Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Details for Mechanism ID: 12679
Country/Region: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2012
Main Partner: Ministry of Family, Women, and Social Affairs - Mozambique
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Host Country Government Agency
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $470,000

With USG support, the National OVC Program (PNOEVO) in the Ministry of Social Affairs works to increase Ivoirian capacity for sustainable high-quality care and support for OVC at national, community, and family levels by strengthening the capacities of social welfare centers, OVC coordination platforms, and local NGOs and providing high-quality direct services for OVC and families.Objectives:-Strengthen the coordination of interventions for OVC and their families at central and decentralized levels-Improve quality of services for OVC and their families-Consolidate the information system and OVC data management at national levelWith FY 2012 funding and building on PEPFAR-supported achievements, the PNOEV will focus on three main strategies:Cost-efficiency-Develop community-based and regional approaches centered on the family to establish and strengthen pools of trainers, coaches, supervisors, and peer educators in OVC care and support, gender issues, counseling, etc.-Strengthen the link between health and social services, and foster collaboration within the Ministry and with other ministries

Transition activities and transfer skills to local entities at decentralized and peripheral levels:-Establish procedures coordinated by local social centers and supervised by regional directorates of the Ministry-Ensure technical, organizational, and managerial capacity of social centers with support of PEPFAR technical partners-Ensure advocacy is coordinated by regional directorates of the Ministry to help mobilize additional resources from decentralized communities and the private sector.

Monitor and evaluate the OVC program information systems and data management

Vehicles:Through COP11: 2New in COP12: 0For life of mechanism: 3

Funding for Care: Orphans and Vulnerable Children (HKID): $400,000

With USG support, the National OVC Program (PNOEVO) in the Ministry of Social Affairs works to increase Ivoirian capacity for sustainable high-quality care and support for OVC at national, community, and family levels by strengthening the capacities of social welfare centers, OVC coordination platforms, and local NGOs and providing high-quality direct services for OVC and families.With FY 2012 funding, the PNOEV will focus on the following strategies :

Strengthening of the coordination of interventions for OVC and their families at national and local levels through:- Statutory and strategic meetings with technical directorates and related services of the Ministry of Social Affairs (MEMEASS) and other donors; technical meetings with national programs and coordination meetings with stakeholders on OVC issues.-Development and dissemination of documents relating to national care and support for OVC Decentralization of interventions to strengthen a pool of key people in specific areas, operations research, monitoring and evaluation, supervision (in collaboration with Measure/Evaluation)-Scale up support of technical partners to social centers-Promote a regional approach in the interests of efficiency and optimization of financial resources.-Skills transfer to social centers in order to build capacity of community organizations to assess OVC issues at the local level.-Support the organization of leisure activities for early childhood protection-Promote community awareness of OVC rights against discrimination

Improve quality of interventions of care and support for OVC and their families-Strengthen mentoring system by experienced OVC care coaches-Quarterly training supervision of stakeholders in the field by master coaches-Joint supervision with the central and regional directorates of MEMEASS and TA partners-Coaching of 20 additional candidate trainers in OVC care and support ;

Monitoring and evaluation:The project will continue to :-Strengthen capacity of regional directions and M&E officers from social centers in analysis, communication and data use for decision making-Supervise with routine use of RDQA tool and dissemination of data collection tools at decentralized levels under the coordination of social center ;-Improve efficiency of OVC GIS based on systematic documentation of interventions-Conduct studies to assess OVC quality of life and impact of PEPFAR-supported OVC programs-Support integrated OVC data collection tools at social centers thru Measure Evaluation and CDC-The project will focus on strengthening collaboration between the social center and departments of maternal and child health-Monitoring of OVC growth-Integrate Gender issue through on-site training of social workers ;-Support participation social centers to commemorative days in collaboration with the Ministry Social AffairsBuild capacity of community support groups to identify cases of GBV and referral to appropriate structures-Involve legal units to address gender-based violence at local levels.-Establish/strengthen GBV clubs in schools in collaboration with the Ministry of Education

For WASH, the PNOEV will continue to:

-Sensitize on environmental and domestic health activities-Supply standard hygienic kits to OVC families in line with QI standards of services delivery-Organize environmental and body education sessions for families at social centers;-Promote

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Other Sexual Prevention (HVOP): $70,000

With USG support, the National OVC Program (PNOEVO) in the Ministry of Social Affairs works to increase Ivoirian capacity for sustainable high-quality care and support for OVC at national, community, and family levels by strengthening the capacities of social welfare centers, OVC coordination platforms, and local NGOs and providing high-quality direct services for OVC and families.With FY 2012 funding in the HVOP budget code, the PNOEV will:Train 50 social workers and focal points of the OVC coordination platforms in gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response, with the technical assistance of IRCReproduce and disseminate available BCC tools on GBV at social centers- Organize training and Information sessions on GBV on behalf of community and religious leaders, associations, youth, etc.Ensure links with other GBV and HIV programs through advocacy with:- the Ministry of Security and Defense working with uniformed people to set up focal points in barracks and military camps;- the Ministry of Education for boys and girls, teachers, and administrative staff:- the Ministry of Justice for legal support of GBV survivorsEnsure the referral of survivors of sexual violence for early screening, prevention and care for sexually transmitted infections along with prophylaxis for blood exposure accidentsCoordination, monitoring and evaluation of interventions:- Harmonisation and dissemination of data collection tools at the national level- Training of focal points in M&E and in the use of data collection tools- Integration of data in the national M&E system

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $170,000
enumerations.Construction/Renovation $90,000
Food and Nutrition: Commodities $20,000
Gender: Reducing Violence and Coercion $50,000
Water $10,000
Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS activities and services
Increasing women's access to income and productive resources
Increasing women's legal rights and protection
Child Survival Activities
Family Planning