Transcript The MERG - where do we go from here?

The MERG
Where do we go from here?
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Current context for M&E
– Global level
– Country level
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Proposed Scope of Work
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Proposed Composition
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Next steps
Monitoring and Evaluation Efforts
Setting the Stage
Global level
– UNAIDS
– Indicators/survey methodologies
– Reference/Resource Groups
– Databases
– Global Reports
– Training/curriculum
Evolving Organizational StructureUNAIDS Secretariat
CRD
Monitoring and
Evaluation
SMI
PDC
ARM
IRM
EVA
CRIS
RT
Indicators for HIV/AIDS
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“Common” indicators (@
60)
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UNGASS (18 core)
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MDG (4)
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GFATM (25)
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New indicators for:
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OVC (10 core)
MTCT (6 core)
Care (10 core)
ARV Treatment (?)
Youth (37)
VCT (?)
Human capacity (?)
Workplace (?)
Global M&E Reference Groups
Harmonize indicators and
approaches:
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MERG
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CEWG
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UNAIDS Thematic Groups
Develop new indicators
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Global Reports
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Estimates, Modelling, and
Projections
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MAP
Support Country M&E
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GAMET
OVC, Care, MTCT, Workplace
Indicators development
working groups
Global M&E Reference Groups
Resource Tracking and Socio Economic Impact
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URGE
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IAEN
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UNFIC
Databases:
Global:
Country Level:
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SYNERGY
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CRIS
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MACRO
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Child Info
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GRID
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Dev Info
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SHARED
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Health Mapper
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UNGASS
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WHO/Bureau of Census
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NIDI
Global Reports
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Progress on the Declaration of
Commitment
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Tracking Financial Resources
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Annual Estimates and Projections Report
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Evaluations of global and regional
initiatives
Global and Regional Training
Activities
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CRIS/M&E
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Measure-Evaluation/ USAID/CDC
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FHI
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UNICEF
Country Level Issues
Identified Challenges to Achieve
UNGASS 2005 Goals
 25%
--political commitment, stigma
Identified Challenges to Achieve
UNGASS 2005 Goals
 25%
--political commitment, stigma
 50%
--resources
Identified Challenges to Achieve
UNGASS 2005 Goals
 25%
--political commitment, stigma
 50%
--resources
 75%
--Need increased M&E capacity
Common problems with
M&E systems
Basic systems to plan, collect, aggregate, coordinate,
analyze, and disseminate not present
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Collect too much information
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Too many different data needs from different donors
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No one uses it anyway
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Select the wrong indicators
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Insufficient investment (staff and money)
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Lack of coordination of activities
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Attempts to perform attribution
Quality of Data Collection
Policy
Biologic
Behavioral
Financial
Commodities
Services
and
coverage
HMIS
Quality of
services
Quality of Data Collection
Policy
Biologic
Behavioral
Financial
Commodities
Services
HMIS
and
Quality of
services
coverage
NCI/API
Sentinel
DHS
National
CMS
Health
? Health
Facility
Population
MICS
Health
Donors
facility
Metrics
surveys
Coverage
Vital
BSS
Accounts
National
AIDS
accounts
surveys
Registration
Quality of Data Collection
Policy
Biologic
Behavioral
Financial
Commodities
Services
HMIS
and
Quality of
services
coverage
NCI/API
Sentinel
DHS
National
CMS
Health
? Health
Facility
Population
MICS
Health
Donors
facility
Metrics
surveys
Coverage
Vital
BSS
Accounts
National
surveys
Registration
AIDS
accounts
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Proposed Terms of Reference for
MERG
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Advise UNAIDS Executive Director
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Provide technical review of M&E of UNAIDS
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Harmonize M&E approaches
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Assess reports, research
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Assist in mobilizing resources
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Provide guidance on technical resource networking
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Advise on dissemination of findings
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Strengthen inter-organizational networking
Membership
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Approximately 20 members
– Practitioners, researchers, academics, donor and recipient
countries, UN organizations, and NGOs
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Criteria to include expertise, experience, comitment,
absence of conflict of interest, geographic
representation, etc
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Chair to be nominated by Executive Director
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Meetings-one formal meeting per year
Issues for discussion
Role:
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?indicators
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Evaluation research
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System building
Composition:
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HIS
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Researchers