Issues and impact

Issues and impact

 

Issues and impact

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UNICEF advocates for the rights of children and women through promotion of practices such as breastfeeding, as can be seen here in a poster campaign in DPR Korea.

While an abundance of data has been collected in the DPR Korea over the years in the areas of health, nutrition and water and environmental sanitation, the data has not been adequately managed.  Furthermore, the data is not being used effectively in country planning, monitoring and reporting.

UNICEF’s planning and advocacy projects seek to strengthen information-based planning systems responsive to the situation of children and women.

UNICEF aims to provide policy and decision makers a proper tool in developing programmes and policy befitting the children in DPR Korea.  Planning and advocacy is also the focal point for emergency preparedness.

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Training and support to the Central Bureau of Statistics has led to data being used more effectively in planning, monitoring and reporting.

The project supports further development of ChildInfo, a statistical information system that tracks key indicators on the situation of children and women.  It also supports an annual assessment of progress in implementing the National Plan of Action.

Like all of UNICEF’s projects in DPR Korea, special support is provided in focus counties/districts.  In 2006, this will be supplemented by the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), a standard UNICEF household survey of health, nutrition and water and environmental sanitation.

Since UNICEF began supporting the Central Bureau of Statistics in DPR Korea, capacity has improved.  The statistical methodology and data management in the country have gradually moved to meet the international standard.

Key results sought are that:

• By 2006, children’s situation and National Plan of Action targets are fully tracked in six provinces and two municipalities.
• By 2006, National Plan of Action targets are reviewed and updated based on progress.

Focus counties/districts
Integrated multisectoral action in focus counties/districts is one of the two main UNICEF strategies in DPR Korea.