1. Indicators of General Comment 7: Monitoring implementation of Rights in Early Childhood (CRC)
Clyde Hertzman

2. “Equity from the Start”2

3. Overarching CSDH Recommendations
Improve daily living conditions, including the circumstances in which people are born, grow, live, work and age
Measure and understand the problem and assess the impact of action
Tackle the inequitable distribution of power money and resources

4. Question: Does the following represent a rights violation under UN CRC:GC7?

5. The EDI: a Population-based Measure at Kindergarten

7. Jamaica % vulnerable on EDI by SES7

8. UN-CRC GC: 7 Indicators Group
Our answer is ‘yes’
……thus…….
UN-CRC GC: 7 Indicators Group
to develop indicators to monitor the realization of the Rights in Early Childhood aspects of CRC
to provide a transparent way for States Parties to report to CRC on the early years

9. UN-CRC GC:7 Indicators
2005: indicators group forms; approaches CRC Monitoring Committee; argues that GC:7 is impractical/underused and there is a need for user-friendly and useful GC:7 indicators
2006: CRC Monitoring Committee invites group to develop indicators that would assist States’ reporting and promote CRC GC:7 realization
: indicators of GC:7 are completed and accepted for piloting by CRC Monitoring Committee

10. 15 Indicator Sets in 6 Reporting Clusters

11. GC7 CRC Reporting Guidelines
Components of each Indicator Set
Structure
Process
Outcome
Sources of Info
Duty Bearers
GC7 CRC Reporting Guidelines 11

12. Implementation: Creating a Manual

13. No No No Suggestions Suggestions Suggestions
Are there policies in place to ensure that both primary and pre-school provisions are suitably child-centered, child-friendly, rights based, and aligned with the GC7 principles and the aims of education?
Steps to have such policies in place
Suggestions
Develop policies for
Provision of appropriate
early childhood education
Develop policies
to promote equal access (for boys and girls)
to these services No
Are there processes to evaluate and improve human resources as far as the early education system is concerned?
Steps to have such policies in place
Suggestions
mobility, training, and recruitment.
financial or non-financial compensations No
Are there improving trends in children’s development measured by cognitive, physical health, and socio-emotional outcomes?
Steps to investigate lack of response
Suggestions
collect population
level baseline data
on ECD
If data exist, investigate
potential causes for this lack
response by data disaggregation

14. ON Suggestions EDI data collection around the world
Are there improving trends in children’s development measured by cognitive, physical health, and socio-emotional outcomes (DHS, MICS, EDI, etc.)?
Are there improving trends in children’s development measured by cognitive, physical health, and socio-emotional outcomes (DHS, MICS, EDI, etc.)? ON
Are there improving trends in children’s development measured by cognitive, physical health, and socio-emotional outcomes?
Steps to investigate lack of response
Suggestions
collect population
level baseline data
on ECD
If data exist, investigate
potential causes for this lack
response by data disaggregation
EDI data collection around the world
ca/ internationaledi
BC annual EDI data

18. Progress & Plans
Sept 2009: on-site task force recruited; agencies briefed; buy-in formalized
Oct-Nov 2009: working group recruited (i.e. those who will work through the 15 indicators sets/flow schemes)
Dec 2009: training session for working group
Jan-April 2010: flow schemes used; de-brief to revise the manual, flow schemes & training protocol 18

19. Where do we go after that
Where do we go after that? High, middle and low income countries (1-2 each)

20. More info? Attend workshops with Ziba Vaghri & Adem Arkadas