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USAID/Eastern and Southern Caribbean update its staffing plan to provide enough agreement and contract officer's representatives to oversee all projects in the region.

USAID/Eastern and Southern Caribbean instruct implementing partners to establish targets for all of the projects' performance indicators and periodically report progress on them.

USAID/Eastern and Southern Caribbean complete all data quality assessments for four projects: Reforms to the OECS Juvenile Justice System; Youth Development and Juvenile Justice in Suriname; Strengthening Second Chance Education in the Eastern Caribbean, and Skills and Knowledge for Youth Employment in Guyana.

USAID/Eastern and Southern Caribbean instruct implementing partners in writing to disaggregate data according to the requirements in their agreements.

USAID/Eastern and Southern Caribbean instruct all implementing partners in writing to comply with USAID's branding and marking requirements.

USAID/Eastern and Southern Caribbean update its regional development cooperation strategy to include Caribbean Basin Security Initiative indicators and activities; performance indicators to track reductions in crime and violence, school dropout rates, and unemployment; all planned activities; and activities being implemented in Guyana.

USAID/Eastern and Southern Caribbean update its mission-wide performance management plan to include key indicators, baseline data, and targets in the updated regional development cooperation strategy.

USAID/Eastern and Southern Caribbean complete project monitoring and evaluation plans that include project indicators and targets to measure progress on and align with the strategy and the mission-wide performance management plan.

USAID/Eastern and Southern Caribbean require the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States to submit a monitoring and evaluation plan for Reforms to the OECS Juvenile Justice System.

USAID/Eastern and Southern Caribbean reevaluate its project in Suriname; implement a plan to phase it out, if deemed appropriate; and invest the remaining funding in countries where it would have greater impact.

USAID/Eastern and Southern Caribbean incorporate counter-trafficking-in-persons requirements in the mission's regional development cooperation strategy.

USAID/Eastern Southern Caribbean provide counter-trafficking-in-persons training to its staff and disseminate the USAID field guide to all implementing partners.

USAID/Eastern and Southern Caribbean determine the total hours of participant training conducted for each of the projects and enter the data into the Training Results and Information Network in accordance with Automated Directives System 253.3.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Vice President, Department of Compact Operations, issue guidance for the Millennium Challenge Corporation and Millennium Challenge Account entities on market outreach, including planning and documentary requirements.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Vice President, Department of Compact Operations, issue guidance on the process, roles, and responsibilities of all Millennium Challenge Corporation and Millennium Challenge Account officials involved in developing Millennium Challenge Account terms of reference.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Vice President, Department of Compact Operations, implement measures to enforce the use of the Contractor Past Performance Reporting System by Millennium Challenge Accounts.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Vice President, Department of Compact Operations, issue formal quality assurance guidance for due diligence during compact development.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Vice President, Department of Compact Operations, direct the Millennium Challenge Account-Moldova to document and implement a plan for improving the viability of the water user associations.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Vice President, Department of Compact Operations, issue guidance on the appropriate use and approval of administrative funds by resident country officials.

USAID/Macedonia collaborate with the implementing partner to develop a sustainability strategy.

USAID/Macedonia reassess whether the project's grants awarded to nongovernmental organizations are sustainable, and if not, require a sustainable approach before approving any further subawards.

USAID/Macedonia require the implementing partner to revise memorandums of understanding as necessary to incorporate elements of the sustainability strategy.

USAID/Macedonia require the implementing partner to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Municipality of Strumica.

USAID/Macedonia notify mission staff in writing to monitor and communicate progress on project deliverables.

USAID/Macedonia instruct the implementing partner in writing to fulfill its responsibility to identify leveraging sources and report on them quarterly.

USAID/Macedonia work with the implementing partner to implement a plan to meet the agreed-on leverage amount.

USAID/Macedonia develop a mission-wide performance management plan.

USAID/Macedonia update its monitoring and evaluation mission order to reflect Automated Directives System requirements and clarify staff members' proper roles and responsibilities in clearing and approving project monitoring and evaluation plans and indicators.

USAID/Macedonia require the implementing partner in writing to revise the project's monitoring and evaluation plan to meet Automated Directives System requirements to include all project objectives and career service network components that contribute to the project.

USAID/Macedonia reevaluate whether all the project's performance indicators meet indicator criteria, and revise them if needed, documenting the results accordingly.

USAID/Macedonia instruct the implementing partner in writing to adhere to the project's monitoring requirements for reporting disaggregated data.

USAID/Macedonia determine in writing whether a midterm evaluation is still necessary. If it is not, document the determination and have the agreement officer modify the agreement accordingly.

USAID/Macedonia notify its staff in writing that they and implementing partners must meet all terms and conditions of agreements and contracts unless the agreement officer modifies the agreement.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Deputy Chief
Financial Officer revise the written budget policy and procedures to account for the change from line item budgeting to project budgeting.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Chief Information Officer work with the Acquisitions/Contracting Office to develop and implement a written process to monitor projects requiring earned value management in accordance with Millennium Challenge Corporation policies and procedures, including identifying those projects and determining their earned value.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Chief Information Officer develop and implement a written process to document project charters
consistently.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Chief Information Officer develop and implement a written process to consistently develop, store, and organize project management artifacts on the corporation's Project Management Central Web site.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporations Chief Information Officer finalize and implement the written systems development life cycle plan to address the corporation's agile methodology, including the justification for any deliverables or requirements that are not deemed applicable or critical to the project.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Chief Information Officer develop and implement a written process to monitor whether the
corporation's systems development life cycle methodology is followed.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Managing Director, Contracts and Grants Management Division, design and implement a written process to monitor compliance with the requirement for program offices to complete, submit, and obtain approval for acquisition plans.

USAID/Haiti and the Pan American Development Foundation identify and focus on activities that will have the most impact in the time remaining on the program.

USAID/Haiti determine the number of jobs the program can realistically generate given the available resources, and update its target accordingly.

USAID/Haiti conduct a performance evaluation of the program to determine program impact, and evaluate the potential for investments in small and medium-sized enterprises.

USAID/Haiti document outstanding issues noted in portfolio reviews, and implement a mechanism to resolve them.

USAID/Haiti evaluate the performance indicators, revise definitions to eliminate ambiguity, and document the results.

USAID/Haiti and Pan American Development Foundation identify and document opportunities for engaging with the chambers of commerce in Cap-Haitien and St. Marc in providing business advisory services.

USAID/Haiti and Pan American Development Foundation develop strategies for diaspora engagement and incorporate activities under the remittances program.

USAID/Haiti require the implementer to correct the deficiency in its system for tracking cost-sharing contributions.

USAID/Haiti require the implementer to catch up on its cost-share contributions so that it meets its full cost share by the program's end.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Vice President, Department of Compact Operations, document the Moroccan Government's
progress in making all small-scale fisheries projects operational.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Vice President, Department of Compact Operations, develop and implement guidance for multi-partner projects to strengthen oversight and accountability.

USAID/Philippines conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the project and the remaining $4.47 million unobligated funds to prioritize activities that can be achieved realistically, and amend the cooperative agreement and work plan as necessary.

USAID/Philippines require the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources to conduct a cost-benefit analysis to compare the costs of procuring carbon stock equipment versus outsourcing.

USAID/Philippines require the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources to implement a plan to train Partners With Melanesians and the Centre for Locally Managed Areas how to conduct baseline surveys.

USAID/Philippines require the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources to implement a plan to train Partners With Melanesians and the Centre for Locally Managed Areas how to conduct vulnerability assessments.

USAID/Philippines require the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources to train the project management unit to monitor subrecipients' activities.

USAID/Philippines require the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources to strengthen the project's monitoring plan to comply with the terms in the agreement.

USAID/Philippines require the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources to implement procedures to verify reported data before submitting them to the mission.

USAID/Philippines determine which USAID-funded activities and commodities under its Mangrove Rehabilitation for Sustainably Managed Healthy Forests project are unmarked and mark them as appropriate.

USAID/Philippines require the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources to provide branding and marking instructions and guidance to its Mangrove Rehabilitation for Sustainably Managed Healthy Forests subrecipients.

USAID/Philippines amend the cooperative agreement to further reduce the number of project sites and add standard provisions for non-U.S. nongovernmental recipients, as appropriate.

USAID/Pakistan make a written justification whether to continue the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Municipal Services Program or to cancel it and put the remaining funds totaling approximately $79 million to better use.

USAID/Pakistan resolves to continue the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Municipal Services Program, it must implement a written action plan to address the lack of significant progress being made and make a written determination of whether additional capacity-building activities should be conducted.

USAID/Pakistan work with the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to implement a joint process of identifying and selecting infrastructure projects for the program to fund.

USAID/Pakistan complete and approve a monitoring and evaluation plan, which integrates specific approved infrastructure projects.

USAID/Pakistan either work with the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and document a process to start selecting municipal service infrastructure projects in the divisions of Dera Ismail Khan and Malakand, or amend the geographic scope of the activity agreement to focus on Peshawar.

USAID/Pakistan determine how much of the $84.75 million grant agreement pertains to water earmarked funding, separate this funding from the Municipal Services Program, and document the results.

USAID/Pakistan implement a separate agreement with the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa regarding the water earmarked funding, outlining fund requirements.

USAID/Pakistan implement a process of scheduling and completing initial environmental examinations once specific infrastructure activities are approved.

USAID/Pakistan complete the environmental assessment for two wastewater treatment plants in Peshawar.

USAID/Pakistan implement a logical framework to understand how Urban Policy Unit activities contribute to the Municipal Services Program's goal. If they do not, the remaining funds totaling approximately $1.6 million not spent under Project Implementation Letters 2 and 4 should be reprogrammed for better use and the results documented.

USAID/Pakistan establish and implement a system to assess gender considerations for individual infrastructure projects, including the preparation of gender-sensitive planning and monitoring procedures.

USAID/Pakistan work with the grantee to document the basis for the current allocation of toilets by gender, modify the allocation if necessary, and document the results.

USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia require University Research Co. to conduct an analysis of the project's reported data, and, based on the results, include strategic information in the progress reports.

USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia determine whether more frequent reporting of the project's progress is required for better management, and, if necessary, amend the reporting requirement in the cooperative agreement accordingly.

USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia require University Research Co. to establish access security controls in its project management information system to prevent unauthorized access.

USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia require University Research Co. to implement a plan to improve the project's monitoring, evaluation, and reporting systems.

USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia conduct a comprehensive data quality assessment for the CAP-Malaria project that includes detailed testing of data in Burma and Thailand.

USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia verify and document whether University Research Co. has taken adequate corrective actions to address the recommendations of the previous data quality assessments conducted on the CAP-Malaria project in Cambodia.

USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia require University Research Co. to strengthen the staffing capacity of its monitoring and evaluation teams and field offices for the project to enable adequate data verification before submission to the mission.

USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia and its counterparts at USAID missions in Burma and Cambodia conduct and document an assessment of the regional component of the project to define roles and responsibilities of each mission.

USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia determine and document whether amendments to the cooperative agreement are necessary to change the project description and reporting requirements, and, if needed, make any required changes.

USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia require University Research Co. to complete the sustainability and exit plan for the CAP-Malaria project as stated in the implementation plan of the cooperative agreement.

USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia require University Research Co. to conduct a gender analysis and internal gender audits for Burma, Cambodia, and Thailand as stated in the cooperative agreement.

USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia implement a mission order requiring the deliverables of all mission projects to be tracked so the incoming agreement officer's and contracting officer's representatives will have the most updated information for project management.