Family planning development and services II : urban component

The project is functioning effectively and is making a significant contribution to the National Family Planning Coordinating Board"s (BKKBN) stated policy of KB-mandiri, or FP self-sufficiency. The Blue Circle Information, Education, and Communication campaign has attractive, well-designed and -tested materials. The campaign has been carried out in 11 cities and plans are in progress to include 16 cities in 1989. There has been improved coordination among the various institutions involved and implementation responsibilities have shifted to the private sector. TA has contributed to a considerable growth in BKKBN"s institutional capacity to deal with the private sector and in the capacity of the private sector itself to develop high-quality, fee-for-service FP activities. Recommendations include: (1) continue personnel and organizational studies to respond to a program that is making more use of private providers and a different cadre of community-level personnel; (2) develop a strategy for a cost-effective way to collect and analyze service statistics; (3) further improve coordination and information sharing among appropriate BKKBN Bureaus and private sector management; and (4) continue trends toward decentralization of management. The report also suggested ways to utilize uncommitted project funds during the final years of the project and defined new roles to be played by BKKBN Bureaus in the implementation of a new A.I.D. private sector FP project. (Author abstract, modified)