Kenya Multi-Year Programme 2011-2013 - VVOB

have increased skills, knowledge and experience with coordination, planning etc will contribute directlyto better implementation of KESSP.Subresult 1.1Capacity strengthened of the Ministry of Education staff in emerging and new areas related toexpansion and sustainability of Healthy Learning.This will involve, a.o.:Updating the capacity strengthening needs analysis and prioritization, in consultation with keypartners.Capacity strengthening of relevant MOE staff to do costings, prepare budgets, develop and writeproposals, approach new partners (e.g. through Public-Private Partnerships - PPPs), and fundraise.Joint development of a project proposal related to Healthy Learning.Capacity strengthening on internal information sharing and documentation.Subresult 1.2Capacity strengthened of Ministry of Education staff involved in the Investment Programme “SchoolHealth, Nutrition & Meals” for effective resource centre / library management, access and utilisation.During Phase I, the programme supported the development of a resource centre 17 on school health,nutrition and meals at the MOE head office. This ―Info Point‖ has a collection of reference materials(hard and soft versions) relevant for Healthy Learning, that can be availed to staff from MOE andpartners.In the second phase, the resource centre will become fully operational through, amongst others:Development of guidelines for resource centre management.Procurement of relevant resource materials for the national resource centre.Subresult 1.3Capacity strengthened of MOE to manage the National School Health Inter-agency Committee andadvise the National School Health Technical Committee.Improved health and nutrition of school children is a multi-sector task. The National School HealthPolicy and the National School Health Guidelines offer the framework for the required multi-sectorcollaboration. The programme will support, for example:Development of mechanisms to ensure that all key stakeholders play their roles.Needs-based and targeted capacity strengthening of key MOE staff involved in implementation ofthe National School Health Policy and the National School Health Guidelines.Assistance to members of the National School Health Inter-agency Committee and the NationalSchool Health Technical Committee in preparing documents/presentations for sharing HealthyLearning experiences and lessons learned.Result 2Schools in disadvantaged areas are applying multi-disciplinary methods of life skills development forimproved learning, nutrition and health to the benefit of poor and vulnerable children, their families andcommunities.The second result area targets the coordination and improved efficiency at school and district level.The School Health, Nutrition and Meals investment programme is primarily targeting school agechildren in disadvantaged areas. The programme will continue to develop the capacity of schools and17 For better targeting of users, the reference materials will be available at the School Health, Nutrition &MealsUnit and not at the general Resource Centre of MOE (which mainly houses policy documents).Kenya - Multi-Year Programme 2011-2013 57/148