Result 2. 2: AETR institutions providing outreach services and technical support to clients in farming communities and the private sector.
Result 2. Policy options Policy options and implementation strategies for enhanced livestock sector contribution to growth, food security and poverty reduction identified.
Result 2. Policy analysis Agriculture and livestock sector reviews will be conducted and complemented by analysis of key institutions, such as service providers, herders’ organisations, networks of livestock traders, etc. Areas that require policy and institutional changes will be identified, and appropriate adjustments proposed and supported by the initiative. Analyses will include reviews of policy-making processes, stakeholders, interest groups, information needs and major sector trends. Informed and inclusive discussions of the feasibility of various policy options, and of their expected benefits and trade-offs, will be facilitated in selected fora of IGAD member sates. This is expected to lead to widely owned policy proposals and implementation strategies for submission to national and local governments, and to the donor community. Given the widespread constraints imposed by poor service-provision within the region, policy and institutional measures will be identified that could improve the performance of livestock service providers, resulting in more efficient services and better provision to more marginal groups. Similarly, marketing constraints imposed by policy and institutional factors will be addressed and studies will be conducted that inform regional negotiations in support of harmonizing commercial, fiscal and sanitary legislation thus enhancing trade in livestock and livestock products. The initiative will build upon and strengthen IGAD’s existing expertise and capacity to determine regional early response mechanisms to drought and disease. Linkages will be forged between these and other initiatives within and beyond FAO. Relevant FAO initiatives include the Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS), the Desert Locust Information Service (DLIS) and the Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases (EMPRES). Initiatives outside FAO include the USAID’s Famine Early Warning System (FEWS-NET) and the Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (EARS) Food assessment by Satellite Technology (FAST) system.
Result 2. Increased sustainable quality of service delivery across the PHCU’s continuum of care Result two focuses on supporting the improvements of health service access and quality in the health sector. Achievements of the reporting period discussed below under each sub-results and thematic areas of focus under the project.
Result 2. A. Assistance provided to at least 30% of out-of-school youth in 25 targeted municipalities to return to formal schooling or to complete a lower secondary education diploma This quarter 1,613 new youth have returned to non-schooled based settings attended by AIS, FUSALMO and EDYTRA (787 lower secondary students, 49%; the rest from high school). Approximately 1,112 youth receives support to present the proficiency test (63% of the new youth who have entered the program) to obtain a 9th grade diploma or to continue lower secondary or high school. Partnership institutions have strengthened management teams, to consolidate more youth groups. Communitarian strategies have been used to widen coverage towards municipality rural areas. To date, there are 50 training headquarters that attend new youth who have returned to the training Program and then they incorporate to study modalities. Communitarian organizations have been incorporated (ADESCOS) who work with the youth population in territories. Tutor teams have also grown to provide quality accompaniment during the tutorial process, searching for results that impact youth and the community. More than 60% of youth who return to school in non-schooled based settings are attended and prepared through tutor to level their knowledge and reinforce them academically. They are preparing for the proficiency test. This strategy has incorporated new challenges to unite educational opportunity to youth. Youth are accompanied in their decision to return to their needs and there are schedules that allow youth to self-train to prepare the best they can for the standard test. The projects provides follow-ups and collects data to analyze the strategy that has currently been used. A strategy and information system has been prepared that allows the recording of educational processes and investments made for youth to finalize lower secondary, to continue and receive their ninth grade diploma. The first proficiency test have been made and results are being analyzed to strengthen the investment strategy for systematic accompaniment.
Result 2. 2 Covid-19-relevant medical and pharmaceutical RVC Indicative activities under Result 2.2 are: Sub-result 2.2.1 Enhanced business, entrepreneurial and subject matter knowledge skills - Provide trainings with respect to technical and/or business management processes at enterprise level (if required for successful bidders as indicated in Sub-result 2.2.2). - Support conduction of requested preparational/ strategic studies for relevant partner companies in CMPP sector if required (e.g. to enable/ increase production, install new facilities, etc.)
Result 2. A. Assistance provided to at least 30% of out-of-school youth in 25 targeted municipalities to return to formal schooling or to complete a lower secondary education diploma For youth to return to school it requires the implementation of diverse strategies from the partnership network institutions. One of these strategies is the proficiency test being used to overcome limitations of available spaces in MoE´s Non-Schooled Based Settings. The Proficiency Test requires youth to have a high level of motivation when it comes to self-learning, written learning resources, reinforcement, tutorials and accompaniment, and alliances with several institutions and the community, to be able to provide necessary support. Don Bosco University (UDB) provides support in the design of 12 theme modules (waiting to be validated). To date there are 2,681 youth who have enrolled in educational non-schooled based settings. During this quarter there is a record of 821 youth attended by AIS, FUSALMO and XXXXXX, 739 of them are studying and have finalized lower secondary and high school. Actions to advance on proposed goals have been strengthened. Self-learning tutorials are available for youth, as well as academic reinforcement activities to get a good grade on the proficiency test, this will help youth initiate lower secondary or high school. There is a plan to strengthen training headquarters so they can apply tests using a software as a tool to grade these tests and to promote permanence, motivation, and youth continuity in the educational system.
Result 2. In the target condition, focusing on the 'global' judgments of the sentences (“All gestures”), the mismatch-gesture condition was judged significantly lower than the match-gesture condition: F(1,41)=42.6, p<10-7. This shows that there is a distinction between second and third person in gestural verbs with object marking. Result 3: The mismatch-ellipsis condition was more acceptable than the mismatch-gesture condition (F(1,41)=16.0, p=.00026). This suggests that third person agreement marker can to some extent be ignored in the course of ellipsis resolution. Result 4: However, the mismatch-ellipsis condition was still a bit degraded relative to the match- gesture condition (F(1,41)=15.2, p=.00035). Several potential explanations could come to mind.
Result 2. 1: AETR institutions promoting innovative research solutions to public/private clients
Result 2. A. Assistance provided to at least 23,150 of out-of-schooled youth in 25-targeted municipalities or surrounding to return to formal schooling or to complete a lower secondary education diploma Out-of-school youth who are enrolled in non-school based settings continue their formal education process especially those in sufficiency test preparation. There are tutors to level up the student´s competencies and follow up them academically. This strategy has added new challenges to bring educational opportunities to youths. In this quarter, 687 new youth have registered in the non-school based settings of education assisted by AIS, FUSALMO. To date, it is reported that 6,000 6 youths have been supported in order to return either in the regular system or in non-school based settings. To date, over 3, 7007 new youth out of 6,000 have been supported to take the proficiency test in order to pass a grade and to graduate from 9thgrade, so they will continue with secondary school or high school. It means that the project target related to youth returning to school reaches 53% of the total benefitted youth and 67% of them are enrolled in non-school settings In this quarter, 173 youth applied for the tests, out of those, 39 passed an academic grade, which is an estimate of 23% of the population, thus increasing the general average of approval in 13 points. Therefore, the benefited youth are improving the average score due to the Project educational services. The FEDISAL´s partners are strengthening the capacities of management teams to provide more and better services and increase the coverage of the Program. Local strategies in rural communities had been effective for enrolling out of youth. Up to now, there are 80 training center to provide services and support the Project strategy using mobile and decentralized offices.
