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 5.6.2010
 BG
 Официален вестник на Европейския съюз
 C 148/43
 Жалба, подадена на 1 април 2010 г. — Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten NV/Европейска комисия
 (Дело T-151/10)
 2010/C 148/72
 Език на производството: нидерландски
 Страни
 Жалбоподател: Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten NV (Хага, Нидерландия) (представител: B. Drijber, advocaat)
 Ответник: Европейска комисия
 Искания на жалбоподателя
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 да се отмени Решение С(2009) 9963 окончателен на Комисията от 15 декември 2009 г. в частта, в която Комисията приема, че възможността на дружествата за социално жилищно строителство да вземат заеми от Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten NV представлява държавна помощ по смисъла на член 107, параграф 1 от ДФЕС,
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 Комисията да бъде осъдена да заплати съдебните разноски.
 Правни основания и основни доводи
 С жалбата се иска частична отмяна на Решение C(2009) 9963 окончателен на Комисията от 15 декември 2009 г. относно държавни помощи E 2/2005 и N 642/2009 (Нидерландия) — съществуваща помощ и специална помощ по проект в полза на дружествата за социално жилищно строителство.
 В подкрепа на исканията си жалбоподателят на първо място изтъква, че спорното решение е несъвместимо с член 107, параграф 1 от ДФЕС, доколкото констатацията на Комисията, че отпусканите от жалбоподателя заеми представляват държавни помощи, се основавала на неправилно тълкуване на условието държавата да носи отговорност за съответната помощ.
 На второ място, жалбоподателят поддържа, че спорното решение е несъвместимо с член 107, параграф 1 от ДФЕС, доколкото констатацията на Комисията, че отпусканите от жалбоподателя заеми не отговарят на пазарните условия и в този смисъл са преференциални, се основавала на неправилна преценка на фактите.
 На трето място, жалбоподателят се позовава на нарушение на изискването за мотивиране и на принципа на добра администрация, доколкото Комисията приела, че е налице държавна помощ, без да разгледа представените от нидерландските органи данни относно отпусканите от жалбоподателя заеми.


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jurisdiction: US

text: b'OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL\n\nAUDIT OF USAID/ZAMBIA\xe2\x80\x99S\nGENDER-RELATED HIV/AIDS\nACTIVITIES\n\n\nAUDIT REPORT NO. 4-611-11-006-P\nMARCH 29, 2011\n\n\n\n\nPRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA\n\x0cOffice of Inspector General\n\n\nMarch 29, 2011\n\nMEMORANDUM\n\nTO: USAID/Zambia Mission Director, Melissa Williams\n\nFROM: Regional Inspector General/Pretoria, Christine M. Byrne /s/\n\nSUBJECT: Audit of USAID/Zambia\xe2\x80\x99s Gender-Related HIV/AIDS Activities\n (Report Number 4-611-11-006-P)\n\nThis memorandum transmits our final report on the subject audit. We have considered\nmanagement\xe2\x80\x99s comments on the draft report and have incorporated them into the final report as\nappropriate. They have been included in their entirety in Appendix II (excluding attachments).\n\nThe final report includes six recommendations to strengthen USAID/Zambia\xe2\x80\x99s gender-related\nHIV/AIDS activities. After reviewing management\xe2\x80\x99s comments and supporting documentation\nprovided, we consider that management decisions have been reached on all six\nrecommendations, with final action taken on Recommendations 2\xe2\x80\x936. These recommendations\nare closed upon report issuance. For Recommendation 1, please provide the Office of Audit\nPerformance and Compliance Division (M/CFO/APC) with the necessary documentation to\nachieve final action.\n\nI want to express my sincere appreciation for the cooperation and courtesy extended to my staff\nduring the audit.\n\n\n\n\nU.S. Agency for International Development\n100 Totius Street X5\nPretoria, South Africa 0027\nwww.usaid.gov/oig\n\x0cCONTENTS\nSummary of Results ...................................................................................................................1\n\nAudit Findings .............................................................................................................................4\n\n Mission\xe2\x80\x99s Coverage of Gender in HIV/AIDS Programming Left Gaps.....................................4\n\n Zambia Prevention, Care and Treatment Partnership II Lacked a\n Completed Gender Strategy ...................................................................................................5\n\n Zambia Prevention, Care and Treatment Partnership II Did Not Report\n Progress on Gender-Related Goals ........................................................................................7\n\n Local Partners Capacity Building Program Did Not Conduct Required\n Gender Analysis......................................................................................................................8\n\nEvaluation of Management Comments ...................................................................................10\n\nAppendix I \xe2\x80\x93 Scope and Methodology ....................................................................................12\n\nAppendix II \xe2\x80\x93 Management Comments ...................................................................................15\n\n\n\nAbbreviations\n\nThe following abbreviations appear in this report:\n\nADS Automated Directives System\nAED Academy for Educational Development\nASAZA A Safer Zambia\nFHI Family Health International\nM&E monitoring and evaluation\nNGO nongovernmental organization\nPEPFAR President\xe2\x80\x99s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief\nPMP performance management plan\nZPCT Zambia Prevention, Care and Treatment Partnership\n\x0cSUMMARY OF RESULTS\nOn November 5, 2009, USAID updated the gender programming requirements in its Automated\nDirectives System (ADS) to reflect the Obama Administration\xe2\x80\x99s core commitment to gender\nequality and women\xe2\x80\x99s empowerment. ADS now requires gender to be considered as part of\nhigh-level planning (ADS 201.3.9.3), during project and activity planning (ADS 201.3.11.6), as\npart of project and activity procurement (ADS 302.3.5.15 for contracts and ADS 303.3.6.3c for\ngrants and cooperative agreements), and during project and activity monitoring and evaluation\n(ADS 203.3.4.3).\n\nHIV is a highly gendered epidemic, meaning that it is driven by gender norms, which dictate an\nindividual\xe2\x80\x99s vulnerability to HIV and ability to access care, support, and treatment. A good\nexample of the gendered nature of the epidemic is in Zambia, where HIV prevalence among\nwomen is 16.1 percent versus 12.3 percent among men, 1 as the infection rate for women has\noutpaced that for men.\n\nThe Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS,\nTuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (The Lantos-Hyde Act, Public Law 110-\n293) revised requirements for the President\xe2\x80\x99s comprehensive five-year strategy (and related\nreport) to combat global HIV/AIDS. 2 Several of these revised requirements relate to gender,\nand have moved gender to the forefront of the HIV/AIDS response. To support the new\nemphasis, the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator calls for teams supported by the\nPresident\xe2\x80\x99s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to have systematic and intensified\ngender programming, coupled with more rigorous strategic planning and monitoring of gender\nprogramming, investment in program evaluation and data analysis, and enhanced technical and\nmanagement capacity.\n\nPEPFAR also identified five goals as key in reducing the vulnerabilities of men and women to\nHIV infection:\n\n1. Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS services.\n2. Reducing violence and coercion.\n3. Addressing male norms and behaviors.\n4. Increasing women\xe2\x80\x99s legal protection.\n5. Increasing women\'s access to income and productive resources.\n\nIn contrast to other USAID missions that may plan specific programs targeted at each of the\ngender goals, USAID/Zambia seeks to integrate gender into all programs in its HIV/AIDS\nportfolio. Therefore, to evaluate the mission\xe2\x80\x99s response to the changing emphasis and\nguidance, the audit reviewed the mission\xe2\x80\x99s planning and monitoring for gender in its HIV/AIDS\nprogramming and selected three of the mission\xe2\x80\x99s bilateral PEPFAR-funded programs for\ndetailed review, which are described below:\n\nZambia Prevention, Care and Treatment Partnership II (ZPCT II). ZPCT II is a 5-year (June\n1, 2009\xe2\x80\x93May 31, 2014) program implemented by Family Health International under a task order\n\n1\n Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2007.\n2\n The Lantos-Hyde Act amends the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and\nMalaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-25).\n\n\n 1\n\x0cto the AIDS Support and Technical Assistance Resources Sector I indefinite quantity contract.\nPEPFAR funds the program, which has a ceiling of just over $124 million. As of September 30,\n2010, the mission had obligated $34 million to the program, $20.4 million of which had been\ndisbursed. ZPCT II operates in five of the country\xe2\x80\x99s nine provinces 3 with assistance from seven\nsubpartners. The five main objectives of the program are to: expand HIV/AIDS services that\nemphasize prevention, strengthen the health system, and support the priorities of the Zambian\nGovernment; increase partner and stakeholder involvement and participation in those activities;\nincrease the capacity of the provincial and district health offices; build and manage public-\nprivate partnerships to expand and strengthen HIV/AIDS service delivery in private sector health\nfacilities; and integrate service delivery and other activities at the national, provincial, district,\nfacility, and community levels.\n\nCorridors of Hope III. Corridors of Hope III is a 5-year (September 11, 2009\xe2\x80\x93September 10,\n2014) program implemented through a cooperative agreement between Family Health\nInternational and USAID/Zambia, funded through PEPFAR. As of September 30, 2010, the\nmission had obligated $4.8 million of the total estimated $25 million to the program, $2.8 million\nof which had been disbursed. Corridors of Hope III is implemented in partnership with Afya\nMzuri, the Zambian Health Education and Communication Trust and the Zambia Interfaith\nNetworking Group on HIV and AIDS. The program operates in seven communities along\nZambia\xe2\x80\x99s transport corridors and seeks to expand HIV counseling and testing beyond the target\ngroups of the early Corridors of Hope programs (e.g., truck drivers and commercial sex workers)\nto include the many others at risk of infection in and around these communities.\n\nLocal Partners Capacity Building Program. The Academy for Educational Development\nimplements the Local Partners Capacity Building Program under a cooperative agreement with\nUSAID that runs from May 12, 2008, to September 30, 2012. The estimated value of the\nagreement is over $49 million, of which the mission had obligated $9.1 million and disbursed\n$5.3 million as of September 30, 2010. The program seeks to improve the overall capacity of\nselected local nongovernmental faith-based and community-based organizations to ensure\nefficient and effective expansion of their programs so that they deliver quality HIV/AIDS services\nin Zambia.\n\nThe Regional Inspector General/Pretoria conducted this audit to determine whether selected\nHIV/AIDS activities implemented by USAID/Zambia were helping to achieve PEPFAR\xe2\x80\x99s five\ngender-focused goals.\n\nThe audit noted that USAID/Zambia and the selected programs were paying increased attention\nto gender. Staff from USAID/Zambia attended the 2009 Gender Technical Exchange\nconference conducted by PEPFAR\xe2\x80\x99s Gender Technical Working Group in Johannesburg, South\nAfrica; participated in the recently formed Partners for Gender Activities Group, which facilitates\ninteragency discussion on gender issues in Zambia; and frequently invited speakers on gender-\nrelated topics to mission meetings. USAID officials, implementing partners, and program staff\nwere generally aware of gender requirements and activities that could be used to further gender\ngoals.\n\nThe audit also noted that two of the three selected programs had planned and implemented\ngender-focused activities. ZPCT II was increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS services through\n\n3\n The ZPCT II program operates in the following provinces: Central, Copperbelt, Luapula, Northern and\nNorth Western. Programs in the remaining provinces are funded through other U.S. agencies, foreign\ngovernment agencies, and other donors.\n\n\n 2\n\x0csupport of a family counseling and testing facility in Copperbelt Province. The program was\nalso addressing male norms and behaviors by trying to increase male involvement in antenatal\nprevention services through education and outreach activities. Corridors of Hope III was\nworking to increase gender equity in HIV/AIDS services by providing mobile sites and door-to-\ndoor counseling and testing to reduce barriers to access. The program was addressing male\nnorms and behaviors through community groups, workplace programs, and peer education. It\nwas also increasing women\xe2\x80\x99s access to income and productive resources through the new\nlivelihood component, which helps women establish savings and loans groups.\n\nHowever, the audit noted that not all HIV/AIDS activities implemented by USAID/Zambia were\nworking toward achieving the gender-focused goals. Specifically the audit noted the following\nproblems:\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2 The mission\xe2\x80\x99s coverage of gender in HIV/AIDS programming left gaps (page 4).\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2 ZPCT II lacked a completed gender strategy (page 5).\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2 ZPCT II did not report progress on gender-related goals (page 7).\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2 The Local Partners Capacity Building Program did not conduct required gender analysis\n (page 8).\n\nTo strengthen USAID/Zambia\xe2\x80\x99s HIV/AIDS activities, this audit recommends that the mission:\n\n1. Develop and distribute a plan or guidance to help ensure that its HIV/AIDS programming\n systematically addresses PEPFAR\xe2\x80\x99s gender-related goals (page 5).\n\n2. Establish roles and responsibilities for a mission gender focal point with input on all the\n mission\xe2\x80\x99s HIV/AIDS activities, and appoint an individual to the position (page 5).\n\n3. Set a deadline by which the ZPCT II gender strategy must be approved and launched by\n partners, and develop a plan to meet the deadline (page 7).\n\n4. Require its contractor to amend the ZPCT II monitoring and evaluation work plan to include\n a requirement to report on indicators for male involvement in prevention of mother-to-child\n transmission and the promotion and strengthening of couples-oriented counseling and\n testing (page 8).\n\n5. Require its contractor to disaggregate gender-relevant indicator results in the ZPCT II\n program\xe2\x80\x99s periodic performance reporting (page 8).\n\n6. Request that its implementing partner perform a gender analysis that includes a timeline for\n the development and implementation of a strategy to incorporate gender into activities\n performed under the Local Partners Capacity Building Program (page 9).\n\nDetailed findings appear in the following section. The audit scope and methodology are\ndescribed in Appendix I, USAID/Zambia\xe2\x80\x99s comments appear in their entirety as Appendix II, and\nour evaluation of management comments is included on page 10.\n\n\n\n\n 3\n\x0cAUDIT FINDINGS\nMission\xe2\x80\x99s Coverage of Gender in\nHIV/AIDS Programming Left Gaps\nAs explained in the summary, the Lantos-Hyde Act revised requirements for the President\xe2\x80\x99s\ncomprehensive five-year strategy to combat global HIV/AIDS and added several requirements\nrelating to gender. These requirements focus attention on key gender issues related to\nHIV/AIDS outcomes. In response to this, the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator\ndeveloped the PEPFAR Gender Framework, which calls for more rigorous strategic planning\nand monitoring of gender programming. The framework also calls for more systematic and\nintensified gender programming, demonstrated through, among other commitments, a more\nstrategic and explicit focus on preventing and responding to gender-based violence. As the\nU.S. Global AIDS Coordinator stated, \xe2\x80\x9cGender-based violence, in particular, directly promotes\nthe spread of HIV/AIDS by limiting women\xe2\x80\x99s ability to negotiate sexual practices, disclose HIV\nstatus, and access medical services and counseling due to fear of GBV [gender-based\nviolence].\xe2\x80\x9d\n\nDespite the attention given to gender-based violence by both Congress and the Office of the\nU.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, there are gaps in the planning and implementation of\nUSAID/Zambia\xe2\x80\x99s HIV/AIDS programming to address PEPFAR\xe2\x80\x99s gender-focused goals.\nAlthough the mission was helping address Zambia\xe2\x80\x99s critical need for gender-based violence\nservices through a program called A Safer Zambia (ASAZA)\xe2\x80\x94funded through the U.S.\nGovernment\xe2\x80\x99s Women\xe2\x80\x99s Justice and Empowerment Initiative, not through PEPFAR\xe2\x80\x94\nUSAID/Zambia did not help facilitate links between ASAZA and other USAID PEPFAR\nprograms, such as ZPCT II and Corridors of Hope III. Not facilitating links was contrary to\nPEPFAR\xe2\x80\x99s strategy to reduce violence and coercion, which calls for links with community and\nsocial services that provide protection and care for victims of violence. Defining links between\nprograms could help promote and ease victim referral. Additionally, although ASAZA is\nscheduled to end on January 31, 2011, the succeeding program, which the mission will fund\nunder PEPFAR, will start no sooner than October 2011. This schedule may leave a gap in\ngender-based violence services of several months or more, which USAID/Zambia may not be\nable to coordinate with other non-U.S. Government programs to fill. 4 Funding for the new\nprogram was requested as part of the fiscal year 2011 planning process.\n\nGaps existed in USAID/Zambia\xe2\x80\x99s gender-related HIV/AIDS activities for two primary reasons:\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2 PEPFAR Partners Lacked an Interagency HIV/AIDS Gender Strategy in Zambia.\n Though the Partners for Gender Activities Group had recently been formed to facilitate\n interagency discussion on gender-related issues in Zambia, PEPFAR partners in the country\n were operating without an interagency HIV/AIDS gender strategy. Although such a strategy\n would need to complement the Government of Zambia\xe2\x80\x99s gender strategy, which was under\n revision, operating without a strategy makes it difficult to ensure that U.S.-funded activities\n align with PEPFAR goals. USAID/Zambia, as one of several PEPFAR partners in the\n country operating without an interagency strategy or its own strategy, was therefore not\n\n\n4\n After the Office of Inspector General issued the draft report, USAID signed an agreement modification to\nextend the ASAZA program until September 30, 2011.\n\n\n 4\n\x0c systematically programming its HIV/AIDS activities to address PEPFAR\xe2\x80\x99s gender-related\n goals.\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2 USAID/Zambia Lacked an HIV/AIDS Gender Focal Point. USAID/Zambia\xe2\x80\x99s PEPFAR\n funds are managed primarily by the mission\xe2\x80\x99s HIV/AIDS Multisectoral Office and the\n Population, Health and Nutrition Office. However, only the HIV/AIDS Multisectoral Office\n had appointed a gender focal point person, responsible for activities such as educating the\n office on gender issues, ensuring that gender is integrated throughout the program life cycle,\n and liaising with other gender specialists and working groups. This means that the\n Population, Health and Nutrition Office, as well as the other offices receiving PEPFAR\n funding, may not have the level of attention to gender required under PEPFAR.\n\nIn Zambia, one in five women reports having experienced sexual violence at some point in her\nlife, and 46.8 percent of women have experienced physical violence at some point since the age\nof 15. 5 Gender-based violence, which includes both sexual and physical violence, is a barrier to\nservice for HIV/AIDS counseling and testing, clinical care, and prevention of mother-to-child\ntransmission. By leaving gaps in this area of programming, which other agencies or\norganizations may not be able to fill, USAID/Zambia was not addressing one of the key drivers\nof the HIV epidemic in Zambia.\n\nTo strengthen USAID/Zambia\xe2\x80\x99s strategy toward gender-related HIV/AIDS activities, the audit\nmakes the following recommendations.\n\n Recommendation 1. We recommend that USAID/Zambia develop and distribute a plan\n or guidance to help ensure that its HIV/AIDS programming systematically addresses\n PEPFAR\xe2\x80\x99s gender-related goals.\n\n Recommendation 2. We recommend that USAID/Zambia establish roles and\n responsibilities for a mission gender focal point with input on all the mission\xe2\x80\x99s HIV/AIDS\n activities, and appoint an individual to the position.\n\nZambia Prevention, Care and\nTreatment Partnership II Lacked a\nCompleted Gender Strategy\nSection 3.2 of the ZPCT II contract states that an objective of the program is to increase the\ncapacity to integrate gender considerations in HIV/AIDS service delivery to improve program\nquality and achieve inclusiveness. As part of this, the contract states that activities, including\nthose targeted and tailored to men, will be identified and implemented following the\ndevelopment of a strategic plan on gender by subpartner Social Impact.\n\nWell into the second year of the 5-year ZPCT II program, the gender strategy that Social Impact\nprovided to the mission on June 7, 2010, had not been approved by USAID/Zambia or launched\nby the program\xe2\x80\x99s partners. Family Health International, the contractor, noted that even without\nan approved strategy, ZPCT II had incorporated additional gender-related activities under its\nsecond-year work plan. 6 However, staff in the contractor\xe2\x80\x99s Copperbelt provincial office\n\n\n5\n Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2007.\n6\n The work plan for ZPCT II\xe2\x80\x99s second year took effect June 1, 2010.\n\n\n 5\n\x0cappeared relatively unfamiliar with the gender strategy\xe2\x80\x99s content, and some of the program\xe2\x80\x99s\ngender-related activities did not align with the draft strategy.\n\nThe audit team noted that gender biases that affect program implementation had been\nidentified, but strategies to reduce these biases and obstacles had not been consistently\nimplemented at ZPCT II-supported facilities. For example:\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Gender-Based Violence. In the Recommended Gender-based Strategies and Activities\n annex of the Zambia Gender Assessment Report, 7 a Social Impact gender specialist\n recommends that ZPCT II address gender-based violence as a key HIV prevention strategy\n and quality of care issue, stating: \xe2\x80\x9cIf only one strategy is selected to address, this should be\n it.\xe2\x80\x9d The assessment lists activities that could help reach this objective, such as training clinic\n staff in gender-based violence screening, and mapping referral points for gender-based\n violence services. However, when asked about gender-based violence activities, the\n contractor\xe2\x80\x99s Copperbelt provincial team responded that these constituted only a small\n component of the program. Additionally, staff at ZPCT II-supported clinics generally\n reported that they attempted to refer patients to gender-based violence services if the\n patients disclosed that they had been abused, but that little was done proactively to screen\n for signs of gender-based violence and that few services were available to victims of\n gender-based violence.\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Male Involvement in Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission. In the\n Recommended Gender-based Strategies and Activities annex of the Zambia Gender\n Assessment Report, a Social Impact gender specialist recommends that ZPCT II develop\n gender guidelines for male involvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission\n activities. The assessment explicitly states, however, that bringing a male partner should\n not be required to gain service. Yet, health-care workers at some ZPCT II-supported\n facilities stated that they did require patients to bring their male partners.\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Couples Counseling. In the Recommended Gender-based Strategies and Activities annex\n of the Zambia Gender Assessment Report, a Social Impact gender specialist recommended\n that ZPCT II expand couples counseling. Those interviewed for the gender assessment\n rated this the most helpful recommendation, especially for women. However, a review of the\n draft ZPCT II gender strategy found no activities geared toward expanding couples\n counseling. Additionally, staff members at each ZPCT II-supported site visited during the\n audit named a different strategy for increasing couples counseling at their location, ranging\n from outreach efforts, to expanded hours, to not having done anything as of yet.\n\nAlthough ZPCT II has paid increased attention to some gender issues, the program\xe2\x80\x99s capacity to\nintegrate gender considerations in HIV/AIDS service delivery is diminished without a formalized,\nand implemented, gender strategy.\n\nAccording to the contractor, completion of the gender strategy has been delayed by the desire\nto involve multiple stakeholders in its creation, including the Ministry of Health. However,\nUSAID/Zambia and the contractor also agreed that completion of the gender strategy has been\nslowed by staff turnover at the responsible subpartner, and the USAID official responsible for\nthe review and approval of the gender strategy noted that initial drafts required revision before\nthey could be accepted.\n\n7\n The Zambia Gender Assessment Report was completed by a Social Impact gender specialist in\npreparation for development of the ZPCT II gender strategy. The report is dated May 19, 2010.\n\n\n 6\n\x0cTo facilitate the consistent implementation of appropriate gender-related activities at ZPCT II-\nsupported facilities, the audit makes the following recommendation.\n\n Recommendation 3. We recommend that USAID/Zambia set a deadline by which the\n Zambia Prevention, Care and Treatment Partnership II gender strategy must be\n approved and launched by partners, and develop a plan to meet the deadline.\n\nZambia Prevention, Care and\nTreatment Partnership II Did Not Report\nProgress on Gender-Related Goals\nSection 3.2 of the ZPCT II contract states that an objective of the program is to increase the\ncapacity to integrate gender considerations in HIV/AIDS service delivery to improve program\nquality and achieve inclusiveness. This includes replicating successful models from ZPCT I to\npromote male involvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission services and increasing\nthe participation of couples in counseling and testing. Also, the contract states that, as part of\nmonitoring and evaluation, the program will collect and report sex-disaggregated data. 8\n\nWhile clinics supported by ZPCT II have begun some activities designed to meet the gender\nobjective of the program, ZPCT II was not tracking or reporting progress toward its gender-\nrelated goals. Specifically, the program was missing indicators to measure gender integration\nand was not reporting sex-disaggregated data.\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Missing Indicators. Although the contractor was collecting data related to male\n involvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission, ZPCT II\xe2\x80\x99s monitoring and\n evaluation work plan, and therefore its periodic performance reports, does not include a\n requirement to define indicator targets or report results for this activity. Related to the\n promotion and strengthening of couples-oriented counseling and testing, the contractor had\n just begun to develop and disseminate the tools necessary to collect data in this area,\n meaning that data were not included in either the program\xe2\x80\x99s monitoring and evaluation work\n plan or its periodic performance reports.\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Sex-Disaggregated Data. Although the contractor was collecting sex-disaggregated data\n for relevant indicators, the ZPCT II performance reports provided to USAID/Zambia do not\n disaggregate indicator results by gender.\n\nThe contractor indicated that the ZPCT I contract did not include a gender-related objective.\nWhen the ZPCT program was renewed under the ZPCT II contract, effective June 1, 2009, the\ngender-related objective was added, but the performance monitoring section of the contract was\n\n\n\n\n8\n On November 5, 2009, approximately 5 months after the ZPCT II contract was signed, USAID\xe2\x80\x99s\nAutomated Directives System (ADS) 203.3.4.3, \xe2\x80\x9cReflecting Gender Issues in Performance Indicators,\xe2\x80\x9d\ntook effect. It states that performance management systems and evaluations at the assistance objective,\nproject, or activity level must include gender-sensitive indicators and sex-disaggregated data when the\nsupporting technical analyses demonstrate that the different roles and status of women and men affect\nthe activities to be undertaken and the anticipated results of the work would affect women and men\ndifferently.\n\n\n 7\n\x0cnever amended to require that the program report on anything other than PEPFAR-required\nindicators, so as not to overburden the contractor with reporting requirements. 9\n\nAs a result, USAID/Zambia was unable to determine whether the contractor was meeting its\ncontractual obligation to increase the capacity to integrate gender considerations in HIV/AIDS\nservice delivery to improve program quality and achieve inclusiveness, thereby diminishing\ncontractor accountability. Further, since the contractor was just beginning to collect data on the\nparticipation of couples in counseling and testing, the mission was not yet able to evaluate the\nprogram\xe2\x80\x99s effectiveness in this area. Therefore, to monitor and evaluate progress made toward\nZPCT II\xe2\x80\x99s gender-related objective, the audit makes the following recommendations.\n\n Recommendation 4. We recommend that USAID/Zambia require its contractor to\n amend the Zambia Prevention, Care and Treatment Partnership II monitoring and\n evaluation work plan to include a requirement to report on indicators for male\n involvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission and the promotion and\n strengthening of couples-oriented counseling and testing.\n\n Recommendation 5. We recommend that USAID/Zambia require its contractor to\n disaggregate gender-relevant indicator results in the Zambia Prevention, Care and\n Treatment Partnership II program\xe2\x80\x99s periodic performance reporting.\n\nLocal Partners Capacity Building\nProgram Did Not Conduct Required\nGender Analysis\nThe World Health Organization, in its 2009 publication Integrating gender into HIV/AIDS\nprogrammes in the health sector: tool to improve responsiveness to women\xe2\x80\x99s needs, advises\nthat to create a supporting environment for the integration of gender in HIV/AIDS activities,\nprograms should build the capacity of program staff to respond to gender inequalities. In line\nwith this, the cooperative agreement for the Local Partners Capacity Building Program states\nthat:\n\n To ensure the promotion of gender equality, the gender analysis developed\n under the PMP/M&E plan [performance management plan/monitoring and\n evaluation plan] must be applied by assessing the gender impacts of various\n proposed activities and ensuring that planned interventions do not result in\n adverse impacts based on gender, with women and girls targeted when\n necessary to achieve gender-integration and -balance.\n\nHowever, the Local Partners Capacity Building Program has not performed such an analysis\nand is implementing activities without a formal strategy to promote gender equality. Though the\nprogram is reporting sex-disaggregated data for relevant indicators\xe2\x80\x94such as number of health\ncare workers who successfully completed an in-service training program within the reporting\nperiod\xe2\x80\x94it has missed opportunities to integrate gender in all aspects of the program. For\nexample, the initial 80 partner organizations assisted by the program were selected without a\ndeliberate approach to choose groups that might increase women\xe2\x80\x99s participation or help change\n\n\n9\n Indicators to report on male involvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission and couples\ncounseling were not required under PEPFAR at the time the contract was signed.\n\n\n 8\n\x0cmale norms. 10 Additionally, the curriculum for technical training provided to the first partner\norganizations selected did not emphasize the importance of gender equity.\n\nThe program did not conduct a gender analysis because the mission did not give gender proper\nattention following the signing of the agreement, which preceded PEPFAR and USAID\xe2\x80\x99s\nincreased attention to gender. Oversight from a gender focal point (see Recommendation 2 on\npage 5) and adherence to gender analysis requirements in ADS 201.3.11.6, which took effect\nafter the planning of this program, should prevent this from occurring in future programming.\n\nThe main goal of the Local Partners Capacity Building Program is to improve the overall\ncapacity of selected local NGOs, faith-based organizations, and community-based organizations\nso that they can expand their programs in order to deliver quality HIV/AIDS services in Zambia.\nHowever, as the result of planning without a gender analysis, the program is failing to address\none of the key drivers of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Zambia. Further, it is missing an opportunity\nboth to emphasize the importance of gender integration and to teach partner organizations how\nto implement gender integration strategies effectively, at a stage of the partner organizations\xe2\x80\x99\ndevelopment that would make the development sustainable.\n\nTo improve the capacity of Zambian organizations to integrate gender in HIV/AIDS activities of\nthe Local Partners Capacity Building Program, the audit makes the following recommendation.\n\n Recommendation 6. We recommend that USAID/Zambia request that its implementing\n partner perform a gender analysis that includes a timeline for the development and\n implementation of a strategy to incorporate gender into activities performed under the\n Local Partners Capacity Building Program.\n\n\n\n\n10\n An additional 20 organizations are still to be selected for the program.\n\n\n 9\n\x0cEVALUATION OF MANAGEMENT\nCOMMENTS\nUSAID/Zambia agreed with all six recommendations in the draft report. On the basis of actions\ntaken by the mission and supporting documentation provided, management decisions and final\nactions have been taken on Recommendations 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; a management decision has\nbeen reached on Recommendation 1. Management comments are summarized below,\nfollowed by the audit team\xe2\x80\x99s evaluation of management comments.\n\nRecommendation 1. USAID/Zambia agreed with the recommendation. However, in its initial\nresponse, the mission did not propose any actions that the audit team had not already\nconsidered. In subsequent discussions, USAID/Zambia agreed to: (1) modify the mission order\non activity design and planning to incorporate consideration of PEPFAR gender goals by March\n31, 2011, and (2) modify the mission order on gender to incorporate consideration of PEPFAR\ngender goals by June 30, 2011. On the basis of these planned modifications, we consider that\na management decision has been reached on Recommendation 1.\n\nRecommendation 2. USAID/Zambia agreed with the recommendation and selected a\ncandidate to serve as its gender focal point. Having received documentation from the mission\nsupporting this action, we consider that final action has been taken on Recommendation 2.\n\nRecommendation 3. USAID/Zambia agreed with the recommendation and provided\ndocumentation showing that the Zambia Prevention, Care and Treatment Partnership II (ZPCT\nII) gender strategy has been finalized and approved, with a planned launch at all levels of the\nprogram to be coordinated by the new gender specialist by March 31, 2011. This action\nconstitutes final action on Recommendation 3.\n\nRecommendation 4. USAID/Zambia agreed with the recommendation and provided\ndocumentation to support the addition of indicators for male involvement in prevention of\nmother-to-child transmission and the promotion and strengthening of couples-oriented\ncounseling and testing to the ZPCT II monitoring and evaluation work plan and quarterly\nperformance report. This action constitutes final action on Recommendation 4.\n\nRecommendation 5. In its comments on the draft report, USAID/Zambia agreed with the\nrecommendation and stated that both targets and results had been disaggregated in the most\nrecent ZPCT II performance report. However, upon review of supporting documentation, the\naudit team noted that while relevant results had been disaggregated by gender, targets had not.\nFollowing discussion with the mission, the audit team agreed to remove the portion of the\nrecommendation related to targets from the final report because neither the contract, USAID,\nnor PEPFAR makes it a requirement to disaggregate targets by gender. 11 Therefore, the\nmission\xe2\x80\x99s action constitutes final action on revised Recommendation 5.\n\nRecommendation 6. USAID/Zambia agreed with the recommendation and, despite the\nuncertainty of its effectiveness because of an ongoing investigation of the implementing partner,\n\n11\n In the gender considerations for the fiscal year 2010 country operational plan guidance, PEPFAR lists\nthe setting of sex-disaggregated targets as a recommended activity.\n\n\n 10\n\x0cprovided a copy of its formal request to the implementing partner to complete a gender analysis\nand strategy. This action constitutes final action on Recommendation 6.\n\n\n\n\n 11\n\x0c Appendix I\n\n\n\nSCOPE AND METHODOLOGY\nScope\nThe Regional Inspector General/Pretoria conducted this performance audit in accordance with\ngenerally accepted government auditing standards. 12 Those standards require that we plan and\nperform the audit to obtain sufficient, appropriate evidence to provide a reasonable basis for our\nfindings and conclusions in accordance with our audit objective. We believe that the evidence\nobtained provides that reasonable basis.\n\nThe objective of this audit was to determine whether selected HIV/AIDS activities implemented\nby USAID/Zambia were achieving the gender-focused goals of helping to increase gender\nequity in HIV/AIDS services, reduce violence and coercion, address male norms and behaviors,\nincrease women\xe2\x80\x99s legal protection, and increase women\'s access to income and productive\nresources. Audit fieldwork was conducted from October 4 to October 21, 2010.\n\nIn planning and performing the audit, we assessed USAID/Zambia\xe2\x80\x99s internal controls.\nSpecifically, we obtained an understanding of and evaluated the mission\xe2\x80\x99s organizational\nstructure, contracting and assistance processes, monitoring and evaluation procedures, and\nreporting processes.\n\nIn addition to assessing USAID/Zambia\xe2\x80\x99s HIV/AIDS-related gender strategy, we selected three\nbilateral PEPFAR-funded programs for detailed review. The three programs selected were the\nZambia Prevention, Care and Treatment Partnership II (ZPCT II), Corridors of Hope III Program,\nand the Local Partners Capacity Building Program. As of September 30, 2010, USAID had\ndisbursed over $28.5 million to these programs.\n\nWe conducted fieldwork in Lusaka, where we interviewed key personnel at USAID/Zambia and\nimplementing partners\xe2\x80\x99 head offices. Implementing partners interviewed in Lusaka included\nofficials from Family Health International (FHI) and subpartners responsible for ZPCT II, officials\nfrom FHI responsible for the Corridors of Hope III Program, and officials from the Academy for\nEducational Development (AED) responsible for the Local Partners Capacity Building Program.\n\nIn Copperbelt Province, we interviewed officials from the provincial and district medical offices,\nas well as from FHI and subpartners responsible for ZPCT II in Ndola. We also performed site\nvisits at three ZPCT II-supported facilities in the Kitwe and Ndola districts\xe2\x80\x94Kamfinsa Clinic,\nTwapia Clinic, and Kaniki Clinic. 13 In Southern Province, we performed site visits at three of the\nCorridors of Hope III Program\xe2\x80\x99s seven locations\xe2\x80\x94Livingstone, Kazungula, and Chirundu.\n\nMethodology\nTo answer the audit objective, we first inquired about USAID/Zambia\xe2\x80\x99s PEPFAR portfolio and\nstrategy for gender integration, and reviewed documentation supporting the inquiry. We then\njudgmentally selected three programs for review according to (1) award amount (2) start and\n\n12\n Government Auditing Standards, July 2007 Revision (GAO-07-731G).\n13\n As of June 30, 2010, the ZPCT II program reported that it supports 74 facilities in Copperbelt Province\nand 271 facilities countrywide.\n\n\n 12\n\x0c Appendix I\n\n\nend dates (3) alignment with PEPFAR technical areas (e.g., sexual prevention, counseling and\ntesting) and (4) the assistance objective team managing the program. The selected programs\naddress a cross-section of PEPFAR\xe2\x80\x99s technical areas and represent the HIV/AIDS portfolios of\nthe two primary assistance objective teams with PEPFAR funding.\n\nWe obtained information to understand the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Zambia, including incidence\nand prevalence rates, gender norms, and barriers to access. We also reviewed applicable laws,\nbest practices, and guidelines pertaining to gender within USAID and PEPFAR programs.\nSpecifically, we reviewed the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership\nAgainst HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-293),\nPEPFAR reporting requirements, materials published by PEPFAR\xe2\x80\x99s Gender Technical Working\nGroup, reports published by the World Health Organization and the Government of Zambia, and\nUSAID\xe2\x80\x99s ADS chapters (ADS 201, \xe2\x80\x9cPlanning; ADS 203, \xe2\x80\x9cAssessing and Learning\xe2\x80\x9d; ADS 302\n\xe2\x80\x9cUSAID Direct Contracting\xe2\x80\x9d; and ADS 303 \xe2\x80\x9cGrants and Cooperative Agreements to Non-\nGovernmental Organizations\xe2\x80\x9d).\n\nAt USAID/Zambia we met with the assistance objective teams responsible for the selected\nprograms. As applicable, we interviewed the team leaders, contracting officer\xe2\x80\x99s technical\nrepresentatives, agreement officer\xe2\x80\x99s technical representatives, activity managers, HIV/AIDS\nspecialists, and gender focal points. We also met with key mission and U.S. Government\npersonnel with gender integration responsibilities including the PEPFAR Coordinator and\nUSAID/Zambia\xe2\x80\x99s contracting officer. We conducted these meetings to assess the mission\xe2\x80\x99s\nprocesses, knowledge, and awareness of gender considerations in HIV/AIDS programming.\nWe reviewed documentation provided by USAID/Zambia, such as contract and agreement\ndocuments, work plans, and performance reports, to determine to what extent HIV/AIDS\nprogramming aligned with PEPFAR\xe2\x80\x99s gender strategy and to what extent gender-related goals\nwere being met. Testimonial evidence was evaluated in conjunction with other interviews,\navailable documentation, and site visits.\n\nWe conducted additional interviews with staff in implementing partners\xe2\x80\x99 head and field offices.\nThrough these interviews, we assessed implementing partners\xe2\x80\x99 processes, knowledge, and\nawareness of gender considerations in HIV/AIDS programming. In conjunction with the\ninterviews, we reviewed documentation provided by USAID/Zambia, such as work plans and\nperformance reports, and documentation provided by the implementing partners, such as\noutreach materials and training curriculums.\n\nDuring ZPCT II site visits, we conducted interviews with health facility staff to assess the staff\xe2\x80\x99s\nawareness of gender issues and the implementation of gender-related activities, and the\nprocesses for data collection. We also assessed the level of support provided by the\nimplementing partner and subpartners. Because the program is not using indicators to track\nprogress toward gender-related goals, we did not sample and test health facility data. To\nassess public awareness of USAID\xe2\x80\x99s support, we toured the health facilities and interviewed\navailable beneficiaries.\n\nDuring site visits for the Corridors of Hope III Program, we conducted interviews with\nimplementing partner and subpartner staff to assess the staff\xe2\x80\x99s awareness of gender issues, the\nimplementation of gender-related activities, and the processes for data collection. We attended\nscheduled outreach activities organized at each location to observe the implementation of\ngender-related activities. Prior to site visits, we identified one indicator, number of individuals\nwho received counseling and testing for HIV and received their results, that we could validate\nand that was relevant to the program\xe2\x80\x99s gender goals. At each location, we reviewed the data\n\n\n 13\n\x0c Appendix I\n\n\nsupporting results appearing in the August 2010 monthly performance report, and judgmentally\nselected ten individuals, according to the location at which they received services. We then\nobtained the data collection forms completed by health-care workers for these individuals and\ncompared the forms with the system of record. Because we used a judgmental selection,\nresults of the sample tested cannot be projected to the population. To assess public awareness\nof USAID\xe2\x80\x99s support, we toured Corridors of Hope III facilities and interviewed beneficiaries, as\navailable.\n\nGiven the nature of the audit objective, no materiality thresholds were established.\n\n\n\n\n 14\n\x0c Appendix II\n\n\n\nMANAGEMENT COMMENTS\n\n\nDate: Feb 17, 2011\n\nTo: Christine Byrne, Regional Inspector General (RIG)/Pretoria\n\nFrom: Melissa Williams, Mission Director, USAID/Zambia /s/\n\nSubject: Management decisions on the Audit of USAID/Zambia\xe2\x80\x99s Gender-\n Related HIV/AIDS Activities (Audit Report No. 9-611-11-XXX-P)\n\nUSAID/Zambia appreciates the January 6, 2011 report by RIG/Pretoria on the audit of\nUSAID/Zambia\xe2\x80\x99s Gender \xe2\x80\x93Related HIV/AIDS Activities. The Audit Report and\nrecommendations will improve program quality and will ensure that USAID/Zambia\nGender-Related HIV/AIDS activities achieve their intended objectives.\n\nUSAID/Zambia has reviewed and is in agreement with all six (6) recommendations.\nHowever, it is not possible at this time for the Mission to address the recommendation\nnumber 6 with certainty, since the Local Partner Capacity Building (LPCB) program is\nbeing implemented by Academy for Educational Development (AED) whose activities\nare under investigation by the Office of Inspector General. Based on advice from the\nOffice of Acquisition and Assistance (OAA) /Washington, AED has only been\nincrementally funded through June 1, 2011.\n\n The following represents the Mission Management\xe2\x80\x99s comments, measures, and decisions\non actions already taken, and actions planned to be taken, in order to properly address the\nfindings and recommendations contained in the audit report.\n\nRecommendation No. 1: We recommend that USAID/Zambia develop and\ndistribute a plan or guidance to help ensure that its HIV/AIDs programming\nsystematically addresses PEPFAR\xe2\x80\x99s Gender-related goals.\n\nActions Taken:\n\n 1. On August 13, 2010, USAID/Zambia approved a Mission Order on Integrating\n Gender in USAID/Zambia Programs. The Mission Order applies to all USAID\n programs, including HIV/AIDs programs, and ensures that all programming\n systematically addresses Gender-related goals, including PEPFAR Gender-related\n goals. Attachment 1 is a copy of the Mission Order on Integrating Gender in\n USAID/Zambia Programs, dated August 13, 2010.\n\n\n 15\n\x0c Appendix II\n\n\n\n As directed under Section V of the Mission Order on integrating Gender in\n USAID/Zambia Programs, the following practices are undertaken by the Mission\n to ensure that all programming systematically addresses gender-related goals:\n\n \xe2\x80\xa2 USAID/Zambia\xe2\x80\x99s Office of Acquisition and Assistance (OAA), as\n approving office, is responsible for ensuring that all solicitations and\n procurement actions, Requests for Proposals (RFP), Requests for\n Applications (RFA) or Annual Program Statements (APS) require that\n Gender statements are incorporated and are scored in the resulting\n evaluation criteria. Attachment 2 is an example of a USAID/Zambia\n Request for Applications incorporating Gender and scoring gender in the\n evaluation criteria (Section V-Roles and Responsibilities).\n\n \xe2\x80\xa2 USAID/Zambia\xe2\x80\x99s Program Office (PRM) is responsible for ensuring\n gender integration in the Mission\xe2\x80\x99s strategic planning and programs and\n the Assistance Objectives (AO) are responsible for including gender\n perspectives and indicators for program activities. In practice, this entails\n incorporating gender consideration rationale as part of the Activity\n Approval document. Attachment 3 is an example of a USAID/Zambia\n Activity Approval incorporating Gender in all programs (Section 11.0-\n Gender Issues).\n\nThe above constitutes the management decisions and measures taken to ensure\nthat Recommendation No. 1 is addressed.\n\nRecommendation No. 2: We recommend that USAID/Zambia establish roles and\nresponsibilities for a mission gender focal point with input on all the mission\xe2\x80\x99s\nHIV/AIDs activities, and appoint an individual to the position.\n\nActions Taken:\n\n 1. USAID/Zambia is in the process of recruiting a Project Development Specialist to\n be located in the Program Office (PRM). The Project Development Specialist\n will serve as the mission gender focal point and will provide expert guidance on\n integrating gender into all USAID programming. Attachment 4 is a copy of the\n solicitation and position description for the Project Development Specialist. A\n candidate has been selected and is awaiting security clearance.\n\nThe above constitutes the management decisions and measures taken to ensure that\nRecommendation No. 2 is addressed.\n\nRecommendation 3: We recommend that USAID/Zambia set a deadline by which\nthe Zambia Prevention, Care, and Treatment Partnership II gender strategy must\nbe approved and launched by partners, and develop a plan to meet the deadline.\n\n\n\n\n 16\n\x0c Appendix II\n\n\nActions Taken:\n\n 1. The Zambia Prevention, Care, and Treatment Partnership (ZPCT) II gender\n strategy has been finalized and was approved by USAID/Zambia on February 11,\n 2011. Attachment 5 is a copy of the approval memo and approved gender\n strategy.\n\n 2. A local gender specialist has been recruited by ZPCT II as a full time staff\n member, whose primary responsibility is gender integration across the ZPCT II\n program objectives. Attachment 6 is the position description of the ZPCT II\n gender focal point person.\n\n 3. The ZPCT II has planned a phased launch and implementation of the gender\n strategy at all levels of the program. The launch and implementation will be\n coordinated by the ZPCT II Gender Specialist. Attachment 6 is the position\n description of the ZPCT II gender focal point person and Attachment 7 is the\n quarterly report for the period from October 2010 to December 2010, in which the\n phased launch and implementation of the gender strategy is discussed.\n\nPlanned Actions:\n\n 1. The ZPCT II gender strategy will be rolled out and launched by partners, as\n discussed in the October 2010 to December 2010 ZPCT II quarterly report, by\n March 31, 2011.\n\n 2. The ZPCT II Contracting Officer\xe2\x80\x99s Technical Representative (COTR) will\n continue to use the regular COTR-ZPCT II bi-weekly meetings to monitor the\n phased launch and implementation of the ZPCT II gender strategy.\n\nThe above constitutes the management decisions and measures taken to ensure that\nRecommendation No. 3 is addressed.\n\nRecommendation 4: We recommend that USAID/Zambia require its contractor to\namend the Zambia Prevention, Care and Treatment Partnership II monitoring and\nevaluation work plan to include a requirement to report on indicators for male\ninvolvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission and the promotion and\nstrengthening of couples-oriented counseling and testing.\n\nActions Taken:\n\n 1. At USAID/Zambia\xe2\x80\x99s request, ZPCT II submitted a revised monitoring and\n evaluation work plan which was reviewed and approved. The approved ZPCT II\n monitoring and evaluation work plan shows reporting on indicators disaggregated\n by sex. Attachment 8 is the approved ZPCT II monitoring and evaluation work\n plan.\n\n\n\n\n 17\n\x0c Appendix II\n\n\n 2. At USAID/Zambia\xe2\x80\x98s request, ZPCT II has started disaggregating indicators for\n male involvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission and promotion\n and strengthening of couples-oriented counseling and testing. Attachment 7 is\n the ZPCT II quarterly report for the period from October 2010 to December 2010\n which includes disaggregated indicators for male involvement in prevention of\n mother-to-child transmission and promotion and strengthening of couples-\n oriented counseling and testing.\n\nThe above constitutes the management decisions and measures taken to ensure that\nRecommendation No. 4 is addressed.\n\nRecommendation 5: We recommend that USAID/Zambia require its contractor to\ndisaggregate gender-relevant indicator targets and results in the Zambia\nPrevention, Care and Treatment Partnership II program\xe2\x80\x99s periodic program\nperformance reporting.\n\nActions Taken:\n\n 1. At a COTR-ZPCT II meeting held on 15/11/2010, USAID/Zambia\xe2\x80\x98s requested\n and ZPCT II has started disaggregating gender-relevant indicator targets and\n results in the ZPCT II program\xe2\x80\x99s periodic program performance reporting.\n Attachment 9 is a copy of the COTR-ZPCT II minutes of the meeting of\n 15/11/2010, and Attachment 7 is ZPCT II quarterly report for the period from\n October 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010 showing disaggregated gender-relevant\n indicator targets and results.\n\nThe above constitutes the management decisions and measures taken to ensure that\nRecommendation No. 5 is addressed.\n\nRecommendation 6: We recommend that USAID/Zambia request that its\nimplementing partner perform a gender analysis that includes a timeline for the\ndevelopment and implementation of a strategy to incorporate gender into activities\nperformed under the Local Partners Capacity Building Program.\n\nActions Taken:\n\n 1. The Academy for Educational Development (AED) is implementing the Local\n Partners Capacity Building Program (LPCB). USAID/Zambia has requested the\n AED-LPCB program to amend its 2011 approved annual work plan to include an\n addendum on conducting a gender analysis that includes a timeline for the\n development and implementation of a strategy to incorporate gender into\n activities performed under the LPCB program. The gender analysis addendum to\n the 2011 LPCB Program work plan [2011 annual work plan covers the period\n from October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011] is expected to be completed\n and submitted for USAID/Zambia review and approval by March 31, 2011.\n\n\n\n\n 18\n\x0c Appendix II\n\n\n Attachment 10 is the request to AED-LPCB for it to revise and include\n conducting a gender analysis in its 2011 annual work plan.\n\n In addition, AED-LPCB has incorporated the following modules which address\n gender influences in its current training activities:\n\n \xe2\x80\xa2 The social and behavior change communication core training has a large\n gender component to the training. Cohorts 1, 2, and 3 have completed this\n training; Cohort 4 is due to receive the training in March 2011.\n\n \xe2\x80\xa2 A new core training was developed as an HIV technical update where\n LPCB spent a half of a day dedicated to "understanding our gendered\n lives.\xe2\x80\x9d All 20 partners from Cohort 4 attended the training.\n\nPlanned Actions:\n\n 1. When reviewing and approving the revisions to the 2011 annual work plan, the\n Agreement Officer\xe2\x80\x99s Technical Representative (AOTR) for the LPCB Program\n will ensure that it includes a gender analysis that includes a timeline for the\n development and implementation of a strategy to incorporate gender into\n activities performed under the LPCB Program. The review and approval of the\n revised LPCB 2011 annual work plan will be completed by March 31, 2011.\n\n 2. The LPCB-AOTR will continue to use the regular AOTR-LPCB bi-weekly\n meetings to monitor the implementation of the strategy and timeline, developed in\n Planned Actions No.1 above, for integrating gender into activities performed\n under the LPCB Program.\n\nUSAID/Zambia will continue to revisit this recommendation pending further advice from\nOAA/Washington. The AED which is implementing the LPCB is currently under\ninvestigation by the Office of Inspector General and, based on advice from Office of\nAcquisition and Assistance (OAA) /Washington, has only been incrementally funded to\nJune 1, 2011.\n\nThe above constitutes the management decisions and measures taken to ensure that\nRecommendation No. 6 is addressed.\n\nThe above constitutes USAID/Zambia\xe2\x80\x99s management decisions and comments with\nregard to Recommendations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 contained in audit report number 9-611-\n11-XXX-P. Therefore, in accordance with ADS 595.3, this memo constitutes the\nmeasures and management decisions taken/planned to address the recommendations in\nAudit Report No. 4-611-11-XXX-P and requests the closure of all the six (6) audit\nrecommendations upon issuance of the audit report.\n\nAttachment: a/s\n\n\n\n\n 19\n\x0cU.S. Agency for International Development\n Office of Inspector General\n 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW\n Washington, DC 20523\n Tel: 202-712-1150\n Fax: 202-216-3047\n www.usaid.gov/oig\n\x0c'


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 Protocole modifiant l'accord euro-méditerranéen relatif aux services aériens entre la Communauté européenne et ses États membres, d'une part, et le Royaume du Maroc, d'autre part, pour tenir compte de l'adhésion à l'Union européenne de la République de Bulgarie et de la Roumanie
 Journal officiel n° L 200 du 27/07/2012 p. 0025 - 0027
 Protocolemodifiant l'accord euro-méditerranéen relatif aux services aériens entre la Communauté européenne et ses États membres, d'une part, et le Royaume du Maroc, d'autre part, pour tenir compte de l'adhésion à l'Union européenne de la République de Bulgarie et de la RoumanieLE ROYAUME DE BELGIQUE,LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE BULGARIE,LA RÉPUBLIQUE TCHÈQUE,LE ROYAUME DE DANEMARK,LA RÉPUBLIQUE FÉDÉRALE D'ALLEMAGNE,LA RÉPUBLIQUE D'ESTONIE,L'IRLANDE,LA RÉPUBLIQUE HELLÉNIQUE,LE ROYAUME D'ESPAGNE,LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE,LA RÉPUBLIQUE ITALIENNE,LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE CHYPRE,LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE LETTONIE,LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE LITUANIE,LE GRAND-DUCHÉ DE LUXEMBOURG,LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE HONGRIE,MALTE,LE ROYAUME DES PAYS-BAS,LA RÉPUBLIQUE D'AUTRICHE,LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE POLOGNE,LA RÉPUBLIQUE PORTUGAISE,LA ROUMANIE,LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE SLOVÉNIE,LA RÉPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE,LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE FINLANDE,LE ROYAUME DE SUÈDE,LE ROYAUME-UNI DE GRANDE-BRETAGNE ET D'IRLANDE DU NORD,ci-après dénommés les "États membres", etLA COMMUNAUTÉ EUROPÉENNE,ci-après dénommée "la Communauté",représentés par le Conseil de l'Union européenned'une part, etLE ROYAUME DU MAROC,ci-après dénommé "le Maroc",d'autre part,vu l'adhésion de la République de Bulgarie et de la Roumanie à l'Union européenne et donc à la Communauté, le 1er janvier 2007,SONT CONVENUS DE CE QUI SUIT:Article 1La République de Bulgarie et la Roumanie sont parties à l'accord euro-méditerranéen relatif aux services aériens conclu entre la Communauté européenne et ses États membres, d'une part, et le Royaume du Maroc, d'autre part, signé à Bruxelles le 12 décembre 2006 (ci-après dénommé "l'accord").Article 21. A l'annexe II de l'accord (accords bilatéraux entre le Maroc et les États membres de la Communauté européenne), les dispositions suivantes sont ajoutées:a) après le premier tiret:- "— Accord entre la République populaire de Bulgarie et le Royaume du Maroc relatif au transport aérien, signé à Rabat le 14 octobre 1966;"b) après le seizième tiret:- "— Accord entre le gouvernement de la République socialiste de Roumanie et le gouvernement du Royaume du Maroc relatif aux transports aériens civils, signé à Bucarest le 6 décembre 1971,modifié en dernier lieu par le mémorandum d'entente conclu à Rabat, le 29 février 1996;".2. Au paragraphe premier de l'annexe III de l'accord (autorisations d'exploitations et permis techniques: autorités compétentes), les dispositions suivantes sont ajoutées:a) après la rubrique concernant la Belgique:"Bulgarie:Direction générale de l'administration de l'aviation civileMinistère des transports, des technologies de l'information et des communications";b) après la rubrique concernant la République slovaque:"Roumanie:Direction générale de l'infrastructure et du transport aérienMinistère des transports et de l'infrastructure".Article 3Les textes de l'accord en bulgare et en roumain, qui sont joints au présent protocole, font foi dans les mêmes conditions que les autres versions linguistiques.Article 41. Le présent protocole est approuvé par les parties selon les procédures qui leur sont propres. Il entre en vigueur à la date d'entrée en vigueur de l'accord. Dans le cas où, cependant, le présent protocole serait approuvé par les parties contractantes à une date ultérieure à l'entrée en vigueur de l'accord, le protocole entrerait alors en vigueur conformément à l'article 27, paragraphe 1 de l'accord, à la date à laquelle les parties se sont notifié l'accomplissement des formalités internes d'approbation.2. Le présent protocole est appliqué à titre provisoire à partir de la date de sa signature par les parties.Article 5Le présent protocole est établi à Bruxelles, le 18 juin 2012, en double exemplaire, en langues allemande, anglaise, bulgare, danoise, espagnole, estonienne, finnoise, française, grecque, hongroise, italienne, lettone, lituanienne, maltaise, néerlandaise, polonaise, portugaise, roumaine, slovaque, slovène, suédoise, tchèque et arabe, tous les textes faisant également foi.За дьржавите-членкиPor los Estados miembrosZa členské státyFor medlemsstaterneFür die MitgliedstaatenLiikmesriikide nimelΓια τα κράτη μέληFor the Member StatesPour les États membresPer gli Stati membriDalīvalstu vārdā –Valstybių narių varduA tagállamok részérőlGħall-Istati MembriVoor de lidstatenW imieniu Państw CzłonkowskichPelos Estados-MembrosPentru statele membreZa členské štátyZa države članiceJäsenvaltioiden puolestaFör medlemsstaternas+++++ TIFF ++++++++++ TIFF +++++За Европейския съюзPor la Unión EuropeaZa Evropskou uniiFor Den Europæiske UnionFür die Europäische UnionEuroopa Liidu nimelΓια την Ευρωπαϊκή ΈνωσηFor the European UnionPour l’Union européennePer l’Unione europeaEiropas Savienības vārdā –Europos Sąjungos varduAz Európai Unió részérőlGħall-Unjoni EwropeaVoor de Europese UnieW imieniu Unii EuropejskiejPela União EuropeiaPentru Uniunea EuropeanăZa Európsku úniuZa Evropsko unijoEuroopan unionin puolestaFör Europeiska unionen+++++ TIFF ++++++++++ TIFF +++++За Кралство МарокоPor el Reino de MarruecosZa Marocké královstvíFor Kongeriget MarokkoFür das Königreich MarokkoMaroko Kuningriigi nimelΓια το Βασίλειο του ΜαρόκουFor the Kingdom of MoroccoPour le Royaume du MarocPer il Regno del MaroccoMarokas Karalistes vārdā –Maroko Karalystės varduA Marokkói Királyság nevébenGħar-Renju tal-MarokkVoor het Koninkrijk MarokkoW imieniu Królestwa MarokaPelo Reino de MarrocosPentru Regatul MarocZa Marocké kráľovstvoZa Kraljevino MarokoMarokon kuningaskunnan puolestaFör Konungariket Marocko+++++ TIFF ++++++++++ TIFF +++++--------------------------------------------------