Request support on coordination, information management, integration for nutrition outcomes or technical nutrition in emergencies assistance.
التماس الدعم لتنسيق التغذية وإدارة المعلومات والتغذية في حالات الطوارئ
Demander un appui pour la coordination de la nutrition, la gestion de l'information et la nutrition dans les situations d'urgence
Buscar apoyo para la coordinación de la nutrición, la gestión de la información y la nutrición en situaciones de emergencia
Solicite apoio para coordenação em nutrição, gestão de informação e nutrição em emergências
Strengthening Local Capacity in Mali, Somalia, and Sudan
This project aims to strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of local and national organisational operations, as well as their ability to deliver high quality NiE interventions, while reinforcing their access to and influence within coordination mechanisms.
Background
The Global Nutrition Cluster (GNC), in collaboration with the Mali Nutrition Cluster, the Somalia Nutrition Cluster, and the Sudan Nutrition Cluster, works to strengthen support for local and national organisations working in nutrition in emergencies (NiE).
The GNC and its partners have provided technical support to countries since 2015. Through this experience, the GNC has learned that local and national organisations can benefit from support outside of technical nutrition topics to improve their delivery of high-quality and scalable nutrition programmes.
In response, this project was developed to provide a comprehensive package of support, covering both organisational and NiE technical capacity strengthening, with the aim of reinforcing nutrition interventions for the affected populations and informing the GNC capacity strengthening approach.
Partners of The GNC Focus Country Project
The GNC worked with the following organisational capacity strengthening partners for this project:
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RedR UK | MENA Development Valley | Centimani |
In addition, Action Against Hunger Somalia and Action contre la faim Mali were instrumental in the nutrition in emergency capacity strengthening activities.
Participating Organisations
The following organisations were invited to the project following a transparent application process overseen by a selection committee convened in each country:
MALI
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Association pour la Promotion des femmes et des enfants au Mali (APROFEM) | Groupe de Formation Consultation et Étude (G-FORCE) | Recherche Action pour le Développement de Proximité (GRADP) | Help for Sahel | ONG AVENIR |
SOMALIA
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Banadir Primary Health Care Consortium (BPHCC) | Development and Empowerment for Humanity (DEH) | KAAH Relief and Development Organization (KAAH) | Nomadic Development Organization (NODO) |
SUDAN
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Dar for Community Development (DCD) | National Planning Organization (NPO) | Peace organization for Rural Development (PORD) | Sahari Organization for Development (SAHARI) |
Capacity Strengthening: Assessment & Activities
The participatory capacity assessment process was essential to ensure that activities were prioritised according to what was most valuable for the organisations. In each country, an in-depth capacity assessment tool was used to understand both organisational and NiE strengths, weaknesses, and priorities. Based on this, an overarching capacity strengthening approach was developed to meet some of their priority needs in each country.
Nutrition in Emergencies Capacity Strengthening
The following NiE capacity strengthening activities were provided:
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5-day in-person training on Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition 2-day in-person training on Nutrition Information Systems 3-day in-person training on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Follow-up job shadowing on the Management of malnutrition cases with medical complications | 5-day in-person training on Social and Behaviour Change 3-day in-person training on Gender Mainstreaming Ongoing: Follow up coaching sessions on Social and Behaviour Change Follow up coaching sessions on Gender Mainstreaming | Upcoming! |
Organisational Capacity Strengthening
The following organisational capacity strengthening activities were provided:
MALI | SOMALIA | SUDAN |
5-session online training on Monitoring and Evaluation 6-session online training on Proposal Writing for Resource Mobilisation 4-session online training on Human Resources | 6-session online training on Proposal and Report Writing 1-day in-person workshop on Human Resources 3-day in-person training on Security Management for Humanitarians 3-day in-person training on Logistics and Supply Chain Management Follow up coaching sessions on Developing Critical Security Documents and Systems and Logistics and Supply Chain Management | 3-session online training on Funding and Resource Mobilisation 3-session online training on Communications, Advocacy, and External Relations 5-session online training on Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning Follow up coaching sessions on Team Building and Project Management |
Feedback from Participants
“I changed my approach to communicating with community members based on the communication methodology I was trained in.” – Participant in the Communications, Advocacy, and External Relations training
“The skills acquired are very important for the very future of our organization.” – Representative of ONG AVENIR
“I’ve picked up useful strategies to deal with challenges in my field. All this has set me up for further learning and growth in this area.” – Participant in the Logistics and Supply Chain training
“The training was well understood, learnt different and important lessons which will go back to the community and benefit.” – Participant in the SBC training
“The advisor used all his expertise to listen, understand and make proposals. He also insisted on the hands on participation of all” – Representative of G-Force
“Our NGO has been able to adopt a financial management and programmatic system for reporting and financing thanks to these trainings.” – Representative of NPO
“Group discussions provided an opportunity to exchange experiences with partners.” – Representative of PORD
Learning
Below you can explore various learning pieces connected to this project.
Strengthening LNA Leadership in Sudan’s Nutrition Response
Joint Reflections on Strengthening Local Capacity for Nutrition in Emergencies in Mali