Alemitu Golda - CETH Pranati Mohanraj - CARE USA Aligning global Indicators with project indicators CARE Ethiopia experience MEL CoP session Alemitu Golda - CETH Pranati Mohanraj - CARE USA

CARE Eth experience - Process From July 2016 onwards, individual projects including at least two global indicators during design All the existing projects included at least two global indicators in their midterm and end line survey ToRs & reports PQL participate in some of project designs, reviews and reflects on alignment of relevant global indicators during new project design and periodic studies However, FY17 PIIRS data for Eth revealed gaps in accumulating sectorial evidences with respect to CI indicators To further strengthen the alignment of the global indicators, CO has put more emphasis on design and studies periods - CO has been using contextualized version of CI TOR for assessments/evaluations

CARE Eth experience - Process Based on findings from ‘’Good enough’’ learning agenda pilot, CO standardized sectorial specific indicators at different levels, e.g. Food security, Resilience International consultant reviewed current MEL practices and indicators alignment Provided recommendations that lead to generating quality and valid program evidences towards reporting to the CI indicators Implementation of the MEL consultancy recommendations is underway Emphasizes on need for a visualized hierarchical alignment of indicators as CET Programs (CFIRW, PSAG, RPUFY)=>CI=> Projects outcome indicators. The implementation is underway

CARE Global indicators and project indicators alignment patters – FNS&CCR GROW DFSA Project GRAD /LRA Global Indicators 13. Prevalence of population with moderate or severe food insecurity, based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) 14. Prevalence of stunting among children under five years of age 15. % of people better able to build resilience to the effects of climate change and variability % of people better able to build resilience to the effects of climate change and variability in the population on which CARE seeks to impact % of women and girls better able to build resilience to the effects of climate change and variability in the population on which CARE seeks to impact % of men and boys better able to build resilience to the effects of climate change and variability in the population on which CARE seeks to impact % of women, girls, men and boys with moderate or severe food insecurity in the population on which CARE seeks to impact % with moderate or severe food insecurity in the population on which CARE seeks to impact # girls and boys under 5 in the population on which CARE seeks to impact # girls under 5 in the population on which CARE seeks to impact # boys under 5 in the population on which CARE seeks to impact Specific Info. for Global indicator Project Indicators Prevalence of population with moderate or severe food insecurity, based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) Improved nutrition sensitive practices for WRA and boys and girls under 5 % increase in equitable access to nutritious foods for WRA and boys and girls under 5 Improved climate-resilient livelihoods for vulnerable women, men, and youth How to measure Baseline (HH, FGD) regular MEL & endline studies Baseline (GCVCA,HH), applied research-IFPRI, regular MEL & endline studies Baseline, regular MEL & endline studies (HH, FGD, Rolling profile)

Challenges Use of donor specific indicators and approaches by projects demanded much time to align CI shared the global indicator document with out any orientation to experts. Thus, much time was spent on reading and referencing There is persisting gaps in understanding the methods of generating evidences for the indicators and fully aligning to global indicators Limited budget is challenging for organizing necessary discussion platforms across projects and field offices

Lessons learned For new projects we should have simultaneously tested and verified compatibility of the global and project indicators rather than focusing on inclusion of indicators The indicator inclusion/alignment assignment should have been resourced rather than just rolling out the list of indicators from CI to COs