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Lessons learned in organizational capacity building for health systems strengthening.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Rosensweig, Fred Schalk-Zaitsev, S. |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | Capacity building is an essential ingredient to strengthening any health system. There is now widespread recognition that country-owned and -led development requires local institutions in the public and nongovernmental sectors with the capacity -- or skills experience and leadership -- to lead health system strengthening (HSS) efforts. These organizations must have the technical and management capacity to plan and carry out activities and also account for the resources they receive. Health Systems 20/20s primary capacity-building focus has been on the organizational level. The projects vision has been to strengthen key regional- and country-level organizations that are essential to strengthening health systems in their respective countries and regions. In general based on demand from USAID missions the organizations that have been assisted include key national government agencies that have a stewardship role NGO and consulting firms that provide technical assistance and training research institutions that provide the evidence for HSS and training institutions that train public health and health system leaders. To the extent possible Health Systems 20/20 sought to develop capacity in the full range of organizational competencies including such areas as organization development (e.g. leadership and management strategy and planning team effectiveness organizational structure) management systems resource mobilization governance resource mobilization and technical competence. Generally speaking the projects 24 capacity-building activities over a six-year period fall into three broad types: Comprehensive building of core organizational competencies; Activities aimed at strengthening the capacity of central government agencies; and Activities aimed at building organizational capacity in a specific technical area. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pnadz298.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
