| Capacity building and
expertise: the multiplier effect |
The Project contributed positively to the
national capacity building in Adolescent Reproductive
Health of 47 BS/GG Commissioners ( 24 GG) of the partner
boy scout and girl guide association in the above
mentioned countries through the five regional training
workshops on Adolescent Reproductive Health, the Narrative
Research on Adolesce nt
RH/SH Behavior Patterns, Elaboration of RH/IEC materials,
and ARH Counseling Skills Training respectively. Moreover,
the 7 sub-regional workshops expanded this capacity
building to 108 girl guide leaders and 208 boy scout
leaders from Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, Algeria, Jordan,
Sudan, Gaza Strip & West Bank, Lebanon, Bahrain and the
United Arab Emirates.
In addition to the above and at no cost to the Project,
training at the national and local levels in the seven
selected countries (Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco,
Sudan, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates) further
expanded capacity building to 2616 girl guides and 2070
boy scouts.
The Scout Movement’s expertise in ARH received
recognition. The Regional Project Coordinator was invited
by WHO to participate in three regional meetings on
adolescent health: WHO/EMRO Adolescent Health Regional
Committee ( Tunisia Oct.1999), WHO/EMRO Adolescent Health
Counseling Expert Group Meeting (Lebanon Dec. 1999) and
the NGOs Committee of the 47th session of EMRO Regional
Health Assembly (Cairo Oct 2000).
In recognition of the leading role played by the Bahrain
Girl Guide Association in this field , both in terms of
organization capacity and substantive educational inputs,
the National Counter Part of RMI/98/P01 Ms. Fai’qa Amine
has been selected as member of the Adolescence Health
Committee at the request of the chairperson of MCH
Planning Division at the Ministry of Health, in view of Ms
Amine’s active involvement with adolescent girls and her
significant contribution in the field of adolescence
health. The Bahrain Girl Guides Association has become a
partner in adolescent health promotion and education
activities implemented by MOH with seed money from
WHO/EMRO.
Dr. Al-Zaouri from Tunisia, participated as an expert in
the meeting of the committee on school medicine and
integration of RH education in schools ( Tunis 24-25 April
2000).
In short, partnership with the Scout Movement proved to be
extremely cost effective, rewarding, and the best
investment. |
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