BLC’s work in Namibia

1. Capacity Building a Namibian HIV and AIDS Network Organization to Better Understand its Constituency Roselyn Kareithi, Eleanor Hazell, AnddyOmoluabi, Claire Jones, Melissa Jones, Rachel Basirika, and Sandie Tjaronda The Second HIV Capacity Building Partners’ Summit 19 March 2013

2. BLC’s work in Namibia • Building Local Capacity for Delivery of HIV Services in Southern Africa Project (BLC), 2010-2015 • BLC strengthens organizations in Southern Africa to effectively address challenges of the HIV and AIDS epidemic • In Namibia civil society organizations (CSOs) critical role in addressing high HIV prevalence (18.8%) • Namibian Network for AIDS Service Organisations (NANASO) • Global Fund Principal Recipient • Network & advocacy organization

3. Location of 234 CSOs 35.6% 25.1%

4. Firstnation-wide CSO mapping & capacity assessment • Adaptation of tool • BLC Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool • National Strategic Framework • Training • Protocols & indicate benefits up front • Questionnaire & participatory capacity assessment • Accompaniment Data collection, capturing & consolidation Development of data collection tools NANASO ownership & buy-in Report writing & dissemination Data cleaning & analysis Training Piloting

5. Members of an organization in the Kavango Region with the assessment team after the group interview was completed. Evidence of Success and Achievements • Teams led by 8 trained NANASO staff • (3 Male; 5 Female) • Prepare for fieldwork • Identify CSOs: snowball-sampling • Record GPS coordinates of head offices • Administer questionnaire & conduct participatory assessments • Capture & clean data • Visited 234 CSOs August 2011- April 2012 • For the first time • Throughout 13 regions

6. Registration, Communication & Capacity Scores • Types • CBO 82.5% • National 15.8% • International 1.7% • MoHSS 17.5% • Legally registered 9.8% • NANASO members 53.8% • Communication • Emails 44.9% • Websites 15.4%

7. Challenges & Solutions • Limited funding • NANASO vehicles; BLC fuelled • Assist NANASO meet its conditions precedent as a Global Fund Principal Recipient • Despite challenges; determination “NANASO is passionate to make the study a success…put NANASO on the map!” Former Executive Director • Tracing CSOs & securing meetings • Snowballing through the Regional AIDS Coordinating Committees (RACOCs)

8. Lessons Learned • It takes close partnership, collaboration, time & resources • NANASO has a huge networking and advocacy role to play • Share information with strategic partners • USAID, Government of the Republic of Namibia - Regional AIDS Coordinating Committees, UNAIDS, Corporate, etc • BLC & other partners have role to continue building NANASO’s capacity

9. Conclusions • NANASO better understands its constituency • Updated evidence-based database • Strategically and effectively utilize information to meet members’ needs • Improved capacity > Improve service delivery > relevance • Approach can be replicated by other networks to understand their constituency

10. Questions & Comments