Networking HIV/AIDS Community of South Africa: Baseline Capacity Assessment:

The Networking HIV/AIDS Community of South Africa (NACOSA) has commissioned a baseline capacity assessment on the organisations implementing its Orphans and Vulnerable Children Community System Strengthening Project (OVC CSS). The programme was developed in consultation with national and provincial government in six provinces, and seeks to strengthen and expand community support systems for orphans and vulnerable children and their families, using NACOSA’s tested Community Systems Strengthening model. This assessment will serve to inform the current levels of capacity of new partner organisations, and strengthen the knowledge base around the current status of Community Based Organisation (CBO) capacity in South Africa.

The objectives of this assessment are to:

• determine the current status of CBO capacity to deliver efficient, effective, relevant and sustainable OVC interventions to communities in need;
• review the organisational systems, technical capacity, leadership/governance, adaptive and networking/linkages capacity of each CBO; and
• gather data on current community responses and existing systems for supporting vulnerable children and households.