Most importantly, the choice to invest in capital-intensive programming was not balanced with appropriate national capacity development; policy and support frameworks were less developed, and the capacity to maintain the systems was still basic.
The module consists of a series of webinars that will cover some cross-cutting aspects such as information needs, capacity development, policy responses, gender, sustainability and scaling up of good practices in similar ecosystems.
The two university groups and IHS, India were most actively engaged in training and capacity development for policy and decision makers (although given funding constraints HEI, Bangladesh has not been very active in this area recently).
The overall FAO programme in Somalia consists of three pillars, namely 1) resilience; 2) institutional capacity development and policy support; and 3) information for action, which includes early warning systems for food security, nutrition, drought and floods.
Mutually beneficial capacity development and joint policy initiatives across these policy areas could considerably enhance the mainstreaming of DRR in health (WHO 2014).
Identify, capitalize and promote technical support for capacity development actions including policies.
Capacity development process and policy process are widely discussed in the literature as two separate disciplines; they are rarely analyzed systematically together.
Many countries note major challenges in scaling up such practices and promoting them through capacity development and strengthened policy frameworks.
FAO provides support and capacity development to assess policy, legal and institutional arrangements at country level, to propose tailored and feasible solutions that enable the adequate implementation of school food and nutrition complementary interventions and programmes.
Information was collected about continuum-of-care services for maternal, newborn and child health, referral services, training and capacity development, health information systems, policies and guidelines, and organizational priorities.
