Strengthening the National Monitoring and Evaluation System in the Philippines: June 2010

NEC assesses HIV vulnerability of LGUs nationwide

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The National Epidemiology Center (NEC) of the Department of Health (DOH), in collaboration with the Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC), is conducting the rapid assessment of vulnerability (RAV) to HIV of more than 60 cities and capitals towns in the 17 regions of the country. The activity started in May 2010 and is hope to be finished by end of July 2010.

The results of the RAV will be analyzed and discussed by the 3rd week of August during the 2nd Strategic Information and Response -Level Up (STIR-UP).

2010 Rapid Assessment of Vulnerability (RAV) Manual (download HERE)

For more information, contact: hivepicenter@gmail.com

RAATs undergo training on M&E

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Dr. Jojo Feliciano, PNAC M&E Officer, giving the lecture on M&E fundamentals and the National M&E Framework on HIV to more than 50 RAATs members from the 17 regions on 16 June 2010 at the Local Government Academy Training Center (LGATC), UP Los Banos, Laguna.

The training workshop, which was focused on M&E, was 4th in the series of capacity building activities for RAATs. The first 3 workshops were conducted in 2009 - one in Davao City and two in Cebu City.

The project ,"Leadership for Effective and Sustained Responses to HIV and AIDS", is being implemented by the Local Government Acadamy (LGA) of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). It seeks to harmonize efforts of the Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC) and the Joint UN Programme on Support to AIDS in the Philippines (JUPSAP) to strengthen sustainable local AIDS responses through the development of leadership capacities of local government units (LGUs) and the Regional AIDS Assistance Teams (RAATs).

The project is the first component of the 5-component GOP-UNDP "Promoting Leadership & Mitigating the Negative Impacts of HIV & AIDS on Human Development" programme which aims to support leadership and capacity development to strengthen local responses and mitigate the negative impacts on human development of HIV and AIDS. It adopts a modular approach in programming to remain flexible and responsive to a growing Philippine HIV epidemic and the needs of the Philippines 4th AIDS Medium Term Plan.

For more information visit the project website at: http://www.lga.gov.ph/hiv

Or contact Mr. Patrick Erestain.

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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NEC assesses HIV vulnerability of LGUs nationwide

RAATs undergo training on M&E

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