PPASA Centre of Excellence
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Contact Details
For more information, contact:
Andrew Oberholzer
PPASA Centre of Excellence
105 Beyers Naude Drive Rooseveldt Park


PO Box 48650
Rooseveldt Park 2195
Johannesburg South Africa

email andrew.o@ppasa.org.za
cell 083 616 0162
phone: (011) 888 8573
Fax: (011) 888 9186
 
ON-GOING AIM


To be the market-related instrument of PPASA’s organisational success.
Key Objectives
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To harvest PPASA’s exceptional size, diversity and maturity to assist communities directly through delivery, and indirectly by supporting and improving the industry;
To return learnings and income from this process to improve PPASA’s sustainability.
 
The Centre and the Market

We promote a team of PPASA people who can provide a full range of quality products, services, evaluation tools, policies, and interventions at a price in a way that is appropriate.
We discover and develop opportunities to market provincial products and services.
We acquire and develop the best ways to enrich PPASA work.

PPASA Centre of Excellence Services:
Consulting and Intervention
Auditing and Compliance
Research and Development
Education and Training
Support Services

 
PPASA Centre of Excellence - CARES for Excellence
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Consultation and Intervention

Teams offerings products and services that independently
Conduct situational analyses Advise on project plan
Conduct baseline studies Advise on costing and pricing
Conduct gap analysis Advise on information requirements and reports
Provide operational and strategic planning Advise on institutional capacity
Provide operational and strategic planning Mentoring Teams
Advise on project design Advise on organisational design
Advise on project delivery Advise on sustainability measurement
Advise on budget planning Conduct feasibility studies
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Auditing
Teams offerings products and services, tests and tools that independently
asses project budgets  conduct Policy and Procedures audits 
assess project plans conduct Roles and Responsibilities audits
audit costs and spend  conduct skills audits 
certify performance  evaluate outcomes 
certify policy compliance  monitor processes 
certify processes  report progress 
certify skills  report risks 
conduct forensic audits     
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Research and Development
Teams offerings products and services, tests and tools that independently
 
Best-practice in project design, delivery and support Policy explanation, enrichment and extension
Client and community feedback Product and service research
IEC material development Programme development
Market research Programme evaluation
Operations research Training programme development
Organisational development  
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Education and Training
Education and training to people and organisations through modularised courses adapted for regional and individual in-country training needs. Graduates are mentored until they can design and conduct their own courses.
 
Advocacy in Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Management and leadership
Behaviour change communications Management and leadership development
Budgeting skills Management Information systems (MIS), and creating and using research findings and health statistics
Community diagnosis Management of SRH programmes
Consulting Skills Marketing management
Contraceptive Technology Operations delivery
Countering of HIV/AIDS Operations research
Development and evaluation of population policies and programmes Advise on costing and pricing
Donor management techniques Participatory rapid appraisals using qualitative and quantitative methods
Evaluation of SRH programmes Participatory techniques
Financial management Population and development
Gender and empowerment Pricing and costing techniques
Goal setting and measurement Programme design
Information technology (IT) Risk appreciation and management
Interpersonal communication and counselling Surveys
Life Skills Youth reproductive health
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Support Services
Provide procedural, material and logistical services to support the design, delivery and management of SRH projects, including
 
Conference services Report writing
Consultant assessment, management and selection Situational analysis of governance, leadership and management of NGOs in sub-Saharan Africa
Creating alliances and participation in terms of the ICPD-POA adopted in Cairo in 1994 to achieve greater economy, efficiency and effectiveness in reproductive health programmes in sub-Saharan Africa Staff selection and recruitment
CV auditing Study Tours
Hosting of conferences for NGO’s and donors collaborating in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Africa Supplier / Vendor / Consultant / Contractor management
Joint programme implementation :
Consultant reference services, organising and facilitating workshops, meetings, identifying and communicating with participants, logistics management, facilitation
Supplier / Vendor / Consultant / Contractor assessment and search
Leadership in developing measures, policies and mechanism for governance, sustainability and delivery *Extended client base of donor organisations, peers, professionals and organisations.
Procurement    
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