Good Practices and Innovations in Public Governance 2003-2011

Good Practices and InnovATIONS in Public Governance
Lessons learned
• Leadership commitment: The prime minister is the chairman of the HPC. This
gives the latter more power to execute and implement its activities;
• The cooperation with other national institutions was key to a smooth implementation:
– Religious leaders, female and male preachers at the Ministry of Awqaf
and Islamic Affairs;
– Social facilitators such as the Ministry of Social Development and
NGOs; and
– Ministry of Health, the liaison officers from the ministry who work with
the HPC in the fields of reproductive health in addition to professional
health institutions in the private sector.
• The involvement of beneficiaries through community networks was essential
for outreach activities:
– Meetings in the governorates, districts, camps and Bedouin areas; and
– Building awareness of local communities to family planning programs
and supporting them through various means.
• The support from external partners was helpful;
• The HPC established strong relationships with the following:
– USAID by extending the POLICY project to support the General
Secretariat in implementing the second phase of the National Work Plan
for Reproductive Health.;
– UNFPA: participating as a main partner in formulating the UNFPA work
plan for the years 2008-2012;
– JICA: “Integrating Health and Empowerment of Women in the South
Region Project” in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and the
Jordanian Hashimite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD); and
– National organisations: Ministries of Health, Planning, Social
Development, Education (by including curriculum on population and
reproductive health starting in year 2005), Higher Education (including
the subjects of population, development and reproductive health in the
compulsory national education curriculum, which was started during the
academic years 2005-2006), Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, and JOHUD.
In fact, involving all stakeholders in this national issue, through various partnerships,
was highly valuable in achieving the goals of this initiative in a transparent and accountable
manner.
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