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Plan International USA, Inc. is the United States member organization of Plan International, Inc. ("PII"). Plan International USA implements the vast majority of its international activities through PII and the $33,406,073 represents the program support funding transferred or accrued to PII during the year ended June 30, 2022 to support programs that benefitted more than 50 million children in over 75 countries. |
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Plan International USA monitors funds transferred to PII regularly throughout each fiscal year. Plan International USA staff are involved in the planning, design, and implementation of programs that are currently administered through PII and work directly with staff of PII in these matters. Some of the specific activities include: |
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1. Plan International USA has access to and regularly reviews the global organization's intranet site which includes significant amounts of data on the program activities being conducted throughout all of the program locations. |
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2. Plan International USA has regular access to the financial reporting which allows for the monitoring of programs on a budget vs. actual basis as well as providing some detail on the types of spending that are conducted in the field so that the monitoring of the scope of work can be done. |
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3. Plan International USA can review the results of the work conducted by PII's Global Assurance Unit (i.e. Internal Audit) to gain satisfaction over the procedures and controls that are in place at the program locations. |
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4. Plan International USA staff conduct regular field visits whereby they perform program monitoring and evaluation work as well as providing technical program backstopping. |
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5. Plan International USA has representation on many of the global management committees and consortia that are in place to help oversee and guide the work of PII. |
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6. An aspect of the global governance structure provides that the member organizations of the global organization (Plan International USA is the U.S. member of Plan International) share in the governance of the global organization via representation on the Plan International Member's Assembly. The Member's Assembly is composed of delegates from each member organization around the world. Plan International USA currently has 2 delegates which are elected by the Board of Directors of Plan International USA. The Member's Assembly serves as the governance and policy setting Board for the worldwide organization. |
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Overall, there is open communication between Plan International USA and PII which provides for effective and timely oversight of the use of funding provided by Plan International USA to PII. |
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The Plan International USA subgrant to Equal Access International related to a project designed to strengthen prevention mechanisms against child trafficking and improve repatriation processes. Equal Access provided design and implementation of media components reinforcing key messages developed as part of the project. The Plan technical team in the US and in the region monitor the subs work through periodic programmatic and financial reports and correspondence/meetings. |
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The Plan International USA subgrant to Georgetown University was related to a gender project that the organization conducted related to increasing the positive and non-violent engagement of young fathers in the care of their young children. Plan received financial and programmatic reports and conducted meetings and calls in order to monitor progress. |
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The Plan International USA subgrant to Sesame Workshop was in support of a project in Nigeria relating to children's safe drinking water and also included materials from Sesame Street to incorporate into the curriculum to be used in schools in Nigeria. Plan International USA monitored the activities of Sesame both in the field-country and remotely through review of monthly financial reports, quarterly program performance reports, country office visits and by taking the lead role in the monitoring and evaluation process. |