Monitoring

At UNICEF, we use data to drive change, identify issues affecting children, understand the scale of problems, and measure the impact of program interventions. Data shows how far we have progressed in making children happier and safer. We don't take numbers for granted, because every child counts.

When the right data is in the right hands at the right time, decisions can be better informed, more equitable and more likely to protect children’s rights. Effective use of data can help us not only track outcomes for children, but improve them, too. This happens thanks to understanding what works and what doesn't, which children thrive, and which children are left behind.

We strengthen the child rights monitoring system in Belarus. To achieve this goal, we use an integrated cycle of actions that promotes primary data collection and accessibility, analytics, data use and dissemination, capacity building and partnerships. 

Deliverables 

We promote the idea of data accessibility. Therefore, we have supported the development of portals such as:

• the National SDG Indicator Reporting Platform,
• the Universal Child Statistics web portal,
• and the Gender Statistics web portal.

UNICEF regularly conducts the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS). The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey to monitor the situation of children and women is an international household survey program developed by UNICEF. In 2019, it was held in Belarus for the third time to understand the situation of women and children in the country. What parents do for the education and development of children; what educational methods they use; how carefully they treat their health; in what conditions children live; and many more important questions.