early Warning and

Monitoring

RVA Risk and Vulnerability Assessment

SOMSWD ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Social Welfare and Development

SOMTC ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime

SSA Social Service Agency

S&T Science & Technology

STTA Short Term Technical Assistance

THC The Habibie Center

TIP Trafficking in Persons

TNA Training Needs Assessment

USAID United States Agency for International Development

USAID/RDMA USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia

USAID/W USAID Washington, D.C.

USASEAN United States Mission to ASEAN

USG United States Government

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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The ASEAN-U.S. Partnership for Good Governance, Equitable and Sustainable Development

and Security (PROGRESS) is a five-year project aimed at supporting ASEAN’s vision of a

Southeast Asia “living in peace, stability, and prosperity.” As ASEAN navigates the

challenges that will come with the formation of a fully integrated ASEAN Community,

PROGRESS is well-positioned to build upon activities implemented, and relationships forged

in 2014 to support ASEAN’s aspirations to achieve its vision for the formation of a rules-

based, prosperous community.

PROGRESS supports ASEAN across three broad components focusing on institutional

strengthening activities designed to: 1) enhance ASEAN’s ability to advance good

governance and political-security cooperation; 2) improve ASEAN’s capacity to promote

equitable and sustainable human development; and 3) increase the ASEAN Secretariat’s

capacity.

Within this framework, PROGRESS focused activities in seven work streams: 1)

transnational crime and non-traditional security threats with a focus on Trafficking in Persons

(TIP); 2) human rights; 3) executive, judicial and legislative networks; 4) science-based

policy making; 5) disaster risk reduction and management; 6) women’s and children’s rights;

and 7) public outreach and project management within the ASEAN Secretariat. Additionally,

PROGRESS served as communications integrator for all USASEAN initiatives to identify

linkages across projects and highlight a broad perspective of the U.S. Government’s

assistance to ASEAN.

The PROGRESS contract was awarded on September 3, 2013 and runs through September 2,

2018. This report covers the first quarter of the project’s second year. Major highlights from

activities implemented this quarter include the following:

• October 2014 (work stream 1) – In collaboration with the U.S. Department of State

J/TIP office, PROGRESS organized the ASEAN-U.S. Seminar on Trafficking in

Persons in Yangon, Myanmar for ASEAN Member States (AMS) to learn more about

the U.S. TIP Report. It was the first ASEAN-U.S. cooperative activity on TIP.

• October 2014 (work stream 3) – PROGRESS convened ASEAN judiciary officials

and representatives from the ASEAN Secretariat to finalize a concept note for the

creation of an ASEAN judiciary body to be formally endorsed by the Chief Justices in

early 2015 and formally launched in the summer.

• November 2014 (work stream 7) – Hundreds of attempts to compromise the

ASEAN website’s security during the ASEAN Summit were repelled due to IT

upgrades and a defensive plan put into place by PROGRESS.

• November - December 2014 (work stream 4) – PROGRESS worked with

USAID/RDMA and the ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology (COST) to

carry out three “roadshows” to Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Vietnam to promote the

second year of the ASEAN-U.S. Science and Technology Fellows Program. Calls for

applications were released in early December.

• December 2014 (work stream 5) – PROGRESS awarded a subcontract to the Pacific

Disaster Center (PDC) and began implementing activities under Work stream 5.

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In the next quarter, PROGRESS will implement the following activities:

• January – February 2015 (work stream 6) – PROGRESS will hold a series of in-

country consultations to gather inputs to inform the structure and sustainability plan

for the establishment of the Network of Social Service Agencies (NOSSA) within

ASEAN. Consultants will present initial findings from in-country consultations at the

next ACWC Meeting scheduled for February 25th

-27th

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• February 2015 (work stream 4) – Convene the technical evaluation committee to

review and select up to 16 new Fellows for the 2nd

Year Program.

• February 2015 (work stream 5) – Through its subcontractor PDC, PROGRESS will

organize a training needs assessment workshop for the baseline study to improve

training standards for AMS National Disaster Management Organizations (NDMOs).

• February 2015 (work stream 7) – PROGRESS will identify and contract a company

to carry out the second phase of improvements to the ASEAN website.

• March 2015 (work stream 5) – Through subcontractor PDC, PROGRESS will hold

a workshop to begin the process for formalized and coordinated Regional

Vulnerability Assessments (RVA) in ASEAN.

• March 2015 (work stream 2) – Depending on what transpires during the February

AICHR meeting, PROGRESS will support—in collaboration with the European

Union and Japan—a joint AICHR-SOMTC workshop on a Human Rights-based

Approach to Combating TIP.

The report below provides further details on the work completed by PROGRESS across each

of the seven work streams over the past quarter, including the communication products

produced, successes and challenges faced, and immediate next steps to be undertaken during

the next quarter. The report also notes successes and challenges faced in the communication

integrator role, monitoring and evaluation, and operations.

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II. ACTIVITIES BY COMPONENT

COMPONENT 1 – ADVANCING GOOD GOVERNANCE AND POLITICAL-SECURITY COOPERATION

Under Component 1, PROGRESS supports ASEAN to advance good governance and

political-security cooperation through institutional strengthening, focusing on transnational

crime and non-traditional security threats; human rights; and executive, judicial and

legislative networks.

WORK STREAM 1: TRANSNATIONAL CRIME AND NON-TRADITIONAL SECURITY THREATS WITH A FOCUS ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)

Under its first work stream, PROGRESS

seeks to formalize the cooperation and

communication within ASEAN to combat

transnational crimes, particularly related

to TIP.

Seminar on U.S. Trafficking in Persons

(TIP) Reporting and Ranking

Procedures In collaboration with the ASEAN Desk

Officer for the Senior Officials Meeting

on Transnational Crime (SOMTC), and

the U.S. J/TIP office, PROGRESS

organized and held the ASEAN-U.S.

Seminar on TIP in Yangon on October 7th

,

2014. A total of 54 participants attended,

including 41 representatives from nine AMS, only Lao PDR did not participate. The seminar

was the first-ever ASEAN-U.S cooperative activity on TIP and received an excellent

response from AMS participants. Nine local media outlets covered the event.

U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Monitoring and Combating Trafficking in Persons, Luis

CdeBaca provided an excellent overview of the major issues related to TIP facing the region,

including providing a summary on the findings of the 2014 U.S. TIP Report, which was

particularly important given the fact that within the 2014 report both Malaysia and Thailand

were downgraded to Tier 3 status. Representatives from Malaysia and Thailand had the

opportunity to engage with Ambassador CdeBaca on their recent status downgrades and learn

more about process and criteria behind the rankings. Representatives from Malaysia

expressed their thanks for the presentation and opportunity to learn more about TIP issues

and the report. Representatives from Thailand and Vietnam expressed concern regarding the

validity of the report data, which Ambassador CdeBaca explained was gathered from non-

governmental sources such as NGOs and the media, as the respective governments did not

provide inputs.

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Ambassador CdeBaca indicated that ASEAN makes an ideal platform to cooperate in the

fight against human trafficking, and he urged AMS to revisit the recommendations in the

2014 U.S. TIP Report, emphasizing the U.S. Government’s commitment to supporting

countries that express real commitment to addressing the recommendations. Ambassador

CdeBaca also recommended revisiting the 2004 ASEAN Declaration against TIP, particularly

those aspects dealing with women and children, to serve as a vehicle for advancing regional

cooperation on combating TIP.�

By all accounts the event achieved its goals of raising awareness about the 2014 U.S. TIP

Report and providing a platform for a broader discussion on how TIP affects the region. The

organization and preparations for the activities were not without their challenges, however.

Since most officials responsible for TIP issues across AMS are representatives of law

enforcement agencies, PROGRESS worked closely with USAID/RDMA to ensure all

necessary precautions were taken to follow U.S. Government and DAI regulations and

policies. As mentioned in the previous quarterly report, USAID/RDMA was able to secure

the necessary waiver in a timely manner, allowing PROGRESS to undertake the appropriate

vetting of participants under the Leahy protocols. Lessons learned in preparation for this

seminar will allow PROGRESS to work even more efficiently in future work that may

involve engagement of law enforcement officials.

In addition to the operational lessons learned, the TIP Seminar provided PROGRESS a

programmatic entrée into more targeted TIP-related activities in 2015 and beyond. Following

the seminar, the PROGRESS technical team, in close coordination with USAID/RDMA,

consulted with the ASEAN Desk Officer for SOMTC about developing a project proposal to

help ASEAN establish regional standards to address the needs of TIP victims. The proposed

program, to begin next quarter, will help ASEAN to 1) gain a better understanding of what

services AMS currently offers victims of TIP and 2) to help design a common approach to

addressing the needs of TIP victims across the region. PROGRESS is anticipating SOMTC’s

endorsement for its proposal early next quarter.

Communication Products: At the ASEAN-U.S. TIP seminar, PROGRESS supported the U.S.

Embassy to organize a press conference for Ambassador CdeBaca. The event was covered by

the local English-language newspaper Global New Light of Myanmar and was highlighted

online at:

• http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=245489

• http://aseantuc.org/2014/10/8102014-asean-u-s-vow-to-cooperate-in-curbing-human-

trafficking/.

PROGRESS also produced Facebook posts, tweets, a success story, and article on the

ASEAN website: http://www.asean.org/news/asean-secretariat-news/item/asean-us-tackle-

human-trafficking-at-a-seminar-in-myanmar.

PROGRESS also submitted a work stream factsheet to USAID/RDMA.

WORK STREAM 2: HUMAN RIGHTS

This quarter, USAID and PROGRESS engaged the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission

to Protect and Promote Human Rights (AICHR) to discuss how the project could support

their work, including giving a presentation during a formal AICHR meeting in Bangkok in

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November 2014. During the course of the months leading up to the Bangkok presentation,

PROGRESS was in discussions with ASEAN Secretariat Desk Officer for AICHR about

potential support, as well as with AICHR representatives from Indonesia and the Philippines

about particular initiatives under their sponsorship, namely the following:

1. Developing ASEAN legal instruments on human rights (Philippines)

2. Establishing an Annual Human Rights Forum (Indonesia, Thailand, and Lao PDR)

3. Sharing best practices on implementing human rights in conjunction with other

regional human rights mechanisms (Thailand and Lao PDR)

4. Support for a Joint AICHR-SOMTC workshop on TIP (Indonesia)

Only after the presentation in November did it become clear how best to engage AICHR

going forward. The AICHR Chair provided PROGRESS with a clear outline regarding the

AICHR procedures for adopting and endorsing support activities. Based on the outcome of

that meeting and at the request of the AICHR Chair, USAID/RDMA presented an outline of

the parameters for PROGRESS support for human rights and areas for potential engagement

with AICHR. Based on this outline and continued dialog, PROGRESS expects to receive

AICHR-endorsed proposals for PROGRESS’s consideration. Already during this quarter,

PROGRESS has received an additional two concepts for consideration by AICHR. While

these concepts are not yet fully endorsed by AICHR, they represent an increasing interest and

trust on the part of AICHR to work with PROGRESS going forward.

Positive signs aside, given the amount of time and effort spent to date and the challenges of

engaging AICHR, PROGRESS will pursue several “track-two” human rights activities

beginning next quarter, all of which will focus on strengthening civil society networks and

partnerships as well as supporting ongoing regional initiatives.

For example, this quarter, PROGRESS has been discussing with the Human Rights Resource

Center (HRRC), AICHR, and the ACWC support for the 8th

Annual Summer Institute, which

will focus on TIP this year. In addition, PROGRESS has been in discussions with the

ASEAN Foundation, the Human Rights Working Group (HRWG), the Habibie Center

(THC), and others about potential initiatives to begin in the first half of 2015 through the

PROGRESS grants fund.

Communication Products: PROGRESS submitted a work stream factsheet to

USAID/RDMA.

WORK STREAM 3: EXECUTIVE, JUDICIAL, AND LEGISLATIVE NETWORKS (PLUS SUPPORT TO THE CHAIR)

In order to recognize the full potential of an

integrated ASEAN community—stronger

economic growth and stability, scientific

collaboration and easier interregional travel—

there must be a common understanding of the

rule of law by all AMS. One important,

though often overlooked, channel for

strengthening the connection between AMS,

which PROGRESS is supporting, is through

the judiciary.

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“In spite of ASEAN’s diverse legal systems, we

share common ground - to have our own

tailored ASEAN judiciary body that suits the

ASEAN community and its economic development.” - Cambodian Supreme Court

judge, (Hon.) Outtara You, urging the AJA’s

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Deepening regional integration will bring opportunity, but will continue to present new

challenges; particularly as cross-border legal disputes arise from regional agreements with

varying interpretations and levels of enforcement. Closer collaboration among judiciaries and

judges will begin to raise these issues for discussion before they are disputes. In early 2014,

PROGRESS engaged judiciaries from within AMS at an event in Singapore, which in many

ways was a follow-on to the first meeting of ASEAN judiciaries—judges, legal officers, and

administrators—held in 2012 in Phnom Penh under the U.S. Technical Assistance and Trade

Facility project, PROGRESS’ predecessor program. Following the Singapore event,

PROGRESS worked closely with the ASEAN Secretariat to draft a concept for the

establishment of a formal body by mid-2015. To further this effort, PROGRESS brought

together judiciaries from AMS once again in October, 2014 to finalize the concept and

prepare for its eventual endorsement in early 2015.

Regional Judicial Networking Between October 24

th-29

th, 2014, PROGRESS supported a judiciary cooperation workshop in

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, bringing together the ASEAN Secretariat and judiciary officials to

discuss the concept and structure for a new ASEAN judicial body, tentatively being called the

ASEAN Judiciary Association (AJA). Hosted by Cambodia’s Ministry of Justice and

attended by representatives from the Secretariat and judiciary representatives from nine AMS

(with the exception of Vietnam), participants mutually developed and agreed on the

institutional mandate and framework of the AJA. The new body will promote a shared vision

for a rules-based ASEAN with shared values and, ultimately, shared procedures for dispute

settlements and national-level implementation of international and regional agreements.

Following the workshop, PROGRESS and the

ASEAN Secretariat finalized a draft concept

paper that will be presented for full

endorsement at an informal meeting of the

AMS Chief Justices in March. Following

endorsement for establishing the body,

PROGRESS will work with the Secretariat to

prepare for the inauguration of the AJA.

Communication Products: PROGRESS developed a one-page highlight about the ASEAN

Judicial Cooperation workshop and a success story about PROGRESS’ earlier support for the

Wildlife Enforcement Network (WEN) workshop, which produced the preliminary iteration

of the East Asia Summit Declaration on Combating Wildlife Trafficking—the final version of

which was signed by AMS in November 2014. PROGRESS also submitted a work stream

factsheet to USAID/RDMA.

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COMPONENT 2 – PROMOTING EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

WORK STREAM 4: SCIENCE-BASED POLICY MAKING

PROGRESS continues to support ASEAN to further institutionalize science-based, data-

driven decision making through its implementation of the ASEAN-U.S. Science and

Technology (S&T) Fellows Program.

ASEAN-U.S. Science and Technology Fellows Pilot Program In November, PROGRESS’ proposal for a multi-year fellowship program was endorsed by

the ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology (COST). Following the endorsement, the

project worked with the ASEAN Secretariat’s S&T Division and COST to prepare for and

promote the second year of the Program, with an emphasis on soliciting applications from

Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam.

During the quarter, first year Fellows continued to work with their supervisors to develop

policy recommendations and implementing their plans of action. Current Fellow from

Vietnam, Dr. Pham Thi Thanh Nga, participated in the second year promotional roadshows in

Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam, and other Fellows promoted the program in their

respective countries. Additionally, six Fellows contributed blog entries about their respective

policy areas to the USASEAN InnovASEAN blog this quarter, with the exception of Maria

Ruth B. Pineda, a Fellow from the Philippines, whose blog entry was featured last quarter.

Pilot Year Assessment This quarter, PROGRESS completed a mid-year assessment report advising improvements to

the structure and implementation to enhance the program in the future. After receiving

USAID/RDMA’s approval for the Terms of Reference for the assessment last quarter,

PROGRESS spent most of this quarter collecting and analyzing data from current Fellows,

their supervisors, and collaborative partners, focusing on the first six months of the program.

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PROGRESS will formally submit the assessment report to COST via the ASEAN Secretariat

in the beginning of next quarter. A summary of preliminary findings from the assessment are

presented in section IV. Monitoring and Evaluation.

Preparation and Promotion for the Year 2 S&T Fellows Program To avoid delaying the second year of the ASEAN-U.S. S&T Fellows Program, PROGRESS

sought and received COST’s endorsement for the multi-year S&T program proposal prior to

the completion of the mid-year assessment report. Based on guidance from USAID/RDMA,

PROGRESS targeted increased engagement of CLMV countries, which had limited

representation in the pilot year, through a series of promotional roadshows over the quarter

(see Table 1 below). Additionally, current Fellows were encouraged to help promote and

share information about the second year of the program to academic and research institutions

in their countries and among their social media and professional networks.

The announcement calling for applications was posted on the USAID/RDMA and ASEAN

websites on December 5th

, 2014 and subsequently promoted through respective social media

channels. In preparing the Year 2 Program and call for applications, PROGRESS—in

consultation with ASEAN Secretariat and USAID/RDMA—agreed to lower the degree

requirement to a Masters level, maintaining that Doctorate level was “strongly preferred,” in

order to widen the pool of eligible applicants across the diverse AMS. One ongoing challenge

has been how to encourage applications from Brunei Darussalam and Singapore, countries

that PROGRESS cannot provide direct funding support due to USG restrictions. USAID has

made it clear that should Brunei Darussalam and Singapore identify and agree to financially

supporting Fellows, they will be able to fully participate in all PROGRESS sponsored events

and will be considered Fellows in all respects. The application deadline is January 30, 2015.

Next quarter, the technical evaluation committee will convene to review applications, and

COST will again reach out to National COST Chairs to secure hosting arrangements with

other line ministries.

Communication Products: This quarter, PROGRESS developed a communication strategy for

the ASEAN-U.S. S&T Fellows Second Year Program, prepared a photo collage and drafted

an announcement for the call for applications for USAID/RDMA, USASEAN, and the

ASEAN Secretariat to share through their social media networks. As of December 31st, the

ASEAN Secretariat Facebook post announcing the call for applications for the Year 2

Program attracted 1,015 hits.

Table 1. Summary of the ASEAN-U.S. S&T Program – Year 2 Promotional Roadshows

Country Involvement Meetings/Outcomes Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Oct. 27th

– 28th

, 2014

USAID/RDMA; PROGRESS;

Current Fellow from Vietnam,

Dr. Pham Thi Thanh Nga

• Met with USAID Cambodia to discuss

engagement in promotion and

implementation for the second year

program.

• Spoke with Dr. Tung Ciny from Ministry

of Industry/Handicrafts to engage as

national COST representative.

• Met representatives of Ministries of

Education, Agriculture, Forestry and

Fisheries, and the Environment.

• Discussed Cambodia’s priority areas and

solidified commitment to participate in

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second year program.

Vientiane, Lao PDR

Nov. 18th

, 2014

Same as above • Met with the national COST Chair and

the National University of Laos, both

enthusiastic about promoting the program

to potential applicants and the ability for

Master’s degree candidates to apply.

• Met with Ministry of Science and

Technology, which indicated that

biodiversity and energy security would

be its priority areas of interest in the

program.

Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh City,

Vietnam

Nov. 19th

-21st, 2014

Same as above • Met with Ministry of Science and

Technology, which indicated that

biodiversity and fisheries and coastal

management would be the priority areas.

• Met with the Ministries of Agriculture

and Rural Development and of Natural

Resources and the Environment to gauge

interest in hosting Year 2 Fellows.

• Met with the S&T Committee of the

Vietnam National Assembly, Vietnam

National University in Hanoi and HCMC,

Hanoi University of Science and

Technology and the Vietnam Center for

Biodiversity and Development.

Manila, Philippines The roadshow to the Philippines was cancelled due to a potential visit from a

high-level U.S. official around the same time period. However, the ASEAN

Secretariat forwarded a letter from Dr. Guevara, the Philippines’ COST Chair,

who proposed to include health as a priority area in the future.

WORK STREAM 5: DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT

During the quarter, PROGRESS awarded two subcontracts to the Pacific Disaster Center

(PDC) to provide assistance in the implementation of all activities under work stream 5. PDC

started work immediately, participating in a half-day coordination meeting with Adelina

Kamal, and Neni Marlina, from the ASEAN Secretariat’s Disaster Management and

Humanitarian Assistance Division, to prepare for upcoming activities. During the November

13th

meeting, PDC and PROGRESS laid out plans for the upcoming workshop to conduct

regional needs assessments for training programs with NDMOs across AMS and began to

discuss how best to assess and standardize Risk Vulnerability Assessment (RVA) throughout

the region. In early December, PROGRESS and PDC presented its proposed work plan for its

RVA activities, as well as its proposed support to improve the Disaster Monitoring Response

System (DMRS) at a meeting of the Risk Assessment, Early Warning and Monitoring

(RAEWM) Working Group, an event sponsored by Australia/DFAT.

Develop Training Standards for NDMOs This quarter, PROGRESS, PDC, the ASEAN Secretariat, and the AADMER Partnership

Group (APG) agreed to hold the training needs assessment (TNA) workshop from February

11th

-12th

, 2015 in Jakarta. The TNA workshop will collect information and input from

participants about how best to develop common training standards for national disaster

management organizations (NDMOs) across AMS. PROGRESS will fund the participation of

up to seven representatives from NDMOs, academia, and CSOs, and Australia/DFAT will

support the participation of the ADTRAIN focal points.

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Regional Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (RVA) On December 3

rd, 2014, PDC attended the ACDM Working Group on RAEWM Meeting in

Phnom Penh to present the RVA and DMRS enhancement initiatives. The RAEWM Working

Group supported PDC’s proposed work plan and confirmed their participation in a baseline

survey for PDC’s gap analysis estimated to take place in mid-January 2015.

Enhance information content of DMRS and establish institutional processes to build

capacity and increase the application of the AHA Center’s DMRS by AMS NDMOs During the quarter, PROGRESS and PDC also met with the AHA Centre to discuss starting a

partial upgrade to the AHA Centre DMRS remotely. PDC will begin this initial upgrade next

quarter.

Communication Products: PROGRESS also submitted a work stream factsheet for this work

stream to USAID/RDMA.

WORK STREAM 6: WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

This quarter, PROGRESS continued to strengthen ACWC as an institution, support the

creation of a Network of Social Service Agencies (NOSSA) throughout AMS, and further

refined its approach to helping ACWC harmonize AMS implementation of the ASEAN

Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Violence Against Children

(DEVAWVAC).

Support ACWC to hold an institutional strengthening workshop Following the ACWC institutional strengthening workshop last year, PROGRESS worked

with the ASEAN Secretariat and ACWC to develop a report with recommendations and a

plan of action for ACWC institutional strengthening. This quarter, the report was finalized.

The ASEAN Secretariat will send the report for ACWC’s adoption next quarter. PROGRESS

developed a new concept for continued institutional strengthening support and submitted it

through the ASEAN Secretariat for ACWC endorsement, which is expected in early 2015.

The follow-up workshop to prioritize recommendations from the report and prepare ACWC

for its next work planning cycle is scheduled to take place in mid-2015.

Communication Products: PROGRESS submitted a one-page highlight to USAID/RDMA

about the ACWC institutional strengthening workshop, entitled “U.S.-ASEAN Collaborate to

Strengthen ASEAN Capacity to Promote and Protect Rights of Women and Children.”

Support the establishment of a Network of Social Service Agencies (NOSSA) In October 2014, PROGRESS presented an inception report for the establishment of a

NOSSA to ACWC representatives at the 9th

ACWC meeting in Yangon. All 10 AMS agreed

with the suggested in-country visits and follow-up consultations to finalize a draft Strategic

Work Program (2015-2020) and draft Directory of Social Service Agencies (SSAs). In

November, PROGRESS staff and one of the NOSSA consultants presented at the 10th

ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Social Welfare and Development (SOMSWD) in

Vientiane, Lao PDR. SOMSWD responded positively and agreed to appoint NOSSA focal

points and complete the nomination of social service agencies (SSAs).

As agreed with USAID/RDMA, Singapore, the ASEAN Secretariat and ACWC, the

implementation plan for establishing the NOSSA is divided into four phases illustrated

below:

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PROGRESS and the ASEAN Secretariat are now working with ACWC representatives and

SOMSWD to identify NOSSA focal points, appoint SSAs and schedule in-country

consultations across all 10 AMS during the next quarter. PROGRESS will take advantage of

the ACWC meeting in Jakarta from February 25th

-27th

, 2015 to present the preliminary

findings from the in-country consultations.

Harmonize AMS approaches to addressing violence against women and children This quarter, PROGRESS refined its activities supporting the harmonization of AMS

approaches to addressing violence against women and children with additional inputs from

USAID/RDMA and the ASEAN Secretariat. PROGRESS developed a new Scope of Work

(SOW) for an activity to assist ACWC in developing a checklist/monitoring tool to review

the progress of AMS toward achieving the objectives laid out in the DEVAWEVAC, such as

eliminating child labor. As noted by the ASEAN Secretariat, the tool will be relevant at the

national and regional levels. Next quarter, PROGRESS will finalize the SOW with

USAID/RDMA and the ASEAN Secretariat and recruit a consultant to prepare the

checklist/monitoring tool.

Communication Products: PROGRESS submitted a success story about the ACWC

Institutional Strengthening Workshop to USAID/RDMA this quarter. PROGRESS also

submitted a work stream factsheet to USAID/RDMA.

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WORK STREAM 7: PUBLIC OUTREACH AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE ASEAN SECRETARIAT

The ASEAN Secretariat's mission is to initiate, facilitate, and coordinate stakeholder

collaboration in realizing the purposes and principles of ASEAN as reflected in the ASEAN

Charter. On a yearly basis, over 1,500 meetings are held or supported in some manner by the

rotating Chair of ASEAN and ASEAN Secretariat staff to ensure progress is made towards

the ASEAN Blueprint’s objectives and goals. PROGRESS supports the ASEAN Secretariat

and its staff with technical assistance in two main areas: 1) targeted support to the Public

Outreach and Civil Society (POCS) unit to improve outreach activities and 2) enhanced use

of information communication technologies (ICT) and social media.

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The ASEAN Secretariat, through Deputy

Secretary General Alicia dela Rosa-Bala,

expressed appreciation for POCS’s

steadfast maintenance of the website’s

security during the ASEAN Summit.

POCS, in turn, expressed thanks to the

USG’s support for improving the website’s

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Improve the effectiveness of communications and outreach within the ASEAN Secretariat

through ICT and other systems enhancements This quarter, PROGRESS continued to work with (POCS) and local website design company,

2Creative, to complete a series of improvements to the back-end efficiency and security of

the ASEAN website. This work included a comprehensive assessment of the security of

ASEAN’s website to cyberattacks, a 400 percent expansion of the website’s mailing list

capacity and improved visibility of the ASEAN website through search engine optimization.

Thousands of attempts were made to breach the website’s security during the ASEAN

Summit from November 12th

-13th

, but in part due to a multi-faceted defense strategy

developed by 2Creative and POCS, the website’s security was never compromised and

remained operational throughout the event providing key information, updates and

statements.

Next quarter, PROGRESS begin preparations for a

prospective ASEAN Youth Video Contest by

submitting a draft concept note to the ASEAN

Secretariat’s Education, Youth, and Training

Development Division for consideration and will

continue its support to POCS and the ASEAN

website. In addition, through its partner Internews,

PROGRESS will support Japan’s effort to launch

the Spotlight ASEAN programs by providing video

production training for CLMV countries.

Communication Products: PROGRESS submitted a work stream factsheet to

USAID/RDMA.

Capacity building for ASEAN Secretariat Desk Officers [Postponed] This quarter, PROGRESS, the ASEAN Secretariat and USAID/RDMA began to organize a

seminar for ASEAN Secretariat desk officers to learn about rule of law and rules-based

community building in the ASEAN context. Scheduled for mid-December, the seminar was

to be led by Professor David Cohen, a leading international law expert from Stanford

University, and held at the WSD Handa Center for Human Rights and International Justice at

Stanford University. The seminar was also designed to provide an opportunity for Stanford

University faculty members to learn more about ASEAN and enhance their understanding of

the ASEAN community-building process. However, on November 25th

, USASEAN informed

the ASEAN Secretariat that the seminar had to be postponed due to logistical considerations

and delays in gathering information for processing J-1 visas for the participants. PROGRESS

is in discussions with Professor Cohen, USAID/RDMA, and the ASEAN Secretariat about

recasting this as a Jakarta-based seminar in mid-2015.

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COMMUNICATIONS

PROGRESS continues to produce various outreach materials to complement efforts aimed at

raising awareness of U.S.-ASEAN cooperation activities under ASEAN’s Political-Security

Community Blueprint. During this quarter a number of publications—both print and digital—

were developed and are summarized in the table below.

PROGRESS also provided the ASEAN Secretariat, USAID/RDMA, and USASEAN with

Facebook posts and tweets for their respective social media accounts. PROGRESS has

promoted topics such the ASEAN-U.S. S&T Fellows Program through ASEAN’s social

media networks and website. Tweets referring to PROGRESS’ activities have been shared by

USAID/RDMA and USASEAN on topics including the Judiciary Workshop and TIP

Seminar.

Table 2 - List of Communication Products Submitted to USAID/RDMA this Quarter

Type of

Product

Title Date of

Submission

Description

USAID-

ASEAN

Bulletin

USAID-ASEAN Bulletin #2 October 28th Sent to USAID/RDMA;

Published on November 6th,

2014

Fact Sheet

(Annex 3)

Work stream Fact Sheets for

work streams 1-3, 5-7

November 3rd Sent to USAID/RDMA;

Confirmation of receipt

Success Story

(Annex 3)

Trafficking in Persons

Seminar

December 5th Sent to USAID/RDMA

Success Story

(Annex 3)

ACWC Institutional

Strengthening Workshop

December 5th Sent to USAID/RDMA

Blurb

S&T Fellows Program

Application

December 18th Published on ASEAN website

and Facebook page, 1,015 hits

on the website as of December

30th, 2014.

Twitter

(Annex 3)

S&T Fellows Program

Application

December 18th

Published in ASEAN official

account .@ASEAN ; US

Mission official account

.@USMission2ASEAN;

RDMA official account

.@USAIDAsia

Flickr

Updated photo album from

activities - ACWC

Institutional Strengthening

Workshop, ASEAN

Judiciary, TIP Seminar, and

S&T Fellows

Throughout the

quarter

https://www.flickr.com/photos/

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III. COMMUNICATION INTEGRATOR In addition to providing communications products for implemented activities, PROGRESS

serves as the ASEAN-U.S. communications integrator. In this role, PROGRESS helps raise

awareness and understanding about USG-supported assistance provided to ASEAN for

numerous audiences, including USG (USAID, USASEAN and bilateral missions), ASEAN

(ASEAN Secretariat, sectoral bodies and working groups), and the general public (media,

youth, private sector and civil society organizations.)

This quarter, PROGRESS continued to collaborate with seven other ASEAN-U.S.

development programs across the region to produce the second and third USAID-ASEAN

Bulletins. This quarterly electronic newsletter provides brief updates on key USAID-ASEAN

cooperation activities for primarily internal USG audience. The second Bulletin was

published in November 2014 while the third Bulletin will be published in early 2015.

Also this quarter, PROGRESS met with the USAID/RDMA Department of Communications

(DOCS) to discuss a tentative plan for working together on communication outreach about

USAID-ASEAN activities through USAID/RDMA’s website and social media. PROGRESS

will follow up with USAID/RDMA DOCS next quarter regarding updating information about

USAID-ASEAN activities on their website.

IV. MONITORING AND EVALUATION This quarter, PROGRESS revised its M&E plan with a simplified results framework, reduced

the number of indicators, and provided additional clarity on appropriate data collection,

reporting structure and tools. To further improve internal M&E practices, PROGRESS

created a training database system and M&E “dashboard” for improved data collection and

tracking. Finally, greater clarity using the TraiNet reporting system is now apparent, after the

M&E Assistant attended the USAID TraiNet training in Bangkok from November 4th

-6th

,

2014.

S&T Fellows Pilot Program Assessment As noted above in Work stream 5, with support from USAID/RDMA and the ASEAN

Secretariat, PROGRESS completed a mid-year assessment of the 2014 ASEAN-U.S. Science

and Technology (S&T) Fellows Pilot Program to identify challenges and successes and to

translate the findings into useful recommendations for the program’s successive years. The

M&E team collected inputs from current S&T Fellows, their supervisors and mentors to

gauge the extent to which the pilot program was able to meet the objectives set out at the

program’s inception: advancing regional cooperation; strengthening science-based

policymaking; building scientists’ capacity to influence policy; and, enhance U.S.-ASEAN

S&T cooperation. Some of the key findings and recommendations are summarized in the

table, below.

Table 3 - Key Findings and Recommendations from

ASEAN-U.S. S&T Fellows Pilot Program Assessment

Strengths • Fellows have acquired new skills and knowledge, increasing their

capacity for influencing policy.

• Each Fellow has expanded his or her professional network, in turn,

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contributing to building a network of scientists and policymakers

throughout ASEAN and beyond and increasing linkages between

ASEAN Member States.

Challenges • Some Fellows felt they were not placed in the host ministry/institution

best positioned to support them in terms of subject matter, level of

commitment, and connections to appropriate ministries or individuals

to impact policy.

• Some Fellows struggled to be recognized as colleagues in their host

placements and lacked credibility when contacting other ministries. A

lack of knowledge about the S&T Fellows Program—even within

their work environment—prevented access to helpful resources.

Recommendations • Increase recruitment efforts and dissemination of application

information.

• Place Fellows in ministries that closely correspond with their thematic

focus area and/or that already has a subject-relevant initiative to which

the Fellow could contribute.

• Make clear to the host institution and supervisor that the program is

not intended to be a scientific research fellowship. In communicating

this to prospective Fellows, mention that while not the primary

objective of the program, there may be some research-related activities

involved, depending on the fellowship opportunity.

• Include capacity-building sessions on communication and writing

earlier in the program or during the orientation. Condense the number

of panel discussions and panelists per discussion. Try to select

panelists with thematic areas directly applicable to the Fellows.

Consider a peer review/feedback opportunity for Fellows’ Plans of

Action.�

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V. MANAGEMENT/OPERATIONS During the quarter, PROGRESS continued to improve its management systems and

processes, providing hands-on staff training on DAI’s proprietary project management

system (TAMIS), monitoring and evaluation (M&E) data collection and reporting, and

communications and outreach. These efforts resulted in enhancing the organization and

efficiency of implementing events, as well as increasing public outreach and the number of

products such as success stories and highlights submitted to USAID/RDMA.

In late September, DAI Finance Specialist, Adam Comar, arrived in Jakarta to work with

PROGRESS’ Finance Team on installing DAI’s web-based financial accounting system

(FAS) and providing training and guidance on utilizing the system. The updated system

supports PROGRESS’ overall financial management and cost accounting.

In response to USAID/RDMA’s request to simplify the document approval process,

PROGRESS created a Docusign account for subsequent approval requests. The system will

submit and track requests, approvals, and documentation much more efficiently.

Staffing

PROGRESS hired Nony Parmawaty on December 18th

as the Senior Monitoring and

Evaluation Manager to replace the previous Manager who suffered some health issues and

was unable to work for a majority of the first year of the project. In addition, after some

careful analysis of the work load for future activities, PROGRESS hired a third Activities

Coordinator, Sri Purwanti, who will start in early January and provide additional support for

logistics, administration, and project management. Currently recruitment is underway to find

a new IT Specialist to replace the previous staff member who resigned at the end of

December.

Program

During the quarter, emphasis was placed on completing the Year 2 Annual Work Plan and

preparing for 2015 activities. The initial work plan draft was submitted and well received on

October 24th

. Based upon ongoing conversations with ASEAN Secretariat counterparts and

USAID/RDMA, the work plan evolved significantly from late October to late December,

culminating in a two-day period between December 15th

-16th

when the Chief of Party and

two Technical Leads joined USAID/RDMA in Bangkok for intensive discussions and

revisions. The final work plan will be submitted in early January for USAID/RDMA

approval.

M&E

In conjunction with the Annual Work Plan, PROGRESS discussed the M&E Plan with

USAID/RDMA and sought guidance in terms of revising the approved Plan based on

reducing the number and simplifying, indicators to harmonize with USAID/RDMA’s

Regional Development Cooperation Strategy and Logical Framework. The final revised

M&E Plan will be submitted in early January for approval.

Meetings with USG

On November 26th

, USASEAN invited the PROGRESS Chief of Party, Deputy Chief of

Party, and Technical Leads to meet with the new Ambassador for the U.S. Mission to

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ASEAN, Nina Hachigian, at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta. PROGRESS’ Chief of Party

introduced his team and provided an overview of the project to allow Ambassador Hachigian

to gain a better understanding of the seven work streams, what has been done to date, as well

as expected activities and outcomes for 2015.

PROGRESS also had the opportunity to meet with the new Senior ASEAN Affairs Officer

from the Office of Multilateral Affairs in Washington, DC, Rigo Garza, during a meeting on

October 7th

. The discussion included a summary of key activities planned for 2015and

potential collaboration and synergies with other USG initiatives.

VI. LOOKING AHEAD During the next quarter, in coordination with and approval from USAID/RDMA and

ASEAN, PROGRESS plans to implement the following activities:

Work stream 1: Transnational Crimes and Non-Traditional Security Threats

• Receive the ASEAN Secretariat’s approval and SOMTC endorsement for

PROGRESS’s project proposal on ASEAN Regional Standards for Addressing the

Needs of TIP victims. �

• Receive approval for and hire TIP Expert (STTA).�

• Begin implementing the baseline study on how AMS currently addresses needs of TIP

victims and identifying what other organizations are working on in the region.�

Work stream 2: Human Rights

• After receiving AICHR’s endorsement, organize a joint AICHR-SOMTC workshop

on a Human Rights-based Approach to Combat TIP (tentatively scheduled for March

2015) to discuss activities supporting the development of standard operating

procedures addressing TIP victims and create mechanisms for better future

coordination among sector bodies on the issue of TIP.

• Further develop “track-two” initiatives, refining project proposals from potential

partners and beginning the process of issuing the first grants under PROGRESS.

Work stream 3: Executive, Judicial and Legislative Networks

• Following the endorsement of AMS Chief Justices to create the judiciary body, work

with the ASEAN Secretariat to prepare for the inauguration of the AJA. The Office of

the Ministry of Justice in Thailand has already offered to host the inauguration event

in the summer of 2015.

Work stream 4: Science-based Policymaking

• Review and select up to 16 Year 2 Fellows.

• Working with COST and the ASEAN Secretariat, secure hosting arrangements with

other line ministries.

Work stream 5: Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

• Begin gap analysis in mid-January 2015 to identify regional RVA standards and

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• Organize a training needs assessment (TNA) workshop from February 11th

-12th

in

Jakarta to identify remaining gaps in training standards for NDMOs.

• Begin an initial upgrade to the AHA Centre’s Disaster Management and Response

System.

Work stream 6: Protecting and Promoting Women’s and Children’s Rights

• Hold a series of in-country consultations with NOSSA focal points and selected SSAs

across AMS in January and February. Findings from the meetings will be presented

by PROGRESS consultants, Ms. Yuyun Wahyuningrum and Dr. Yeow Poon, at the

ACWC meeting in Jakarta from February 25th

-27th

, 2015.

• Recruit a consultant to conduct a study to create the DVAWVAC

checklist/monitoring tool.

Work stream 7: Public Outreach and Project Management within the ASEAN

Secretariat

• Identify and contract a company to carry out the second phase of improvements to the

ASEAN website.

• Prepare for the ASEAN Youth Video Contest by submitting the draft concept note to

the ASEAN Secretariat’s Education, Youth, and Training Development Division for

consideration.

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Promoting Access to Finance for Women Entrepreneurs

Access to finance is arguably the biggest constraint to small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) growth for women entrepreneurs in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam . The USAID ASEAN Connectivity through Trade and Investment project launched a multi-year effort to expand access to finance with a two-day regional conference on “SME Access to Finance – Moving Forward in Support of Women Entrepreneurs in the Less Developed ASEAN Countries” on September 24-25, 2014 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Nearly 200 participants from the banking industry, micro-finance institutions, small and medium-sized enterprises, ASEAN regulatory agencies and donors discussed novel funding options set out in a review paper on SME funding mechanisms by Bemidji State University’s, Prof. William J. Scheela. The outcome of the conference will be prepared by Prof. Scheela, providing recommendations for action by these stakeholders to foster better access to finance for SMEs,

especially those owned by women entrepreneurs.

At the end of the conference, 15 financial institutions presented 26 innovative proposals to address a range of access to finance issues in the Mekong sub-region. A panel of experts provided feedback on these proposals and the project will be working with some of the institutions to explore how these approaches could be implemented more broadly.

The regional conference was organized in partnership with the ASEAN SME Working Group, GIZ, USAID’s Development Credit Authority and regional and local associations such as Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs Council, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs’ Network, and Vietnam Microfinance Working Group.

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New Mobile App Launched to Help Combat Wildlife Trade in Asia On September 17, ASEAN, USAID and Freeland introduced a new mobile application called WildScan. Designed to help law enforcement officials respond to wildlife trafficking, an illicit trade estimated at $19 billion per year, WildScan contains photos and critical information for over 280 endangered species and illegal wildlife products commonly trafficked into and throughout Southeast Asia to assist in proper identification and rapid response.

WildScan was produced through a collaborative partnership between academics, law enforcement, scientists and other wildlife specialists, under the USAID-funded Asia’s Regional Response to Endangered Species Trafficking Program, implemented by Freeland. The application allows users to input information such as the color and size of the animal in question to quickly identify the species. It also

includes essential animal care instructions and a simple reporting function.

Many endangered animals, including birds and turtles, are smuggled with non-protected species, making timely identification difficult for authorities. Through a unique identification tool and high resolution photos, WildScan increases the ability of law enforcement to effectively and efficiently identify animals and animal products without having to use large reference books.

“Wildlife trafficking in Southeast Asia is a serious threat to biodiversity, human wellbeing, and feeds into transnational organized criminal networks,” said Mr. Do Quang Tung, the Chairperson of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ Wildlife Enforcement Network. “This app is a game-changing approach that empowers law enforcers and the public at large across the region to work together and fight back.” WildScan is available for free download on Android devices via Google Play and will support Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese languages in 2015. Written by jewilson on November 5, 2014 | [edit] Posted in Uncategorized

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ASEAN Public-Private Taskforce Demonstrates the Power of Collaboration in

Safeguarding the Future of Asia’s Marine Resources and Rural Livelihoods

The ecological health and sustainable use of water resources will be extremely important for Southeast Asia’s continued economic development, a region whose 600 million people depend largely on the ecological services of the Andaman Seas, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean for their livelihoods and food security.

Recognizing the private sector’s role in ensuring sound development of fisheries and aquaculture in the region, USAID helped support ASEAN and private sector representatives to form an ASEAN Public-Private Taskforce for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture through the USAID Maximizing Agricultural Revenue through Knowledge, Enterprise Development, and Trade project.

The ASEAN taskforce provides a forum for the public and private sectors to identify, discuss, and prioritize activities to address key and emerging regional issues impacting the growth and sustainability of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors. With support from USAID, the taskforce is currently coordinating three regional activities to address aquatic animal health management, sustainable aquatic feed and capture fisheries improvement.

To accelerate and intensify public-private cooperation and collective action, Indonesia’s Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries has proposed to establish an ASEAN Public-Private Center for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture to intensify the work of the taskforce in 2015. One of its key roles would be serving as the secretariat for the taskforce from March 2015 forward. The Center will support the ASEAN Economic Community’s integration by promoting policy dialogue and partnerships in the fisheries and aquaculture industries. Taskforce representatives will meet again in Penang, Malaysia in November 2014 to begin laying the groundwork for the Center.



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ASEAN Endorses Innovative Tool to Prioritize Forest Management

Strategies

The ASEAN Regional Knowledge Network on Climate Change (ARKN-FCC) has officially endorsed the Decision Support Tool (DST) on Identifying and Addressing Drivers of Deforestation and Degradation. To reduce forest-based greenhouse gas emissions, the region needs increased focus on factors that drive deforestation and degradation. New tools and methods, such as this DST, fill this gap by providing a process to assess and address drivers. The DST is the result of a collaborative process between ARKN-FCC and the USAID-funded Lowering Emissions in Asia’s Forests project to develop guidance on how to implement a process that changes the trend and direction of the factors responsible for driving deforestation and forest degradation. The tool is currently being prepared for publication in advance of the UNFCC COP 20, to be held in Lima,

Peru from December 2-3, 2014.

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U.S., ASEAN Cities Climate Change Partnership Highlighted at

Southeast Florida Regional Climate Leadership Summit In early October, the USAID-supported CityLinks program attended the 6th Annual Southeast Florida Regional Climate Leadership Summit in Miami, Florida and presented its city-matching model at a panel discussing international collaboration on climate change. The summit, focused on fostering climate-related collaboration, brought together over 300 leaders from business, government, academia, and the non-profit sector together to exchange ideas and innovations. As part of a panel discussing international collaboration around climate change, CityLinks Program Manager Jessica Cho presented the the program’s cities-matching model for addressing mutual climate change issues, highlighting the work that Legazpi City in the Philippines and Fort Lauderdale, Florida have done together to mutually improve their adaptive capacity to climate change. The audience was very impressed with what urban areas in ASEAN Member States have been able to accomplish in the face of so many natural disasters and with so few resources.

Among those in attendance were officials from the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Presidential Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience. The Summit was organized

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by the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact, an agreement between Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach counties to join forces in adapting to climate change and developing resilient strategies.

To learn more about the CityLinks program, visit the CityLinks website and the Notes from CityLinks blog, follow us on Twitter at @ICMACityLinks, like us on Facebook, and join the climate change discussion in the Climate Preparedness, Adaptation, and Resilience group on the Knowledge Network. Written by jewilson on November 5, 2014 | [edit] Posted in Uncategorized

Towards Greater Mobility of Skilled Labor under the ASEAN Community From October 9-10, 2014, the joint USAID and IOM project “Supporting ASEAN in Moving Towards Increased Mobility of Skilled Labor” held a forum in Manila, Philippines, which provided a platform for a range of governmental and non-governmental stakeholders to exchange views, discuss priority actions and provide input into the steps being taken to facilitate increased mobility of skilled labor under the ASEAN Community. The Forum was held adjoining the 5th Meeting of the Taskforce on ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework, and brought together approximately 70 participants including senior trade, education and labor officials from nine ASEAN Member States, professional regulatory associations/bodies, regional educational institutions, international organizations, employers’ and workers’ organizations, and the Coordinating Committees working on implementation of the ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangements.

The Forum focused on two key issues – facilitating multi-stakeholder coordination in advancing mutual recognition of workers’ skills and qualifications, including implementation of the ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework; and how improving availability, sharing and utilization of labor market information can help inform educational policies and human resource development strategies among ASEAN Member States.

This project helps ASEAN Member States progress toward longer-term goals of developing an ASEAN-wide Labor Market Information System and an ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework, which will allow ASEAN and its Member States to better manage skilled labor mobility throughout the region following the labor market integration next year.

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From September 23-26, the United States Department of Commerce and USAID in collaboration ASEAN and the Medical Device Authority of Malaysia trained 40 medical device regulators in Malaysia on enhancing standards and quality of medical devices under the ASEAN Medical Device Directive.

The training is part of a multiyear program established by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the ASEAN Medical Devices Product Working Group to enhance the capacity of the ASEAN regulators and the medical device industry in both the interpretation and the eventual implementation of the ASEAN Medical Device Directive to be adopted and launched in 2015. The Directive is a guidance document with a regulatory framework that will align regional practices with international rules, facilitating trade in medical devices in the region.



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The 2015 integration of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) Community will increase already expansive trans-border flows of goods, services, and people. While this will undoubtedly create economic opportunities, it also provides favorable conditions for transnational crimes, such as human trafficking, to continue to flourish. Though difficult to find accurate data, estimates suggest upwards of a quarter of a million people per year are trafficked within ASEAN. Yet only about 3,000 of those trafficked are categorized as TIP “survivors,” or victims who have been treated and returned home safely.

National-level TIP legislation varies dramatically throughout the region and the cross-border nature of human trafficking make consistent enforcement a challenge, leaving victims unrecognized or, worse, treated as illegal immigrants or criminals. Even when successfully repatriated, victims often fall through the cracks and are vulnerable to being re-trafficked when there is no proper support system in place to reintegrate them into society. While procedures are often in place to deal with victims of violence, it is notable that most ASEAN Member States have not established procedures that address the particular needs of victims. Appropriately, attention to date has focused on the development of strong legal framework and criminal justice responses, however, the practical challenges of meeting victims’ needs remains largely unaddressed. As a result, even identified victims are not receiving appropriate care and treatment methods. The United States Government, through the ASEAN-U.S. Partnership for Good Governance, Equitable and Sustainable Development and Security (PROGRESS) project, is supporting ASEAN in its efforts to strengthen regional response to victims of trafficking by: • Building consensus – Providing support for a series of consultations convening ASEAN entities and other stakeholders to come to consensus on agreed upon regional standards on victim protection—consistent approaches that will eventually form the basis of nationally-adapted protocols. • Providing technical assistance – Inform relevant ASEAN entities of the latest approaches from within ASEAN Member States and globally to inform broader understanding and best practices for treatment of TIP victims. • Tapping technology – Explore innovative ways to track, identify, and assist victims, linking victims with law enforcement and exploring partnership opportunities with the private sector and social support agencies. • Supporting implementation at the national-level – In onward years, seek to identify and support efforts to work with individual ASEAN Member States in the difficult, but necessary, task of implementing shared ASEAN standards.

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As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) prepares for integration into three mutually reinforcing communities—economic, political-security, and socio-culture—it is increasingly important for member states to recommit themselves to shared principles and values set forth in the ASEAN Charter. These values include respect for the rule of law and adherence to agreed-upon human rights standards set forth in the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration endorsed and integrated into the Charter in 2012. The challenges of addressing human rights in a region with such a diverse political and historical perspective on the topic cannot be overstated. However, to begin to address and draw consensus on human rights ASEAN has formed the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), which is charged with protecting and promoting human rights in the region. Through the ASEAN-U.S. Partnership for Good Governance, Equitable and Sustainable Development and Security (PROGRESS) project, the U.S. seeks to partner with AICHR in its efforts to promote and protect human rights through the following initiatives: • Develop legal instruments – Provide a platform from which AICHR can develop a set of legal instruments to ensure inclusion of human rights tenets within all ASEAN sectoral bodies.

• Support sharing of best practices – In late 2014, PROGRESS co-sponsored the 7th annual Summer Institute on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, which brought together AICHR and other ASEAN officials working on human rights and the rights of women and children, academia, and civil society actors to advance possible solutions related to violence against women and children, particularly in conflict situations. Going forward, PROGRESS looks to facilitate a series of workshops to share best practices on human rights among ASEAN Member States, including an annual forum inviting other regionally-focused human rights organizations to share lessons learned with AICHR and build relationships.

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By the end of 2015, ASEAN will become an integrated community and economic market with a combined gross domestic product of US$2.4 trillion and a population of over 626 million people. This deepening regional integration will present new challenges on cross-border legal issues, including interpreting the ASEAN Charter, court administrative matters, enforcement of judgments and international arbitration, and adapting international treaties into national laws. In order to address these challenges and to recognize the full potential of an integrated ASEAN Community, it will be even more critical that there is a shared understanding of the rule of law across the region. A regular exchange of views and best practices among the judiciaries of the ASEAN Member States will facilitate common understanding of agreements and treaties within respective jurisdictions. Close collaboration will also foster greater connectivity between judiciary bodies and leaders and strengthen a regional network for sharing legal information and research. The United States Government, through the ASEAN-U.S. Partnership for Good Governance, Equitable and Sustainable Development and Security (PROGRESS) project, is supporting ASEAN in its efforts to strengthen channels for regional cooperation on existing and emerging challenges. Specifically, U.S. support focuses on the following initiatives: • Establishing a formal ASEAN judicial body: Building upon work began in 2012 under its predecessor project, PROGRESS is hosting a series of workshops to strengthen communication and cooperation among ASEAN judges with the overarching objective to build consensus and support for the establishment of an ASEAN judicial body. • Capacity building and court excellence: Provide shared capacity development opportunities for the new formal judicial body, including an early focus on joint definition of regional standards on court excellence, drawing upon the International Framework for Court Excellence (IFCE). • Networking opportunities: The newly formed judicial body will provide opportunities for collaborative capacity development, exchange of best practices, and discussion of common challenges, such as on Trafficking In Persons, human rights, and other ASEAN and U.S. priorities.

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Southeast Asia is one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world. Over the past decade alone, the region has seen massive earthquakes off the coast of Indonesia, major flooding across Thailand, and disastrous typhoons in the Philippines. As urban areas rapidly expand and as ASEAN integration creates more vigorous cross-border linkages, natural disasters in the individual member states will continue to have a greater regional impact. To serve a disaster management coordinating mechanism within the region, ASEAN Member States created the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre), which committed member states to combine resources and jointly undertake disaster preparedness and response efforts to minimize loss of life and damages in the region. The AHA Centre actively facilitates regional cooperation when disaster strikes, coordinating regional disaster relief and emergency operations and serving as a key repository of data on regional assets. Through the ASEAN-U.S. Partnership for Good Governance, Equitable and Sustainable Development and Security (PROGRESS) project, the U.S. Government is supporting ASEAN and the AHA Centre in efforts to mitigate loss from natural disasters. Over the next four years, PROGRESS will support the following initiatives: • Standardization of disaster management training –

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Within ASEAN, as in most parts of the world, women and children are disproportionately affected by extreme poverty, illicit trade, poor health, and limited opportunities for quality education and safe employment. To promote the protection of the rights of women and children, ASEAN established the ASEAN Commission to Promote and Protect the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) in April, 2010 as an intergovernmental commission, comprised of two representatives per member state, one for women and one for children. The ACWC is responsible for promoting adherence to the Convention on the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEDAW) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), both of which have been ratified by all ten ASEAN member states. The United States Government, through the ASEAN-U.S. Partnership for Good Governance, Equitable and Sustainable Development and Security (PROGRESS) project works to help strengthen the institutional capacity of the ACWC and supports its mandate to improve ASEAN Member States’ ability to promote and protect the rights of women and children through the following initiatives: Strengthen ACWC as an institution – Already in September 2014, PROGRESS brought together experts from the Inter-American Commission of Women and the Children’s Aid Society School in New York for an institutional strengthening workshop to help ACWC identify key priorities and needs to strengthen their institutional structure. PROGRESS will continue to support ACWC to develop a plan of action to address priorities and needs, some of which were already identified in the institutional strengthening workshop. Establish the Network of Social Service Agencies (NOSSA) – PROGRESS has already begun to lay the foundation for the establishment of a network of social service agencies throughout the region, hiring consultants to conduct on-the-ground research and to hold consultations to identify and bring together organizations already providing protection to women and children victims of violence. Eventually, this network will also organize awareness raising campaigns about the rights of women and children. Harmonize AMS approaches to addressing violence against women and children – PROGRESS will conduct a gap analysis to identify where gaps exist between ASEAN Member States and the minimum institutional standards established under the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women and Elimination of Violence against Children in ASEAN (EVAWEVAC). Once identified, plans to address the gaps will be developed through continued support to ACWC.�

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The ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) is sorely understaffed and under resourced. Approximately 80 full-time professionals and support staff are tasked with coordinating and attending more than 1,500 meetings per year and facilitating dozens of divisions, commissions, and working groups covering a region of over 600 million people. In addition, the sheer volume of information that flows in from the numerous charters and declarations underscoring its mandate is overwhelming. The ASEAN website is one of the main channels for managing this information and is also the main vehicle for sharing information about ASEAN to the public. In addition, the website provides timely information about ASEAN activities throughout its member states and with dialogue partners. However, the ASEAN website has not been up to the challenge, encountering data overloads and security breaches that have caused the website to be inaccessible at times, including crucial times, such as during the ASEAN Summit in early 2014. The U.S. Government, through the ASEAN-U.S. Partnership for Good Governance, Equitable and Sustainable Development and Security (PROGRESS) project, is helping ASEC to improve its communications and project management through the following initiatives: • Support improvements to the ASEAN website – Working closely with ASEC, PROGRESS has already sourced and procured an IT firm to revamp and improve security for ASEAN’s website. Going forward, PROGRESS will continue support improvements, ensuring that branding for all links is in-line with the new ASEAN Communications Strategy. �

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On October 7th, 2014, the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) hosted a seminar in Yangon to discuss common standards for addressing trafficking in persons (TIP) and reaffirmed a shared commitment to working together to curb what many call modern day slavery. During the full-day workshop, ASEAN Member States and U.S. delegations exchanged views, discussed challenges, and shared experiences in addressing TIP in the region.

The U.S. Government (USG) delegation, led by U.S. Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons—Luis CdeBaca—provided a comprehensive presentation on the minimum standards for the elimination of TIP and urged representatives to make serious and sustained efforts to curb human trafficking. Initiated by the U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, the U.S. Department of State ranks countries annually in its TIP Report. Rankings are based on government action to combat trafficking rather than the scale of the problem. Rankings in one of four tiers are determined by the extent of government’s efforts to comply with the TVPA’s minimum standards to eliminate human trafficking.

ASEAN Member States such as Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam have passed legislation criminalizing TIP as a specific offence. ASEAN has a Declaration against TIP and a Handbook on Legal Cooperation in Handling TIP Cases, to support consistency across Member States. However, enforcement of national legislation and regional legal processes has been insufficient in adequately prosecuting traffickers and addressing the repatriation and reintegration of trafficking victims. The seminar highlighted priority areas for future cooperation, including improving the capacity of judicial and prosecutorial officials on TIP, strengthening ties among stakeholders, and enhancing rights-based approach to supporting trafficking victims. ASEAN Member States also hope to foster dialogue and collaboration with NGOs and civil society who are also addressing human trafficking. The USG will continue to support ASEAN efforts to address the challenges of TIP in the region, specifically focusing on rights of victims and improved coordination between and among ASEAN organs, civil society, and other interested donors.

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The Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the U.S. are working together to strengthen the institutional capacity of the ASEAN Commission to Promote and Protect the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) to more effectively carry out its mandate. ACWC is responsible for providing assistance to ASEAN Member States to resolve issues related to women’s and children’s rights. One of the ACWC mandates is to encourage Member States to review national legislation, regulations, policies, and practices related to women’s and children’s rights and ensure that these are aligned with existing international conventions.� On September 29th and 30th, 2014, the U.S. Government (USG) brought women’s and children’s rights experts from the Americas—the Children’s Aid Society from New York City and the Inter-American Commission to Protect Women (CIM)— to Jakarta to share best practices on building sustainable institutions and engaging civil society. The concept for the workshop builds upon relationships established during the ACWC’s 2012 visit to the U.S. where they met with members of the CIM and Children’s Aid Society to explore other models of long-standing institutions with a mandate to protect women’s and children’s rights. Through interactive sessions and informal break-outs, the workshop participants successfully articulated a set of next steps based on the lessons from the visitors, including a narrowing of priorities and new strategies to improve public outreach and communication. Mega Irena, Head of the Women, Labor, and Migrant Workers Division at the ASEAN Secretariat noted, “We learned from the experts participating in the workshop about additional support and resources available [to better demonstrate ACWC’s achievements in advancing the rights of women and children in ASEAN].” At workshop’s end, participants agreed that the ACWC should take a proactive approach to raising public awareness on the newly endorsed Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the Elimination of Violence Against Children in ASEAN, which can serve as a critical platform for outreach efforts going forward. The USG will continue to support efforts to deepen the region’s adherence to the Declaration and will continue to help strengthen the ACWC as an institution, to become a stronger proponent and protector of the rights of women and children.

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