CERHI - IUCEA

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CERHI AFRICA CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INNOVATION UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, BENIN CITY, NIGERIA - Supported by the World Bank and the Association of African Universities (AAU)

Implementation Plan: 2014 – 2018

Address for Correspondence: Professor Friday E. Okonofua Centre Leader, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology College of Medical Sciences University of Benin, Benin City. Nigeria Email: [email protected] [email protected] Tel: +234 802 3347 828

mailto:[email protected]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE

1 List of content and abbreviations as applicable 3

2 Brief Narrative Summary 4

3 Implementation Arrangements 5

4 Governance Structure Of CERHI (CERHI’s Organogram) 7

5 Incentive structures 11

6 Roles and responsibilities 13

7 Overview Of Planned Outputs, Activities And Cost For First Year 16

8 CERHI Project Timeline (Gantt carts ) 24

9 Environment safeguards (attached) 26

10 Performance Monitoring 26

11 Results Framework 29

12 Detailed Budget 35

13 Detailed Activity Sheets 37-98

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[List of Content and Abbreviations as Applicable]

IAB International Advisory Board

CERHI Center of Excellence in Reproductive Health and Innovations

EMP Environmental Management Plan

MDGs Millennium Development Goals

PMC Project Management Committee

EPMC Expanded Project Management Committee

CCO CERHI Coordinating Office

UNIBEN University of Benin

M. Sc. Masters of Science Degree

MPH Masters in Public Health Degree

PhD Doctor of Philosophy Degree

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1. BRIEF NARRATIVE SUMMARY

Background: Reproductive health (RH) has been defined as: “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of diseases or infirmity of the reproductive system”. RH addresses the reproductive processes, functions and systems at all stages of life, and includes fertility regulation, safe motherhood, infant and child survival, sexually transmitted disease including HIV/AIDS, and the prevention of unsafe abortion. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that RH accounts for about 20% of the global burden of disease. As a result of its effects on population dynamics, its practice is a central consideration in global development. It was therefore not surprising that five of the eight Millennium Development Goals agreed to by world leaders for promoting global development at the turn of the new Millennium were founded on the principles of RH.

A major development challenge in West Africa is the poor state of reproductive health as evidenced by high rates of fertility, maternal mortality, and unsafe abortion in the region. All of the 15 countries in West Africa have some of the lowest contraceptive prevalence rates and high population growth rates in the World, a situation which presents huge economic and social burden with adverse consequences for the region’s growth and development. Nigeria as an example currently has the second highest number of maternal deaths, the highest number of infants’ deaths and the second highest burden of HIV/AIDs in the world. The country also has the highest number of under-aged marriages, gender-based violence, and sex trafficking in Africa. Despite this high burden of reproductive ill-health, Nigeria has yet to integrate RH into its health and educational system due to a deficit of qualified human resource to address this developmental challenge. There are currently limited educational programs that build the capacity of undergraduate and post-graduate students to undertake service delivery and research for the purpose of improving key indicators of RH in the region. There is a need to raise adequate number of human resource to develop and implement appropriate policies and programs for reducing rapid population growth and advancing growth and development in the region. It is only through such efforts that the region will witness genuine growth and planned comprehensive development anytime soon. Program Goal: The goal of the Centre of Excellence in Reproductive Health Innovation (CERHI) is to build capacity within West Africa’s tertiary educational system for implementing high quality policies and programs for reducing the region’s high burden of fertility, unsafe abortion, maternal mortality and HIV/AIDS. The specific objectives of the Centre include the training of students and technical experts/policymakers in short term courses, Masters and PhDs in disciplines relevant for reducing the high rates of fertility, maternal mortality and HIV/AIDS in the region. Partnerships: In developing the Centre, the University of Benin (UNIBEN) will seek partnerships with the University of Ibadan, University of Ghana, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigerian Institute for Medical Research and Training (NIMR), University of Benin, Republic of Benin, Harvard University and the Universities of Aberdeen, Toronto, Ottawa, and Alabama at Birmingham. The collaborating Departments at UNIBEN include Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nursing, Public Health, Economics, Sociology and Anthropology, Social Work, and Reproductive Health Law. Specific courses include: reproductive health, public health, nursing, sociology and anthropology, social work, health economics and reproductive health law. Relevant course curricular will be developed, reviewed and taught on a multi-disciplinary basis by regional and international partner institutions. This will include curricular review, training of trainers, exchange of teachers and trainers, joint theses supervision, joint research and publications, and periodic program review and assessments. UNIBEN will feature programs in the above listed courses. By contrast, the partner institutions will collaborate with CERHI in the courses where they have comparative advantages in terms of technical delivery, so that we can leverage resources and technical skills across national and international boundaries for generating high quality graduates and post-graduates in the field of RH. Specifically, the University of Ibadan will collaborate in short courses and graduate training in Nursing, Sociology

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and anthropology, health economics and reproductive health law, while the University of Ghana will partner in similar ways in public health and RH courses. The University of Benin (Republic of Benin) will partner with CERHI in training graduates in public health (with concentration on neonatal, perinatal and child health), while the NIMR will partner in Medical Laboratory Sciences and HIV/AIDS research. Ahmadu Bello University will partner in public health, social work and sociology/anthropology. All regional partner institutions will share revised curricular in relevant courses, but degrees will be awarded individually by different institutions. All activities of regional partners will jointly count towards the Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLIs) to be reported by CERHI. The international partner institutions will similarly be paired with CERHI supported Departments to provide specific technical support and collaboration as well as staff and students exchange. These include: University of Aberdeen (Nursing and public health), Harvard School of Public Health (Reproductive health), University of Toronto (Reproductive health law), and University of Alabama at Birmingham (sociology and anthropology). Methodology: Under CERHI, short term, Bachelors, Masters and PhD courses in RH, public health, nursing, sociology/anthropology, social work, health economics, and reproductive health law will be re-designed and reviewed at 3 levels: first by the individual departments, followed by a curriculum review workshop involving regional, selected international partners and industry stakeholders and sector planners. Finally, the Departments will team up with identified international partner institutions to finalize the curricular. The idea is to ensure that the curricular meet specific regional development needs, and that they are relevant globally and can be accredited by international accreditation bodies. This is the only way that regional and international students and faculties will be attracted to work or study in CERHI, making it a true Centre of excellence in the discipline. New research protocols will also be developed and staff will be trained to use both the curricular as well as the research protocols. Additionally, staff and students will be recruited from the West African region to boost the international outlook of the program. Some of the milestones and targets being anticipated as a result of CERHI’s activities include the following:

1) New Masters and PhDs in all disciplines in RH – with target of 50 enrolled Masters/PhDs enrolled annually for a total of 634 by 2018, out of which 151 (24%) will be non-nationals;

2) Staff and students working as interns outside the Universities for short periods – up to ten per year, for a total of 46 (15 staff, 31 students) by 2018;

3) Fifty annual participants in short courses in reproductive health, for a total of 250 participants by 2017;

4) Increased uptake of international students by 5% each year, for a total of at least 15% international enrolled students by year 2018;

5) Additional funds sourced for research and innovation in RH amounting to $800,000 by 2018; and

6) Increased output of scientific papers on RH published in leading international journals. The University of Benin strongly believes that CERHI will make significant contributions to improving the quality of training of reproductive health professionals in West Africa. By improving the management of teaching and RH research infrastructure and pooling resources from neighboring institutions, it will engender sensible and cost-effective use of resources. The partnership between national, regional and international institutions will internationalize the Centre ensuring that it makes a sustainable contribution to reducing the present high rates of fertility, maternal mortality, unsafe abortion and HIV/AIDS in the region. 2. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS: Guiding rules and regulations

(Briefly describe the rules that governs the ACE and its partnerships, including safeguarding against fraud/corruption)

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The major rules that will govern the University of Benin (UNIBEN) ACE and its partnerships is that of transparent, accountable and effective project implementation for the sole purpose of achieving a sustainable delivery of high quality education in RH in UNIBEN and in partner institutions. To this end, CERHI will set up operational mechanisms to achieve a nuanced understanding and joint involvement and ownership of the project by all partners, to guide the project implementation and to prevent fraud and corruption. We will ensure that the decision-making authority of the project is located within CERHI, with the University providing only an over-arching guidance and support. A Project Implementation Committee (PIC) consisting of core CERHI leaderships and chaired by the Team Leader has been constituted to guide the project implementation. They will meet every 2-4 weeks to ensure proper project implementation in line with the established work plan. Barrister Richard Omagbemi, a Deputy Registrar in UNIBEN has been designated to head the project secretariat which has been located in the College of Medical Sciences. He will be assisted by two secretarial staff, a project accountant, an auditor and core ICT staff. Thus, all requests for project activities will emanate from the project Secretariat and will be approved by the Team Leader, but will be subject to pre and post procurement audits to ensure compliance with extant rules and procedures and to prevent fraud. Financial income and disbursements will be followed online by the project accountant, for which CERHI has now purchased computer software for easy tracking of the financial expenditures. Thus, weekly and monthly financial statements will be generated by the project accountant and will be reviewed by the Team Leader and the PIC. These statements will be collated into annual financial reports, which will be audited by the University’s external auditor. Both annual and audited reports as well as annual narrative reports will be published by CERHI and be presented at the project and the University’s websites. To ensure specific financial management, a CERHI account has been opened with the First Bank plc by the Bursar of the University. Both the Project team leader, Professor Friday Okonofua, and the Deputy Team Leader, Professor Obehi Okojie are Grade A signatories to the Account. No withdrawals can be made from the account without their knowledge.

For transparent and accountable management of the project, all major periodic reports and activities will be displayed on the project website, which is currently being constructed by the project ICT team. A strategic communication document (including a social media action plan) is also being prepared that would ensure the proper communication of CERHI’s work to all internal and external stakeholders, and to obtain useful feedbacks.

CERHI is also concerned that the regional and international partners would be engaged in the project on the basis of trust, rapid dissemination of information and spirit of true collaboration and partnership. Thus, the finally approved IP of CERHI will be shared with the partners, on the basis of which we will develop and sign Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with individual partner institutions. Also, each regional partner institution will be supported to have a project office with a coordinator who will participate as a member of the expanded PIC of CERHI. The expanded PIC will meet quarterly so that members from partner institutions can share lessons on project implementation. Additionally, project information will be routinely provided to all partners and the website of the project will be linked to those of regional and international partner institutions.

To ensure that the project principles and practices meet international benchmarks, an International Advisory Board (IAB) of experts in RH have been established that would regularly advice the team leader on relevant aspects of the project implementation. Fortunately, Professor Friday Okonofua is already a member of several international networks on RH such as the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) based in the WHO headquarters in Geneva, and REPRONET, an African regional network of senior experts and professionals in the field of reproductive health. Such networks as well as his involvement on emerging discussions on global sustainable development will help to support the sustainable and effective implementation of the project.

2.1 Address gender balance and other diversity issues in the staff recruitment and students enrolment policy in all participating institutions

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Gender and diversity are major issues that will be vigorously pursued by CERHI at all phases of the project implementation. Staff recruitment and faculty and students’ enrolment shall be based strictly on the principles of equity and gender balance already established as a major benchmark and reporting framework of the project. We will also ensure that other forms of diversity - racial, religious, minority and marginalized groups (such as persons living with disabilities) are properly addressed in the project. More specifically, the principle of at least 30% slots being allocated to females as documented in the Project Development Objective (PDO) shall be strictly adhered to. To achieve the gender equity objective, CERHI recently constituted a Gender Working Group (GWG) chaired by Dr (Mrs.) Nkoli Aniekwu, an associate professor of Law at the University of Benin that would develop a framework for promoting gender equity and equality in the project implementation. The GWG will also develop guidelines and procedures on promoting gender mainstreaming and equality in the project (Gender Action Plan, GAP) that will be a lead document of the Centre. The GWG will also monitor and guide the implementation of the GAP, and collate reports that would form part of the monitoring and reporting on the project.

2.2 Governance structures

(Briefly describe ACE governance structures both within the host university and among the partner institutions, at faculty/centre level and university/institution level)

The Governance structure of CERHI which shows different lines of authority and decision-making is presented in Fig 1. Professor Friday Okonofua is the Team Leader and the principal officer of the project. He will take major decisions that will keep the project on track and prevent external influences on its implementation. The project Departments at UNIBEN and in regional partner institutions are: Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Community Health/Public Health, Sociology and Anthropology, Social Works, Health Economics, Reproductive Health Law, Medical Laboratory Sciences and Nursing, while the partner institutions are: University of Ibadan (UI), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), and National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), the University of Benin in Cotonou (UBC), and University of Ghana (UG). Since different aspects of the project will be implemented in these multiple Departments and partner institutions, Professor Okonofua will be assisted by a Project Management Committee (PMC) consisting of other core project officials as well as Departmental Heads/Project Coordinators. The PMC will meet every 2-4 weeks to plan/review project activities, which will be approved by the Team Leader. An Expanded PMC (EPMC) will include coordinators from the regional partner institutions, and will meet quarterly. The roles of the PMC and EPMC are: 1) to plan and implement specific project activities as outlined in the project implementation plan; 2) to inform project beneficiaries (staff and students) about the project activities and mobilize them to participate fully in the project; 3) to coordinate specific data collection at departmental and unit levels that will feed into the monitoring and evaluation of the project; and 4) to advise on barriers and challenges to project implementation and make suggestions to the Team Leader on remediating or facilitating steps that need to be undertaken. The Project Leader will chair the meetings of the PMC and the EMPC. In his absence, meetings will be chaired by the Deputy Project Leader (Professor Obehi Okojie) or the Project Coordinator (Professor Joseph Onakewhor. The head of CERHI’s Secretariat (also called Desk Officer), Barrister Richard Omagbemi (a Deputy Registrar) will be Secretary of the meetings to take notes and help to move forward the recommendations. He will be assisted at the meetings by 2 Executive Assistants who will also provide logistics and other arrangements for the meetings. The core staff of CERHI that will be located in the Central Coordinating Office of the Centre include the following: 1) the Desk Officer – Barr Omagbemi, 2) the Team Leader, 3) Deputy Team Leader/ Principal Investigator, 4) Deputy Principal Investigator/ Project Coordinator, 5) Project Accountant, 6) Project Internal Auditor; 7) project Procurement officer, 8) the Monitoring and Evaluation officer, 9) two Executive officers, and 10) Project Driver/Messenger.

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An International Advisory Board (IAB) that will provide advice to Professor Okonofua has also been constituted. Members are largely key RH experts from various parts of the world who have experience with RH educational programming in Africa, and have collaborated with various Faculties of the University of Benin over the years. Some are Heads of collaborating international partner institutions, but some are also independent educational consultants who have considerable experience and commitment on RH issues in Africa. These include: 1) Professor Julia Hussein, a maternal health specialist and evaluator at Immpact Project of the University of Aberdeen; 2) Professor Ana Langer of the Global Program at the Harvard School of Public Health; 3) Prof Manhattan E. Charurat of the Institute of Human Virology and HIV/AIDS prevention specialist, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA; 4) Professor Malcom Potts, an international family planning expert at the University of California, Berkeley; 5) Professor Rebecca Cooke, an international expert and teacher of reproductive health law; 6) Prof Andrzej Kulczycki, a maternal health specialist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, with special interest in RH education, publications and documentations; 7) Professor Ben Tsang, an expert in reproductive biology at the University of Ottawa, Canada; 8) Professor Jeremy Shiffman, professor and international expert in health policy at the University of Washington, USA; and 9) Professor Staffan Bergstrom, a professor of international health, a teacher of several generations of Africa’s RH experts (including being the PhD supervisor of Professor Okonofua). All have accepted to function as members of the IAB, whose main functions will be as follows: 1) review program activities of CERHI including annual work plans, training curricular and reports, and advise on effective implementation; 2) link CERHI to on-going global discussions and new sources of information on issues related to reduction of maternal mortality and unsafe abortion, the prevention of HIV/AIDS and increases in contraceptive prevalence rates in the region; and 3) provide advice on resource mobilization, especially how CERHI can leverage additional international funding for sustainable project outcomes and impact. The key international partner institutions whose faculty would be engaged in the project include: The University of Aberdeen, Harvard School of Public Health, the University of Toronto and the University of Maryland. The international partner institutions will work with specific Departments within CERHI to review and develop new curricular, conduct trainings, jointly supervise PHD and Masters Students, and participate in students/faculty exchange and visits. A major objective of CERHI is to ensure that its RH curricular meets the needs of industry and national, regional and international RH providers, so that graduates would be industry-ready at the time of their graduation. Thus, CERHI will partner with industry right from the onset to gain their insights, contributions and support to the program. CERHI recently established an Industry Relations sub-Committee (IRC) within its PMC to develop and implement an action plan for working with industry. Some of the activities that would be implemented include: 1) establishment of an Industry Advisory Board; 2) involvement of industry experts in CERHI’s curricular development/review to ensure they are industry compliant; 3) occasional workshops and seminars on industry-related issues to be led by industry experts; 4) completion of short term internship periods by undergraduate and post-graduate students of CERHI; 5) resource mobilization to ensure the use of relevant industry materials, protocols and recommendations by CERHI Faculty and students; and 6) career talks to graduating students by industry professionals to ensure ready employability and access to job opportunities. CERHI has had and is currently engaged in on-going discussions with relevant industries, international and regional NGOs and development partners on these issues. These include Phillips International, General Electrics, Thomson Reuters, the World Health organization, International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), USAID, UNFPA, DFID, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, Macarthur Foundation, Population Council, Family Health International, JHPIEGO, Dangote Foundation, TY Danjuma Foundation, Society for Family Health (SFH), Association for Family and Reproductive Health (ARFH) and the Women’s Health and Action Research Centre (WHARC). 2.2.1 Sector Planners are also crucial to the successful implementation of the project. These are national and regional planners whose domains of service delivery have implications for the policy

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transfer and scaling of the results of teaching and research efforts of CERHI. Discussions are currently ongoing with the Ministries of Education, Health, Women Affairs, Youth and Sports, the National Planning Commission, the Governor’s Forum, Association of Local Government Councils (ALGON), National Universities Commission (NUC) (in Nigeria, Ghana and the Republic of Benin),Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) to ensure that they support and are involved in the work of CERHI. Collaborative MOUs will also be signed between CERHI and Sector planners in specific areas of service delivery cooperation. Professor Okonofua, the Centre Leader will work with individual sector planners to achieve specific outcomes for CERHI-Sector planning engagements. Specifically, the objectives of CERHI’s engagement with sector planners are: 1) to encourage staff of sector planners involved in RH program implementation to participate in short courses as part of in-service training to enhance capacity for evidence-based policymaking on RH in the region; 2) to establish a collaborative pathway that will enhance the rapid uptake of the research, teaching and service delivering outputs of CERHI by sector planners, needed to achieve accelerated reductions in rates of maternal mortality and unsafe abortion and increase contraceptive prevalence rates; and 3) to leverage resources from sector planners needed to sustain the work of CERHI over time.

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Figure 1: GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF UNIBEN CERHI (UNIBEN CERHI Organogram)

African Centre of Excellence in

Reproductive Health Innovation (CERHI)

University of Benin

Univ. of Benin Teaching Hosp. Benin City (UBTH)

Nigeria Team Leader Prof F.E. Okonofua, MD, PhD,

FRCOG, FAS Deputy Team Leader

Prof Obehi Okojie, MD, FMCP

CERHI International Advisory Board (IAB) Prof Ana Langer, PhD

Emeritus Prof Rebecca Cooke, C.M, J.D., F.R.S.C

Prof Man Charurat, PhD

Prof Jeremy Shiffman, PhD

Prof Malcolm Potts FRCOG, PhD

Prof Staffan Bergstrom FRCOG, PhD

Prof Andrzej Kulczycki MD, PhD

Prof Julia Hussein, PhD, FRCOG

Departments with CERHI courses

Partner / Collaborating

Institutions

Aberdeen University

Univ 'Abomey-Calavi - Cotonou

Univ. Abdou

Moumouni de

Niamey

Univ of

Ghana

Ahmadu Bello Univ. Zaria

Univ. of Ibadan

NIMR Lagos

Benin Univ Cotonou Teach Hosp

Univ of Ghana

Teach Hosp

ABUTH Zaria

UCH Ibadan

Harvard University

IHV UMB Baltimore USA

International Partner Universities

Regional Universities

Nigerian National Universities

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2.3: Incentive structures

(Briefly describe the incentive structures for involved staff at lead and partner institutions (faculty, administration, management) as well as towards involvement of external stakeholders, e.g. private sector). Please be aware that the ACE project budget does not support salary topping up, sitting allowances and a like).

The University of Benin is one of the oldest publicly funded Universities in Nigeria. It runs 90 different courses across 54 Departments in 13 Faculties, with 29,000 full-time registered students. Eight Departments will be directly involved in CERHI’s program through collaborative and multi-disciplinary teaching and research, and joint theses supervision. The undergraduate programs in RH will be administered by individual Departments and Faculties, while the Post-Graduate School will coordinate postgraduate training and related supervisions. To date, only about 45% of the nearly 200 staff in various Departments of the University who will participate in the CERHI courses have PhD degrees in their various areas of specializations. The same pattern exists in the 5 regional partner institutions. Yet, having a PhD is now a major requirement for recruitment as well as career progression of academic in the Universities. Thus, one of the principal incentives is the opportunity that CERHI provides for academic staff that do not have PhDs and related qualifications to enrol as in-service students under the program. The partnership with regional and international institutions would ensure a good cohort of qualified staff with PhDs who will jointly supervise such candidates within and between the partner institutions. Furthermore, CERHI will provide opportunity for staff and students exchange between collaborating institutions. In particular, under CERHI, PhD and non-PhD staff of participating national and regional Universities will have the opportunity to attend continuing education, conferences, workshops and additional external trainings. Also, CERHI will provide opportunity for staff and students to participate in high quality research and publications. One of the current challenges facing Nigerian and regional Universities is the dearth of high quality publications, which is one reason that African Universities do not rank high in world ranking of best performing Universities. The CERHI project will be structured to build capacity for high quality research, documentation and publication among staff and students. Such publications will build the competence and international prominence of individual staff, and also enhance the international ranking of the participating Universities. Indeed, increased ranking of the participating Universities as a result of high quality research and service delivery outputs, as well as the increased internationalization (with increased number of international staff and students) is one major incentive for the Universities that participate in this program. Others shall include reward for efficiency and diligence in the form of certificate of recognition. Other participating institutions will be strongly involved in CERHI and have shown considerable commitments to the project activities. The University of Ibadan (UI) is Nigeria’s premier University, and has a large cohort of students and staff in related Departments that would implement various aspects of the project. The University is increasingly transforming into a postgraduate University with approximately 20% of its students being Masters and full-time post-graduate students. Additionally, UI has one of the oldest and most active Faculties of Public Health and Health promotion in the country, with a large number of academic staff in the Faculty having PhDs and experience in mentoring post-graduate students. The University also has very active postgraduate programs in Nursing, Sociology/Anthropology, and health economics. However, UI does not yet have an undergraduate or post-graduate course in RH. The undergraduate and post-graduate RH course to the established at the University of Benin will be strongly linked to UI in terms of joint teaching and research supervision, such that UI may consider establishing such a course in future. Additionally, UI will have the opportunity to strengthen RH content of its courses in public health, law and Nursing, share curricular with the University of Benin, conduct joint Masters and PhD supervision in these courses and increase its capacity to conduct high quality collaborative research in RH. As the University of Benin does not yet have a course in health economics (an essential part of RH), it is envisaged that UI will work with CERHI to establish the new course in health economics at the University of Benin.

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The Nigerian Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) is the institution with federal mandate to coordinate all medical research in Nigeria. Located in Lagos, it has the most up-to-date viral laboratory in the country that compares favourably with similar facilities in other parts of the world. The Institute also attends to one of the highest load of HIV/AIDS patients in the country. While its more than 230 research fellows who are eager to conduct high quality HIV-related research and obtain postgraduate training, they are not specifically linked to any University for such training. CERHI will provide opportunity for Masters and PhD students in the fields of Laboratory Sciences, public health and RH to use the excellent laboratories at NIMR for bench work, and also for NIMR staff to enrol in the postgraduate programs of CERHI. The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) is one of Nigeria’s first generation Universities and is located in Zaria, northern Nigeria. The University has vibrant departments of Community Health and Obstetrics and Gynaecology but does not yet have a specific RH program. The CERHI program will provide opportunity to share CERHI’s curriculum on RH and also to participate in staff and students exchange to deepen its RH programming. In particular, ABU is located in the northern part of Nigeria that has the lowest contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) and also the highest maternal mortality rate in the country. The CERHI program will provide opportunity for ABU to participate in programs, teaching and research exchanges that will facilitate the process of fertility reduction in Northern Nigeria. ABU’s sphere of influence extends to Niger Republic since it receives students and staff from Niger, and its immediate environment compares to that in Niger Republic. Indeed, Niger Republic currently has the highest population growth rate and MMR, and lowest CPR in the world. Thus, through its participation in CERHI, ABU will partner with the Abdou Moumouni Dioffo University of Niamey (Niger Republic) to mount an RH educational program and research that will build capacity for the reduction of fertility and MMR in northern Nigeria and Niger Republic. Many of the students participating in the CERHI program will be admitted at ABU. The University of Ghana (UG) is one of the oldest Universities in West Africa. Established in 1948, the University has up to 30,000 (with 2000 enrolled PG students and 1142 international students) in 2 Colleges (Health Sciences and Agriculture), 8 Centres, 4 institutes and a School of Public Health. Indeed, the UG School of Public Health is one of the most pre-eminent in the region. The University also offers courses in Nursing and Medical Laboratory Sciences. The internationally renowned Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research is also affiliated to the UG. Under CERHI, UG will have the opportunity to participate in joint training, research and theses supervision in public health, nursing and medical laboratory sciences (relating to maternal mortality prevention), and also in staff/students exchange with CERHI participating institutions. Also, UG will organise and lead on short term courses in RH for policymakers in maternal mortality and fertility reduction. The National University of Benin (Universite Nationale du Benin, UNB) was founded in 1970 and is the leading University in the Republic of Benin. UNB has 19 affiliated institutions and six campuses, with the Dahomey Campus being the largest with up to 16000 full-time students. The University has a Faculty of Medicine as well as a School of Public Health, which will form the nexus of its partnership with CERHI. The School of Public Health has a very active program on perinatal and child health. Not only will UNB have the opportunity to establish a new program in RH in collaboration with other partner institutions, it will also lead on training, service delivery and research in perinatal and child health needed to reduce the high rate of perinatal and child mortality in the region. UNB will participate in staff/students exchange, teaching, research and theses supervision in child and perinatal health in the region. 2.3.1 Incentives for External Stakeholders CERHI’s priority engagement will be to ensure that the Ministries of Health, Education, Youth Affairs, and Women Affairs in Nigeria, Ghana, Republic of Benin and Niger Republic are actively involved in the program designed to build human resource capacity for the reduction of the high rates of fertility, unsafe abortion and maternal mortality in their countries. We will conduct advocacy activities and engage high ranking officials in these Ministries in discussions to ensure their uptake of CERHI’s programs and activities. In particular, we will seek the enrolment of public officials in these Ministries in short term courses of CERHI that are designed to increase understanding and skills for RH provision by relevant officials in the Ministries. We will also provide opportunity for public officials to undergo undergraduate and post-graduate training to build their competence in RH service delivery.

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The industry linkages will provide CERHI the opportunity to generate the best practices and solutions based on existing international standards. Phillips and General Electrics, and similar agencies will help CERHI to update its laboratory practices and methods and will also contribute to providing the most modern teaching and training methods and technologies that will promote high quality teaching and training in the partner institutions. CERHI has had a series of discussions with Thomson Reuters (TR) on ways to increase resources for RH learning and documentation, especially to increase access to up-to-date learning resources. Specifically, TR will provide: 1) training and capacity building that will deepen the research culture in the university, 2) Exposure to top, international, peer reviewed academic literature; 3) Access to data that will allow researchers to evaluate and benchmark their research; 4) Access to landscape reports that will allow the CERHI and university as a whole to evaluate research; 5) benchmark performance locally and internationally; 6) identify emerging areas of research, patent activity and where funding should be allocated; and 7) collating and managing ACE project data and institutional research data together with Web of Science data. This will allow uniform reporting of the ACE CERHI will also work with RH agencies such as DFID, WHO, USAID, Ford Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, etc. to partner on scaling up their work on social change in the field of maternal mortality reduction, increases in CPR and declines in fertility. We will also leverage support for resources and funding from them to enable us sustain the activities of CERHI over time. Local, regional and international NGOs working in RH will have the added incentive of being able to receive CERHI’s students and staff in short term work-related learning exchanges that would boost their work. Such exposure will increase the quality and skills of graduates able to contribute to promoting the practice of RH in the region.

2.4: Roles and responsibilities (Brief Terms of Reference (TOR) for each ACE team member and project financed support staff*) Justification for not using existing university administrative and support staff is required.

2.4.1 TOR for CERHI Team Members:

The Centre Leader/Director: Professor Friday Okonofua is the Centre Leader and Director and will coordinate all aspects of CERHI implementation. As Centre Leader, he will: 1) be the link between CERHI and regional and international partner institutions, providing information and activating related action plans; 2) ensure the implementation of the project activities, and ensure timely reporting of results and outcomes; 3) manage the centre’s officers to ensure full control of the project; 4) receive reports from the IAB and other committees of CERHI and ensure the effective use of such reports for managing program activities; 5) be the chief spokesperson and communicator of the project to external stakeholders. Deputy Centre Leader: The deputy Centre Leader, Professor Obehi Okojie will assist the Centre Leader in managing the Centre. She will coordinate Faculty and administrative staff involved in the project to ensure their compliance with project activities. She will monitor the progress of the project to ensure that the targets on curriculum development, training and research are met. She will also be in charge of placements on industry internships for students as well as short term exchange for staff and students between partner institutions and keep relevant records. Project Coordinator: Professor Joseph Onakewhor, current head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology will function as project coordinator. He will coordinate curriculum development in the new short term, undergraduate, Masters and PhD courses in RH being established under CERHI. He will track/monitor the number of international publications of CERHI, and coordinate the development and review of RH curricular. He will be the logistic facilitator of all training and capacity building workshops to be undertaken by CERHI and submit timely report of such training as well as the number of trainees to the to the Team Leader. Institutions project Leaders: Each Institution in the CERHI program has a project coordinator who will coordinate teaching, research and training activities in the given partner institution. The project leaders will prepare progress reports from their various Institutions; review all planned activities and suggest adjustments,

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as necessary to the Centre leader; monitor outputs and outcomes of CERHI research and training projects at their various Institutions. The Institutions leaders will also attended meetings of EPMC on a quarterly basis and be CERHI’s spokespersons and advocates in their various Institutions. Heads of Departments: The Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology will coordinate the development and hosting of new short term, undergraduate and post-graduate courses in RH. The teaching of the RH courses will be multi-disciplinary with different modules to be taught by different departments and Faculties in the University. The HOD of Obstetrics and Gynaecology will effectively coordinate this process. The Head of the Department of Community Health will coordinate the strengthening of the RH component of the MPH program currently offered by the Department and also develop new short term courses as well as a PhD program in Public Health (with concentration in RH) for the CERHI project. The Departmental Head will also coordinate multi-disciplinary teaching, research and theses supervision in public health and RH. The Head of the Department of Nursing will work to strengthen the RH component in the existing BSc, Masters and PhD programs of the University, and also coordinate multi-disciplinary teaching, training and research in the discipline. In particular, she will develop and coordinate the execution of short term courses in RH as part of in-serving training for serving Nurses and Midwives, as a way to build skills for provision of family planning and safe motherhood programs in underserved communities in the region. The Head of Department of Sociology and Anthropology will coordinate the strengthening of RH component of Sociology and anthropology, especially introducing modules that teach the use of social science methods for understanding the social and cultural context of RH in West Africa. In collaboration with Professor Jeremy Shiffman of Washington University, the Department of Sociology and Anthropology will also develop a module on health policy that will be included in the RH, public health and Nursing Curricular being developed by CERHI. The Head of the Department of Reproductive Health Law will coordinate the improvement of the existing curricular in Master and PhD curricular in RH law and also develop a module for integrating the teaching of RH law in the undergraduate law program of the University. The Department will also develop short term courses on RH law for serving lawyers, judicial officers and law enforcement agencies to improve their skills and knowledge in handling cases relating to abuse of RH rights.

Project Officer (Desk officer): Barrister Richard Omagbemi is Deputy Registrar at the University of Benin, with many years of experience in project management and in the management of academic activities. He has been designated by the Registrar of the University to coordinate the project offices of CERHI, to manage all logistics relating to the project implementation, and to ensure the timely reporting and documentation of all meetings related to the project. He will report to the Team Leader and train all staff working under him on project management to ensure the project’s sustainability.

Administrative Assistants: Ms Vivian Ishikwene (LLB, BL) and Mr Owen Jason Akenzua (BSc Microbiology) have been assigned from the University’s main Registry to function as administrative Assistants to CERHI to assist the Desk Officer in the daily administrative management of the project.

Financial Officer/Project Accountant: Mr. Kingsley Enobakhare (BSc Accounting, MSc Accounting) a Principal Accountant in the Main Bursary of the University has been assigned to function as CERHI’s Financial officer/Accountant.

Internal Auditor: Mr. Osifo Osagie (BSc. Accounting, MBA ACA) a Principal Accountant in the internal audit Department of the University has been assigned to be CERHI’s internal auditor to coordinate all pre and post-procurement audits relating to the project.

Procurement Officer: Mr Idehen Imafidon (B.Eng., PDG Comp Sci) has been assigned the responsibility to assist the project with procurement. He will be responsible for all transactions related to purchase of items and equipment in the project.

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer: Dr (Mrs.) EO Ogboghodo is a public health physician and a lecturer in the Department of Community Medicine at the University of Benin. She has been designated and is being

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trained to coordinate all Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) activities of CERHI. She will coordinate the M&E training and data collection, analysis and reporting of DLIs and DLRs relating to the project.

Project Webmaster/ICT Officer: Mr Mokogwu Chijioke, BSc (Computer Science) has been assigned to be the webmaster of the CERHI project. He has started designing the website of CERHI that would be linked to the websites of all partner institutions. He will also carry out the daily management of the website, and activities of CERHI on social media.

Project Web Librarian: Mr David Ofili (BSc. Library and Information Science) and a Librarian II in the Main Library of the University of Benin has been designated the Web Librarian of CERHI. He will coordinate the retrieval and use of all web information, and also work with the Centre Leader and the University Librarian, Dr (Mrs.) Omoluabi Idiodi, in developing all components of the proposed library.

Driver/Messenger: Yet to be named.

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3. OVERVIEW OF PLANNED OUTPUTS, ACTIVITIES AND COST FOR FIRST YEAR

Table 1: Overview of first project year (this table is closely linked to section 7, as each activity row here in table 1 will require a separate activity sheet in section

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Code Priority Rank Result/Activity/Task Budget Estimate (US$)

ACE leader

Partners

Total

Action Plan1

(1 highest

5 lowest)

ACE action plan to strengthen Management (Component

total for ACE

leader)

(Component

total for partner

s)

(Total of component)

1.1 1 Develop and manage CERHI Website (including web management of financial and narrative reports), web transparency and on-line learning and communication platforms.

$15,000 - $15,000

1.2 1 Organise biweekly meetings of Project Management Committee (PMC) and quarterly meetings of Expanded PMC (EPMC)

$27,000 $10,000 $37,000

1.3 3 Organize a 2-day meeting of members of the International Advisory Board (IAB) in Benin City

$60,000 - $60,000

1.4 2 Procure a 15-Seater bus and a saloon car to convey students for field trips

$80,000 - $80,000

1.5 2 Organize training of Trainers (TOT) in project management including financial management and M&E, followed by step-down training in partner institutions.

$35,000 $20,000 $55,000

1.6 2 Support for work of audit committee and annual financial audit under the University’s Governing Council

$33,400 - 33,400

Subtotal $250,400 $30,000 $277,400

Action Plan2

(1 highest

5 lowest)

ACE action plan to strengthen Teaching Excellence (Component

total for

(Component

total for

(Total of co

2

ACE leader)

partners)

mponent)

2.1 1 Organize curriculum review/development workshop involvement regional and international partners

$100,750 - $100,750

2.2 2 Develop new Bachelors, MS degree and PhD degree in Reproductive Health at the university of Benin

$88,178 $88,178

2.3 2 Develop new PhD degree in Public Health and strengthen MPH degree at the University of Benin

$45, 345 - $45,345

2.4 2 Develop new MS degree and PhD degree in Health Economics at the University of Benin

$56, 790 - $56, 790

2.5 3 Strengthen RH content in MS and PhD degrees in Nursing, Sociology/anthropology, social work, and reproductive health law at the University of Benin

$47,540 - $47, 540

2.6 2 Plan and execute short term courses in RH at UNIBEN and in partner institutions

$54,500 $50,000 $104,500

2.7 2 Training of trainers (TOT) of academic faculty to use new/revised curricular followed by step-down training in partner institutions

$65,650 $20,000 $85,650

2.8 1 Procurement of e-learning materials, new learning technologies, and multi-nodal learning materials and platforms

$155,250 $50,500 $205,750

Subtotal 568,658 120,500 $689,158

Action Plan3

(1 highest

5 lowest)

ACE action to strengthen Research Excellence (Component

total for ACE

leader)

(Component

total for partners

)


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3.1 2 Procure General Research equipment. $103,300 $65,000 $168,000

3.2 1 Develop a core team to lead multidisciplinary and team and build international partnership for RH Research and publications.

$75,000 25,000 $100,000

3.3 1 Organize proposal writing, research methodology and publications workshop, with step down training in partner institutions.

$50,000 $20,000 $70,000

3.4 3 Support for developing fundable research proposals – for sustainable funding

$23,400 - $23,400

3.5 3 Support for international conferences and manuscript preparation

$25,000 $10,000 $35,000

Subtotal 276,700 $120,000 $356,7000

Action Plan4

(1 highest

5 lowest)

ACE action for attracting regional faculty and students (Component

total for ACE

leader)

(Component

total for partners

)


4.1 1 Institutionalize regular internships of students between regional partner institutions

$15,000 $15000 $30,000

4.2 1 Faculty exchange programs between UNIBEN, UI, UG, UNB and ABU

$25,000 $20,000 $45,000

4.3 2 Outreaches to civil society organizations, development partners, the private sector and industry for short term in-service training for civil servants and policymakers and placement of students on workplace experiences on RH.

$10,000 $10000 $20,000

4.4. 1 Support for setting up institutional accreditation arrangements with a regional and an international accreditation body

$100,000 - $100,000

Subtotal $150,000 $45,000 $195,000

Action Plan5

(1 highest

5 lowest)

ACE action plan for CERHI centre infrastructure (Component

total for

(Component

total for


4

ACE leader)

partners)

5.1 1 Design, construct and furnish CERHI centre – administration, e-learning resource centre and learning/seminar rooms at the University of Benin

$1,075,765

- $1,075,765

5.2 2 Support for international students hostel and renovation of accommodation for visiting faculties from regional and international institutions

$145,865 - $145,865

Subtotal $1,221,630

- $1,221,630

Total $2,467,388

$312,500 $2,779,888

Contingency $20,000 $80,000 $100,000

TOTAL BUDGET $2,487,388

$392,500 $2,879,888

Table 2: Overview distribution among partners

Code Result/Activity/Task Budget Estimate (US$) UNIBEN UI UGhan

a NIMR ABU UNB,

Cotonou

Total Partner Budget

Action Plan1

(Expected output) $250,400

$6,000 $6,000 $6,000 6,000 $6,000

$30,000

1 ACE Action Plan to achieve management Excellence

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a NIMR ABU UNB,

Cotonou


1.1. Develop and manage CERHI Website

$15,000 - - - - - $0.0

1.2. – Meetings of PMC and EPMC

$27,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $10,000

1.3 – 2-Day IAB Meeting $60,000 - - - - - $0.0 1.4 - Procure a 15-Seater bus and a saloon car

80,000- - - - - - $0.0

1.5 - Organize training of Trainers (TOT) on project management

$35,000-

$4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $20,000

1.6 - Support for work of audit committee and annual financial audit

$33,400 - - - - - $0.0

Action Plan2


$24,100 $24,100 $24,100 $24,100 $24,100 $120,500

2 ACE action plan to achieve Teaching Excellence

2.1 Curriculum Review Workshop

100,750 - - - - $0.0

2.2 – Develop new BSc, MS and PhD degrees in RH at UNIBEN

88,178 - - - - - -

2.3 – Develop new PhD degree in public health and strengthen MPH at UNIBEN

$45, 345

- - - - -

2.4 – Develop new MS and PhD degrees in health economics at UNIBEN

$56,790 - - - - - -

2.5 – Plan and execute short term courses in RH at UNIBEN and in partner institutions

$54,500-

$10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $50,000

2.6 – TOT and step down training to use new/revised curricular

$65,6503,600

$4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $20,000

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a NIMR ABU UNB,

Cotonou


2.7 Procurement of e-learning materials and new teaching techniques and platforms

$155,250

$10,100 $10,100 $10,100 $10,100 $10,10

0 $10,100

Action Plan3


$24,000 $24,000 $24,000 $24,000 $24,00

0 $120,000

3 ACE action to strengthen Research Excellence

3.1 - Procure General Research equipment

$103,300

$13,000 $13,00

0 $13,000 $13,000

$13,000

$65,000

3.2 - Develop a core team to lead multidisciplinary and team and build international partnership for RH Research and publications.

$75,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $25,000

Organize proposal writing, research methodology and publications workshop, with step down training in partner institutions.

$50,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $20,000

Support for developing fundable research proposals – for sustainable funding

$23,000 - - - - -

Support for international conferences and manuscript preparation

$25,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $10,000

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a NIMR ABU UNB,

Cotonou


Action Plan1


$6,000 $6,000 $6,000 6,000 $6,000

$30,000

4 ACE action for attracting regional faculty and students

4.1 Institutionalize regular internships of students between regional partner institutions

$15,000 - - - - - $0.0

4.2. – Faculty exchange programs between UNIBEN, UI, UG, and ABU Faculty exchange programs between UNIBEN, UI, UG, and ABU

$27,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $10,000

4.3 – Outreaches to civil society organizations, development partners, the private sector and industry for short term in-service training for civil servants and policymakers and placement of students on workplace experiences on RH.

$60,000 - - - - - $0.0

4.4 - Support for setting up institutional accreditation arrangements with a regional and an international accreditation body

80,000- - - - - - $0.0

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a NIMR ABU UNB,

Cotonou


Action Plan5

(Expected output) $1,221,630

- - - - - -

5 ACE Action Plan for CERHI Infrastructure

5.1 Design, construct and furnish CERHI centre – administration, e-learning resource centre and learning/seminar rooms at the University of Benin

$1,075,765

- - - - - $0.0

5.2 – Support for international students hostel and renovation of accommodation for visiting faculties from regional and international institutions

$145,865

- - - - - $0.0

TOTALS $2,487,388

$78,500

$78,500

$78,500

$78,500

$78,500

$392,500

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Table 3: Work plan for the project: TIMING OF PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR ENTIRE PROJECT PERIOD (Gantt chart)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

A J A O D F A J A O D F A J A O D F A J A O D F A J A O D

Develop and manage CERHI Website

Meetings of PMC and EPMC

2-Day IAB Meeting

Procure a 15-Seater bus and a saloon car

Organize TOT on Project Management

Support for work of audit committee

Curriculum Review Workshop

Develop new BSc, MS and PhD degrees in RH

Action plan 1

Develop new PhD degree in public health and strengthen MPH

Action plan 2

Develop new MS and PhD degrees in health economics

Action plan 3

Plan and execute short term courses in RH

Action plan 4

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TOT and step down training in new/revised curricular

Action plan 5

Procurement of e-learning materials

Procure General Research equipment

Develop a core team to lead multidisciplinary team

Organize proposal/research methodology workshop

Support for developing fundable research proposals

Support for international conferences

Institutionalize regular internships of students

Faculty exchange programs

Outreaches to CSOs and development partners

Support for setting up institutional accreditation

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3.1 Environment Safeguards

(Insert the Environmental Management Plan and disclosed on your website, please list responsible staff)

A copy of the EMP is attached.

4. PERFORMANCE MONITORING

(Please insert the Result Framework shared with AAU, and please indicate planned disbursement as a function of the expected results*)

CERHI REVISED DLI & RESULT FRAME WOK ATTACHED SEPERATELY:

Disbursement Linked Indicator

Action to be Completed Amount (USD) of the Financing Allocated

Per DLI (expressed in Special Drawing Rights (SDR))

Amount (USD) Allocated per DLR for the Disbursement

Calculation (expressed in SDR)

DLI 1: Institution qualified, regional specialization approved and administrative capacity and proper planning

DLR 1.1: Signing of MoUs DLR 1.2: Establishment of CERHI International Advisory Board (IAB) DLR 1.3: Creation of CERHI designated account at First Bank plc. DLR 1.4: Approved financial management and procurement procedures and capacity DLR 1.5: Establishing CERHI operational Office DLR 1.6: Project staff recruitment DLR 1.7: Obtain ethical approval DLR 1.8: creation of designated account for the project DLR 1.9: Inauguration meeting with all project partners DLR 1.10: Project awareness campaign and Advertisement of the project academic programs.

$800,000

$800,000

DLI 2: Excellence in Education and

DLR 2.1 – DLR 2.3: Number of New Students in ACEGID Courses.

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Research capacity and Development Impact

New Masters Students: 2015-2018 -140 National: 98 males & 42 females -60 Regional: 42 males & 18 females New PhD Students: 2015-2018 -35 National: 24 males & 11 females -15 Regional: 10 males & 5 females New Short-term Students: 2015-2018 -440 National: 264 males & 176 females -270 Non-National: 162 males & 108 females DLR 2.4: # of Outreach “periods” (faculty and students): 2014-2018. -National: 220 -Regional: 120 DLR 2.5. Accreditation -National Accreditations -International Accreditation DLR 2.6. Number of papers published in Internationally recognized and Peer-Review Journal: 2015-2018. -25 papers co-authored regionally DLR 2.7. Externally generated Revenue: 2015-2018. National revenue forecast-$400,000 Regional revenue forecast - $400,000

$200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $400,000 $400,000 $200,000 $600,000 $800,000

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DLR 2.8. Improved Teaching and Learning environment as approved proposal: - Completion of new building including graduate lecture rooms, seminar room, bioinformatics lab - Completion of e-learning platform - Completion of biomedical high performance computing unit - Establishment and procurement of core research facilities

$400,000 $800,000 -$400,000 -$400,000 -$400,000 -$400,000

DLI 3 Financial Management

DLR 3.1. Functional audit committee overseeing CERHI: 2015-2018. DLR 3.2. Functioning University audit committee: 2015-1018. DLR 3.2. Transparency on financial management: 2015-2018. DLR 3.3. Timely withdrawal application supported by financial reporting for ACEGID: 2015-2018.

-$100,000 -$100,000 -$100,000 -$100,000

DLI 4 Procurement

DLR 4.1. Third Party procurement process verification DLR 4.2. Timeliness of procurement progress

-$200,000 -$200,000

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4.1. Results Framework

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INNOVATION (CERHI) PROGRAMME - RESULTS FRAMEWORK

Project Title: CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE PROJECT IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND INNOVATION (CERHI)

Total Grant (US$)

$800,000,000.0

Grant ID #: ACE027 Total Disbursement:

$8,000,000

Grantee Institution: UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE, NIGERIA. Total Period Expense:

June 2014 to Dec 2018

Grant Start Date: JUNE, 2014 Reporting Period:

June 2014 to Dec 2018

Grant End Date: JUNE, 2018 Date of Submission:

July, 2018

Project Coordinator:

PROFESSOR FRIDAY E. OKONOFUA Reporting Officer:

DR E. O. OGBOGHODO

List of ACE Project Courses:

MSc and PhDs Reproductive Health, Public Health, Nursing, Health Economics, Sociology and Anthropology, Social Work, and Reproductive Health Law

ACE Level Results Indicators C

ore

Unit of Measure

*Specifics – see

explanatory notes below

Base line

(Nov. 2013)

Cumulative Target Values

Frequency

Data Source

/ Methodology

Responsibility for Data

Collection YR 1 (Jun. 2015)

YR 2 (Jun, 2016)

YR 3 (Jun. 2017)

YR 4 (June 2018)

Indicator 1: No of regional and national

Number/ %

Total number of

126 584 684 784 884 Bi-

annual Analysis of

CERHI Project Leader:

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students (disaggregated) enrolled in new specialized short-term courses, Master, PhD, programs [No of which are females] (→ Regionality)

(Indicator Definition: Count of non –national students in new ACE courses)

enrolled students

CERHI enrolment records from CERHI Administration.

Professor F.E Okonofua

Regional (Total)

4 140 164 188 212

Regional (Female= 30%)

0 42 49 56 64

National (Total)

122 444 520 596 672

National (Female= 30%)

23 133 156 179 202

Indicator 1b: No. of regional students enrolled in specific specialized/ new ACE courses (→ Regionality)

Number (Indicator Definition: Count of regional students in specific ACE courses)

Total regional students enrolled

4 140 164 188 212

Post-Doctoral

N/A

PhD 5 10 15 20

Masters 105 109 113 117

BA

Short Courses

NA 30 45 60 75

Indicator 2: No. of internationally accredited education programs (with national accreditation and

Number (Indicator Definition: Count of

1 3 5 7 Bi-

annual

Analysis of CERHI records on courses

Director of Academic Planning: Dr W.A Iguodala

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international evaluation counting 50%) (→ Training Quality)

relevant projects)

and accreditation

Indicator 3: No. of Students /faculty with at least 1 month internship in a company or a local institution relevant to their field/ sector (→ Outreach)

Number (Indicator Definition: Count of students or faculty with at least 1 month internship in ACE related private institution)

Total number of students and faculty trained

6 16 26 36 46

Bi-annual

Program report on interns

Deputy Project Leader: Prof Obehi Okojie

Students 4 12 20 26 31

Faculty 2 4 6 10 15

Indicator 4: Amount of externally generated revenue by the ACEs as paid into the designated ACE-Programme account (→ Training & Research Quality)

US Dollars (Indicator Definition: Amount of US $ generated from outside ACE as % of total US Dollars generated by ACE)

$100,0

00 $200,00

0 $400,0

00 $,600,000

$800,000

Bi-annual

CERHI Financial Statement

University Bursar: Dr.B.Bila

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INTERMEDIATE RESULTS

Intermediate Result: Component 1

5. No of regional and national faculty trained by the ACEs(→ Training Quality

Number (Indicator Definition: Count of faculty trained in relevant area )

Total number of regional and national faculty trained

10 50 80 110 140

Bi-annual

Record of staff trained - Report on relevant training sessions

CERHI Training Coordinator – Prof Joseph Onakewhor

Regional (Total)

3 15 24 33 42

Regional (Female= 30%)

1 5 8 11 12

National (Total)

7 35 56 77 98

National (Female = 30%)

2 10 16 23 29

6. No of newly established or substantially revised curricula (→ Training Quality)

Number (Indicator Definition: Count of new/revised curricula)

NA 0 10 18 26 34 Annual

University Senate & NUC records on course accreditation.

Director of Academic Planning: Dr W.A Iguodala

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7. Increase of internationally recognized research publications by the ACEs(→ Research Quantity and Quality)

Percentage (Indicator Definition: # of Internationally recognized ACE publications as % of total number of publications produced by ACE)

NA 5 10 15 20 25 Bi-

annual

International bibliometric databases, as compiled by Elsevier

Elsevier (providing data and submitting to AAU who will forward to the CERHI project

8. % (number) of regional students studying for a longer-term (at least 1 semester/ academic term) in ACEs, in a discipline supported through the ACE-Program (→Regionality)

Percentage (number) (Indicator Definition: Count of non-national students studying for at least 1 semester at ACE on program supported course as % of total # of Students studying for at least one year)

Total number of students studying for a longer-term in ACEs

0 121 134 146 159

Bi-annual

Analysis of project records on students/ semester

Prof A. O Aisien: UNIBEN Admission Officer

Regional (Total)

36 40 44 48

Regional (Female)

11 12 13 14

National (Total)

85 94 102 111

National (Female)

26 28 31 33

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9. No of partnership agreements between ACEs and engaged Partner Institutions (→ Outreach/ Regionality)

Number (Indicator Definition: Count of partnership agreements )

0 10 13 16 20 Bi-

annual MoUs.

CERHI Project Leader: Prof F.E Okonofua

10. ACE-Programme Implementation team meetings with openly disclosed minutes (→ Admin./Governance Quality)

Number (Indicator Definition: Count of ACE Implementation team meetings)

1 3 5 7 10 Bi-

annual

Records of meetings of PMC and EPMC

Registrar, University of Benin: Dr G.O Ogboghodo

11. Annual disclosed unqualified external financial audit, with ACE annual budget (→ Admin./Governance Quality)

NA NA Done Done Done Done Annual

Audit reports together with management letters on file

University Bursar (Dr.B.Bila) Internal Auditor: Mrs. F.A. Ogbeide(Internal Audit) )

*Explanatory Notes: The projections on enrolled students was calculated on the basis of the fact that the University of Benin has existing Masters and PhD courses in Sociology/Anthropology, and social work, and Masters degrees in Public Health, and Reproductive Health Law. Similarly, UI has existing Masters and PhD courses in public health, nursing and health economics, and a Masters Degree program in RH. The University of Ghana has Masters and PhD courses in public health and nursing, while the ABU has Masters and PhDs courses in Sociology and anthropology. Thus, our calculation of baseline enrolment data was generated from the pooling of all the existing postgraduate enrolments in related disciplines by UNIBEN and partner institutions. To date, none of the partner institutions offers certified short term courses in the field of reproductive health. Consequently, we envisaged that by establishing new short term courses as well as postgraduate courses in RH, public health, health economics, nursing and reproductive health law, we will greatly boost the number of graduates in the discipline during the first year of the program. Consequently, we estimate a conservative estimate of an annual increase of 100 new entrants into the program (short term, Masters and PhDs in all disciplines at UNIBEN and in partner institutions) based on the intensity of regional strategic communication activities that will be carried out by CERHI. Our estimates on regional faculty students and numbers of females (as compared to males) is based on our planned implementation of a deliberate policy to attract regional students and staff as well as national and regional females. These are conservative estimates. We believe we will be able to exceed these numbers when the program comes fully on stream.

ACE TEMPLATE

Implementation Plan

DETAILED BUDGET

Table 5: Budget, 2014 – 2018 with split between partners

DETAILED ACTIVITY SHEETS (one for each activity).

Expenditure Category

Estimated Costs in (US$)

YR 1 2014

YR 2 2015

YR3 2016

YR 4 2017

YR5 2018

Total %of total

A: Budget by Activity Plan

Action Plan 1: ACE action plan to strengthen Management

$277,40

0

$166,20

0

$166,200 $166, 200 $-

$776,000 9.7%

Action Plan 2: ACE action plan to achieve Teaching Excellence

$689,15

8

$756,94

8

$756,947

$756,9

47 $-

$2,960,0

00 37%

Action Plan 3: ACE action to achieve Research Excellence

$356,70

0

$494,43

4

$494,435

$494,4

31 $-

$1,840,0

00 23%

Action Plan 4: ACE action for attracting Regional Faculty and Students

$195,00

0

$281,66

6 $281,667 $281,6

67 $-

$1,040,0

00 13%

Action Plan 5: ACE action plan for CERHI centre infrastructure

$1,221,630

$- $- $- $- $1, 221,

630 15.3%

International Collaboration

(subsumed under Action Plans 1-5)

Contingency

$100,000 $20,000 $20,000

$20,00

0

$160,000 2%

TOTAL

$2,839,888

$1,719,2

49

$1,719,2

48

$1,721,

615 $-

$8,000,0

00 100%

% 35.5% 21.2% 21.2% 21.5% $- 100%

B: Budget by partners

University of Benin

$2,487,3

88

$1,250,

871 $1,250,

870 $1,250,

871 $-

$6,240,0

00 78%

University of Ibadan $78,500

$53,834 $53,833 $53,833 $-

$240,000 3%

University of Ghana $78,500

$53,834 $53, 833 $53,833 $-

$240,000 3%

NIMR $78,500

$53,834 $53,833 $53,833 $-

$240,000 3%

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Ahmadu Bello University $78,500

$53,834 $53, 833 $53, 833 $-

$240, 000 3%

National University of Benin, Cotonou $78,500

$53, 834 $53,833 $53,833 $-

$240,000 3%

International Partner Universities

$100,000

$100,00

0

$100,000

$100,000 $-

$400,000 5%

Contingency

$100,000

$20,000 $20,000 $20,000

$160,000 2%

TOTAL

$3,079,888

$1,640,

041

$1,640,0

35

$1,640,0

36 $-

$8,00,00

0 100%

1.

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7 DETAILED ACTIVITY SHEETS (one for each activity)

Action Plan: ACE Action Plan to strengthen CERHI management Timeframe: June 1-September 30, 2014

Activity 1.1: Develop and manage CERHI website, including web management and web transparency infrastructure, social media and communication platforms

RESULT Design a specific website for CERHI using the University of Benin website as a design template, and creating communication platforms for CERHI in all current communication pathways and social media platforms. Also, create and train a web and social media management team for media presence sustainability.

ACTIVITY

1.1: Design of CERHI Website and strategic communication platforms.

OUTPUT A functional and interactive CERHI website, with communication platforms linked to those of regional and international partner institutions.

OUTPUT INDICATOR: A functioning CERHI website with all relevant information on program design and implementation activities. Website has email portals and is linked with the website of the University of Benin and to those of NIMR, UI, UG, NUG, ABU and international partner institutions. Also, CERHI is present in various social media: face book, twitter, etc.

SOURCE OF VERIFICATION 1). visit to provided CERHI website and social media channels. 2) number of visitors to CERHI website and social media sites

IMPLEMENTATION MILESTONES

Website Design team constituted: June 1, 2014 Draft Structure of Website provided by team: June 25, 2014 CERHI Implementation Plan completed: July 2014 Real elements to be included in Website provided to team; August 25, 2014 Draft full website completed: September 15, 2014 Review of Website by EPMC: September 30, 2014 Website approved and launched: October 12, 2014 CERHI Website linked to those of partner institutions: October 30, 2014 Continued management of the Website – up to Dec. 2014

PROCUREMENT Subscription to domain name, and outsourcing of design template

RESPONSIBILITY FOR IMPLEMENTATION

1) CERHI Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua 2) CERHI Desk officer – Barrister Richard Omagbemi 3) CERHI Webmaster – Mr Mokogwu Chijioke 4) CERHI Web librarian – Mr David Ofili 5) CERHI M&E officer – Dr (Mrs.) EO Ogboghodo

DURATION: June 2014 – Oct. 2018

Commencement: June 2014

Completion: December 2018

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PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: UNIBEN CERHI and Partner institutions.

PARTICIPANTS: UNIBEN CERHI Officials and Partner institutions.

ASSUMPTIONS:

Functioning CERHI organogram and MOU signed with partner institutions

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

Budget from CERHI

Budget Line Analysis

1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Registration of Domain Name over 4 years

500 500

2 One day workshop on website design

1000 1000

3 Outsourcing of design website graphics and informatics

3,000 3,000

4 Meeting for final launch of CERHI and related media dissemination activities

4,500 4,500

5 Training of webmasters of PI and project officials on use of website

3,000 3,000

6 External consultants (including international consultations on website design)

3,000 3,000

TOTALS $15,000

$15,000

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Action Plan: 1. ACE Action Plan to strengthen CERHI Management

Timeframe: June 2014 to December 2018

Activity 1.2: To organize biweekly meetings of Project Management Committee (PMC) and quarterly meetings of Expanded Project Management Committee (EPMC)

RESULT Enable CERHI to engender project collaborative ownership, to obtain stakeholders’ inputs in its management, to effectively manage and monitor the project activities and to develop early response to difficulties and challenges

ACTIVITY

1.2 We will organize biweekly meetings of the PMC and quarterly meetings of EPMC to follow up on the project implementation at the University of Benin and in partner institutions. We will use the opportunity of the meetings to learn from each other, identify what is working and what is not working and find solutions to identified challenges.

OUTPUT Meetings of PMC and EPMC with number of participants and minutes of meetings accurately documented.

OUTPUT INDICATOR Number of meetings held, number of participants at each meeting, and number of Partner Institutions participating in the meetings.

SOURCE OF VERIFICATION Compiled Minutes of Meetings of PMC and EPMC


- Meetings of PMC will be convened every two weeks at the Secretariat of CERHI. Agenda for the meetings will be sent out at least 5 days ahead of time to enable adequately preparation

- Meetings of EPMC will be held every quarter with the full participation of project coordinators from partner institutions. Dates for the meetings will be identified in the Centre’s calendar and agenda will be forwarded at least 2 weeks beforehand.

- The Desk officer of CERHI and support staff will take and keep records of minutes of the meetings and carry out logistic support.

- CERHI at UNIBEN will coordinate the meetings, while coordinators at partner institutions will pay for their travels, accommodation and per diem from their institutional budgets.

PROCUREMENT Procurement will relate to accommodation arrangements, airfares, and printing of project documents


CERHI Project Team: Team Leader, Professor F Okonofua, Coordinator, Professor Joseph Onakewhor, Desk officer, Barr Richard Omagbemi, Project Coordinators at Partner Institutions

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DURATION: Commencement: July 1, 2014

Completion: Dec 2018

PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: UNIBEN CERHI Departments and Partner institutions

PARTICIPANTS: UNIBEN, UI, NIMR, UGhana, UCotonou, ABU, and members of PMC and EPMC

ASSUMPTIONS

i. MOU signed with partner institutions ii. PMC and EMPC members identified iii. Meeting dates identified and created in the annual calendar of

activities of CERHI


Budget from CERHI and Partner Institutions


1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Travel, airfares, etc. for participants from partner institutions

2,000

2,000

2,000 2,000 2,000

2,000

12,000

2 Accommodation to be provided by UNIBEN

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 6,000

3 Meals and incidentals – at least over 2 days for those coming from outside Benin

7,500

7,500

7,500 7,500 7,500

7,500

45,000

3 Communication and meeting materials, documentation, files, etc.

3,000

3,000

3,000 3,000 3,000

3,000

18,000

4 Local transportation 1,000

1,000

1,000 1,000 1,000

1,000

6,000

TOTALS 14,500

14,500

14,500

14,500

14,500

14,500

87,000

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Action Plan: 1. ACE Action Plan to strengthen Governance

Timeframe: December 4-6, 2014

Activity: 1.3: Organize a 2-Day meeting of members of the International Advisory Board (IAB) of CERHI

RESULT Enable members of IAB to have first-hand experience and knowledge of CERHI’s environment to increase their skills and capacity as advisory board members specific to the CERHI project

ACTIVITY

Onsite meeting of the 7 international members of the International Advisory Board of CERHI, which will include a public lecture on a topic related to CERHI’s lecture to be delivered by one of the IAB members.

OUTPUT Meeting of IAB and international guest lecture by an IAB member, with minutes and outcomes of meeting accurately documented. Media presence will increase the visibility of CERHI in the region.

OUTPUT INDICATOR IAB meeting held, number of participants and decisions taken for moving CERHI forward, and minutes documented. Public lecture on CERHI project activity delivered by IAB member.

SOURCE OF VERIFICATION 1) Minutes of IAB meeting 2) Media report of public

lecture


- Invitation for IAB meeting forwarded to members - Travel arrangements made, including applications for visas - Participants arrive at UNIBEN on Dec 3, 2014 - Cocktail party at the Vice-Chancellor’s Lodge on evening of

Dec 4, 2014 - IAB meeting held on December 4 - Public lecture held on evening of December 5, involving

members of the University community and the general public - Members depart on December 5, 2014

PROCUREMENT Procurement will relate to accommodation arrangements, airfares, and printing of project documents


CERHI project team – Desk officer, Team leader, Coordinator and support staff

DURATION: December 4-6, 2014

Commencement: December 4, 2014

Completion: December 6, 2014

PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: Members of CERHI IAB

PARTICIPANTS: IAB members, EPMC members, University of Benin senior management staff

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ASSUMPTIONS

Acceptance by IAB members to attend the meeting. Visas obtained by participating members


Budget from CERHI


1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Travel, airfares, visas for 7 members

40,000

40,000

2 Accommodation and related expenses

5,000 5,000

3 Meals and incidentals 4,000 4,000

4 Communication and Meeting Costs

3,500 3,500

5 Costs of hosting public lecture on RH as part of IAB meeting

7,500 7,500

TOTALS $60,0000

$60,000

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Action Plan: ACE Action Plan to Strengthen Governance

Timeframe: October 2014

Activity: 1.4: Procure a 15 Seater Bus and a Saloon Car to convey students to field trips

RESULT We will purchase a 15 seater bus and a saloon car to take students to industry, NGOs and project communities on field trips and research. This is highly needed to reduce the cost of rental of vehicles for field trips, as this would be undertaken on a daily basis.

ACTIVITY Purchase 15 Seater bus and a saloon car for use at the project secretariat at the University of Benin.

OUTPUT We will purchase the vehicles within the first quarter of our award of the grant to enable and enrolment of students to enable actual field students and industry experiences to begin immediately

OUTPUT INDICATORS 1. Fully equipped bus and a saloon car purchased

2. Drivers assigned from the University of Benin

driving pool to manage the cars

SOURCE OF VERIFICATION

1) Vehicles purchased with registration numbers, insurance certificates and other relevant identification papers

2) Vehicles branded with CERHI’s Name and Logo


August 2014: call for bids for purchase orders September 2014: Bids received and analysed and contract awarded October 2014; Vehicles purchased, registered and delivered to CERHI

PROCUREMENT Vehicles purchased through the University of Benin


1) Barr Richard Omagbemi –CERHI Desk Officer 2) Mr Idehen Imafidon – CERHI Procurement officer 3) ACE Team Leader (Prof F. Okonofua)

DURATION: Commencement: August 2014

Completion: October 2014

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PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: Departmental, Faculty students, & CERHI Management

PARTICIPANTS: Mainly students, supervisors and Course Coordinators

ASSUMPTIONS

Local availability of new brands of vehicles


Budget from CERHI


1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Cost of 15-Seater Toyota Hiace Bus 2014 model, with registration, etc.

32,125

32,125

2 Cost of Toyota Corolla Saloon Car, 2014 model with registration, etc.

32,361

32,361

3 Yearly insurance for the 2 vehicles

5,000

5,000

10,000

4 Fuelling and maintenance of vehicles

2,585

2,586

2,585

2,586

2,585

2,586

15,514

TOTALS $72,071

$2,586

$2,585

$2,586

$7,585

$2,586

$80,000

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Timeframe: November 1-31, 2014 Activity: 1.5 Organise a training of trainers on project management and M&E, followed by step

down training in partner institutions

RESULT We will train project leaders at UNIBEN and partner institutions as Trainers on project management and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E). The trained trainers will then return to their Universities to train HODs, and Faculties on project management and M&E. This is to ensure timely collection of relevant data to track DLIs and DLRs, and the effective implementation of the project milestones.

ACTIVITY Training of trainers on project management and M&E followed by step down training in partner institutions

OUTPUT We will train 3 trainers at the University of Benin and one each from the partner institutions (making a total of 8 trainers overall). The trainers from each partner institution will be joined by one trainer from the University of Benin to conduct step down training in each of the partner institution. An estimated 50 Faculty staff at the University of Benin, and 25 each from the partner institutions will be trained (total of 175 Faculty).

OUTPUT INDICATORS 1. Number of TOTs trained

2. Number of Faculty trained from UNIBEN and from each

of the partner institutions

3. Evidence of increased knowledge on M&E after training


1) Training reports 2) Training curricular

and agenda of training workshops

3) Results of pre- and post-tests conducted with training participants.


August 2014: training facilitators identified September 2014: training module prepared by facilitators October 2014: training agenda and plans developed. Invitations sent to training participants November 1-4: Training of Trainers conducted for 8 trainers from UNIBEN and Partner Institutions. November 10-25: Stepped down training completed in Partner Institutions

PROCUREMENT Facilitators will be from the University of Benin. Officials of NUC, WB and AAU will be invited to participate.

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Professor Joseph Onakewhor – CERHI project coordinator M&E ACE team leader from AAU Dr(Mrs.) EO Ogboghodo – CERHI M&E officer Professor FE Okonofua – Team Leader

DURATION: April 2014 – Dec. 2018

Commencement: August 2014

Completion: November 2014

PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: UNIBEN CERHI Departmental and Faculty staff of partner institutions.

PARTICIPANTS: CERHI’s faculty from UNIBEN and partner institutions.

ASSUMPTIONS:

1) Full inventory of participating staff taken at the University of Benin and in partner institutions.

2) Working organogram and methods developed and approved for CERHI


Budget from CERHI


1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Airfares and accommodation for 5 trainers from partner institutions

7,000

7,000

2 Airfare, accommodation and honorarium for M&E facilitator

4,000

4,000

3 Development of training modules

3,000

3,000

4 TOT workshop materials, feeding and logistical support

9,000

9,000

5 Step down training for Faculty at UNIBEN and in individual partner institutions

32,000

32,000

TOTALS 55,000

- 55,000

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Timeframe: November 1-31, 2014

Activity: 1.6 Support work of audit committee and carry out annual financial audit of CERHI’s

financial disbursements

RESULT We will constitute an audit committee of CERHI and support its periodic meetings and activities. Audit committee will carry out pre-and post-procurement audits and also work with the external auditor to ensure the annual auditing of CERHI’s account with guidance from the University of Benin Governing Council

ACTIVITY An audit committee to be constituted for CERHI, with clear terms of

Reference. The audit committee will develop and implement Guidelines for conducting pre- and post-procurement audits of

all purchases made by CERHI using the auditing formats used

by the Central Audit committee of the University. Audit reports of the Committee will be forwarded to the Vice-Chancellor and then

to the Governing Council for necessary action.

OUTPUT Bi-monthly meetings of audit committee, with audit guidelines and procedures developed for CERHI. Quarterly, semi-annual audit reports forward to the VC and then to the Governing Council. External audit of CERHI’s financial accounts to be done annually with the support of the audit committee.

OUTPUT INDICATORS 1) Audit Committee constituted, and number of

functioning members 2) Reports of monthly meetings of committee 3) Quarter

SOURCES OF VERIFICATION

1) Reports of bi-monthly meetings of Audit Committee

2) Quarterly, semi-annual and annual CERHI audit report

3) Annual financial audits of CERHI approved by the Governing Council and placed in CERHI website

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July 2014: Audit Committee constituted by CERHI August 2014 – December 2018: Bimonthly meetings of Audit Committee September 2014 – December 2018: Quarterly, Semi-Annual and Annual reports of CERHI committee using a reporting template July 2015-December 2018: Annual financial audit of CERHI accounts approved by the Governing Council and placed on the CERHI and UNIBEN websites, and linked to the websites of partner institutions.

PROCUREMENT Fees of external auditors to be included. External auditors to be recruited through a bidding process supervised by the Governing Council.


1) University Bursar – Dr Bila 2) Mr Osifo Osagiede – CERHI Internal Auditor 3) Other members of CERHI Audit Committee 4) Team Leader, professor F Okonofua

DURATION: July 2014 – Dec. 2018

Commencement: July 2014 Completion: December 2018

PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: UNIBEN CERHI.

PARTICIPANTS: UNIBEN CERHI Officials and members of CERHI Audit Committee.

ASSUMPTIONS:

Audit committee within the financial auditing framework already established for all federally funded Universities in Nigeria


Budget from CERHI


1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Support for bimonthly meetings of CERHI, including refreshments, meeting documents, etc.

750 750 750 750 750 750 4,500

2 Semi-Annual Audit visits to regional partner institutions by 2 members of audit committee

1,500

1,500

1,500

4,500

3 Preparation of quarterly, semi-

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500 1,500

1,500

9,000

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annual and Annual Audit Reports

4 Outsourcing of annual external audit of CERHI’s account for review by Council and placement on CERHI website

7,700 7,700

15,400

TOTALS $3,750

$2,250

$3,750

$9,950

$3,750

$17,650

$33,400

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Action Plan 2: Action Plan to Achieve Teaching Excellence

Timeframe: September 8-11, 2014

Activity: 2.1 Organize Curriculum Review/Development Workshop with involvement of regional and International partners

RESULT

Develop new Curricular for short term, BS, MS and PhD degrees in RH, PhD in public Health, and MS, and PhD degrees in Health Economics and review existing curricular for short term, BS, MS and PhD degrees in Nursing, Sociology and Anthropology, Social Work, and Reproductive Health law, and the existing MPH curriculum. Workshop will bring together Faculties in relevant departments at UNIBEN and in partner institutions as well as representatives of international partner institutions, industry and development practitioners in health. This is to ensure that the curricular meet industry need for promoting RH in WA.

ACTIVITY

Organise a 3-day workshop to harmonise ideas on developing

new curriculum and renew existing curriculum to make them

Industry compliant.

OUTPUT Clear guidelines and key issues in RH curriculum development will be formulated with the active participation of stakeholders to be used by Departments working with regional and international partners to finalise the curricular development and review

OUTPUT INDICATORS 1) Templates for new and revised curricular produced 2) Action plan for finalising each curriculum

review/development produced 3) Inputs of industry, relevant stakeholders, partner

institutions and development partners into curricular obtained

SOURCE OF VERIFICATION 1) Report of the curriculum development/review workshop


September 8-12,, 2014 - Invitation to HODs of courses at UNIBEN and partner

institutions, 3 international partners, and representatives of NGOs, development partners, industry and funding agencies

- Participants arrive at UNIBEN on September 7 - Cocktail party at the VC’s Residence on the evening of

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- Workshop held on September 9, 10 and 11 to include workshop group sessions, and specific interactions on different courses

- Members depart on September 12 - Workshop report, including curriculum templates ready for

distribution to participants by September 30.

PROCUREMENT All goods to be purchased from the University of Benin


1) CERHI Coordinator of Curriculum Review and Development – Professor SM Ogbonmwan

2) CERHI Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua 3) HODs of CERHI Coordinating Departments 4) Coordinators from Regional partner Institutions 5) Professor Julia Hussein – Aberdeen University 6) Prof Ana Langer – Harvard University 7) Professor Rebecca Cooke – Toronto University 8) Professor Charurat – University of Maryland 9) 3 Reps of NGOs 10) 3 Reps of Sector Planners 11) 3 Reps of Development partners

DURATION: September 8-11, 2014

Commencement: September 8, 2014

Completion: September 11, 2014


PARTICIPANTS: UNIBEN CERHI Officials and by national and regional academic partners

ASSUMPTIONS:

Regional and partner institutions signing MOUs agreeing to share curricular development and implementation


From CERHI Budget


1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Travel and accommodation for 15 regional faculty, sector planners, CSOs and Industry partners

23,000

23,000

2 Travel and accommodation for 4 Faculties from

22,000

22,000

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international partner institutions

3 Honoraria for facilitators and Purchase of template curricular

47,250

47,250

3 Feeding, and workshop materials over 3 days (estimated 40 participants, including UNIBEN staff)

5,750

5,750

4 Development of curriculum templates and reports

2,750

2,750

TOTALS 100,750

100,750

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Timeframe: 2014-2018

Activity: 2.2 Develop new Bachelors, MS and PhD degrees in Reproductive Health at UNIBEN

RESULT Long term educational program in RH will build a critical mass of resource personnel needed to conduct programs and research for increasing contraceptive prevalence rates and reducing fertility, maternal and child mortality in West Africa

ACTIVITY

2.2. Develop new Bachelors, MS and PhD degrees programs in Reproductive Health (RH) at the University of Benin.

OUTPUT The RH program will provide training to 50 undergraduate, 15 Masters and 10 PhD candidates a year. It will be a multi-disciplinary course located in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology but taught by Faculties in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Public Health, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Works, Demography, Health Economics, Reproductive health Law, Statistics and Clinical Psychology at UNIBEN and partner institutions. The course will teach modules on fertility regulation, safe motherhood, prevention of unsafe abortion, etc. from both the medical social science, legal, economic and policy frameworks needed to address the prevention of maternal and child mortality in the region.

OUTPUT INDICATORS Number of students enrolled in the program and

completing the degrees requirements


1) University of Benin Admission and Senate Records

2) Students feedback surveys


- Curricular drafted by Department of O&G by March 2014 - Curricular reviewed by the Committee on RH Curricular

Review and Development at UNIBEN – March to September, 2014

- Curriculum further reviewed at Curricular Development/Review Workshop: September 8-11, 2014

- Curricular finalised by Department of O&G using the recommendations from the Curricular Conference and working in collaboration with the Prof Ana Langer and team

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at the Harvard School of Public Health: September –October, 2014

- Curricular approved by PG School and Senate by November 2014

- Teachers identified and trained on use of new curricular- Dec 2014

- NUC and international accreditation sought in November 2014

- Programs Advertised in January 2015 - First sets of students admitted in 2015 seeking 50 students

for undergraduate, 15 masters and 10 PhD students

PROCUREMENT Consultants to facilitate workshops and training: Printing course materials airfares, housing and arrangements for visiting trainees.


CERHI Team (specifically the Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua and UNIBEN PI Professor Obehi Okojie and Coordinator, Professor Joseph Onakewhor, who is also HOD of O&G)


Commencement: April 2014



PARTICIPANTS: UNIBEN CERHI Officials Partner intuitions.

ASSUMPTIONS:

Curriculum approved by UNIBEN Senate and the NUC


CERHI Budget


1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Finalisation of curricular between Departments and the Aberdeen University – time engagement of staff at Aberdeen over 2 weeks

40,000

- - - - - $40,000

2 Advert and promotion of students enrolment

17, 500

5,000 5,000

5,000

$32,500

3 Other Operational costs

15,078

10,000

19,500

$45,178

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TOTALS $73,178

- $10,000

$5,000

$24,500

$5,000

$117,678



Activity: 2.3. Develop new PhD degree in Public Health and strengthen MPH in RH at UNIBEN

RESULT Long term educational program in higher degrees in Public Health with concentration in RH will build a critical mass of resource personnel needed to conduct programs implementation and research for increasing contraceptive prevalence rates and reducing fertility, maternal and child mortality in West Africa

ACTIVITY

2.3. Improve the RH content of the current MPH program offered at UNIBEN and develop new PhD degree with strong RH bias at the University of Benin.

OUTPUT The RH program will provide training to 100 MPH students and up to 10 PhD candidates a year across the partner institutions. These are multi-disciplinary courses located in the Department of Community Medicine but taught by Faculties in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Public Health, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Works, Demography, Health Economics, Reproductive health Law, Statistics and Clinical Psychology at UNIBEN and partner institutions. The course will increase the teaching of modules on fertility regulation, safe motherhood, prevention of unsafe abortion, etc. from both the medical social science, legal, economic and policy frameworks needed to address the prevention of maternal and child mortality and increase contraceptive prevalence rate in the region.







- Curricular reviewed and drafted by Department of Community by March 2014

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- Curricular reviewed by the Committee on RH Curricular Review and Development at UNIBEN – March to September, 2014


- Curricular finalised by Department of Community Health using the recommendations from the Curricular Conference and working in collaboration with the Prof Julia Hussein and team at Aberdeen University: September –October, 2014


- Teachers identified and re-trained on use of new curricular, December 2014



for MPH and 10 PhD students



CERHI Team (specifically the Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua and UNIBEN PI Professor Obehi Okojie, Coordinator, Professor Joseph Onakewhor, and HOD of Community Medicine)






ASSUMPTIONS:



CERHI Budget


1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Finalisation of curricular between Departments and the Harvard School of Public Health – time engagement of staff

25,650

- - - - - $25,650

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at Harvard over 2 weeks


5,000

5,000 5,000

5,000

$20,000


7,695

7,000 7,695

$22,390

TOTALS $38, 345

- $12,000

$5,000

$12,695

$68,040



Activity: 2.4. Develop new MS and PhD degrees in Health Economics at UNIBEN

RESULT Long term educational program in higher degrees in Health Economics concentration in RH that will fill the current gap of lack of indigenous health economists to deal with issues related to RH in West Africa. It will build a critical mass of resource personnel needed to conduct programs implementation on economic issues needed to increase contraceptive prevalence rates and reducing fertility, maternal and child mortality in West Africa

ACTIVITY

2.4. Establish an MS and PhD course in health economics at the University of Benin with support from the University of Ibadan that has an existing course in health economics.

OUTPUT The course will provide training to 10 MS students and up to 5 PhD candidates in health economics a year across the partner institutions. It will be multi-disciplinary courses located in the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Management Sciences at the University of Benin. The courses will be taught by faculties from economics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Public Health, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Works, Demography, Health Economics, Reproductive health Law, Statistics and Clinical Psychology at UNIBEN and partner institutions. The courses will include modules on the principles of RH, and as well as the economic principles of costs, cost-effectiveness of interventions, etc. needed to appropriate and relevant decision-making.






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- Curricular reviewed and drafted by Department of Economics by March 2014



- Curricular finalised by Department of Economics using the recommendations from the Curricular Conference and working in collaboration with faculty members from the University of Ibadan, and the Harvard School of Public Health – October, 2014





for MS and 5 PhD students



CERHI Team (specifically the Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua and UNIBEN PI Professor Obehi Okojie, Coordinator, Professor Joseph Onakewhor, and HOD of Department of Economics).






ASSUMPTIONS:



CERHI Budget


1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Finalisation of curricular between

34,890

- - - - - $34,890

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Departments and the University of Ibadan and the Harvard School of Public Health – time engagement of staff at UI and Harvard over 2 weeks


5,000

5,000 5,000

5,000

$20,000


5,935

5,935 5,935

$17,805

TOTALS $45,825

- $10,000

$5,000

$10,935

$72,695

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Timeframe: 2014-2018 Activity: 2.5. Strengthen RH Content in MS and PhD degrees in Nursing, Sociology/Anthropology,

Social Work and Reproductive Health Law at UNIBEN

RESULT Long term educational program in higher degrees in Nursing, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Work, and RH Law in RH will build a critical mass of resource personnel needed to conduct programs and research implementation, and improve relevant policy developments for increasing contraceptive prevalence rates and reducing fertility, maternal and child mortality in West Africa

ACTIVITY

2.5. Improve the RH content of the current MS and PhD programs in Nursing, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Work and RH Law offered at UNIBEN at the University of Benin.

OUTPUT The RH program will provide training to at least 10 MS students and up to 5 PhD candidates each in Nursing, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Work and RH Law each year across the partner institutions. These are multi-disciplinary courses located respectively in the Departments of Nursing, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Work and RH Law. The courses will be taught by Faculties in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Public Health, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Works, Demography, Health Economics, Reproductive health Law, Statistics and Clinical Psychology at UNIBEN and partner institutions. The courses will increase the teaching of modules on fertility regulation, safe motherhood, prevention of unsafe abortion, etc. from both the medical social science, legal, economic, human rights and policy frameworks needed to address the prevention of maternal and child mortality and increase contraceptive prevalence rate in the region.

OUTPUT INDICATORS Number of students enrolled in each program and



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- University of Benin Admission and Senate Records

- Students feedback surveys


- Curricular reviewed and drafted by relevant Departments by March 2014



- Curricular finalised by Department of Departments using the recommendations from the Curricular Conference and working in collaboration with: 1) Aberdeen – Nursing; 2) Ottawa and UI – Sociology and Anthropology and Social Work; and 3) University of Toronto – RH Law: September –October, 2014





for MS and 5 PhD students for each program.



CERHI Team (specifically the Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua and UNIBEN PI Professor Obehi Okojie, Coordinator, Professor Joseph Onakewhor, and HODs of Nursing, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Work, and RH Law)






ASSUMPTIONS:



CERHI Budget

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1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Finalisation of curricular between Departments and Aberdeen, UI and Toronto – time engagement of UI, Aberdeen and Ottawa staff at Harvard over 2 weeks

34,550

- - - - - $34, 550


2,000

2,000 2,000

2,000

$8,000


4,495

4,495 4,495

$13,485

TOTALS $41,045

- $6,495

$2,000

$6,495

$56,035

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Timeframe: 2014-2018 Activity: 2.6. Plan and execute short term courses in RH at UNIBEN and in partner institutions

RESULT Short term courses in RH targeting service providers and policymakers will help address existing gaps in policymaking and service delivery needed to promote RH and improve policy developments for increasing contraceptive prevalence rates and reducing fertility, maternal and child mortality in West Africa

ACTIVITY

2.6. Implement short courses in RH, Nursing, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Work and RH Law at UNIBEN and partner institutions.

OUTPUT Some short courses will include the following: 1) A 2-weeks course on RH for mid-level providers at UNIBEN

(targeting 20 participants) 2) A 2-weeks course on laboratory techniques in HIV/AIDS at

NIMR for Laboratory scientists. (targeting 15 participants) 3) A 2-weeks course on RH law and rights for legal and judicial

officers, and legislative assistants at UNIBEN (targeting 20 participants)

4) A 2 weeks course on RH counselling for nurses, midwives and counsellors at UNIBEN (targeting 30 participants)

5) A 2 weeks course on family planning, safe motherhood and RH for primary health care workers at the University of Ghana, and ABU (targeting 20 participants in each University)

6) A 2 weeks course on prevention of child mortality for nurses, midwives and doctors at the University of Cotonou (targeting 20 participants).

A detailed timetable of short term courses available in CERHI affiliated institutions will be drawn up and approved by UNIBEN and partner institutions at the beginning of each Session. Certificates will be offered by each institution in a format to be designed and approved by CERHI.

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OUTPUT INDICATORS Number of students enrolled in each program and



- University of Benin Admission and Senate Records

- Students feedback surveys


- Short term teaching Curricular reviewed and drafted by relevant Departments by March 2014



- Curricular finalised by Department of Departments using the recommendations from the Curricular Conference and working in collaboration with regional and international partners: September –October, 2014


- Teachers identified and re-trained on use of curricular, December 2014


- Courses Advertised in January 2015 - First sets of students admitted in 2015 seeking 10 students

for MS and 5 PhD students for each program.



CERHI Team (specifically the Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua and UNIBEN PI Professor Obehi Okojie, Coordinator, Professor Joseph Onakewhor, and HODs of relevant Departments at UNIBEN and partner institutions)






ASSUMPTIONS:



Budget of CERHI and partner institutions

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1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Finalisation of curricular between Departments at regional and partner institutions – time engagement of regional and partner institutions over 3 days

19,340

- - - - - $19,340


5,000

5,000 5,000

5,000

$20,000

3 Operational costs 37,580

37,580

37,580

$112,740

TOTALS $61,920

- $42,580

$5,000

$42,580

$152,080

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Action Plan 2: ACE Action Plan to Achieve Teaching Excellence

Timeframe: December 1-20, 2014 Activity: 2.7 Organise Training of Trainers (TOT) to use new/revised RH curricular and step-down

training in partner institutions

RESULT We will train project leaders at UNIBEN and partner institutions as Trainers on use of the new and revised RH curricular. The trained trainers will then return to their Universities to train HODs, and Faculties on the use of the curricular. This is to ensure proper use of the curricular for effective teaching of the various courses.

ACTIVITY Training of trainers on use of new and revised curricular followed by step down training in partner institutions

OUTPUT We will train one trainer at the University of Benin from each of the new/revised program from UNIBEN and the partner institutions (making a total of 12 trainers overall). The trainers from each partner institution will be joined by one trainer from the University of Benin to conduct step down training in each of the partner institution. An estimated 50 Faculty staff at the University of Benin, and 25 each from the partner institutions will be trained (total of 175 Faculty).

OUTPUT INDICATORS 1) Number of TOTs trained

2) Number of Faculty trained from UNIBEN and from

each of the partner institutions

3) Evidence of increased knowledge on use of

new/revised curricular


1) Training reports 2) Training curricular

and agenda of training workshops

3) Results of pre- and post-tests conducted with training participants.


October 2014: Curricular finalised November 2-10, 2014:training facilitators identified November 10-20, 2014: training module prepared by facilitators November 25-28, 2014: training agenda and plans developed. Invitations sent to training participants

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December 2-6, 2014: Training of Trainers conducted for 8 trainers from UNIBEN and Partner Institutions. November 10-20, 2014: Stepped down training completed in Partner Institutions



Professor Joseph Onakewhor – CERHI project coordinator/training officer. HODs of CERHI’s Departments Professor FE Okonofua – Team Leader

DURATION: November – December, 2014

Commencement: November 1, 2014




ASSUMPTIONS:

1) All coursed fully developed and revised 2) Courses approved by University of Benin Senate


Budget from CERHI and those of partner institutions


1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Airfares and accommodation for 5 trainers from partner institutions

7,000

7,000

2 Airfare, accommodation and honorarium for 2 trainers from international partner institutions

12,500

12,500

3 Development of training modules

3,500

3,500

4 TOT workshop materials, feeding and logistical support

15,500

15,500

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5 Step down training for Faculty at UNIBEN and in individual partner institutions

47,150

47,150

TOTALS 85,650

- 85,650

Action Plan 2: ACE Action Plan to Achieve Teaching Excellence

Timeframe: October 2014 Activity: 2.8: Procure e-learning materials, new learning technologies, and multi-nodal learning

materials and platforms

RESULT In order to develop a centre of teaching excellence in RH at the University of Benin and partner institutions, we will procure all necessary physical and virtual teaching materials at UNIBEN and in our partner Institutions.

ACTIVITY Procure new teaching technologies and multi-media and multi-nodal teaching and communication equipment.

OUTPUT We will purchase all teaching equipment needs during the first quarter and repeatedly in the following years as the needs arise.

OUTPUT INDICATORS Fully equipped seminar/teaching rooms with necessary

equipment for teaching RH at UNIBEN and in Partner

Institutions.

SOURCE OF VERIFICATION Site teaching class and seminar rooms


October 2014: call for bids for purchase orders November 2014: Bids received and analysed and contract awarded December 2014: outfitting of all seminar/teaching rooms with teaching materials and consumables.

PROCUREMENT - Goods purchased though UNIBEN and all partner institutions

- Recurring orders through purchasing with established vendors

RESPONSIBILITY FOR

- Barr Richard Omagbemi –CERHI Desk Officer - Mr Idehen Imafidon – CERHI Procurement officer - ACE Team Leader (Prof F. Okonofua)

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IMPLEMENTATION

DURATION: Commencement: October 2014



PARTICIPANTS: Mainly students, supervisors and Course Coordinators

ASSUMPTIONS

Local availability of new brands of teaching aids




1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Multimedia, screens, and PAS in 15 classrooms in UNIBEN and partner institutions.

45,000

- $45,000

2 Video and audio conferencing facilities at UNIBEN and in partner institutions

48,450

$48,450

3 Virtual white boards, flip charts, other learning tools, etc.

23,750

15,840

$39,590

4 Laptops and printers, 32,000

32,000

$64,000

5 Photocopiers and digital cameras

13,550

7,800

$21,350

6 Running Costs 7,165

7,166

7,165

7,166

7,165

7,166

$42,990

TOTALS $97,715

$79,366

$7,165

$7,166

$55,005

$14,966

$261,383

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Action Plan 3: ACE Action Plan to Achieve Research Excellence

Timeframe: October 2014 Activity: 3.1: Procure General Research Equipment

RESULT In order to develop a centre of teaching excellence in RH at the University of Benin and partner institutions, we will procure necessary equipment to support policy-relevant research that will aid post-graduate education at UNIBEN and in our partner Institutions.

ACTIVITY Procure research equipment for UNIBEN and partner institutions.

OUTPUT We will purchase all research equipment needs during the first quarter and repeatedly in the following years as the needs arise.

OUTPUT INDICATORS Fully equipped laboratories and offices to be used for field

research at UNIBEN and in Partner Institutions.

SOURCE OF VERIFICATION Site research labs and offices for research


October 2014: call for bids for purchase orders November 2014: Bids received and analysed and contract awarded December 2014: outfitting of all labs and relevant research sites with research materials and consumables.

PROCUREMENT - Goods purchased though UNIBEN and all partner institutions

- Recurring orders through purchasing with established vendors


- Barr Richard Omagbemi –CERHI Desk Officer - Mr Idehen Imafidon – CERHI Procurement officer - ACE Team Leader (Prof F. Okonofua)

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DURATION: Commencement: October 2014



PARTICIPANTS: Mainly students, supervisors, faculties, and Course Coordinators

ASSUMPTIONS

Local availability of research equipment and supplies




1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Consumables for Central Research at UNIBEN.

4,500

- 4,500

$9,000

2 Manual vacuum aspiration kits (MVA) for research into prevention of unsafe abortion

15,625

$15,625

3 Family planning commodities – contraceptives, etc.

9,756

9,756

9,756

$29,268

4 Surgical equipment for tuboplasty and vasectomy for research into surgical contraception,

6,750

$6,750

5 Misoprostol, and surgical tamponade, balloon catheter for research and research training in prevention of postpartum haemorrhage

12,500

12,500

$29,000

6 Parthograph, and Mama kits –for delivery by primary health care workers

3,125

3,125

3,125

$9,376

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for training and research on prevention of maternal mortality

7 Siemen’s molecular diagnostics using NAAT testing based on VERSANT CT/GC DNA 1.0 assay – for research into the RH effects of Chlamydia and Neisseria Gonorrhoea and other STIs

31,250

$31,250

8 Purchase of HIV detection kits and reagents for viral assay and CD-4 count

20,000

20,000

40,000

9 Basic renewable equipment – catheters, syringes, tubes, suction catheters, airways, etc.

3,500

- 3,500

- 3,500

- $10,500

10 Data processing software for qualitative and quantitative data analysis and annual renewals –STATA, SPSS Pc+, audiotapes and batteries, etc.

5,000

2,000

$7,000


6,568

6,569

6,568

6,568

6,569

$39,413

TOTALS $102,949

$22,193

$22,950

$19,068

$29,495

$26,569

$217,806

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Timeframe: December 1-20, 2014 Activity: 3.2 Develop a core team to lead multi-disciplinary team and build international partnership

for RH research and publications

RESULT We will constitute a team among the participating Departments in UNIBEN and partner institutions to lead multi-disciplinary proposal writing, and research implementation in RH. The team will coordinate research training and resource mobilization for CERHI.

ACTIVITY Develop a multi-disciplinary team to lead the research training, resource mobilization and research implementation and publications for CERHI.

OUTPUT Constitute a multi-disciplinary team comprising Faculties from the different courses in CERHI. At least 7 from UNIBEN and 5 from Regional Partner Institutions (12 in total). The core team will work with International partner institutions to identify research topics, and research training needs. The core team will be trained on specific research methods, proposal writing for research and on fund raising. A training module will be developed to be used for step down training on proposal writing and research methods. Specific research will be implemented by the core team in collaboration with regional and international partners. Research implementation will be engage MS and PhD students who will use the research in preparing their theses as well.

OUTPUT INDICATORS - Evidence of improved capacity for proposal writing,

research implementation and research output by

trained staff

- Improved research output by students

- Quality theses by students

- High quality papers published in international peer-

review journals


- Training reports and records

- Grants obtained from proposal writing

- Quality students theses winning regional and

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international competition

- Journal citations.


- Identify and inaugurate members of core research team at UNIBEN and in partner institutions, October 2014:

- Team organises research priority meeting, with identification of priority research areas – December 2014

- Research training and proposal writing training modules developed in collaboration with international partner institutions – January 2015

- Core team trained on research methods and proposal writing – February 2015

- Core team members to function as TOT on research and proposal writing training

- Core team implement multi-disciplinary research and publications



Professor Joseph Onakewhor – CERHI project coordinator/training officer. HODs of CERHI’s Departments Professor FE Okonofua – Team Leader

DURATION: October 2014-Dec 2018

Commencement: October, 2014

Completion: December, 2018



ASSUMPTIONS:

- All courses fully developed and revised - Courses approved by University of Benin Senate


Budget from CERHI and those of partner institutions


1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Quarterly meetings of research team - Airfares and accommodation for members from partner institutions

4,500

4,500

4,500

4,500 4,500

4,500

$27,000

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2 Honoraria for international research team collaboration

10,000

10,000

$20,000

3 Development of research and proposal training modules

5,500

$5,500

4 Support for core research implementation and publications

15,500

25,000

$40,500

5 Running costs 8,500

8,500

8,500

8,500 8,500

8,500

$51,000

TOTALS $38,500

$18,500-

13,000

$13,000

$48,000

$13,000

$144,000

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Action Plan 3: Action Plan to Achieve Research Excellence

Timeframe: March 15-18, 2015

Activity: 3.3. Organize proposal writing, research methodology and publications training workshop with step-down trainings in partner institutions.

RESULT

Enable CERHI faculty and students to develop excellence in research proposal writing, research implementation and publications in RH.

ACTIVITY

3.3. Organise a 3-day proposal writing and research methodology workshop at UNIBEN, and then step-down trainings in partner Institutions.

OUTPUT We will conduct a central training of trainers’ workshop at the University of Benin for members of the core research team. Thereafter, we will conduct step down trainings at UNIBEN and in partner institutions. Annual step down trainings will thereafter be conducted at UNIBEN and partner institutions, especially for new students and staff.

OUTPUT INDICATORS - Training modules/manual produced - Number of training workshops and number of

participants at each workshop - Evidence of improved knowledge and skills in

proposal writing and research methodology in RH - Improved research and publication outputs


- Report of training workshop

- Documented research proposals

- Writing samples and documented publications


September February- May, 2015 - Invitation to HODs of courses at UNIBEN and partner

institutions, February 2015 - Participants arrive at UNIBEN on March 14 - Workshop held on march 15 and 16 to include specific

hands-on skills sessions and interactions on different courses

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- Members depart on March 17 - Workshop report, ready for distribution to participants by April

2, 2015 - Step-down trainings completed by May 15, 2015

PROCUREMENT All goods to be purchased from the University of Benin


- CERHI Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua - HODs of CERHI Coordinating Departments - Coordinators from Regional partner Institutions - Professor Julia Hussein – Aberdeen University - Prof Ana Langer – Harvard University - Professor Charurat – University of Maryland

DURATION: February to May 2013

Commencement: February 2015

Completion: February, 2015


PARTICIPANTS: UNIBEN CERHI Officials and by national and regional academic partners

ASSUMPTIONS:

Regional and partner institutions signing MOUs agreeing to share research experience and methods in RH




1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Travel and accommodation for 8 regional faculty,

10,000

$10,000

2 Travel and accommodation for 2 Faculties from international partner institutions

6,000

$6,000

3 Honoraria for facilitators

6,000

$6,000

3 Feeding, and workshop materials over 3 days (estimated 40 participants, including UNIBEN staff)

18,000

$18,000

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4 Step-down trainings at UNIBEN and in partner institutions

30,000

30,000

$60,000

TOTALS $70l,000

$30,000

$100,000


Timeframe: December 2014 to Dec 2018 Activity: 3.4. Support to develop fundable research proposals for sustainable financing

RESULT To achieve sustainable excellence in RH teaching and service delivery, CERHI would need to seek additional funding for research and development. Thus, CERHI will constitute a fundable research writing team that we respond to calls for proposals and also develop concept papers to seek funds for international research funding on a periodic basis.

ACTIVITY Provide support for writing concept papers and fundable proposals for CERHI.

OUTPUT Constitute a core multi-disciplinary team of at least 3 members lead by the Team Leaders and supported by 2-3 international partners to respond to calls for proposals and also develop concept papers for research and programmatic fund-raising.

OUTPUT INDICATORS - Evidence of fully developed proposals

- Additional funds obtained by CERHI from proposal

development


- CERHI annual reports and records

- Grants obtained from proposal writing

- CERHI financial reports and audit statements showing additional funds from proposal writing.


- Identify and inaugurate members of core proposal writing team, with a desk officer to look out for calls for proposal, December 2014:

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- Core team develops a fund-raising and proposal writing strategy – January 2015,and identifies potential funders

- Proposal writing and fund-raising in progress – from February, 2015

PROCUREMENT Facilitators will be from the University of Benin.


Professor FE Okonofua – Team Leader Barr Richard Omagbemi – Desk Officer Professor Joseph Onakewhor – project Coordinator

DURATION: Dec 2014-Dec 2018

Commencement: December, 2014

Completion: December, 2018



ASSUMPTIONS:

- CERHI given international visibility with a working website and branding

- CERHI’s working organogram fully in place


Budget from CERHI


1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Running costs 5,850

5,850

5,850

5,850 5,850

5,850

$35,100

TOTALS $5,850

$5,850

$5,850

$5,850

$5,850

$5,850

$35,100

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Timeframe: May 2015 to Dec 2018 Activity: 3.5. Support for international conferences and manuscripts preparations

RESULT As CERHI carries out cutting edge research and service delivery in RH, we will provide support for individuals to present their work in international conferences and publish in international peer review journals.

ACTIVITY Support for international conference presentations and manuscript publication.

OUTPUT We will provide support for conference attendance and manuscript charges. These will be provided to MS, PhD students, post-docs, and faculty members associated with CERHI. Fewer conferences are being envisaged in the first year, but this will increase as the number of students and intensity of research improves in the subsequent years.

OUTPUT INDICATORS Number of publications and presentations outside CERHI


- Publications and conference records

- CERHI annual reports and records


- Announce availability of funds to support presentations and publications to staff and students

- Procedure for accessing funds will also be announced, for those with actual papers to present or publish

PROCUREMENT This will be implemented from the University of Benin.

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Professor FE Okonofua – Team Leader Professor Obehi Okojie – Deputy Team Leader Professor Joseph Onakewhor – project Coordinator

DURATION: May 2015-Dec 2018

Commencement: May 2015 Completion: December, 2018



ASSUMPTIONS:

- CERHI given international visibility with a working website and branding

- CERHI’s working organogram fully in place


Budget from CERHI


1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Conference Attendance

35,000

25,00

$60,000

TOTALS $35,000

25,000

$60,000

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Action Plan 4: ACE action for attracting regional faculty and students Timeframe: July 28, 2014 – December 31, 2018 Activity 4.1: Institutionalize regular internships of students between regional partner institutions

RESULT Awareness created through functional CERHI website, market-place

outreaches, conferences and IEC materials and articulated policy of

promoting educational opportunities implemented at CERHI and

regional partner institutions that address specific issues of Maternal

and Child Health including Family Planning, STIs and HIV and AIDS

in the West African sub-region.

ACTIVITY

Enunciation of policy of promoting “broader” educational

opportunities for regional internships in relevant fields of Maternal

and Child Health (MCH) including Family Planning, STIs and HIV

and AIDS at partner countries (other than their country of origin) at

subsidized cost (e.g. language and relocation support) for short term

(≥ one-month) courses and one semester for Masters and PhDs.

Placement of policy document promoting “broader” educational opportunities at CERHI and partner institutions CERHI website’, ECOWAS Secretariat, Embassies and in conference brochures to raise awareness and attract regional students and faculties for short-term courses; especially Midwives, operators of maternity homes, Post-Youth Corps Service Doctors, General Practitioners, Family Physicians and students for new Bachelors, new Masters and new PhDs students. Because the West Africa sub-region is both Anglophone and Francophone, language and relocation support shall be provided for regional faculty and students. Hire a consultant to work with CERHI Committee (Principal Investigator, Prof O. Okojie, Coordinator – Prof J. Onakewhor,

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M&E- Officer, Dr (Mrs Ogboghodo and the Desk Officer, Barr. R. Omagbemi) on attracting regional faculty and students to organise a workshop once a year in August for Year 1 and May for Year 2 in regional country(Benin Republic, Ghana, Sierra Leone) and registration of potential faculties and students for CERHI Courses.

OUTPUT

Increase in the number and capacity of regional faculty and

student graduates of CERHI courses to deliver high quality RH

(MCH) services and research

OUTPUT INDICATORS: Policy of promoting “broader” educational opportunities for regional /international students and faculties enunciated and implemented with concurrent increase in the number of regional students and faculties CERHI Programme

SOURCE OF VERIFICATION 1) Bi-annual Reports of the

Department of Academic

Planning and Postgraduate

School on students enrolment

and students


1) Functional CERHI bilingual Website and websites of partner institutions by July-September 2014

2) Hire a consultant by August 2014 3) CERHI Committee on internship with regional partner institutions

established and commence work August 2014 4. Student relocation methods determined prior to student arrival in

Academic Year 2015 5. At least 20 students targeted per semester for short periods of

internships between partner institutions 6. English Language Proficiency (at least 3 months)

PROCUREMENT As stated in 1.1 and procurement of furniture, Computers and Accessories, e-learning Resources including facilities for e-learning portals


1) CERHI Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua

2) Principal Investigator (PI)/Deputy PI- Prof O Okojie/Prof J.

Onakewhor

3) Dean of Post Graduate School- Prof Bob Osaze

4) Director of Academic Planning – Dr W.A. Iguodala

5) HOD foreign Languages

6) CERHI Webmaster – Mr Mokogwu Chijioke

DURATION: June 2014- October 2018

Commencement: June 2014 Completion: October 2018


PARTICIPANT: Hired consultant, Faculty and students of CERHI and partner institutions (UI, UG, and ABU, National University of Benin Republic

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ASSUMPTIONS: Implementation strategies established by August 2014.


Budget as stated in 1.1


1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Enunciating policy of promoting “broader” educational opportunities for regional internships in relevant fields

2,000

$2,000

2 Language Support for regional students on internship.

1000 1000 1000 1000 $4,000

3 CERHI Advisory Committee Planning Meetings

1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 $5,000

4 Running costs and support for students on internship

8,000

8,000

8,000 8,000

8,000

$40,000

TOTALS $11,000

$10,000

$10,000

$10,000

$10,000

$51,000

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Action Plan 4: ACE Action for Attracting Regional Faculty and Students Timeframe: July 28, 2014 – December 31, 2018 Activity 4.2: Faculty exchange programmes between UNIBEN, UI, UG, National University of Benin, Cotonou (UNB) and ABU

RESULT Establishment of a formal faculty exchange programme between

CERHI involving at least one faculty member per year exchanged

between partner institutions in key RH disciplines.

ACTIVITY

Institutionalise faculty exchange programmes between the University of Benin, NIMR, UI, ABU, UG and UNB.

OUTPUT

These Universities have had limited opportunities to collaborate

and to teach joint programs in RH, essentially because of the

newness of RH as a discipline. At least one faculty member from

each of the partner institution will spend either one summer or one

semester at another partner institution, and will engage in specific

RH research. This faculty member will teach at least one course in

their area of specialization while in residence.

OUTPUT INDICATORS: Successful exchange of faculty members between partner institutions.

SOURCE OF VERIFICATION CERHI Website and Bi-annual Reports of Academic Planning and Exchange and Linkage Units, and Postgraduate School on faculty exchanges


- Discuss formal exchange program at CERHI launch and include in

MOU being developed with partner institutions

- Contact University officials and departments and establish lines of

communication with participating units

- Implement pilot exchange programs in October-December 2014.

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PROCUREMENT No specific payments to be involved


1) CERHI Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua

2) Principal Investigator (PI)/Deputy PI- Prof O Okojie/Prof J.

Onakewhor

3) Dean of Post Graduate School- Prof Bob Osaze

4) Director of Academic Planning – Dr W.A. Iguodala

5) Director of Exchange and Linkages – Prof Ebeigbe

6) HODs English and Foreign Languages Departments

DURATION: Semester long exchange programs

Commencement: March 2015

Completion: May 2018

PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: Universities and students in West Africa.

PARTICIPANTS: CERHI Academic partners, Administrative offices of Universities

ASSUMPTIONS:

- Institutional support of Universities - Willingness of professors to temporarily relocate across

national/regional borders for teaching - Visas, and housing available for visiting staff


Budget from CERHI


1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Institutionalization of faculty exchange and Marketing of CERHI policy/ programmes-

10,000

$10,000

2 Language Facilitation support and broad regional attendance

1000 1000 1000 1000 $4,000


16,500

16,500

16,500

$64,000

TOTALS 27,500

$17,500

$17,500

$17,500

$78,000

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Action Plan 4: ACE action for attracting Regional Faculty and Students Timeframe: July 28, 2014 – December 31, 2018 Activity 4.3 – Outreaches to civil society organizations, development partners, the private sector and industry for short term in-service training for civil servants and policymakers and placement of students on workplace experiences on RH.

RESULT Establish partnerships with civil society organizations (CSO)

Community Based Organization and Faith Based Organizations

(FBO), development partners, the private sector, relevant line

Ministries and industry in member countries. Organizations will

receive at least one student on work place experience in RH per

semester, and also sponsor their workers for short term training

courses in RH.

ACTIVITY

Establish partnerships with civil society organizations, community based organizations, development partners, industry and sector planners for short term training of working professionals and also to receive students on short term internships

OUTPUT

Civil society organizations (CSO) Community Based Organization

and Faith Based Organizations (FBO) are crucial partners in

reducing maternal and child morbidity and mortality. They are

invaluable partners in the dissemination of information to their

members and to the public through their organisational structures.

Some have RH facilities, such as family planning sites that will be

useful as workplace experiences for students of CERHI. Their

working organogram and policies will also be strengthened through

capacity building for in-service staff (e.g. through short term

courses /workshops) on crucial and essential areas of RH

implementation (such as new family planning delivery methods,

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and new RH commodities such as misoprostol for the prevention of

PPH) and the establishment of effective linkages and referrals.

OUTPUT INDICATORS: - Number of interns sponsored by CERHI to NGO,

government and development partners sites - Number of NGO, industry and government staff

participating in CERHI short term courses

SOURCE OF VERIFICATION - CERHI Websites

- Semi-annual and annual

narrative reports of CERHI

- Employee records.


- Develop CERHI policy and plan for working with industry, NGOs, sector planners and development partners

- Establish professional relationship with NGOs, industry, development planners and sector planers

- Establish internship track early in 2015 - Establish short term courses and invite in-service practitioners by

December 2014

PROCUREMENT Not applicable


- CERHI Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua

- Principal investigator- Prof O. Okojie

- Project Coordinator – Prof J. Onakewhor

- CERHI Desk officer – Barrister Richard Omagbemi

DURATION: December 2013 July 2014. Third quarter, 2014-2018

Commencement: December 2014

Completion: September 2018


PARTICIPANTS: CERHI Principal Officers, CSOs, FBOs, CBOs , Officials of private sector and industry

ASSUMPTIONS: - Availability of internship resources - Willingness of NGOs, sector planners and industry to participate in

CERHI’s programs


Budget from CERHI

Budget Line Analysis 1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Constitution and meetings of Committee to identify and strengthen areas of collaboration)

2000 2000 2000 $6000

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8,000 $16,000

TOTALS $10,000

$10,000

$2000

$24,000

Action Plan 4: ACE action for attracting Regional Faculty and Students Timeframe: July 28, 2014 – December 31, 2018 Activity 4.4 - Support for setting up institutional accreditation arrangements with a regional and an international accreditation body

RESULT CERHI Courses and programmes accredited by national, regional and international accreditation bodies.

ACTIVITY Accreditation of CERHI Courses and programmes by national, regional and international accreditation bodies.

OUTPUT

The University of Benin is a first generation University in Nigeria that is highly rated both nationally and regionally in terms of program quality. In December 2006, the University of Benin was ranked Second Best University in the Commonwealth by the Commonwealth Times Higher Award. Also in 2007, the University was adjudged by ICT Africa as the ICT-driven University of the Year in Africa. This was on account of the full integration of ICT into the programs and activities of the University. Later the same year, the Webometric Ranking of World Universities was released. The results showed that the University of Benin was ranked first in Nigeria, and that the University ranked 32nd in Africa and 4,904th in the world. The University also placed 42nd in Africa and 5,994th in the World in 2008, leading all other Nigerian Universities in the Webometric ranking. The University presently runs about 90 academic courses, out of which 76% have been fully accredited by the NUC. Also, 95% of the medical programs of the University have been fully accredited by the NUC and the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria. A major output of CERHI is to ensure full national, regional and international accreditation of all CERHI’s RH courses by the 4th quarter of 2016.

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OUTPUT INDICATORS: Number of CERHI courses accredited

SOURCE OF VERIFICATION - Certificates of accreditation - Listing of UNIBEN CERHI

Courses/Programmes in the Websites of accredited institutions/bodies


- Constitution of Accreditation Committee of CERHI and representatives of partner institutions to accredit CERHI Programme and courses August 15, 2014

- Invitation of regional and international accreditation bodies to accredit

CERHI Programme and courses by August 21,2014

- 2-day evaluation and accreditation of CERHI Courses and curricula of RH courses National Accrediting Bodies [National University Commission -NUC) / Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria ( MDCN) , National Post Graduate Medical Colleges -Nigeria ] September, 2014

- 2-day evaluation and accreditation of CERHI Courses and curricula of RH courses by Regional Accrediting Bodies [West Africa Colleges of Physician and Surgeons/ Obstetrics and Gynecology] September, 2014

- 2-day evaluation and accreditation of CERHI Courses and curricula of RH courses by International Accrediting Bodies [e.g. IAO - International Accreditation Organization; www.iao.org/iao/about.asp. and American International Accreditation Organization; www.aiaobar.org] October 2014

PROCUREMENT Not applicable. Cost of hosting accrediting bodies and display in websites


- CERHI Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua - Principal Investigator- Prof O. Okojie - Project Coordinator – Professor Joseph Onakewhor - Deans / HODs of CERHI Courses

DURATION: 3 months Commencement: August 2014

Completion: November 2014

PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: UNIBEN CERHI and Partner institutions

PARTICIPANTS: CERHI Official, Deans/HODs of CERHI Courses and Officers of accrediting bodies

ASSUMPTIONS:

- All course curricular developed and reviewed and approved by

Senate of UNIBEN

- Accreditation Committee constituted by November 15, 2014 and

workshop on accreditation held in January, 2014 and positive

response from accreditation bodies

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Budget from CERHI


1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Support for work of CERHI’s Accreditation Committee, including workshop on accreditation in 2nd quarter

3000 2000 2000 $7,000

2 Evaluation and accreditation visits of CERHI Courses and curricula

25,000

25,000

$50,000


14,000

14,000

14,000

14,000

$70,000

TOTALS $17,000

$39,000

$16,000

$14,000

$41,000

$127,000

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Action Plan 5: ACE Action Plan for CERHI Infrastructure Timeframe: July 28, 2014 – February 20, 2015

Activity 5.1: Design, construct and furnish CERHI centre – administration, e-learning resource centre and learning/seminar rooms at the University of Benin

RESULT Design, construct and furnish CERHI centre – administration, e-learning resource centre and learning/seminar rooms at the University of Benin

ACTIVITY

5.1: Design, construction and furnishing of CERHI Centre Secretariat

Comprising facilities for administration, e-learning resources and e-learning/seminar rooms

OUTPUT A fully functional administration and e-learning resources centres and

learning/seminar rooms equipped with modern learning facilities (e-

learning, interactive sections and telemedicine) and linked through CERHI website to partner institutions

OUTPUT INDICATORS: 1) Well-equipped and fully functional administrative

and e-learning Resources centres established and are in-use.

2) Seminar rooms equipped with modern learning facilities (including facilities for interactive sections and telemedicine) established and are in- use.

SOURCE OF VERIFICATION 1). Visit and Report of NUC/AAU and World Bank Team to UNIBEN CERHI Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres 2. Report from Partner Institutions showing ability to link to and

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3) Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres linked through CERHI website to partner institutions

currently using resources from the Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres


1. Team constituted to design Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms: May 15, 2014

2. Architectural, structural, electrical and utilities designs of

Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms: July 29, 2014- August 15, 2014

3. Advert for Contractors to bid for the construction and

equipping/furnishing of Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms: July 29, 2014

4. One Day meeting of Principal Officers of the University of Benin &

Core Officers of CERHI to approve designs of Architectural, structural, electrical and utilities designs of CERHI Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms: August 18, 2014

5. Screening of Contractors (bids) and award of Contract for the

construction (with 6-months’ time frame) of Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms: August 25, 2014 July

6. Hand-over by the contractor of the Completed Administrative and e-

learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms: January 26, 2015

7. Furnishing and equipping of Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms February 16, 2015.

8. Handed-over by the Contractor to CERHI Management A fully

Furnished and equipped Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms: February 18,2015

9. Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres linked through

CERHI website to partner institutions: February 19, 2015.

10. One Day commissioning of CERH Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms and putting them to use: February 20 ,2015

PROCUREMENT Out sourcing and procurement of furniture, Computers and Accessories, e-learning Resources including facilities for telemedicine


7) The Head of Institutions- The Vice Chancellor- Prof O.G. Oshodi 8) Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics) / Principal Investigator- Prof O.

Okojie 9) CERHI Team Leader- Professor Friday E. Okonofua

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10) The Registrar- Mrs. G.O. Ogboghodo 11) The Bursar- Dr B. Bila 12) The Librarian- Dr (Mrs). Evelyn O. Idiodi 13) Director of Physical Planning- Arc. Timmy Ikhisemojie 14) Director of Works 15) CERHI Desk officer – Barrister Richard Omagbemi 16) CERHI Webmaster – Mr Mokogwu Chijioke

DURATION: July 2014- February 2015

Commencement: July 2014

Completion: February 2014


PARTICIPANTS: UNIBEN Principal Officers, CERHI Officials

ASSUMPTIONS:

Well-equipped and fully functional administrative and e-learning Resources centres

and Seminar rooms linked to UNIBEN Website


Budget from CERHI


1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Logistical support biweekly Meetings of Team to design and manage the construction of the Administrative and e-learning Centres

7,000

2 Advert for Contractors to bid for the construction and equipping/furnishing of Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms

5,000

3 Architectural, structural, electrical and utilities designs of Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms

12,000

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4 One Day meeting to approve designs of Architectural, structural, electrical and utilities designs of Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms:

1,500

5 Contract and construction (with 6-months’ time frame) of Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms

658,000

6 Hand-over by the contractor of the Completed Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms

2,300

7 Hand-over by the contractor of the Completed Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms:

2,300

8 Furnishing and equip-ping of Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms

225,675

9 Handed-over by the Contractor to CERHI Management

2,300

10 Furnished and equipped Administrative and e-

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learning Resources Centres and Seminar rooms

11 Linking of Administrative and e-learning Resources Centres through CERHI website to partner institutions

11,460

TOTALS $25,500

$658,000

$2,300

$399,265

`

$1,075,765

Action Plan 5: ACE Action Plan for CERHI Infrastructure Timeframe: June 1-December 31, 2014

Activity 5.2: Support for international students’ hostel and renovation of accommodation for visiting faculties from regional and international institutions

RESULT Provision of International students’ hostel at the new Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) building/ hostel and renovation and furnishing of a building in the Residential Quarters for visiting faculties from regional and international institutions at the university of Benin Guest House

ACTIVITY

5.2: Allocation of International students’ hostel and renovation of accommodation for visiting faculties from regional and

international institutions at the university of Benin

OUTPUT A fully furnished and functional International students hostel and a 5-bed-room standard accommodation for visiting faculties from regional and international institutions provided

OUTPUT INDICATORS: A fully furnished and functional International students’

hostel at the new NDDC building allocated and is in-use. A fully furnished and functional (standard)

accommodation for visiting faculties from regional and international

institutions provided

SOURCE OF VERIFICATION 1). Reports of the Hall Warden and the Dean of Students showing allocation of accommodation to, and the number of International and regional students’ accommodated 2. Report of the Chairman Housing Committee of UNIBEN & CERHI Management showing renovation/ furnishing , and the number of

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regional and International faculties accommodated


1. Allocation of a wing or floor of the new Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) building to International students as a hostel’. August 01, 2014

2. Advertisement for Contractors to bid for the furnishing of International

students’ hostel: August 08, 2014

3. Advertisement for Contractors to bid for the Renovation and furnishing of accommodation at the Residential Quarters of the University of Benin for visiting faculties from regional and international institutions: August 08, 2014

4. Contract for the furnishing of International students’ Hostel and

accommodation for visiting faculties from regional and international institutions at the University of Benin Guest House Awarded: - August 22, 2014

5. Furnishing of International students’ Hostel Completed: September 05, 2014

6. Hand-over by the contractor of the Furnished International students’ Hostel: September 12, 2014

7. Commencement of allocation of accommodation to International

students: September 12, 2014

PROCUREMENT Out sourcing and procurement of furniture and other utilities including internet facilities for the International students’ hostel


1. The Head of Institutions- The Vice Chancellor, Prof O.G. Oshodi 2. Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics) / Principal Investigator- Prof O.

Okojie 3. CERHI Team Leader- Prof Friday E. Okonofua 4. Chairman, Housing Allocation Committee of UNIBEN 5. Dean of Students, UNIBEN 6. The Registrar- Mrs G.O. Ogboghodo 7. The Bursar- Dr B. Bila 8. Procurement Officer- Mr. Imafidon Idehen 9. CERHI Desk officer – Barrister Richard Omagbemi 10. CERHI Webmaster – Mr. Mokogwu Chijioke

DURATION: August 1- December 31, 2014

Commencement: August 1, 2014


PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS: UNIBEN Principal Officers and CERHI Officials

PARTICIPANTS: UNIBEN Principal Officers, Dean of Students CERHI Officials

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ASSUMPTIONS:

Well-furnished International students’ hostel and accommodation for regional and international staff and equipped with internet facilities


Budget from CERHI


1st Qtr.

2nd Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

4th Qtr.

5th Qtr.

6th Qtr.

Total

1 Advertisement for Contractors to bid for the furnishing of International students’ hostel and renovation of official quarter

2,500

$2,500

2 Contract Awarded for the renovation and furnishing of a 5-bed room house at UNIBEN Residential Quarters for visiting Faculties

132,500

$132,500

3 Maintenance of International students’ Hostel and accommodation of regional and international staff

2,173

2,173

2,173 2,173 2,173

$10,865

TOTALS $2,500

$134,673

$2,173

$2,173

$2,173

$2,173

$145,865

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