Annual CP MERG Core

Membership Virtual Meeting

9 December 2014

OutlineCP MERG Announcements

2014-2015 Work Plan Results and Updates

Q&A and Brainstorm

CP MERG Announcements

CP MERG Chairs

Introducing new CP MERG Co-Chair

Meri Ghorkhmazyan, Global Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser for Save the Children’s Child Protection Initiative

New CP MERG Core Members Child Protection Networks

Mark Canavera, CPC Learning Network

Katy Barnett & Fiamma Rupp, Child Protection Working Group

Florence Martin, Better Care Network

NGO and UN Agencies Hur Hassnain, War Child UK Andrew Mawson, UNICEF

Innocenti Research Centre

Academia Fred Wulczyn, Chapin Hall

Center for Children, University of Chicago (US)

Philip Cook, IICRD (Canada) Eddy J. Walakira, Makerere

University, School of Social Sciences (Uganda)

Mónica Ruiz-Casares McGill University (Canada)

Deborah Fry, University of Edinburgh/NSPCC Child Protection Research (Scotland)

New CP MERG Core Member RepresentativesChild Fund International

Carmen MadriñánSolène Edouard

Oak FoundationFassil Mariam

PLAN InternationalNidhi Pundhir

Family for Every ChildHugh Salmon

2014-2015 Workplan Progress and Results

2014-2015 Workplan: Four Key Approaches

Consolidation of “best thinking” or “current state of learning” on key M&E issues for practitioners through meta-analysis and systematic reviews

Development of child protection M&E standards, tools and recommendations

Facilitating knowledge management and communications relating to monitoring, evaluation, research and learning in child protection, and

Offering peer review services for new tools, methodologies and learning products relating to monitoring, evaluation and research in child protection

2014-2015 WorkplanKey Priorities Knowledge Management and Communications

Peer Review of M&E tools, methodologies, and knowledge products

Technical Working Groups

Knowledge Management & Communication

Update and Progress

Knowledge Management Function Update

Part-time Knowledge Management Consultant (1 day/week)

Quarterly newsletter 294 individuals on mailing

list (up from 225, Dec 2013) Moved to Mail Chimp Joint newsletter - CPC

Network, CP Exchange, REPSSI

Website additions and improvements CP M&E Opportunities

Section Useful links

Technical briefing notes section on website Survey Programmes & data

Repositories Data Collection Tools Developing CP Indicators

Webinars My M&E Research on Shoestring (CPC Network,

REPSSI, Community CP Exchange) Change that Counts: Results from the

Follow-up Study of Community-led Intervention to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy in Sierra Leone (CPC Learning Network and Community CP Exchange)

Knowledge Management Next Steps for 2015

Continued Quarterly Newsletter

Continued Webinars

Continued Technical Briefs

Please share ideas, resources and information to CP MERG Secretariat for future knowledge management initiatives

Peer Review Update and

Progress

Peer Review UpdateCreated a database of peer

reviewers

Peer reviewing: Regional Evaluation on Juvenile Justice

Peer reviewed Retrak Tool: Use of the Child Status Index to Measure Wellbeing of Street-Connected Children (Family for Every Child, USAID, Better Care Network peer reviewers)

“it’s really interesting and helpful reading. I agree with much of what has been written in terms of areas for improvement, and it’s great to get the positive encouragement. I’m pleasantly surprised by the comments linked to MEASURE Evaluation. The format is really helpful, nice to get the scores, with all the details. It’s a good mix of specific comments, at the beginning, and more general ones at the end. I’m really glad we had this opportunity. We’re working on our analysis of our data for 2013 at the moment so this feedback is going to be really helpful as we write that up. I will make sure this peer review is mentioned when publish this work.” - Retrak Feedback Regarding Peer Review

Technical Working Groups (TWG) Updates

TWG on Measuring Violence Against Children Chairs: Claudia Cappa

(UNICEF)

Members: Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada, ILO, UNICEF, Save the Children, ICF MACRO, Population Council, Plan International, ChildFund and EU FRA.

Objective:  Established in 2011 to assist countries and partners in their efforts to gather reliable, useful, comparable and ethically sensitive data on VAC.  

Achievements and activities to date: First report: Ethical Principles,

Dilemmas and Risks in Collecting Data on VAC: A Review of Available Literature

Second report: Measuring VAC against Children: Inventory and Assessment of Quantitative Studies

Webinar

Planned activities for 2015: None; discussion pending

Interest in other Core Members taking on a more prominent role? Depending on outcomes of discussion

TWG on Children and Care

Chairs: Florence Martin (Better Care Network) and Jasmina Byrne (UNICEF Office of Research- Innocenti)

Members: UNICEF; Save the Children; USAID Children in Adversity, DHS Team, Office of HIV/AIDS; Brigham Young University; University College London; CPC Learning Network; Child Trends; McGill University; P4EC (Russia); Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town; OECD; Futures Institute; CPWG, SOS Children’s Villages; MICS

Objective: Aims to strengthen the methodologies and data collection systems to measure and monitor the situation of children at risk of, or deprived of adequate parental or family care, and the impact of responses and systems in place to ensure they are provided with appropriate care (including measures to prevent separation and the provision of appropriate alternatives care options).

TWG on Children and Care (cont’d)

Achievements and activities to date: TWG organised a Round Table Expert Meeting on the use of

DHS/MICS data relevant to children's care on the 9-10th September 2014 in New York

Report of the Round Table Meeting is being finalisedPlanning including fundraising for a review of existing surveys and

literature to develop strong indicators for the DHS and MICS relevant to children’s care  has begun.

Planned activities for 2015:Drafting and finalisation of Inter-Agency Guidance on the use of

population surveys Development of concept note and proposed budget for a review of

existing surveys and literature to develop strong indicators for the DHS and MICS relevant to children’s care that could be field tested in a number of countries.

TWG on National Child Protection Data Systems Chairs: PLAN International (Nidhi Pundhir) and UNICEF

Kenya Country Office (Anna Berg)

Members: World Vision; IRC; UNICEF; TdH; USAID; Global Social Welfare Workforce Alliance; Maestral; Child Frontiers; UC Denver; UNC; SOS Children’s Villages; Futures Group

Objective: To act as a common platform represented by various organizations where concrete exchange can take place on the form, capacities and gaps in the national child protection data systems.

Achievements and activities to date: Recruiting members

Planned activities for 2015: Hold team call in January and develop/finalise TOR by March

TWG on Improving Project & Programme Level M&E Approaches

Chairs: Alice Shirley (Save the Children) and Tracy Shields (World Vision).

Members: Joanna Wakia (Retrak), Boniface Beti Beti (Shangilia Mtoto Wa Africa Street Childrens' Trust), Anna Berg (UNICEF Kenya)

Objective: To develop common project and programme level M&E frameworks, indicators and tools across agencies in two pilot country settings

Achievements and activities to date: Recruitment of members, two initial meetings and brainstorming regarding pieces of work for 2015.

Planned activities for 2015: Subject to funding, Development of Child Protection M&E Field Guide/ Guidelines – M&E tools and systems for CP projects with limited resources

Looking to expand the membership of the group so would welcome recommendations on suitable organisations/ people who have a strong background in project and programme level M&E approaches in CP

Fundraising StatusConcept note developed in March 2014

Ideas and suggestions for fundraising?

Q&A: Ideas or Suggestions for the CP MERG in 2015…