December 8, 2004

Embassy of the United States of America
Belgrade

USAID Workshop Builds Capacity for Monitoring Family Planning and Reproductive Health Activities

Keith Simmons, Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Serbia and Montenegro, will open a three-day training workshop for program monitors involved in USAID-funded family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) activities. The opening ceremony will occur at 15:00 on December 9 at the Hotel Jugoslavija in Belgrade.

The workshop is made possible by the American people through USAID and its Community Revitalization through Democratic Action (CRDA) program, implemented in Serbia by five American organizations: ACDI/VOCA, ADF, CHF International, IRD, and Mercy Corps. Organized by CHF International, the training workshop brings together monitors working with all five CRDA implementers in order to establish a common standard for measuring Family Planning and Reproductive Health activities throughout Serbia.

The workshop will train 50 Family planning and Reproductive Health program monitors to increase their ability to supervise program activities, help and improve performance, contribute to the effectiveness of the activities, stimulate progress through project development, and ensure that the CRDA program is implemented with maximum impact. The training will focus on the assessment of factors such as outputs, partnerships, policy development, dialog, advocacy and coordination.

To date, the American people, through USAID and the CRDA program, have donated over $3 million in increased access to family planning and reproductive health services in participating Serbian communities. The American people, through USAID and its CRDA partners, will continue to engage people throughout the country to help individuals become better informed citizens capable of making informed choices about family planning and reproductive health and improve their quality of life for themselves, their families and the community at large.

For more information about the training workshop please contact Jasna Uzelac Braunovic by telephone 011/3672 597, 3672 809 or 660 396, via e-mail juzelac@chfserbia.org or visit the websites www.zdravlje.chfserbia.org and www.sada.usaid.org.yu.

8. decembar 2004.

Ambasada Sjedinjenih Američkih Država
Beograd

USAID-ova radionica za razvijanje kapaciteta monitoringa aktivnosti programa Planiranje porodice i reproduktivno zdravlje

Keith Simmons, direktor misije Američke agencije za međunarodni razvoj (USAID) u Srbiji i Crnoj Gori otvoriće trodnevnu radionicu za monitore USAID-ovog programa „Planiranje porodice i reproduktivno zdravlje“ (PP/RZ) iz cele Srbije. Svečano otvaranje počeće u 15:00 h, 9. decembra 2004. u hotelu Jugoslavija u Beogradu.

Radionica je omogućena zahvaljujući američkom narodu putem USAID-ovog CRDA programa (Obnova zajednice putem demokratske akcije), koji u Srbiji sprovodi pet američkih organizacija ACDI/VOCA, ADF, CHF International, IRD i Mercy Corps. Radionicu je organizovao USAID-ov partner CHF International. Ova radionica će okupiti sve monitore koji rade sa pet CRDA partnera kako bi odredili zajedničke standarde za merenje rezultata i uticaja programa Planiranje porodice i reproduktivno zdravlje u celoj Srbiji.

Radionica će obučiti 50 PP/RZ monitora programa kako da bolje nadgledaju aktivnosti, pomognu i unaprede aktivnosti i izvršenje programa, kako da doprinesu efektivnijim aktivnostima, stimulišu napredak kroz razvoj projekta i obezbede da CRDA program bude sproveden uz maksimalni uticaj. Trening će se fokusirati na proceni različitih faktora kao što su dobijeni rezlutati, partnerstva, kreiranje zdravstvene politike, poboljšanje dijaloga, javno zastupanje i koordinacija.

Do danas je američki narod putem USAID-a preko CRDA programa uložio preko 3 miliona dolara za poboljšanje pristupa u oblasti usluga PP/RZ u lokalnim zajednicama koje učestvuju u programu u zajednicama širom Srbije. Američki narod putem USAID-a i CRDA partnera nastaviće da angažuje građane širom Srbije. Stvaranje boljih uslova u oblasti pružanja usluga PP/RZ u mestima koje učestvuju u programu, učiniće da pojedinci budu bolje informisani građani sposobni da donose promišljene odluke o PP/RZ i da poboljšaju kvalitet svog života, života svojih porodica i zajednice u celini.

Za više informacija o ovoj aktivnosti kontaktirajte Jasnu Uzelac Braunović putem telefona: 011/ 3672 597, 3672 809 i 660 396, e-mail: juzelac@chfserbia.org ili posetite: www.zdravlje.chfserbia.org i www.sada.usaid.org.yu.