Capacity Needs Assessment (CNA) studies are being completed in the five of the six countries which were initially planned to complete CNA studies by April 2013. These countries include Mozambique, Togo, Ghana, Senegal, Rwanda, Zambia and Malawi. Meanwhile Benin, Ethiopia and Tanzania have completed their CNA studies before the August 2013 deadline set and first drafts of the report have been revised and comments sent to the national consultants. Besides, validation workshops were held by Ghana and Togo in April this year.

On 31^st July and 1^st August 2012, the ReSAKSS coordinators had a meeting in Addis Ababa to finalize the methodology for undertaking capacity needs assessment for establishing and strengthening SAKSS nodes under the CAADP agenda.