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USAID/Caucasus implement comprehensive internal policies, procedures, checklists, and reporting mechanisms that technical staff must use when monitoring infrastructure projects.

USAID/Caucasus consult with USAID's Bureau for Global Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in writing to verify whether the rehabilitation work performed in the infectious diseases departments meets guidelines and take appropriate actions if not done according to guidelines.

USAID/Pakistan implement a coordinated action plan with Water and Power Development Authority for the timely completion of the dam.

USAID/Kosovo develop a mission policy on the generation of municipal own source revenue and implement this policy in its work with municipalities in programs in the Economic Growth and Democracy and Governance Offices.

USAID/Kosovo reevaluate the feasibility of implementing activities under the More Transparent Tenders component of the Business Enabling Environment Program. If a decision is made to not implement these activities, we recommend that USAID/Kosovo modify Chemonics International Inc.'s task order by removing this component from the scope of work and reducing the ceiling price by $800,000, the amount of funds dedicated to this component.

USAID/Kosovo modify the statement of work for the New Opportunities in Agriculture project to reflect the decision to refocus the goal of the project to supporting import substitution.

USAID/Kosovo work with Tetra Tech ARD to revise, as appropriate, the target for the performance indicator for the Total value of exports as a result of USG assistance to better reflect the decision to focus the New Opportunities for Agriculture project on supporting import substitution.

USAID/Kosovo work with Tetra Tech ARD to develop and implement a plan that encourages the targeting of project interventions that focus on increasing gender and minority inclusion under the New Opportunities for Agriculture project.

USAID/Kosovo work with Tetra Tech ARD to develop procedures to strengthen the New Opportunities for Agriculture monitoring and evaluation system so that it adequately measures the results of gender and minority inclusion in its activities.

USAID/Kosovo work with Chemonics International Inc. to establish a performance indicator and corresponding target to measure the progress of its activities designed to lower trade barriers under the Business Enabling Environment Program.

USAID/Kosovo work with Tetra Tech ARD to establish a performance indicator and corresponding target to measure the change in rural incomes as a result of activities under the New Opportunities for Agriculture project. If a proxy indicator is deemed appropriate, we recommend that USAID/Kosovo work with Tetra Tech ARD to adequately document the assumptions supporting the choice of indicator and the methodology for its collection in the New Opportunities for Agriculture project performance management plan.

USAID/Kosovo work with Chemonics International Inc. to determine a realistic, yet achievable, target for the performance indicator Number of requests by businesses and citizens for their own credit reports under the Business Enabling Environment Program.

USAID/Kosovo work with Tetra Tech ARD to streamline the performance management plan for the New Opportunities for Agriculture project by determining those performance indicators that best fit the criteria defined in ADS 203.3.4.2 and eliminating those performance indicators that demonstrate little usefulness for project management.

USAID/Kosovo develop and implement procedures to verify that the performance results reported by its implementing partners are reasonably accurate, complete, reliable, and adequately supported.

USAID/Kosovo work with Chemonics International Inc. and Tetra Tech ARD to develop and implement procedures to verify that the data collection and analysis methodologies used to report results of its activities under the Business Enabling Environment Program and New Opportunities for Agriculture project are consistent with those outlined in the projects' performance management plans.

USAID/Kosovo work with Tetra Tech ARD to revise, as necessary, the methodologies used for the collection and analysis of data so that reported results under the New Opportunities for Agriculture project are reliable and comparable across reporting periods.

USAID/Barbados work with the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Alliance to implement a monitoring plan to confirm implementation of the subgranting process.

USAID/Barbados work with the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Alliance to implement detailed guidelines, policies, and procedures on how to address potential victims of human trafficking.

USAID/Barbados work with the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Alliance to implement a plan for training community animators on human trafficking issues.

USAID/Barbados assist the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Alliance in implementing a revised sustainability plan for the Eastern Caribbean Community Action Plan II that includes specific strategies to confirm sustainable results.

USAID/Barbados work with the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Alliance to implement a plan to verify reported data.

USAID/Barbados work with the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Alliance to implement a plan to track and report all commodities received and provided to each country program office.

USAID/Barbados direct the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Alliance to report as separate indicators the number of condoms distributed free and the number of those that were sold.

USAID/Barbados work with the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Alliance to implement a commodities distribution plan that is consistent with the demands or needs of the countries to avoid significant surpluses at the project's end.

USAID/Barbados direct the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Alliance to clearly define and document what constitutes a repeat client, and based on the definition, adjust targets accordingly.

USAID/Barbados require the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Alliance to prepare and document yearly budgets by country, and track and report expenditures by country and compare it to the budgets.

USAID/Barbados work with the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Alliance to correct the internal control deficiencies identified by properly storing the data backups and to resolve the problems related to the bank accounts in all country program offices to allow the receiving and transferring of funds to and from the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Alliance's regional office and the country program offices, and document the results.

USAID/Barbados implement a plan to confirm that advances are processed in a timely manner and made for only one month at a time and that reimbursements are made only if unliquidated advance balances have been cleared.

USAID/Pakistan implement a plan to ensure damaged roof tiles are replaced.

USAID/Pakistan implement a plan to utilize the newly constructed health-care facility in Neela But, Bagh.

USAID/Pakistan request that the contractor submit past and future financial audit reports (including management letters) to USAID and verify that internal control weaknesses were corrected.

USAID/Pakistan determine the allowability of, and collect as appropriate, questioned unsupported costs of $117,800.

USAID/Colombia implement a plan to establish targets that are ambitious, yet realistic.

USAID/Colombia require the implementing partner to implement a customized security plan that is tailored to the working conditions in conflict regions.

USAID/Colombia require the implementing partner to submit for USAID approval a budget for security-related personnel and equipment needed for the upcoming justice program.

USAID/Colombia obtain the Regional Security Office's input on the customized security plan for the upcoming justice program.

USAID/Colombia require the implementing partner to develop a comprehensive budget for regional offices under the upcoming justice program.

USAID/Colombia require the implementing partner to implement a comprehensive staffing plan for the upcoming justice program that takes into consideration the following factors: (1) number of regional personnel, (2) retention of personnel, and (3) employment contracts that comply with the evolving Colombian labor laws.

USAID/Colombia clearly describe its intentions and expectations regarding the scope and priorities of focus areas for the upcoming justice program.

USAID/Colombia reduce the number of indicators for the upcoming justice program and verify that they meet USAID's quality standards.

USAID/Colombia determine and document which USAID-funded assets under its justice activities are unmarked and mark them, with special attention to the Medellin victim assistance center, where the mission should also confirm that the center's staff documents the delivery of donated equipment and verifies that all the donated items are being used as intended.

USAID/Colombia establish a plan for conducting training on inventory control, branding, and marking with the upcoming justice program.

USAID/Senegal, in conjunction with the ChildFund consortium, implement a plan to strengthen the supervision provided to health huts.

USAID/Senegal, in conjunction with IntraHealth International, implement a plan to strengthen the supervision provided to district health facilities.

USAID/Mozambique implement a strategy to raise rates of HIV testing among urban tuberculosis patients in Sofala and Manica Provinces.

USAID/Mozambique propose and document realistic targets based on World Health Organization data for the percentage of HIV positive tuberculosis patients initiating antiretroviral therapy during the next interagency planning process in Mozambique.

USAID/Mozambique, in collaboration with FHI 360 and the Government of the Republic of Mozambique, implement a plan to optimize use of tuberculosis microscopy, including training technicians in tuberculosis microscopy, placing technicians in labs, and outlining procedures to track, repair, and replace defective microscopes.

USAID/Mozambique work with the Bureau of Global Health to implement procedures for monitoring Child Survival and Health Grants Program activities in Mozambique.

USAID/Pakistan determine the allowability and recover, as appropriate, unsupported questioned costs of $2,030,417 identified in the report on pages 12 and 13, and further detailed in Findings on pages 16 through 43 of the agreed-upon procedures report.

USAID/Iraq's technical offices establish and implement procedures to test and document implementing partners' reported performance data periodically. The program office should track and report on technical offices' compliance with these procedures.

USAID/Iraq incorporate Agency guidance and tools (such as checklists) in planning evaluations, developing their scopes of work, reporting on them, and implementing their recommendations to improve their quality and usefulness.

USAID/Iraq implement controls to maintain objectivity and independence in evaluation execution and reporting.

USAID/Iraq implement a systematic feedback process that incorporates input from technical offices.

USAID/Iraq implement a new internal control procedure to track the timely sharing of evaluation and monitoring reports with program implementers.