PCS Workshop & Events

Inception Workshop

Purpose: To develop a shared understanding between BHA and the RFSA consortia regarding Refine & Implement (R&I) expectations, roles and responsibilities, milestones, and deliverables. 

PCS facilitates discussions that assist BHA and implementing partners to:

• Agree on priority refinement period information gaps.
• Refine refinement period research plans.
• Understand stakeholder engagement expectations.  
• Explore staff capacity development plans 
• Build working relationships 

R&I in Action: Information Gap Prioritization

Culmination Workshop

Purpose: To jointly review the implications of refinement period findings on activity design and implementation plans, and agree on the way forward.

PCS facilitates discussions that assist BHA and implementing partners to:

• Review the learnings from key refinement period efforts.
• Reflect on which refinement period efforts had the most impact on refinement decisions.
• Gain agreement on proposed adaptations to activity design and implementation approaches.
• Identify remaining knowledge gaps.
• Develop initial plans for continued learning, knowledge sharing, and activity adaptation beyond the refinement period.

Sustainability Workshop 

Purpose: To fine-tune aspects of RFSAs' sustainability strategy and develop an action plan to ensure successful handover to local service providers. 

PCS facilitates discussions that allow BHA and implementing partners to:  

• Review sustainability planning progress. 

• Identify the most pressing gaps to fill in the sustainability plans. 

• Identify aspects of the intervention strategy that need to be phased out or eliminated. 

• Agree on critical next steps for RFSA sustainability action plans. 

End of Cycle Learning Events

Purpose: To help RFSAs reflect on programmatic learnings and, if extended, determine how to modify activities based on these learnings.