Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2012 2013 2014 2015

Details for Mechanism ID: 14157
Country/Region: Indonesia
Year: 2013
Main Partner: RTI International
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Private Contractor
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $300,000

KINERJA is a project of USAIDs Democratic Governance Office, to improve government service programs. Expansion to Papua began in 2012 through modification of the existing CA. In Papua, KINERJA works with local government to improve the quality of health service delivery, including improved resource allocation for priority health issues, including HIV. It addresses the demand, as well as the supply side, of service delivery and intends to strengthen accountability mechanisms, enabling local governments to better respond to citizens needs.

KINERJA will coordinate health systems strengthening and health governance interventions with other USAID-funded projects for TB and MCH. KINERJA objectives in Papua are to develop and ensure the capacity of local governments to deliver effective, safe, quality health services with a minimum waste of resources while promoting (a) an enabling policy environment within the provincial health systems, (b) governance that results in a relevant, responsive, health system, and (c) the substantive engagement of CSOs.

KINERJA is designed to support the interventions of a range of health priorities, including HIV and TB/HIV interventions. Cost efficiencies will be achieved through close planning, target-setting and collaboration with the other USG implementing partners and programs that will streamline advocacy efforts, reinforce the disease-specific efforts of each program, and create a more efficient approach in Papua.

Funding for Health Systems Strengthening (OHSS): $300,000

Papua has the highest per capita prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Indonesia fifteen times more than the national average. The epidemic is most serious in Papua Province, with unprotected sex the main mode of transmission. In a province-wide, population-based survey in 2006, adult HIV prevalence in Papua was estimated at 2.4%, reaching 3.2% in the remote highlands, and 2.9% in less-accessible lowland areas. Government capacity to make good choices about how to allocate available funding and deliver the appropriate health services is very limited, with major gaps in service delivery, including absenteeism in health centers, limited access to services and commodities, and failure to fully utilize available local and national government funding for health and HIV services. Papuas poor health indicators are not only a serious humanitarian challenge, but also undermine the overall development of Papua.

The expansion of the Kinerja project to Papua will serve as the foundation for a more comprehensive approach by USG to build local government capacity to plan for and deliver critically needed services, to have a positive impact on health indicators. Kinerja will strengthen health governance and systems in support of the range of health investments by USG, including the SUM project and grantee CSOs, TB, and MCH activities.

Kinerja activities will be directed at the Health System Strengthening (HSS) program element, to improve the provincial and district governments commitment to providing quality services to communities where there HIV/AIDS is prevalent. The Kinerja Papua funding from PEPFAR is combined with maternal child health and TB funding from USAID for an integrated approach to health system building.

The objectives of the activities will be to develop and ensure the capacity of local governments to deliver effective, safe, quality personal and non-personal health interventions with a minimum waste of resources while promoting (a) an enabling policy environment within the provincial health systems, (b) governance that results in a relevant, responsive, health system, and (c) the substantive engagement of civil society.

Strengthening capacity of District Health Office and district health facilities staff in participatory planning, budgeting, professionalism (service excellence)

Providing/increasing access to information and participation to public

Establish/Strengthening compliant handling mechanisms in district health facilities level

Strengthening accountability of the service units

Awareness raising in the civic (including reproductive rights, consumers rights) rights so the public can demand for better services

Improving citizens engagement in the planning and monitoring of public services through multi stake holder forum including media

Improve access to successful practices in public service delivery.

Subpartners Total: $0
New Partner: NA
Social Impact: NA
Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $300,000
Gender: Gender Equality $51,000
Human Resources for Health $249,000