Eastern and Southern Africa Region
ESAR Technical Working Group
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In this case study, the Rockefeller Foundation highlights how the collaborative approach driven by the Collective Service is attempting to strengthen community engagement in the...
To facilitate the RCCE response to the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria, The Collective Service is launching a new thematic page on community engagement...
As COVID-19 vaccination programmes enter their third year, existing challenges to programmes combine with new needs, complexities, and hesitancies. Vaccination programmes require innovative solutions to...
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Special Monkeypox TWG
ESAR special RCCE TWG meeting slides
Data 4 Action
August 2022 – RCCE for COVID-19 Vaccine Demand in Eastern and Southern Africa
COVID-19 infodemic
June 2022 – Regional trend analysis of social data for advocacy and informed decision making
Feedback Report
July 2022 – Monthly report based on main feedbacks shared by partners
Case Studies
In this case study, the Rockefeller Foundation highlights how the collaborative approach driven by the Collective Service is attempting to strengthen community engagement in the...
This case study explores how, in Kenya, an interagency “4Ws” Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) dashboard has been set up to map RCCE COVID-19...
A case study on how, in DRC, an interagency community feedback mechanism originally established to better understand people’s perceptions of the Ebola virus has been...
The Working GrouP
The Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR) Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Technical Working Group (TWG) was established in March 2020 as one of four TWGs to to enhance regional partner coordination on operational and strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation as well as the support to countries on particular aspects of the preparedness and response to COVID-19.
The Terms of Reference were revised in February 2022 to encompass RCCE partner coordination for public health emergencies (PHE) with regional implications.
The RCCE TWG is co-chaired by UNICEF and IFRC with operational and technical support from the RCCE Collective Service for day to day management and follow up of TWG activities and actions. There are two subworking groups linked to the RCCE TWG-the Community Feedback SWG and the Media Taskforce. Membership and participation is open to all partners operating at regional level involved in RCCE response to address PHE. The RCCE TWG meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month between 11:00am and 12:30pm EAT.
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Sophie Everest
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