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Ismail Mohammed Abdi who lost both parents during the war seen in this 1997 photo in Hargeisa, Northwest Somalia. In 2003, UNICEF undertook a Child Protection Study in Somalia to get a better understanding of the status of children in the country.

Among the many important achievements in planning, monitoring and evaluation during the 2004-2007 programme cycle were:

The third global Multi-Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) was conducted in 2006, with a comprehensive data set available from mid-2007. The survey gives a complete picture of the situation of children and women in Somalia in the areas UNICEF is focusing its efforts. It will be followed by the fourth global MICS to be carried out in Somalia in late 2009.

The data of the MICS together with the results of other surveys were combined in a socioeconomic database for Somalia, SomInfo, which is web-accessible at http://www.sominfo.org. Currently, government staff are being given training and material support to set up SomInfo work stations in key social sector ministries.

Monitoring against the Core Commitments for Children (CCC) has been strengthened and will in the new country programme cycle (2008-2010) yield better information on UNICEF's response in the protracted emergency that prevails in parts of Somalia.