Regional Workshop on the Sentinel Site Monitoring – Recovery with the Human FaceObjectives of Workshop 1. Learn the outcome of 1st round data collection, Revisit and reassure the concept of sentinel site monitoring, and reflect on the Monitoring Framework, methodology and process of implementation. 2. Obtain better understanding of the rationale behind the questions being asked, linkage with monitoring indicators and acquire better skill to obtain quality response. 3. Provide country participants an opportunity to learn DevInfo EmergencyInfo module and apply DevInfo technology to the Sentinel site monitoring to expedite the process between data collection and dissemination. Lessons and good practice from other Asia-Pacific region (e.g. Indonesia, Philippines, Nepal) will also assist how the sentinel site data can inform the policy decisions and actions taken by the government to protect the vulnerable in country, particularly in respect to assisting further recovery from the current crisis and prepare for the future shocks. Participants will have opportunity to discuss the plan to strengthen the linkage between data and policy action and present each other for peer-review.
2nd round Sentinel site monitoring planning (3 days): The six sentinel sites PICs will also discuss the technical aspect of the roll-out for 2nd round. First, based on the 2 day discussion and reflection on the sentinel site concept and M&E Framework, the participants will revisit the questionnaires used during 1st round and agree on the revision to be made. Participants will go through the questionnaires (Household Pulse Survey and Facility Based Survey, Key Informant Interviews and Focus Group Discussion) and fully understand the linkage between questions asked and the indicators in the M&E framework. Secondly, once participants have better grasp of linkage between these tools, they will be introduced with the DevInfo Desktop Data capture modules to acquire skills to formulate Household Pulse Survey and Facility Based Survey (two of tools) and revise the GEC questionnaire using DevInfo software after quick overview of the range of tools available in DevInfo to assist the community based data collection in the future. DevInfo Support Group from India/Bangkok and other regional resource persons (e.g. UNICEF, UNFPA, UNDP) will assist in this hands-on training exercise. The participants will also be trained how to enter the data, how to import the entered data into DevInfo database, and conduct the analysis to get the first-hand results. The exercise will demonstrate how this tool can improve the response time across data collection, collation and analysis. Thirdly, participants will have opportunity to improve practical skills to apply during the Focus Group Discussion including human interest story mining technique. Resource team composing USP researcher and UN communication team will support this process. Lastly ,the participants will formulate/revise micro-plan for 2010 (ready for NSC endorsement) sentinel site collection including data retrieval and key informant interviews at the national level alongside the community data collection using Facility based survey, Household pulse survey and Focus Group Discussion. The plans will be peer-reviewed among the sentinel site countries. The budget for 2nd round will also be formulated if not already responding to the micro-plan. Deliverable from the day 3-5 workshop will be; the revised operational questionnaire for 2nd round, DevInfo questionnaire and database template ready for data entry and transfer, and Micro-plan for 2nd round.
Donors and Developing Partners: Donors, UN agencies, Regional Institution, NGOs and CBOs, particularly those who are actively involved in the National Steering Committee, are also encouraged to participate in the workshop. (cost not covered) It is anticipated that National/Government Statistician, sentinel site monitoring coordinator and active members of National Steering Committee members will participate for full five days while social policy makers may attend only the first two days (unless they have strong interest in learning DevInfo and learning methodology of data collection).
Findings from AusAID and ADB supported social protection research will be presented (TBC). Countries are also encouraged to present the on-going partnership with Business community and NGOs in the context of serving remote communities with equal access to information, credit and opportunities for growth. (e.g. financial literacy and micro-finance scheme, mobile rural banking and I-Parsa) Specific challenges and capacity constraints will be discussed alongside the ways to address those in the short – and medium-term. Results-based management and Human Rights Based Management is also touched in the context of developing a better understanding on the link with social budgeting, costing, social protection and delivering results for the most vulnerable. Participants are also requested to present the country’s budget process and given an opportunity to think the application of social budgeting concept during the exercise. During this next regional forum, the government and development partners will ask and respond to the questions if the governments are prioritizing the “right” issues and if we are “delivering them the best way possible”. Below are publications and documents related to the workshop
ADB Economic monitor- social budget The economic slowdown triggered by the global economic crisis has added to hardship in the Pacific. Broad estimates suggest the drop in incomes is likely to see an additional 50,000 Pacific Islanders living below the poverty line by the end of 2010 (see ‘Rising Hardship’ in the November 2009 Monitor). [Word]
Social Protection in the Pacific – A Review of its Adequacy and Role in Addressing Poverty Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are diverse geographically, economically, and culturally. Yet, they are tied together by a common vulnerability to economic and natural crises as well as rising levels of poverty and urbanisation. [PDF] (PDF documents require Acrobat Reader to view.)
Social Security Spending This article investigates the link between social security spending and financial crises. In doing so, the article answers two questions: what are the trends in social security spending in the aftermath of a financial crisis, and what [PDF] (PDF documents require Acrobat Reader to view.)
This study provides an analysis of child poverty and disparities in child well-being in Vanuatu. There are a number of important earlier studies of poverty in Vanuatu (for example, the 2008 report by the VNSO, ADB, and UNDP), but this is the first study to focus on poverty among children. [Word]
Poverty in the Pacific Islands context does not generally mean hunger or destitution, but rather means“an inadequate level of sustainable human development which includes lack of access to basic services,
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This report summarizes analysis and information that the United Nations family and its partners have produced over the past year regarding the socio-economic impacts of the crisis on poor and vulnerable individuals and households.
Administrative Notice Agenda Opening Statement by Ms Danielle Willis, Child Delegate from Palau, 10th February 2010, Port Vila, Vanuatu Youth Pre-Conference to the Pacific Conference on the Human Face of the Global Economic Crisis 8 - 9 February 2010 Outcome Statement by Pacific Youth Delegates |
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