Reports from Country Teams – SENEGAL

Creation of Country Teams

Member Selection

Information received from I.A. (9/2004)
Information sharing between local NGOs & US PVOs
Local NGO meetings
Tripartite meeting with I.A.
CAS chosen as US PVO representative based on past ALPI commitment
CONGAD chosen as local NGO representative
USAID: institutional representative (Good Governance & Civil Society units)

Drawing Up of Agreement

Formulation of draft MOU (Oct. 2004)
Sharing with and amendments by country teams
Exchanges with I.A on draft MOU
- signing of MOU in Nov 2004
- Operational principles of Country Team (approved Sept 2004)
Development of Country Team Workplan (Nov 2004)

Formation of Country Team
2003

Sep/Nov 2004 – MOU
Sep 2004 – Operational Principles
Nov 2004 Country Team Workplan

2.3 Role of Each Actor

ACTORS	IA	USAID	CRS US PVOs	CONGAD local NGOs
Info. Sharing	√		√	√
Mobilisation			√	√
Organisation	√	√	√	√
MOU	√	√	√	√
Operational Principles		√	√	√
Workplan		√	√	√
Country Team Meetings		√	√	√
Workshop Preparation - regional		√	√	√
Elaboration of ALPI National Plan	√	√	√	√

Choice of Goals and Objectives

ALPI Evaluation Report (CONGAD)
Workshop Evaluation Report (USAID, IA, US PVOs, local NGOs)
Results of Regional Workshops
IA facilitates document exchange between countries in the process (5)

Activities and Results

Choice of activities

Launching meetings
Results of regional meetings
Inputs from IA and other Country Team members

Role of ALPI Grant Funds

SECRETARIAT - $9,000	ACTIVITIES - $20,000
Salaries Office Equipment Communication Travel	3 Regional Workshops 1 National Workshop Workshop on: Strategic Objectives, means for direct access to USAID funds for local NGOs Study on CSO participation in MCA process: expectations of the affected populations Meetings related to MCA

NOTE: National workshops pre-financed by CONGAD

Roles of Individual Actors

ACTORS ACTIVITIES	CRS	CONGAD	USAID
3 regional workhops 20 persons x 3	- TOR preparation - Hosted (1 day x 3)	- TOR preparation - Hosted - Reports	- TOR preparation - Hosted
1 National Workshop: validation of action plan	- TOR preparation - Hosted (2 days)	- TOR preparation - Hosted - Report	- TOR preparation - Hosted
Review & finalisation of national plan	x	x	x
Workshop on: strategic objectives, local NGO access to USAID resources – 32 orgs	- TOR preparation - Hosted	- TOR preparation - Hosted - Report	- TOR preparation - Hosted
Studies on CSO participation in MCA & expectation of affected populations – 27 reps of local orgs	- TOR preparation - Hosted - Commentary	- TOR preparation - Chose Consultant - Monitoring Study - Review - Commentary	- TOR preparation - Review - Commentary