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2002-2012 and beyond
By Phangisile Mtshali Manciya
Director: Corporate Philanthropy
Beijing November 2, 2012
Proven
methods
and
approaches
Vibrant,
capacitated &
innovative
Civil society/
non-profit orgs
Harmonised
actions
& an
enabling
environment
Capacitated
Health care
providers &
supportive
industry
Active and
disease aware
patients
&
communities
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Harnessing &
replicating lessons
& impactful
approaches
Improving
patient
knowledge and
self care
Centres of
Excellence for
Communitybased
HBC/HCV
programmes
Mainstreaming
Hepatitis info and
activities
Translating
research to
actions
Building capacity
for lay &
professional
health workers
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Whatever the a Centre of Excellence (CoE) should, at a
: most basic level can consist of:
◦ A team of people that promote collaboration and
◦ using best practices around a specific focus area to drive their
clear mandate results.
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The team could be staffed with full- or part-time or
strategic alliance members.
◦ “Competency Centre”
◦ “Capability Centre”
 Support
 Guidance
 Shared Learning
 Measurements
 Governance
 Armed with evidence of
 Experience and expertise in their area of focus
 Impactful and successful models and
 Transferable technologies and
 and ability to mobilise resources
 Support: CoE’s should offer support to the others.
This may be through services needed, or providing
subject matter experts or both
 Guidance: For standards, methodologies, tools and
knowledge banks are typical approaches to filling this
need.
 Shared Learning: Training and certifications, skill
assessments, team building and formalized roles are
all ways to encourage shared learning.
 Measurements: CoEs should be able to demonstrate they are
delivering the valued results that justified their creation
 Governance: Allocating limited resources (money, people,
technology etc.) across all their possible use is an important
function of CoEs.
 Should ensure organizations / decision makers invest in the
most valuable projects and
 create economies of scale for their service offering.
 In addition, coordination across other organizational/
country/sector interests is needed to enable the CoE to
deliver value
 Medium to long-term
commitment/relation/partnership
 Improved Project Management systems and practice
 Sustainability
 Legacy – especially disseminating and embedding
outcomes
Challenges
 Resources?
 How to reach scale
 Mandate and policy environment
HIV
Program in Africa
www.securethefuture.com/faculty
Made up of our previous grantees
Identified special expertise and models – tried,
tested
 A lot of time to package what is offered
 Flexibility in resources and design to adapt
models, services, offering according to those
seeking them
Use of technology to facilitate delivery and
communication
Do we have
what it
takes?