A Rights Based Approach to Impact assessment: Global Impact Monitoring

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A Rights Based Approach to Impact
assessmentGlobal Impact Monitoring
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The story begins 2000
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SC UKs Child Rights Programming ApproachWhat
is it?
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What it is all about Accountability duty
bearers and rights holders
Child Rights Holder
Immediate Care Giver
Family
Community
Institutions
Sub-National
National (Policy)
National (Institutions and Legal)
From the Human Rights Approach to Programming,
what we have learnt - Fabio Sabatini 2002
International
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Four principles of UNCRC, or, how we work

• Best interests of the child
• Survival and development
• Equity/non-discrimination (focus on the most
  vulnerable and/or marginalised)
• Participation (most vulnerable/marginalised
  actively participate in getting their own needs
  met and rights claimed)

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Three pillars of child rights programmingor,
what we do

• Practical action on gaps in provision and
  violations of childrens rights
• Strengthening structures and mechanisms
• Building constituencies of support

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How was it implemented?

• Guidelines produced
• Some capacity building
• Countries left to get on with it

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At the same time, far, far awaywell, in an
office down the corridor
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The Global Impact Monitoring (GIM) Framework
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Main principles of GIM

• changes
• process that leads to change
• positive, negative, unintended changes
• stakeholder involvement - particularly of
  children
• learning needs to be at the heart

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Putting it into practice

• Guidelines produced 2000/1
• Pilot phase 1 2001/2 16 country programmes, 3
  sub regional programmes 1 region
• Pilot phase 2 2002/3 30 country programmes, 2
  regions

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What did we learn?

• The 5 dimensions of change work
• Analysis, reflection and learning processes are
  key for impact assessment GIM allows this to
  happen
• External stakeholders contributions are
  fundamental
• Impact monitoring and assessment must be
  integrated into work throughout the year
• Quality of evidence is critical, but lacking!
• There are complex issues around partnerships,
  trust, transparency and accountability
• GIM and CRP? How are they linked?

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Weve done some learning, now what?2003/4
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Showing the Connections
THE FRUIT The GIM 5 dimensions of change
THE TRUNK The 3 pillars of Child Rights
Programming
FALLEN FRUIT SEEDS The learning from our GIMs
THE ROOTS The 4 principles of the UNCRC
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GIM as a way of operationalising Child Rights
Programming

• Do the situation analysis, set objectives,
  collect baseline data and set a monitoring
  framework (process impact) based on the 5
  Dimensions
• Do reviews, evaluations and impact assessments
  based on the 5 Dimensions
• Analyse data around the 5 Dimensions
• Build learning from GIM into ongoing and future
  work
• Induct partners, involve stakeholders throughout
• Remember, GIM is a process - we do it all the
  time!

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A more integrated approach?!The journey
continues2004/5
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• 2004/5 Restructure!
• 2004 New Country Planning and Review Process
  Guidelines
• 2004 New GIM guidelines
• 2005 New CRP guidelines
• 2005 Thematic Programme Planning Guidelines
• 2005 New draft GIM guidelines
• Aagh! How to integrate it all?

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Where are we now? 2006
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Progress, but still more to do...

• Child Rights and Learning and Impact Assessment
  central to the organisation
• Despite attempts at integration, there are too
  many guidance documents
• Restructures throw things off balance, but
  provide an opportunity
• New staff how to get them up to speed?
  Tricky, but another opportunity

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Maybe the biggest challenge?

• Creating a culture that is more
• open, honest transparent Accountable!
• facilitative and participatory in approach
• focused on learning
• How do you get (management) systems and
  structures to enable the organisation to put
  these values and principles into practice?

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Next steps

• Review of GIM ? GIM
• Capacity building pilots
• Streamlining (i.e. a bit more clarity)
• Thematic Learning and Impact Assessment
  Advisers to develop more specific tools, provide
  more support
• Keep working on that culture

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Thank you!h.banossmith_at_savethechildren.org.uk