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Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2019)
Reporting Period: 2019
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Sustainability
- Transition Planning
- Quality Improvement
Social Achievements
- Improved quality of care for maternal, newborn, and child health in six countries (Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Paraguay) through the implementation of sustainability and transition plans.
Governance Achievements
- Developed a framework for sustainability and transition plans, incorporating stakeholder engagement and co-design.
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Ensuring the continuation of successful interventions after major development assistance is completed.
- Securing buy-in from local stakeholders to actively plan the transition from USAID co-implemented activities to full country responsibility.
- Addressing challenges related to human capacity, institutions, finance, and governance in varying country contexts.
Mitigation Strategies
- Developed a guide for developing sustainability and transition plans to support project staff in meeting planning and facilitation.
- Implemented a policy dialogue-style meeting with decision-makers and host country implementers to determine interventions to be sustained, how they will be sustained, and who will be responsible.
- Incorporated feedback from pilot activities in six countries to improve the guide and methodology.