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Snapshot of planned results for 2009
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© Thomas Lynge Jensen |
The following results are those listed in UNICEF Pacific’s 2009 Annual Management Plan and will be used by the Multi-Country Office to monitor overall programme progress during the year and will be reported against in UNICEF Pacific’s 2009/2010 “Looking Back, Moving Forward” report.
Child Protection Programme
- Priority pieces of children related policies, legislation and regulations will be drafted that promote the values contained in the Convention on the Rights of the Child recommended by the results of baseline research for enactment in Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.
- There will be strengthened inter-agency collaboration (social welfare services, judiciary, police, and civil society) to effectively respond to children and youth as offenders, witnesses, victims of crimes in Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.
- Birth registration systems will achieve 80% registration of births in programme convergence areas in Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
- Communication for Social Change processes will be initiated addressing key findings and recommendations of the child protection baseline research in Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
- Data for key child protection indicators will be more readily available in Samoa and there will be a greater recognition of the “protective environment approach” as a programming strategy amongst key partners
Education Programme
- A costed Child Friendly Schools Performance Assessment Framework will inform the expansion of the Child Friendly School model by Ministries of Education in the Pacific (Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu).
- Teacher education curricula will commence integration of child friendly school principles/dimensions (Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu).
- Over 5000 students affected by the 2007 earthquate/tsunami disaster will benefit from permanent, safe learning environments in Western and Choiseul Provinces, Solomon Islands.
Health and Sanitation Programme
- High immunization coverage of all antigens will be achieved in all the countries identified for supplementary immunization for measles and maintained for all the 14 Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs).
- Policy, strategy and systems barriers to high coverage of maternal, newborn and child interventions with equity will be developed and discussed with national and sub-national partners in Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. This work will include primary data collection on knowledge, attitudes and practices related to key child and maternal health issues and the commencement of integrated communication for behaviour and social change initiatives.
- Schools and communities in selected areas of Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Vanuatu and Fiji Islands will have access to and use improved drinking water and sanitation facilities and the experience and lessons learned will be used to inform national water, sanitation and hygiene policies and strategies.
- Policy and strategy documents will be available on health, nutrition, water and sanitation interventions for child survival and development, providing guidance on appropriate institutional accountabilities and budget allocations in Solomon Islands, Samoa, and Vanuatu.
- Timely and quality information will be available on impact of the global food, fuel and economic crises on the health and nutrition of children in at least six Pacific countries informing policy options and budget decisions.
HIV and AIDS Programme
- The Governments of Kiribati, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu will have strategic information drawing upon reliable baseline data for four years of programming for HIV prevention for most at risk adolescents and young people in general.
- Most at risk adolescents, youth (10-24 years), and women in at least Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu will have increased knowledge on how to prevent HIV and/or adopt practices that reduce risks of HIV infection through engagement in behaviour and social change communication campaigns for HIV prevention.
- More pregnant women and their partners will be accessing PMTCT services in 15 selected health facilities in selected provinces and islands of Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
- At least 20% of attendees of adolescent friendly services in areas of programme convergence in Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu will represent most at risk adolescents.
Policy, Advocacy, Planning and Evaluation Programme
- Economic policy and investment options will be under consideration by national policy makers in Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu that draw upon analysis of levels and trends in child poverty and child-related MDG progress.
- Children will have first call on resources in national action plans to monitor and respond to the impacts of the food and fuel price rises and global economic crisis in at least Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Republic of Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
- National Committees for Children capacity to monitor and report on situation of children will be further enhanced (at least in Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Palau, Republic of Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu).
Emergency Preparedness and Response
- UNICEF Pacific staff emergency response capacity including Core Commitments for Children implementation and monitoring, gender in humanitarian action and supply management will be further strengthened.
- National and sub-national capacity in emergency management planning, assessment and response monitoring for children and women will be enhanced including Core Commitments for Children alignment, gender mainstreaming, and emergency information management in Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.
UNICEF Field Offices in Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
- In areas of programme convergences, children, young people, child care-givers and community leaders will be reporting significant changes in children's survival, protection, participation and development.
- In areas of programme convergence, sub-national authorities and partners will have developed and will be actively monitoring child-centred development plans for integrated service and programme delivery.
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