CERHI
AFRICA CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INNOVATION
UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, BENIN CITY, NIGERIA
- Supported by the World Bank and the Association of African Universities (AAU)
Implementation Plan: 2014 – 2018
Address for Correspondence:
Professor Friday E. Okonofua Centre Leader, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology College of Medical Sciences University of Benin, Benin City. Nigeria Email: [email protected] [email protected] Tel: +234 802 3347 828
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE
1 List of content and abbreviations as applicable 3
2 Brief Narrative Summary 4
3 Implementation Arrangements 5
4 Governance Structure Of CERHI (CERHI’s Organogram) 7
5 Incentive structures 11
6 Roles and responsibilities 13
7 Overview Of Planned Outputs, Activities And Cost For First Year 16
8 CERHI Project Timeline (Gantt carts ) 24
9 Environment safeguards (attached) 26
10 Performance Monitoring 26
11 Results Framework 29
12 Detailed Budget 35
13 Detailed Activity Sheets 37-98
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[List of Content and Abbreviations as Applicable]
IAB International Advisory Board
CERHI Center of Excellence in Reproductive Health and Innovations
EMP Environmental Management Plan
MDGs Millennium Development Goals
PMC Project Management Committee
EPMC Expanded Project Management Committee
CCO CERHI Coordinating Office
UNIBEN University of Benin
M. Sc. Masters of Science Degree
MPH Masters in Public Health Degree
PhD Doctor of Philosophy Degree
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1. BRIEF NARRATIVE SUMMARY
Background: Reproductive health (RH) has been defined as: “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of diseases or infirmity of the reproductive system”. RH addresses the reproductive processes, functions and systems at all stages of life, and includes fertility regulation, safe motherhood, infant and child survival, sexually transmitted disease including HIV/AIDS, and the prevention of unsafe abortion. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that RH accounts for about 20% of the global burden of disease. As a result of its effects on population dynamics, its practice is a central consideration in global development. It was therefore not surprising that five of the eight Millennium Development Goals agreed to by world leaders for promoting global development at the turn of the new Millennium were founded on the principles of RH.
A major development challenge in West Africa is the poor state of reproductive health as evidenced by high rates of fertility, maternal mortality, and unsafe abortion in the region. All of the 15 countries in West Africa have some of the lowest contraceptive prevalence rates and high population growth rates in the World, a situation which presents huge economic and social burden with adverse consequences for the region’s growth and development. Nigeria as an example currently has the second highest number of maternal deaths, the highest number of infants’ deaths and the second highest burden of HIV/AIDs in the world. The country also has the highest number of under-aged marriages, gender-based violence, and sex trafficking in Africa. Despite this high burden of reproductive ill-health, Nigeria has yet to integrate RH into its health and educational system due to a deficit of qualified human resource to address this developmental challenge. There are currently limited educational programs that build the capacity of undergraduate and post-graduate students to undertake service delivery and research for the purpose of improving key indicators of RH in the region. There is a need to raise adequate number of human resource to develop and implement appropriate policies and programs for reducing rapid population growth and advancing growth and development in the region. It is only through such efforts that the region will witness genuine growth and planned comprehensive development anytime soon.
Program Goal: The goal of the Centre of Excellence in Reproductive Health Innovation (CERHI) is to build capacity within West Africa’s tertiary educational system for implementing high quality policies and programs for reducing the region’s high burden of fertility, unsafe abortion, maternal mortality and HIV/AIDS. The specific objectives of the Centre include the training of students and technical experts/policymakers in short term courses, Masters and PhDs in disciplines relevant for reducing the high rates of fertility, maternal mortality and HIV/AIDS in the region.
Partnerships: In developing the Centre, the University of Benin (UNIBEN) will seek partnerships with the University of Ibadan, University of Ghana, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigerian Institute for Medical Research and Training (NIMR), University of Benin, Republic of Benin, Harvard University and the Universities of Aberdeen, Toronto, Ottawa, and Alabama at Birmingham. The collaborating Departments at UNIBEN include Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nursing, Public Health, Economics, Sociology and Anthropology, Social Work, and Reproductive Health Law. Specific courses include: reproductive health, public health, nursing, sociology and anthropology, social work, health economics and reproductive health law. Relevant course curricular will be developed, reviewed and taught on a multi-disciplinary basis by regional and international partner institutions. This will include curricular review, training of trainers, exchange of teachers and trainers, joint theses supervision, joint research and publications, and periodic program review and assessments.
UNIBEN will feature programs in the above listed courses. By contrast, the partner institutions will collaborate with CERHI in the courses where they have comparative advantages in terms of technical delivery, so that we can leverage resources and technical skills across national and international boundaries for generating high quality graduates and post-graduates in the field of RH. Specifically, the University of Ibadan will collaborate in short courses and graduate training in Nursing, Sociology 4 and anthropology, health economics and reproductive health law, while the University of Ghana will partner in similar ways in public health and RH courses. The University of Benin (Republic of Benin) will partner with CERHI in training graduates in public health (with concentration on neonatal, perinatal and child health), while the NIMR will partner in Medical Laboratory Sciences and HIV/AIDS research. Ahmadu Bello University will partner in public health, social work and sociology/anthropology.
All regional partner institutions will share revised curricular in relevant courses, but degrees will be awarded individually by different institutions. All activities of regional partners will jointly count towards the Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLIs) to be reported by CERHI. The international partner institutions will similarly be paired with CERHI supported Departments to provide specific technical support and collaboration as well as staff and students exchange. These include: University of Aberdeen (Nursing and public health), Harvard School of Public Health (Reproductive health), University of Toronto (Reproductive health law), and University of Alabama at Birmingham (sociology and anthropology).
Methodology: Under CERHI, short term, Bachelors, Masters and PhD courses in RH, public health, nursing, sociology/anthropology, social work, health economics, and reproductive health law will be re-designed and reviewed at 3 levels: first by the individual departments, followed by a curriculum review workshop involving regional, selected international partners and industry stakeholders and sector planners. Finally, the Departments will team up with identified international partner institutions to finalize the curricular. The idea is to ensure that the curricular meet specific regional development needs, and that they are relevant globally and can be accredited by international accreditation bodies. This is the only way that regional and international students and faculties will be attracted to work or study in CERHI, making it a true Centre of excellence in the discipline. New research protocols will also be developed and staff will be trained to use both the curricular as well as the research protocols. Additionally, staff and students will be recruited from the West African region to boost the international outlook of the program.
Some of the milestones and targets being anticipated as a result of CERHI’s activities include the following: 1) New Masters and PhDs in all disciplines in RH – with target of 50 enrolled Masters/PhDs enrolled annually for a total of 634 by 2018, out of which 151 (24%) will be non-nationals; 2) Staff and students working as interns outside the Universities for short periods – up to ten per year, for a total of 46 (15 staff, 31 students) by 2018; 3) Fifty annual participants in short courses in reproductive health, for a total of 250 participants by 2017; 4) Increased uptake of international students by 5% each year, for a total of at least 15% international enrolled students by year 2018; 5) Additional funds sourced for research and innovation in RH amounting to $800,000 by 2018; and 6) Increased output of scientific papers on RH published in leading international journals.
The University of Benin strongly believes that CERHI will make significant contributions to improving the quality of training of reproductive health professionals in West Africa. By improving the management of teaching and RH research infrastructure and pooling resources from neighboring institutions, it will engender sensible and cost-effective use of resources. The partnership between national, regional and international institutions will internationalize the Centre ensuring that it makes a sustainable contribution to reducing the present high rates of fertility, maternal mortality, unsafe abortion and HIV/AIDS in the region. 2. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS: Guiding rules and regulations
(Briefly describe the rules that governs the ACE and its partnerships, including safeguarding against fraud/corruption) 5
The major rules that will govern the University of Benin (UNIBEN) ACE and its partnerships is that of transparent, accountable and effective project implementation for the sole purpose of achieving a sustainable delivery of high quality education in RH in UNIBEN and in partner institutions. To this end, CERHI will set up operational mechanisms to achieve a nuanced understanding and joint involvement and ownership of the project by all partners, to guide the project implementation and to prevent fraud and corruption. We will ensure that the decision-making authority of the project is located within CERHI, with the University providing only an over-arching guidance and support. A Project Implementation Committee (PIC) consisting of core CERHI leaderships and chaired by the Team Leader has been constituted to guide the project implementation. They will meet every 2-4 weeks to ensure proper project implementation in line with the established work plan. Barrister Richard Omagbemi, a Deputy Registrar in UNIBEN has been designated to head the project secretariat which has been located in the College of Medical Sciences. He will be assisted by two secretarial staff, a project accountant, an auditor and core ICT staff. Thus, all requests for project activities will emanate from the project Secretariat and will be approved by the Team Leader, but will be subject to pre and post procurement audits to ensure compliance with extant rules and procedures and to prevent fraud. Financial income and disbursements will be followed online by the project accountant, for which CERHI has now purchased computer software for easy tracking of the financial expenditures. Thus, weekly and monthly financial statements will be generated by the project accountant and will be reviewed by the Team Leader and the PIC. These statements will be collated into annual financial reports, which will be audited by the University’s external auditor. Both annual and audited reports as well as annual narrative reports will be published by CERHI and be presented at the project and the University’s websites. To ensure specific financial management, a CERHI account has been opened with the First Bank plc by the Bursar of the University. Both the Project team leader, Professor Friday Okonofua, and the Deputy Team Leader, Professor Obehi Okojie are Grade A signatories to the Account. No withdrawals can be made from the account without their knowledge.
For transparent and accountable management of the project, all major periodic reports and activities will be displayed on the project website, which is currently being constructed by the project ICT team. A strategic communication document (including a social media action plan) is also being prepared that would ensure the proper communication of CERHI’s work to all internal and external stakeholders, and to obtain useful feedbacks.
CERHI is also concerned that the regional and international partners would be engaged in the project on the basis of trust, rapid dissemination of information and spirit of true collaboration and partnership. Thus, the finally approved IP of CERHI will be shared with the partners, on the basis of which we will develop and sign Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with individual partner institutions. Also, each regional partner institution will be supported to have a project office with a coordinator who will participate as a member of the expanded PIC of CERHI. The expanded PIC will meet quarterly so that members from partner institutions can share lessons on project implementation. Additionally, project information will be routinely provided to all partners and the website of the project will be linked to those of regional and international partner institutions.
To ensure that the project principles and practices meet international benchmarks, an International Advisory Board (IAB) of experts in RH have been established that would regularly advice the team leader on relevant aspects of the project implementation. Fortunately, Professor Friday Okonofua is already a member of several international networks on RH such as the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) based in the WHO headquarters in Geneva, and REPRONET, an African regional network of senior experts and professionals in the field of reproductive health. Such networks as well as his involvement on emerging discussions on global sustainable development will help to support the sustainable and effective implementation of the project.
2.1 Address gender balance and other diversity issues in the staff recruitment and students enrolment policy in all participating institutions 6
Gender and diversity are major issues that will be vigorously pursued by CERHI at all phases of the project implementation. Staff recruitment and faculty and students’ enrolment shall be based strictly on the principles of equity and gender balance already established as a major benchmark and reporting framework of the project. We will also ensure that other forms of diversity - racial, religious, minority and marginalized groups (such as persons living with disabilities) are properly addressed in the project. More specifically, the principle of at least 30% slots being allocated to females as documented in the Project Development Objective (PDO) shall be strictly adhered to. To achieve the gender equity objective, CERHI recently constituted a Gender Working Group (GWG) chaired by Dr (Mrs.) Nkoli Aniekwu, an associate professor of Law at the University of Benin that would develop a framework for promoting gender equity and equality in the project implementation. The GWG will also develop guidelines and procedures on promoting gender mainstreaming and equality in the project (Gender Action Plan, GAP) that will be a lead document of the Centre. The GWG will also monitor and guide the implementation of the GAP, and collate reports that would form part of the monitoring and reporting on the project.
2.2 Governance structures
(Briefly describe ACE governance structures both within the host university and among the partner institutions, at faculty/centre level and university/institution level)
The Governance structure of CERHI which shows different lines of authority and decision-making is presented in Fig 1. Professor Friday Okonofua is the Team Leader and the principal officer of the project. He will take major decisions that will keep the project on track and prevent external influences on its implementation. The project Departments at UNIBEN and in regional partner institutions are: Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Community Health/Public Health, Sociology and Anthropology, Social Works, Health Economics, Reproductive Health Law, Medical Laboratory Sciences and Nursing, while the partner institutions are: University of Ibadan (UI), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), and National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), the University of Benin in Cotonou (UBC), and University of Ghana (UG). Since different aspects of the project will be implemented in these multiple Departments and partner institutions, Professor Okonofua will be assisted by a Project Management Committee (PMC) consisting of other core project officials as well as Departmental Heads/Project Coordinators. The PMC will meet every 2-4 weeks to plan/review project activities, which will be approved by the Team Leader. An Expanded PMC (EPMC) will include coordinators from the regional partner institutions, and will meet quarterly. The roles of the PMC and EPMC are: 1) to plan and implement specific project activities as outlined in the project implementation plan; 2) to inform project beneficiaries (staff and students) about the project activities and mobilize them to participate fully in the project; 3) to coordinate specific data collection at departmental and unit levels that will feed into the monitoring and evaluation of the project; and 4) to advise on barriers and challenges to project implementation and make suggestions to the Team Leader on remediating or facilitating steps that need to be undertaken.
The Project Leader will chair the meetings of the PMC and the EMPC. In his absence, meetings will be chaired by the Deputy Project Leader (Professor Obehi Okojie) or the Project Coordinator (Professor Joseph Onakewhor. The head of CERHI’s Secretariat (also called Desk Officer), Barrister Richard Omagbemi (a Deputy Registrar) will be Secretary of the meetings to take notes and help to move forward the recommendations. He will be assisted at the meetings by 2 Executive Assistants who will also provide logistics and other arrangements for the meetings.
The core staff of CERHI that will be located in the Central Coordinating Office of the Centre include the following: 1) the Desk Officer – Barr Omagbemi, 2) the Team Leader, 3) Deputy Team Leader/ Principal Investigator, 4) Deputy Principal Investigator/ Project Coordinator, 5) Project Accountant, 6) Project Internal Auditor; 7) project Procurement officer, 8) the Monitoring and Evaluation officer, 9) two Executive officers, and 10) Project Driver/Messenger.
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An International Advisory Board (IAB) that will provide advice to Professor Okonofua has also been constituted. Members are largely key RH experts from various parts of the world who have experience with RH educational programming in Africa, and have collaborated with various Faculties of the University of Benin over the years. Some are Heads of collaborating international partner institutions, but some are also independent educational consultants who have considerable experience and commitment on RH issues in Africa. These include: 1) Professor Julia Hussein, a maternal health specialist and evaluator at Immpact Project of the University of Aberdeen; 2) Professor Ana Langer of the Global Program at the Harvard School of Public Health; 3) Prof Manhattan E. Charurat of the Institute of Human Virology and HIV/AIDS prevention specialist, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA; 4) Professor Malcom Potts, an international family planning expert at the University of California, Berkeley; 5) Professor Rebecca Cooke, an international expert and teacher of reproductive health law; 6) Prof Andrzej Kulczycki, a maternal health specialist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, with special interest in RH education, publications and documentations; 7) Professor Ben Tsang, an expert in reproductive biology at the University of Ottawa, Canada; 8) Professor Jeremy Shiffman, professor and international expert in health policy at the University of Washington, USA; and 9) Professor Staffan Bergstrom, a professor of international health, a teacher of several generations of Africa’s RH experts (including being the PhD supervisor of Professor Okonofua). All have accepted to function as members of the IAB, whose main functions will be as follows: 1) review program activities of CERHI including annual work plans, training curricular and reports, and advise on effective implementation; 2) link CERHI to on-going global discussions and new sources of information on issues related to reduction of maternal mortality and unsafe abortion, the prevention of HIV/AIDS and increases in contraceptive prevalence rates in the region; and 3) provide advice on resource mobilization, especially how CERHI can leverage additional international funding for sustainable project outcomes and impact.
The key international partner institutions whose faculty would be engaged in the project include: The University of Aberdeen, Harvard School of Public Health, the University of Toronto and the University of Maryland. The international partner institutions will work with specific Departments within CERHI to review and develop new curricular, conduct trainings, jointly supervise PHD and Masters Students, and participate in students/faculty exchange and visits.
A major objective of CERHI is to ensure that its RH curricular meets the needs of industry and national, regional and international RH providers, so that graduates would be industry-ready at the time of their graduation. Thus, CERHI will partner with industry right from the onset to gain their insights, contributions and support to the program. CERHI recently established an Industry Relations sub-Committee (IRC) within its PMC to develop and implement an action plan for working with industry. Some of the activities that would be implemented include: 1) establishment of an Industry Advisory Board; 2) involvement of industry experts in CERHI’s curricular development/review to ensure they are industry compliant; 3) occasional workshops and seminars on industry-related issues to be led by industry experts; 4) completion of short term internship periods by undergraduate and post-graduate students of CERHI; 5) resource mobilization to ensure the use of relevant industry materials, protocols and recommendations by CERHI Faculty and students; and 6) career talks to graduating students by industry professionals to ensure ready employability and access to job opportunities. CERHI has had and is currently engaged in on-going discussions with relevant industries, international and regional NGOs and development partners on these issues. These include Phillips International, General Electrics, Thomson Reuters, the World Health organization, International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), USAID, UNFPA, DFID, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, Macarthur Foundation, Population Council, Family Health International, JHPIEGO, Dangote Foundation, TY Danjuma Foundation, Society for Family Health (SFH), Association for Family and Reproductive Health (ARFH) and the Women’s Health and Action Research Centre (WHARC).
2.2.1 Sector Planners are also crucial to the successful implementation of the project. These are national and regional planners whose domains of service delivery have implications for the policy 8 transfer and scaling of the results of teaching and research efforts of CERHI. Discussions are currently ongoing with the Ministries of Education, Health, Women Affairs, Youth and Sports, the National Planning Commission, the Governor’s Forum, Association of Local Government Councils (ALGON), National Universities Commission (NUC) (in Nigeria, Ghana and the Republic of Benin),Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) to ensure that they support and are involved in the work of CERHI. Collaborative MOUs will also be signed between CERHI and Sector planners in specific areas of service delivery cooperation. Professor Okonofua, the Centre Leader will work with individual sector planners to achieve specific outcomes for CERHI-Sector planning engagements. Specifically, the objectives of CERHI’s engagement with sector planners are: 1) to encourage staff of sector planners involved in RH program implementation to participate in short courses as part of in-service training to enhance capacity for evidence-based policymaking on RH in the region; 2) to establish a collaborative pathway that will enhance the rapid uptake of the research, teaching and service delivering outputs of CERHI by sector planners, needed to achieve accelerated reductions in rates of maternal mortality and unsafe abortion and increase contraceptive prevalence rates; and 3) to leverage resources from sector planners needed to sustain the work of CERHI over time.
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Figure 1: GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF UNIBEN CERHI (UNIBEN CERHI Organogram)
African Centre of Excellence in
Reproductive Health Innovation (CERHI) University of Benin
Univ. of Benin Teaching Hosp. Benin City (UBTH) CERHI International Advisory Board (IAB) Team Leader Nigeria
Prof Ana Langer, PhD Prof F.E. Okonofua, MD, PhD, Emeritus Prof Rebecca Cooke, C.M, J.D., F.R.S.C FRCOG, FAS Prof Man Charurat, PhD Deputy Team Leader Prof Jeremy Shiffman, PhD Prof Obehi Okojie, MD, FMCP Prof Malcolm Potts FRCOG, PhD Prof Staffan Bergstrom FRCOG, PhD Departments with CERHI Pro f Andrzej Kulczycki MD, PhD courses Prof Julia Hussein, PhD, FRCOG
Partner / Collaborating Institutions
Nigerian National Universities Regional Universities International Partner Universities
Univ. of NIMR Ahmadu Univ of Univ. Abdou Aberdeen Harvard Ibadan Univ 'Abomey- IHV UMB Lagos Bello Univ. Ghana Moumouni de Calavi - Cotonou University University Niamey Baltimore Zaria USA
UCH Univ of Benin Univ Ghana Ibadan ABUTH Cotonou Teach Zaria Teach Hosp Hosp
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2.3: Incentive structures
(Briefly describe the incentive structures for involved staff at lead and partner institutions (faculty, administration, management) as well as towards involvement of external stakeholders, e.g. private sector). Please be aware that the ACE project budget does not support salary topping up, sitting allowances and a like).
The University of Benin is one of the oldest publicly funded Universities in Nigeria. It runs 90 different courses across 54 Departments in 13 Faculties, with 29,000 full-time registered students. Eight Departments will be directly involved in CERHI’s program through collaborative and multi-disciplinary teaching and research, and joint theses supervision. The undergraduate programs in RH will be administered by individual Departments and Faculties, while the Post-Graduate School will coordinate postgraduate training and related supervisions. To date, only about 45% of the nearly 200 staff in various Departments of the University who will participate in the CERHI courses have PhD degrees in their various areas of specializations. The same pattern exists in the 5 regional partner institutions. Yet, having a PhD is now a major requirement for recruitment as well as career progression of academic in the Universities. Thus, one of the principal incentives is the opportunity that CERHI provides for academic staff that do not have PhDs and related qualifications to enrol as in-service students under the program. The partnership with regional and international institutions would ensure a good cohort of qualified staff with PhDs who will jointly supervise such candidates within and between the partner institutions.
Furthermore, CERHI will provide opportunity for staff and students exchange between collaborating institutions. In particular, under CERHI, PhD and non-PhD staff of participating national and regional Universities will have the opportunity to attend continuing education, conferences, workshops and additional external trainings.
Also, CERHI will provide opportunity for staff and students to participate in high quality research and publications. One of the current challenges facing Nigerian and regional Universities is the dearth of high quality publications, which is one reason that African Universities do not rank high in world ranking of best performing Universities. The CERHI project will be structured to build capacity for high quality research, documentation and publication among staff and students. Such publications will build the competence and international prominence of individual staff, and also enhance the international ranking of the participating Universities. Indeed, increased ranking of the participating Universities as a result of high quality research and service delivery outputs, as well as the increased internationalization (with increased number of international staff and students) is one major incentive for the Universities that participate in this program.
Others shall include reward for efficiency and diligence in the form of certificate of recognition.
Other participating institutions will be strongly involved in CERHI and have shown considerable commitments to the project activities. The University of Ibadan (UI) is Nigeria’s premier University, and has a large cohort of students and staff in related Departments that would implement various aspects of the project. The University is increasingly transforming into a postgraduate University with approximately 20% of its students being Masters and full-time post-graduate students. Additionally, UI has one of the oldest and most active Faculties of Public Health and Health promotion in the country, with a large number of academic staff in the Faculty having PhDs and experience in mentoring post-graduate students. The University also has very active postgraduate programs in Nursing, Sociology/Anthropology, and health economics. However, UI does not yet have an undergraduate or post-graduate course in RH. The undergraduate and post-graduate RH course to the established at the University of Benin will be strongly linked to UI in terms of joint teaching and research supervision, such that UI may consider establishing such a course in future. Additionally, UI will have the opportunity to strengthen RH content of its courses in public health, law and Nursing, share curricular with the University of Benin, conduct joint Masters and PhD supervision in these courses and increase its capacity to conduct high quality collaborative research in RH. As the University of Benin does not yet have a course in health economics (an essential part of RH), it is envisaged that UI will work with CERHI to establish the new course in health economics at the University of Benin.
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The Nigerian Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) is the institution with federal mandate to coordinate all medical research in Nigeria. Located in Lagos, it has the most up-to-date viral laboratory in the country that compares favourably with similar facilities in other parts of the world. The Institute also attends to one of the highest load of HIV/AIDS patients in the country. While its more than 230 research fellows who are eager to conduct high quality HIV-related research and obtain postgraduate training, they are not specifically linked to any University for such training. CERHI will provide opportunity for Masters and PhD students in the fields of Laboratory Sciences, public health and RH to use the excellent laboratories at NIMR for bench work, and also for NIMR staff to enrol in the postgraduate programs of CERHI.
The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) is one of Nigeria’s first generation Universities and is located in Zaria, northern Nigeria. The University has vibrant departments of Community Health and Obstetrics and Gynaecology but does not yet have a specific RH program. The CERHI program will provide opportunity to share CERHI’s curriculum on RH and also to participate in staff and students exchange to deepen its RH programming. In particular, ABU is located in the northern part of Nigeria that has the lowest contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) and also the highest maternal mortality rate in the country. The CERHI program will provide opportunity for ABU to participate in programs, teaching and research exchanges that will facilitate the process of fertility reduction in Northern Nigeria. ABU’s sphere of influence extends to Niger Republic since it receives students and staff from Niger, and its immediate environment compares to that in Niger Republic. Indeed, Niger Republic currently has the highest population growth rate and MMR, and lowest CPR in the world. Thus, through its participation in CERHI, ABU will partner with the Abdou Moumouni Dioffo University of Niamey (Niger Republic) to mount an RH educational program and research that will build capacity for the reduction of fertility and MMR in northern Nigeria and Niger Republic. Many of the students participating in the CERHI program will be admitted at ABU.
The University of Ghana (UG) is one of the oldest Universities in West Africa. Established in 1948, the University has up to 30,000 (with 2000 enrolled PG students and 1142 international students) in 2 Colleges (Health Sciences and Agriculture), 8 Centres, 4 institutes and a School of Public Health. Indeed, the UG School of Public Health is one of the most pre-eminent in the region. The University also offers courses in Nursing and Medical Laboratory Sciences. The internationally renowned Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research is also affiliated to the UG. Under CERHI, UG will have the opportunity to participate in joint training, research and theses supervision in public health, nursing and medical laboratory sciences (relating to maternal mortality prevention), and also in staff/students exchange with CERHI participating institutions. Also, UG will organise and lead on short term courses in RH for policymakers in maternal mortality and fertility reduction.
The National University of Benin (Universite Nationale du Benin, UNB) was founded in 1970 and is the leading University in the Republic of Benin. UNB has 19 affiliated institutions and six campuses, with the Dahomey Campus being the largest with up to 16000 full-time students. The University has a Faculty of Medicine as well as a School of Public Health, which will form the nexus of its partnership with CERHI. The School of Public Health has a very active program on perinatal and child health. Not only will UNB have the opportunity to establish a new program in RH in collaboration with other partner institutions, it will also lead on training, service delivery and research in perinatal and child health needed to reduce the high rate of perinatal and child mortality in the region. UNB will participate in staff/students exchange, teaching, research and theses supervision in child and perinatal health in the region.
2.3.1 Incentives for External Stakeholders CERHI’s priority engagement will be to ensure that the Ministries of Health, Education, Youth Affairs, and Women Affairs in Nigeria, Ghana, Republic of Benin and Niger Republic are actively involved in the program designed to build human resource capacity for the reduction of the high rates of fertility, unsafe abortion and maternal mortality in their countries. We will conduct advocacy activities and engage high ranking officials in these Ministries in discussions to ensure their uptake of CERHI’s programs and activities. In particular, we will seek the enrolment of public officials in these Ministries in short term courses of CERHI that are designed to increase understanding and skills for RH provision by relevant officials in the Ministries. We will also provide opportunity for public officials to undergo undergraduate and post-graduate training to build their competence in RH service delivery. 2
The industry linkages will provide CERHI the opportunity to generate the best practices and solutions based on existing international standards. Phillips and General Electrics, and similar agencies will help CERHI to update its laboratory practices and methods and will also contribute to providing the most modern teaching and training methods and technologies that will promote high quality teaching and training in the partner institutions. CERHI has had a series of discussions with Thomson Reuters (TR) on ways to increase resources for RH learning and documentation, especially to increase access to up-to-date learning resources. Specifically, TR will provide: 1) training and capacity building that will deepen the research culture in the university, 2) Exposure to top, international, peer reviewed academic literature; 3) Access to data that will allow researchers to evaluate and benchmark their research; 4) Access to landscape reports that will allow the CERHI and university as a whole to evaluate research; 5) benchmark performance locally and internationally; 6) identify emerging areas of research, patent activity and where funding should be allocated; and 7) collating and managing ACE project data and institutional research data together with Web of Science data. This will allow uniform reporting of the ACE
CERHI will also work with RH agencies such as DFID, WHO, USAID, Ford Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, etc. to partner on scaling up their work on social change in the field of maternal mortality reduction, increases in CPR and declines in fertility. We will also leverage support for resources and funding from them to enable us sustain the activities of CERHI over time. Local, regional and international NGOs working in RH will have the added incentive of being able to receive CERHI’s students and staff in short term work- related learning exchanges that would boost their work. Such exposure will increase the quality and skills of graduates able to contribute to promoting the practice of RH in the region.
2.4: Roles and responsibilities (Brief Terms of Reference (TOR) for each ACE team member and project financed support staff*) Justification for not using existing university administrative and support staff is required.
2.4.1 TOR for CERHI Team Members: The Centre Leader/Director: Professor Friday Okonofua is the Centre Leader and Director and will coordinate all aspects of CERHI implementation. As Centre Leader, he will: 1) be the link between CERHI and regional and international partner institutions, providing information and activating related action plans; 2) ensure the implementation of the project activities, and ensure timely reporting of results and outcomes; 3) manage the centre’s officers to ensure full control of the project; 4) receive reports from the IAB and other committees of CERHI and ensure the effective use of such reports for managing program activities; 5) be the chief spokesperson and communicator of the project to external stakeholders.
Deputy Centre Leader: The deputy Centre Leader, Professor Obehi Okojie will assist the Centre Leader in managing the Centre. She will coordinate Faculty and administrative staff involved in the project to ensure their compliance with project activities. She will monitor the progress of the project to ensure that the targets on curriculum development, training and research are met. She will also be in charge of placements on industry internships for students as well as short term exchange for staff and students between partner institutions and keep relevant records.
Project Coordinator: Professor Joseph Onakewhor, current head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology will function as project coordinator. He will coordinate curriculum development in the new short term, undergraduate, Masters and PhD courses in RH being established under CERHI. He will track/monitor the number of international publications of CERHI, and coordinate the development and review of RH curricular. He will be the logistic facilitator of all training and capacity building workshops to be undertaken by CERHI and submit timely report of such training as well as the number of trainees to the to the Team Leader.
Institutions project Leaders: Each Institution in the CERHI program has a project coordinator who will coordinate teaching, research and training activities in the given partner institution. The project leaders will prepare progress reports from their various Institutions; review all planned activities and suggest adjustments, 3 as necessary to the Centre leader; monitor outputs and outcomes of CERHI research and training projects at their various Institutions. The Institutions leaders will also attended meetings of EPMC on a quarterly basis and be CERHI’s spokespersons and advocates in their various Institutions.
Heads of Departments: The Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology will coordinate the development and hosting of new short term, undergraduate and post-graduate courses in RH. The teaching of the RH courses will be multi-disciplinary with different modules to be taught by different departments and Faculties in the University. The HOD of Obstetrics and Gynaecology will effectively coordinate this process. The Head of the Department of Community Health will coordinate the strengthening of the RH component of the MPH program currently offered by the Department and also develop new short term courses as well as a PhD program in Public Health (with concentration in RH) for the CERHI project. The Departmental Head will also coordinate multi-disciplinary teaching, research and theses supervision in public health and RH. The Head of the Department of Nursing will work to strengthen the RH component in the existing BSc, Masters and PhD programs of the University, and also coordinate multi-disciplinary teaching, training and research in the discipline. In particular, she will develop and coordinate the execution of short term courses in RH as part of in- serving training for serving Nurses and Midwives, as a way to build skills for provision of family planning and safe motherhood programs in underserved communities in the region. The Head of Department of Sociology and Anthropology will coordinate the strengthening of RH component of Sociology and anthropology, especially introducing modules that teach the use of social science methods for understanding the social and cultural context of RH in West Africa. In collaboration with Professor Jeremy Shiffman of Washington University, the Department of Sociology and Anthropology will also develop a module on health policy that will be included in the RH, public health and Nursing Curricular being developed by CERHI. The Head of the Department of Reproductive Health Law will coordinate the improvement of the existing curricular in Master and PhD curricular in RH law and also develop a module for integrating the teaching of RH law in the undergraduate law program of the University. The Department will also develop short term courses on RH law for serving lawyers, judicial officers and law enforcement agencies to improve their skills and knowledge in handling cases relating to abuse of RH rights.
Project Officer (Desk officer): Barrister Richard Omagbemi is Deputy Registrar at the University of Benin, with many years of experience in project management and in the management of academic activities. He has been designated by the Registrar of the University to coordinate the project offices of CERHI, to manage all logistics relating to the project implementation, and to ensure the timely reporting and documentation of all meetings related to the project. He will report to the Team Leader and train all staff working under him on project management to ensure the project’s sustainability.
Administrative Assistants: Ms Vivian Ishikwene (LLB, BL) and Mr Owen Jason Akenzua (BSc Microbiology) have been assigned from the University’s main Registry to function as administrative Assistants to CERHI to assist the Desk Officer in the daily administrative management of the project.
Financial Officer/Project Accountant: Mr. Kingsley Enobakhare (BSc Accounting, MSc Accounting) a Principal Accountant in the Main Bursary of the University has been assigned to function as CERHI’s Financial officer/Accountant.
Internal Auditor: Mr. Osifo Osagie (BSc. Accounting, MBA ACA) a Principal Accountant in the internal audit Department of the University has been assigned to be CERHI’s internal auditor to coordinate all pre and post- procurement audits relating to the project.
Procurement Officer: Mr Idehen Imafidon (B.Eng., PDG Comp Sci) has been assigned the responsibility to assist the project with procurement. He will be responsible for all transactions related to purchase of items and equipment in the project.
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer: Dr (Mrs.) EO Ogboghodo is a public health physician and a lecturer in the Department of Community Medicine at the University of Benin. She has been designated and is being
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Project Webmaster/ICT Officer: Mr Mokogwu Chijioke, BSc (Computer Science) has been assigned to be the webmaster of the CERHI project. He has started designing the website of CERHI that would be linked to the websites of all partner institutions. He will also carry out the daily management of the website, and activities of CERHI on social media.
Project Web Librarian: Mr David Ofili (BSc. Library and Information Science) and a Librarian II in the Main Library of the University of Benin has been designated the Web Librarian of CERHI. He will coordinate the retrieval and use of all web information, and also work with the Centre Leader and the University Librarian, Dr (Mrs.) Omoluabi Idiodi, in developing all components of the proposed library.
Driver/Messenger: Yet to be named.
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3. OVERVIEW OF PLANNED OUTPUTS, ACTIVITIES AND COST FOR FIRST YEAR
Table 1: Overview of first project year (this table is closely linked to section 7, as each activity row here in table 1 will require a separate activity sheet in section 7
Code Priority Rank Result/Activity/Task Budget Estimate (US$) ACE Partner Total leader s Action Plan1 (1 highest ACE action plan to strengthen Management (Compo (Compo (Total of nent nent component) 5 lowest) total for total for ACE partner leader) s) 1.1 1 Develop and manage CERHI Website (including web management of financial and narrative reports), web $15,000 - $15,000 transparency and on-line learning and communication platforms. 1.2 1 Organise biweekly meetings of Project Management Committee $27,000 $10,000 $37,000 (PMC) and quarterly meetings of Expanded PMC (EPMC) 1.3 3 Organize a 2-day meeting of members of the International $60,000 - $60,000 Advisory Board (IAB) in Benin City 1.4 2 Procure a 15-Seater bus and a saloon car to convey students for $80,000 - $80,000 field trips 1.5 2 Organize training of Trainers (TOT) in project management including financial management and M&E, followed by step- $35,000 $20,000 $55,000 down training in partner institutions. 1.6 2 Support for work of audit committee and annual financial audit $33,400 - 33,400 under the University’s Governing Council Subtotal $250,400 $30,000 $277,400
Action Plan2 (1 highest ACE action plan to strengthen Teaching Excellence (Compo (Compo (Total of nent nent c 5 lowest) total for total for o 1
ACE partners m leader) ) p o n e n t ) 2.1 1 Organize curriculum review/development workshop $100,750 - $100,750 involvement regional and international partners 2.2 2 Develop new Bachelors, MS degree and PhD degree in $88,178 $88,178 Reproductive Health at the university of Benin 2.3 2 Develop new PhD degree in Public Health and strengthen $45, 345 - $45,345 MPH degree at the University of Benin 2.4 2 Develop new MS degree and PhD degree in Health $56, 790 - $56, 790 Economics at the University of Benin 2.5 3 Strengthen RH content in MS and PhD degrees in Nursing, Sociology/anthropology, social work, and reproductive health $47,540 - $47, 540 law at the University of Benin 2.6 2 Plan and execute short term courses in RH at UNIBEN and in $54,500 $50,000 $104,500 partner institutions 2.7 2 Training of trainers (TOT) of academic faculty to use new/revised curricular followed by step-down training in $65,650 $20,000 $85,650 partner institutions 2.8 1 Procurement of e-learning materials, new learning technologies, and multi-nodal learning materials and $155,250 $50,500 $205,750 platforms Subtotal 568,658 120,500 $689,158
Action Plan3 (1 highest ACE action to strengthen Research Excellence (Compo (Compo (Total of nent nent component) 5 lowest) total for total for ACE partners leader) )
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3.1 2 Procure General Research equipment. $103,300 $65,000 $168,000 3.2 1 Develop a core team to lead multidisciplinary and team and build international partnership for RH Research and $75,000 25,000 $100,000 publications. 3.3 1 Organize proposal writing, research methodology and publications workshop, with step down training in partner $50,000 $20,000 $70,000 institutions. 3.4 3 Support for developing fundable research proposals – for $23,400 - $23,400 sustainable funding 3.5 3 Support for international conferences and manuscript $25,000 $10,000 $35,000 preparation Subtotal 276,700 $120,000 $356,7000
Action Plan4 (1 highest ACE action for attracting regional faculty and students (Compo (Compo (Total of nent nent component) 5 lowest) total for total for ACE partners leader) ) 4.1 1 Institutionalize regular internships of students between regional $15,000 $15000 $30,000 partner institutions 4.2 1 Faculty exchange programs between UNIBEN, UI, UG, UNB $25,000 $20,000 $45,000 and ABU 4.3 2 Outreaches to civil society organizations, development partners, the private sector and industry for short term in- $10,000 $10000 $20,000 service training for civil servants and policymakers and placement of students on workplace experiences on RH. 4.4. 1 Support for setting up institutional accreditation arrangements $100,000 - $100,000 with a regional and an international accreditation body Subtotal $150,000 $45,000 $195,000
Action Plan5 (1 highest ACE action plan for CERHI centre infrastructure (Compo (Compo (Total of nent nent component) 5 lowest) total for total for
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ACE partners leader) ) 5.1 1 Design, construct and furnish CERHI centre – administration, $1,075,7 e-learning resource centre and learning/seminar rooms at the - $1,075,765 65 University of Benin 5.2 2 Support for international students hostel and renovation of accommodation for visiting faculties from regional and $145,865 - $145,865 international institutions Subtotal $1,221,6 - $1,221,630 30
Total $2,467,3 $312,500 $2,779,888 88 Contingency $20,000 $80,000 $100,000 TOTAL BUDGET $2,487,3 $392,500 $2,879,888 88
Table 2: Overview distribution among partners
Code Result/Activity/Task Budget Estimate (US$) UNIBEN UI UGhan NIMR ABU UNB, Total Partner Budget a Cotono u Action Plan1 (Expected output) $250,40 $6,000 $6,000 $6,000 6,000 $6,000 $30,000 0
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Code Result/Activity/Task Budget Estimate (US$) UNIBEN UI UGhan NIMR ABU UNB, Total Partner Budget a Cotono u 1.1. Develop and manage $15,000 - - - - - $0.0 CERHI Website 1.2. – Meetings of PMC and $27,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $10,000 EPMC 1.3 – 2-Day IAB Meeting $60,000 - - - - - $0.0 1.4 - Procure a 15-Seater bus 80,000------$0.0 and a saloon car 1.5 - Organize training of $35,000 Trainers (TOT) on project $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $20,000 - management 1.6 - Support for work of audit committee and annual financial $33,400 - - - - - $0.0 audit Action Plan2 $568,65 (Expected output) $24,100 $24,100 $24,100 $24,100 $24,100 $120,500 8 2 ACE action plan to achieve Teaching Excellence 2.1 Curriculum Review 100,750 - - - - $0.0 Workshop 2.2 – Develop new BSc, MS and 88,178 ------PhD degrees in RH at UNIBEN 2.3 – Develop new PhD degree $45, in public health and strengthen - - - - - 345 MPH at UNIBEN 2.4 – Develop new MS and PhD degrees in health economics at $56,790 ------UNIBEN 2.5 – Plan and execute short $54,500 term courses in RH at UNIBEN $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $50,000 - and in partner institutions 2.6 – TOT and step down $65,650 training to use new/revised $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $20,000 3,600 curricular 5
Code Result/Activity/Task Budget Estimate (US$) UNIBEN UI UGhan NIMR ABU UNB, Total Partner Budget a Cotono u 2.7 Procurement of e-learning $155,25 $10,10 materials and new teaching $10,100 $10,100 $10,100 $10,100 $10,100 0 0 techniques and platforms Action Plan3 (Expected output) $276,70 $24,00 $24,000 $24,000 $24,000 $24,000 $120,000 0 0 3 ACE action to strengthen Research Excellence 3.1 - Procure General Research $103,3 $13,00 $13,00 $13,000 $13,000 $13,000 $65,000 equipment 00 0 0 3.2 - Develop a core team to lead multidisciplinary and team and build international $75,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $25,000 partnership for RH Research and publications. Organize proposal writing, research methodology and publications workshop, with step $50,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $20,000 down training in partner institutions. Support for developing fundable research proposals – for $23,000 - - - - - sustainable funding Support for international conferences and manuscript $25,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $10,000 preparation
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Code Result/Activity/Task Budget Estimate (US$) UNIBEN UI UGhan NIMR ABU UNB, Total Partner Budget a Cotono u Action Plan1 (Expected output) $250,40 $6,000 $6,000 $6,000 6,000 $6,000 $30,000 0
4 ACE action for attracting regional faculty and students 4.1 Institutionalize regular internships of students $15,000 - - - - - $0.0 between regional partner institutions 4.2. – Faculty exchange programs between UNIBEN, UI, UG, and ABU Faculty exchange $27,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $10,000 programs between UNIBEN, UI, UG, and ABU 4.3 – Outreaches to civil society $60,000 - - - - - $0.0 organizations, development partners, the private sector and industry for short term in-service training for civil servants and policymakers and placement of students on workplace experiences on RH. 4.4 - Support for setting up 80,000------$0.0 institutional accreditation arrangements with a regional and an international accreditation body
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Code Result/Activity/Task Budget Estimate (US$) UNIBEN UI UGhan NIMR ABU UNB, Total Partner Budget a Cotono u Action Plan5 $1,221, - (Expected output) - - - - - 630 5 ACE Action Plan for CERHI Infrastructure 5.1 Design, construct and furnish CERHI centre – administration, e-learning $1,075, - - - - - $0.0 resource centre and 765 learning/seminar rooms at the University of Benin 5.2 – Support for international students hostel and renovation $145,86 of accommodation for visiting - - - - - $0.0 5 faculties from regional and international institutions TOTALS $2,487, $78,50 $78,50 $78,50 $78,50 $78,50 $392,500 388 0 0 0 0 0
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Table 3: Work plan for the project: TIMING OF PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR ENTIRE PROJECT PERIOD (Gantt chart) 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 A J A O D F A J A O D F A J A O D F A J A O D F A J A O D Develop and manage CERHI Website Meetings of PMC and EPMC 2-Day IAB Meeting Procure a 15-Seater bus and a saloon car Organize TOT on Project Management Support for work of audit committee
Curriculum Review Workshop Develop new BSc, MS and Action PhD degrees in RH plan 1 Develop new PhD degree in public health and strengthen Action MPH plan 2 Develop new MS and PhD Action degrees in health economics plan 3 Plan and execute short term Action courses in RH plan 4 9
TOT and step down training Action in new/revised curricular plan 5 Procurement of e-learning materials
Procure General Research equipment Develop a core team to lead multidisciplinary team Organize proposal/research methodology workshop Support for developing fundable research proposals Support for international conferences
Institutionalize regular internships of students Faculty exchange programs Outreaches to CSOs and development partners Support for setting up institutional accreditation
Design, construct and furnish CERHI centre Support for international students hostel and accommodation
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3.1 Environment Safeguards
(Insert the Environmental Management Plan and disclosed on your website, please list responsible staff) A copy of the EMP is attached.
4. PERFORMANCE MONITORING
(Please insert the Result Framework shared with AAU, and please indicate planned disbursement as a function of the expected results*)
CERHI REVISED DLI & RESULT FRAME WOK ATTACHED SEPERATELY:
Disbursement Action to be Completed Amount (USD) of the Amount (USD) Allocated Linked Indicator Financing Allocated per DLR for the Per DLI Disbursement (expressed in Special Calculation Drawing Rights (SDR)) (expressed in SDR) DLI 1: Institution DLR 1.1: Signing of MoUs qualified, regional DLR 1.2: Establishment of CERHI International Advisory Board specialization (IAB) approved and DLR 1.3: Creation of CERHI designated account at First Bank plc. administrative DLR 1.4: Approved financial management and procurement capacity and procedures and capacity proper planning DLR 1.5: Establishing CERHI operational Office $800,000 $800,000 DLR 1.6: Project staff recruitment DLR 1.7: Obtain ethical approval DLR 1.8: creation of designated account for the project DLR 1.9: Inauguration meeting with all project partners DLR 1.10: Project awareness campaign and Advertisement of the project academic programs.
DLI 2: Excellence DLR 2.1 – DLR 2.3: Number of New Students in ACEGID in Education and Courses. 11
Disbursement Action to be Completed Amount (USD) of the Amount (USD) Allocated Linked Indicator Financing Allocated per DLR for the Per DLI Disbursement (expressed in Special Calculation Drawing Rights (SDR)) (expressed in SDR) Research capacity and Development New Masters Students: 2015-2018 Impact -140 National: 98 males & 42 females $200,000 -60 Regional: 42 males & 18 females $200,000
New PhD Students: 2015-2018 -35 National: 24 males & 11 females $200,000 -15 Regional: 10 males & 5 females $200,000
New Short-term Students: 2015-2018 -440 National: 264 males & 176 females $200,000 -270 Non-National: 162 males & 108 females $200,000
DLR 2.4: # of Outreach “periods” (faculty and students): 2014- 2018.
-National: 220 $400,000 -Regional: 120 $400,000
DLR 2.5. Accreditation -National Accreditations $200,000 -International Accreditation $600,000
DLR 2.6. Number of papers published in Internationally recognized and Peer-Review Journal: 2015-2018. -25 papers co-authored regionally $800,000
DLR 2.7. Externally generated Revenue: 2015-2018. National revenue forecast-$400,000 Regional revenue forecast - $400,000 12
Disbursement Action to be Completed Amount (USD) of the Amount (USD) Allocated Linked Indicator Financing Allocated per DLR for the Per DLI Disbursement (expressed in Special Calculation Drawing Rights (SDR)) (expressed in SDR) $400,000 DLR 2.8. Improved Teaching and Learning environment as $800,000 approved proposal:
- Completion of new building including graduate lecture rooms, seminar room, bioinformatics lab - Completion of e-learning platform -$400,000 - Completion of biomedical high performance computing unit - Establishment and procurement of core research facilities -$400,000
-$400,000
-$400,000 DLI 3 DLR 3.1. Functional audit committee overseeing CERHI: 2015- Financial 2018. -$100,000 Management DLR 3.2. Functioning University audit committee: 2015-1018. -$100,000 DLR 3.2. Transparency on financial management: 2015-2018.
DLR 3.3. Timely withdrawal application supported by financial -$100,000 reporting for ACEGID: 2015-2018.
-$100,000 DLI 4 DLR 4.1. Third Party procurement process verification -$200,000 Procurement DLR 4.2. Timeliness of procurement progress -$200,000
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4.1. Results Framework
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INNOVATION (CERHI) PROGRAMME - RESULTS FRAMEWORK
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE PROJECT IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND Total Grant Project Title: $800,000,000.0 INNOVATION (CERHI) (US$)
Total Grant ID #: ACE027 $8,000,000 Disbursement:
Total Period June 2014 to Grantee Institution: UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE, NIGERIA. Expense: Dec 2018 Reporting June 2014 to Grant Start Date: JUNE, 2014 Period: Dec 2018 Date of Grant End Date: JUNE, 2018 July, 2018 Submission: Project Reporting DR E. O. PROFESSOR FRIDAY E. OKONOFUA Coordinator: Officer: OGBOGHODO
MSc and PhDs Reproductive Health, Public Health, Nursing, Health List of ACE Project Economics, Sociology and Anthropology, Social Work, and Reproductive Courses: Health Law
*Specifics Cumulative Target Values Data Base – see Source Responsibility ACE Level Results Unit of line Freque explanator YR 1 YR 2 YR 3 YR 4 / for Data Indicators Measure (Nov. ncy Core y notes (Jun. (Jun, (Jun. (June Metho Collection 2013) below 2015) 2016) 2017) 2018) dology Indicator 1: No of Number/ Total Bi- Analysi CERHI Project 126 584 684 784 884 regional and national % number of annual s of Leader:
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students (Indicator enrolled CERHI Professor F.E (disaggregated) Definition students enrolm Okonofua enrolled in new : Count ent Regional specialized short- of non – 4 140 164 188 212 records (Total) term courses, national from Master, PhD, students Regional CERHI programs [No of in new (Female= 0 42 49 56 64 Admini which are females] ACE 30%) stration (→ Regionality) courses) . National 122 444 520 596 672 (Total) National (Female= 23 133 156 179 202 30%) Total regional 4 140 164 188 212 students Number enrolled (Indicator Post- N/A Definition Doctoral Indicator 1b: No. of : Count regional students of enrolled in specific PhD 5 10 15 20 regional specialized/ new students ACE courses (→ in Masters 105 109 113 117 Regionality) specific ACE courses) BA
Short NA 30 45 60 75 Courses Indicator 2: No. of Analysi Director of Number internationally s of Academic (Indicator accredited education Bi- CERHI Planning: Dr Definition 1 3 5 7 programs (with annual records W.A Iguodala : Count national on of accreditation and courses
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international relevant and evaluation counting projects) accredit 50%) (→ Training ation Quality)
Indicator 3: No. of Number Total Students /faculty (Indicator number of with at least 1 month Definition students 6 16 26 36 46 internship in a : Count and faculty company or a local of trained institution relevant to students Progra their field/ sector o r faculty Students 4 12 20 26 31 Deputy Project m (→ Outreach) with at Bi- Leader: report least 1 annual Prof Obehi on month Okojie interns internshi p in ACE Faculty 2 4 6 10 15 related private institutio n) Indicator 4: US Amount of externally Dollars generated revenue (Indicator by the ACEs as paid Definition into the designated : Amount ACE-Programme of US $ CERHI account generate Financi University (→ Training & d from $100,0 $200,00 $400,0 $,600 $800,00 Bi- al Bursar: Research Quality) outside 00 0 00 ,000 0 annual Statem Dr.B.Bila ACE as ent % of total US Dollars generate d by ACE)
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INTERMEDIATE RESULTS
Intermediate Result: Component 1 5. No of regional and Total national faculty number trained by the of ACEs(→ Training regiona 10 50 80 110 140 Quality l and nationa l faculty trained Record of staff Number Region trained (Indicator al 3 15 24 33 42 - Definition: (Total) CERHI Training Report Count of Region Bi- Coordinator – on faculty al annual Prof Joseph relevan trained in (Femal 1 5 8 11 12 Onakewhor t relevant area e= training ) 30%) session Nation s al 7 35 56 77 98 (Total) Nation al (Femal 2 10 16 23 29 e = 30%) 6. No of newly Univers established or ity Number substantially revised Senate (Indicator Director of curricula (→ Training & NUC Definition: Academic Quality) NA 0 10 18 26 34 Annual records Count of Planning: Dr on new/revised W.A Iguodala course curricula) accredit ation.
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Percentage (Indicator Internat Definition: # ional 7. Increase of of bibliom Elsevier internationally Internationall etric (providing data recognized research y recognized Bi- databa and submitting publications by the ACE NA 5 10 15 20 25 annual ses, as to AAU who will ACEs(→ Research publications compile forward to the Quantity and as % of total d by CERHI project Quality) number of Elsevie publications r produced by ACE) Total number of Percentage student (number) s 0 121 134 146 159 (Indicator studyin Definition: g for a Count of 8. % (number) of longer- non-national Analysi regional students term in students s of studying for a ACEs studying for project longer-term (at least Region Prof A. O Aisien: at least 1 records 1 semester/ al 36 40 44 48 Bi- UNIBEN semester at on academic term) in (Total) annual Admission ACE on student ACEs, in a discipline Officer program Region s/ supported through supported al semest the ACE-Program 11 12 13 14 course as % (Femal er (→Regionality) of total # of e) Students Nation studying for al 85 94 102 111 at least one (Total) year) Nation al 26 28 31 33 (Femal e)
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9. No of partnership Number agreements between (Indicator CERHI Project ACEs and engaged Definition: Bi- 0 10 13 16 20 MoUs. Leader: Prof F.E Partner Institutions Count of annual Okonofua (→ Outreach/ partnership Regionality) agreements ) Number 10. ACE-Programme Record (Indicator Implementation team s of Definition: Registrar, meetings with openly meetin Count of Bi- University of disclosed minutes 1 3 5 7 10 gs of ACE annual Benin: Dr G.O (→ PMC Implementati Ogboghodo Admin./Governance and on team Quality) EPMC meetings) Audit University 11. Annual disclosed reports Bursar unqualified external togethe (Dr.B.Bila) financial audit, with r with ACE annual budget NA NA Done Done Done Done Annual manag Internal Auditor: (→ ement Mrs. F.A. Admin./Governance letters Ogbeide(Internal Quality) on file Audit) )
*Explanatory Notes: The projections on enrolled students was calculated on the basis of the fact that the University of Benin has existing Masters and PhD courses in Sociology/Anthropology, and social work, and Masters degrees in Public Health, and Reproductive Health Law. Similarly, UI has existing Masters and PhD courses in public health, nursing and health economics, and a Masters Degree program in RH. The University of Ghana has Masters and PhD courses in public health and nursing, while the ABU has Masters and PhDs courses in Sociology and anthropology. Thus, our calculation of baseline enrolment data was generated from the pooling of all the existing postgraduate enrolments in related disciplines by UNIBEN and partner institutions. To date, none of the partner institutions offers certified short term courses in the field of reproductive health. Consequently, we envisaged that by establishing new short term courses as well as postgraduate courses in RH, public health, health economics, nursing and reproductive health law, we will greatly boost the number of graduates in the discipline during the first year of the program. Consequently, we estimate a conservative estimate of an annual increase of 100 new entrants into the program (short term, Masters and PhDs in all disciplines at UNIBEN and in partner institutions) based on the intensity of regional strategic communication activities that will be carried out by CERHI. Our estimates on regional faculty students and numbers of females (as compared to males) is based on our planned implementation of a deliberate policy to attract regional students and staff as well as national and regional females. These are conservative estimates. We believe we will be able to exceed these numbers when the program comes fully on stream. 19
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DETAILED BUDGET
Table 5: Budget, 2014 – 2018 with split between partners
DETAILED ACTIVITY SHEETS (one for each activity).
Estimated Costs in (US$) Expenditure Category YR 1 YR 2 YR3 YR 4 YR5 Total %of total 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 A: Budget by Activity Plan Action Plan 1: ACE action plan to
strengthen $277,40 $166,20 $166, Management 0 0 $166,200 200 $- $776,000 9.7% Action Plan 2: ACE action plan to achieve Teaching $689,15 $756,94 $756,9 $2,960,0 Excellence 8 8 $756,947 47 $- 00 37% Action Plan 3: ACE action to achieve Research $356,70 $494,43 $494,4 $1,840,0 Excellence 0 4 $494,435 31 $- 00 23% Action Plan 4: ACE action for attracting Regional Faculty $195,00 $281,66 $281,6 $1,040,0 and Students 0 6 $281,667 67 $- 00 13% Action Plan 5: ACE action plan for $1,221,6 CERHI centre 30 $1, 221, infrastructure $- $- $- $- 630 15.3% International (subsumed under Action Plans 1-5) Collaboration
Contingency $100,00 $20,00 0 $20,000 $20,000 0 $160,000 2%
TOTAL $2,839,8 $1,719,2 $1,719,2 $1,721, $8,000,0 88 49 48 615 $- 00 100% % 35.5% 21.2% 21.2% 21.5% $- 100% B: Budget by partners University of Benin $2,487,3 $1,250, $1,250, $1,250, $6,240,0 88 871 870 871 $- 00 78% University of Ibadan $78,500 $53,834 $53,833 $53,833 $- $240,000 3% University of Ghana $78,500 $53,834 $53, 833 $53,833 $- $240,000 3%
NIMR $78,500 $53,834 $53,833 $53,833 $- $240,000 3% ACE TEMPLATE Implementation Plan
Ahmadu Bello $240, University $78,500 $53,834 $53, 833 $53, 833 $- 000 3% National University of $53, Benin, Cotonou $78,500 834 $53,833 $53,833 $- $240,000 3% International Partner $100,00 Universities $100,000 0 $100,000 $100,000 $- $400,000 5%
Contingency $100,000 $20,000 $20,000 $20,000 $160,000 2%
TOTAL $3,079,8 $1,640, $1,640,0 $1,640,0 $8,00,00 88 041 35 36 $- 0 100%
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7 DETAILED ACTIVITY SHEETS (one for each activity)
Action Plan: ACE Action Plan to strengthen CERHI management Timeframe: June 1-September 30, 2014
Activity 1.1: Develop and manage CERHI website, including web management and web transparency infrastructure, social media and communication platforms
RESULT Design a specific website for CERHI using the University of Benin website as a design template, and creating communication platforms for CERHI in all current communication pathways and social media platforms. Also, create and train a web and social media management team for media presence sustainability.
ACTIVITY 1.1: Design of CERHI Website and strategic communication platforms.
OUTPUT A functional and interactive CERHI website, with communication platforms linked to those of regional and international partner institutions.
OUTPUT INDICATOR: A functioning CERHI website with SOURCE OF VERIFICATION all relevant information on program design and 1). visit to provided CERHI website implementation activities. Website has email portals and is and social media channels. linked with the website of the University of Benin and to 2) number of visitors to CERHI those of NIMR, UI, UG, NUG, ABU and international website and social media sites partner institutions. Also, CERHI is present in various social media: face book, twitter, etc.
IMPLEMENTATIO Website Design team constituted: June 1, 2014 N MILESTONES Draft Structure of Website provided by team: June 25, 2014 CERHI Implementation Plan completed: July 2014 Real elements to be included in Website provided to team; August 25, 2014 Draft full website completed: September 15, 2014 Review of Website by EPMC: September 30, 2014 Website approved and launched: October 12, 2014 CERHI Website linked to those of partner institutions: October 30, 2014 Continued management of the Website – up to Dec. 2014
PROCUREMENT Subscription to domain name, and outsourcing of design template
RESPONSIBILITY 1) CERHI Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua FOR 2) CERHI Desk officer – Barrister Richard Omagbemi IMPLEMENTATIO 3) CERHI Webmaster – Mr Mokogwu Chijioke N 4) CERHI Web librarian – Mr David Ofili 5) CERHI M&E officer – Dr (Mrs.) EO Ogboghodo
DURATION: June 2014 Commencement: June Completion: December 2018 – Oct. 2018 2014
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PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: UNIBEN CERHI Officials and Partner UNIBEN CERHI and Partner institutions. institutions.
ASSUMPTIONS: Functioning CERHI organogram and MOU signed with partner institutions
FINANCIAL Budget from CERHI IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Registration of Domain 500 500 Name over 4 years
2 One day workshop on 1000 1000 website design
3 Outsourcing of design 3,000 3,000 website graphics and informatics
4 Meeting for final 4,500 4,500 launch of CERHI and related media dissemination activities
5 Training of webmasters 3,000 3,000 of PI and project officials on use of website
6 External consultants 3,000 3,000 (including international consultations on website design)
TOTALS $15,0 $15,000 00
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Action Plan: 1. ACE Action Plan to strengthen CERHI Management
Timeframe: June 2014 to December 2018
Activity 1.2: To organize biweekly meetings of Project Management Committee (PMC) and quarterly meetings of Expanded Project Management Committee (EPMC)
RESULT Enable CERHI to engender project collaborative ownership, to obtain stakeholders’ inputs in its management, to effectively manage and monitor the project activities and to develop early response to difficulties and challenges
ACTIVITY 1.2 We will organize biweekly meetings of the PMC and quarterly meetings of EPMC to follow up on the project implementation at the University of Benin and in partner institutions. We will use the opportunity of the meetings to learn from each other, identify what is working and what is not working and find solutions to identified challenges.
OUTPUT Meetings of PMC and EPMC with number of participants and minutes of meetings accurately documented.
OUTPUT INDICATOR SOURCE OF VERIFICATION Number of meetings held, number of Compiled Minutes of Meetings of PMC participants at each meeting, and number of and EPMC Partner Institutions participating in the meetings.
IMPLEMENTATIO - Meetings of PMC will be convened every two weeks at the N MILESTONES Secretariat of CERHI. Agenda for the meetings will be sent out at least 5 days ahead of time to enable adequately preparation - Meetings of EPMC will be held every quarter with the full participation of project coordinators from partner institutions. Dates for the meetings will be identified in the Centre’s calendar and agenda will be forwarded at least 2 weeks beforehand. - The Desk officer of CERHI and support staff will take and keep records of minutes of the meetings and carry out logistic support. - CERHI at UNIBEN will coordinate the meetings, while coordinators at partner institutions will pay for their travels, accommodation and per diem from their institutional budgets.
PROCUREMENT Procurement will relate to accommodation arrangements, airfares, and printing of project documents
RESPONSIBILITY CERHI Project Team: Team Leader, Professor F Okonofua, FOR Coordinator, Professor Joseph Onakewhor, Desk officer, Barr IMPLEMENTATIO Richard Omagbemi, Project Coordinators at Partner Institutions N
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DURATION: Commencement: July 1, Completion: Dec 2018 2014
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: UNIBEN, UI, NIMR, UGhana, UNIBEN CERHI Departments and UCotonou, ABU, and members of PMC and Partner institutions EPMC
ASSUMPTION i. MOU signed with partner institutions S ii. PMC and EMPC members identified iii. Meeting dates identified and created in the annual calendar of activities of CERHI
FINANCIAL Budget from CERHI and Partner Institutions IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Travel, airfares, etc. 2,00 2,00 2,000 2,000 2,00 2,00 12,000 for participants from 0 0 0 0 partner institutions
2 Accommodation to 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 6,000 be provided by UNIBEN
3 Meals and incidentals 7,50 7,50 7,500 7,500 7,50 7,50 45,000 – at least over 2 days 0 0 0 0 for those coming from outside Benin
3 Communication and 3,00 3,00 3,000 3,000 3,00 3,00 18,000 meeting materials, 0 0 0 0 documentation, files, etc.
4 Local transportation 1,00 1,00 1,000 1,000 1,00 1,00 6,000 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 14,5 14,5 14,50 14,50 14,5 14,5 87,000 00 00 0 0 00 00
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Action Plan: 1. ACE Action Plan to strengthen Governance
Timeframe: December 4-6, 2014
Activity: 1.3: Organize a 2-Day meeting of members of the International Advisory Board (IAB) of CERHI
RESULT Enable members of IAB to have first-hand experience and knowledge of CERHI’s environment to increase their skills and capacity as advisory board members specific to the CERHI project
ACTIVITY Onsite meeting of the 7 international members of the International Advisory Board of CERHI, which will include a public lecture on a topic related to CERHI’s lecture to be delivered by one of the IAB members.
OUTPUT Meeting of IAB and international guest lecture by an IAB member, with minutes and outcomes of meeting accurately documented. Media presence will increase the visibility of CERHI in the region.
OUTPUT INDICATOR SOURCE OF VERIFICATION IAB meeting held, number of participants and 1) Minutes of IAB meeting decisions taken for moving CERHI forward, and 2) Media report of public minutes documented. Public lecture on CERHI lecture project activity delivered by IAB member.
IMPLEMENTATIO - Invitation for IAB meeting forwarded to members N MILESTONES - Travel arrangements made, including applications for visas - Participants arrive at UNIBEN on Dec 3, 2014 - Cocktail party at the Vice-Chancellor’s Lodge on evening of Dec 4, 2014 - IAB meeting held on December 4 - Public lecture held on evening of December 5, involving members of the University community and the general public - Members depart on December 5, 2014
PROCUREMENT Procurement will relate to accommodation arrangements, airfares, and printing of project documents
RESPONSIBILITY CERHI project team – Desk officer, Team leader, Coordinator and FOR support staff IMPLEMENTATIO N
DURATION: December Commencement: December Completion: December 6, 4-6, 2014 4, 2014 2014
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: IAB members, EPMC members, Members of CERHI IAB University of Benin senior management staff
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ASSUMPTION Acceptance by IAB members to attend the meeting. Visas obtained by S participating members
FINANCIAL Budget from CERHI IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Travel, airfares, visas 40,00 40,000 for 7 members 0
2 Accommodation and 5,000 5,000 related expenses
3 Meals and incidentals 4,000 4,000
4 Communication and 3,500 3,500 Meeting Costs
5 Costs of hosting public 7,500 7,500 lecture on RH as part of IAB meeting
TOTALS $60,0 $60,000 000
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Action Plan: ACE Action Plan to Strengthen Governance Timeframe: October 2014 Activity: 1.4: Procure a 15 Seater Bus and a Saloon Car to convey students to field trips
RESULT We will purchase a 15 seater bus and a saloon car to take students to industry, NGOs and project communities on field trips and research. This is highly needed to reduce the cost of rental of vehicles for field trips, as this would be undertaken on a daily basis.
ACTIVITY Purchase 15 Seater bus and a saloon car for use at the project secretariat at the University of Benin.
OUTPUT We will purchase the vehicles within the first quarter of our award of the grant to enable and enrolment of students to enable actual field students and industry experiences to begin immediately
OUTPUT INDICATORS SOURCE OF 1. Fully equipped bus and a saloon car purchased VERIFICATION 2. Drivers assigned from the University of Benin driving pool to manage the cars 1) Vehicles purchased with registration numbers, insurance certificates and other relevant identification papers 2) Vehicles branded with CERHI’s Name and Logo
IMPLEMENTATIO August 2014: call for bids for purchase orders N MILESTONES September 2014: Bids received and analysed and contract awarded October 2014; Vehicles purchased, registered and delivered to CERHI
PROCUREMENT Vehicles purchased through the University of Benin
RESPONSIBILITY 1) Barr Richard Omagbemi –CERHI Desk Officer FOR 2) Mr Idehen Imafidon – CERHI Procurement officer IMPLEMENTATIO 3) ACE Team Leader (Prof F. Okonofua) N
DURATION: Commencement: August Completion: October 2014 2014
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PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: Mainly students, supervisors Departmental, Faculty students, & and Course Coordinators CERHI Management
ASSUMPTION Local availability of new brands of vehicles S
FINANCIAL Budget from CERHI IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Cost of 15-Seater 32,1 32,125 Toyota Hiace Bus 25 2014 model, with registration, etc.
2 Cost of Toyota 32,3 32,361 Corolla Saloon Car, 61 2014 model with registration, etc.
3 Yearly insurance for 5,00 5,00 10,000 the 2 vehicles 0 0
4 Fuelling and 2,58 2,58 2,58 2,58 2,58 2,58 15,514 maintenance of 5 6 5 6 5 6 vehicles
TOTALS $72, $2,5 $2,5 $2,5 $7,5 $2,5 $80,000 071 86 85 86 85 86
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Action Plan: ACE Action Plan to Strengthen Governance Timeframe: November 1-31, 2014
Activity: 1.5 Organise a training of trainers on project management and M&E, followed by step down training in partner institutions
RESULT We will train project leaders at UNIBEN and partner institutions as Trainers on project management and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E). The trained trainers will then return to their Universities to train HODs, and Faculties on project management and M&E. This is to ensure timely collection of relevant data to track DLIs and DLRs, and the effective implementation of the project milestones.
ACTIVITY Training of trainers on project management and M&E followed by step down training in partner institutions
OUTPUT We will train 3 trainers at the University of Benin and one each from the partner institutions (making a total of 8 trainers overall). The trainers from each partner institution will be joined by one trainer from the University of Benin to conduct step down training in each of the partner institution. An estimated 50 Faculty staff at the University of Benin, and 25 each from the partner institutions will be trained (total of 175 Faculty).
OUTPUT INDICATORS SOURCE OF 1. Number of TOTs trained VERIFICATION 2. Number of Faculty trained from UNIBEN and from each 1) Training reports of the partner institutions 2) Training curricular and agenda of 3. Evidence of increased knowledge on M&E after training training workshops 3) Results of pre- and post-tests conducted with training participants.
IMPLEMENTATION August 2014: training facilitators identified MILESTONES September 2014: training module prepared by facilitators October 2014: training agenda and plans developed. Invitations sent to training participants November 1-4: Training of Trainers conducted for 8 trainers from UNIBEN and Partner Institutions. November 10-25: Stepped down training completed in Partner Institutions
PROCUREMENT Facilitators will be from the University of Benin. Officials of NUC, WB and AAU will be invited to participate.
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RESPONSIBILITY Professor Joseph Onakewhor – CERHI project coordinator FOR M&E ACE team leader from AAU IMPLEMENTATION Dr(Mrs.) EO Ogboghodo – CERHI M&E officer Professor FE Okonofua – Team Leader
DURATION: April 2014 – Commencement: August Completion: November 2014 Dec. 2018 2014
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: CERHI’s faculty from UNIBEN UNIBEN CERHI Departmental and and partner institutions. Faculty staff of partner institutions.
ASSUMPTIONS: 1) Full inventory of participating staff taken at the University of Benin and in partner institutions. 2) Working organogram and methods developed and approved for CERHI
FINANCIAL Budget from CERHI IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Airfares and 7,00 7,000 accommodation for 5 0 trainers from partner institutions
2 Airfare, 4,00 4,000 accommodation and 0 honorarium for M&E facilitator
3 Development of 3,00 3,000 training modules 0
4 TOT workshop 9,00 9,000 materials, feeding 0 and logistical support
5 Step down training for 32,0 32,000 Faculty at UNIBEN 00 and in individual partner institutions
TOTALS 55,0 - 55,000 00
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Action Plan: ACE Action Plan to Strengthen Governance Timeframe: November 1-31, 2014 Activity: 1.6 Support work of audit committee and carry out annual financial audit of CERHI’s financial disbursements
RESULT We will constitute an audit committee of CERHI and support its periodic meetings and activities. Audit committee will carry out pre-and post-procurement audits and also work with the external auditor to ensure the annual auditing of CERHI’s account with guidance from the University of Benin Governing Council
ACTIVITY An audit committee to be constituted for CERHI, with clear terms of Reference. The audit committee will develop and implement Guidelines for conducting pre- and post-procurement audits of all purchases made by CERHI using the auditing formats used by the Central Audit committee of the University. Audit reports of the Committee will be forwarded to the Vice-Chancellor and then to the Governing Council for necessary action.
OUTPUT Bi-monthly meetings of audit committee, with audit guidelines and procedures developed for CERHI. Quarterly, semi- annual audit reports forward to the VC and then to the Governing Council. External audit of CERHI’s financial accounts to be done annually with the support of the audit committee.
OUTPUT INDICATORS SOURCES OF 1) Audit Committee constituted, and number of VERIFICATION functioning members 1) Reports of bi-monthly 2) Reports of monthly meetings of committee meetings of Audit 3) Quarter Committee 2) Quarterly, semi- annual and annual CERHI audit report 3) Annual financial audits of CERHI approved by the Governing Council and placed in CERHI website
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IMPLEMENTATION July 2014: Audit Committee constituted by CERHI MILESTONES August 2014 – December 2018: Bimonthly meetings of Audit Committee September 2014 – December 2018: Quarterly, Semi-Annual and Annual reports of CERHI committee using a reporting template July 2015-December 2018: Annual financial audit of CERHI accounts approved by the Governing Council and placed on the CERHI and UNIBEN websites, and linked to the websites of partner institutions.
PROCUREMENT Fees of external auditors to be included. External auditors to be recruited through a bidding process supervised by the Governing Council.
RESPONSIBILITY 1) University Bursar – Dr Bila FOR 2) Mr Osifo Osagiede – CERHI Internal Auditor IMPLEMENTATIO 3) Other members of CERHI Audit Committee N 4) Team Leader, professor F Okonofua
DURATION: July 2014 – Commencement: July 2014 Completion: December 2018 Dec. 2018
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: UNIBEN CERHI Officials and UNIBEN CERHI. members of CERHI Audit Committee.
ASSUMPTIONS: Audit committee within the financial auditing framework already established for all federally funded Universities in Nigeria
FINANCIAL Budget from CERHI IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Support for bimonthly 750 750 750 750 750 750 4,500 meetings of CERHI, including refreshments, meeting documents, etc.
2 Semi-Annual Audit 1,50 1,50 1,50 4,500 visits to regional 0 0 0 partner institutions by 2 members of audit committee
3 Preparation of 1,50 1,50 1,50 1,500 1,50 1,50 9,000 quarterly, semi- 0 0 0 0 0
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annual and Annual Audit Reports
4 Outsourcing of 7,700 7,70 15,400 annual external audit 0 of CERHI’s account for review by Council and placement on CERHI website
TOTALS $3,7 $2,2 $3,7 $9,95 $3,7 $17, $33,400 50 50 50 0 50 650
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Action Plan 2: Action Plan to Achieve Teaching Excellence Timeframe: September 8-11, 2014 Activity: 2.1 Organize Curriculum Review/Development Workshop with involvement of regional and International partners
RESULT Develop new Curricular for short term, BS, MS and PhD degrees in RH, PhD in public Health, and MS, and PhD degrees in Health Economics and review existing curricular for short term, BS, MS and PhD degrees in Nursing, Sociology and Anthropology, Social Work, and Reproductive Health law, and the existing MPH curriculum. Workshop will bring together Faculties in relevant departments at UNIBEN and in partner institutions as well as representatives of international partner institutions, industry and development practitioners in health. This is to ensure that the curricular meet industry need for promoting RH in WA.
ACTIVITY Organise a 3-day workshop to harmonise ideas on developing new curriculum and renew existing curriculum to make them Industry compliant.
OUTPUT Clear guidelines and key issues in RH curriculum development will be formulated with the active participation of stakeholders to be used by Departments working with regional and international partners to finalise the curricular development and review
OUTPUT INDICATORS SOURCE OF 1) Templates for new and revised curricular produced VERIFICATION 2) Action plan for finalising each curriculum 1) Report of the curriculum review/development produced development/review 3) Inputs of industry, relevant stakeholders, partner workshop institutions and development partners into curricular obtained
IMPLEMENTATIO September 8-12,, 2014 N MILESTONES - Invitation to HODs of courses at UNIBEN and partner institutions, 3 international partners, and representatives of NGOs, development partners, industry and funding agencies - Participants arrive at UNIBEN on September 7 - Cocktail party at the VC’s Residence on the evening of September 7
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- Workshop held on September 9, 10 and 11 to include workshop group sessions, and specific interactions on different courses - Members depart on September 12 - Workshop report, including curriculum templates ready for distribution to participants by September 30.
PROCUREMENT All goods to be purchased from the University of Benin
RESPONSIBILITY 1) CERHI Coordinator of Curriculum Review and Development FOR – Professor SM Ogbonmwan IMPLEMENTATIO 2) CERHI Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua N 3) HODs of CERHI Coordinating Departments 4) Coordinators from Regional partner Institutions 5) Professor Julia Hussein – Aberdeen University 6) Prof Ana Langer – Harvard University 7) Professor Rebecca Cooke – Toronto University 8) Professor Charurat – University of Maryland 9) 3 Reps of NGOs 10) 3 Reps of Sector Planners 11) 3 Reps of Development partners
DURATION: September Commencement: Completion: September 11, 8-11, 2014 September 8, 2014 2014
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: UNIBEN CERHI Officials and by UNIBEN CERHI and Partner national and regional academic partners institutions.
ASSUMPTIONS: Regional and partner institutions signing MOUs agreeing to share curricular development and implementation
FINANCIAL From CERHI Budget IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Travel and 23,0 23,000 accommodation for 00 15 regional faculty, sector planners, CSOs and Industry partners
2 Travel and 22,0 22,000 accommodation for 4 00 Faculties from
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3 Honoraria for 47,2 47,250 facilitators and 50 Purchase of template curricular
3 Feeding, and 5,75 5,750 workshop materials 0 over 3 days (estimated 40 participants, including UNIBEN staff)
4 Development of 2,75 2,750 curriculum templates 0 and reports
TOTALS 100, 100,750 750
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Action Plan 2: Action Plan to Achieve Teaching Excellence Timeframe: 2014-2018 Activity: 2.2 Develop new Bachelors, MS and PhD degrees in Reproductive Health at UNIBEN
RESULT Long term educational program in RH will build a critical mass of resource personnel needed to conduct programs and research for increasing contraceptive prevalence rates and reducing fertility, maternal and child mortality in West Africa
ACTIVITY 2.2. Develop new Bachelors, MS and PhD degrees programs in Reproductive Health (RH) at the University of Benin.
OUTPUT The RH program will provide training to 50 undergraduate, 15 Masters and 10 PhD candidates a year. It will be a multi- disciplinary course located in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology but taught by Faculties in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Public Health, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Works, Demography, Health Economics, Reproductive health Law, Statistics and Clinical Psychology at UNIBEN and partner institutions. The course will teach modules on fertility regulation, safe motherhood, prevention of unsafe abortion, etc. from both the medical social science, legal, economic and policy frameworks needed to address the prevention of maternal and child mortality in the region.
OUTPUT INDICATORS SOURCE OF Number of students enrolled in the program and VERIFICATION completing the degrees requirements 1) University of Benin Admission and Senate Records 2) Students feedback surveys
IMPLEMENTATION - Curricular drafted by Department of O&G by March 2014 MILESTONES - Curricular reviewed by the Committee on RH Curricular Review and Development at UNIBEN – March to September, 2014 - Curriculum further reviewed at Curricular Development/Review Workshop: September 8-11, 2014 - Curricular finalised by Department of O&G using the recommendations from the Curricular Conference and working in collaboration with the Prof Ana Langer and team
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at the Harvard School of Public Health: September – October, 2014 - Curricular approved by PG School and Senate by November 2014 - Teachers identified and trained on use of new curricular- Dec 2014 - NUC and international accreditation sought in November 2014 - Programs Advertised in January 2015 - First sets of students admitted in 2015 seeking 50 students for undergraduate, 15 masters and 10 PhD students
PROCUREMENT Consultants to facilitate workshops and training: Printing course materials airfares, housing and arrangements for visiting trainees.
RESPONSIBILITY CERHI Team (specifically the Team Leader- Professor Friday E. FOR Okonofua and UNIBEN PI Professor Obehi Okojie and Coordinator, IMPLEMENTATION Professor Joseph Onakewhor, who is also HOD of O&G)
DURATION: April 2014 – Commencement: April Completion: December 2018 Dec. 2018 2014
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: UNIBEN CERHI Officials UNIBEN CERHI and Partner Partner intuitions. institutions.
ASSUMPTIONS: Curriculum approved by UNIBEN Senate and the NUC
FINANCIAL CERHI Budget IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Finalisation of 40,0 - - - - - $40,000 curricular between 00 Departments and the Aberdeen University – time engagement of staff at Aberdeen over 2 weeks
2 Advert and promotion 17, 5,000 5,00 5,00 $32,500 of students enrolment 500 0 0
3 Other Operational 15,0 10,0 19,5 $45,178 costs 78 00 00
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TOTALS $73, - $10, $5,00 $24, $5,0 $117,678 178 000 0 500 00
Action Plan 2: Action Plan to Achieve Teaching Excellence Timeframe: 2014-2018 Activity: 2.3. Develop new PhD degree in Public Health and strengthen MPH in RH at UNIBEN
RESULT Long term educational program in higher degrees in Public Health with concentration in RH will build a critical mass of resource personnel needed to conduct programs implementation and research for increasing contraceptive prevalence rates and reducing fertility, maternal and child mortality in West Africa
ACTIVITY 2.3. Improve the RH content of the current MPH program offered at UNIBEN and develop new PhD degree with strong RH bias at the University of Benin.
OUTPUT The RH program will provide training to 100 MPH students and up to 10 PhD candidates a year across the partner institutions. These are multi-disciplinary courses located in the Department of Community Medicine but taught by Faculties in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Public Health, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Works, Demography, Health Economics, Reproductive health Law, Statistics and Clinical Psychology at UNIBEN and partner institutions. The course will increase the teaching of modules on fertility regulation, safe motherhood, prevention of unsafe abortion, etc. from both the medical social science, legal, economic and policy frameworks needed to address the prevention of maternal and child mortality and increase contraceptive prevalence rate in the region.
OUTPUT INDICATORS SOURCE OF Number of students enrolled in the program and VERIFICATION completing the degrees requirements 3) University of Benin Admission and Senate Records 4) Students feedback surveys
IMPLEMENTATION - Curricular reviewed and drafted by Department of MILESTONES Community by March 2014
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- Curricular reviewed by the Committee on RH Curricular Review and Development at UNIBEN – March to September, 2014 - Curriculum further reviewed at Curricular Development/Review Workshop: September 8-11, 2014 - Curricular finalised by Department of Community Health using the recommendations from the Curricular Conference and working in collaboration with the Prof Julia Hussein and team at Aberdeen University: September –October, 2014 - Curricular approved by PG School and Senate by November 2014 - Teachers identified and re-trained on use of new curricular, December 2014 - NUC and international accreditation sought in November 2014 - Programs Advertised in January 2015 - First sets of students admitted in 2015 seeking 100 students for MPH and 10 PhD students
PROCUREMENT Consultants to facilitate workshops and training: Printing course materials airfares, housing and arrangements for visiting trainees.
RESPONSIBILITY CERHI Team (specifically the Team Leader- Professor Friday E. FOR Okonofua and UNIBEN PI Professor Obehi Okojie, Coordinator, IMPLEMENTATION Professor Joseph Onakewhor, and HOD of Community Medicine)
DURATION: April 2014 – Commencement: April Completion: December 2018 Dec. 2018 2014
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: UNIBEN CERHI Officials UNIBEN CERHI and Partner Partner intuitions. institutions.
ASSUMPTIONS: Curriculum approved by UNIBEN Senate and the NUC
FINANCIAL CERHI Budget IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Finalisation of 25,6 - - - - - $25,650 curricular between 50 Departments and the Harvard School of Public Health – time engagement of staff
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at Harvard over 2 weeks
2 Advert and promotion 5,00 5,000 5,00 5,00 $20,000 of students enrolment 0 0 0
3 Other Operational 7,69 7,000 7,69 $22,390 costs 5 5
TOTALS $38, - $12,0 $5,0 $12, $68,040 345 00 00 695 Action Plan 2: Action Plan to Achieve Teaching Excellence Timeframe: 2014-2018 Activity: 2.4. Develop new MS and PhD degrees in Health Economics at UNIBEN
RESULT Long term educational program in higher degrees in Health Economics concentration in RH that will fill the current gap of lack of indigenous health economists to deal with issues related to RH in West Africa. It will build a critical mass of resource personnel needed to conduct programs implementation on economic issues needed to increase contraceptive prevalence rates and reducing fertility, maternal and child mortality in West Africa
ACTIVITY 2.4. Establish an MS and PhD course in health economics at the University of Benin with support from the University of Ibadan that has an existing course in health economics.
OUTPUT The course will provide training to 10 MS students and up to 5 PhD candidates in health economics a year across the partner institutions. It will be multi-disciplinary courses located in the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Management Sciences at the University of Benin. The courses will be taught by faculties from economics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Public Health, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Works, Demography, Health Economics, Reproductive health Law, Statistics and Clinical Psychology at UNIBEN and partner institutions. The courses will include modules on the principles of RH, and as well as the economic principles of costs, cost-effectiveness of interventions, etc. needed to appropriate and relevant decision-making.
OUTPUT INDICATORS SOURCE OF Number of students enrolled in the program and VERIFICATION completing the degrees requirements 5) University of Benin Admission and Senate Records 6) Students feedback surveys
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IMPLEMENTATION - Curricular reviewed and drafted by Department of MILESTONES Economics by March 2014 - Curricular reviewed by the Committee on RH Curricular Review and Development at UNIBEN – March to September, 2014 - Curriculum further reviewed at Curricular Development/Review Workshop: September 8-11, 2014 - Curricular finalised by Department of Economics using the recommendations from the Curricular Conference and working in collaboration with faculty members from the University of Ibadan, and the Harvard School of Public Health – October, 2014 - Curricular approved by PG School and Senate by November 2014 - Teachers identified and re-trained on use of new curricular, December 2014 - NUC and international accreditation sought in November 2014 - Programs Advertised in January 2015 - First sets of students admitted in 2015 seeking 10 students for MS and 5 PhD students
PROCUREMENT Consultants to facilitate workshops and training: Printing course materials airfares, housing and arrangements for visiting trainees.
RESPONSIBILITY CERHI Team (specifically the Team Leader- Professor Friday E. FOR Okonofua and UNIBEN PI Professor Obehi Okojie, Coordinator, IMPLEMENTATION Professor Joseph Onakewhor, and HOD of Department of Economics).
DURATION: April 2014 – Commencement: April Completion: December 2018 Dec. 2018 2014
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: UNIBEN CERHI Officials UNIBEN CERHI and Partner Partner intuitions. institutions.
ASSUMPTIONS: Curriculum approved by UNIBEN Senate and the NUC
FINANCIAL CERHI Budget IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Finalisation of 34,8 - - - - - $34,890 curricular between 90
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Departments and the University of Ibadan and the Harvard School of Public Health – time engagement of staff at UI and Harvard over 2 weeks
2 Advert and promotion 5,00 5,000 5,00 5,00 $20,000 of students enrolment 0 0 0
3 Other Operational 5,93 5,935 5,93 $17,805 costs 5 5
TOTALS $45, - $10,0 $5,0 $10, $72,695 825 00 00 935
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Action Plan 2: Action Plan to Achieve Teaching Excellence Timeframe: 2014-2018
Activity: 2.5. Strengthen RH Content in MS and PhD degrees in Nursing, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Work and Reproductive Health Law at UNIBEN
RESULT Long term educational program in higher degrees in Nursing, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Work, and RH Law in RH will build a critical mass of resource personnel needed to conduct programs and research implementation, and improve relevant policy developments for increasing contraceptive prevalence rates and reducing fertility, maternal and child mortality in West Africa
ACTIVITY 2.5. Improve the RH content of the current MS and PhD programs in Nursing, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Work and RH Law offered at UNIBEN at the University of Benin.
OUTPUT The RH program will provide training to at least 10 MS students and up to 5 PhD candidates each in Nursing, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Work and RH Law each year across the partner institutions. These are multi-disciplinary courses located respectively in the Departments of Nursing, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Work and RH Law. The courses will be taught by Faculties in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Public Health, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Works, Demography, Health Economics, Reproductive health Law, Statistics and Clinical Psychology at UNIBEN and partner institutions. The courses will increase the teaching of modules on fertility regulation, safe motherhood, prevention of unsafe abortion, etc. from both the medical social science, legal, economic, human rights and policy frameworks needed to address the prevention of maternal and child mortality and increase contraceptive prevalence rate in the region.
OUTPUT INDICATORS SOURCE OF Number of students enrolled in each program and VERIFICATION completing the degrees requirements
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- University of Benin Admission and Senate Records - Students feedback surveys
IMPLEMENTATION - Curricular reviewed and drafted by relevant Departments by MILESTONES March 2014 - Curricular reviewed by the Committee on RH Curricular Review and Development at UNIBEN – March to September, 2014 - Curriculum further reviewed at Curricular Development/Review Workshop: September 8-11, 2014 - Curricular finalised by Department of Departments using the recommendations from the Curricular Conference and working in collaboration with: 1) Aberdeen – Nursing; 2) Ottawa and UI – Sociology and Anthropology and Social Work; and 3) University of Toronto – RH Law: September – October, 2014 - Curricular approved by PG School and Senate by November 2014 - Teachers identified and re-trained on use of new curricular, December 2014 - NUC and international accreditation sought in November 2014 - Programs Advertised in January 2015 - First sets of students admitted in 2015 seeking 10 students for MS and 5 PhD students for each program.
PROCUREMENT Consultants to facilitate workshops and training: Printing course materials airfares, housing and arrangements for visiting trainees.
RESPONSIBILITY CERHI Team (specifically the Team Leader- Professor Friday E. FOR Okonofua and UNIBEN PI Professor Obehi Okojie, Coordinator, IMPLEMENTATION Professor Joseph Onakewhor, and HODs of Nursing, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Work, and RH Law)
DURATION: April 2014 – Commencement: April Completion: December 2018 Dec. 2018 2014
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: UNIBEN CERHI Officials UNIBEN CERHI and Partner Partner intuitions. institutions.
ASSUMPTIONS: Curriculum approved by UNIBEN Senate and the NUC
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Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Finalisation of 34,5 - - - - - $34, 550 curricular between 50 Departments and Aberdeen, UI and Toronto – time engagement of UI, Aberdeen and Ottawa staff at Harvard over 2 weeks
2 Advert and promotion 2,00 2,000 2,00 2,00 $8,000 of students enrolment 0 0 0
3 Other Operational 4,49 4,495 4,49 $13,485 costs 5 5
TOTALS $41, - $6,49 $2,0 $6,4 $56,035 045 5 00 95
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Action Plan 2: Action Plan to Achieve Teaching Excellence Timeframe: 2014-2018
Activity: 2.6. Plan and execute short term courses in RH at UNIBEN and in partner institutions
RESULT Short term courses in RH targeting service providers and policymakers will help address existing gaps in policymaking and service delivery needed to promote RH and improve policy developments for increasing contraceptive prevalence rates and reducing fertility, maternal and child mortality in West Africa
ACTIVITY 2.6. Implement short courses in RH, Nursing, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Work and RH Law at UNIBEN and partner institutions.
OUTPUT Some short courses will include the following: 1) A 2-weeks course on RH for mid-level providers at UNIBEN (targeting 20 participants) 2) A 2-weeks course on laboratory techniques in HIV/AIDS at NIMR for Laboratory scientists. (targeting 15 participants) 3) A 2-weeks course on RH law and rights for legal and judicial officers, and legislative assistants at UNIBEN (targeting 20 participants) 4) A 2 weeks course on RH counselling for nurses, midwives and counsellors at UNIBEN (targeting 30 participants) 5) A 2 weeks course on family planning, safe motherhood and RH for primary health care workers at the University of Ghana, and ABU (targeting 20 participants in each University) 6) A 2 weeks course on prevention of child mortality for nurses, midwives and doctors at the University of Cotonou (targeting 20 participants). A detailed timetable of short term courses available in CERHI affiliated institutions will be drawn up and approved by UNIBEN and partner institutions at the beginning of each Session. Certificates will be offered by each institution in a format to be designed and approved by CERHI.
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OUTPUT INDICATORS SOURCE OF Number of students enrolled in each program and VERIFICATION completing the degrees requirements - University of Benin Admission and Senate Records - Students feedback surveys
IMPLEMENTATION - Short term teaching Curricular reviewed and drafted by MILESTONES relevant Departments by March 2014 - Curricular reviewed by the Committee on RH Curricular Review and Development at UNIBEN – March to September, 2014 - Curriculum further reviewed at Curricular Development/Review Workshop: September 8-11, 2014 - Curricular finalised by Department of Departments using the recommendations from the Curricular Conference and working in collaboration with regional and international partners: September –October, 2014 - Curricular approved by PG School and Senate by November 2014 - Teachers identified and re-trained on use of curricular, December 2014 - NUC and international accreditation sought in November 2014 - Courses Advertised in January 2015 - First sets of students admitted in 2015 seeking 10 students for MS and 5 PhD students for each program.
PROCUREMENT Consultants to facilitate workshops and training: Printing course materials airfares, housing and arrangements for visiting trainees.
RESPONSIBILITY CERHI Team (specifically the Team Leader- Professor Friday E. FOR Okonofua and UNIBEN PI Professor Obehi Okojie, Coordinator, IMPLEMENTATION Professor Joseph Onakewhor, and HODs of relevant Departments at UNIBEN and partner institutions)
DURATION: April 2014 – Commencement: April Completion: December 2018 Dec. 2018 2014
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: UNIBEN CERHI Officials UNIBEN CERHI and Partner Partner intuitions. institutions.
ASSUMPTIONS: Curriculum approved by UNIBEN Senate and the NUC
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Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Finalisation of 19,3 - - - - - $19,340 curricular between 40 Departments at regional and partner institutions – time engagement of regional and partner institutions over 3 days
2 Advert and promotion 5,00 5,000 5,00 5,00 $20,000 of students enrolment 0 0 0
3 Operational costs 37,5 37,58 37,5 $112,740 80 0 80
TOTALS $61, - $42,5 $5,0 $42, $152,080 920 80 00 580
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Action Plan 2: ACE Action Plan to Achieve Teaching Excellence Timeframe: December 1-20, 2014
Activity: 2.7 Organise Training of Trainers (TOT) to use new/revised RH curricular and step-down training in partner institutions
RESULT We will train project leaders at UNIBEN and partner institutions as Trainers on use of the new and revised RH curricular. The trained trainers will then return to their Universities to train HODs, and Faculties on the use of the curricular. This is to ensure proper use of the curricular for effective teaching of the various courses.
ACTIVITY Training of trainers on use of new and revised curricular followed by step down training in partner institutions
OUTPUT We will train one trainer at the University of Benin from each of the new/revised program from UNIBEN and the partner institutions (making a total of 12 trainers overall). The trainers from each partner institution will be joined by one trainer from the University of Benin to conduct step down training in each of the partner institution. An estimated 50 Faculty staff at the University of Benin, and 25 each from the partner institutions will be trained (total of 175 Faculty).
OUTPUT INDICATORS SOURCE OF 1) Number of TOTs trained VERIFICATION 2) Number of Faculty trained from UNIBEN and from 1) Training reports each of the partner institutions 2) Training curricular and agenda of 3) Evidence of increased knowledge on use of training workshops new/revised curricular 3) Results of pre- and post-tests conducted with training participants.
IMPLEMENTATION October 2014: Curricular finalised MILESTONES November 2-10, 2014:training facilitators identified November 10-20, 2014: training module prepared by facilitators November 25-28, 2014: training agenda and plans developed. Invitations sent to training participants
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December 2-6, 2014: Training of Trainers conducted for 8 trainers from UNIBEN and Partner Institutions. November 10-20, 2014: Stepped down training completed in Partner Institutions
PROCUREMENT Facilitators will be from the University of Benin. Officials of NUC, WB and AAU will be invited to participate.
RESPONSIBILITY Professor Joseph Onakewhor – CERHI project FOR coordinator/training officer. IMPLEMENTATION HODs of CERHI’s Departments Professor FE Okonofua – Team Leader
DURATION: November – Commencement: Completion: December 20, December, 2014 November 1, 2014 2014
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: CERHI’s faculty from UNIBEN UNIBEN CERHI Departmental and and partner institutions. Faculty staff of partner institutions.
ASSUMPTIONS: 1) All coursed fully developed and revised 2) Courses approved by University of Benin Senate
FINANCIAL Budget from CERHI and those of partner institutions IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Airfares and 7,00 7,000 accommodation for 5 0 trainers from partner institutions
2 Airfare, 12,5 12,500 accommodation and 00 honorarium for 2 trainers from international partner institutions
3 Development of 3,50 3,500 training modules 0
4 TOT workshop 15,5 15,500 materials, feeding 00 and logistical support
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5 Step down training for 47,1 47,150 Faculty at UNIBEN 50 and in individual partner institutions
TOTALS 85,6 - 85,650 50
Action Plan 2: ACE Action Plan to Achieve Teaching Excellence Timeframe: October 2014
Activity: 2.8: Procure e-learning materials, new learning technologies, and multi-nodal learning materials and platforms
RESULT In order to develop a centre of teaching excellence in RH at the University of Benin and partner institutions, we will procure all necessary physical and virtual teaching materials at UNIBEN and in our partner Institutions.
ACTIVITY Procure new teaching technologies and multi-media and multi- nodal teaching and communication equipment.
OUTPUT We will purchase all teaching equipment needs during the first quarter and repeatedly in the following years as the needs arise.
OUTPUT INDICATORS SOURCE OF Fully equipped seminar/teaching rooms with necessary VERIFICATION equipment for teaching RH at UNIBEN and in Partner Institutions. Site teaching class and seminar rooms
IMPLEMENTATIO October 2014: call for bids for purchase orders N MILESTONES November 2014: Bids received and analysed and contract awarded December 2014: outfitting of all seminar/teaching rooms with teaching materials and consumables.
PROCUREMENT - Goods purchased though UNIBEN and all partner institutions - Recurring orders through purchasing with established vendors
RESPONSIBILITY - Barr Richard Omagbemi –CERHI Desk Officer FOR - Mr Idehen Imafidon – CERHI Procurement officer - ACE Team Leader (Prof F. Okonofua)
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IMPLEMENTATIO N
DURATION: Commencement: October Completion: October 2018 2014
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: Mainly students, supervisors Departmental, Faculty students, & and Course Coordinators CERHI Management
ASSUMPTION Local availability of new brands of teaching aids S
FINANCIAL Budget from CERHI and Partner Institutions IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Multimedia, screens, 45,0 - $45,000 and PAS in 15 00 classrooms in UNIBEN and partner institutions.
2 Video and audio 48,4 $48,450 conferencing facilities 50 at UNIBEN and in partner institutions
3 Virtual white boards, 23,7 15,8 $39,590 flip charts, other 50 40 learning tools, etc.
4 Laptops and printers, 32,0 32,0 $64,000 00 00
5 Photocopiers and 13,5 7,80 $21,350 digital cameras 50 0
6 Running Costs 7,16 7,16 7,16 7,16 7,16 7,16 $42,990 5 6 5 6 5 6
TOTALS $97, $79, $7,1 $7,1 $55, $14, $261,383 715 366 65 66 005 966
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Action Plan 3: ACE Action Plan to Achieve Research Excellence Timeframe: October 2014
Activity: 3.1: Procure General Research Equipment
RESULT In order to develop a centre of teaching excellence in RH at the University of Benin and partner institutions, we will procure necessary equipment to support policy-relevant research that will aid post-graduate education at UNIBEN and in our partner Institutions.
ACTIVITY Procure research equipment for UNIBEN and partner institutions.
OUTPUT We will purchase all research equipment needs during the first quarter and repeatedly in the following years as the needs arise.
OUTPUT INDICATORS SOURCE OF Fully equipped laboratories and offices to be used for field VERIFICATION research at UNIBEN and in Partner Institutions. Site research labs and offices for research
IMPLEMENTATIO October 2014: call for bids for purchase orders N MILESTONES November 2014: Bids received and analysed and contract awarded December 2014: outfitting of all labs and relevant research sites with research materials and consumables.
PROCUREMENT - Goods purchased though UNIBEN and all partner institutions - Recurring orders through purchasing with established vendors
RESPONSIBILITY - Barr Richard Omagbemi –CERHI Desk Officer FOR - Mr Idehen Imafidon – CERHI Procurement officer IMPLEMENTATIO - ACE Team Leader (Prof F. Okonofua) N
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DURATION: Commencement: October Completion: October 2018 2014
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: Mainly students, supervisors, Departmental, Faculty students, & faculties, and Course Coordinators CERHI Management
ASSUMPTION Local availability of research equipment and supplies S
FINANCIAL Budget from CERHI and Partner Institutions IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Consumables for 4,50 - 4,50 $9,000 Central Research at 0 0 UNIBEN.
2 Manual vacuum 15,6 $15,625 aspiration kits (MVA) 25 for research into prevention of unsafe abortion
3 Family planning 9,75 9,75 9,75 $29,268 commodities – 6 6 6 contraceptives, etc.
4 Surgical equipment 6,75 $6,750 for tuboplasty and 0 vasectomy for research into surgical contraception,
5 Misoprostol, and 12,5 12,5 $29,000 surgical tamponade, 00 00 balloon catheter for research and research training in prevention of postpartum haemorrhage
6 Parthograph, and 3,12 3,12 3,12 $9,376 Mama kits –for 5 5 5 delivery by primary health care workers
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for training and research on prevention of maternal mortality
7 Siemen’s molecular 31,2 $31,250 diagnostics using 50 NAAT testing based on VERSANT CT/GC DNA 1.0 assay – for research into the RH effects of Chlamydia and Neisseria Gonorrhoea and other STIs
8 Purchase of HIV 20,0 20,0 40,000 detection kits and 00 00 reagents for viral assay and CD-4 count
9 Basic renewable 3,50 - 3,50 - 3,50 - $10,500 equipment – 0 0 0 catheters, syringes, tubes, suction catheters, airways, etc.
10 Data processing 5,00 2,00 $7,000 software for 0 0 qualitative and quantitative data analysis and annual renewals –STATA, SPSS Pc+, audiotapes and batteries, etc.
6 Running Costs 6,56 6,56 6,56 6,56 6,56 6,56 $39,413 8 8 9 8 8 9
TOTALS $102 $22, $22, $19, $29, $26, $217,806 ,949 193 950 068 495 569
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Action Plan 3: ACE Action Plan to Achieve Research Excellence Timeframe: December 1-20, 2014
Activity: 3.2 Develop a core team to lead multi-disciplinary team and build international partnership for RH research and publications
RESULT We will constitute a team among the participating Departments in UNIBEN and partner institutions to lead multi-disciplinary proposal writing, and research implementation in RH. The team will coordinate research training and resource mobilization for CERHI.
ACTIVITY Develop a multi-disciplinary team to lead the research training, resource mobilization and research implementation and publications for CERHI.
OUTPUT Constitute a multi-disciplinary team comprising Faculties from the different courses in CERHI. At least 7 from UNIBEN and 5 from Regional Partner Institutions (12 in total). The core team will work with International partner institutions to identify research topics, and research training needs. The core team will be trained on specific research methods, proposal writing for research and on fund raising. A training module will be developed to be used for step down training on proposal writing and research methods. Specific research will be implemented by the core team in collaboration with regional and international partners. Research implementation will be engage MS and PhD students who will use the research in preparing their theses as well.
OUTPUT INDICATORS SOURCE OF - Evidence of improved capacity for proposal writing, VERIFICATION research implementation and research output by - Training reports and trained staff records - Grants obtained from - Improved research output by students proposal writing - Quality theses by students - Quality students - High quality papers published in international peer- theses winning review journals regional and
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international competition - Journal citations.
IMPLEMENTATION - Identify and inaugurate members of core research team at MILESTONES UNIBEN and in partner institutions, October 2014: - Team organises research priority meeting, with identification of priority research areas – December 2014 - Research training and proposal writing training modules developed in collaboration with international partner institutions – January 2015 - Core team trained on research methods and proposal writing – February 2015 - Core team members to function as TOT on research and proposal writing training - Core team implement multi-disciplinary research and publications
PROCUREMENT Facilitators will be from the University of Benin. Officials of NUC, WB and AAU will be invited to participate.
RESPONSIBILITY Professor Joseph Onakewhor – CERHI project FOR coordinator/training officer. IMPLEMENTATION HODs of CERHI’s Departments Professor FE Okonofua – Team Leader
DURATION: October Commencement: October, Completion: December, 2018 2014-Dec 2018 2014
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: CERHI’s faculty from UNIBEN UNIBEN CERHI Departmental and and partner institutions. Faculty staff of partner institutions.
ASSUMPTIONS: - All courses fully developed and revised - Courses approved by University of Benin Senate
FINANCIAL Budget from CERHI and those of partner institutions IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Quarterly meetings of 4,50 4,50 4,50 4,500 4,50 4,50 $27,000 research team - 0 0 0 0 0 Airfares and accommodation for members from partner institutions
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2 Honoraria for 10,0 10,0 $20,000 international research 00 00 team collaboration
3 Development of 5,50 $5,500 research and 0 proposal training modules
4 Support for core 15,5 25,0 $40,500 research 00 00 implementation and publications
5 Running costs 8,50 8,50 8,50 8,500 8,50 8,50 $51,000 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS $38, $18, 13,0 $13,0 $48, $13, $144,000 500 500- 00 00 000 000
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Action Plan 3: Action Plan to Achieve Research Excellence Timeframe: March 15-18, 2015 Activity: 3.3. Organize proposal writing, research methodology and publications training workshop with step-down trainings in partner institutions.
RESULT Enable CERHI faculty and students to develop excellence in research proposal writing, research implementation and publications in RH.
ACTIVITY 3.3. Organise a 3-day proposal writing and research methodology workshop at UNIBEN, and then step-down trainings in partner Institutions.
OUTPUT We will conduct a central training of trainers’ workshop at the University of Benin for members of the core research team. Thereafter, we will conduct step down trainings at UNIBEN and in partner institutions. Annual step down trainings will thereafter be conducted at UNIBEN and partner institutions, especially for new students and staff.
OUTPUT INDICATORS SOURCE OF - Training modules/manual produced VERIFICATION - Number of training workshops and number of - Report of training participants at each workshop workshop - Evidence of improved knowledge and skills in - Documented proposal writing and research methodology in RH research proposals - Improved research and publication outputs - Writing samples and documented publications
IMPLEMENTATIO September February- May, 2015 N MILESTONES - Invitation to HODs of courses at UNIBEN and partner institutions, February 2015 - Participants arrive at UNIBEN on March 14 - Workshop held on march 15 and 16 to include specific hands-on skills sessions and interactions on different courses
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- Members depart on March 17 - Workshop report, ready for distribution to participants by April 2, 2015 - Step-down trainings completed by May 15, 2015
PROCUREMENT All goods to be purchased from the University of Benin
RESPONSIBILITY - CERHI Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua FOR - HODs of CERHI Coordinating Departments IMPLEMENTATIO - Coordinators from Regional partner Institutions N - Professor Julia Hussein – Aberdeen University - Prof Ana Langer – Harvard University - Professor Charurat – University of Maryland
DURATION: February to Commencement: February Completion: February, 2015 May 2013 2015
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: UNIBEN CERHI Officials and by UNIBEN CERHI and Partner national and regional academic partners institutions.
ASSUMPTIONS: Regional and partner institutions signing MOUs agreeing to share research experience and methods in RH
FINANCIAL Budget from CERHI and Partner Institutions IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Travel and 10,0 $10,000 accommodation for 8 00 regional faculty,
2 Travel and 6,00 $6,000 accommodation for 2 0 Faculties from international partner institutions
3 Honoraria for 6,00 $6,000 facilitators 0
3 Feeding, and 18,0 $18,000 workshop materials 00 over 3 days (estimated 40 participants, including UNIBEN staff)
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4 Step-down trainings 30,0 30,0 $60,000 at UNIBEN and in 00 00 partner institutions
TOTALS $70l, $30, $100,000 000 000
Action Plan 3: ACE Action Plan to Achieve Research Excellence Timeframe: December 2014 to Dec 2018
Activity: 3.4. Support to develop fundable research proposals for sustainable financing
RESULT To achieve sustainable excellence in RH teaching and service delivery, CERHI would need to seek additional funding for research and development. Thus, CERHI will constitute a fundable research writing team that we respond to calls for proposals and also develop concept papers to seek funds for international research funding on a periodic basis.
ACTIVITY Provide support for writing concept papers and fundable proposals for CERHI.
OUTPUT Constitute a core multi-disciplinary team of at least 3 members lead by the Team Leaders and supported by 2-3 international partners to respond to calls for proposals and also develop concept papers for research and programmatic fund-raising.
OUTPUT INDICATORS SOURCE OF - Evidence of fully developed proposals VERIFICATION - Additional funds obtained by CERHI from proposal - CERHI annual development reports and records - Grants obtained from proposal writing - CERHI financial reports and audit statements showing additional funds from proposal writing.
IMPLEMENTATION - Identify and inaugurate members of core proposal writing MILESTONES team, with a desk officer to look out for calls for proposal, December 2014:
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- Core team develops a fund-raising and proposal writing strategy – January 2015,and identifies potential funders - Proposal writing and fund-raising in progress – from February, 2015
PROCUREMENT Facilitators will be from the University of Benin.
RESPONSIBILITY Professor FE Okonofua – Team Leader FOR Barr Richard Omagbemi – Desk Officer IMPLEMENTATION Professor Joseph Onakewhor – project Coordinator
DURATION: Dec 2014- Commencement: Completion: December, 2018 Dec 2018 December, 2014
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: CERHI’s faculty from UNIBEN UNIBEN CERHI Departmental and and partner institutions. Faculty staff of partner institutions.
ASSUMPTIONS: - CERHI given international visibility with a working website and branding - CERHI’s working organogram fully in place
FINANCIAL Budget from CERHI IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Running costs 5,85 5,85 5,85 5,850 5,85 5,85 $35,100 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS $5,8 $5,8 $5,8 $5,85 $5,8 $5,8 $35,100 50 50 50 0 50 50
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Action Plan 3: ACE Action Plan to Achieve Research Excellence Timeframe: May 2015 to Dec 2018
Activity: 3.5. Support for international conferences and manuscripts preparations
RESULT As CERHI carries out cutting edge research and service delivery in RH, we will provide support for individuals to present their work in international conferences and publish in international peer review journals.
ACTIVITY Support for international conference presentations and manuscript publication.
OUTPUT We will provide support for conference attendance and manuscript charges. These will be provided to MS, PhD students, post-docs, and faculty members associated with CERHI. Fewer conferences are being envisaged in the first year, but this will increase as the number of students and intensity of research improves in the subsequent years.
OUTPUT INDICATORS SOURCE OF Number of publications and presentations outside CERHI VERIFICATION - Publications and conference records - CERHI annual reports and records
IMPLEMENTATION - Announce availability of funds to support presentations and MILESTONES publications to staff and students - Procedure for accessing funds will also be announced, for those with actual papers to present or publish
PROCUREMENT This will be implemented from the University of Benin.
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RESPONSIBILITY Professor FE Okonofua – Team Leader FOR Professor Obehi Okojie – Deputy Team Leader IMPLEMENTATION Professor Joseph Onakewhor – project Coordinator
DURATION: May 2015- Commencement: May 2015 Completion: December, 2018 Dec 2018
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: CERHI’s faculty from UNIBEN UNIBEN CERHI Departmental and and partner institutions. Faculty staff of partner institutions.
ASSUMPTIONS: - CERHI given international visibility with a working website and branding - CERHI’s working organogram fully in place
FINANCIAL Budget from CERHI IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Conference 35,0 25,0 $60,000 Attendance 00 0
TOTALS $35, 25,0 $60,000 000 00
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Action Plan 4: ACE action for attracting regional faculty and students Timeframe: July 28, 2014 – December 31, 2018 Activity 4.1: Institutionalize regular internships of students between regional partner institutions
RESULT Awareness created through functional CERHI website, market-place outreaches, conferences and IEC materials and articulated policy of promoting educational opportunities implemented at CERHI and regional partner institutions that address specific issues of Maternal and Child Health including Family Planning, STIs and HIV and AIDS in the West African sub-region.
ACTIVITY Enunciation of policy of promoting “broader” educational opportunities for regional internships in relevant fields of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) including Family Planning, STIs and HIV and AIDS at partner countries (other than their country of origin) at subsidized cost (e.g. language and relocation support) for short term (≥ one-month) courses and one semester for Masters and PhDs.
Placement of policy document promoting “broader” educational opportunities at CERHI and partner institutions CERHI website’, ECOWAS Secretariat, Embassies and in conference brochures to raise awareness and attract regional students and faculties for short- term courses; especially Midwives, operators of maternity homes, Post-Youth Corps Service Doctors, General Practitioners, Family Physicians and students for new Bachelors, new Masters and new PhDs students.
Because the West Africa sub-region is both Anglophone and Francophone, language and relocation support shall be provided for regional faculty and students.
Hire a consultant to work with CERHI Committee (Principal Investigator, Prof O. Okojie, Coordinator – Prof J. Onakewhor,
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M&E- Officer, Dr (Mrs Ogboghodo and the Desk Officer, Barr. R. Omagbemi) on attracting regional faculty and students to organise a workshop once a year in August for Year 1 and May for Year 2 in regional country(Benin Republic, Ghana, Sierra Leone) and registration of potential faculties and students for CERHI Courses.
OUTPUT Increase in the number and capacity of regional faculty and student graduates of CERHI courses to deliver high quality RH (MCH) services and research
OUTPUT INDICATORS: SOURCE OF VERIFICATION Policy of promoting “broader” educational opportunities for 1) Bi-annual Reports of the regional /international students and faculties enunciated Department of Academic and implemented with concurrent increase in the number Planning and Postgraduate of regional students and faculties CERHI Programme School on students enrolment
and students
IMPLEMENTATIO N MILESTONES 1) Functional CERHI bilingual Website and websites of partner institutions by July-September 2014 2) Hire a consultant by August 2014 3) CERHI Committee on internship with regional partner institutions established and commence work August 2014 4. Student relocation methods determined prior to student arrival in Academic Year 2015 5. At least 20 students targeted per semester for short periods of internships between partner institutions 6. English Language Proficiency (at least 3 months)
PROCUREMENT As stated in 1.1 and procurement of furniture, Computers and Accessories, e-learning Resources including facilities for e-learning portals
RESPONSIBILITY 1) CERHI Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua FOR 2) Principal Investigator (PI)/Deputy PI- Prof O Okojie/Prof J. IMPLEMENTATIO Onakewhor N 3) Dean of Post Graduate School- Prof Bob Osaze 4) Director of Academic Planning – Dr W.A. Iguodala 5) HOD foreign Languages 6) CERHI Webmaster – Mr Mokogwu Chijioke
DURATION: June 2014- Commencement: June 2014 Completion: October 2018 October 2018
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANT: Hired consultant, Faculty and students UNIBEN CERHI and Partner of CERHI and partner institutions (UI, UG, and ABU, institutions. National University of Benin Republic
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ASSUMPTIONS: Implementation strategies established by August 2014.
FINANCIAL Budget as stated in 1.1 IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Enunciating policy of 2,00 $2,000 promoting “broader” 0 educational opportunities for regional internships in relevant fields
2 Language Support for 1000 1000 1000 1000 $4,000 regional students on internship.
3 CERHI Advisory 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 $5,000 Committee Planning Meetings
4 Running costs and 8,00 8,00 8,000 8,00 8,00 $40,000 support for students 0 0 0 0 on internship
TOTALS $11, $10, $10,0 $10, $10, $51,000 000 000 00 000 000
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Action Plan 4: ACE Action for Attracting Regional Faculty and Students Timeframe: July 28, 2014 – December 31, 2018 Activity 4.2: Faculty exchange programmes between UNIBEN, UI, UG, National University of Benin, Cotonou (UNB) and ABU
RESULT Establishment of a formal faculty exchange programme between CERHI involving at least one faculty member per year exchanged between partner institutions in key RH disciplines.
ACTIVITY Institutionalise faculty exchange programmes between the University of Benin, NIMR, UI, ABU, UG and UNB.
OUTPUT These Universities have had limited opportunities to collaborate and to teach joint programs in RH, essentially because of the newness of RH as a discipline. At least one faculty member from each of the partner institution will spend either one summer or one semester at another partner institution, and will engage in specific RH research. This faculty member will teach at least one course in their area of specialization while in residence.
OUTPUT INDICATORS: SOURCE OF VERIFICATION Successful exchange of faculty members between partner CERHI Website and Bi-annual institutions. Reports of Academic Planning and Exchange and Linkage Units, and Postgraduate School on faculty exchanges
IMPLEMENTATIO - Discuss formal exchange program at CERHI launch and include in N MILESTONES MOU being developed with partner institutions - Contact University officials and departments and establish lines of communication with participating units - Implement pilot exchange programs in October-December 2014.
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PROCUREMENT No specific payments to be involved
RESPONSIBILITY 1) CERHI Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua FOR 2) Principal Investigator (PI)/Deputy PI- Prof O Okojie/Prof J. IMPLEMENTATIO Onakewhor N 3) Dean of Post Graduate School- Prof Bob Osaze 4) Director of Academic Planning – Dr W.A. Iguodala 5) Director of Exchange and Linkages – Prof Ebeigbe 6) HODs English and Foreign Languages Departments
DURATION: Semester Commencement: March Completion: May 2018 long exchange programs 2015
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: CERHI Academic partners, Universities and students in West Administrative offices of Universities Africa.
ASSUMPTIONS: - Institutional support of Universities - Willingness of professors to temporarily relocate across national/regional borders for teaching - Visas, and housing available for visiting staff
FINANCIAL Budget from CERHI IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Institutionalization of 10,0 $10,000 faculty exchange and 00 Marketing of CERHI policy/ programmes-
2 Language Facilitation 1000 1000 1000 1000 $4,000 support and broad regional attendance
3 Running Costs 16,5 16,50 16,5 16,5 $64,000 00 0 00 00
TOTALS 27,5 $17,5 $17, $17, $78,000 00 00 500 500
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Action Plan 4: ACE action for attracting Regional Faculty and Students Timeframe: July 28, 2014 – December 31, 2018 Activity 4.3 – Outreaches to civil society organizations, development partners, the private sector and industry for short term in-service training for civil servants and policymakers and placement of students on workplace experiences on RH.
RESULT Establish partnerships with civil society organizations (CSO) Community Based Organization and Faith Based Organizations (FBO), development partners, the private sector, relevant line Ministries and industry in member countries. Organizations will receive at least one student on work place experience in RH per semester, and also sponsor their workers for short term training courses in RH.
ACTIVITY Establish partnerships with civil society organizations, community based organizations, development partners, industry and sector planners for short term training of working professionals and also to receive students on short term internships
OUTPUT Civil society organizations (CSO) Community Based Organization and Faith Based Organizations (FBO) are crucial partners in reducing maternal and child morbidity and mortality. They are invaluable partners in the dissemination of information to their members and to the public through their organisational structures. Some have RH facilities, such as family planning sites that will be useful as workplace experiences for students of CERHI. Their working organogram and policies will also be strengthened through capacity building for in-service staff (e.g. through short term courses /workshops) on crucial and essential areas of RH implementation (such as new family planning delivery methods,
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and new RH commodities such as misoprostol for the prevention of PPH) and the establishment of effective linkages and referrals.
OUTPUT INDICATORS: SOURCE OF VERIFICATION - Number of interns sponsored by CERHI to NGO, - CERHI Websites government and development partners sites - Semi-annual and annual - Number of NGO, industry and government staff narrative reports of CERHI participating in CERHI short term courses - Employee records.
IMPLEMENTATIO N MILESTONES - Develop CERHI policy and plan for working with industry, NGOs, sector planners and development partners - Establish professional relationship with NGOs, industry, development planners and sector planers - Establish internship track early in 2015 - Establish short term courses and invite in-service practitioners by December 2014
PROCUREMENT Not applicable
RESPONSIBILITY - CERHI Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua FOR - Principal investigator- Prof O. Okojie IMPLEMENTATIO - Project Coordinator – Prof J. Onakewhor N - CERHI Desk officer – Barrister Richard Omagbemi
DURATION: December Commencement: December Completion: September 2018 2013 July 2014. 2014 Third quarter, 2014-2018
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: CERHI Principal Officers, CSOs, FBOs, UNIBEN CERHI and Partner CBOs , Officials of private sector and industry institutions.
ASSUMPTIONS: - Availability of internship resources - Willingness of NGOs, sector planners and industry to participate in CERHI’s programs
FINANCIAL Budget from CERHI IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line Analysis 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Constitution and 2000 2000 2000 $6000 meetings of Committee to identify and strengthen areas of collaboration)
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2 Running Costs 8,00 8,000 $16,000 0
TOTALS $10, $10,0 $200 $24,000 000 00 0
Action Plan 4: ACE action for attracting Regional Faculty and Students
Timeframe: July 28, 2014 – December 31, 2018
Activity 4.4 - Support for setting up institutional accreditation arrangements with a regional and an international accreditation body
RESULT CERHI Courses and programmes accredited by national, regional and international accreditation bodies.
ACTIVITY Accreditation of CERHI Courses and programmes by national, regional and international accreditation bodies.
OUTPUT The University of Benin is a first generation University in Nigeria that is highly rated both nationally and regionally in terms of program quality. In December 2006, the University of Benin was ranked Second Best University in the Commonwealth by the Commonwealth Times Higher Award. Also in 2007, the University was adjudged by ICT Africa as the ICT-driven University of the Year in Africa. This was on account of the full integration of ICT into the programs and activities of the University. Later the same year, the Webometric Ranking of World Universities was released. The results showed that the University of Benin was ranked first in Nigeria, and that the University ranked 32nd in Africa and 4,904th in the world. The University also placed 42nd in Africa and 5,994th in the World in 2008, leading all other Nigerian Universities in the Webometric ranking. The University presently runs about 90 academic courses, out of which 76% have been fully accredited by the NUC. Also, 95% of the medical programs of the University have been fully accredited by the NUC and the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria. A major output of CERHI is to ensure full national, regional and international accreditation of all CERHI’s RH courses by the 4th quarter of 2016.
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OUTPUT INDICATORS: SOURCE OF VERIFICATION Number of CERHI courses accredited - Certificates of accreditation - Listing of UNIBEN CERHI Courses/Programmes in the Websites of accredited institutions/bodies
IMPLEMENTATIO N MILESTONES - Constitution of Accreditation Committee of CERHI and representatives of partner institutions to accredit CERHI Programme and courses August 15, 2014
- Invitation of regional and international accreditation bodies to accredit CERHI Programme and courses by August 21,2014
- 2-day evaluation and accreditation of CERHI Courses and curricula of RH courses National Accrediting Bodies [National University Commission -NUC) / Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria ( MDCN) , National Post Graduate Medical Colleges -Nigeria ] September, 2014
- 2-day evaluation and accreditation of CERHI Courses and curricula of RH courses by Regional Accrediting Bodies [West Africa Colleges of Physician and Surgeons/ Obstetrics and Gynecology] September, 2014
- 2-day evaluation and accreditation of CERHI Courses and curricula of RH courses by International Accrediting Bodies [e.g. IAO - International Accreditation Organization; www.iao.org/iao/about.asp. and American International Accreditation Organization; www.aiaobar.org] October 2014
PROCUREMENT Not applicable. Cost of hosting accrediting bodies and display in websites
RESPONSIBILITY - CERHI Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua FOR - Principal Investigator- Prof O. Okojie IMPLEMENTATIO - Project Coordinator – Professor Joseph Onakewhor N - Deans / HODs of CERHI Courses
DURATION: 3 months Commencement: August Completion: November 2014 2014
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: CERHI Official, Deans/HODs of CERHI UNIBEN CERHI and Partner Courses and Officers of accrediting bodies institutions
ASSUMPTIONS: - All course curricular developed and reviewed and approved by Senate of UNIBEN - Accreditation Committee constituted by November 15, 2014 and workshop on accreditation held in January, 2014 and positive response from accreditation bodies
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FINANCIAL Budget from CERHI IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Support for work of 3000 2000 2000 $7,000 CERHI’s Accreditation Committee, including workshop on accreditation in 2nd quarter
2 Evaluation and 25,0 25,0 $50,000 accreditation visits of 00 00 CERHI Courses and curricula
3 Running Costs 14,0 14,0 14,00 14,0 14,0 $70,000 00 00 0 00 00
TOTALS $17, $39, $16,0 $41, $127,000 000 000 00 $14, 000 000
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Action Plan 5: ACE Action Plan for CERHI Infrastructure Timeframe: July 28, 2014 – February 20, 2015
Activity 5.1: Design, construct and furnish CERHI centre – administration, e-learning resource centre and learning/seminar rooms at the University of Benin
RESULT Design, construct and furnish CERHI centre – administration, e- learning resource centre and learning/seminar rooms at the University of Benin
ACTIVITY 5.1: Design, construction and furnishing of CERHI Centre Secretariat Comprising facilities for administration, e-learning resources and e-learning/seminar rooms
OUTPUT A fully functional administration and e-learning resources centres and learning/seminar rooms equipped with modern learning facilities (e- learning, interactive sections and telemedicine) and linked through CERHI website to partner institutions
OUTPUT INDICATORS: SOURCE OF VERIFICATION 1) Well-equipped and fully functional administrative 1). Visit and Report of NUC/AAU and e-learning Resources centres established and World Bank Team to UNIBEN and are in-use. CERHI 2) Seminar rooms equipped with modern learning Administrative and e-learning facilities (including facilities for interactive Resources Centres sections and telemedicine) established and are in- use. 2. Report from Partner Institutions showing ability to link to and
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3) Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres currently using resources from the linked through CERHI website to partner Administrative and e-learning institutions Resources Centres
IMPLEMENTATI 1. Team constituted to design Administrative and e-learning ON Resources Centres and Seminar rooms: May 15, 2014 MILESTONES 2. Architectural, structural, electrical and utilities designs of Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms: July 29, 2014- August 15, 2014
3. Advert for Contractors to bid for the construction and equipping/furnishing of Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms: July 29, 2014
4. One Day meeting of Principal Officers of the University of Benin & Core Officers of CERHI to approve designs of Architectural, structural, electrical and utilities designs of CERHI Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms: August 18, 2014
5. Screening of Contractors (bids) and award of Contract for the construction (with 6-months’ time frame) of Administrative and e- learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms: August 25, 2014 July
6. Hand-over by the contractor of the Completed Administrative and e- learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms: January 26, 2015
7. Furnishing and equipping of Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms February 16, 2015.
8. Handed-over by the Contractor to CERHI Management A fully Furnished and equipped Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms: February 18,2015
9. Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres linked through CERHI website to partner institutions: February 19, 2015.
10. One Day commissioning of CERH Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms and putting them to use: February 20 ,2015
PROCUREMENT Out sourcing and procurement of furniture, Computers and Accessories, e- learning Resources including facilities for telemedicine
RESPONSIBILIT 7) The Head of Institutions- The Vice Chancellor- Prof O.G. Oshodi Y FOR 8) Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics) / Principal Investigator- Prof O. IMPLEMENTATI Okojie ON 9) CERHI Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua
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10) The Registrar- Mrs. G.O. Ogboghodo 11) The Bursar- Dr B. Bila 12) The Librarian- Dr (Mrs). Evelyn O. Idiodi 13) Director of Physical Planning- Arc. Timmy Ikhisemojie 14) Director of Works 15) CERHI Desk officer – Barrister Richard Omagbemi 16) CERHI Webmaster – Mr Mokogwu Chijioke
DURATION: July 2014- Commencement: July Completion: February 2014 February 2015 2014
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: UNIBEN Principal Officers, CERHI UNIBEN CERHI and Partner Officials institutions.
ASSUMPTIONS: Well-equipped and fully functional administrative and e-learning Resources centres and Seminar rooms linked to UNIBEN Website
FINANCIAL Budget from CERHI IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Logistical support 7,00 biweekly Meetings of 0 Team to design and manage the construction of the Administrative and e- learning Centres
2 Advert for 5,00 Contractors to bid for 0 the construction and equipping/furnishing of Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms
3 Architectural, structural, electrical 12,0 and utilities designs 00 of Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms
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4 One Day meeting to 1,50 approve designs of 0 Architectural, structural, electrical and utilities designs of Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms:
5 Contract and 658, construction (with 6- 000 months’ time frame) of Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms
6 Hand-over by the 2,300 contractor of the Completed Administrative and e- learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms
7 Hand-over by the 2,30 contractor of the 0 Completed Administrative and e- learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms:
8 Furnishing and 225, equip-ping of 675 Administrative and e- learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms
9 Handed-over by the 2,30 Contractor to CERHI 0 Management
10 Furnished and 155, equipped 230 Administrative and e-
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learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms
11 Linking of 11,4 Administrative and 60 e-learning Resources Centres through CERHI website to partner institutions
TOTALS $25, $658 $2,30 $399 $1,075,765 500 ,000 0 ,265 `
Action Plan 5: ACE Action Plan for CERHI Infrastructure Timeframe: June 1-December 31, 2014
Activity 5.2: Support for international students’ hostel and renovation of accommodation for visiting faculties from regional and international institutions
RESULT Provision of International students’ hostel at the new Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) building/ hostel and renovation and furnishing of a building in the Residential Quarters for visiting faculties from regional and international institutions at the university of Benin Guest House
ACTIVITY 5.2: Allocation of International students’ hostel and renovation of accommodation for visiting faculties from regional and international institutions at the university of Benin
OUTPUT A fully furnished and functional International students hostel and a 5-bed-room standard accommodation for visiting faculties from regional and international institutions provided
OUTPUT INDICATORS: SOURCE OF VERIFICATION A fully furnished and functional International students’ 1). Reports of the Hall Warden and hostel at the Dean of Students showing the new NDDC building allocated and is in-use. allocation of accommodation to, and the number of International and A fully furnished and functional (standard) regional students’ accommodated accommodation for visiting faculties from regional and international 2. Report of the Chairman Housing institutions Committee of UNIBEN & CERHI provided Management showing renovation/ furnishing , and the number of
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regional and International faculties accommodated
IMPLEMENTATI 1. Allocation of a wing or floor of the new Niger Delta Development ON Commission (NDDC) building to International students as a hostel’. MILESTONES August 01, 2014
2. Advertisement for Contractors to bid for the furnishing of International students’ hostel: August 08, 2014
3. Advertisement for Contractors to bid for the Renovation and furnishing of accommodation at the Residential Quarters of the University of Benin for visiting faculties from regional and international institutions: August 08, 2014
4. Contract for the furnishing of International students’ Hostel and accommodation for visiting faculties from regional and international institutions at the University of Benin Guest House Awarded: - August 22, 2014 5. Furnishing of International students’ Hostel Completed: September 05, 2014 6. Hand-over by the contractor of the Furnished International students’ Hostel: September 12, 2014
7. Commencement of allocation of accommodation to International students: September 12, 2014
PROCUREMENT Out sourcing and procurement of furniture and other utilities including internet facilities for the International students’ hostel
RESPONSIBILIT 1. The Head of Institutions- The Vice Chancellor, Prof O.G. Oshodi Y FOR 2. Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics) / Principal Investigator- Prof O. IMPLEMENTATI Okojie ON 3. CERHI Team Leader- Prof Friday E. Okonofua 4. Chairman, Housing Allocation Committee of UNIBEN 5. Dean of Students, UNIBEN 6. The Registrar- Mrs G.O. Ogboghodo 7. The Bursar- Dr B. Bila 8. Procurement Officer- Mr. Imafidon Idehen 9. CERHI Desk officer – Barrister Richard Omagbemi 10. CERHI Webmaster – Mr. Mokogwu Chijioke
DURATION: August 1- Commencement: August 1, Completion: December 31, 2014 December 31, 2014 2014
PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: PARTICIPANTS: UNIBEN Principal Officers, Dean of UNIBEN Principal Officers and Students CERHI Officials CERHI Officials
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ASSUMPTIONS: Well-furnished International students’ hostel and accommodation for regional and international staff and equipped with internet facilities
FINANCIAL Budget from CERHI IMPLICATIONS
Budget Line 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total Analysis Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr. Qtr.
1 Advertisement for 2,50 $2,500 Contractors to bid for 0 the furnishing of International students’ hostel and renovation of official quarter
2 Contract Awarded 132, $132,500 for the renovation 500 and furnishing of a 5- bed room house at UNIBEN Residential Quarters for visiting Faculties
3 Maintenance of 2,17 2,17 2,173 2,173 2,17 $10,865 International 3 3 3 students’ Hostel and accommodation of regional and international staff
TOTALS $2,5 $134 $2,1 $2,17 $2,17 $2,1 $145,865 00 ,673 73 3 3 73
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