Background
The Centre of Excellence Programme and Strategy originated from recommendations emanating from IPPF’s new reforms (Business Plan/MA centric approach). The BP was initially developed to address identified gaps in operations that were risking the ability of the Federation to deliver the outcomes and outputs of its Strategic Framework. Designated funds were therefore agreed by the Governing Council to fund a series of identified ‘Solutions’, which had been identified through ‘Solutions Teams’ comprising staff and volunteers from all parts of the Federation.
From the Business Plan, the need to establish or re-establish a mechanism or clear point of oversight and co-ordination of the Business Plan and ensure learnings feed improvements and enable needed adaptations quickly was recommended. Similarly, it was recommended that there should be constant feedback and learning loops between the Centres/Solutions and this ‘mechanism’ what is working, what is not, and how things need to be adapted in the model. The intention of the plan swiftly moved beyond the basic intent and it was realized that Business Plan initiatives could also serve as ‘learning laboratories’ on how IPPF could work differently.
Eventually, the Centres of Excellence Model was created.
CoE aims to contribute to sustainable change in the way youth centred programmes are planned, funded and implemented and embedded in national and international government systems.
The objective is therefore to work for a more gender equal world where youth are empowered to exercise their rights and to make free and informed choices about their sexuality and well-being by strengthening the work of others while scaling up the work of IPPF MAs.
As a Centre of Excellence for Youth Centred Programming in Anglo-phone Africa, PPAG will be support to;