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CLEAN CITIES, BLUE OCEAN
QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT
Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, Quarter 3 – April 1 to June 30, 2021
PHOTO: PCX for CLEAN CITIES, BLUE OCEAN
Submission Date: July 15, 2021
Resubmission Date: July 23, 2021
This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development by Tetra Tech.
Program Name: Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO)
Program Start and End Date: 8/29/19 - 8/27/24
Prime Implementing Partner: Tetra Tech
Contract Number: AID-OAA-I-14-00059/7200AA19F00016
The Manoff Group (TMG), International City/County
Subcontractors/Subawardees:
Management Association (ICMA)
Global, with primary focus in Asia, Latin America, the
Geographic Coverage Caribbean
Reporting Period: April 1- June 30, 2021
This report was prepared by:
Tetra Tech
159 Bank Street, Suite 300
Burlington, Vermont 05401 USA
Telephone: (802) 495-0282
Fax: (802) 658-4247
Email: international.development@tetratech.com
Tetra Tech Contacts:
Jon Angin, Chief of Party
Email: Jon.Angin@cleancitiesblueocean.org
Gina Green, Project Manager
Email: Gina.Green@tetratech.com
This report was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development by
Tetra Tech, through USAID Contract No. AID-OAA-I-14-00059/7200AA19F00016, USAID Clean
Cities, Blue Ocean Program.
DISCLAIMER
This publication is made possible by the support of the American people through the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this publication are the sole
responsibility of Tetra Tech and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States
Government.
Cover Photo: CCBO grantee, Plastic Credit Exchange, is empowering women and creating cleaner communities
through its Aling Tindera Network in Metro Manila, Philippines. Here, an Aling Tindera partner in Metro Manila
Janine Lansigan (left) and PCX Standards and Compliance Manager, Richard De Guzman (right), stand at an
Aling Tindera collection site. Photo: PCX for Clean Cities, Blue Ocean
Table of Contents
Acronyms and Abbreviations ...................................................................................................................... 2
1. Introduction and Program Overview .................................................................................................... 4
2. Focal Country Activity Progress ............................................................................................................ 6
Focal Country Engagement and Planning ................................................................................................................ 6
Advancing Technical Objectives................................................................................................................................ 7
Focus Area 1: Build Capacity of CCBO Engagement Sites in Improved Solid Waste Management .......... 7
Focus Area 2: Improve Enabling Environment for 3Rs with a Focus on CCBO Engagement Sites............ 9
Focus Area 3: Build SBC for 3Rs and Improved SWM and Address Livelihood Challenges for Waste
Workers.......................................................................................................................................................... 10
Focus Area 4: Support Gender Equality and Women’s Economic Empowerment...................................... 11
Country-Specific Progress Updates ....................................................................................................................... 13
2.3.1 Latin America and the Caribbean ................................................................................................................ 14
2.3.2 Asia .................................................................................................................................................................... 19
3. Global Activity Progress ....................................................................................................................... 32
Focus Area 5: Strengthen Public-Private Partnerships and/or Multi-Stakeholder Alliances ....................... 32
Focus Area 6: Strengthen USAID Leadership in Combating Marine Plastics ................................................ 34
4. Management and Operations ............................................................................................................... 36
4.1 Contract Management and Procurements............................................................................................................... 36
4.2 Organization and Staffing ............................................................................................................................................. 37
4.3 Communications and Reporting ................................................................................................................................ 38
4.4 Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) ............................................................................................................ 39
4.5 Grants Management...................................................................................................................................................... 43
5. Implementation Challenges and Lessons Learned ............................................................................ 47
6. Planned Tasks for Next Reporting Period .......................................................................................... 48
Annex I. Progress Against Year Two Work Plan ................................................................................... 51
Annex II. Financial Overview .................................................................................................................... 57
Annex III. Deliverables.............................................................................................................................. 57
Annex IV. Summary of Grants Awarded and in Pre-Award ................................................................ 58
Annex V. MEL Reporting Details by Country ........................................................................................ 63
List of Figures and Tables
Figure 1. CCBO Focal Countries and Engagement Sites ....................................................................................... 13
Table 1. CCBO Country Engagement Progress ......................................................................................................... 6
Table 2. CCBO Field Staff Onboarded and Recruited .......................................................................................... 37
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Table 3. CCBO indicators, targets, and progress to date ..................................................................................... 41
Acronyms and Abbreviations
3Rs Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
AEPW Alliance to End Plastic Waste
APS Annual Program Statement
ASSIST Asian Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation
Bappenas [GOI] Ministry of National Development Planning
BBEST [WWEE] Basic Business and Empowerment Skills Training
CCBO Clean Cities, Blue Ocean
CCC Ceylon Chamber of Commerce
Coca-Cola Foundation [Philippines]
CEBSE Center for the Conservation and Eco-Development of Samaná Bay and its
Surroundings [Centro para la Conservacion y Eco-Desarrollo de la Bahia de
Seamana y su Entorno]
CECAD Center for Environment and Community Assets Development
CEL [USAID] Communications, Evidence and Learning
CENRO City Environment & Natural Resources Office
CO Contracting Officer
COR Contract Office Representative
CORA Communities Organized for Resource Allocation Inc.
CPU Central Philippine University
CRS Catholic Relief Services
CSRD Center for Social Research and Development
DCOP Deputy Chief of Party
DONRE [Vietnam] Da Nang Department of Natural Resources and Environment
DQA Data Quality Assessment
DR Dominican Republic
EMMP Environmental Monitoring and Mitigation Plan
ENDA Environment and Development Action
EPA [United States] Environmental Protection Agency
ERF Environmental Review Form
EWC Ecological Waste (EcoWaste) Coalition
FY Fiscal Year
GBV Gender Based Violence
GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
GOI Government of Indonesia
ICMA International City/County Management Association
iDE International Development Enterprises
ISWMA Initial Solid Waste Management Assessment
ISWMP Indonesia Solid Waste Management Platform
IWC Informal Waste Collector
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JHU Johns Hopkins University (JHU) KOICA Korea International Cooperation Agency LGU Local Government Unit MCD Marinelife Conservation and Community Development MEL Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning MINAM [Peru] Ministry of Environment MMDA-WB Metro Manila Development Authority-World Bank MOA Memorandum of Agreement MoEF [Indonesia] Ministry of Environment and Forestry MoHA [Indonesia] Ministry of Home Affairs MONRE [Vietnam] Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment MoPWH [Indonesia] Ministry of Public Works and Housing MOU Memorandum of Understanding MRF Material Recovery Facility MT Metric Tons MWRP [USAID] Municipal Waste Recycling Program NORAD Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation OEFA [Peru] Agency for Environmental Assessment and Enforcement PCX Plastic Credit Exchange PILF Public Interest Law Foundation PLLENRO Philippine League of Local Environment and Natural Resources Officers PPP Public Private Partnership PROPEEP [Dominican Republic] Ministry of Strategic and Special Projects of the Presidency PZC Project Zacchaeus RFA Request for Applications SBC Social and Behavior Change SCIL Solid Waste Management Capacity Index for Local Governments SIGS Small Island Geographic Society SOF Sustainable Ocean Fund SWM Solid Waste Management SWMP Solid Waste Management Plan T4D Technology for Development TESDA [Philippines] Technical Education and Skills Development TIPS Trials of Improved Practices TMG The Manoff Group U.S. United States USG U.S. Government USAID U.S. Agency for International Development VASI Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands WACS Waste Analysis Characterization Survey WWEE Women in Waste’s Economic Empowerment WWF World Wildlife Fund CLEAN CITIES, BLUE OCEAN | FY2021 Quarter Three Progress Report 3
1. Introduction and Program Overview
On August 29, 2019, Tetra Tech was awarded Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO), a five-year, $48
million program designed to respond to the global crisis of ocean plastics pollution. CCBO is the U.S.
Agency for International Development’s flagship program to target ocean plastics, mitigating their impact
directly at their source in rapidly urbanizing areas throughout many low- and middle-income countries.
The program’s four main objectives are to:
Objective 1: Promote reduction, reuse, recycling (3Rs) practices and strengthen local and regional
markets for recycled plastics;
Objective 2: Build social and behavior change (SBC) for 3Rs and sustainable solid waste
management (SWM);
Objective 3: Increase capacity and effective governance of SWM and recycling systems; and
Objective 4: Support international fora, public-private partnerships (PPPs), and multi-stakeholder
alliances.
As a crosscutting objective, CCBO also works to address and improve the livelihoods of those working
in the SWM and recycling sectors, including to further gender equity and advance women’s economic
empowerment—supported by USAID’s women’s economic empowerment fund.
CCBO works across seven focal countries in Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean—Indonesia, the
Maldives, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, the Dominican Republic (DR), and Peru. In its first year,
CCBO finalized these focal countries and selected engagement sites within where it will test, scale, and
share inclusive and sustainable 3R/SWM solutions—in collaboration with USAID, focal country Missions,
and global, regional, national, and local stakeholders. In its second year, CCBO rolled out its local
country teams; selected and awarded local grants; and is operationalizing and implementing its country
work plans.
The following report details CCBO’s progress and achievements over the third quarter of the program’s
second year (FY 2021). The report’s structure mirrors the program’s Work Plan—with technical
progress and achievements detailed first (including individual country-specific progress reports for quick
reference), capped by details on CCBO’s management and operations—including contract management;
organization and staffing; communications and outreach; Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning; and grants
management.
While the program’s accomplishments and areas of progress were many, key highlights of
CCBO’s third quarter included:
Mobilized approximately $2.7 Million USD in public investment for
remediation of the open dumps in the DR from the Dominican Republic Office
of the President, in collaboration with the DR’s Ministry of Strategic and Special
Projects of the President (PROPEEP).
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In addition, through updated calculations from Solid Waste West, CCBO now
estimates that 31,345 MT (approximately 69 million lbs ) of plastic was
secured from leaking into the environment and 217,675 MT
(approximately 480 million lbs) of waste was aggregated through program
technical assistance provided for the remediation of two open dumps in Samaná
Province. 1 In Q3, CCBO also secured an additional 1.14 MT of plastic in the
Philippines and aggregated, recovered, and diverted 5.89 MT of material
from disposal.
Developed six new innovations—including the design of right-sized, custom MRF
equipment for Parañaque City; the development of a new, online waste reporting
system through grantee, CCC; grantee Soneva Namoona’s Eco Centro Model; the
development of grantee, SIGS’ long-term behavior change approach; as well as the
launch of CCBO’s SCIL assessment tool and the application of TIPs for SWM through
two ongoing pilots. 2
Supported 23 new microenterprises in the Philippines—including 22 CRS
livelihoods beneficiary program participants and one additional PCX Aling Tindera
station (Janine) and four (of ten planned) PCX Aling Tindera stations.
Reached over 90,000 people through its activities—both directly (improved
air and water quality, training, etc.) and indirectly through awareness
raising activities (events, media). 3
Formalized eight engagements, held nine events, and disseminated two
publications/videos, demonstrating USAID’s influence in ocean plastics
reduction.
Trained 19 global USAID staff members in USAID’s six-week Ocean
Plastics Champions Course, where CCBO technical experts designed, developed,
and provided training modules around CCBO subject areas ranging from SWM,
gender and informal waste collectors, social behavior change, and more.
While CCBO has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and related travel restrictions, the
program continued to achieve significant progress toward in-field implementation during the second
quarter through adaptive management, the development of creative solutions, and daily diligence.
CCBO’s leadership continues to monitor, manage, and respond to related new developments and the
considerations they require.
1 The initial estimate as noted in the previous quarterly report was 21,772 MT (approximately 48 million lbs.) of plastic 108,862
MT of waste.
2 CCBO continues to support previously the previously-reported innovations in the Philippines.
3 As an “annual reporting” indicator, CCBO will formally report its progress in the FY2021 (Year Two) Annual Report but has
established interim estimates of its progress for performance and quarterly reporting purposes.
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2. Focal Country Activity Progress
Section Two provides an overview of progress made during Year Two’s second quarter to advance
country-level objectives. This is provided in three sections.
• Section 2.1 provides an overview of the progress made toward focal country
engagement and planning.
• Section 2.2 provides a summary of global progress made toward each of the program’s
country-level objectives.
• Section 2.3 provides country-specific summaries of progress made in each focal country, by
region.
Focal Country Engagement and Planning
CCBO continued to follow its step-wise approach to plan, implement, and monitor focal country
activities that buttress existing Mission goals and contribute to CCBO’s overall programmatic objectives.
Under its phased implementation approach, CCBO continued its efforts to mobilize activities across all
of its primary focal countries (the Philippines, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and Indonesia in Asia;
and the DR and Peru in Latin America and the Caribbean). A summary of engagement and planning
efforts in each country follows in Table 1 and is further detailed in Section Two.
Table 1. CCBO Country Engagement Progress
Activities Dominican Peru The Sri Vietnam Indonesia
Republic Philippines Lanka/Maldives
Initial Country January 2020 Postponed due November December 2019 November Postponed due to
Trip to COVID-19. 2019 (Sri Lanka) 2019 COVID-19. Local
Local country February 2020 country team now
team now in in place.
place.
Country Concept Approved Approved Approved Approved April Approved Approved May
Note January 2020 June 2020 January 2020 2020 January 2020 2020
Assessment January 2020 Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed
Conducted April 2020 August 2020 December 2020 December June 2021
2020
Work Plan Approved Approved Approved Approved January Approved Approved May
May 2020 March 2021 August 2020 2021 September 2021
2020
3R/SWM and Submitted In Process Completed Completed March Completed Completed
Marine Debris June 30, December 2021 December June 2021
Reduction (awaiting 2020 2020
Strategy approval)
Grants Solicitation RFA Anticipated APS published APS Published APS Published Anticipated RFA(s)
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published RFA(s) in Y3 Feb. 26, 2020 - May 26, 2020 – April 29, 2020 in Y3
April 2 - Feb. 5, 2021 May 14, 2021 - April 30,
May 13, (closed) (closed) 2021 (closed)
2020 WWEE RFA Anticipated RFA in Anticipated RFA
(closed) Y3 in Y3
published Dec.
Anticipated 21, 2020 - Feb.
RFA in Y3 5, 2021
(closed)
Anticipated RFA
in Y3
Grant Award First grant Anticipated First grants First grants to be First grants to Anticipated
awarded awards awarded awarded April be awarded awards beginning
September beginning in September 2021, additional September in Y3
2020, Y3 2020, award(s) in Y2Q4 2021, additional
additional additional and Y3 award(s) in
award award(s) in Y2Q4 and Y3
anticipated in Y2Q4 and Y3
Y3
Legend
Completed
Awaiting Approval
Scheduled/Pending Completion
Advancing Technical Objectives
Section 2.2 provides a high-level overview of how CCBO is advancing its programmatic objectives
across its U.S. and focal country teams through in-field activities, grants, and technical assistance.
Focus Area 1: Build Capacity of CCBO Engagement Sites in
Improved Solid Waste Management
Improved and effective SWM requires strong local governments that are empowered and have the
capacity to implement national regulations, plans, and mandates and operate effective and efficient local
systems. Accordingly, in Year Two, CCBO has begun working with local partners to provide capacity
building support and technical assistance to develop and/or strengthen local engagement site SWM,
identify and share best 3R/SWM practices for local learning and potential application, and improve local
capacities for policy implementation and enforcement.
Most notably, in Q3, CCBO hit a major capacity building milestone as it began piloting its
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Solid Waste Capacity Index for Local
Governments (SCIL) Assessment, with Resource Highlight:
guidance from its Washington, DC-based CCBO’s 3R/SWM Local Government
team and hands-on technical assistance Capacity Index is a tool that enables local
provided to partners through its Philippines governments to self-assess their current capabilities
field team. CCBO’s team finalized the SCIL associated with key criteria that local governments
questions and assessment tool in preparation for the need to have in place to ensure sustained SWM
pilot; trained local staff in the Philippines to conduct practices. The assessment provides a capacity rating
the SCIL pilot with its first local government; and, in that will allow local governments to measure initial
status and then progress over time (and potentially
parallel, began to translate the SCIL questions into
compare their ratings with other local governments).
Spanish in preparation for additional country roll-out.
The assessments will provide a roadmap for
The SCIL pilot was officially launched on June 7 in improvements in the key capacity areas, particularly
Parañaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines. In addition those that are critical to the development of SWMPs,
to building capacity of Parañaque City’s local providing valuable information to the local
government unit (LGU), it will also provide feedback governments on needed training, as well as policy and
to incorporate into the SCIL before it is launched operational changes. The assessments will be
more broadly across CCBO’s engagement sites. At conducted with support from CCBO; initially with the
the end of Q3, CCBO had received survey responses expectation that these will eventually be administered
by the local governments as part of their annual
for three of the assessment’s six total component
review of 3R/SWM capacity.
areas and expects to conclude the process in
Parañaque City in Q4. See section 2.3.2: Philippines for
details.
Other notable examples of CCBO’s capacity building for improved SWM, included:
• In the Philippines, in addition to the launch of the SCIL, CCBO continued to formalize
its partnerships with its engagement sites’ local governments through
Memorandums of Understanding that will cement their relationships and outline
how the program will support each. In May, CCBO and Parañaque City signed an MOU;
and CCBO continued to work with Pasig and Las Piñas Cities to sign their MOU into action. See
section 2.3.2 Philippines for details.
• Also in the Philippines, CCBO began developing a tool for technical staff to use when
reviewing local government policies to assess how well each LGU is meeting the applicable legal
requirements, both local and national, including those pertaining to other key SWM areas—like
gender. CCBO plans to adapt this framework for its other countries and will feed the results
into its Local Governance Gap Analyses, which CCBO continued research for across its seven
focal countries and related engagement sites. See section 2.3.2: Philippines for details.
• In the Dominican Republic, technical capacity building assistance was delivered to PROPEEP
for continued remediation of thee Samaná Province open dumps and the planning and design for
the new regional sanitary landfill. See section 2.3.1: Dominican Republic for details.
• And globally, CCBO developed and delivered training on Capacity Development and
Funding, among other sessions, to USAID Mission staff around the world through
USAID’s Ocean Plastics Champions Training, See section 3: Focus Area 6 for more details on
CCBO’s participation in USAID’s Ocean Plastics Champions Training.
CLEAN CITIES, BLUE OCEAN | FY2021 Quarter Three Progress Report 8During the quarter, CCBO also made advances in regard to this technical objective with the recruitment
of two new Capacity Development and Governance Managers, one in Peru and Sri Lanka,
to expand its in-field capacity and advance activities.
Focus Area 2: Improve Enabling Environment for 3Rs with a
Focus on CCBO Engagement Sites
In order to prevent plastics and other waste from entering inland and oceanic bodies of water, as well as
other natural environments, CCBO is supporting the development of more sustainable enabling
environments in each of its focal countries that promote and facilitate 3R practices for more circular
economies.
Several notable examples of how CCBO advanced the enabling environment for 3Rs in its engagement
sites included:
• In Sri Lanka, CCBO awarded a grant to the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC)
to support Sri Lanka’s national government in advancing a circular economy model
in the country through Extended Producer Responsibility legislation. CCBO’s grant
enables CCC to continue essential work, initiated in 2018 by a USAID Municipal Waste
Recycling Program (MWRP) grant, to conduct research and catalyze dialogues between the
government and private sector. Under their CCBO grant, CCC will build on the roadmap and
EPR that have previously been developed and begin implementing a pilot for two plastic
packaging types. See section 2.3.2: Sri Lanka and Maldives for details.
• In the Philippines, to bring enhanced LGU SWM capacity and planning to life and
establish the infrastructure required for improved SWM, CCBO worked to design,
develop, and attract financing for infrastructure that will greatly increase the
capacity of Parañaque City’s existing Material Recovery Facility (MRF). CCBO
developed plans for new, right-sized sorting line equipment that would build a mechanical
sorting capacity of 500 tons/month, where none currently exists—and, when operating at full
capacity, will provide 50 to 80 new living wage jobs. The design is appropriate for many rapidly
developing localities that are currently struggling to keep up with increasing waste volumes and
limited local resources, providing a design template that can be used in other CCBO
engagement sites. See section 2.3.2: Philippines for details.
• In the Dominican Republic, CCBO (via USAID/Dominican Republic) finalized an
MOU with the Ministry of Strategic and Special Projects of the Presidency
(PROPEEP) on June 7, which provides a framework for continued collaboration on the
remediation and closure of open landfills in Samaná Province and the development of a regional
Solid Waste Master Plan. Advances, like these, in infrastructure and modern waste planning are
critical to establishing a supportive, functioning enabling environment for improved SWM. See
section 2.3.1: Dominican Republic for details.
Across its focal countries and globally, the program continues to engage with and assess potential
relationships with private sector organizations, national and local government entities, non-governmental
organizations, and other development partners to explore high-impact partnerships that can support
CLEAN CITIES, BLUE OCEAN | FY2021 Quarter Three Progress Report 9healthy, local enabling environments that have CCBO’s Approach for Social and
engagement from both the public and private sectors. Behavior Change:
These engagements are detailed in Section 3. CCBO
continues to research and engage in discussions to CCBO takes a research- and evidence-based
approach to SBC, using formative research and
identify high-potential solutions that may be applicable principles from the behavioral and social sciences to
to and implemented at the local level in subsequent guide implementation. As part of this approach,
years of the program. CCBO grantees conduct formative research, based on
social and behavioral science and assisted by a local
consultant to build capacity (as needed), to develop an
understanding of the local social and cultural context
Focus Area 3: Build SBC for for solid waste management and 3R (reduce, reuse,
3Rs and Improved SWM recycle) practices.
and Address Livelihood Based on the results, CCBO and its grantees
undertake the next step in formative research: Trials
Challenges for Waste of Improved Practices (TIPs), where a small
Workers sample of community remembers are asked to choose
and test out in their daily lives—for a week or two—
CCBO uses an approach to behavior change called more sustainable behaviors from a research-derived
menu. Based on the research and trials, CCBO helps
“behavior-centered programming,” which begins by grantees to develop an SBC strategy that focuses on
collaborating with those the program wants to reach promoting only the behaviors that local people can
(along with decision makers) to identify the most and will do. TIPs are based on behavioral research
appropriate program participants, learn about what concept testing from commercial marketing. TIPs
have been used widely in health, WASH, nutrition, and
people are currently doing, identify what people could family planning but not as commonly in urban
and are willing to do to change their behavior, and sustainability programming.
examine other factors that may facilitate or impede this CCBO's SBC approach draws from principles
behavior change. Within its SBC work, and across its from behavioral research, such as the difference
program objectives, CCBO also seeks to address between rare behaviors (e.g., obtaining a trash
container) and repetitive behaviors (e.g.,
challenges and improve the livelihoods of those who segregating household waste each time waste is
the SWM depends upon—particularly often disposed of). Because repetitive behaviors require
underrepresented informal waste collectors (IWCs) multiple channels, continuous reminders, and easily
and women. accessible answers to recycling questions, whereas
uptake of rare behaviors can be spurred by short-term
Several notable examples of how CCBO advanced SBC campaigns, CCBO avoids funding short-term
awareness raising activities unless they are part of an
programming and worked to improve the livelihoods of integrated SBC program in which awareness raising is
those working in the sector included: just an early step, not the end goal. CCBO also
applies the behavioral research principle that
• In the Philippines, CCBO began to utilize people will only sustain behaviors that are easy
its Trials of Improved Practices (TIPs) to do and uncomplicated (e.g., overly complex
training curriculum and pioneered its use waste segregation schemes are generally not
sustainable).
in the Philippines by training grantee
CCBO also promotes social change based in
CRS to conduct TIPs in their own work,
sociological and anthropological knowledge,
so they may promote only those especially in its work to raise the social and economic
3R/SWM behaviors that households are status of IWCs. Current activities include supporting
able and willing to do. TIPs are an approach grantees to provide uniforms and protective gear for
IWCs, which has been shown to professionalize the
central to SBC interventions, used to test image and increase the self-esteem of IWCs.
behavioral alternatives and inform the
CLEAN CITIES, BLUE OCEAN | FY2021 Quarter Three Progress Report 10development and implementation of SBC strategies. See highlight box and section 2.3.2: Philippines
for details.
• In the Dominican Republic, CCBO grantee, CEBSE, completed its SBC research,
with analysis well underway that will inform CCBO’s SBC strategy, broader
programmatic activities, and the Solid Waste Master Plan being developed in the
region. Initial results have provided new insight into current household waste practices, how
people regard waste, and the potential for acceptance of household waste segregation, as well as
related opportunities and challenges. In addition, CCBO developed a strong understanding of
the role of IWCs, their daily lives, and how CCBO can support and ensure they are integrated
into the emerging regional waste system, with improved livelihoods and protections. These
insights, as well as those on the roles and responsibilities of men and women throughout the
waste value chain will be used to inform CCBO’s SBC and broader programmatic approaches.
See section 2.3.1: The Dominican Republic for details.
• In the Maldives, CCBO awarded a grant to the Small Geographic Society (SIGS),
which will follow CCBO’s SBC approach and conduct TIPs as a research strategy and
also as an SBC implementation approach, which has the potential to be a ground-breaking in the
context of SWM. Through their grant, SIGS will not only learn from the TIPs to inform its
strategy but will document and disseminate the TIPs process to the local community and share
findings and recommendation with local government, so that the TIPs encourage broader
community action. See section 2.3.2: Sri Lanka and Maldives for details.
• And globally, CCBO developed and delivered training on CCBO’s approach to
Social and Behavior Change, among other sessions, to USAID Mission staff around
the world through USAID’s Ocean Plastics Champions Training, See section 3: Focus
Area 6 for more details on CCBO’s participation in USAID’s Ocean Plastics Champions Training.
As CCBO’s SBC efforts crosscut each of its programmatic objectives, the program’s SBC and Gender
Director also continued to work throughout the quarter to review and develop Scopes of Work, Work
Plans, grantee applications, and milestone reports to provide technical feedback and ensure CCBO’s
SBC, gender, and livelihood objectives are met. During the quarter, CCBO also made advances in regard
to this technical objective with the recruitment of its Asia Regional SBC Manager who will join the
program in Q4 and, among other things, work closely with CCBO’s Philippines grantees to build their
capacity in and support their implementation of SBC activities.
Focus Area 4: Support Gender Equality and Women’s
Economic Empowerment
CCBO seeks to further gender equality, women’s meaningful participation, and economic empowerment
in all levels of the SWM sector to achieve multiple development outcomes. Gender-transformative
approaches are integrated in the program’s global approach, with additional, focused activities that
increase gender equality across its focal countries. Through its activities, CCBO addresses gender-
related sectoral challenges that include women’s limited access to SWM jobs that provide a decent
living-wage and to professional and community leadership roles, as well as issues that affect women’s
broader well-being, such as gender-based violence. Addressing these issues and other gender inequities
CLEAN CITIES, BLUE OCEAN | FY2021 Quarter Three Progress Report 11expands opportunities for women and, in turn, expands service offerings for more robust SWM with
cleaner, more sustainable cities and oceans.
Several notable examples of how CCBO advanced gender equality and women’s economic
empowerment within the quarter included:
• In the Philippines, CCBO continued toward the in-field launch of its Women in
Waste’s Economic Empowerment Activity (WWEE). The team executed a
subcontract with Johns Hopkins University’s (JHU) SEE Change Initiative to support
the activity; continued the pre-award process with its lead implementing grantee,
EcoWaste Coalition; and engaged potential NGO and private sector partners.
JHU began working to develop training modules for the “WWEE Basic Business and
Empowerment Skills Training” (BBEST) curricula, in collaboration with CCBO and EcoWaste
Coalition, tailored to the Philippines. CCBO also celebrated Coca-Cola Foundation
Philippines’ verbal commitment to provide at least $100,000 in activity support
funding and the Rotary Club of Alabang Madrigal Business Club’s commitment to
provide support for a small group of training cohorts and engage WWEE graduates
in their broader network for women entrepreneurs. See section 2.3.2: Philippines for
details.
In June, members of the CCBO, JHU, and
EcoWaste Coalition teams gathered for a
virtual kick-off and meet-and-greet gathering,
where the teams could begin to develop their
working relationship. Photo: Clean Cities, Blue
Ocean
• Also, in the Philippines, CCBO worked closely with program grantee and local
government units to build their capacity in gender-integrated programming and
introduce basic concepts of gender equality and inclusivity. In addition to working
throughout the quarter to review and provide one-on-one guidance for grantee activities,
gender was also added as an instrument when reviewing LGU SWM plans. CCBO also provided
gender training in 3R/SWM to local Metro Manila barangays who are receiving capacity building
training from grantee CRS . See section 2.3.2: Philippines for details.
• In the DR, CCBO grantee, CEBSE, completed its research on women’s roles in the
local waste value chain, providing insight into women’s roles, both in the household
as well as their place in the SWM value chain. From the initial research, CCBO has
learned that both women and men take responsibility for household waste disposal in all cities
surveyed. The reason women tend to do it more frequently is they are home when the truck
comes, but in some cities, men are frequently home so their roles reverse. These findings will be
a crucial component to the accuracy and credibility of CCBO’s SBC strategy, as well as
strengthen the program’s ability to develop and implement women’s economic empowerment
strategies that reach those most relevant and important because, globally, literature refers to
CLEAN CITIES, BLUE OCEAN | FY2021 Quarter Three Progress Report 12women as “household waste managers” almost always without data to back up the claim. See
section 2.3.1: Dominican Republic for details.
As CCBO’s gender and women’s economic empowerment objectives cross-cut program
workstreams and are integrated across all program strategies and activities, consistent with the
program’s Gender Strategy, CCBO’s SBC and Gender Director continued to work closely with
program technical leads to review all work plans, Scopes of Work, grant solicitations, and other
relevant working documents to ensure that all program efforts are inclusive of key gender strategy
objectives and acknowledge country-specific gender equity differentials. Across its focal countries,
CCBO also continued to request and review Initial Gender Self-Assessments submitted by its
incoming grantees—an assessment tool rolled out in Q1 that enables CCBO to assess and build
capacity among grantees and other potential partner organizations in designing and implementing
development programming that is gender-inclusive, -responsive, and can meaningfully close current
gaps in gender inequalities.
Country-Specific Progress Updates
This section provides country-specific progress updates regarding country engagement, planning, and
implementation in each of CCBO’s focal countries and engagement sites (see Figure 1).
Figure 1. CCBO Focal Countries and Engagement Sites
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Dominican Republic
COUNTRY ENGAGEMENT AND PLANNING
Since the start of Year Two, SWM system reform in the Dominican
Republic has rapidly increased due to the 2020 passage of the National
Solid Waste Law and supporting Presidential decrees and projects.
With increased engagement and action from local and federal
governments, private sector actors, and local communities, CCBO has made significant strides to
advance the activities of its country Work Plan, engaging with and supporting relevant partners and
working closely with USAID/Dominican Republic.
In Q3, the program continued its regular
coordination with the Dominican Republic
(DR) Mission, and, during the quarter,
CCBO and its subcontractor, Sostenibilidad
3Rs, continued to work locally to
coordinate with the national and local
government on the developing Solid Waste
Master Plan and related infrastructure
projects. A paramount achievement
was the signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding between USAID and
the Ministry of Strategic and Special In June, PROPEEP developed remarks and an accompanying short film to be
shared at USAID and Ocean Conservancy’s virtual World Oceans Day event,
Projects of the Presidency (PROPEEP) providing an overview of the country’s ECO5RD project that CCBO is supporting
to formalize their partnership, detailed in Samaná Province. Photo: Capture from PROPEEP video
in the next section. The program also
engaged with the national government—both the Ministry of Environment and PROPEEP—to
communicate USAID’s partnership with the national government and the country’s commitment to
combatting ocean plastic pollution to a global audience at a USAID and Ocean Conservancy co-hosted
World Oceans Day virtual event. At the event, pre-recorded remarks and videos were shared from
both the Minister of the Environment and PROPEEP’s Chief Technical Officer (see still above). Details on
CCBO’s technical collaboration with national and local government are detailed in the following section.
ADVANCING TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES
In Q3, CCBO continued to advance activities initiated to date, including its support to the national
government to build a regional SWM template for national expansion and bridging public and private
sector interests and resources for high- impact, accelerated transformation in Samaná Province. As
noted above, a key achievement in Q3 was the formalization of USAID’s partnership with
PROPEEP. The MOU, signed on June 7, cemented the partnership and provides a framework for the
partners to continue working together on the remediation and closure of open landfills in Samaná
Province, the development of a new Solid Waste Master Plan that will advance the region’s SWM system
CLEAN CITIES, BLUE OCEAN | FY2021 Quarter Three Progress Report 14and long-term infrastructure (i.e., a new regional sanitary landfill), and support the development and implementation of relevant associated SWM programs. The MOU was announced through an Embassy press release and picked up by national and local news outlets, including but not limited to El Nuevo Diario and El Informante. In support of this partnership, CCBO continued to deliver technical assistance to the government as they continue to remediate and take steps toward closure of USAID/DR’s Mission Director signs an MOU, formalizing USAID’s two open dumps in Samaná Province partnership with PROPEEP. Photo: USAID/DR (Samaná and Las Terrenas) and advance plans for the new regional sanitary landfill. Building on the environmental, safety, and other technical guidance that was extended in Q2, in Q3, CCBO initiated regular technical meetings with PROPEEP and delivered tailored technical guidance in areas including: stormwater, methane recovery, and leachate management systems; siting and design support for the transfer stations at each site; and planning support for development of the new regional landfill. CCBO also worked to continue building its relationship with the local Samaná Province governments to ensure that the local governments are engaged in this process and receive the technical and capacity building support needed for long-term success. CCBO’s partner, Sostenibilidad 3Rs met with the Mayor and City Council of Santa Barbara, Samaná on behalf of CCBO to coordinate a meeting with the Municipal League and initiate development of the Provincial Waste Management Plan that CCBO will provide technical guidance to. Also, within the quarter, CCBO completed a formal analysis of the waste secured at the two Samaná Province open dumps in Q2 as a result of CCBO’s technical assistance (reported as estimates in Q2). Through the analysis, CCBO found the volumes of waste secured to be much higher than initially estimated. Approximately 217,675 MT of waste (31,345 MT of which are plastic) was prevented from entering into the drainage canals, rivers, and streams. To ensure continued progress, CCBO continued to explore numerous collaboration opportunities with a variety of potential partners throughout the quarter—guided by the program’s growing networks and its Private Sector Landscape Analysis, of which a draft was submitted within the quarter. Meetings included, but were not limited to, those with the Sustainable Ocean Fund who expressed an interest in investment opportunities for the ongoing landfill development in Samaná and the DR more broadly. CCBO also continued discussions with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding their interest in funding SWM activities or equipment in Samaná Province. In April, CCBO also presented in a webinar, "Conservation of Our Oceans in Times of Climate and Social Vulnerability,” sponsored by USAID/DR in collaboration with Fundación Popular and the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra. To increase private sector awareness of CCBO’s work and demonstrate USAID’s leadership in the ocean plastics sphere, CCBO presented on how circular economy principles can be used to avert irreparable damage to our ocean and climate and how CCBO is supporting this work. The event was attended by private sector representatives in Fundacion Popular’s network—the arm of the Popular Group that influences the design of economic, CLEAN CITIES, BLUE OCEAN | FY2021 Quarter Three Progress Report 15
social and environmental sustainability
policies in the DR. Grantee Highlight: CEBSE
Preliminary Findings from Household
CCBO also advanced its SBC, gender Research
equality, and women’s economic
CCBO grantee, the CEBSE Consortium’s, ongoing
empowerment objectives through its
household data analysis has provided new insight into local
grantee, the Center for the communities’ feelings about plastic waste—finding that
Conservation and Eco-Development of locals are very disturbed by waste in the environment,
Samaná Bay and its Surroundings including their marine environment and therefore,
(CEBSE) Consortium who worked to households are likely to be willing to segregate waste. All
conclude its research on community but the wealthy Dominicans segregate their waste already,
waste practices, beliefs, and potential giving organic waste to their pigs or saving it for pig
SBC interventions, as well as women’s farmers who pick it up and, in some cases, informally
role in the local waste value chain. In provide the household with pork around Christmas time in
exchange for their food scraps. A few households also
Q3, CEBSE completed all household
separate recyclables to give to local recyclable collectors.
interviews and is well into the analysis
These findings, along with information on what has limited
process and preparing for Trials of Improved households who are not segregating their waste, are
Practices (TIPs), which will inform the valuable inputs for CCBO’s SBC strategy, as well as the
resulting SBC Strategy. Preliminary insights broader Solid Waste Master Plan being developed in the
from the research and data analysis region.
underway are featured, right Additionally, focus group discussions with IWCs and
CEBSE also advanced its research on community members in Las Terrenas found that household
members, including those far away from the dump in
women’s role in the value chain, gathering
Samaná, are pleased with the ongoing remediation efforts
additional information regarding women’s
that CCBO is supporting, noting relief from the toxic
roles and their comparative opportunities fumes that emanated from the dump due to waste fires
and experiences against men. Research ignited by spontaneous combustion. CCBO estimates
examined women’s roles, both in the that over 85,000 residents now have improved
household as well as in the workplace, finding SWM services and quality of life as a result of the
that both women and men manage project.
household waste disposal in all cities
surveyed. The reason women tend to do it more frequently is they are home when the truck comes,
but in some cities, men are frequently home so their roles reverse. These findings will be a crucial
component to the accuracy and credibility of CCBO’s SBC strategy, as well as strengthen the program’s
ability to develop and implement strategies that reach those most relevant and important because,
globally, literature refers to women as “household waste managers” almost always without data to back
up the claim.
Much of the information collected by CEBSE not only supports CCBO’s agenda, but also contributes to
the field of SWM as a whole. Alongside the Consortium, CCBO plans to develop at least one
publication from these data to disseminate final findings of the research, once complete. Accordingly,
CCBO submitted an abstract to UNC’s Fall 2021 Water Conference to present CCBO’s research on
the connection between water and SWM through microplastics and the crucial role that informal waste
collectors play in preventing water contamination by plastics and other waste.
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COUNTRY ENGAGEMENT AND PLANNING
In Q3, CCBO made significant progress completing and submitting key
deliverables, expanding its in-country team staff, and developing
relationships with a variety of potential partners in Peru. Within the quarter,
in April, CCBO’s Initial Solid Waste Management Assessment for Peru, submitted in late Q2, was
approved by USAID, providing a wealth of information to enhance in-field program planning and advance
conversations with national and local government. CCBO also welcomed two additional team members,
a local Solid Waste Specialist and Grants Specialist, identified a candidate for its Governance and
Capacity Building Specialist position (who will join in early Q4), and continued to recruit for remaining
position.
CCBO continued regular coordination with USAID/Peru and expanding awareness of the
program in Peru and the greater LAC region. On May 12, CCBO’s Peru Country Director
presented information on the CCBO Peru program at the Ocean Plastics: A LAC Environment Learning
Series webinar, which was attended by over 40 participants from USAID and other interested
organizations. CCBO’s Country Director and Solid Waste Management Specialist also participated in
USAID’s internal Ocean Plastics Champions Course to present on the Peruvian Environmental Law,
challenges for its implementation, and CCBO’s strategic approach to nearly twenty global Mission
representatives.
Continuing the progress CCBO made in building a relationship with Peru’s Ministry of
Environment (MINAM) in Q2, CCBO invited the Agency for Environmental Assessment
and Enforcement (OEFA) and MINAM to be a part of an inter-institutional committee for
ocean plastic in the country. To show additional support to the Government of Peru, CCBO’s Peru
team also participated in several events organized by MINAM and other donors related to solid waste
management.
ADVANCING TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES
Working closely with the Government of Peru and other donors, CCBO advanced its
technical objectives and continued to build a strong foundation for collaboration in Peru
through targeted public and private sector partnerships. During the quarter, CCBO met with a
variety of private sector, non-governmental, and government organizations and agencies to discuss
collaboration opportunities, gather additional information about its engagement sites, and advance its
technical objectives. CCBO began to map stakeholders and develop its Peru Private Sector
Landscape Analysis. To date, more than 80 organizations have been mapped and CCBO will submits
its Landscape Analysis to USAID in Q4.
Notable engagements during the quarter included meetings with:
• OEFA’s Director of the Environmental Supervision in Infrastructure and Services to
present the CCBO program, initiate the program’s work to build local government capacity and
CLEAN CITIES, BLUE OCEAN | FY2021 Quarter Three Progress Report 17compliance, and request information on local government´s compliance with SWM regulations
as part of the program’s research.
• Ciudad Saludable, a prominent non-profit organization, who shared their lessons learned
from previous projects in Ica that CCBO can include in their own planning and implementation.
• The Municipality of Pisco’s Environmental Manager to discuss collaboration
opportunities, including around recycling, supporting landfill design, and integrating a marine-
coastal management plan.
• Heroes of the Planet, an NGO, which—among other things—produces flowerpots from
polypropylene sacks used by artisanal fishermen.
• The Provincial Municipality of Pisco, who is seeking support for design and studies
required for landfill development
• The National Program on Innovation in Fishing and Aquaculture and representatives
from WWF.
CCBO plans to follow-up on many of these conversations in Q4 to identify partnerships that can be
formalized and has also planned meetings with groups such as the Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and other national and local government ministries/departments.
During the quarter, CCBO celebrated a major win toward its women’s economic
empowerment objectives and its focus on developing local circular economies as it secured
$2 million in additional women’s economic empowerment funding from USAID’s Gender
Equality and Women’s Empowerment Office. In early April, CCBO met with USAID’s Private
Sector Engagement and Women’s Economic Empowerment Partnerships team to present its
Q2-developed funding proposal to advance women’s economic empowerment through the development
of women-led, local circular economies that will:
• Empower and expand opportunities for women in the waste and recycling sector to improve
their livelihoods and economic opportunities, expand access to financial, health, and safety
protections, and address sector gender barriers and inequalities;
• Establish private sector support and market-based mechanisms to mobilize women-led
businesses/associations with strategic services and business offerings required to transition
toward a local circular economy model; and
• Establish proven models for inclusive, circular economies, with documented processes, best
practices, and lessons learned for replication in rapidly urbanizing low- and middle-income
countries.
To prepare for the launch of these activities, and inform other CCBO work, CCBO held several
information gathering meetings, including with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), to
discuss lessons learned from their gender work in-country and explore opportunities for collaboration.
To further CCBO objectives and its approach in its priority regions of Piura and Ica, CCBO also
continued to plan for its upcoming targeted grant solicitations to further its work in select
districts in Piura and Ica. During the quarter, the grants team worked to refine technical scopes with
relevant technical directors.
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Vietnam
COUNTRY ENGAGEMENT AND PLANNING
In Q3, despite ongoing travel restrictions, CCBO continued to make strides in
strengthening its engagement with national and local government and moving planning
forward to in-field implementation. During the quarter, CCBO submitted its formal,
required program document to the Government of Vietnam for endorsement for program
implementation in the country and continued to work closely with its counterpart
government agency, Vietnam Administration for Sea and Islands (VASI), to identify areas of overlap and
collaboration to build SWM capacity—as detailed below.
Through its continued coordination with VASI, CCBO’s Country Director and Solid Waste
Specialist were invited by the agency to participate in a local stakeholder workshop on
Marine Plastic Reduction in Da Nang at the outset of the quarter, on April 6, which also
helped the program build its local government relationships. The team presented CCBO’s
objectives and country goals and had the opportunity to meet with leaders from VASI, its “parent”
ministry—the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE); the Da Nang Department of
Natural Resources and Environment (DONRE); as well as upcoming grantees, International
Development Enterprises (iDE) and the Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable
Transformation (ASSIST). As part of the trip to Da Nang, the team joined a field trip to a material
recovery facility and reform plastic facility in Hoi An organized by Vietnam’s National Plastic Action
Partnership, Zero Waste Alliance, and hosted by Evergreen Labs. Looking ahead to Q4, CCBO will
continue discussions with VASI on relevant activities for collaboration, which may include the
development of technical regulations related to plastic waste management and building VASI staff
capacity building around plastic and solid waste management and building a circular economy model.
CCBO also continued close coordination with USAID/Vietnam, including support for an
Embassy-organized ocean plastic event in late April (see details below) and participation in
USAID/Vietnam meetings, such as the virtual Collaborative Work Planning with the Government of
Vietnam meeting, organized by the Mission to share best practices on working with the government. In
May, CCBO’s USAID point of contact’s posting concluded in Hanoi. CCBO will work to bring USAID’s
new program manager up to speed on program objectives and activities in Q4, as one is designated.
While making progress, CCBO’s Vietnam team faced some challenges in the quarter including increased
travel restrictions to many provinces due to the fourth wave of COVID-19 and the departure of the
program’s Acting Country Director, who departed the program in April due to health complications.
CCBO immediately began recruiting for its permanent Country Director, which it expects to onboard
in Q4.
ADVANCING TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES
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