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15 highlighting partner skill sets and other relevant work to date, as well as laying out donor hopes and expectations for the project. • Fajans and Ghiron also helped facilitate the four-day PHE Program Design Workshop organized by BALANCED in Dakar see activity 1.2. During the workshop, Fajans and Ghiron gave a session called “Applying the ExpandNetWHO scaling-up framework, tools and approaches.” They also assisted the HOPE - LVB-participants to: 1 develop a conceptual framework for the project; 2 review, discuss and refine the project goal, objectives and activities; and 3 establish results chains for the desired outcomes. • The ExpandNet team began arranging the first technical assistance visit to the HOPE- LVB sites. This trip, which will include fieldwork and project planning in Kenya and Uganda, is scheduled for January 17-February 7, 2012. A team of four ExpandNet members, including Fajans, Ghiron, Alexis Ntabona and Ruth Simmons will participate in the JanuaryFebruary technical assistance visit. • BALANCED supported the participation of seven HOPE-LVB participants from Pathfinder International, Conservation Through Public Health CTPH, the Ecological Christian Organization ECO and OSIENALA Friends of Lake Victoria – a local NGO at the Senegal PHE Program Design workshop see Activity 1.2 In addition to the technical input provided by the ExpandNet team, BALANCED staff will also provide technical support to the HOPE-LVB Project upon request. No requests have been made to date, as the HOPE-LVB Project is only now beginning to organize itself. Results from Activity 1.5 • ExpandNet Dakar trip report

1.6 Support PHE Champions to attend CRC-CI’s “Building Coastal Community Resilience:

Population, Health and Environment Dimensions” In line with the recommendations from the mid-term evaluation and previous planning discussions, CRC and CI decided to develop a three-week course on PHE and climate change, in order to spur interest in PHE and build field practitioner capacity. The course is scheduled for June 2012, and the course announcement was circulated to the PHE community in August 2011. It is important to note that during Year 4, the BALANCED Project is not providing direct funding for the BALANCED Deputy Directors to contribute their time to course curriculum design, marketing or delivery. Rather, the direct costs for the contributions of Squillante, Torell, and Edmond are funded through other non-BALANCED Project funds of the CRC and CI organizations, and many of these costs are being captured as leveraged funding. However, BALANCED Project resources may contribute in the form of providing input on the curriculum and providing course scholarships. The Project will support the participation of two key PHE champions to attend the course. 16 Again, while not BALANCED-funded, this course is helping respond to the interest of the larger PHE community, and as such is furthering the BALANCED Project mandate to promote the benefits of the integrated PHE approach and to build practitioner awareness of and skills in PHE. During the latter part of this reporting period, the curriculum development team produced a draft framework of the three-week program, with identification of specific resources appropriate for various session plans; identification of possible resource persons to help with design and delivery of various sessions. The BALANCED team also discussed potential PHE champions who BALANCED might support to attend the course and serve as co-designers and co-trainers of a possible BALANCED-funded, hosted, and designed 2013 PHE course in the Project’s final year. Results from Activity 1.6 • NA identification of BALANCED scholarship recipients to the course remains pending IR1 Priorities for Next Reporting Period January 1 to June 30, 2012 The individual listed in bold is the leadindividual responsible for bringing the activity to completion. Supporting team members follow. This is the best estimate at the time of this report, but the lead or other team members may change based on staff availability and other factors. • Provide technical support and mentoring to PHE Program Design participants upon request. Some of this technical support will be provided as part of IR 3 activities. Joan, Ricky, Elin • Provide technical support and mentoring to the PHE Ethiopia consortium as they plan and implement their PHE Partner Implementers workshop Ricky, Joan, Linda • Provide continued technical assistance and mentoring to BALANCED trainees in Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana and the Philippines upon request. Ricky, Joan, Linda • Provide technical support on the development of IEC materials, community-based distribution and peer education, etc. to the HOPE-LVB Project partners upon request and in line with the HOPE-LVB project activities. Joan, Ricky • Identify and invite two participants to CRCCI’s June 2011 “Building Coastal Community Resilience: Population, Health and Environment Dimensions”. Linda, Lesley, Janet IR2 PHE knowledge and tools developed, synthesized, and shared The knowledge management KM element of the BALANCED Project lies at the nexus of IR1, Capacity built for integrated PHE implementation and IR3, Results-oriented PHE field activities implemented in areas of high biodiversity. It draws out the “best of” information and experience generated from Project activities and from other individuals and organizations practicing PHE and synthesizes and disseminates this to trainers, training participants, PHE implementers in the field, the larger PHE community of practice, and donors. The focus is on three key activity areas: 17 • Identify, document, and synthesize knowledge on PHE 2.1 •