Course Introduction
Gavi-funded programmes and projects require disciplined management of financing, immunisation priorities, implementation arrangements, stakeholder relationships, procurement, monitoring, and accountability. This course provides a practical framework for professionals responsible for translating Gavi-supported investments into coordinated, measurable, and sustainable programme results.
The course examines the full programme and project management cycle, from investment planning and programme design through implementation, financial management, procurement, performance monitoring, risk management, reporting, and closure. Participants develop an integrated understanding of how planning and execution decisions influence programme effectiveness, resource utilisation, compliance, and health outcomes.
Particular attention is given to the roles and relationships among national authorities, immunisation programmes, implementing partners, development organisations, suppliers, communities, and other stakeholders. Participants learn how to establish effective governance structures, clarify responsibilities, coordinate implementation activities, manage dependencies, and resolve operational challenges that can affect programme performance.
Strong financial and operational management is central to successful Gavi-supported implementation. The course therefore addresses budgeting, expenditure planning, financial controls, procurement, supply chain coordination, asset management, documentation, risk mitigation, and accountability. Participants learn how to connect financial and operational information with programme priorities and management decisions.
The programme also explores results-based management, monitoring and evaluation, data quality, performance reporting, adaptive management, sustainability, and transition considerations. Emerging issues such as vaccine supply resilience, digital health systems, climate-related disruptions, localisation, equity, health-system strengthening, and evolving immunisation needs are incorporated into the learning framework.
By the end of the course, participants will be better equipped to manage Gavi-funded programmes and projects with greater structure, accountability, responsiveness, and results orientation. The practical approach enables participants to strengthen implementation systems, anticipate risks, improve coordination, and support sustainable immunisation programme performance.
Duration
5 days
Who Should Attend
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Gavi programme managers and immunisation programme coordinators responsible for planning and implementation.
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Project managers overseeing Gavi-supported health, immunisation, and health-system strengthening initiatives.
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Ministry of Health officials involved in programme governance, implementation, coordination, and oversight.
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Programme finance and grants management professionals responsible for budgeting, expenditure, and financial controls.
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Procurement and supply chain specialists managing vaccines, equipment, commodities, services, and related contracts.
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Monitoring, evaluation, and learning professionals responsible for programme performance measurement and reporting.
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Health-sector planning officers involved in investment planning, programme prioritisation, and implementation coordination.
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Development partner representatives supporting Gavi-funded programmes and national immunisation activities.
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Implementing partner staff responsible for delivering programme activities and managing project resources.
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Programme officers responsible for work planning, budgeting, implementation tracking, and performance reporting.
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Risk, compliance, audit, and internal control professionals supporting accountable programme delivery.
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Public health professionals involved in immunisation programme implementation and health-system strengthening.
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Government and partner representatives involved in stakeholder coordination and programme governance.
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Consultants and technical advisers supporting Gavi-funded programme design, implementation, monitoring, or evaluation.
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Professionals seeking practical expertise in managing donor-funded immunisation programmes and projects.
Course Objectives
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Develop a comprehensive understanding of the principles, structures, and management practices required to plan and implement Gavi-funded programmes and projects effectively.
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Strengthen participants’ ability to translate immunisation priorities, programme strategies, and approved investments into realistic work plans, implementation schedules, budgets, and measurable deliverables.
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Build practical skills for establishing programme governance arrangements, clarifying institutional responsibilities, coordinating stakeholders, and maintaining effective decision-making throughout implementation.
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Improve participants’ capability to develop and manage programme budgets, monitor expenditure, strengthen financial controls, and align resource utilisation with approved programme priorities.
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Equip participants with practical approaches for managing procurement, contracting, vaccine-related supplies, equipment, logistics, and supply chain dependencies within programme implementation.
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Strengthen risk management capabilities by enabling participants to identify operational, financial, procurement, programme, reputational, and external risks and develop appropriate mitigation responses.
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Enhance the ability to establish meaningful monitoring, evaluation, learning, reporting, and performance-management systems that support timely management decisions and continuous improvement.
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Develop practical approaches for managing implementation challenges, changes, delays, stakeholder conflicts, underperformance, and emerging risks while maintaining programme objectives and accountability.
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Strengthen understanding of sustainability, health-system integration, institutional capacity, transition considerations, and long-term programme ownership within Gavi-supported investments.
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Enable participants to apply integrated programme and project management tools to improve implementation discipline, coordination, accountability, performance, and achievement of immunisation-related results.
Comprehensive Course Outline
Module 1: Foundations of Gavi-Funded Programme and Project Management
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Understanding the principles of Gavi-supported programmes, project management cycles, immunisation priorities, implementation structures, and results-oriented programme delivery.
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Examining the roles of governments, immunisation programmes, development partners, implementing organisations, communities, suppliers, and other stakeholders in programme execution.
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Establishing programme governance, management structures, accountability mechanisms, reporting relationships, decision rights, and coordination arrangements for effective implementation.
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Connecting programme objectives, investment priorities, work plans, budgets, performance indicators, implementation milestones, and expected health-system outcomes.
Module 2: Programme Planning, Design, and Implementation Readiness
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Translating approved programme priorities into implementation strategies, detailed work plans, activity schedules, responsibilities, resource requirements, and measurable deliverables.
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Developing realistic implementation plans that account for institutional capacity, operational dependencies, procurement lead times, funding availability, and programme constraints.
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Conducting implementation-readiness assessments covering staffing, governance, financing, procurement, supply chains, data systems, stakeholder coordination, and operational capacity.
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Establishing implementation baselines, milestones, assumptions, dependencies, and readiness criteria that enable programme teams to identify and address bottlenecks early.
Module 3: Programme Governance, Leadership, and Stakeholder Coordination
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Designing effective governance arrangements that promote accountability, transparency, timely decisions, escalation of issues, and coordination across institutions and programme partners.
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Strengthening leadership practices for managing multidisciplinary teams, partner organisations, technical advisers, government structures, and programme implementation networks.
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Developing stakeholder engagement strategies that improve communication, expectations management, collaboration, participation, and resolution of competing programme priorities.
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Applying practical coordination mechanisms including steering committees, implementation meetings, decision logs, responsibility matrices, action trackers, and escalation processes.
Module 4: Budgeting, Financial Management, and Resource Control
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Developing programme budgets that connect planned activities, implementation schedules, resource requirements, funding allocations, and expected programme outputs.
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Strengthening expenditure planning, financial monitoring, forecasting, variance analysis, documentation, internal controls, and accountability throughout the programme lifecycle.
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Linking financial performance information with operational progress to identify underspending, overspending, delayed activities, funding gaps, and resource allocation challenges.
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Managing financial risks through appropriate segregation of duties, approval processes, documentation standards, reconciliation procedures, audit readiness, and corrective action.
Module 5: Procurement, Contracting, and Supply Chain Management
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Understanding procurement planning and its relationship with programme work plans, budgets, implementation timelines, vaccine requirements, equipment, commodities, and service delivery.
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Strengthening procurement processes through appropriate specifications, sourcing strategies, evaluation arrangements, contracting controls, supplier management, and documentation.
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Managing supply chain risks affecting vaccines, cold-chain equipment, health commodities, programme materials, distribution systems, and essential implementation resources.
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Monitoring contracts and suppliers through delivery milestones, performance indicators, quality requirements, issue escalation, corrective actions, and contract closeout processes.
Module 6: Risk Management, Compliance, and Programme Quality
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Establishing structured approaches for identifying, assessing, prioritising, monitoring, and responding to financial, operational, procurement, programme, supply chain, and external risks.
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Developing programme risk registers, mitigation plans, risk owners, early-warning indicators, escalation thresholds, and management responses for significant implementation threats.
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Strengthening compliance culture through clear procedures, documentation, internal controls, ethical practices, accountability mechanisms, and systematic management of findings.
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Applying quality-management approaches to programme activities while addressing implementation weaknesses, recurring control failures, operational bottlenecks, and performance gaps.
Module 7: Monitoring, Evaluation, Data Quality, and Results Management
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Designing performance-management systems that connect programme activities and resources with outputs, outcomes, indicators, milestones, assumptions, and expected immunisation results.
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Strengthening data collection, validation, analysis, quality assurance, reporting, and interpretation so that programme teams can make evidence-informed implementation decisions.
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Using dashboards, performance reviews, indicator tracking, variance analysis, and implementation reports to identify emerging problems and accelerate corrective action.
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Integrating monitoring, evaluation, learning, feedback, and programme reviews into management processes to strengthen accountability and continuous performance improvement.
Module 8: Community Engagement, Equity, Partnerships, and Inclusive Implementation
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Strengthening approaches for engaging communities, civil society, health workers, local institutions, and programme beneficiaries in implementation planning and performance improvement.
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Addressing equity, access, gender, geographic disparities, vulnerable populations, and barriers that can influence participation in immunisation and related health services.
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Coordinating implementing partners and local actors through clear roles, performance expectations, communication arrangements, capacity support, and shared accountability.
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Applying inclusive programme-management approaches that incorporate community feedback, behavioural considerations, local knowledge, and implementation realities into management decisions.
Module 9: Adaptive Management, Sustainability, Transition, and Programme Completion
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Managing changes in programme scope, priorities, schedules, resources, risks, stakeholder expectations, and implementation conditions without losing strategic focus.
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Applying structured problem-solving and recovery approaches to delayed activities, procurement bottlenecks, financial variances, weak performance, supply disruptions, and implementation constraints.
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Strengthening sustainability through institutional capacity development, national ownership, health-system integration, knowledge transfer, resource planning, and transition preparedness.
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Managing programme completion through final reporting, asset and contract closeout, lessons learned, documentation, evaluation, outstanding actions, and post-project sustainability arrangements.
Module 10: Emerging Issues and the Future of Gavi-Funded Programme Management
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Examining emerging challenges affecting immunisation programme management, including supply resilience, climate-related disruptions, changing disease patterns, and evolving health-system pressures.
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Exploring digital transformation, data interoperability, digital monitoring tools, analytics, artificial intelligence, and technology-enabled approaches to programme planning and performance management.
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Assessing the growing importance of localisation, country ownership, sustainable financing, integrated health systems, equity, community engagement, and resilient programme delivery models.
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Developing forward-looking management strategies that help programme leaders anticipate emerging risks, adapt implementation models, strengthen sustainability, and improve long-term immunisation outcomes.
Training Approach
This course will be delivered by our skilled trainers who have vast knowledge and experience as expert professionals in the fields. The course is taught in English and through a mix of theory, practical activities, group discussion and case studies. Course manuals and additional training materials will be provided to the participants upon completion of the training.
Tailor-Made Course
This course can also be tailor-made to meet organization requirement. For further inquiries, please contact us on: Email: training@upskilldevelopment.com Tel: +254 721 331 808
Training Venue
The training will be held at our Upskill Training Centre. We also offer training for a group (at a discount of 10% to 50%) at requested location all over the world. The Onsite course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, buffet lunch, airport transfers, Upskill gift package, and guided tour.
Visa application, travel expenses, dinners, accommodation, insurance, and other personal expenses are catered by the participant
Certification
Participants will be issued with Upskill certificate upon completion of this course.
Airport Pickup and Accommodation
Airport pickup and accommodation is arranged upon request. For booking contact our Training Coordinator through Email: training@upskilldevelopment.com, +254 721 331 808
Terms of Payment:
Unless otherwise agreed between the two parties’ payment of the course fee should be done 3 working days before commencement of the training so as to enable us to prepare better.
