1. ESAR RIATT UPDATE Dorcas Amolo HACI

2. Inaugural meeting: 11 th October 06 23 organizations present - Objectives: 1. Agree on terms of reference 2. Review current situation and responses 3. Agree on priority tasks 4. Identify means of working and coordination

3. Priority actions identified 1. Social marketing of OVC tools 2. Regional OVC cutting edge and emerging trends conference for 2008 3. Finance and resource tracking systems 4. Social protection / cash / credit transfer and national OVC responses 5. Joint country missions to support NPA’s 6. Advocacy and support of political processes 7. Africa representation on Global Fora 8. Social development innovations, research gaps, emerging issues towards programming

4. Four Refined Priority Areas 1. Social protection 2. Resource tracking 3. Advocacy for universal access and related inputs 4. Regional innovations conference in 2008

5. TOR for ESAR RIATT Define priority roles for civil society, UN, Private Sector, and donors in support of common regional goals identified by continental and regional institutions (IGOs/RECs) for accelerated implementation at country level Support operational research that stimulates a regional dialogue as well as provides insight for an scaled-up response for children Define common technical support tasks for regional responses that support national priorities

6. TOR for ESAR RIATT Act as a regional common platform for leveraging, advocacy and leadership around an African vision for children (trends) Convene regional actors based upon an harmonized and coordinated response Link with the Global IATT and GPF