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Value for Money in
Christian Aid’s Programmes
January 2013
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Internal & External Drivers
Corporate
Bond & ICAI
strategy We need a
position!
DFID ?!?!?
Programme
Systems
ToC
Leverage
Financial crisis
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Christian Aid’s position
VFM = results / resources
Management NOT measurement
Downward transparency
There is no magic wand!
Value for money is about judgement,
making better decisions, always seeking
a better balance between results and
resources
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Three key questions
Is this result worth this investment?
Could we get the same result for less?
Could we get better results with the
same resources?
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What does value look like?
Organisational position
■ Scale (number of people reached)
■ Depth (intensity & sustainability of results)
■ Inclusion
Contextual definitions
■ Programme staff judgement
■ Comparison with available alternatives
■ Perspectives of women and men living in
poverty
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Whose value?
“Now I can walk down
the street and nobody
spits at me”
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Christian Aid Accountable Governance Peer Review, India, 2009
Community Advocacy for
Infrastructure, Nigeria
Community monitoring of local
government infrastructure projects
■ Scorecards
■ Budget & expenditure tracking
■ Lobbying, public meetings
■ Media campaigns
12 infrastructure projects reinstated
Public meeting process institutionalised
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What does value look like?
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Community Advocacy for
Infrastructure, Nigeria
Total CA funding: £330,000
Total government expenditure:
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Flood controls
Road upgrades
Bridge
3 primary schools
4 boreholes
2 health centres
£800,000
£352,000
£320,000
£120,000
£64,000
£56,000
20,000
45,000
30,000
120,000
60,000
£1,712,000
275,000
ROI ~1:2
~2:1
~5:1
£1.20
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Women in Governance,
Sierra Leone
Mobilising women candidates for 2012
local and national elections
■ 5,400 women in “Women in Governance”
network
■ Engagement with political parties &
traditional authorities
■ Use of radio & other media
■ Working with men as well as women
Total CA funding: £437,000
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What does value look like?
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Women in Governance,
Sierra Leone
2008
4 women councillors / 29
0 women MPs / 8
In line with national average
2012
12 women councillors / 29
1 woman MP / 8
Bucked national trend
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Migrant Rights,
Dominican Republic
Advocacy & practical support for rights
of Haitian migrants to DR
■ Research / policy development,
conferences, coalition advocacy
■ Monitoring human rights abuses
■ Direct support for migrant groups
■ Public mobilisation & campaigning
■ Legal casework – national & international
Total CA funding: £447,000
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What does value look like?
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Migrant Rights, DR
Legal Casework
National level
130 / 212 citizenship cases successful
6% of total budget = ~£27,000
£206 per success
International – IACHR
0 successes yet – cases in progress
2% of total budget = ~£9,500
Potential to overturn core discriminatory
national law in DR but 10 year process
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Migrant Rights, DR
Public Campaigning
Little support in mainstream media
Strong political resistance
Post-earthquake shift in public opinion
Power analysis to aid rethink
Shifted approach:
■ Online campaign
■ Monthly demos outside electoral authority
13% of total budget = ~£58,000
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Migrant Rights, DR
Lobbying
Activities in coalition
■ Other CSOs / INGOs
■ Research institutions
Attendance at Inter-American processes
Policy positions / framing
35% of total budget = ~£156,500
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Questions for discussion
What is your organisation’s value
proposition?
What have you learned from putting
VFM into practice in your organisation?
What are you doing differently as a
result of applying VFM within your
organisation?
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