scholarly journals HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE HTAsiaLINK NETWORK AND ITS KEY DETERMINANTS OF SUCCESS

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yot Teerawattananon ◽  
Karlena Luz ◽  
Chalarntorn Yothasmutra ◽  
Raoh-Fang Pwu ◽  
Jeonghoon Ahn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
Global Networks ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Systemic Factors ◽  
Building Activities ◽  
Favorable Outlook

Objectives:The aim of this study was to describe the historical development of the HTAsiaLink network, draw lessons for other similar initiatives globally, and to analyze key determinants of its success and challenges for its future development.Methods:This study is based on the collective and direct experiences of the founding members of the HTAsiaLink Network. Data were collected from presentations they made at various international forums and additional information was reviewed. Data analysis was done using the framework developed by San Martin-Rodriguez et al.Results and Conclusions:HTAsiaLink is a network of health technology assessment (HTA) agencies in Asia established in 2011 with the aim of strengthening individual and institutional HTA capacity, reducing duplication and optimizing resources, transfer and sharing of HTA-related lessons among members, and beyond. During its 6 years, the network has expanded, initiating several capacity building activities and joint-research projects, raising awareness of the importance of HTA within the region and beyond, and gaining global recognition while establishing relationships with other global networks. The study identifies the determinants of success of the collaboration. The systemic factors include the favorable outlook toward HTA as an approach for healthcare priority setting in countries with UHC mandates. On organizational factors, the number of newly established HTA agencies in the region with similar needs for capacity building and peer-to-peer support was catalytic for the network development. The interactional aspects include ownership, trust, and team spirit among network members. The network, however, faces challenges notably, financial sustainability and management of the expanded network.

scholarly journals Pelatihan Manajemen Keuangan bagi UMKM "Kelompok Binaan Handayani Catering" di Tengah Covid 19

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Ahmad Rudi Yulianto ◽  
Wahyu Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Financial Risk ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Business Sustainability ◽  
Building Activities ◽  
Financial Aspect

MSMEs are an economic driving sector that can contribute greatly to the Indonesian economy. One of the weaknesses of MSMEs is that they still lack knowledge and understanding of financial management, especially when coupled with the Covid-19 epidemic, MSMEs are experiencing various problems, so there needs to be strengthening of MSMEs through various skills so that MSMEs can survive during pandemics and post-pandemics. One of the business groups that is quite affected by Covid-19, is MSMEs engaged in the culinary or food sector, which are indicated to still have weaknesses in the financial aspect. Our MSME partners in community service are handayani catering assisted groups. The PKM team makes efforts to assist the assisted catering groups through mentoring, empowerment and capacity building activities in financial management, starting with providing financial records and bookkeeping as well as various ways to mitigate financial risk. The result of this activity was that the participants began to prepare financial reports and began to implement financial management, especially cash flow, which was previously less of a concern. Participants were greatly helped by the preparation of financial reports as an indicator of business sustainability and health.

scholarly journals Farmers’ Beliefs and Concerns about Climate Change: An Assessment from Southern Saudi Arabia

Agriculture ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Bader Alhafi Alotaibi ◽  
Hazem S. Kassem ◽  
Roshan K. Nayak ◽  
Muhammad Muddassir
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Natural Change ◽  
Building Activities

Climate change constitutes a major threat to agricultural production, food security, and natural resource management. Saudi Arabia is particularly susceptible to increasing temperatures and extreme climatic events, such as arid weather and drought. The purpose of this study is to assess farmers’ beliefs and concerns as regards climate change. Extensive interviews were conducted with 164 farmers in the Jazan region. Results revealed that 89.6% of the farmers believed that climate change is due to human activities and 93.3% believed that it is because of natural change. Seventy-five percent of the farmers were concerned about insects and 73% about the prevalence of weeds on their farms. Findings of cluster analysis revealed that farmers who are more likely to believe in climate change are more in agreement with the role of extension services in capacity building. Farmers’ beliefs about climate change were significantly influenced by membership of agricultural cooperatives, access to loans, use of extension services, age, farm size, and level of soil fertility. Access to loans was the only significant factor to explain the differences in farmers’ concerns. These results suggest the need for capacity-building activities targeted at improving farmers’ adaptability to manage climate variability.

Establishment of an Administered Account for Interim Holdings of Voluntary Contributions for Fund Activities and Establishment of a Framework Administered Account for Selected Fund Activities - Subaccount for the Administration of Selected Smaller-Scale Capacity Building Activities

Policy Papers ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 (87) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Government Debt ◽  
Fiscal Consolidation ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
General Government ◽  
Building Activities

This paper identifies policy tools to support fiscal consolidation in the years ahead. Its starting point is the analysis in the recent Board papers describing strategies for fiscal consolidation (IMF, 2010a, 2010b), which showed that on current trends, general government debt in advanced countries would rise 36 percentage points of GDP during 2007–14, and that age-related spending (health and pension) would rise rapidly later, further adding to fiscal pressures. Trends are more favorable in emerging economies, but adjustments are needed there too.

scholarly journals Capacity building for conservation: problems and potential solutions for sub-Saharan Africa

Oryx ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. O'Connell ◽  
O. Nasirwa ◽  
M. Carter ◽  
K. H. Farmer ◽  
M. Appleton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Protected Area Management ◽  
New Methods ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Stakeholder Workshop ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Building Activities ◽  
Multi Stakeholder ◽  
New Research

AbstractTo achieve their conservation goals individuals, communities and organizations need to acquire a diversity of skills, knowledge and information (i.e. capacity). Despite current efforts to build and maintain appropriate levels of conservation capacity, it has been recognized that there will need to be a significant scaling-up of these activities in sub-Saharan Africa. This is because of the rapid increase in the number and extent of environmental problems in the region. We present a range of socio-economic contexts relevant to four key areas of African conservation capacity building: protected area management, community engagement, effective leadership, and professional e-learning. Under these core themes, 39 specific recommendations are presented. These were derived from multi-stakeholder workshop discussions at an international conference held in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2015. At the meeting 185 delegates (practitioners, scientists, community groups and government agencies) represented 105 organizations from 24 African nations and eight non-African nations. The 39 recommendations constituted six broad types of suggested action: (1) the development of new methods, (2) the provision of capacity building resources (e.g. information or data), (3) the communication of ideas or examples of successful initiatives, (4) the implementation of new research or gap analyses, (5) the establishment of new structures within and between organizations, and (6) the development of new partnerships. A number of cross-cutting issues also emerged from the discussions: the need for a greater sense of urgency in developing capacity building activities; the need to develop novel capacity building methodologies; and the need to move away from one-size-fits-all approaches.

scholarly journals Developing mental health research in sub-Saharan Africa: capacity building in the AFFIRM project

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Schneider ◽  
K. Sorsdahl ◽  
R. Mayston ◽  
J. Ahrens ◽  
D. Chibanda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Building Activities ◽  
Building Program ◽  
Short Courses

BackgroundThere remains a large disparity in the quantity, quality and impact of mental health research carried out in sub-Saharan Africa, relative to both the burden and the amount of research carried out in other regions. We lack evidence on the capacity-building activities that are effective in achieving desired aims and appropriate methodologies for evaluating success.MethodsAFFIRM was an NIMH-funded hub project including a capacity-building program with three components open to participants across six countries: (a) fellowships for an M.Phil. program; (b) funding for Ph.D. students conducting research nested within AFFIRM trials; (c) short courses in specialist research skills. We present findings on progression and outputs from the M.Phil. and Ph.D. programs, self-perceived impact of short courses, qualitative data on student experience, and reflections on experiences and lessons learnt from AFFIRM consortium members.ResultsAFFIRM delivered funded research training opportunities to 25 mental health professionals, 90 researchers and five Ph.D. students across 6 countries over a period of 5 years. A number of challenges were identified and suggestions for improving the capacity-building activities explored.ConclusionsHaving protected time for research is a barrier to carrying out research activities for busy clinicians. Funders could support sustainability of capacity-building initiatives through funds for travel and study leave. Adoption of a train-the-trainers model for specialist skills training and strategies for improving the rigor of evaluation of capacity-building activities should be considered.

scholarly journals Views of medical residents on a research training program: a qualitative study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Abi Khalil ◽  
Gladys Honein-AbouHaidar ◽  
Dina El Achi ◽  
Lara Al-Hakim ◽  
Hani Tamim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Graduate Training ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Building Activities

Abstract Background The American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) developed the Fellowship and Residency Research Program (FRRP) to provide residents and clinical fellows with a supervised and structured research experience. Objective To explore the views of FRRP participants about the training program and how to enhance it. Methods We conducted a qualitative study targeting residents in one of the post-graduate training programs at AUBMC. We invited potential participants through email and via snowball sampling. We continued the data collection until we reached data saturation. We used a thematic analysis to identify emerging themes. Results Four themes emerged from the content analysis: expectations of residents, coordination, mentorship, and capacity building. Residents expected the FRRP to provide them with capacity building activities in conducting research since they perceived themselves as novice researchers. In terms of coordination, few residents complained that the deadlines to submit the deliverables are not evenly distributed across the years, so they suggested moving the deadlines earlier to give more time to address any challenges. In terms of mentorship, participants appreciated the flexibility in choosing the mentor and the ability to choose their own research question in agreement with their mentor, however, they thought that there were few faculty members who conducted research and some lacked commitment due to either being busy or travelling, resulting in the slowing of their progress. In terms of capacity building activities, the participants found the lecture series, both real time and virtual, to be helpful and they were satisfied with the topics of the lectures. Finally, participants pointed out that the FRRP program is very supportive and most of them thought it should be mandatory. Conclusion In order to provide residents and clinical fellows with a supervised and structured research experience, we have built on our findings to introduce several changes to our program such as ensuring the availability and commitment of faculty mentors, providing capacity building activities to the program participants and revising the program educational offerings to better cover the ABCs of research using mostly interactive and hands on sessions.

scholarly journals Diagnosis and education for a better future in Uganda

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-73
Author(s):  
Natasha Kopitsis
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Strategic Partnerships ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Local Impact ◽  
Improve Access

Abstract Since 2005, the Novo Nordisk Haemophilia Foundation (NNHF; www.nnhf.org) has worked in collaboration with local partners and internationally renowned experts to improve access to haemophilia care. The NNHF has identified three areas on which to focus its activities in order to create impact where it is most needed: capacity building, diagnosis and registry, and education and empowerment. Underpinning these focus areas are targeted awareness creation activities and the development of strategic partnerships, which enable and facilitate local impact creation through empowered community advocates and authority engagement. NNHF supports fellowships, local development projects, and recognises extraordinary achievements via the annual ‘NNHF Project of the Year Award’ and the ‘NNHF Community Award’. Raising awareness of haemophilia in Uganda was the NNHF global fundraiser in 2015. This article summarises how the donations raised were used to establish diagnosis and education for a better future for Uganda’s haemophilia patients.

scholarly journals PENINGKATAN KAPASITAS FASILITATOR SURVEILANS VEKTOR DEMAM BERDARAH DENGUE DI KOTA SALATIGA

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
Aryani Pujiyanti ◽  
Riyani Setiyaningsih ◽  
Wiwik Trapsilowati ◽  
Anggi Septia Irawan ◽  
Muhammad Choirul Hidajat
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Hemorrhagic Fever ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Interactive Methods ◽  
System Response ◽  
Vector Surveillance ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Building Activities

Distribution of  Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever case in Salatiga in 2011 - 2015 showed wide expansion of the case. Dinas Kesehatan Kota Salatiga in collaboration with B2P2VRP performed capacity building of vector surveillance facilitators using interactive method as an early warning system response to the spread of DHF transmission. Facilitators were cadres and teachers who were expected to optimize larval monitoring activities in family and at school. The stydy objective was to measure level of knowledge of facilitators before and after receiving capacity building activities. Research was conducted at Kelurahan Gendongan and Tingkir Tengah with data collection in February - September 2014. The research was an intervention study with one group pre-post test without control design. The result showed that capacity building could increase knowledge of both the facilitator (PSN cadres and teachers) before and after the intervention. There was no difference of post test knowledge level between cadre group and teacher. Capacity building activities with interactive methods can increase participants' knowledge with different educational background. The health office was recommended to use interactive methods in refreshing DBD vector surveillance materials on cadres and teachers to improve the sustainability of community participation in other kelurahan in larva surveys.

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