Project Description
The Local Capacity Initiative (LCI) provides funding to 14 local civil society organizations (CSOs) to support the strengthening of policy and advocacy work around access to HIV-related services as well as general organizational systems strengthening. LCI funding supports organizations that aim of promoting the ability of citizens to recognize and demand quality services in their community and act as advocates for the HIV-related health care needs of a country to hold governments accountable for service delivery. The Raks Thai Foundation (RTF) has received funding from the Local Capacity Initiative (LCI) from the USAID RDMA mission to “build a civil society consortium that supports national response to HIV and AIDS” (RTF proposal). RTF and the consortia intends to achieve this goal by:
1) Improved technical and organizational capacity of consortium partners to provide effective, cost efficient, and sustainable technical assistance to enhance, broaden, and expand local and regional civil society advocacy efforts;
2) Improved capacity of local and regional civil society organizations to successfully award and award small grants to advocate for improved programs and policies for key affected population, as well as increased accountability of national HIV and AIDS responses.
Through targeted technical assistance, provision of small grants, and development of a business plan to sustain a regional technical assistance platform, the RTF led consortia will address policy barriers impacting access to services for key populations across the region.
FHI 360, under the Advancing Partners and Communities Program, is a technical assistance provider for the Raks Thai Foundation.