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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