Orientation on Capacity Development Activities under AdSEARCH by icddr,b
An interactive workshop on Financial regulation, Effective Health communication, and Monitoring and Evaluation Learning (MEL) was organised by The Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (AdSEARCH) by icddr,b on 5th and 12th January 2023 at icddr,b premises. Principal Investigators (PIs) of innovations from young researchers, testing specific innovations, study focal, financial and admin focal and other project staff of AdSEARCH joined the workshop as participants. The event started with an introductory brief session on the AdSEARCH project and the objectives of the workshop. In the first session, Paritosh Kumar Dev, Project coordinator, MCHD, discussed the financial policies and procurement of AdSEARCH. This session aimed to support the AdSEARCH project personnel in managing the project effectively and efficiently. The session led an interactive discussion on project planning and budgeting, procurement, purchase or donation, rules about contractual committees with 3rd parties, travel direction, financial records and audit, results, and remedies. It also covered the key requirements for arranging training, workshop, seminar, and meeting under AdSEARCH. The second session on “Effective Health communication” was facilitated by Anubhab Chakraborty, Communication Specialist, MCHD. This session oriented the participants on what health communication is, and why it is important for research dissemination. The session also covered some of the approaches to translating and talking about the findings from AdSEARCH and serving key audiences through effective communication channels and developing a communication roadmap. Saraban Tahura Ether, Research Investigator, MCHD facilitated the third session on ‘Familiarization with AdSEARCH Logic Model and Monitoring and Evaluation Learning (MEL)’ on 12 January 2023. In this session registration process and use of the AdSEARCH management app was discussed. The session highlighted the role of the AdSEARCH management app in assessing the progress to achieve expected outputs and outcomes, tracking yearly targets and outputs and examining performance indicators derived from the project’s logic model. AdSEARCH is working to identify unmet needs and disease burdens of different vulnerable population groups with distinct SRHR needs, identify gaps in the current SRH service provision including availability, readiness, and quality of health services and generate new evidence by developing and testing innovations to address existing gaps and improve SRHR status, and influence SRHR policies and programmes. A number of sessions and workshops will be arranged under AdSEARCH capacity development activities to build and enhance the capacities of team members on various topics and techniques related to SRHR.
