Building Organizational Capacity for Results (BOCAR) is mobilizing greater civil society participation in the HIV/AIDS response by strengthening the capacity of CSOs and CSO networks. More specifically, the activity will strengthen four to six large CSOs working in the area of HIV/AIDS, develop six to nine durable HIV/AIDS CSO networks, and build the capacity of 50-75 small CSOs through the multi-donor Rapid Fund Envelope (RFE). The RFE component supports small CSOs in all regions of Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar. Large CSOs that have the potential to play a national leadership role in the HIV/AIDS response and CSO networks that can impact on high HIV prevalence regions are being prioritized for BOCAR capacity building support.

BOCAR supports GHI IR.2 (Systems Strengthening) and contributes to PF Goal 3 (Leadership) by enabling civil society to take greater leadership in the response to HIV/AIDS. The multi-donor funded Rapid Funding Envlope (RFE) component of BOCAR has been an innovative approach that has mobilized significant donor funds that are granted to small CSOs to implement HIV/AIDS activities. PEPFAR funds are used to provide these CSOs technical assistance to ensure that these funds are used properly and to build their leadership, financial and human resource capacity. Several of the RFE graduates have become primary implementing partners.

To increase cost efficiencies and improve effectiveness, this activity involves capacity building interventions working with the leadership and technical staff through coaching and training at their place of work. BOCAR has developed tools for monitoring the work of CSOs on a quarterly basis. In FY 2012, one vehicle will be purchased for the project term in order to reach CSOs based in remote areas of the country.

Building Organizational Capacity for Results (BOCAR) is mobilizing civil society to participate more fully in the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. More specifically, this activity is building the capacity of CSOs and CSO networks involved in the response to HIV and AIDS. The Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS) and the Zanzibar AIDS Commission (ZAC) are the key partners in this activity, along with other donors contributing grants to small CSOs to conduct HIV/AIDS activities under the Rapid Funding Envelop Component.

BOCAR conducts organizational assessment/surveys to identify the capacity needs for technical assistance to CSOs involved in providing support to OVCs. Upon identification of these needs, BOCAR develops an implementation plan focused on capacity building interventions for the CSOs. One of the objectives of the activity is to improve the integration and effectiveness of monitoring and evaluation systems by building the capacity of CSOs to provide data through the TOMSHA (for TACAIDS) and ZAPMOS (for ZAC) reporting systems.

With COP 2012 funds, BOCAR will provide specialized support to at least three local organizations that directly serve vulnerable children. In addition, BOCAR will provide technical assistance to the Tanzania Social Work Association to develop the Tanzania Emerging Social Work Education Program, a nationwide program that will set up and implement locally accredited social work programs in up to 12 schools in the country. BOCAR's support in developing the social work profession in Tanzania is critical to improving the lives of vulnerable children in a country where there is only one social worker per 200,000 children.

Through Implementing Partners monitoring and evaluation unit, tools have been developed to capture success stories and best practices. These stories and best practices are shared widely among different key stakeholders for the purpose of increasing awareness about the significant role that civil society can play in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

The Rapid Funding Envelope (RFE) is a multi-donor basket fund component of BOCAR. PEPFAR funds provide technical assistance to the RFE for grants management and for building the capacity of CSOs receiving grants from other donors under the RFE. Adverts are placed in English and Swahili soliciting concept letters from CSOs involved in a range of HIV/AIDS activities. A multi-donor RFE committee, which is co-chaired by TACAIDS and ZAC, selects the best proposals from a short list developed by the PEPFAR-funded implementing partner, which then provides assistance in financial and project management, monitors performance, accounts for grant expenditures, and builds organizational capacity. The CSOs have one to two years to implement PLWHA activities using the RFE grant, and the best performing CSOs become candidates for additional capacity building support under BOCAR.

COP 2012 will go toward critical technical assistance specifically to build the capacity of CSOs by establishing stronger financial management, project management, and M&E systems, and by addressing other aspects of longer term organizational sustainability such as strengthening the CSO executive team and Board of Directors, improving client and beneficiary relations, enhancing resource mobilization efforts, developing better public relations with local and national government and networking with other CSOs working in the response to HIV and AIDS.

With COP 2012 funds, BOCAR will support 17 small CSOs with different capacity building interventions and will identify and additional 35 new small CSOs for capacity building activities. Two large CSOs in Zanzibar will also be recipients of capacity building support, as well as three CSO networks, two in Tanzania Mainland and one in Zanzibar. The type and nature of these capacity building interventions depend on the unique capacity needs identified in the pre-intervention organizational assessment. Depending upon the CSO or CSO network organizational development needs, activities may include leadership development, advocacy and communication skills development, fundraising strategies and campaign planning, governance restructuring, monitoring and evaluation training, or enactments of human resources functions in the organization.