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Building local NGO capacity, effectively and sustainably: Implications of selected USAID-supported interventions in Nami

Building local NGO capacity, effectively and sustainably: Implications of selected USAID-supported interventions in Namibia. HIV Capacity Building Summit  March 19 , 2013  Johannesburg. Background. Since 2006, Pact supported 22 NGOs in HIV service delivery funded by USAID.

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Building local NGO capacity, effectively and sustainably: Implications of selected USAID-supported interventions in Nami

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  1. Building local NGO capacity, effectively and sustainably:Implications of selected USAID-supported interventions in Namibia HIV Capacity Building SummitMarch 19, 2013 Johannesburg

  2. Background • Since 2006, Pact supported 22 NGOs in HIV service delivery funded by USAID. • Support: Mentoring, training, on-the-job assistance, peer exchange, facilitated services • In late 2010, donor changed focus, and only 6 NGOs had continued support with the goal of getting prepared for direct funding • Pact changed the approach to “OD Roadmap” to focus on graduation priorities

  3. OD Roadmap approach and tools Organizational Development (OD) Roadmaps objective and participatory measure of CSO partner organizational systems and structures • Basis for identifying organisational efficiency gaps and prioritizing interventions • Progression on a scale from 1 (nascent) to 5 (mature) • Covers 10 capacity building areas Comprehensive Institutional Strengthening Plans to identify, schedule and monitor all capacity-building activities

  4. Key areas of analysis • Assess the quality and usefulness of capacity development efforts since 2006 • Examine the effectiveness of the “OD roadmap” capacity building approach • Review selected capacity building factors associated with sustainability (retention) of systems. • Assess perceived differences in importance of priority capacity building areas

  5. Relevant Data collection tools • Partner survey (Quantitative and Qualitative) • USAID tool (Qualitative) • Pact tool (Qualitative) • Historical OD Roadmap scores (Quantitative) Partner tool collected on 4 capacity building priority areas : • Strategic planning support • Financial Management support • Programmatic/Technical • Monitoring and Evaluation Support (M&E)

  6. Study limitations Sample size: • Limited data: Only 47 respondents from 17 organizations; • Organisations that we couldn’t reach are likely those whose programs had closed due to lack of funding (and thus may not have been sustainable). Objective data: • Except for those (6 orgs out of 17) who received “OD roadmap” support, we did not have reliable baseline data. Reponses: • Potential for recall bias (survey conducted 2012)

  7. Partner information (quantitative survey)

  8. Findings

  9. Quality and Usefulness rated high

  10. No difference in usefulness between OD roadmap and pre-OD roadmap approach

  11. Changes in OD Roadmap Scores

  12. Systems retained and in use today from capacity building support

  13. Retention by whether the support was the partner’s decision at first

  14. Retention of capacity building support by level of usefulness

  15. Different stakeholders, different top-ranked capacity needs

  16. Graduated partners & USAID: contrasting expectations

  17. Conclusions • OD roadmap support appears to be an effective approach for increasing organisational capacity. • CD organizations may need to consider impact of ownership of interventions for maximum impact in the area of system retention (although more research may need to be done to control for recall bias) • Increased communication on expectations will improve the transition to direct funding for both partners and USAID.

  18. Thank you!

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