Pact Vietnam has launched an organizational capacity building strategy to help strengthen local organizations in a sustainable way. The strategy is assessment-based, peer-connected, demand-driven, and customized. It uses Pact's globally recognized Organizational Capacity Assessment methodology which involves a participatory self-assessment, action planning, and monitoring progress over multiple years. By addressing both technical and organizational capacities, Pact aims to develop more viable local organizations that can better manage health issues independently in the long run. Key challenges include balancing customization with reach and ensuring local buy-in for capacity building.

1. Supporting Organizational Capacity Development for Enhanced Efficacy & SustainabilityPact Vietnam’s Approach

2. BackgroundDerived from global best practice, Pact’s worldwide mandate & our local experience:Recognition that technical competency and overall organizational health are inextricable

3. A development hypothesis that promoting organizational viability& efficacy will lead to more sustainable VNGOs that are better able to manage the national response independent of donor trends / funds

4. Increasing awareness that health sector VNGOs and CBOs have potential to provide inroads into civil society development in Vietnam writ largeOrganizational Capacity Building StrategyLaunched in 2008Shift to a more systematic approach to capacity building that recognizes technical capacity development cannot be addressed in isolation from other foundational organizational capacitiesPact Vietnam Programmatic Approach

5. Our ApproachCoordinated partnership approach (HPI, VSO, Care, SNV / LCDF, etc)Assessment-basedPeer- connectedDemand-drivenCustomizedIterativeLook globally, adapt locallyGuiding Principles

6. Our ApproachKey Features

7. Pact’s Globally Recognized Organizational Capacity Assessment Methodology (OCA)Process overview: Participatory tool design

8. Guided self-assessment

9. Results debrief & action planning

10. Drafting of organizational strengthening plan (OSP)