Deadline: 21-Oct-20
The AIDS Foundation of South Africa (AFSA) has requested for Community Responses & Systems Programme Capacity Building and Mentorship – an opportunity for Civil Society Organizations (CSO) to benefit from capacity building and mentorship.
AFSA therefore invites registered CSOs that are led, or work closely with Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW to submit applications for consideration.
For the first phase of the capacity building and mentorship programme the PR is seeking to identify 25 suitable CSOs from the districts to participate in the programme. The duration of the capacity building and mentorship course will be 18 months (October 2020 to March 2022). The training and mentorship shall be provided by the PR’s CRS team and accredited external service providers.
The capacity building and mentorship package includes:
- Capacity Assessment: Baseline capacity assessment of CSO to identify institutional and programmatic capacity building needs in the domains listed below:-
- Governance Leaders and Strategy;
- Human resources management;
- Administrative capacity systems;
- Financial Accountability;
- Sustainability;
- Communication and Marketing;
- Community Linkages, Networking;
- Merl;
- Health services and Products;
- Programme.
- Capacity Building Plan: Targeted capacity building plans specifying institutional and programmatic capacity building interventions;
- Accredited Programmatic Training for lay counsellors and community health care workers: HTS, TB and STI Prevention;
- Non-accredited programmatic training for lay counsellors and community health care workers – HIV and TB stigma reduction and social change, Key Population sensitization, TB screening for lay counsellors, RTQCI;
- Organizational Development Training for managers and directors – Sustainability, Governance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Risk Management, Human Resource Management, Project Management;
- Mentoring (individual organizations and cluster) – technical and organizational development mentoring.
Outcomes
- CBOs strategically aligned to NSP priorities and able to catalyze HIV & TB response;
- CSOs have increased capacity to implement programmes to educate, mobilise their communities and support HIV & TB interventions;
- develop organizations in order for them to be able to optimize their systems and attract donor funding;
- CSOs are linked to:-
- SANAC sectors o Contributing towards MDIPs;
- GF PRs & SRs and other potential funders to enable them to implement HIV/TB interventions.
- CSOs better able to support PLHIV, TB survivors and AGYW to deal with internal stigma and respond to external stigma and discrimination resulting in improved uptake of HTS, TB screening and linkage to and retention in care;
- CSOs with enhanced Organizational Development systems to support programme implementation.
Eligibility Criteria
The selection of organizations will be supported by extensive consultation with district stakeholders (DSD, DOH, Municipalities, and AIDS Councils) to ensure that shortlisted organizations are meeting critical district and sub-district HIV and TB need and that their service categories are aligned to district priorities. Organizations can be from different sectors, community based, faith-based and advocacy organizations with particular focus on supporting key populations (Young Women and Adolescents, PLHIV and TB survivors). The following requirements must be met by organizations to be selected for the capacity building programme:
- Be situated and working in the districts mentioned in the call.
- Have been in operation for at least two years and have current audited financial statements.
- Have current funding from donors or have worked with donor funding previously.
- There must be programme alignment to Global Fund funded programmes within the district.
- Must have a focus on key or vulnerable populations or want to extend their services to include this.
- The focus of organizational programmes should be in alignment to Provincial Implementation Plan (PIP) and Multi Sectorial District Implementation Plan (MDIPS) priorities.
- Must have a management structure (even if they are struggling and in need of assistance) – extended family structures or people wanting to get involved in the HIV, TB or social development service delivery areas for own benefit, are not considered as ideal candidates.
- Must have a need to be mentored as well as demonstrate enthusiasm and commitment to participate in the process. Organizations that want to grow, develop and become leaders and decision makers in their district and province.
- Must have the potential to develop and grow and access funding (meeting donor criteria) after completion of the mentoring process.
- Commit to attending relevant trainings, mentoring sessions and consultative meetings as agreed upon in the Service Level Agreement and Capacity Building Plan to be signed by both AFSA and the organization.
- Willingness to report their HIV and TB reach data to the DOH and AFSA on a quarterly basis.
Organizational Requirements
The minimum requirements include:
- Organizations must be a registered South African legal entity.
- Organizations must have a proper and functional management & organizational structure (Management Team & Board).
- Organizations must have been operative for at least 3 years.
- Organizations must be eager to be mentored, must demonstrate enthusiasm and commitment.
- Organizations must be willing to set time aside to allow for the relevant personnel to attend training workshops and participate in mentorship sessions.
- Organizations must display potential and willingness to be developed and grow.
- Organizations must have a vision to respond to critical HIV & AIDS and TB needs in the community.
- Organizations must be working with the key and vulnerable populations such as AGYW, PLHIV and TB.
- Organizations providing HTS must have signed working agreements with their local healthcare facilities.
- Organizations must be actively participating within relevant community structures & committees i.e. War Rooms, LAC, DAC, Clinic Committees etc.
Evaluation Process
The evaluation of submissions will be managed by a CSO Selection Panel (CSP) which will prepare a shortlist of applicants that meet the threshold for selection as a CSO to participate in the CRS Programme. The PR will use the shortlist drawn by the CSP to recommend applicants to be appointed as CRS Programme CSOs by the GF CCM. The GF CCM will make the final decision taking into account the recommendations by the PR.
The evaluation process will be conducted according to the following stages:
- The first stage of the evaluation process assesses for compliance with pre-qualification criteria. Applications that do not comply will not be evaluated further.
- The second stage of the evaluation process to assess the compliance with administrative requirements. Applications that do not comply will not be evaluated further.
- The third stage of the evaluation process assesses technical aspects: namely experience in community level programming and working with key and vulnerable populations such as AGYW, PLHIV and TB survivors(refer to page 2 for abbreviations); and must have a track record of participating in relevant community structures & committees e.g. WAC, LAC, DAC, clinic committees, health facilities etc. Applicants need to achieve a score of at least 50 points for the technical competency requirements in order to progress further.
- The fourth stage, which is optional and at the discretion of the CSP, may involve an on-site visit to clarify details about the applicant No points are awarded.
For more information, visit https://www.aids.org.za/request/request-for-applications-for-community-responses-systems-programme-capacity-building-and-mentorship/