Project profile — Strengthening the NGO Coordination Unit

• South Africa (100.00%)

• Population Policies/Programmes And Reproductive Health: STD control including HIV/AIDS (13040) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (significant objective)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This project ended ahead of schedule for administrative reasons. The objective of the project is to strengthen the capacity of the national NGO Coordination Unit which operates within the HIV/AIDS and TB Directorate of the Ministry of Health. The Unit provides grants to HIV and AIDS non-governmental organizations (NGOs), who deliver services in the areas of HIV and AIDS prevention, and care, treatment and support. The CIDA contribution funds only the capacity building of this Unit. The Government of South Africa provides the grants to the NGOs. CIDA's support in enhancing the capacity of the NGO Coordination Unit to develop and implement operational and management frameworks results in: i) improved intra-departmental coordination and capacity of national and provincial NGO Coordination Unit's which facilitates increased accessibility to Government's grantmaking process; and ii) improved capacity and skills development of non-governmental and community-based organizations to provide HIV/AIDS quality care provision in the key areas of prevention and treatment, care and support.

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Results as of April 2009 include: 35 NGOs have been briefed about the Non-governmental Organizations Coordination Unit (NGOCU)'s functioning procedures in the three provinces of Free State, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape; 465 delegates have attended NGO Funding Guideline workshops; 60 Community based organizations from Free State have been trained in gender awareness.

• Proactive disclosure