9 and Ghana. This post-training support is designed to ensure ownership of the PHE process is
transferred to the organizations. Because of the continuous post-training support over the last couple of years, champion organizations in Zambia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania and the
Philippines are already taking over many of the training activities on their own, which is a key component of our hand-over strategy.
Lastly, building on the recommendation of the mid-term evaluation to develop a signature PHE course, the BALANCED Project began identifying at least two champion leaders to the attend
CRC-CI’s June 2012 course: “Building Coastal Community Resilience: Population, Health and Environment Dimensions.” Those selected will be responsible for conducting a similar course in
East Africa during Year 5 of our project.
1.1 Build capacity of NGOs in the Philippines on PHE Program Design
After several postponements, the 4
th
National PHE Conference, with the theme: “Changing World, Changing Climate: Exploring Population, Health and Environment Links for Effective
Local and Corporate Governance, was conducted in General Santos City from July 27-29, 2011. The PFPI team worked closely with the Philippines PHE Network SIGUE to organize and
facilitate a one-day abridged pre-conference July 27, 2011 PHE Program Design workshop for selected participants from NGOs and government organizations GOs attending the PHE
conference. Workshop participants were selected from a pool of applicants based on the following criteria set by the Project: 1 a staffteam member of government or NGO that has
project funding and is interested in implementing an integrated PHE project; 2 has a current or existing project that they want to adapt to a more integrated PHE approach; or 3 staff person
who is responsible for the planning, programming, managing, or monitoring an environment, health or family planning, or rural development programproject.
Eighteen participants 11 males and 7 females—five government officials and 13 NGO representatives who were currently implementing or planning to implement PHE projects
attended the one-day training. During the workshop, each participant developed herhis own PHE conceptual model and presented it to the group for comments and subsequent revisions.
Being a core member of the PHE network, PFPI also helped to organize the PHE conference. PFPI presented on the BALANCED Project, the results of the policymaker survey conducted for
policymakers with jurisdiction over the Danajon Double Barrier Reef ecoregion in the Central Visayas, and the results of the IPOPCORM operations research. They also chaired a plenary
session. Results from Activity 1.1:
• 18 representatives from NGOs and LGUs trained on PHE Program Design 1.1
• PHE Program Design curriculum adapted for one-day training 3.1
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1.2 Build capacity of NGOs in Africa on PHE Program Design
