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Building the Capacity of Regional Organizations for Enhanced Sustainability: The BLC Approach

Building the Capacity of Regional Organizations for Enhanced Sustainability: The BLC Approach Sheilla Benyera, Jerusha Govender , Puleng Letsie HIV Capacity Building Partners’ Summit March 21, 2013. BLC’s work in Southern Africa.

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Building the Capacity of Regional Organizations for Enhanced Sustainability: The BLC Approach

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  1. Building the Capacity of Regional Organizations for Enhanced Sustainability: The BLC Approach Sheilla Benyera, Jerusha Govender, PulengLetsie HIV Capacity Building Partners’ Summit March 21, 2013

  2. BLC’s work in Southern Africa • Building Local Capacity for HIV Service Delivery in Southern Africa Project (BLC), August 2010 to August 2015 • BLC vision for Improved Capacity in Southern Africa • Expanding HIV prevention knowledge and services • Strengthening local and regional institutions • Ensuring quality of health services • Increasing care and support for OVC • Strengthening Global Fund Principal Recipients

  3. Developing regional CSO capacity • Local organizations need to continuously develop their capacities to match changing environment • Challenges in assessing impact of anticipated program results and actual outcomes • Response • USAID Forward Agenda Implementation and Procurement Reforms (IPRs). BLC charged with: • ‘graduating’ 10 regional entities by 2015 to receive, manage, and report on USG funds and other donors • providing technical assistance for improved, sustainable HIV program service delivery

  4. BLC Regional CSO Capacity Building Model

  5. Methodologies and Strategies • Unique capacity building methodologies • Targeted & time-bound capacity building ‘graduation’ • Prioritized, ‘holistic’ capacity building plans, and shared accountability • Mentored sub grants • Periodic participatory capacity assessments • Mock pre-award assessments/compliance surveys • Strategies for sustainability • Participatory approach • Knowledge exchange and skills transfer • Other support – resource mobilization, project management, leadership & management and cost-recovery

  6. Well managed regional CSOs • Strong and sustainable management and governance systems & structures; and policies & procedures development • Increased compliance with GAAP, IAS, and USG rules & regulations • Successful mentored sub-grant mechanism • CSOs independently receive, manage and report on funds • ‘Graduated’ ECSA–HC – implementation of the HRAA project • m2m– Swaziland PMTCT project • IHM- ESI Project Lesotho and Swaziland

  7. Lessons Learned • Limited capital and no line of credit • No established overhead rate • Bureaucracies/bottlenecks that prevent rapid change • No track record or experience with USAID or other big donors

  8. Conclusions • BLC’s customized approach enhances organizations’ service delivery and sustainability through improved management, governance, and financial systems • Replicable model – highly participatory which promotes ownership and accountability • Flexible – provides an opportunity for tapping onto available resources, tools and instruments • Stronger regional organizations will strengthen the impact of the regional HIV and AIDS response

  9. Questions & Comments sbenyera@msh.org

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