The first thousand days within the Western Cape whole of society approach: Lessons for the collaborative governance of intersectoral action for health
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2020-11
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Researchgate
Abstract
This report is a case study of the Western Cape’s Whole of Society Approach (WoSA)
through the lens of the First Thousand Days (FTD) of childhood initiative, focusing in
particular on its implementation in Saldanha Bay and to a limited extent the Drakenstein
municipal areas/sub-districts. The case study reports on data collected by Ida Okeyo as part
of her PhD, which has examined the emergence and implementation of FTD in the Province
as a whole over the last 3-4 years. Experiences in Saldanha Bay and Drakenstein stand in
contrast to elsewhere in the Province, where, despite original intentions, the FTD strategy has
failed to take root as a cohesive intersectoral response to this critical moment in the lifecourse.
This case study examines how WoSA (and the Better Spaces initiative before that),
created an enabling context for intersectoral action within which FTD found a natural home.
We spell out the elements of this enabling environment using a framework of ‘collaborative
governance’, concluding that these elements are the necessary pre-conditions for advancing
any intersectoral initiative more widely in the Western Cape Province and elsewhere. In this
way, we aim to document and affirm lessons learnt through WoSA, and provide the case for
its further development and institutionalisation in the Province.
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Early Childhood Development, Economic Development Partnership, First Thousand Days, Heads of Provincial Departments
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Okeyo, I., Lehmann, U. and Schneider, H., 2020. Policy Adoption and the Implementation Woes of the Intersectoral First 1000 Days of Childhood Initiative, In the Western Cape Province of South Africa. International Journal of Health Policy and Management,.