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The Office of Innovation and Development Alliances work with other offices in USAID to develop and implement requirements for financial and economic reporting in agency cooperative programs

The Office of Innovation and Development Alliances evaluate the reported data to determine whether the cooperative business model has produced sustainable economic benefits for small farmers.

The Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance conduct an independent evaluation of key programmatic decisions regarding the complex emergency in Zimbabwe to determine whether the office is allocating resources to projects that are demonstrating meaningful results.

The Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance develop a timeline for the implementation of a monitoring and evaluation system for its disaster risk reduction activities in Zimbabwe.

The Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance develop and implement standard guidance for grantees to use when considering the payment of allowances to Government of Zimbabwe officials.

USAID/Ghana work with FHI to review and revise its targets in writing for gender-based violence interventions to include all targeted subpopulations.

USAID/Ghana require FHI to develop and implement a plan to provide additional training for subpartners on gender, gender mainstreaming, and gender-based violence and to improve subpartners' training of colleagues and peer educators.

USAID/Ghana require FHI to work with its subpartners to develop and implement gender action plans that are measurable and doable.

USAID/Ghana require FHI to develop and implement a plan to reach all beneficiaries who visit the drop-in centers with genderbased violence interventions.

USAID/Ghana require FHI to develop and implement a plan to make subpartners aware of available support services, including the M-Friends network, and inform subpartners when these services change.

USAID/Ghana require FHI to develop and implement a plan to train subpartners how to properly define, measure, and report on the indicators.

USAID/Ghana require FHI to distribute updated data collection and reporting tools to subpartners, document the training of subpartners to use these tools properly, require their use, and create a centralized database of project results and beneficiaries.

USAID/Ghana require FHI to document the
education of its subpartners on USAID branding and marking requirements and require adherence to these guidelines on a case-by-case basis.

USAID/Lebanon develop and document Lebanese American University's University Student Assistance Program I monitoring and evaluation plan annual and overall performance indicators and targets to measure program results.

USAID/Lebanon conduct a written review of the University Student Assistance Program I to determine if the current program duration is appropriate based on the program activities and implement the actions identified, as appropriate.

USAID/Lebanon, in coordination with USAID/Egypt's regional procurement and financial management offices, do a written assessment of Haigazian University's financial systems to determine, in writing, the appropriate method for disbursing funds.

USAID/Lebanon, in coordination with USAID/Egypt's regional procurement and financial management offices, implement procedures to document timely submission of its implementers' Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133 audit reports to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse for
appropriate review.

USAID/Lebanon give partners written reminders of the requirement to conduct and submit Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133 audit reports to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

USAID/Lebanon make a written determination on whether Haigazian University should refund the unsupported costs of $2,400 and recover those amounts determined to be unallowable.

USAID/Lebanon implement procedures to obtain written confirmation from implementers that advances are liquidated in a timely manner.

USAID/Haiti develop a plan for the cessation of activities in the Gonaives/La Quinte watershed, outlining the disposition of assets developed by the program.

USAID/Haiti prepare a modification to the Watershed Initiative for National Natural Environmental Resources contract to include
language on compliance with environmental requirements in Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 216.

USAID/Haiti consult with the environmental
compliance staff and develop a written assessment of what further environmental evaluations may be required for the rehabilitation of the Grise River irrigation system, the Boucanbrou drainage canal, and the mango export value chain.

USAID/Haiti implement water quality testing as appropriate according to USAID requirements and the requirements of the program environmental assessment and document the results of these tests.

USAID/Haiti develop procedures to integrate the regional environmental advisor and the mission environmental officer into the planning, design, and monitoring of Watershed Initiative for National Natural Environmental Resources activities.

USAID/Haiti determine and document the actions that Chemonics must take to provide adequate environmental oversight for the Watershed Initiative for National Natural Environmental Resources program.

USAID/Haiti, in coordination with the
appropriate Government of Haiti officials, develop a sustainability plan that establishes
which entities are responsible for maintaining infrastructure before undertaking further
construction activities on the Grise River.

USAID/Haiti develop a plan for promoting the
use of nonchemical fertilizers and pesticides in agricultural supply stores.

USAID/Haiti develop and provide to all farmers in the master farmer training program an integrated pest management training course that covers, at a minimum, safe pesticide use, essential protective equipment, and nonchemical control options.

USAID/Haiti's mission environmental officer, in conjunction with Chemonics, develop formal procedures for periodically monitoring program-supported supply stores.

USAID/Haiti's staff members obtain training in biodiversity and consult with biodiversity officials in USAID/Washington on their current program adjustments or new program design.

USAID/Haiti institute a mission policy for
documenting its use of biodiversity earmarked funds for areas that biodiversity assessments have determined are biologically significant and verify that the policy meets all four biodiversity code requirements for earmarked funds.

USAID/Ethiopia coordinate a session for partners to clarify how to report target populations under sexual transmission prevention and instruct partners on following Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator guidance received and revise any previously overstated achievements, if necessary.

USAID/Ethiopia implement a plan to conduct data quality assessments on all indicators used for external reporting at least once every 3 years, including indicators for sexual transmission prevention activities.

USAID/Ethiopia direct primary implementing partners in writing to perform data quality assessments of their subpartners periodically and direct agreement and contracting officers' technical representatives, activity managers, and other responsible officials to review such assessments periodically and document the results.

USAID/Caucasus, in consultation with the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia's environmental officer, reconsider its decision not to mitigate asbestos in the eight school sites identified above and document that decision.

USAID/Caucasus communicate cost-sharing criteria and acceptable examples of cost-sharing to the BAVSHVI implementing partner, CHF International.

USAID/Caucasus write CHF International to highlight the implications of failing to meet its $2.5 million cost-sharing obligation, and solicit written reassurance that the obligation will be met.

USAID/Pakistan develop and implement a process to collect information about changes in beneficiaries' sales and incomes. The information should be stored in a standardized format in a database and be updated routinely so that well-timed project assessments can be performed.

USAID/Pakistan develop and implement an action plan to increase the pace of development in the honey sector or redefine or revise the activity objectives.

USAID's Office of Food for Peace establish and implement a plan to provide more oversight to partners throughout the baseline survey process.

USAID's Office of Food for Peace make a management decision on the allowability of the ineligible questioned cost of approximately $36,171 for the program baseline survey and collect from Counterpart any amounts determined to be unallowable.

USAID's Office of Food for Peace establish
and implement a plan to require a new Bellmon determination that provides clear information on the use of specific types of commodities before awarding any new programs in Mauritania.

USAID's Office of Food for Peace address the use of realistic shipping rate estimates in program proposals and budgets in its upcoming revision to the Monetization Field Manual.

USAID's Office of Food for Peace work with the partner to develop and implement a system of periodic, documented inventory counts for all warehouses where program commodities are stored.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Vice President of Compact Operations assure that the $750,848 of unused Nicaragua compact funding be deobligated.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Vice President of Compact Operations add information to Guidelines for the Program Closure of Millennium Challenge Compacts on closing bank accounts.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Vice President of Compact Operations provide consultation to MCA-Nicaragua on closing bank accounts.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Vice President of Compact Operations revise Guidelines for the Program Closure of Millennium Challenge Compacts to require that all accountable entities assure that expenses incurred or paid after compacts end are exempted from taxes.