Stronger health systems. Greater health impact.
Developing a customized capacity building approach for supporting regional CSOs towards sustainability Management Sciences for Health Sheilla Benyera, Roselyn Kareithi, Jerusha Govender, Puleng Letsie
The Second HIV Capacity Building Partners’ Summit March 19, 2013
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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 Management Sciences for Health • Practice developing a customized capacity building plan • Discussion and wrap up
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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 Management Sciences for Health
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Who is here? My name is ... I work for ... (organization) as the ... (job title)
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WHO is MSH? •A non-profit international health organization •Supports 2,000+ people in 70 countries •Seeks to save lives and improve health outcomes
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Part of MSH Team
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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 o o o o o
Expanding HIV prevention knowledge and services Strengthening local and regional institutions Ensuring quality of health services Management Increasing care and support for Sciences OVCfor Health Strengthening Global Fund Principal Recipients
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What is a customized capacity building approach? • • • •
Tailor-made approach Responsive Targeted Best-match
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Why Customize? • • • • •
Disparities Capacities Leadership and charisma Country context Resources Management Sciences for Health
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BLC Customized Capacity Building Model
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Why Measure Capacity Building? • Understand outcomes and impact of work • Collect data on o Capacity levels o Improvements over time o Key areas of focus
• Monitor changes in service delivery Management Sciences for Health
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What does BLC use to measure capacity building support? • Consolidates information from a large number of sources and other MSH tools o Management and Organizational Sustainability Tool (MOST) o BLC Capacity Assessment Tool
• Adapted to be regionally specific • Administered in a participatory manner • Graduating stages Management Sciences for Health o embryonic to mature
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Dimension of the Tool 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Leadership and Governance Structures and Systems Human Resources Management Financial Management Program Management Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Management Sciences for Health Partnerships Knowledge Management Grants Management
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Group work In your groups read Your Health Incorporated case study and answer the following: o 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) o What challenges do anticipate in implementing this capacity building plan? What solutions doSciences youforpropose? Management Health o How will you make sure that the capacity you built lasts beyond your technical assistance?
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Plenary discussions • Each group presents its capacity building plan/template • Discussions
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YHI Human Resources Capacity Building Plan Component
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Baseline Score in % BLC YHI 54 50
Capacity Gap
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Timeshee t system not in place. HR policies and procedur es not compliant with USAID rule and regulation s
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Review and implement the timesheet policy and roll-out a coded timesheet system Review and roll-out of HR policies and procedures (national legislation)Management Provide support to develop a staff developme nt policy and framework and a performanc e manageme nt system
Budget
Timeframe
Responsible Person or Organization
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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 Management Sciences for Health ownership, accountability and sustainability
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Questions & Comments
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Stronger health systems. Greater health impact.
Saving lives and improving the health Sciences for Health of the world’s poorest and most Management vulnerable people
by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.
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