Health Systems 20/20 Year 3 Annual Report
Vision: Heath Systems 20/20’s vision is to strengthen key regional and country-level organizations – NGOs, research institutions, networks, consulting firms, and others – that are essential to supporting health systems in their respective countries and regions. Health Systems 20/20 uses a “whole system” approach by developing capacity in the full range of organizational competencies in areas such as leadership and management, management systems, resource mobilization, organizational governance, and technical expertise. The approach draws from the best practices of organizational development, starting with an assessment to identify needs based on the core competencies and ending with an explicit plan to sustain the improvements. The improvements in the organizations with which we work will be measurable and sustainable.
Strategy: The strategy in Years 1-3 was to develop the project’s approach to institutional capacity building, identify country and regional organizations that support health systems strengthening (HSS), and design and implement institutional strengthening activities. This approach resulted in 13 activities focused on institutional capacity building. In Year 4, Health Systems 20/20 will continue to implement existing activities as well as any new ones that arise. Also in Year 4, the project will begin a concerted effort to capture lessons learned and best practices in institutional capacity building in those activities that are nearing completion and disseminate these lessons to a broader audience both within the USAID community and outside.
