Strengthening the National Monitoring and Evaluation System in the Philippines: October 2009

Philippine UNGASS Team joins 3rd Regional M&E Meeting

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l-r Zimmbodilion Mosende (UNAIDS), Ruthy Libatique (PNGOC), Noemi Bayoneta-Leis (HAIN-PNAC), and Edgardo Aranjuez (NEDA)

PNAC Launches CRISPinoy

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Optimizing online tools for M&E and SI: Good practice from the Philippines
October 2009

The Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC), with support from UNAIDS Philippines, has recently launched the preliminary version of the online National M&E Database (www.hivdb.devwebsite.info) dubbed CRISPINOY (or CRIS3 for Pinoys, which is slang for Filipinos). CRISPINOY currently houses the existing database of HIV initiatives by civil society organizations (CSO) and local government units (LGU) around the country. Incoming data, particularly for 2010 UNGASS and other national reporting mechanisms, will be built in this database.

The national database is envisioned to hold relevant online Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and Strategic Information (SI) tools as well as other related databases (or at least be linked to these). These include the National HIV Research Database, the Philippine M&E Blog, the Philippine M&E Reference Group Forum and Pinoy UNGASS Forum, and the Philippine National AIDS Registry.

The M&E blog and online forums (or discussion groups) have provided avenue for ensuring timely and cost-efficient delivery, dissemination, discussion, and debate on Philippine M&E and SI products among the geographically dispersed partners in the Philippine archipelago, particularly the country’s vast network of CSOs.

CRISPINOY was developed by a group of database developers under the guidance of the National M&E Working Group (MEWG). The PNAC Secretariat, currently being trained for database management, manages the database, with support from the Health Action Information Network (HAIN), PNAC’s CSO member and M&E technical support arm.

For additional information, contact: mosendez@unaids.org

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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

Collaboration

Contents

Philippine UNGASS Team joins 3rd Regional M&E Meeting

PNAC Launches CRISPinoy

Google this BLOG

Three Ones

The 12 Components

M&E Products

M&E Resources

Other M&E References

The Philippine M&E System