PEPFAR's annual planning process is done either at the country (COP) or regional level (ROP).
PEPFAR's programs are implemented through implementing partners who apply for funding based on PEPFAR's published Requests for Applications.
Since 2010, PEPFAR COPs have grouped implementing partners according to an organizational type. We have retroactively applied these classifications to earlier years in the database as well.
Also called "Strategic Areas", these are general areas of HIV programming. Each program area has several corresponding budget codes.
Specific areas of HIV programming. Budget Codes are the lowest level of spending data available.
Expenditure Program Areas track general areas of PEPFAR expenditure.
Expenditure Sub-Program Areas track more specific PEPFAR expenditures.
Object classes provide highly specific ways that implementing partners are spending PEPFAR funds on programming.
Cross-cutting attributions are areas of PEPFAR programming that contribute across several program areas. They contain limited indicative information related to aspects such as human resources, health infrastructure, or key populations programming. However, they represent only a small proportion of the total funds that PEPFAR allocates through the COP process. Additionally, they have changed significantly over the years. As such, analysis and interpretation of these data should be approached carefully. Learn more
Beneficiary Expenditure data identify how PEPFAR programming is targeted at reaching different populations.
Sub-Beneficiary Expenditure data highlight more specific populations targeted for HIV prevention and treatment interventions.
PEPFAR sets targets using the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) System - documentation for which can be found on PEPFAR's website at https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. As with most data on this website, the targets here have been extracted from the COP documents. Targets are for the fiscal year following each COP year, such that selecting 2016 will access targets for FY2017. This feature is currently experimental and should be used for exploratory purposes only at present.
Context
EnCompass LLC was awarded a contract (one year with a second year option) in September 2008 to provide technical assistance to support the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Botswana's Ministry of Education's life skills curriculum, Living: Skills for Life: Botswana's Window of Hope (Living).
EnCompass subcontracted Education Development Center to lead tasks relating to the implementation and support of a training cascade to train all of Botswana's teachers (contract years one and two), to sensitize key stakeholders (contract years one and two), and to develop support materials (contract year two).
Goals and Objectives
EnCompass is the lead on supporting the development of a monitoring process and tools (contract year one), building the capacity of the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (Ministry) project officers to conduct monitoring and evaluation (M&E) (contract years one and two), providing support to monitoring of the curriculum (contract years one and two), to conduct process evaluations (contract year two) for schools that have been implementing the program for at least two months, and to support sensitizing all deputy headmasters (approximately 1000) about the project and their role as focal points for both implementation and M&E (this portion is completed).
Major Activities
Provide refresher training as needed to teachers.
Develop materials to support increased implementation of the curriculum in the classroom including: guidelines for implementation, a booklet and syllabus to guide infusion, a reference guide for teachers, and a guide to learner-centered methods.
Cross-Cutting Areas
EnCompass will work with the Ministry to identify and act on solutions to any problems noted and apply any lessons learned to the rollout of materials still awaiting implementation.
Monitoring and Evaluation
EnCompass will work closely with the Ministry of Education to build capacity for on-going monitoring of the curriculum.
EnCompass will provide technical assistance and support to finalizing monitoring tools that were piloted during year one, input and analysis of data, review of findings from monitoring visits, and utilization of findings to improve the program.
EnCompass will conduct a process evaluation of the implementation of the life skills program at all levels (lower primary, upper primary, junior secondary, senior secondary). The process evaluation will include a review of the materials that have been in use in the classroom for at least 2 months and will involve discussions with Ministry staff, school heads, teachers, parents, and students, as related to issues such as: satisfaction with the program, fidelity to the program, degree of utilization as well as documentation of achievements and challenges.
