This activity also relates to activities in Other Policy/Health Systems Strengthening: (OHSS)

The Local Partner Capacity Building (LPCB) Project is designed to enhance the organizational capacity and

sustainability of local non-governmental organizations (NGO) that are working to respond to the HIV and

AIDS pandemic. Partner organizations (PO) will be found throughout eight districts in Zambia in both rural

and urban areas, and will be comprised of a variety of types of entities including faith-based and community

-based organizations. LPCB focuses on strengthening the management, financial, technical, and

monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacities of Zambian organizations so that they are better able to expand

their abstinence/be-faithful (AB) activities. It will also provide a large portion of grant funding to partner

organizations for scaling up and in some cases sustaining AB activities. Examples of these activities

include: HIV/AIDS sensitization, AB prevention amongst at risk youth and adults, AB

information,education,communication (IEC) material production and dissemination and behavior change

that promotes HIV preventive behaviors. In FY 2008, LPCB will have worked with 60 partner organizations

from five provinces: Lusaka Province, Southern Province, Copperbelt Province, Eastern Province and

Luapula Province. In FY 2009 LPCB will expand to NorthWestern, Western and Northern Provinces.

LPCB will also support six intermediary support organization partners (ISOP) to develop their capabilities

and expertise to work directly with local organizations as institutional strengthening service providers and

AB technical assistance providers. This is an important design component of the project and will be LPCB's

legacy as it relates to sustainability —one benefiting both the NGO sector, as well as the professional cadre

of organizational development professionals in Zambia.

In FY 2009, LPCB will identify an additional 20 partner organizations through the same call for expressions

of interest (EOI) that was used for cohorts one and two in FY 2008. This third cohort will follow the same

course as the first two: an introductory workshop; a core training series; an individualized, facilitated

organizational self-assessment; the development of an organizational strengthening plan; the pairing with

an ISOP for training, guidance, and mentoring; and access to a small grant with which to purchase

organizational strengthening services to meet the goals of its plan.

While these activities are being undertaken in 8 provinces, partner organizations from cohorts one and two

will enter the next Grant Funding phase of the project. To begin, they will be facilitated through a second

organizational self-assessment, allowing them to compare their new scores to their individual baseline score

from the previous year. During this second self-assessment workshop, ISOP and LPCB facilitators will

assist organizations in discussing their progress and determining their next steps in technical program

expansion. Once an organization has attained a twenty-point increase in its assessment score and

completed the LPCB core training series, it will apply for a grant in FY 2009 to scale up its AB technical

activities. The proposal submitted by each organization will demonstrate that the organization has, and is

able to apply, its new skills and strategies. LPCB will develop a proposal template that requires applicants

to design a scaled-up program (justify the scale chosen, describe the approach to be used to scale,

elaborate a step-by-step process), as well as to prove that their systems (financial, management,

communication, M&E) are able to support such a program.

LPCB will hold a bidders conference in early FY 2009 to explain to the POs the goal of the grants and the

process for applying, and to circulate the proposal template. ISOP assistance to the proposal crafting

process is permitted. Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis over the course of FY 2009, but

reviewed by the TAG quarterly. LPCB staff will first vet the proposals to ensure that each has met the

overall criteria and has a viable plan for scaling up and the TAG will simply provide guidance on potential

partners.

The LPCB technical evaluation committee will select 20 grantees based upon pre-defined grant selection

criteria. The average size of each of grant will be $150,000 however funding level per organization will vary

and may be higher or lower depending on the capacity of the organizations and their technical needs.

Priority for grants will be given to those organizations that have participated in the capacity building training

program, however, other applicants will be considered. Once USAID has concurred, grants will be awarded

and two grantee workshops held to clarify compliance and reporting requirements, and to reinforce the

systems needed for sound and transparent financial management.

It is expected that the 20 selected grantees will be responsible for reaching 75,000 people through

community outreach that promotes HIV/AIDS prevention through Abstinence and/or being faithful. In order

to reach this number 500 people will be trained to promote HIV/AIDS Prevention. Grantees will also be

expected to design interventions around National AIDS Council (NAC) led national AB campaigns that

include: "Real Man, Real Woman Campaign", "Safe from Harm", "Heart Campaign", the Gama Cuulu radio

show and other campaigns to reduce concurrent partnerships.

Since LPCB is a new project and grantees have not yet been identified, these targets are estimates and

may be revised once grantees are selected and their capacity assessed in FY 2008. In addition to the 20

selected grantees, at least 3-6 ISOP's will receive a minimum of $150,000 for the purpose of establishing

granting mechanisms with local indigenous organizations. In terms of reporting, LPCB will be responsible

for reporting targets directly to USAID and the M&E system will be developed to capture data from LPCB

grantees.

LPCB will also work with PO grantees that are receiving grant funding for AB activities to develop context-

specific approaches to HIV/AIDS prevention and provide a range of capacity-building support to increase

the impact of these activities. LPCB will also integrate gender in its HIV/AIDS activities and takes into

account gender determined disparities. The program recognizes that HIV and AIDS affects women and

men differently and thus attempts to address specific gender issues such as: roles of males and females in

mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS and the vulnerability of males and females to HIV/AIDS. As such, five

trainings will be conducted on basic prevention concepts and in the effective use of methodologies such as

peer education, community mobilization and behavior change to promote HIV/AIDS risk reduction. As

appropriate, the project will solicit the support of other United States Government (USG) implementing

partners to provide additional technical training to grantees.

Activity Narrative: By design, LPCB's purpose is about changing the dynamic of organizational technical assistance by

creating a cadre of Zambian service providers that cater to the needs of those who are on the front lines of

fighting the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Over the course of the life of the project, we anticipate a network of top-

notch consultants that understand the particularities of the organizations engage in this battle, both in terms

of their individual characteristics and as a committed group with specific funding and reporting imperatives.

We also hope to have enabled a large number and range of organizations throughout Zambia to become

aware of their organizational assets and liabilities, and understand why attention to the health of their

organizations is as critical as the substance of the activities they implement. These organizations will more

ably identify and scale up good practices, they will better manage and report on their resources, and they

will pay attention to the needs of their staff and volunteers. These entities will know how and when to find

one At the heart of the design of LPCB is sustainability. As illustrated earlier, assessment, training, TA and

funding activities are structured to utilize ISOP's early in and throughout implementation. The ISOP model

will ensure sustainability and build a cadre of Zambian organizations able to provide the same type of

Capacity Building services offered by LPCB. In addition, it is expected that some ISOP's will be

strengthened to the level that they should become long term USG partners and will be able to play the same

grant making role that LPCB is expected to conduct.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 14513

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

14513 14513.08 U.S. Agency for Academy for 6800 5242.08 Local Partner $545,000

International Educational Capacity

Development Development Building

Emphasis Areas

Gender

* Addressing male norms and behaviors

* Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs

Human Capacity Development

Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Human Capacity Development $500,000

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Education

Water

Table 3.3.02:

This activity also relates to activities in Sexual Prevention: Abstinence/Be-Faithful

The Local Partner Capacity Building (LPCB) Project is designed to enhance the organizational capacity and

sustainability of local non-governmental organizations (NGO) that are working to respond to the HIV/AIDS

pandemic. Partner organizations (PO) will be found throughout the nine provinces in Zambia in both rural

and urban areas, and will comprise of a variety of types of entities including faith-based and community-

based organizations. The project specifically focuses on strengthening the management, financial,

technical, and M&E capacities of Zambian organizations; it also supports a number of intermediary support

organization partners (ISOP) to develop their capabilities and expertise to work directly with local

organizations as institutional strengthening service providers. This is an important design component of the

project and will be LPCB's legacy—one benefiting both the NGO sector, as well as the professional cadre of

organizational development professionals in Zambia. In FY 2008, LPCB has targeted 60 partner

organizations from five provinces: Lusaka Province, Southern Province, Copperbelt Province, Eastern

Province and Luapula Province. In FY 2009 LPCB will expand to North-Western, Western and Northern

Province.

In FY 2009, LPCB will identify 60 partner organizations through the same call for expressions of interest

(EOI) that was used for cohorts one and two in FY 2008. This third cohort will identify 30 partner

organizations and follow the same course as the first two : an introductory workshop; a core training series;

an individualized, facilitated organizational self-assessment; the development of an organizational

strengthening plan; the pairing with an ISOP for training, guidance, and mentoring; and, access to a small

grant with which to purchase organizational strengthening services to meet the goals of its plan. ISOPs will

be matched with POs upon review of the EOIs, and will conduct the bulk of the interventions so as to be

well-oriented to the organization and develop a relationship with its members. Mid-year, cohort four will

again aim to service an additional 30 organizations, and will again be formed through an EOI. This cohort

will comprise organizations from the six provinces where LPCB is active, and will be targeted to applicants

operating areas off the line of rail.

While these activities are being undertaken in the focal provinces, partner organizations from cohorts one

and two will enter the next phase of the project. To begin, they will be facilitated through a second

organizational self-assessment, allowing them to compare their new scores to their individual baseline score

from the previous year. During this second self-assessment workshop, ISOP and LPCB facilitators will

assist organizations to discuss their progress and determine their next steps in organizational strengthening

and program expansion. LPCB will develop a proposal template that requires applicants to design a scaled-

up program (justify the scale chosen, describe the approach to be used to scale, elaborate a step-by-step

process), as well as to prove that their systems (financial, management, communication, M&E) are able to

support such a program. The LPCB technical evaluation committee will select 30 grantees based upon pre-

defined grant selection criteria.

In FY 2008 POs were provided with small grants averaging $10,000-$20,000 which were used to

complement capacity building training and fund activities such as the development of internal manuals for

policies and procedures or the purchase of IT and communications systems. These funds were also used to

"purchase" services from participating ISOP's in areas of capacity building where improvement is needed.

LPCB will hold a bidders conference in early FY 2009 to explain to the POs the goal of the grants and the

process for applying, and to circulate the proposal template. ISOP assistance to the proposal crafting

process is permitted. Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis over the course of FY 2009, but

reviewed by the TAG quarterly. LPCB staff will first vet the proposals to ensure that each has met the

overall criteria and has a viable plan for scaling up and the TAG will simply provide guidance on potential

partners.

Once grants are awarded, the LPCB M&E Specialist will hold meetings with groups of grantees to review

their indicators and clarify LPCB reporting requirements. ISOPs will continue to mentor the partner

organizations through the implementation of their grants, and may recommend further organizational

support over the course of the implementation period if needed.

ISOPs will have been selected in FY 2008 based on their ability to provide the kinds of institutional training

and support needed by the partner organizations, then trained in the LPCB organizational assessment tool.

In FY 2009 LPCB staff will mentor six ISOP organizations and individuals to become the primary

interlocutors for the partner organizations as the latter make choices that allow them to become stronger,

more able entities. LPCB will also assist the ISOPs to take on their own strengthening activities, and

organize themselves as a network so that they are most effective in their own collaboration and

coordination—which will ultimately affect the quality of the services that they are able to provide to LPCB

partner NGOs.

Concurrently, LPCB will provide continuing support to the ISOPs, and aim to expand the groups in

number—and to include organizations based outside of Lusaka. For those ISOPs providing institutional

strengthening training and mentoring, LPCB staff will continue all-hands bi-weekly meetings for updates on

POs and skills building mini-workshops. During FY 2009, LPCB will explore with them the possibility of

becoming an association, or a chapter of an existing entity (eg, the Zambian Management Association). In

an effort to both encourage this group to work together and develop quality, marketable products—and to

reach beyond LBCP partner organizations—ISOPs will provide 20 trainings (for 25 people each, totaling

500 people) in addition to PO members over the course of the fiscal year. Like in FY 2008, these sessions

will cover up to seven different topics as a way to provide educational opportunities and improved capacity

to individuals (in addition to PO members) working in the HIV response in Zambia. Topics will include those

in the core training series such as M&E, USG Compliance, Financial Management and Human Resources

but will also aim to capture a different audience with "Time Management", "Running an Effective Meeting",

"Board Governance Strengthening and others. LPCB will also integrate gender in its HIV/AIDS activities and

takes into account gender determined disparities. The program recognizes that HIV and AIDS affects

women and men differently and thus attempts to address specific gender issues such as: roles of males and

Activity Narrative: females in mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS and the vulnerability of males and females to HIV/AIDS.

For ISOPs focusing on creating and strengthening networks of HIV/AIDS-focused organizations, and on

becoming future grant-making entities, all-hands monthly meetings to coordinate networking will continue,

and individualized technical assistance and trainings on grant-making will be scheduled according to need.

By design, LPCB's purpose is about changing the dynamic of organizational technical assistance by

creating a cadre of Zambian service providers that cater to the needs of those who are on the front lines of

fighting the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Over the course of the life of the project, we anticipate a network of top-

notch local consultants that understand the particularities of the organizations engage in this battle, both in

terms of their individual characteristics and as a committed group with specific funding and reporting

imperatives. We also hope to have enabled a large number and range of organizations throughout Zambia

to become aware of their organizational assets and liabilities, and understand why attention to the health of

their organizations is as critical as the substance of the activities they implement. These organizations will

more ably identify and scale up good practices, they will better manage and report on their resources, and

they will pay attention to the needs of their staff and volunteers. At the heart of the design of LPCB is

sustainability. As illustrated earlier, assessment, training, TA and funding activities are structured to utilize

ISOP's early in and throughout implementation. The ISOP model will ensure sustainability and build a cadre

of Zambian organizations able to provide the same type of Capacity Building services offered by LPCB. In

addition, it is expected that some ISOP's will be strengthened to the level that they should become long

term USG partners and will be able to play the same grant making role that LPCB is expected to conduct.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 14364

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

14364 9639.08 U.S. Agency for Academy for 6800 5242.08 Local Partner $1,730,550

International Educational Capacity

Development Development Building

9639 9639.07 U.S. Agency for Academy for 5242 5242.07 Local Partner $1,125,000

International Educational Capacity

Development Development Building

Emphasis Areas

Gender

* Addressing male norms and behaviors

* Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs

Human Capacity Development

Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Human Capacity Development $1,300,000

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Education

Water

Table 3.3.18: