In 2007, UNICEF commissioned John Snow Inc (JSI), at the end of a bidding process, to evaluate the third round of MICS, globally. As described earlier on this blog site, the Evaluation was intended to assist UNICEF to judge if the initiative’s results are justified by the expenses and commitments made as well as to learn how best to use and improve the MICS and similar data in support of global goals and targets.
Also, on these pages, it was indicated earlier that the Evaluation report was presented to a select group of senior managers, among others.
JSI has now completed the final, formatted, print ready version of the MICS3 Evaluation Report. Download the report and it's annexes here.
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Sunday, August 2, 2009
Friday, November 28, 2008
MICS3 Evaluation Report Presented
The MICS3 Evaluation Report was presented last Monday, November 24th, at UNICEF HQ. John Snow Inc (JSI), the independent organization that undertook the evaluation, presented the results in two parts: Technical and Governance. For both presentations, Attila Hancioglu, the Global MICS Coordinator, provided the responses of the New York MICS Team and the Statistics and Monitoring Section (SMS).
Participants included the senior management of UNICEF, members of the JSI Evaluation Team, the Steering Committee members, HQ MICS team, staff members from SMS, and staff from other relevant sections of UNICEF HQ.
The morning session was devoted to JSI and MICS/SMS presentations on technical findings, followed by a plenary discussion. The afternoon session was devoted to findings on governance, with the same format.
More information on the proceedings of the meeting, as well as the presentations, will be posted here later.
Now it's time to digest all the information, findings, and discussions, for a better MICS.
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Participants included the senior management of UNICEF, members of the JSI Evaluation Team, the Steering Committee members, HQ MICS team, staff members from SMS, and staff from other relevant sections of UNICEF HQ.
The morning session was devoted to JSI and MICS/SMS presentations on technical findings, followed by a plenary discussion. The afternoon session was devoted to findings on governance, with the same format.
More information on the proceedings of the meeting, as well as the presentations, will be posted here later.
Now it's time to digest all the information, findings, and discussions, for a better MICS.
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
MICS3 Evaluation
UNICEF commissioned the evaluation of MICS3 to judge if the initiative’s results are justified by the expenses and commitments made as well as to learn how best to use and improve the MICS and similar data in support of global goals and targets.
An Evaluation Team based in John Snow Inc. (JSI) conducted this evaluation. The evaluation assesses the quality and the impact of MICS and aims to help UNICEF make decisions about the future of MICS in the light of changing information needs and partnerships. It includes a large scale online survey, case studies of 8 countries, extensive interviewing, and technical re-analysis to verify original results.
Others involved in this evaluation were: the Steering Committee, composed of internal (UNICEF) and external experts, Mary Black, the Evaluation Manager, and the Evaluation Management Team, composed of Samuel Bickel from the Evaluation Office, Tessa Wardlaw, Attila Hancioglu, and Emma Holmberg.
MICS3 Evaluation is very important from a number of respects. The first round of MICS was evaluated in 1999. MICS2 was not evaluated in a systematic manner. The evaluation of MICS1 was not a comprehensive evaluation across technical and governance issues despite it's critical importance for programming, global and national level monitoring, and advocacy. The independent, external evaluation of MICS3 is a major input into the planning for the 4th and future rounds of MICS. The Evaluation is also important because it is the only evaluation of its kind for any international household survey programme - in terms of scope, transparency and magnitude.
The Evaluation report is about to be signed off by the Evaluation Office, and will be presented to UNICEF senior management this month. Once the report is signed off, it will be made available publicly. For the time being, UNICEF colleagues, the report can be accessed here.
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An Evaluation Team based in John Snow Inc. (JSI) conducted this evaluation. The evaluation assesses the quality and the impact of MICS and aims to help UNICEF make decisions about the future of MICS in the light of changing information needs and partnerships. It includes a large scale online survey, case studies of 8 countries, extensive interviewing, and technical re-analysis to verify original results.
Others involved in this evaluation were: the Steering Committee, composed of internal (UNICEF) and external experts, Mary Black, the Evaluation Manager, and the Evaluation Management Team, composed of Samuel Bickel from the Evaluation Office, Tessa Wardlaw, Attila Hancioglu, and Emma Holmberg.
MICS3 Evaluation is very important from a number of respects. The first round of MICS was evaluated in 1999. MICS2 was not evaluated in a systematic manner. The evaluation of MICS1 was not a comprehensive evaluation across technical and governance issues despite it's critical importance for programming, global and national level monitoring, and advocacy. The independent, external evaluation of MICS3 is a major input into the planning for the 4th and future rounds of MICS. The Evaluation is also important because it is the only evaluation of its kind for any international household survey programme - in terms of scope, transparency and magnitude.
The Evaluation report is about to be signed off by the Evaluation Office, and will be presented to UNICEF senior management this month. Once the report is signed off, it will be made available publicly. For the time being, UNICEF colleagues, the report can be accessed here.
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