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Developing a customized capacity building approach for supporting regional CSOs towards sustainability Sheilla Benyera, Roselyn Kareithi , Jerusha Govender , Puleng Letsie The Second HIV Capacity Building Partners’ Summit March 19, 2013. Session outline. Welcome and Introductions
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Developing a customized capacity building approach for supporting regional CSOs towards sustainability Sheilla Benyera, Roselyn Kareithi, JerushaGovender, PulengLetsie The Second HIV Capacity Building Partners’ Summit March 19, 2013
Session outline • Welcome and Introductions • Objectives • Introduction to Management Sciences for Health (MSH) and Building Local Capacity for HIV/AIDS Service Delivery in Southern Africa Project (BLC) • Familiarization with the BLC Customized Capacity Building Approach • Practice developing a customized capacity building plan • Discussion and wrap up
Expected outcomes • Familiarize participants with BLC capacity building approach for enhancing sustainability • Practice developing a customized capacity building plan • Provide opportunity for participants to share experiences for developing customized capacity building plan
Who is here? • My name is ... • I work for ... (organization) as the ... (job title)
WHO is MSH? • A non-profit international health organization • Supports 2,000+ people in 70 countries • Seeks to save lives and improve health outcomes Part of MSH Team
What is the BLC Project? • Building Local Capacity for HIV Service Delivery in Southern Africa Project (BLC) • MSH project, funded by USAID • 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
What is a customized capacity building approach? • Tailor-made approach • Responsive • Targeted • Best-match
Why Customize? • Disparities • Capacities • Leadership and charisma • Country context • Resources
Why Measure Capacity Building? • Understand outcomes and impact of work • Collect data on • Capacity levels • Improvements over time • Key areas of focus • Monitor changes in service delivery
What does BLC use to measure capacity building support? • Consolidates information from a large number of sources and other MSH tools • Management and Organizational Sustainability Tool (MOST) • BLC Capacity Assessment Tool • Adapted to be regionally specific • Administered in a participatory manner • Graduating stages • embryonic to mature
Dimension of the Tool • Leadership and Governance • Structures and Systems • Human Resources Management • Financial Management • Program Management • Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation • Partnerships • Knowledge Management • Grants Management
Group work • In your groups read Your Health Incorporated case study and answer the following: • In your groups using information from Figure 1 and Table 1, develop a customized capacity building plan for YHI for its Human Resources Management component. (Record on flipchart) • What challenges do anticipate in implementing this capacity building plan? What solutions do you propose? • How will you make sure that the capacity you built lasts beyond your technical assistance?
Plenary discussions • Each group presents its capacity building plan/template • Discussions
Conclusions • BLC’s customized approach enhances organizations’ service delivery and sustainability through improved management, governance, and financial systems • Participatory and prioritized capacity building plans allow for sustained capacity building efforts and addresses gaps in service delivery • Replicable model-highly participatory which promotes ownership, accountability and sustainability
Questions & Comments sbenyera@msh.org