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Ce rapport d’activtés rend compte des activités
réalisées et des résultats obtenus jusqu’au 24 décembre 2018 et couvre une période de trois (03) mois.
La présentation de ces activités et résultats, s’appuie sur le cadre de résultats, partie intégrante du contrat de services de consultant,  conclu dans le cadre du projet financé par la Banque Mondiale entre le BCP-Emploi, le Conseil Régional de l’Agnéby-Tiassa et ICA-Côte d’Ivoire.

CONTEXTE
Le Gouvernement de Côte d’Ivoire a obtenu un financement additionnel de 50 millions de dollars américains octroyé par l’Association Internationale de Développement (IDA) en vue de financer la mise en œuvre du Projet Emploi Jeune et Développement des Compétences (PEJEDEC). Ce projet à améliorer l’accès à l’emploi et le développement des compétences professionnelles des jeunes hommes et femmes âgés de 18 à 35 ans, diplômés ou non et en situation de sans emploi ou sous-emploi. Plus spécifiquement, le financement additionnel a pour objectif d’une part, d’intensifier, à travers de nouvelles approches, les activités menées avec succès sur le financement initial, et d’autre part, de contribuer à la réforme de la formation professionnelle et du système d’apprentissage en Côte d’Ivoire. Le projet comporte les trois composantes suivantes :

  • Composante 1 : Opportunités d’emplois temporaires ;
  • Composante 2 : Développement des compétences et soutien à l’emploi ;
  • Composante 3 : Renforcement des capacités institutionnelles.

Le financement additionnel permettra d’ici au 30 juin 2019 d’améliorer les compétences et l’accès de 31 500 jeunes à l’emploi à travers des stages en entreprises (2 000 jeunes), l’apprentissage (10 000 jeunes), l’entrepreneuriat (5 000 jeunes), les formations complémentaires qualifiantes ou formations de requalification suivies de stages en entreprises (2 000 jeunes) et les travaux à haute intensité de main d’œuvre (12 500 jeunes).

La gestion fiduciaire et la coordination du Projet sont assurées par le Bureau de Coordination des Programmes Emploi (BCP-Emploi) du Ministère de la Promotion de la Jeunesse, de l’Emploi des Jeunes et du Service Civique, tandis que les activités opérationnelles en faveur des bénéficiaires sont conduites par des agences d’exécution publiques et privées en partenariat avec les organisations professionnelles et entreprises du secteur privé.

Dans le cadre de la Composante 2 du Projet, il est prévu de mettre en place des Associations Villageoises d’Epargne et de Crédit (AVEC) en vue de financer la création d’Activités Génératrices de Revenus (AGR) en milieu rural. L’objectif recherché est de favoriser l’entreprenariat en milieu rural par le développement de la culture d’épargne et de crédit. A cet effet, il convient de préciser que la mise en œuvre du volet AGR avec financement par les AVEC s’inscrit dans le cadre des Conventions de Partenariat que le BCP-Emploi a conclues avec dix (10) Régions/Districts qui par ailleurs ont la responsabilité du pilotage, de la coordination et du suivi opérationnel des activités sur leur territoire respectif.

Ainsi, le BCP-Emploi envisage de recruter pour le compte des Régions/Districts partenaires du PEJEDEC, des Prestataires pour la mise en place d’Associations Villageoises d’Epargne et de Crédit en vue du financement d’AGR au profit des jeunes de ces collectivités territoriales.

Les présents termes de référence décrivent le profil des Prestataires à recruter, le contenu de leur mission, les résultats attendus, les zones d’intervention et le nombre de bénéficiaires.

Réunion du groupe du village de Grand-Yapo

Réunion du groupe du village de Grand-Yapo

BILAN DES ACTIVITES REALISEES

Tableau 1 Etat d’avancement des activités
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COTE D'IVOIRE:
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This activity report reflects the activities carried out and the results obtained up to 24 December 2018 and covers a period of three (03) months.
The presentation of these activities and results is based on the results framework, an integral part of the consultant services contract, concluded within the framework of the project financed by the World Bank between the BCP-Emploi, the Regional Council of Agnéby -Tiassa and ICA-Ivory Coast.

CONTEXT
The Government of Côte d'Ivoire has obtained additional funding of US $ 50 million from the International Development Association (IDA) to finance the implementation of the Youth Employment and Skills Development Project (PEJEDEC). This project aims to improve access to employment and the development of the professional skills of young men and women aged 18 to 35, graduates or not and unemployed or underemployed. More specifically, the additional funding aims on the one hand, to intensify, through new approaches, successful activities on initial financing, and on the other hand to contribute to the reform of vocational training and of the apprenticeship system in Côte d'Ivoire. The project has the following three components:

  • Component 1: Temporary employment opportunities;
  • Component 2: Skills Development and Employment Support;
  • Component 3: Institutional Capacity Building.
The additional funding will allow by 30 June 2019 to improve the skills and access of 31,500 young people to employment through internships in companies (2,000 young people), apprenticeships (10,000 young people), the entrepreneurship (5,000 young people), additional qualifying training or requalification training followed by internships in companies (2,000 young people) and labor-intensive work (12,500 young people).

The fiduciary management and coordination of the Project is carried out by the Employment Programs Coordination Office (BCP-Emploi) of the Ministry of Youth Promotion, Youth Employment and Civic Service, while the operational activities in favor of Beneficiaries are led by public and private executing agencies in partnership with professional organizations and private sector companies.

Under Component 2 of the Project, Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) are being set up to finance the creation of Income Generating Activities (IGAs) in rural areas. The objective is to promote entrepreneurship in rural areas through the development of the savings and credit culture. To this end, it should be noted that the implementation of the AGR component with financing by the AVEC is part of the Partnership Agreements that the BCP-Emploi has concluded with ten (10) Regions / Districts which also have the responsibility of piloting, coordinating and operational monitoring of activities in their respective territories.

Thus, the BCP-Emploi plans to recruit on behalf of the Partner Regions / Districts of the PEJEDEC, Providers for the establishment of Village Savings and Loan Associations for the financing of AGR for the benefit of young people of these countries. local authorities.

The present terms of reference describe the profile of the Providers to be recruited, the content of their mission, the expected results, the areas of intervention and the number of beneficiar.

Grand-Yapo Village Group Meeting

Grand-Yapo Village Group Meeting

SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT

Table 1: Progress of activities
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Kouame Konan         konaneug@gmail.com


ICA Associate - Leadership Inc.:

Leadership Inc: Major projects in Fall 2018

Major projects undertaken in Fall 2018 included…

  • Strategic Planning for Shenzhen Women’s Federation
  • Facilitating Annual Alumni Conference of EU-China NGO Twinning Program
  • Training Participatory Community Development and GFM Program for communities leaders in Chengdu, China
  • Shenzhen Female Leaders Study group
  • Faculty Orientation in Research and Teaching Excellence (FORTE) training for AIACHE (All Indian Association for Christian Higher Education)
  • Community and Children involvement program with the Shanghai International Jewelry Exhibition
  • Cross Cultural Training program for NGOs officer in Changsha, China

Strategy Planning Workshop for Shenzhen Women’s Federation
On 6th – 7th September 2018 Ms.Karen Lim and LI colleague, Ms. He Liang,facilitated 40 female leaders from district offices and industrial/media representatives through a planning process to develop the SZ Wormen Federation 5 year plan.

This was the first time for the Women’s Federation to do undertake a planning process involving colleagues and stakeholders rather than simply accepting a strategic plan produced by the Strategy Department.

Facilitating Annual Alumni Conference of EU-China NGO Twinning Program
7th – 8th September 2018 in Hong Kong, Mr. Mark Pixley facilitated the Annual Alumni conference for 80 NGO leaders involved with the EU-China Twinning Program. The program focused on creating opportunities for knowledge sharing, developing the network and developing common projects.

Training Participatory Community Development and GFM Program for communities leaders in Chengdu, China
3th – 15th September 2018 Karen and Ms. Yoyo Yu taught a “Participatory Community Development and GFM” program with 53 Chengdu City community leaders. The program explored Chengdu’s city positioning, and Community Development model and how communities align the city and country plans.

Shenzhen Female Leaders Study group
We established a one year plan for training Shenzhen Female Leaders and organize a weekly Study group including activities involving design thinking, music appreciation and career planning. These activities are supported by the local party committee and are held at the Luohu Party Service Center.

Faculty Orientation in Research and Teaching Excellence (FORTE) training for AIACHE (All Indian Association for Christian Higher Education)

We provided the facilitation training section of the FORTE program coordinated by AIACHE and Salesian College, Sonata. This was a 5 day training program for 30 lecturers and professors at Christian Colleges in India.

Community and Children involvement program with the Shanghai International Jewelry Exhibition
10th – 13th December 2018 Karen coordinated a cooperation with UBM, an international exhibition organizer, to involve a local community and an autism NGO in arecent jewelry exhibition.This involved a gallery to display painting by autistic children, jewelrycreated from these paintings, and child-parent jewelry design activities. The General Manager of UBM China was excited the warmth and involved created and will apply the model in future exhibitions.


Cross Cultural Training program for NGOs officer in Changsha, China

12th December 2018, Mark was delivered a “Traveling through Cultures” workshop at Changsha for 30 NGO leaders from across China.

Mark Pixley           mjpixley@gmail.com


NIGERIA:

CHURCH AND COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION PROCESS (CCMP) ENVISIONING FOR SOULS HARVESTERS MISSIONS FRONTIERS, DECEMBER 18 -19, 2018

Introduction
“The greatest opportunity you can give to someone is not sharing your riches with him but to reveal to him his own.”         -    Benjamin Disraeli

This a follow-up to previous reports on the CCM of which Hannah is one of those being trained as Facilitators in South West Nigeria. This is the fieldwork stage where Trainee Facilitators had to practice what they had learnt.  

Church and Community Mobilization Process (CCMP) is a potent tool for helping the Church fulfill her mandate i.e. implementing integral missions. It empowers and equips the Church to impact her community by working with community members to develop their community.

The objective is to empower the Church and Community holistically to transform their situation using their God-given resources.
 
“People are the best experts of their situation. They know how best they can solve their problem. It’s just that they have not been given the opportunity to look hard at what they have and what they can do. Therefore, we began creating that opportunity, and it is empowering and powerful.”  Francis Njoroge, Consultant and CCMP Facilitator

Hannah shared the CCMP program with the SHMF Board, to which is a member, who approved it for the Staff. (Souls Harvesters Missions Frontiers (SHMF) is the Missions Arm of the Souls Harvesters Ministry Inc., Warri, Delta State Nigeria.}The program held on December 18 -19, 2018 at the Souls Harvesters Ministry Conference Room, Warri, with twenty (20) participants comprising seventeen (17) Missionaries and three (3) Pastors (two from the Harvesters Theological College and one Area Pastor).

  • The Envisioning which was highly interactive and participatory, started with participants answering a series of questions in teams after which each team made presentation of their work.

It was done as follows:

  • What’s the common problem facing the Church today?
  • Why do you think the Church has that problem?  (Acts 4:34) 

Step 1:   BUILD THE VISION:

  • What are the characteristics of the first (desired) Church?  Acts 2: 42-47; 4: 34-35    
  • What are the characteristics of the Community that had the desired Church? 
  • What are the characteristics of the Church today?
  • What are the characteristics of the community where the Church exists      today? 
  • What is/are the gap(s) between the first Church and present day Church?    (i.e. the characteristics missing in today’s Church?)
  • What can the Church do to address/fill the gaps?

Step 2:  BRIDGING THE GAP
“If you do it the way you should do it, it will come out the way it should.” Proverb

The Church Mandate:

  • How is the Church fulfilling its mandate in Matthew 28: 18-20 today?
  • How did Jesus do it? (Luke 4: 18-19)

Two ways: Proclamation and Demonstration (50-50)
Examples: John 5:1-14, John 8:1-11, Luke 9:10-17, John 6:1-14

  • What are the things the Church is doing to take a soul to heaven today?
  • What does the Church stand to gain if it does 50:50 like Jesus did?

Video Presentation on impact of the program in some West and Central African Countries & Reflection

Expected Outcome:
A well-facilitated church and community mobilization process usually impacts people at all levels – spiritually, economically, socially, intellectually – beginning with changing their attitudes about themselves, God, and their neighbor. These outcomes can be seen at church level, community level, and in individuals and groups within the community.

GENERATING COMMITMENT
The need to take the process forward was revealed at the end of the first day. At the end of the second day it was decided that all the Missionaries would be trained as Facilitators, and that the Pastors in the Ministry would be part of the training.
The date of the training would be conveyed to us in due course.

CLOSING REFLECTION
Some comments from participants:

  • CCMP is about helping the members of the Church to discover their talents and using their talents to help themselves and their community.  
        - Rev Oghenekevwe (Rector)
  • The idea of ministry should be people-focused and not structure-oriented.  There are potentials in everyone that can enable them discover and find a solution to their own problems instead of waiting for external help.  We have what it takes to solve our own problems and the thought of CCMP as a viable ministry tool -  Rev Akpoyibo
  • Using the Holy Bible as the basis for discovering who we are and what we have been given by God.
  • The joy of being dependent on self and what is being discovered as a resource for empowerment within a local community.  The gospel is meant to meet both spiritual and temporal needs  -  Gideon Zagison        
  • It’s better to teach people how to fish than to give them fish.  Before you ask donors to support you, you must show what you have done.
  • CCMP workshop helps you to know who you are from God’s perspective, how you can develop and mobilize your community for development 
         -   Rev Boma     
  • The lecture generally gave me insight of my responsibility as a tool or channel in which community will enjoy the light of Christ in me; and as a Christian you will understand you are a tool to bring life to the Church and community through making them to know the potential God deposited in them.   
        -   Samaila Zagi
Closed with a TAO titled “Ripple Effect”

CONCLUSION
There were twenty participants comprising seventeen missionaries and three Pastors – Rector and lecturer of the Harvesters Theological College and an Area Pastor.

Hannah Anighoro


UNITED STATES:

Fifth Anniversary Celebration
“a Dream Come True”
for CSLN Members

Within hours of breaking down and packing up the party lights, leftover food and drink, Polaroid pictures, flyers and banners, the praise began on social media. One member wrote on Facebook that the Fifth Anniversary Celebration of the Chicago Sustainability Leaders Network (CSLN) was “the best time I have had all year.” Another posted a photo captioned “What a terrific evening!! Loved the vibe, food, drinks and especially the people.” Additional praise came through word of mouth, with a newcomer remarking that the event “made my life” and a long-time member calling it “a dream come true.”

From 2011 through 2013, ICA-USA organized a project called accelerate77, which sought to identify, connect, and foster collaboration among community-based sustainability initiatives across all of Chicago’s 77 distinct community areas. The project took a comprehensive view of sustainability and identified over 900 different ways in which residents were working to nourish their communities. In 2012, a Sharing Approaches that Work conference brought together representatives of over 60 of those community areas, as well as resource providers and government officials. accelerate77 revealed the need for a network that could continue to connect and support such grassroots projects, which prompted ICA-USA to launch Chicago Sustainability Leaders Network in October of 2013.



Five years later, on November 30th, 2018, over 70 people gathered at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum to celebrate the success of this network. Seven large glass windows along the wall were filled with hanging displays of milestones from those five years—reports, photos, flyers, and more from key projects, partnerships, and events. See the timeline in digital form here. The celebration sought not only to recall the history and accomplishments of CSLN, but to facilitate connections between past, present, and potential future members, partners, friends, and beyond. Some in attendance had worked with the accelerate77 project and helped forge the network in 2013, while others were interacting with CSLN for the very first time. All were equally welcome, and the unique contributions of the individuals in the room quickly melded into new creative endeavors. A handful of new projects and collaborations were conceived before the night was through.

Words cannot express the full power and importance of the evening. Here are some images:

  • As each person introduced themselves by name, affiliation, the community they represent, others began exclaiming “West Side!”, “South Side!”, and “North Side!” with pride.
  • A cardboard photo frame—accented with craft glitter, bold stick-on C-S-L-N letters, and an accelerate77 logo updated with party hats—was passed around to nearly half the participants in the room.
  • Members hung Polaroid portraits on the spot on the timeline where they first engaged with CSLN.
  • Four businesses sponsored the event with beverage donations. Lagunitas, which donated to a previous CSLN event at the Nature Museum, donated the beer. A network member whose family owns Wide River Winery generously shared their wine. Another member connected with Chicago-based Apologue and brought their responsibly-sourced celery root liqueur. Finally, newcomer The Tandem Way Cafe supplied homemade cold brew.
  • It took three sheets to tabloid-size paper to print out the banner of logos from all of CSLN’s partners over the past five years.


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         See more photos on ICA-USA’s Flickr page.


Andrew Clayton           aclayton@ica-usa.org



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