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1FANIKISHA Institutional Strengthening Project
First Author: Henry KilonzoSecond Author: Dr. Daraus Bukenya
Enabling Kenyan Civil Society Organizations for Lasting Health Impact
Ownership of Local Capacity Development: Creating Tools to Close Capacity Gaps in Civil
Society Organisations in Kenya
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About FANIKISHA (1)
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About FANIKISHA (2)
Results:
1.Strengthened leadership, management and governance for local CSOs
2.Increased access and use of quality CSO data for decision making
3.Improved quality of institutional strengthening for CSOs
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Description of Context (1)M
ulti-
Party
Era
Declaration of HIV as national disaster
New Constitution
Cou
nty
Gov
ernm
entsCSOs in Kenya
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• Kenya lacks widely accepted and used:• standardized capacity assessment tools • capacity building standards and indicators • standardized methodology for CSO capacity assessment• standardized methodology for measuring capacity
building• Thus CSOs aren’t able to :
• identify, articulate or prioritize institutional strengthening • drive their capacity development• measure capacity building • access or pay for quality technical assistance
Description of Context (2)
Low Sustainability
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Description of Context (3)
Top 25 NGOs
1 Kenyan CSO
3 Kenyan CSOs
Top 100 large scale implementers
“Only 1 Kenyan CSO is ranked among the top 25 NGOs; and only 3 among the top 100 CSOs implementing large scale programs in the Kenyan health sector” (Source: The Global Journal)
Thus:
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Key Interventions (1)
• CSO selection for mentored grants• Development of OCAT• Development of the rapid
organisational capacity assessment tool (ROCAT)
• Development of capacity scoring matrix
Needs and Standards D
rivenN
eeds and Standards Driven
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Score Level Definition
Score 1: The CSO does not have the relevant tool and/or function in this subcategory
Score 2: The CSO has a tool and/or function but does not meet the desired quality or it is incomplete – whether applied or not
Score 3: The CSO has the desired tool or function, is complete, is of good quality but is not applied at all or consistently to support the CSO institutional processes.
Score 4: The CSO has a tool or function, is complete, is of good quality and is applied consistently to carry out the CSO institutional processes. This is the desired standard for the subcategory
Interventions- Scoring Matrix (2)
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Approaches & Methodology
• Training of CSOs on the OCAT and ROCAT• Training of CSOs on OCAT and ROCAT
systems review checklists• Private sector engagement• Rapid participatory CSO self assessment
• Systems review• Focus group discussions • Consensus workshops• Real-time data analysis and
presentation
Needs and Standards D
rivenN
eeds and Standards Driven
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Evidence of Success and Achievements (1)• OCAT and ROCAT facilitated CSOs self
capacity assessment • ROCAT took shorter time compared to
OCAT • ROCAT facilitated measuring CSO capacity• ROCAT identified key capacity building
gaps• CSOs reviewed their mentorship plans• Increased demand for capacity building
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Evidence of Success and Achievements (2)
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Lessons Learnt
•Capacity building results are not based on the complexity of a tool but on its:•Ownership/buy-in by users•Comprehensiveness•User friendliness
•Flexibility in capacity building is critical
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Challenges and Counter-strategies employed
Challenge Counter-strategy • Distilling OCAT to ROCAT
risked omitting/ combining some capacity building subcategories
• Joint review of tools with partners
• Pretesting with CSOs
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Conclusions
• The ROCAT• Easily facilitates
identification of CSO capacity gaps
• Is cost effective
• Complements the OCAT
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Recommendations:
• The ROCAT can be replicated in CSOs with similar context
• Capacity building is dynamic hence the need for continuous review
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Enabling Kenyan Civil Society Organizations for Lasting Health Impact
Funding was provided by the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under Cooperative Agreement AID-623-A-11-00029.