This is a new activity that aims to build the capacity of the local governments. It's end goal is to coordinate the implementation of the various sectoral management information systems (MIS) at the district and ensure that multi-sectoral data is collated and used to inform the district HIV/AIDS planning. The various GOU departments and sectors have built information systems intended to address verticalized data demands. Responding to GOU requests, USG and other development partners have supported the development of these parallel information systems which have continued to place heavy data management burden to service providers in health and education. There has also been considerable waste of ICT and human capital resources due to duplication and redundancies. These parallel systems, though initiated as separate entities at the central level, all meet at the district where a limited pool of resources exist . This proposed activity is intended to address this problem by supporting the capacity of local governments to coordinate and rationalize the available MIS resources and match these to the multi-sectoral data needs. The desired end result is an institutionalized system of data collation, management, and use of multi-sectoral data for monitoring performance of service delivery, informing district planning, and streamlining reporting to the central level. Ideally, the project activities will initially cover about 30 districts previously supported through the ACE Project. The process of building the local government capacity will involve training of at least 2 relevant district staff on basic but important M&E/information concepts and principles as applied to district level program monitoring and planning (with a total of 60 trained staff in strategic information).

This is a new activity that aims to build the capacity of the local governments. It's end goal is to coordinate the implementation of the various sectoral management information systems (MIS) at the district and ensure that multi-sectoral data is collated and used to inform the district HIV/AIDS planning. The various GOU departments and sectors have built information systems intended to address verticalized data demands. Responding to GOU requests, USG and other development partners have supported the development of these parallel information systems which have continued to place heavy data management burden to service providers in health and education. There has also been considerable waste of ICT and human capital resources due to duplication and redundancies. These parallel systems, though initiated as separate entities at the central level, all meet at the district where a limited pool of resources exist . This proposed activity is intended to address this problem by supporting the capacity of local governments to coordinate and rationalize the available MIS resources and match these to the multi-sectoral data needs. The desired end result is an institutionalized system of data collation, management, and use of multi-sectoral data for monitoring performance of service delivery, informing district planning, and streamlining reporting to the central level. Ideally, the project activities will initially cover about 30 districts previously supported through the ACE Project. The process of building the local government capacity will involve training of at least 2 relevant district staff on basic but important M&E/information concepts and principles as applied to district level program monitoring and planning (with a total of 60 trained staff in strategic information).