Building M&E Capacity for OVC National Plans of Action The Working Group on Monitoring and Evaluation, Inter-Agency Task Team on Children and HIV/AIDS April 23, 2007 Gretchen Bachman, STO, FHI

The Children and AIDS Regional Initiative (CARI) Objective: To Support governments and other partners to implement, where they exist, their National Plans of Action for Orphans and Vulnerable Children or equivalent national objectives

Nine Country Focus Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland – DFID supported Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania – AUSAID supported In coordination with the UNICEF East and Southern Africa Regional Office

March 2007 Capacity Building Workshops I.South Africa; Namibia; Lesotho; Botswana II.Mozambique; Angola I.Malawi; Swaziland; Tanzania

Workshop Objectives 1.To foster sharing of country experiences & lessons in designing & implementing M&E systems for NPA 2.To identify barriers & challenges to implementing M&E systems for NPA & identify strategies to address these 3.To review & strengthen the regional CARI and M&E plans 4.Develop a documentation & dissemination plan of lessons learned/best practices in each CARI country & at regional level 5.To identify future support/technical assistance needs

Capacity Building Focus Areas M&E log frame, indicators and targeting Data collection tools, data quality, data analysis and use; report writing and presentation Data flow – from local to central levels & back Monitoring quality of OVC services and care Ethics in OVC M&E OVC program Evaluation

Monitoring and reporting flow chart of OVC programs Malawi M&E Section (DOP), Programme M&E Desk Officers District Social Welfare Officer & Social Welfare Assistant Child Protection Worker Village Headman Group Village Headman Orphan Committees ; Community level on-going monitoring and quarterly reporting to district by 10 th of the following month after the end of the quarter District level on-going monitoring and quarterly report to M&E section (DOP) by 20 th of the following month after the end of the quarter National level quarterly report by the end of the following month after the end of the quarter CBOs FBOs NGOs Volunteers M&E TOT of district officers M&E training of Child Protection Workers Dono rs

Challenges Planning & Systems Development Variation in OVC definition at global, national & program levels Lack of baseline data on OVC Policy framework objectives too high level - difficult to implement & monitor Parallel monitoring and lack of integration across ministries responsible for children No system to ensure most vulnerable children are registered and counted

Challenges Implementation Plans made but not costed or funded Double counting (individuals, services, sites) Inadequate human resources & inaccessibility in rural areas Duplication in data collection, data flow & reporting Confidentiality of data

Challenges Application Most vulnerable children may not be registered OVC plans (including M&E) not harmonized with larger HIV/AIDS plans

Progress Update (1 st qtr 2007) CountryNational Plan of Action (or equivalent*) M&E SystemNotes AngolaYIn planning BotswanaY*In planningComputerized MIS planned LesothoYImplementing MalawiYPilot MozambiqueYPlan completed NamibiaYPlan completedComputerized MIS planned South AfricaYIn planning SwazilandYPilot TanzaniaY*Pilot Computerized MIS

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