Strengthening the National Monitoring and Evaluation System in the Philippines: Headshot Clinic

Headshot Clinic - MOVE

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Headshot clinic 2009, Niccolo Cosme

Project Headshot Clinic (HSC) –MOVE – a photo exhibit was launched last December 9, 2009 at Greenbelt 5, Makati City. Spearheaded by Niccolo Cosme, in collaboration with UNAIDS Philippines, HSC features 20 “movers and shakers” and over a hundred of people from different sectors. The exhibit will run until December 14, 2009.

Headshot Clinic Project - MOVE aims to facilitate curiosity in people and to call for action to HIV and AIDS prevention.

Niccolo Cosme is a visionary photographer who uses his distinctive style of hyper reality. The success of his HSC has taken more than 5,000 headshots locally and abroad, and is continually spreading the call for freedom of expression. He believes that photography is his way of helping out, and has indeed conceptually created change, through his lenses.

Visit the website of the HSC MOVE.

Be a MOVER by sharing this to your friends, colleagues, and family.

The 12 Components

Create an enabling environment for the M&E system (Components 1 – 6)
1. Organizational structure with HIV M&E functions
2. Human capacity for HIV M&E
3. Partnership to plan, coordinate and manage the HIV M&E system
4. National, multi-sectoral HIV M&E Plan
5. Annual, costed HIV M&E work plan
6. Advocacy, communication and culture for HIV M&E

Generate accurate, timely, and relevant HIV data
(Components 7 – 10)
7. Surveys and surveillance
8. Routine HIV programme monitoring
9. National and sub-national HIV databases
10. Supportive supervision and data auditing

Improve HIV Evaluation and Research
(Component 11)
11. HIV evaluation and research

Using Information to Improve Results
(Component 12)
12. Data dissemination and use

The Philippine M&E System

The Philippines has gone through a rigorous process of strengthening the monitoring and evaluation system in the last two years. The CRIS was pilot tested towards fulfilling the UNGASS goals.

Among the M&E components installed or enhanced in the last three years are: 1) surveillance, 2) evaluation and research, 3) data dissemination and use, 4) M&E partnerships [linkage with UN, Global Fund, and technical advisory groups], and the installation of a National M&E officer at the PNAC Secretariat.

Surveillance in Philippines is of two kinds, passive and active. The epidemiological information system seems to be working quite well. The information is collected by the National Epidemiology Center and shared across the DOH and PNAC and UNAIDS.

The program data however, is not being collected systematically. Most implementers also do not have a system of sharing information.

Although M and E is housed within the PNAC Secretariat’s office, the flow of reports has been challenging. The reporting is hampered by the absence of a clear mandate or department orders, and is largely left to the vagaries of interest and persons.

All the agencies of the PNAC that are mandated to contribute to the national plan do not have clear work plans and allocated funds.

The challenges faced by the M&E system are the following: 1) Limited functionality of M&E structure (there is no M&E unit supporting the PNAC officer; ad-hoc or project-based M&E working group); 2) no routine programme monitoring (because either programme plans are unclear or unavailable), 3) no HIV database or databank, 4) no capacity building plan for M&E .

AMTP4 Assessment, March 2009

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