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.
Years of mechanism: 2008 2009
Note: Country funds have been added to this NPI mechanism.
RIP+ (Réseau Ivoirien des Organisations de Personnes Vivant avec le VIH), a nationwide umbrella network
of PLWHAs organizations created in 1997, works to establish and protect the legal rights and improve the
quality of life of persons living with HIV/AIDS. Through fund raising, sub-granting, advocacy, and mentoring,
RIP+ seeks to strengthen the capacities of its 50 active affiliates to build national and local responses to the
HIV/AIDS pandemic. A partner of the Ministry for the Fight Against AIDS (MLS), Ministry of Health (MOH),
and Ministry of Family, Women, and Social Affairs, as well as many other technical ministries, RIP+
participates in the design and implementation of national policies and strategies as a member of various
technical working groups and committees.
In late 2006, RIP+ was awarded a three-year grant, one of three Ivorian organizations selected in the first
round of the New Partners Initiative (NPI). Through the NPI program, RIP+ is implementing Project SERVIR
in Côte d'Ivoire to achieve the following objectives: (1) build administrative capacity of PLWHA
organizations, (2) train the members of all PLWHA NGOs in positive HIV prevention, (3) implement positive-
prevention activities, (4) institutionalize a national HIV testing day, (5) provide care and support to newly
diagnosed PLWHA, and (6) provide home-based care and support to those in need.
RIP+ manages the project and provides sub-grants and organizational and technical capacity-building to its
affiliate organizations. Direct care and support, as well as CT promotion and services, are delivered by local
staff members of affiliate PLWHA organizations. Over three years, the project is expected to result in HIV
counseling and testing (CT) for at least 100,000 youths and adults through Cote d'Ivoire Testing Day and to
provide direct care and support services to at least 17,500 PLWHA nationwide.
With FY07 and FY08 NPI funds, RIP+ has collaborated with JHU/CCP, MLS, MOH, and other national key
stakeholders to develop, launch, and institutionalize a Côte d'Ivoire Testing Day (CITD). The first CITD is
planned for Dec. 15, 2008.
In FY09, RIP+ will build on its experience and on outreach activities of its affiliates to continue to strengthen
and expand the capacity of local PLWHAs organization to respond to HIV/AIDS in their communities,
including strengthening access to and uptake of CT as a critical component of prevention, care, and
treatment strategies. RIP+ has worked with a variety of partners (including RIP+ affiliates, local NGOs,
JHU/CCP, the District of Abidjan, PSI, Hope Worldwide, Alliance CI, Clinique de Confiance, and the private-
sector network CGECI) to mobilize communities and increase demand for CT, using innovative approaches
such as door-to-door, family-centered services provided by mobile units. At least 4,503 persons were
reached through community mobilization activities. These community mobilization efforts highlighted the
need to harmonize stakeholder understanding of scale-up to support a national testing day. RIP+ worked in
support of a new simplified algorithm allowing whole-blood, finger-prick rapid testing and promoted
understanding of home- and community-based service-delivery approaches. In FY09, the MLS and MOH
will spearhead the national testing day, and RIP+ will lead community mobilization efforts. RIP+ will ensure
that an effective, client-friendly national referral system is put in place to ensure a continuum of quality care
for PLWHA newly diagnosed during the second CITD (2009).
Working with the MLS and national stakeholders, RIP+ will continue to make prevention technologies more
available to highly vulnerable populations. RIP+ will procure condoms and lubricant and distribute them to
highly vulnerable populations including men who have sex with men, people living with HIV and AIDS, and
CSW. For specific groups including MSM and CSW, some condoms and lubricant will made available as an
income generating source to ensure sustain renewal of stocks. Condoms and lubricant will also be
distributed in conjunction with outreach, community-based prevention and positive prevention programs.
With FY08 and FY09 NPI funds, RIP+ will provide logistic, technical and financial support for community
mobilization activities involving PLWHA, NGOs, and other HIV/ AIDS organizations sponsoring community-
awareness activities and promoting HIV prevention for negative people and positive prevention for
PLWHAs . JHU/CCP and Alliance will continue to assist RIP+, providing technical assistance to assure
quality, prevention-related communication and community-mobilization activities.
RIP+ will continue to promote uptake of voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) by highly vulnerable
populations by linking condom and lubricant distribution to awareness-raising activities and VCT services.
People living with HIV who are on treatment will be linked to these outreach activities, and those who test
positive will be referred to existing care and treatment activities through RIP+ referral network, which
includes MLS, Alliance CI, and FHI.
With FY09 funding, RIP+ will collaborate through a partnership agreement with ANANDER to complement
and support the national rural development program with a comprehensive, positive prevention component
implemented by RIP+. RIP+ contribution will focus on three activities: 1) Individual level counseling and
activities intended to develop PLWHA self esteem, 2) Organizational support to build a strong structure that
mobilizes, manages and sustains resources, and 3) Awareness raising activities at the community level to
create an enabling environment for PLWHA. These interventions will result in a greater involvement of
PLWHAs (GIPA).
Based on its previous collaboration with PACT, RIP+ will enhance community coping mechanisms through
smart communication strategies and support for a Côte d'Ivoire Media Exchange (CIMEX). CIMEX will be a
year-long activity to increase awareness and reduce HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination. CIMEX will
promote media involvement through a partnership with the network of journalists. The CIMEX Advisory
Committee will be composed of key stakeholders from civil society, the media, and the public and private
sectors. The CIMEX Advisory Committee will develop a media action plan that lays out strategies, key
activities and timeframes. Some of the planned activities include broadcast talk shows and mass media
advertisements on positive prevention. CIMEX messages will focus on HIV prevention among youth and
reducing HIV stigma and discrimination in the general population. The culmination of CIMEX will be a
highly publicized ceremony covered by the national mass media channels with three major awards: (1)
award of the best media contribution to the HIV/AIDS fight, (2) award for the best NGO for its contribution to
the fight against HIV/AIDS and (3) award for the most committed company. RIP+ expects this activity to
Activity Narrative: reach the entire country and generate enough interest and enthusiasm to become financially self-
sustainable within the lifespan of the project. CIMEX will help reach at least 10, 000 young people
throughout the country.
FY09 funding will also support the hiring of a staff person to coordinate activities related to lay
counselors/community workers and volunteers.
The RIP+ project will be monitored by ongoing data collection and a periodic feedback meeting among
stakeholders. A final evaluation combining a focus group discussion with PLWHAs, key stakeholder
interviews, and routine data analysis will assess the project's effectiveness. Final evaluation will include
external evaluation of project's process, effect and impact.
New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity
Continuing Activity: 17293
Continued Associated Activity Information
Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds
System ID System ID
17293 17293.08 U.S. Agency for Network of People 7078 7078.08 NPI RIP+ GHH- $0
International Living with A-00-07-00016-
Development HIV/AIDS 00
Emphasis Areas
Gender
* Addressing male norms and behaviors
* Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs
* Increasing women's legal rights
* Reducing violence and coercion
Health-related Wraparound Programs
* Child Survival Activities
* Family Planning
* Malaria (PMI)
* Safe Motherhood
* TB
Military Populations
Workplace Programs
Human Capacity Development
Public Health Evaluation
Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery
Food and Nutrition: Commodities
Economic Strengthening
Education
Water
Table 3.3.03:
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS
The SERVIR program will continue its efforts to reach infected children, infected adolescents and PLWHA
adults as described in the project description. Based on a collaboration framework established in FY08 with
DMOSS and UNICEF, RIP+ will expand its work in schools to reach adolescents within school settings.
RIP+ will develop a network of school health care facilities, social workers, health clubs, and school
authorities in order to make prevention services, CT, and post-test counseling available within school
settings. RIP+ will apply for additional resources from UNICEF and DMOSS to provide complementary
holistic prevention and care services to adolescents within school settings.
COMPLETE NARRATIVE
In FY09, in coordination with the National HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Program (PNPEC) and the
National TB Treatment Program (PNLT), RIP+ will provide 17 sub-grants worth $5,000-15,000 to affiliate
organizations to provide home-and community-based palliative care services to alleviate psychosocial,
physical, and spiritual distress; promote positive living; and support bereavement for at least 10 000
PLWHA and their family members countrywide. Affiliates will work to improve community support for
persons living with HIV or HIV/TB co-infection and their families to address stigma and discrimination;
promote treatment literacy and adherence; and link clients to comprehensive services, including medical
care (ART, TB treatment, and others) community-based palliative care and care for positive children.
Affiliates will work to improve community support for persons living with HIV or HIV/TB co-infection and their
families to address stigma and discrimination; promote treatment literacy and adherence; and link clients to
comprehensive services, including medical care (ART, TB treatment, and others) and community-based
palliative and positive children and adolescent care. For OVC, the Servir program plans to provide care and
support to 1000 positive OVC. Those not infected will be referred to existing services using the guidelines
developed by the national OVC program. As a member of CEROS, a national body to coordinate OVC
interventions, RIP+ will help address OVC referral issues.
RIP+ and its affiliates will apply a family-centered approach in implementing this program. RIP+ will involve
the family in identifying and referring those in need to comprehensive services (care and reference of OVC,
Activity Narrative: counseling and reference for testing). The family-centered approach to OVC will forge the link to other
services based on the needs of the individual and family. Program sub-grantees will concentrate their work
on home visits, psychological support, nutritional counseling and education and support to parents including
treatment literacy provided by by community peer counselors.
The "Servir" program will continue its efforts to reach infected children, infected adolescents and PLWHA
RIP+ will work to link community mobilization, treatment literacy, and palliative care and other support
services, including TB-related home- and clinic-based palliative care, with related services in the geographic
area and to promote coordination at all levels through the district, regional, and national HIV and other
coordination and technical forums like GTTSP. As member of this technical body RIP+ has contributed to
the elaboration of the national guide of community based palliative care. RIP+ will ensure that accurate and
timely M&E reports are provided to the relevant bodies and will contribute to building a single national M&E
system.
RIP+ will continue to provide technical assistance and share its experience to assist national authorities and
key stakeholders, including its affiliate members in the use of a simplified monitoring and evaluation plan for
community-based palliative care. RIP+ will provide technical and management assistance to ensure that
local PLWHA organizations receive adequate information and assistance to access funding opportunities
supported by PEPFAR and other donors. RIP+ will also promote using of a simplified national referral
system for community-based palliative care to address the high rate of lost to follow up within the care and
treatment program. Acting as watch dogs on this issue, RIP+ will report to the national body (PNPEC) any
GAP within the system and assist PNPEC in organizing periodic meeting to review the assessment report
and make recommendations for way forward. RIP+ will coordinate with the Ministry of Health's strategy for
decentralizing care and treatment services to ensure synergistic impact. A fund-raising strategy will be put
in place to ensure the sustainability of project activities. The project will be monitored by ongoing data
collection and a periodic feedback meeting among stakeholders. A final evaluation combining a focus group
discussion with PLWHA, key stakeholder interviews, and routine data analysis will assess the project's
effectiveness. The final evaluation will also include an external evaluation of the project's process, effects,
and impact.
Continuing Activity: 16779
16779 16779.08 U.S. Agency for Network of People 7078 7078.08 NPI RIP+ GHH- $0
Table 3.3.08:
Following discussions with the National Malaria Program (PNLP), RIP+ initiated a number of activities,
including establishing a partnership framework with PNLP for HIV/Malaria co-infection that will be formalized
with an MOU in FY09. RIP+ has laid out areas of collaboration and PNLP has been granted Global Fund
resources through to support implementation. RIP+ will be responsible for strengthening the community
mobilization components of these programs Activities planned include developing audio broadcasts and
TV spots; elaboration, validation and distribution of a training manual dealing with care of the co-infected;
and TOT for a pool of national trainers on co-infection. RIP+ will also contribute to the organization of
Malaria/ HIV world day and strengthen the capacity of NGOs to provide patient follow up. ROLPCI, the
umbrella for organizations fighting against Malaria will be involved in the implementation of this activity with
support from PNLP.
RIP+ will continue to develop and strengthen community mobilization efforts to address HIV/TB co-infection.
Activities will include development and airing of radio and TV spots on the co-infection; elaboration,
validation and distribution of a training manual dealing with co-infection; and TOT for a pool of national
trainers on co-infection. RIP+ will contribute to organization of TB/ HIV world day activities. RIP+ will also
work with COLTMER-CI, the umbrella organization for the fight against TB, to build the capacity of NGOs to
provide quality patient follow up
RIP+ expectsto provide direct care to at least 2000 people with HIV TB in FY09 and train 50 new people to
provide direct care. RIP+ will build on it partnership with the national TB program for implementation of
integrated, community based palliative care services
coordination forums. RIP+ will ensure that accurate and timely M&E reports are provided to the relevant
bodies and will contribute to building a single national M&E system.
Activity Narrative: RIP+ will continue to provide technical assistance and share its experience to assist national authorities and
key stakeholders, including its affiliate members, in the use of a simplified monitoring and evaluation plan
for community-based palliative care activities developed in FY08. RIP+ will provide technical and
management assistance to ensure that local PLWHA organizations receive adequate information and
assistance to access funding opportunities supported by PEPFAR and other donors.
RIP+ will also promote using of a simplified national referral system for community-based palliative care to
address the high rate of lost to follow up within the care and treatment program. Acting as a watchdog on
this issue, RIP+ will report to the national body (PNPEC) any gap within the system and assist PNPEC in
organizing periodic meetings to review the assessment report and make recommendations for the way
forward.
RIP+ will coordinate with the Ministry of Health's strategy for decentralizing care and treatment services to
ensure synergistic impact. A fund-raising strategy will be put in place to ensure the sustainability of project
activities. The project will be monitored by ongoing data collection and periodic feedback meeting with
stakeholders. A final evaluation combining a focus group discussion with PLWHA, key stakeholder
interviews, and routine data analysis will assess the project's effectiveness. Final evaluation will also include
Continuing Activity: 17292
17292 17292.08 U.S. Agency for Network of People 7078 7078.08 NPI RIP+ GHH- $0
Program Budget Code: 13 - HKID Care: OVC
Total Planned Funding for Program Budget Code: $10,053,368
Total Planned Funding for Program Budget Code: $0
Program Area Narrative:
Background
The 2005 AIDS Indicator Survey (AIS) estimated adult HIV prevalence in Cote d'Ivoire at 4.7%, with higher rates among woman
than men (6.4% vs. 2.9%). Geographic differences included marginally higher HIV prevalence in urban vs. rural settings and
marked regional differences, from 1.7% in the Northwest to 5.8% in the East and 6.1% in Abidjan. Sexual debut was reported by
age 15 for 23% of females and 10% of males, by age 18 for 71% of females and 48% of males. Among unmarried women aged
15-19, 31% reported having a sex partner who was at least 10 years older, with female OVC at high risk of transactional or
intergenerational sexual relationships.
The AIS estimated that 16% of children were orphaned or vulnerable, including 8% who had lost father, mother, or both. These
OVC rates did not vary significantly by gender or urban/rural residence, but they increased markedly with age, from about 9% of
infants to 25.3% of the 15-17 age group. OVC rates were lowest in the North (4.2%) and Northwest (7.2%) and highest in the
South (18.4%) and in Abidjan (18.2%). HIV-related OVC are estimated to number 540,000, including 80,000 children living with
HIV (UNAIDS 2004).
Institutional and community-based services for HIV-affected families are limited, especially outside Abidjan. The country's
extended politico-military crisis disrupted social, health, and education services and economic activity, increasing food insecurity
and other child vulnerabilities, and resulted in significant decreases in donor funding and in potential for local private-sector
partnerships for OVC. Although UNICEF and the World Food Program contribute to the national OVC strategy, PEPFAR remains
the only major donor for OVC activities in the country, with the World Bank re-engaging as the country stabilizes. The PEPFAR
team continues to explore leveraging and wrap-around opportunities, including collaboration with UNICEF to maximize assistance
for the national response as well as increasing coordination with the UNFPA to use existing and new research on gender-based
violence, girls' education, and women's income generation to inform projects with adolescent female OVC and female caregivers.
Although the lack of major donors has presented challenges in identifying and serving large numbers of OVC, Cote d'Ivoire has
taken important steps, with PEPFAR assistance, toward ensuring OVC support through policy, coordination, capacity-building for
NGO/CBO/FBOs, training of caregivers, and delivery of direct services. As of September 2008, 68,061 OVC were being provided
services with PEPFAR support, exceeding the target of reducing the vulnerability of 63,000 children. OVC care is coordinated
through the Ministry for the Family, Women, and Social Affairs (MFFAS) and its National OVC Program (PNOEV) in cooperation
with the national think tank on OVC (CEROS-EV). With support from PEPFAR and UNICEF, the PNOEV has led the participatory
development and dissemination of a new National OVC Strategic Plan (2007-2010), the Ministry of AIDS sector plan, and a
national OVC policy and M&E plan (2007-10). These documents define the national priority of supporting OVC within families and
communities. PEPFAR funds contribute by engaging partners with a mandate to build the capacity of local organizations to
identify, assess, and meet the needs of OVC while strengthening systems to coordinate, manage, and track progress at local,
district, and national levels
FY05-08 Response
Based on the national OVC policy, standard criteria for services to be provided for OVC were developed and disseminated.
Identification of OVC is conducted at service entry points in PMTCT, CT, and health-care settings and by community committees
and local NGO/FBO/CBOs, which provide an initial needs assessment and household follow-up. A central part of the OVC
strategy is to build linkages that allow any child living in an HIV-affected household to receive comprehensive services, including
pediatric HIV treatment if needed, with referrals and follow-up to ensure integrated care. In FY05-06, the district pilot project of
San Pedro (IRIS) was designed as a model for providing a continuum of linked health services (palliative care, CT, PMTCT,
HIV/TB, ART, and STI treatment) and social services with a focus on OVC. PEPFAR funds allowed the PNOEV to pilot and
reinforce the use of social centers as platforms for coordinating OVC-related activities (including education support with the
Ministry of Education) and sharing lessons among organizations in the public and private sectors within a geographic area.
Twelve more platform sites are being added with FY08 funds, and another 12 will be added with FY09 funds, bringing the total to
40.
In FY05-08, PEPFAR, Global Fund, and UNICEF funded the rapid expansion of sub-grants to C/F/NGOs to support expanded
decentralized services for OVC and their host families and communities. PEPFAR partners are implementing grant programs,
training, and referral systems to ensure local ability to identify OVC, assess their needs, and provide comprehensive care. Hope
Worldwide provides strong mentoring and capacity building for small partner organizations that identify OVC and provide direct
services, while ANADER is strengthening rural OVC identification and service delivery through creation and training of village
committees and FHI continues to work with the PNOEV to improve district-level coordination and begin harmonizing data
collection among government agencies and civil society. The PNOEV continues to advocate for OVC legal rights, no-fee legal
documentation, and reduced expenses for social services for OVC. The Ministry of Education has used PEPFAR funds to help
OVC stay in school and succeed in their studies through social worker and teacher training, scholarships, the provision of basic
learning materials, and nutrition programs. New partners such AVSI and Save the Children UK joined the PEPFAR CI team to
strengthen child protection, especially for vulnerable girls; improve early childhood nutrition and care; and increase coverage for
OVC direct care services in the underserved West.
Under the coordination of PNOEV, PEPFAR partners are working to adapt the Child Status Index while improving reporting
through harmonized indicators and a national OVC database. This included a review of partners' tools and resources to improve
consistency of capacity building and organizational assessments, with the aim of "graduating" local organizations to become sub-
partners or larger implementers, as well as training in use of the CSI and quality assurance for local NGOs, service providers,
teachers, and social workers.
FY09 Priorities
PEPFAR and national priorities for FY09 focus on systems strengthening, coordination, and capacity building to enhance
sustainability of programs. Altogether, at least 80,000 OVC will receive direct services by September 2009. Planned activities will:
1. Build on progress in strengthening the ability of local organizations to identify OVC, assess their needs, and provide referrals
and quality care with appropriate monitoring of the children's status. A consultant will continue to work with the PNOEV and
CEROS-EV to map OVC services and needs, ensure strategic placement of service providers, and define and implement a
strategy for rapidly scaling up quality services.
2. Reinforce 28 social center platform sites (including 12 sites being added with FY08 funding) and add 12 more sites (for a total
of 40) to continue capacity building and coordination of local service providers, formalize referral systems, and strengthen the
standardizing of data collection started in FY08. This will build on steps that MFFAS is taking in 2008 to expand state support of
social centers by purchasing buildings, assigning salaried staff, providing operating resources, and working at the cabinet level to
institutionalize the model. PEFPAR will continue to work with the PNOEV SI team, CEROS-EV, and platform directors to ensure
that by September 2009, data-entry systems are easy to use and local N/C/FBOs may begin entering data directly at the platform
sites. The platforms are a strong tool for coordinating local responses, and strategies in FY09 will develop non-monetary
incentives (training, access to computers) to help ensure utilization and maximize consistency of data collected.
3. Strengthen referral systems and improve quality and consistency of service delivery. A new partner is being added in FY09 to
coordinate harmonization of indicators of quality in all areas of OVC programming, to train all partners, and to help integrate QAI
procedures across OVC programs. The PNOEV will continue to develop its certification system for OVC training. All PEPFAR
ART and PMTCT service providers will continue to engage lay referral counselors at all sites dedicated to providing a
comprehensive package of HIV prevention interventions and effective referrals to community-based OVC and palliative-care
services. Efficiency of OVC care delivery will be improved by funding all OVC partners to cross-train their OVC community
caregivers to provide community- and home-based palliative care and support as well, and vice versa. PEPFAR also is
participating in national strategic planning to implement core competencies and incentives for community and lay counselors.
4. Further expand referral systems to improve geographic and targeted population coverage, including the contribution of AVSI, a
new partner beginning in October 2008, who will continue to work in areas of greatest need. In coordination with the PNOEV,
PEPFAR partners will continue to provide sub-grants and technical assistance to local NGO/CBO/FBOs throughout the country,
including in the underserved North and West. The PNOEV will continue its coordinating meetings to address gaps in regional
coverage and to limit duplication at the subpartner level, while a stronger focus on platforms in Abidjan will help reach OVC in
higher-prevalence urban and peri-urban areas.
5. PEPFAR partners will continue to work with the CEROS-EV to develop strategies for meeting the needs of especially
vulnerable children and youth. This includes links, co-planning, and advocacy with the Ministry for Technical and Vocational
Training and the private sector to address livelihood security and preparation for work among older OVC, as well as advocacy with
the Ministry of Youth to provide psychosocial support for older OVC (targeting ages 18-24). Partners will continue to develop and
implement strategies for nutritional support for younger children and will work to reduce the vulnerability of adolescent female
OVC through income generation, psychosocial support, HIV prevention, and linking with male-norms programs in AB. Social
workers and OVC caregivers will be trained in income-generating activities, based on a best-practices guide elaborated with FY08
funding, with implementation efforts prioritizing the development of IGA for female OVC caregivers.
All USG-funded partners will report to the PEPFAR strategic information team with quarterly program results and other requested
program data. To help build one national monitoring and evaluation system, all USG-funded partners will participate in quarterly SI
meetings and will implement decisions made during these meetings.
Table 3.3.13:
With FY09 NPI funds, RIP+ will provide logistical, technical, and financial support to PLWHA groups, NGOs,
and other HIV/ AIDS and civil-society groups to conduct community mobilization activities and to promote a
family-centered approach in clinical and community settings (including home- and community-based CT
services and couples counseling and testing). RIP+ will work through community-based organizations and
their communication networks (including partnerships with local radio stations) and community and religious
leaders to reinforce CT activities. These organizations will be trained in positive prevention, a rights-based
approach, the concept of greater involvement of persons with HIV/AIDS (GIPA), and reduction of stigma
and discrimination.
At each CT event during CITD, RIP+ will coordinate outreach adapted to the community involved. RIP+ has
experience in coordinating community counselors at CT sites and will replicate and adapt this model to
identify and empower community counselors providing CT services and ensure strong community links.
JHU/CCP and Alliance CI will continue to assist RIP+ by providing technical assistance to ensure training,
supervision, and quality of CT-related communication and community-mobilization activities.
RIP+ will advocate with decentralized governmental bodies (mayors, general councils) for additional
resource mobilization for community-based CT, in order to enhance community appropriation of this service.
RIP+ will ensure that its M&E system provides timely, accurate reports to national authorities and the USG
strategic information team. To help build a unified national M&E system, RIP+ will participate in quarterly SI
meetings and will implement decisions taken during these meetings.
Continuing Activity: 17082
17082 17082.08 U.S. Agency for Network of People 7078 7078.08 NPI RIP+ GHH- $0
Table 3.3.14:
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
- In response to an AED recommendation, RIP+ will seek CTO approval to purchase a new accounting
software called SAGE SAARI
- To ensure that an external evaluation of the program is conducted, RIP+ will take part in the EDS process
planned by the MLS in 2010. This evaluation will assess the SERVIR program's progress toward meeting its
indirect targets in CT community mobilization.
In FY09, in coordination with national authorities, key partners (including Alliance Cote d'Ivoire and
JHU/CCP, AED), and national stakeholders, RIP+ priorities include:
- Provide technical support and periodic supervision to its 31 sub-grantee organizations. In consultation
with local stakeholders, RIP+ will reactivate the existing Project Selection Committee.
- Promote and enforce the established Code of Conduct for all affiliate organizations. The code will enable
RIP+ affiliates to respond to the challenges of sustaining democratic and participatory institutional
procedures, while creating an enabling environment in which PLWHA can collectively determine their goals.
The code addresses themes such as values, transparency, good governance, accountability, and
partnership. RIP+ will reinforce the Code of Conduct by leading as a role model.
- Provide technical support and mentoring to its 31 affiliate NGO/CBO/FBOs, enabling them to contribute
to HIV prevention, care, and/or treatment services. RIP+ will provide technical support focused on
promoting good governance, developing effective advocacy skills, and building capacity in basic
bookkeeping, partnership building, resource mobilization, and monitoring and evaluation.
- Strengthen grantee capacity in organizational networking in order to develop, consolidate and sustain
achievements acquired.
- Develop lessons learned and recommendations for sustainability and quality services, focusing on
networking leveraging funds from local governments, the private sector, and diverse donors.
- Participate in local and international meetings, including the PEPFAR 2009 implementer meeting.
- Based on an AED recommendation, RIP+ will seek CTO approval to purchase a new accountancy
- Participate in the EDS process planned by the MLS for 2010 to document that the SERVIR Program met
its indirect targets in CT community mobilization.
Technical capacity building training offered by RIP+ will target both sub-grant award winners and non-
winners to improve their capacity for the next grant round and improve the quality of ongoing activities. The
Small Grant Program will also complement the administrative and financial technical assistance received
from RIP+.
For the implementation of the small-grant projects, SERVIR is expected to generate at least 60 full-time jobs
for PLWHA, and indirectly involve 200 volunteers.
Continuing Activity: 17295
17295 17295.08 U.S. Agency for Network of People 7078 7078.08 NPI RIP+ GHH- $0
Table 3.3.18:
