Expert Group Meeting on developing supplementary targets and indicators to strengthen social inclusi

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Expert Group Meeting on developing supplementary
targets and indicators to strengthen social
inclusion, gender equality and health promotion
in the MDGs Background of the project and
objectives

• Kasirim Nwuke
• Chief, MDGs/Poverty Analysis Monitoring Section
• ECA

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Outline of presentation

• About the project
• Why supplementary MDG targets and indicators?
• Main Outputs of the project in Africa
• Main Activities
• Objectives of the EGM
• Thematic areas
• Structure of the meeting

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About the project

• Part of an interregional Development Account
  project entitled Interregional cooperation to
  strengthen social inclusion, gender equality and
  health promotion in the MDGs. in collaboration
  with ESCAP, ESCWA, ECE and ECLAC.
• PROJECT GOAL To increase the capacity of the
  Governments in the 5 regions to promote the
  social inclusion of vulnerable groups, gender
  equality and health equity in mainstream
  development through the development of
  contextualized targets and indicators for the
  MDGs.

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Why supplementary MDG targets and indicators?

• The existing MDG targets and indicators may not
  fully reflect the progress being made towards
  inclusion of the socially excluded and
  marginalized groups in mainstream development and
  in addressing inequities in health.
• The MDGs are the development targets that all
  African countries have agreed to and have adopted.

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Main Outputs of the project in Africa

• Additional Africa-specific targets and indicators
  on inclusion of the socially excluded groups,
  gender equality and health equity and sexual and
  reproductive health and
• Knowledge networks to discuss and disseminate
  relevant information on social exclusion and the
  MDGs.

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Main Activities

• Desk review of existing information to identify
  targets/indicators
• Key informant consultations to solicit additional
  information on social inclusion issues and
  supplementary targets and indicators in selected
  member countries
• Expert Group Meeting
• Knowledge and experience sharing
• Inter-regional meeting

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Objectives of this EGM

• Critically review the draft report and make
  suggestions to improve the draft document
• Identify key issues, in the selected thematic
  areas of social exclusion
• Suggest, prioritize and recommend supplementary
  MDG targets and indicators that can help foster
  the monitoring of the inclusion of the
  marginalized groups, gender equality and health
  equity into mainstream development
• Identify constraints and opportunities faced by
  countries in adopting these suggested additional
  indicators and
• Chart a way forward

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Thematic areas

• Gender equality
• Youth,
• Other socially excluded groups older persons
  persons with disability and people living with
  HIV/AIDS etc.
• Health equity and sexual and reproductive health

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Structure of meeting

• Plenary and group discussions
• Day 1
• Focus on reviewing the draft report
• Day 2
• Experience sharing from countries
• Group discussions to identify and prioritize
  supplementary indicators
• Day 3
• Review feasibility of suggested additional
  indicators
• Discuss importance of knowledge sharing to
  support MDGs
• Synthesis of the meeting
• Way forward

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