A Capacity Needs Assessment (CNA) was planned, organized and conducted under the auspices of the Uganda Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) CORE Initiatives Project. The purpose of the assessment was to determine MGLSD and district management and operational capacity needs in providing leadership and coordination, and monitoring and evaluating the national response to OVC and AB/Y.
A total of eight districts were assessed and they included Bundibugyo, Bushenyi, Rukungiri, Kanungu, Kapchorwa, Kitgum, Lira, Masaka, Masindi and Pader. Analysis of the assessment findings formed the basis for the current capacity grading of MGLSD and the eight districts.
A modified competency profiling tool was designed and used to collect data from offices directly related to OVC and ABY in MGLSD and the districts. A guided questionnaire was developed to interview other key respondents (who were not targeted for CP) from the MGLSD, other ministries, bilateral and multilateral agencies, NGOs, CBOs and Local Government officials. This was done to give a holistic picture of the planning, budgeting, coordination, M& E and implementation of the national response to OVC and AB/Y. Information from these respondents was also used to complete the capacity needs picture and to triangulate information from competency profiling. An ID/OD measurement tool was used to measure existing institutional, organizational and technical capacity of MGLSD and the 10 districts assessed.
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