Documents - Workshop

Objectives:

• To discuss how sustainability fits into the current PVO and USAID environments.
• To provide feedback to CSTS+, CORE, and USAID on the appropriateness and feasibility of a proposed interactive project evaluation assistant for CSHGP projects, linked to an indicator database, focusing on progress toward sustainable child health.
• To offer specific recommendations on how the PVO community can advance the present body of evidence on progress toward sustainability in community-based PHC programs.

Welcome and Introduction:

Historical Context and Objectives of the Meeting
– Leo Ryan, CSTS+

Environmental Scan
PVOs/NGOs’ global role, impact, and positioning
– Karen LeBan, CORE
– Sheila Lutjens, CSHGP/USAID

Situation of evaluation questions about PVO efforts towards sustainable child health
– Eric Sarriot

Current M&E questions across CORE Working Groups and state of current efforts to address them
– Eric Swedberg, chair of the Social and Behavior Change working group

Question and answer, group discussion

Proposition for next steps
Child Survival Sustainability Online Assistant and Database: A Proposed Approach to Advancing the Sustainability Agenda
– Eric Sarriot, (CSTS+)

Question and Answer, Group Discussion/Preview of Afternoon Dialogue
– Small Group Activity

Recommendations for CSSOAD and Other Strategies for Advancing Sustainability
– Plenary

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