Tool to strengthen Country-led M&E Systems Good practices in using DevInfo

1. Tool to strengthen Country-led M&E SystemsGood practices in using DevInfo Marco Segone, Regional Chief, Monitoring and Evaluation, UNICEF CEE/CIS; Former Vice-President of IOCE Nicolas Pron, Chief, Data Dissemination, UNICEF NYHQ; DevInfo Global Administrator

2. Based on book published by UNICEF in partnership with key international institutions • Authors: 21 global evaluation leaders • Partnership: IDEAS, IOCE, DevInfo, WB, UNECE, and MICS

3. Evidence into practice: Increasing the uptake of evidence in policy making Data Users (Policy Makers) Data Providers (Statisticians, Evaluators, Researchers) Need to improve dialogue How? What ? Why? When? Getting appropriate Buy-in Incentives to use evidence Reliable and trustworthy evidence Improving “usability” of evidence Effective dissemination Wide Access

4. The “quality” challenge: How to match technical rigour and policy relevance? Technical rigour but no policy relevance Policy relevance but no technical rigour Better evidence, technically rigorous and policy relevant.

5. Country-led M&E systems(CLES):a strategy to matchtechnical rigour with policy relevance Technical rigour but no policy relevance Better Policies Better Development Results Policy relevance but no technical rigour Better evidence, technically rigorous and policy relevant

6. Using DevInfoin Country-led M&E systems

7. ChildInfo1995 - 2003 UNICEF developed a database to monitor the World Summit for Children offered to the UN system DevInfo 4.0 2004 ChildInfo upgraded and launched with UNDG endorsement in April 2004 UN Endorsement Endorsed by the United Nations to assist Member States in Monitoring human development DevInfo 6.0 2008 New features with Web 2.0 social networking launched in Apr 2009 DevInfo 5.0 2005 New web-enabled version developed and launched with broad government and UN support in May 2006 from ChildInfo to DevInfo

8. 120+ national adaptations Partnerships with national statistics organizations and UN agencies

9. many features in the user interface

10. reduced learning curve by data wizard

11. What is the trend in under-five mortality?

14. Where should poverty projects be targeted?

15. click on the map to drill down for data GLOBAL Poverty High Medium Low No data Sub-Saharan Africa

16. click on the map to drill down for data AFRICA Poverty High Medium Low No data East and Southern Africa

17. click on the map to drill down for data EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA Malawi Poverty High Medium Low No data

18. click on the map to drill down for data MALAWI Regions Poverty High Medium Low No data

19. click on the map to drill down for data MALAWI Districts Poverty High Medium Low No data Southern Region

20. click on the map to drill down for data MALAWI Districts Poverty High Medium Low No data Southern Region

21. click on the map to drill down for data MALAWI Sub-Districts Poverty High Medium Low No data Southern Region

22. click on the map to drill down for data MALAWI Sub-Districts Poverty High Medium Low No data

23. click on the map to drill down for data INFRASTRUCTURE  Settlement Health post School Road River MALAWI Sub-Districts               Poverty High Medium Low No data    

24. Where should early child care programmes be targeted?

25. Per cent Low Medium High Very high No data TANZANIA Early Child Care Composite Index 1 • Births attended by trained personnel

26. Per cent Low Medium High Very high No data TANZANIA Early Child Care Composite Index 2 • Births attended by trained personnel • Low birth weight

27. Per cent Low Medium High Very high No data TANZANIA Early Child Care Composite Index 3 • Births attended by trained personnel • Low birth weight • Underweight

28. Per cent Low Medium High Very high No data TANZANIA Early Child Care Composite Index 4 • Births attended by trained personnel • Low birth weight • Underweight • Diarrhoea cases

29. Per cent Very low Low Medium High No data TANZANIA Early Child Care Composite Index 5 • Births attended by trained personnel • Low birth weight • Underweight • Diarrhoea cases • DPT immunization

30. Index Very low Low Medium High No data TANZANIA Early Child Care Composite Index

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34. How can census data be used for rapid response in emergency situations?

37. 2,519,000 people ZAMBIA Buffer zone radius = 200 km

39. Where is development aid spent?

42. devinfo.org

43. new suite of web 2.0 options for social networking diOrg

44. Examples of good practices in using DevInfo The CEE/CIS case

45. Example of Country-led National Database… Countries with databases developed Countries with databases development in progress …in Low Income countries Note: The boundaries and the names shown and the designations used on these maps do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.

46. Example of DevInfo database in Low Income countries KyrgyzInfo • EFA-Info (EFA – Education for All), jointly designed and developed by NSC, MoE and Health Progress Center, contains information on education according to UNESCO standards and definitions. • Health-Info, designed to provide evidence to the Health Care Reform (Manas-Taalemi Programme) contains a wide range of health indicators. Data are presented at the 2-d sub-national level.

47. Example of DevInfo databases in Low Income countries TojikInfo TojikInfo provides key development indicators on Tajikistan and gender statistics, including data from the most recent household surveys conducted by SCS, such as Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2000 and 2005 (national and regional levels). http://www.tojikinfo.tj/

48. Example of Country-led National Database… Countries with databases developed Countries with databases development in progress …in Middle Income Countries Note: The boundaries and the names shown and the designations used on these maps do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.

49. Example of DevInfo database in Middle Income Countries DevInfo Srbija http://devinfo.stat.gov.rs • Database is updated regularly, twice a year • It has 328 indicators at the national level, out of which 92 indicators are with data for municipality level (3rd sub-national level) and data on minority populations (Roma). • National DevInfo database is used for planning and monitoring the implementation of MDGs, NPA (National Plan of Action for Children) and the Poverty Reduction Strategy. • Databases are also used for monitoring the realization of LPAs (Local Plans of Action for children) in 21 municipalities in Serbia.

50. Example of Country-led National Database… Countries with databases developed Countries with databases development in progress … in EU Member States Note: The boundaries and the names shown and the designations used on these maps do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.