Over a course of 4 years CERC and our chosen schools will work together to train 14-19 year old students in South Kivu Province, DRC, to monitor the implementation of education infrastructure and service projects, working together with public service providers and other key stakeholders in order to drive improvements for vital education services accessed by Congolese youth. Improving accessibility of education infrastructure and improved quality of education services will lead to better education outcomes for youth, which directly tackles an underlying cause of poverty in DRC. In addition to bringing improvements to education services.

Selected secondary schools will introduce the principles of Community Integrity Building in secondary schools in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The overall objective would be to influence behaviour change within schools so that integrity becomes implicit in its culture and is emulated by all stakeholders. This will reduce instances of corruption and therefore improve development outcomes. As part of CERC’s efforts to improve government responsiveness and youth engagement in DRC will engage with more youth monitors. We will provide youth with training and support so they have the tools to analyse project documents, conduct project site visits to compare the actual project to the documents, take photos of the project, conduct beneficiary surveys, verify findings as well as engage with stakeholders such as contractors and local government to fix problems. By working with youth in in South-Kivu (DR Congo), we intend to build integrity in corrupt environments from grassroots level and reverse the negative impact that corruption has on projects and services that benefit the youth, demonstrated through no. of projects successfully completed and the improvement in the Fix-Rate. Integrity is amplified when women monitors become working members of society and they influence the sectors and communities they are a part of. Schools also provide a platform for integrity club members to share their findings with key stakeholders in order to address issues they have found and share good practices they have observed by engaging them through Integrity Clubs. If problems with projects or services have been uncovered they propose solutions to these problems. A fix is the resolution of a problem to the satisfaction of the main stakeholders, and the Fix-Rate is the percentage of identified problems that are resolved.

The CIB approach is a successful and cost-effective way to improve the quality of public programmes, development projects and services thereby improving the lives of thousands of people. 1.1. Context & Stakeholder Analysis : Understanding the context and the stakeholders is the first step in community integrity building. The main purpose of stakeholder analysis is to understand and address local communities’ needs, concerns and capacities. Communities are diverse so it is important to have representatives from a wide range of stakeholder groups including vulnerable or minority groups, such as women, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities and youth. Partners should therefore be based or have a strong understating of the communities where the approach will be implemented 1.2. A baseline study : Enabling community members to analyse the context in which they are working and establish reference points against which to measure the progress and impact 2. Community Based Monitoring : CERC with partner secondary schools will oversee and facilitate; 2.1 Identifying Integrity Club members i. Establishing a set of criteria necessary for the role and interview or choose Integrity Club members who meet the criteria. ii. The selection of Integrity Club members in through a transparent method iii. Sign a code of conduct where monitors agree to voluntarily conduct the monitoring. 2.2 Training and supporting Integrity Club members : CERC will assist in training and continued learning throughout engagement. Training will develop monitoring skills such as analysing project documents, comparing the actual project to the documents, taking photos of the project, conducting beneficiary surveys, verifying their findings as well interested parties comprising Government, Civil Society, Integrity Club members, Project Implementers and Citizens as advocating for the resolution of problems. 2.3 - Establishing or supporting Joint Working Groups (JWGs) : The success of Community Integrity Building (CIB) depends on the effective interaction between the local communities, local authorities and the service providers, including contractors in order to establish a collaborative platform for problem solving. 2.4 - Reporting : Integrity Clubs will provide narratives describing the Integrity Clubs and monitoring progress along stated indicators. • Executive summary of projects carried out by monitors • Progress for each specific project objective • Project changes/Setbacks • Project outcomes • Lessons learnt • Key focus areas for the next quarter

This project is being implemented in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Centre de Recherche sur l'Anti-Corruption. The donor "Integrity Action provides advice as well as continual capacity building and monitoring. CERC will assist schools in training and continued learning throughout engagement. Training will develop monitoring skills among students such as analysing project documents, comparing the actual project to the documents, taking photos of the project, conducting beneficiary surveys, verifying their findings as well interested parties comprising Government, Civil Society, Integrity Club members, Project Implementers and Citizens as advocating for the resolution of problems. Once trained, secondary schools will introduce the principles of Community Integrity Building in secondary schools in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also they will provide a platform for integrity club members to share their findings with key stakeholders in order to address issues they have found and share good practices they have observed by engaging them through Integrity Clubs. If problems with projects or services have been uncovered they propose solutions or “fixes” to these problems. A fix is the resolution of a problem to the satisfaction of the main stakeholders, and the Fix-Rate is the percentage of identified problems that are resolved. Donors receive monthly update consisting of activities undertaken, activities due, and data for indicators such as number of Integrity Clubs, number of youth in Integrity Clubs, number of trainings, number of JWG meetings, number of monitors and number of projects monitored.

Integrity Action, Integrity Clubs, Secondary Schools, Provincial Ministry of Education & Youth (South-Kivu), Civil Society Organisations, Network of Integrity Clubs, Héritiers de la Justice, Synergie des Associations des Jeunes pour l’Education Civique, Electorale et la Promotion des Droits de l’Homme au Sud Kivu – SAJECEK, Solidarité des Femmes Activistes pour la Défense des Droits Humains – SOFAD, Action pour le Développement Et la Paix Endogènes – ADEPAE, Centre d’Echange pour le Développement des Jeunes dans les Grands Lacs – CEDEJ-GLAC, and Groupe des Hommes Voués au Développement – GHOVODI