 
Arusha, Tanzania, May 19-23, 2008
Course brochure (PDF, 962Kb)  | Woman and child living with HIV/AIDS |
To ensure that financial resources for HIV/AIDS are used efficiently and effectively for the benefit of those intended, good governance is increasingly being recognized as a critical component of HIV/AIDS programs. In collaboration with the Tanzanian Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS), the World Bank delivered a five day capacity building workshop in Arusha, Tanzania, on May 19-23. The workshop, which was opened by the Honorable Philip Marmo, Minister of State, sought to enhance the capacity of local actors to build transparent systems for effectively monitoring the allocation and management of financial resources and supplies for HIV/AIDS activities through improved transparency, accountability, information flow and coordination. This workshop scaled-up a pilot program - held in Arusha, Tanzania, in October, 2007 - by targeting the remaining 12 of 22 regions in Tanzania, while also adding the Rapid Results Approach (RRA) methodology to the workshop in order to accelerate program implementation. Participants - including Tanzanians from local government, public and private institutions, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders in the planning, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting of HIV/AIDS activities -not only came away with a better understanding of governance and improved planning skills, but they also developed 100-day District Action Plans to strengthen governance and reinvigorate program activities. The RRA methodology is typically applied to projects or programs when implementation is slow and not progressing as originally planned. The World Bank Institute has collaborated with the Government of Tanzania in the past to apply the RRA in its health sector with remarkable success. In 2003, the Government of Tanzania’s $70 million HIV/AIDS Project was approved and by the Mid-Term Review, in March 2006, only 28% of the total grant had been disbursed. After the application of the RRA initiated in September 2006, the project was able to disburse 40% of the grant within 100 days. The experience underscores the essence of using RRA in setting short-term realistic goals as a step towards achieving overall project objectives. The participants and facilitators will re-group in 100 days to discuss the results of the implementation period and develop annual action plans with costed, quarterly benchmarks and activities based on lessons learned. For more information, please visit |
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