Audit of USAID/Lebanon's Developing Rehabilitation Assistance to Schools and Teacher Improvement Program
Recommendations
USAID/Lebanon, in coordination with USAID/Egypt's regional procurement office, use the results of the alert notice to reduce program activities, replace, or terminate the award, and document their determination.
USAID/Lebanon ask, in writing, the implementer and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education to establish roles and responsibilities of all program parties that align with the cooperative agreement.
USAID/Lebanon, in coordination with USAID/Egypt's regional legal advisor and procurement office, determine, in writing, whether 611(e) certification is required based on program activities, and submit the certification if required.
USAID/Lebanon, in coordination with USAID/Egypt's regional procurement office, modify the program agreement to include sustainability activities for each component of the award.
USAID/Lebanon, in coordination with Education Development Center Inc., modify all awards to include the required trafficking in persons provision.
USAID/Lebanon designate, in writing, a counter-trafficking in persons coordinator