1. THE CHILD INDICATOR MOVEMENT PRESENTATION BY DR. WILLIAM O’HARE THE ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION (WOHARE@AECF.ORG) Child Poverty and Disparities: Public Policies and Social Justice Conference Cairo, January 20, 2009

2. TOPICS TO BE COVERED THIS SESSION FUNDAMENTALS AND BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CHILD INDICATORS MOVEMENT DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A NATIONAL SET OF CHILD WELL-BEING INDICATORS: IRELAND (DR. SINEAD HANAFIN) CHILD INDICATORS IN THE POLICY CONTEXT

3. GOAL OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE AN INTRODUCTION TO DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF CHILD INDICATORS

4. MY BACKGROUND PHD IN SOCIOLOGY/DEMOGRAPHY 30+ YEARS WORKING IN NON-PROFITS (DC) – FOCUS ON DISADVANAGED AMERICANS 1993 TO NOW – KIDS COUNT PROJECT AT ANNIE. E. CASEY FOUNDATION 1980 FULBRIGHT TO PHILLIPINES – UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS 2005 2008 – MORE INTERNATIONAL WORK MEMBER OF ISCI STEERING COMMITTEE EDITOR OF ISC NEWSLETTER

5. MY APPROACH NON-IDEALOGICAL PRAGMATIC OPPORTUNISTIC STRATEGIC

6. MY BIASES MORE ABOUT DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS THAN DATA ANALYSIS-CAUSAL ANALYSIS MORE ABOUT DATA AND MEASUREMENT THAN POLICIES OR PROGRAMS MORE ABOUT USE OF DATA (DATA PRESENTATION) THAN SCIENCE MOSTLY IN THE U.S. CONTEXT

7. WHY INDICATORS ARE IMPORANT

8. “ WE VALUE WHAT WE MEASURE AND WE MEASURE WHAT WE VALUE”

9. “ IF WE CAN’T MEASURE IT WE CAN’T MEND IT”

10. FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF MAKING DECISIONS ON THE BASIS OF GOOD SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION IS LIKELY TO LEAD TO BETTER RESULTS

11. How much trust do you have in the official statistics? Political decisions are made on the basis of statistical information

13. WHY INDICATORS ARE IMPORTANT - USES OF INDICATORS 1.Description 2.Monitoring 3.Setting Goals 4.Outcomes-based accountability 5.Evaluation 6.Distribution of Funds

14. ANY QUESTIONS?

15. ROLE OF 3 KEY INSTITUTIONS IN CHILD INDICATOR MOVEMENT GOVERNMENT –INDIVIDUAL STATES – NATIONS –GROUPS – UNITED NATIONS, OECD, ETC NGOs – CIVIL SOCIETY (NON-PROFITS) ACADEMICS

16. 3 Key Audiences for Child Indicators SCHOLARS AND SCIENTISTS –ADVANCING MEASUREMENT –ANALYZING DATA PUBLIC – “ CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE” POLICY MAKERS – CREATE AND GUIDE PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

17. FUNDAMENTAL DECISION - WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF PROJECT? ADVANCING SCIENCE EDUCATING POLICY-MAKERS (AND PUBLIC) ADVOCATING FOR CHILDREN.

18. THE CHILD INDICATOR MOVEMENT

19. CHILD INDICATOR MOVEMENT - WHATS NEW? 2 ASPECTS –1) - HOLISTIC APPROACH CONCEPT OF OVERALL CHILD WELL-BEING FOCUS ON MONITORING AND REPORTING –2) CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT IN MEASUREMENT ON EACH DIMENSION OR DOMAIN

20. TIME LINE OF SOME KEY INTERNATIONAL CHILD INDICATORS EVENTS 1980-81 UNICEF ISSUES 1st STATE OF THE WORLDS CHILDREN REPORT 1988 - UNICEF INNOCENTI RESEARCH CENTER STARTED 1989 – UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD 1990 – KIDS COUNT PROJECT IN UNITED STATES LAUNCHED 1995 TO 2005 - FIVE INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S INDICATOR MEETINGS 2000 MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDG) 2005 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CHILD INDICATORS (ISCI) LAUNCHED 2007 FIRST ISCI CONFERENXCE IN CHICAGO

21. 3 KEY ORGANIZATIONS UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND (UNICEF) ORGANISATION FOR ECONOIMC CO- OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT(OECD) INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CHILD INDICATORS (ISCI)

22. UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN FUND (UNICEF) UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD (UNCRC) MULTIPLE INDICATOR CLUSTER SURVEYS (MICS) www.unicef.org/statistics/index_24302.htm DATA ON WEBSITE (LATER) COUNTRY REPORTS www.unicef.org/infobycountry/index.html

23. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) contains 54 articles that cover every aspect of a child’s life, apply without exception or discrimination to all children under 18. These articles can provide a framework for examining well-being. The articles of the UNCRC divide into the broad areas of –survival rights, –development rights, –protection rights and –participation rights.

24. OECD WORK ON CHILD INDICATORS 3 KINDS OF ACTIVITY –DEVELOPING CONSENSUS ON BEST INDICATORS THROUGH CONFERENCES/MEETINGS –HARMONIZING CROSS-COUNTRY DATA COLLECTION EFFORTS –COLLECTING/PRESENTING DATA ON THE OECD WEBSITE

25. ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) MEASURING THE PROGRESS OF SOCIETIES INITIATIVE WORLD FORUMS –PALERMO, ITALY, 2004 –ISTANBUL TURKEY, 2007 –BUSAN, KOREA, OCTOBER 2009 PRIOR TO 2009 CONFERENCE THERE WILL BE MEETINGS ON SPECIAL THEMES (CHILDREN?) AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS (MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA?) WEBSITE –WWW.OECD.ORG/OECDWORLDFORUMWWW.OECD.ORG/OECDWORLDFORUM

26. OECD ACTIVITIES ON CHILD INDICATORS Report on Child Well-Being in OECD countries later this spring. Conference on Child indicators and data collection (Spring 2009) Development of Wiki-Child on OECD website (WITH ISCI AND OTHERS) SESSION AT ISCI CONFERENCE FALL 2009 Session on Child Indicators at 3 rd World Forum in Korea November 2009

27. MOVEMENT NEEDS ORGANIZATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CHILD INDICATORS = ISCI

28. INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CHILD INDICATORS (ISCI) SERIES OF INFORMAL MEETINGS 1995-2005 –Israel –Italy –South Carolina –New York –Oslo ISCI ESTABLISHED IN LATE 2005 NEWSLETTER STARTED IN 2006 FIRST CONFERENCE IN JUNE 2007 (NEXT ONE IS NOVEMBER 2009 IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA) JOURNAL CHILD INDICATOR RESEARCH BEGAN MARCH 2008

29. ISCI - CONTINUED 2 nd International conference – Sydney Australia November 4-6,2009 Papers presented (and presenters) at 2007 ISCI Conference –www.childindicators.orgwww.childindicators.org CHILD INDICATOR RESEARCH JOURNAL WIKI-CHILD with OECD

30. WWW.CHILDINDICATORS.ORG WWW.CHILDINDICATORS.ORG ENGLISH AND SPANISH INFORMATION ON GOALS OF THE ORGANIZATION DOWNLOAD ALL PAPERS FROM THE 1 ST CONFERENCE DOWNLOAD PAST NEWSLETTERS INFORMATION ABOUT CONFERENCES INFORMATION ON JOINING ISCI

31. SOURCES OF DATA ON CHILDREN

32. KEY WEBSITES FOR INFORMATION ON CHILDREN UNICEF – STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN ENGLISH AND SPANISH --- http://www.unicef.org/publications/index_42623.html UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD – ADOPTED IN 1989 http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/k2crc.htm UNICEF MONITORING STATISTICS http://www.unicef.org/statistics/index.html UNICEF INNOCENTI RESEARCH CENTRE http://www.unicef-irc.org/ CHAPIN HALL/ UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO http://multinational-indicators.chapinhall.org INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CHILD INDICATORS http://www.childindicators.org http://www.childindicators.org