Recap of Day 3

HIV/AIDS and the Africa Region Results Agenda What is the AAP -- clearly define and show the results in assisting African countries to reach MDGs 2007 Revamped AAP now has 4 pillars, 8 flagship business lines and 3 cross-cutting areas Introduction to HIV/AIDS Scorecard -- only uses indicators already accepted by partners as necessary to track progress of HIV epidemic within countries (UNGASS, MDG) Africa Results Monitoring System (ARMS) website tool to monitor results, simplify country ability to input results, allows comparison of particular results across countries, includes personal stories to provide human face of results achieved

Challenges of M&E and the Multisectoral Response to HIV ‘What gets measured gets done’ – need data to show success or failure and reward accordingly 7 steps of M&E – drivers, national strategy goals, sector goals, contributory sector outcomes (line of sight), sector indicators, sector interventions and activities (costs and resources), tracking “What’s the problem, who needs to be involved, and what does success look like for those that need to be involved?” Use data to improve decision making and guide interventions and activities – no data doesn’t necessarily impede starting Involve those that are affected in developing data M-S Response adds some complexity to M&E but still feasible

M&E Group Work and Questions Overall groups approached the problems from different angles and still came up with similar issues, outcomes, indicators The methodology used by the groups would allow development of a national strategy Need to ensure that core indicators from partners are aligned with country priorities Capacity building for data collection is challenging Capacity building for M&E skills required at all levels Build data systems that will provide data you need and can be collected

The Way Forward Keep in mind ‘Where did the last 1,000 infections come from?’ Strategic Planning – do situation analysis, use epidemiological evidence, regional expertise (cross-fertilization), learn from past lessons Prioritize key sectors – include all stakeholders within each sector, identified via sector analysis criteria, dealing with sector constituency Define roles and responsibilities – to be confirmed via partnership forums; per mandate NAC should coordinate; roles to be aligned to Three Ones Capacity Building – build capacity beyond central levels and to communities directly, strengthened district planning Effective Partnerships – sufficient representation of stakeholders at all levels, partners should respect country leadership and ownership, harmonization (procurement, reporting, funding) Transparency – sharing information, joint annual reviews, joint supervision, community report cards

Evaluation – M&E Highly useful 88% 1. Relevance of this presentation to your current work or functions 88% 2. Extent to which you have acquired information that is new to you 45% 3. Usefulness for you of the information that you have acquired 65% 4. Clarity of the presentation 86% 5. Focus of this session on what you specifically needed to learn 57% 6. Extent to which content of this session matched the announced objectives 67% 7. Overall usefulness of this session 8. To what extent will you adopt the group discussion recommendations 69%

Evaluation – Way Forward Highly useful 1. Relevance of this presentation to your current work or functions 88% 2. Extent to which you have acquired information that is new to you 49% 3. Usefulness for you of the information that you have acquired 65% 4. Clarity of the presentation 69% 5. Focus of this session on what you specifically needed to learn 57% 6. Extent to which content of this session matched the announced objectives 76% 7. Overall usefulness of this session 73% 8. To what extent will you adopt the group discussion recommendations 61%