8 remoteness of their project sites. During the next reporting period, BALANCED will work
closely with these seed grant recipients to finalize the model and develop sustainability plans. Lastly, with remaining funds from our USAID Asia Bureau buy-in, BALANCED began drafting
an integrated, PHE-like glacier melt vulnerability resilience GMVR tool for use by USAID in its programming in the Central Asia Republic CAR outline of the tool and its purpose had
been pre-approved by USAID Asia Bureau. During this reporting period we also were able to leverage US 6,500 from partners to attend conferences.
The summary below describes how the BALANCED Project team has progressed in achieving its vision and implementing its strategic approach for advancing and supporting wider use of
effective PHE approaches worldwide, while acknowledging the limited financial and human resources to implement this vision. Each section on the individual IRs describes: activities
implemented during this reporting period; performance monitoring data; and priorities for the next six months. Although reported by IR, the activities have strong synergies, are closely linked
to each other, and contribute collectively to the Project’s overarching vision and goal. The final sections include management opportunities and challenges, the comprehensive performance
monitoring plan PMP table and annexes.
IR1 Capacity built for integrated PHE implementation
The BALANCED Project’s overall capacity building goal is to enable PHE practitioners to plan, implement and monitor effective PHE activities and become resources to their organization,
region andor country. During this reporting period, we began turning capacity building over to many of our PHE practitioners, while continuing to build the capacity of organizations still
developing their PHE model. In addition to planning the 2013 Africa PHE course, we continued to provide post-training support to select BALANCED trainees who requested technical support
to strengthen or finalize their PHE interventions. This support was designed to ensure that ownership of the PHE process is transferred to our partner organizations. Details of capacity
building support provided during this reporting period are described below.
1.1 Build capacity of champion NGOs in Africa on PHE
Building on CRC’s June 2012 course entitled “Building Coastal Community Resilience: Population, Health and Environment Dimensions,” BALANCED will be implementing the
Africa Regional PHE course from February 18 to 28, 2013. This intensive 10-day course for professionals working in population, health andor environment in Africa is designed so that
“[existing] cadres of competent PHE practitioners from Africa are promoting PHE approaches that simultaneously support family planning and conservation and[how to]work collaboratively
with other groups to apply PHE knowledge and state-of-the art practices….
” The venue is Bagamoyo, Tanzania where the TCMP office is located, and where CRC has integrated PHE into
their Pwani Project. This course uses a fee-based model, whereby participants are requested to pay “tuition” or a “fee” to cover the costs of the training course, lodging, meals and local
transportation. A limited number of tuition andor travel scholarships will also be provided to participants unable to pay the full costs of attending the program. The more paying participants
there are, the more scholarships will be available.
9 During this reporting period, we completed the following tasks in preparation for the course:
• Selected Glenn Ricci, Coastal Management SpecialistCRC, and Janet Edmond, BALANCED Advocacy and Communications Deputy DirectorCI as the course lead
coordinators; Mrs. Ms. Lucy Shillingi, Pathfinder Country representative for Uganda and HOPE-LVB Project Director, and Mr. Juma Dyegula, BALANCED PHE Coordinator in
Tanzania, as co-trainers; and other TCMP staff working on BALANCED activities to help co-lead key sessions, as appropriate.
• Together with the coordinatorsco-trainers and Joan Castro, BALANCED PHE Technical Assistance Lead PTAL, adapted the June 2012 course training modules and session
plans to the African context. • In addition to developing course brochures and distributing them to key non-
governmental organizations NGOs and institutions implementing or interested in the PHE approach, BALANCED advertised the course multiple times on the PHE listserv
and Africa PHE listserv. Also, during her November 2012 trip to Africa, the BALANCED Project Director personally visited VEDCO, BMCT, Pathfinder, Deutsche
Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung DSW Uganda and Kenya and Family Health International 360FHI Kenya to promote the course.
• Recruited five participants to the course the goal is 15 - 18 participants
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. Results from Activity 1.1:
• None to date
1.2 Provide on-going support to BALANCED trainees and PHE practitioners
