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Strategic Information and Introduction to the Country Response Information System

Strategic Information and Introduction to the Country Response Information System. By Geoff Manthey, Chief CRIS Unit, UNAIDS. Strategic Information used for National Strategic Plans. Situational assessment Policy index Resources Prevention Care Treatment Knowledge and behaviour

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Strategic Information and Introduction to the Country Response Information System

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  1. Strategic Information and Introduction to the Country Response Information System By Geoff Manthey, Chief CRIS Unit, UNAIDS.

  2. Strategic Information used for National Strategic Plans Situational assessment • Policy index • Resources • Prevention • Care • Treatment • Knowledge and behaviour • Impact

  3. Questions for national responses • How can we ensure that lessons learned are not lessons lost? • How do we begin to have greater access, synergy and cohesion vis-à-vis strategic information? • How to coordinate a variety of information sources? • How do our information systems work together?

  4. What is Strategic Information? • lessons learned – in countries of Southern America, globally • Knowledge of “what works” among and between partners • Indicators – input, impact, outcome, etc • Inventories – partners, research, activities • Resource tracking • Policies and legislation

  5. What strategic information is needed? • Does it have relevance to NSP and the national response • Can the data be collected according to agreed guidelines? • Are there resources available to collect the data • Will the data used? Will it be made available to all partners? Collect what will be used for your program management.

  6. Information for a strengthened AIDS program Improved data collection and strategic information Sustained expanded national response Improved analysis and synthesis of information Strengthened policy and planning

  7. National Strategic Plan (including National M&E Plan) Programmatic data with core and local Indicators National Reporting to UNGASS or partners

  8. CRIS – the system Questions to answer! • How will it work in your country? • Where will it be, where will it live? • Who will use it? • What indicators and other information will be contained within the system?

  9. Issues we considered when developing CRIS • How to improve flow of national and sub-national data for national AIDS responses? • How to prepare NAC information systems (if they exist) for the Internet? • What analytical tools are required by NACs / NAPs? • How do we leverage existing applications and their analytical tools for NACs / NAPs?

  10. CRIS An information system for National AIDS Councils – allows systematic (1)collection, (2) storage, (3) analysis, (4) retrieval and (5) dissemination of information on a country’s response to HIV/AIDS

  11. What does CRIS look like? • Indicator database (Version 1.4 available) • Project / resource tracking database (end 2003) • Research Inventory database (end 2003)

  12. Who can use CRIS? • National entities including National AIDS Councils & National AIDS Programs • NGOs and civil society • GFATM (Global Fund) • Regional entities • Donor/bilateral agencies (CDC GAP) • The UN system (World Bank MAP)

  13. Immediate benefits of CRIS • Rapid establishment of an information system at country level • Strengthening of existing systems • Enhanced ability to monitor National Strategic Plan and the national response • Improved ability to report to funding sources e.g. GFATM, WB and UN

  14. Other benefits….. • Supports global indicator standardization process, transmission format and prioritisation • Supports next generation indicator development process • Manages large volumes of information • Streamlines information flows and greater local access

  15. Where will the principle CRIS live? • Negotiated with each country • National AIDS Commission / Council recommended • Consider technical and human resource capacity available and/or planned • Can have a “temporary” home • Can be installed as “peer” systems in line Ministries, sub-national and/or NGOs

  16. Introduction to the GRID Global Response Information Database available via the UNAIDS website

  17. links via the GRID….. • AIDS Programme Indicator Survey • AIDS Programme Effort Index • HealthMapper / Global Atlas (WHO) • EpiFact Sheets • DHS • Key documents • Contacts

  18. Indicator Database • 1st available component of CRIS • Core indicators (UNGASS) that are consistent across all CRIS • Ability to add indicators specific to national AIDS responses • Ability to add regionally specific indicators

  19. Indicator Database V1.4b • Multilingual capability (EN,FR,RU,SP) • It could easily be translated into Asian languages including Indonesian • PivotTable and charting capability • Indicator management, e.g. status • Data import/export of data and definitions • Comments field to support report making

  20. Features of CRIS IND? • Allows countries to load all global data • Ability to share indicator definitions • Demonstrated that minimal training required • Immediate use – rapid installation via CD-Rom • Leverages the functionality of other information systems through data exchange

  21. More features • Application is browser based • Configured as stand alone, but in future network and web-enabled • HTML technology allows for ease of addition of screens to the system • SQL Server 2000 Desktop allows for migration to SQL Server

  22. Project / resource tracking database • Available end 2003 • Allows data collection in a hierarchical fashion • Project – Intervention – Activity • Project level data (summary information) exportable

  23. PRT Data to include: • Sub-national functional level i.e. province or district • Executing/implementing organization • Resource provider (donor) • Planned or actual start and/or end dates for projects • Target populations' sex, age group, occupation and/or ethnicity • A variety of activity descriptions or keywords that more fully describe projects • How a project fulfills the goals in the National Strategic Plan.

  24. Project/resource tracking database

  25. Research Inventory Database • To be released by end of 2003 • Existing systems evaluated • Database design in progress • Compatibility with PRT database • Harmonization with existing systems, e.g. NIH, USAID • Data from funding agencies & from the country level • Information available on GRID • Analysis on gaps and opportunities (research and partners)

  26. Research Inventory Database

  27. RID • Pilot in a number of priority countries • National Research Institution to partner with National AIDS Council / Commission • Match global research award data with national research data

  28. Current issues • CRIS complements & leverages other information systems – how to communicate this message well • CRIS can be used to leverage the establishment / improvement of a basic M&E system – how do we do this? • Need for “model” countries where CRIS / M&E is functioning – which countries and in what time frame? • Developing capacity among (cosponsors’) country based staff for M&E and CRIS – joint action required

  29. CRIS endorsed by: • UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board • UNAIDS Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations • Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group (MERG) and its members • USAID • CDC • DfID • Governments of Japan, Norway & Portugal.

  30. Things to remember before installing CRIS • Does your Hardware meet the documented requirements • You will need to have administrator rights to computer for installation • Your computer Operating System must be Windows 2000 not an earlier model

  31. A User Guide has been developed to guide you through the installation process as well as other functionality.

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