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Financial Capacity Building Trainings to Local Organizations Help Scale-up Service Delivery and Strengthen Health Systems
Strengthened financial capacity for local organizations in low and middle income countries means streamlined services, increased ability to absorb funding directly from donors, and increased services delivered. The Leadership, Management & Governance (LMG) Project conducted ten workshops, six months apart with 100 participants from five countries. The workshops, benefiting International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Member Associations (MAs) and local branches, were intended to ensure that IPPF can consistently provide and scale-up quality services to clients.
Between workshops, participants and LMG staff worked together to carry out the action plan set during training one. Follow-up workshops are scheduled, during which participants will update action plans, learn about USAID Regulations, and learn how to apply for direct USAID funding. There will be 1.5 years of support from the LMG Project.
Methodology
The training used the Non-U.S. Organization Pre-Award Survey (NUPAS), the assessment used by USAID to determine whether a non-US organization will receive funding.
Results
Baseline data and post-training data show that the MAs have already begun to strengthen their financial capacity; a third analysis is expected to show an additional increase in capacity.
| Area of Competency | Average Score Pre-TA | Average Score Post-TA |
| Financial Management & Internal Control Systems | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| Human Resources Systems | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| Legal Structure | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| Organizational Sustainability | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| Procurement Systems | 3.0 | 3.2 |
| Project Management | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| Travel | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| Average | 3.1 | 3.2 |
Recommendations
These trainings could be potentially replicated by IPPF staff across MAs in 161 countries, ensuring that quality FP services are provided to clients at MAs worldwide.
Learning Areas:
Administration, management, leadershipImplementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines
Learning Objectives:
Explain how strengthened financial capacity for local organizations in low and middle income countries means streamlined services, increased ability to absorb funding directly from donors, and increase in services delivered.
Identify tools that increase financial capacity of local organizations.
Demonstrate results of using Non-U.S. Organization Pre-Award Survey (NUPAS)from five local organizations in five different sub-Saharan African countries.
Keyword(s): Management, Workforce Development
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been managing of a federally funded grant focusing on the leadership, management & governance of health systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Among my interests has been strengthening local organizations financial capacity by holding training and tracking progress in Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Cameroon, and Uganda.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.