Kenya Multi-Year Programme 2011-2013 - VVOB

6.5. Implementation modalities6.5.1. Organization of the execution6.5.1.1. Organisational structure of the programmeOverall, the programme will use the structures and systems of the Ministry of Education and of theKESSP. This is important for integration of activities and outcomes (sustainability) and for wider rolloutonce the MOE-VVOB collaboration will be concluded. Programme steering is taken care ofthrough consultation and meetings with the Senior Management of MOE (at director‘s level, withEducation Secretary and Permanent Secretary). The organisational structure is illustrated in thediagram on the next page.Implementation of Healthy Learning is guided by the Team Leader of the School Health Nutrition &Meals (SHN&M) KESSP Investment Programme. He represents the programme at KESSP planningand evaluation meetings and is responsible for reporting to the KESSP secretariat.Daily implementation is the responsibility of the Healthy Learning Implementation Team. All (six) MOE(SHN&M) staff are member. Both VVOB Healthy Learning staff are member, as well as the CountryProgramme Manager who attends the main planning and evaluation meetings. The implementationteam holds regular monthly meetings. Depending on the activities, small task groups also meet inbetween. For implementation, tasks are assigned to staff of MOE (head office, district, school level),staff from other ministries, external experts and VVOB staff.In view of integration of the lessons learned in the various MOE programmes on School Health,Nutrution and Meals, VVOB staff are also involved in other stakeholder forums hosted or attended byMOE. On the one hand, these stakeholders forums are an avenue to achieve some of theprogramme‘s anticipated results, on the other hand, they also play an advisory role for theprogramme‘s implementation. These stakeholders forums will continue after the conclusion of theMOE-VVOB programme, but then without VVOB participation. MOE staff will continue to integrate thelessons learned from Healthy Learning into the SHN&M Investment Programme.The ICT Integration programme aims to improve the management structures and tools (such aspolicies, guidelines, etc) of MOE, for integration of ICT in the education system. This also requires newstructures. In 2008, at the start of Phase I, the Ministry set up the ICT Integration Team withrepresentatives of all directorates (Policy & Planning, Basic Education, Secondary and TertiaryEducation, Quality Assurance and Standards, Adult Basic Eduction) and relevant Semi AutonomousGovernment Agencies (CEMASTEA, KIE, KESI, TSC). It tasked the members with overallcoordination and harmonization of ICT Initiatives within KESSP.In the course of Phase I, the programme has been mainly implemented through this team, which ismeeting at least every two weeks. The two VVOB advisors are also member. Depending on theongoing activities, these meetings can be more frequent. Smaller task groups also meet in between.The ICT Integration team will continue to be the main implementing body (with membership expandedto other MOE agencies) in Phase II. The ICT Integration team chair reports directly to SeniorManagement. The Head of the ICT Unit is the Team Leader for the KESSP ICT InvestmentProgramme. He represents the programme at KESSP planning and evaluation meetings and isresponsible for reporting to the KESSP secretariat.For technical matters, the programme is carried by the ICT Unit. The VVOB technical advisor supportsthis team on a daily basis. It is expected that MOE will set up a new ICT for Education Unit (ICT4E)to take care of the pedagogical and didactic aspects of ICT Integration in Education. This team will besupported by the pedagogical advisor from VVOB. The combination of ICT Integration team, the (to beset up) ICT4E Unit and the ICT Unit is to be considered as the programme‘s ―Implementation team‖.Furthermore, plans are in advanced stages to set up a National ICT Innovation and Integration Center.At CEMASTEA, the programme is integrated in the institution‘s work plan and carried out by theCEMASTEA ICT Committee. The VVOB pedagogical advisor attends the weekly meetings of thisteam and offers regular support for implementation. For KESI, the VVOB advisor attends meetings ofthe ICT & Media Department, when required.Kenya - Multi-Year Programme 2011-2013 66/148