NAMIBA PEPFAR COP 09 RETREAT ovc: WHERE WE ARE WHERE WE WANT TO BE SWOT ANALYSIS

1. NAMIBA PEPFAR COP 09 RETREATovc: WHERE WE ARE & WHERE WE WANT TO BE SWOT ANALYSIS  Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats Recommendations NB: 1. Members of the OVC Break-Out Session, can you add some more new ideas (if you have any) in each of the slides and return the paper to me for a final draft? MANY THANKS Gabriel K Kalungi, OVC Technical Advisor, USAID

2. STRENGTHS MOE interest in improving support to OVC. e.g. School feeding, EDF,OVC registers at school, OVC Policy for the Education Sector completed Increased Ministry of Finance interest in catering for the needs of the OVC. Education Development Fund exemption policy almost done.

3. STRENGTHS Conducive government policy environment for OVC Costed sector plans available for collaboration/ coordination. Programmatic based data base to capture at community level. e.g CAFO and others.

4. STRENGTHS Access to schools is the same for OVC as non OVC Strong engagement by key government ministries especially Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare

5. WEAKNESSES Prevention messages not yet integrated into care and support Lack of Coordinated care, thinking in silos (7 core services). Poor Coordination with Ministries and at local level. Centre-based approach, therefore not a household approach. Short-term approaches/ strategies

6. WEAKNESSES No legislation on CBOs or Human Resource not in place to monitor CBOs within MGECW. Poorly resourced plans for OVC ( donor reliant) Insufficient prioritization in strategic plans. Lack of strategic focus on key OVC issues OVC could access primary and secondary but there is little opportunity available, such as scholarships to further education either at tertiary, vocational level, etc to be able to maintain house hold support Programmes generally are not needs based Economic discrepancies into consideration. Protection guidelines are not clear and strong

7. WEAKNESSES Vision of Data base implementation inconsistent between partners and ministries Limited programmes targeting street children Diversion of grants by the care givers not used to meet the needs of the OVC No clear common understanding of the ovc data needs at various levels

8. WEAKNESSES (Cont.) Services in some regions not enough, accessible/ available and effective Lack of in-house (service providers) knowledge across service areas (prevention, care, treatment Relationship with the MoHSS not strong No enough information about children (Database on OVC)

9. WEAKNESSES (Cont.) Uncoordinated efforts of NGO/FBO/CBO in different regions providing services leading to duplication and resource wastage. Coordinating bodies such as RACOCS are not strong in many areas Indicators for protection not clear at sector and lower levels

10. WEAKNESSES (Cont.) Learning across organizations/ Best practices not shared in a coherent strategic way that results in focused and consolidated programming Older OVC/Youths hard to reach Minimal focus on pre-school such as babies; ( important for school preparation, early health issues, linkage to HIV treatment for positives)

11. OPPOTUNITIES Opportunity to build on strong Government Commitment e.g. # of children on social grants. % of children attending primary care ( not secondary) Opportunity to build on FBO philosophy commitment and structures Opportunity to build on new Quality Standards in OVC + in home health care Many NGOs are multi-faceted, so the opportunity is there to easily link prevention and treatment There are many small ad-hoc initiatives and the desire to help a needy child leading to the opportunity to generate more local support from community members, local civic organizations and private sector -

12. OPPORTUNITIES/Cont. Volunteer commitment and compassion can be harnessed Policy and strategic frameworks facilitate opportunities for scaling up interventions/ initiatives Active donor /development partner involvement Monitoring and Evaluation and technical advisors seconded to Ministry of Gender Equality and Child welfare -

13. THREATS Lack of coordination amongst government agencies and NGOs/ FBOs/ CBOs No volunteer incentives to support monitoring functions Lack /poor/no IGAs in place for sustainability Lack of uniformity in the implementation of services

14. THREATS Lack of coordination/ collaboration of CEOs on National level to take on quality leadership to influence structures at all levels. (NGOs/CBOs/ FBOs are best placed to promote participation, coordination and referral to Govt. agencies to maximize holistic services) Labour Laws and voluntarism issues

15. RECOMMENDATIONS 1.Design care + support program looking for opportunities to integrate prevention into OVC programs 2. Take a holistic approach to OVC needs. (Taking a common sense approach and need for adoption of minimum standards of care for OVC) 3. Involve responsible Ministries for effective coordination of the various implementers. e.g. MOE, MY&S etc through the Permanent Task Force on OVC in the MGECW 4. More household-centered family approaches. Focus on family but insure referral system is in place

16. RECOMMENDATIONS/ Cont. 5. Engage in long-term approaches/strategies (focus on sustainability and linking interventions with costed/ funded higher level sector strategies. 6. Identify strengths of NGOs and use these as service leader trainers ( capitalize on the complementarily of implementers 7. Provide services where needed equitably 8. Need for mentorship for OVC 9. Strengthen service areas that control alcohol consumption

17. RECOMMENDATIONS/Cont. 10. Engage with children (OVC) in the longer term (Strengthen data base) 11. A move should be made to get them coordinated at regular intervals requiring formalized performance reviews, e.g. joint planning, priority setting, etc 12. Need to have indicators for Standards of care deepened and monitored. Thus calling on MGECW as a coordinating ministry to facilitate coordination, standard setting, monitoring and review in a consistent and strategic manner

18. RECOMMENDATIONS/Cont. 13. Need for establishing a system that encourages learning what is happening across organizations/ Best practices. Thus requiring MGECW to reconsider mandate, scope and utility of the OVC PTF which it chairs. 14. Focus on reaching marginalized groups such as street children 15. Strengthen supervision of service delivery

19. RECOMMENDATIONS 16. Establish/ Strengthen networks and coordination structures and management of efficient managements (OVC Forums; follow up; PTF; RACOCs) 17. Improve routine assessment of children and their needs 18. Provide funding for action plans of coordination structures

20. RECOMMENDATIONS/Cont. 19. Strengthen Women/ Children & Protection Unit (WCPU) linkages to service providers, including ministries and NGOs. 20. Linking OVC programs to PMTCT and programs as access points 21. Link OVC data use to programs, increase local and national demand for data 22. Focus on older OVC that are harder to reach e.g. secondary and vocational education, parenting/life skills, leadership skills

21. RECOMMENDATIONS/Cont. 23. Identify and strengthen coordinating mechanisms that could be used to facilitate service delivery to OVC 24. Train and support members of the established Regional and Constituency OVC Forums 25. Monitor and Evaluate activities of the Regional and Constituency OVC Forums