Outcome mapping in child
rights-based programming
Plan Philippines’ long-term planning
By: Manuel I. Madamba
www.outcomemapping.ca
Session Outline
• Child rights based approach to development
• Child rights based programming -defined
• The planning process
• The right-based framework
• Logic models
• Areas of change and whom change occur
• Defining outcomes – applied in programs
• Lessons
Child rights programming
Using the principles of child rights to plan,
implement, monitor and evaluate programs.
(SAVE the Children, UK)
The planning process
Where are
we?
Analyze situation
from a child rights
perspective
Where do
we want
to be?
How do we
get there?
Set Program Goals, Define programs.
Strategies,
Objectives, and
Interventions,
Outcomes
Resources
How do we
measure
progress?
Formulate
Monitoring,
Evaluation and
Research plan
The rights-based approach
Strengthen
accountability
of duty bearers
WE and
partners
Support children to
demand their rights
Duty bearers
Children
(and their
representatives)
Changes in
-Policies
-Practices
-Institutions
-Attitudes
-Participation
-Behavior
-Equality, etc
Changes in
children’s lives
The logic model
Future
Current
Child rights
and
capacities
Input
s
Activities
Our work
Assumptions
and Risks
Outputs
Outcome
s
Impact
Intended results (changes)
Hierarchy of objectives
Logic Model
Program Objectives
Program goal
Program
Objective 1
Changes (Result 1)
1.1
1.2
1.3
Sets of Activities 1
Country Strategic Plan
Country Program Goal
Program
Objective 2
Changes (Result 2)
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
Sets of Activities 2
Area Long term plan
Program Objectives
Levels and areas
of Change
(Outcome Map)
Interventions
contributing to
expected changes
Whom change occur
• Duty-bearers
• Rights holders
Who are they?
Duty-bearers have obligations to fulfill, protect and
respect children’s rights
•
•
•
•
Parents
Service providers
State
Civil society groups/NGOs
Rights holders – children or their representatives
are entitled to claim their rights,
Hold duty bearer accountable,
Have responsibility to respect rights of others
(this puts them in the role of duty-bearer)
Areas of change
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Policies and laws
Information
Budgets and resources
Economy that enables rights
Equity and non-discrimination
Independent judiciary and monitoring mechanisms
Children’s participation and active citizenship
Capacity and commitment of society to support and demand
children’s rights
• Attitudes, behaviors, practices, norms and values
• Quality of institutions
Defining outcomes – how?
Pre-requisites
1. Establishing the child rights situation
– Determine worst rights violations- child rights
mapping
– Analyze direct and underlying causes of a worst
right violation
– Stakeholders capacity gap analysis
2. Defining the strategic goals
– Program goals
– Program objectives
– Program outcomes
Defining outcomes: Steps
1. What are the Program objectives?
2. Who are the duty-bearers and rights holders ?
3. What changes in them are needed in order to
achieve the program objectives?
4. What should we do to influence these changes?
Determining Outcomes – applied
in programs
Example : Our country program goals
Over-all Goal:
All Filipino children enjoy their right to education.
Programme Goal
All children are
healthy and wellnourished to be
able to attend and
learn in school.
Programme
Goal
All children
complete
quality
education.
Programme Goal
All children are free from
all forms of abuse,
exploitation, violence,
and from harm due to
disasters and climate risks
that interfere with their
education
Programme Goal
All children, based on their evolving capacity, participate in advancing their
education and other rights
The country programs
1.
2.
3.
4.
“Learned Child” Program
“ Healthy Child” Program
“Protected Child” Program
“Children and Youth Engagement” Program
Our country programmes
Gender Equality
and Inclusion
Healthy
Child
Learned Child
(Health)
(Education)
Children/
Youth
Engagement
Disaster and
Climate Risk
Reduction
(Participation)
Protected
Child
(Protection)
Our country strategies
Strategy #1
Strategy #2
Strategy #3
Address the violations
and gaps in provision
on the right to
education and other
underlying rights
focusing on the most
marginalized.
Strengthen the
capacity of duty
bearers to meet their
obligations and
empower rights
holders, especially
the marginalized, to
claim their rights.
Influence reforms in
the policies,
practices, systems
and structures that
will enable dutybearers to meet and
be accountable for
their obligations.
Step 1
1. What are the Program objectives?
- Translate program goals to objectives
2. Who are the duty-bearers and rights holders?
3. What changes in them are needed in order to
achieve the program objectives?
4. What should we do to influence these changes?
Goal 1: All children complete quality basic
education
Program Objectives by 2014,
– All pre-school aged boys and girls in partner
communities participate in early education
programs;
– All school-aged boys and girls in partner
communities complete elementary and
secondary education;
– All children in-school learn effectively.
Goal 2: All children are healthy and wellnourished to be able to attend and learn in
school
Program Objectives by 2014,
– All children 0-6 years old in Plan partner
communities are well nourished;
– All children are protected from diarrhea,
pneumonia, and other preventable diseases
Goal 3: All children are protected from abuse,
exploitation, violence, and harm from disasters
that interfere with their right to education.
Program Objectives by 2014
– All children in partner communities are protected
from abuse, trafficking, and hard labor;
– All children in partner communities are
protected from harm caused by disasters and
climate changes.
Goal 4 : All children, based on their evolving
capacities , participate in advancing their
education and other rights.
Program Objective by 2014:
– Children, based on their evolving capacities, in
partner communities participate in decision
making.
Step 2
1. What are the Program objectives?
2. Who are the duty-bearers and rights holders ?
3. What changes in them are needed in order to
achieve the program objectives?
4. What should we do to influence these changes?
Example: Who are the stakeholders for this
program objective?
By 2014, all children in partner communities are
protected from abuse, trafficking, and hard labor.
Duty bearers
•Parents
•Teachers
•Schools
•Child Protection units
•Communities
•Local Government
Rights holders
•Children especially those
vulnerable to abuse, and
child abuse survivors
Step 3
1. What are the Program objectives?
2. Who are the duty-bearers and rights holders?
3. What changes in them are needed in order to
achieve the program objectives?
4. What should we do to influence these changes?
Key changes we expect to see:
Children
• Girls/boys are able to report any cases of children and women abuses to
proper authorities;
• Girls/boys in need of special protection ( including those affected by
disasters are provided with appropriate care and protection;
• Children do not abuse children or adults.
Parents
• Parents practice positive discipline;
• Fathers participate in child rearing;
• Adults report any cases of children and women abuses to proper
authorities;
• Families of children survivors avail of child and women protection services;
Key changes we expect to see:
Teachers and Schools
• All teachers practice positive discipline (no corporal punishment) in
schools;
• All schools implement a continuing training and or awareness campaigns
on child protection for children, parents and teachers;
• Schools have school improvement plans that include safety and
emergency measures;
The Child Protection units and the communities
• All municipalities have functional Child Protection Units;
• Village Councils for the Protection of Children are able to report to proper
authorities and respond to child protection issues;
• Village Disaster Coordinating Councils implement measures to prevent and
respond to disaster and emergencies;
Key changes we expect to see:
Local Government
• All municipalities have functioning community level
birth registry system.
• Community based organizations report to proper
authorities any abuse cases;
• All municipalities have an approved municipal
development plans and budget for child protection
services.
• Judiciary prioritize to act and prosecute to child abuse
cases
Step 4
1. What are the Program objectives?
2. Who are the duty-bearers and rights holders?
3. What changes in them are needed in order to
achieve the program objectives?
4. What should we do to influence these
changes?
Step 4: What should we do to contribute to
changes identified?
Key program strategies (example)
• Increase capacity of local governments, child protection
agencies, communities, and schools to protect children from
abuse in the home, school and community;
• Reduce child protection risks through raising awareness at the
child, parent and community level;
•
Contribute to civil societies efforts to bring about policy and
practice reform to strengthen the national child protection
system, with particular attention to the situation of children
from excluded groups.
Lessons on the process
•
Need to have a careful analysis of the status
of child rights, capacities duty bearers
(including us) to help us determine the
changes we want to influence;
•
Ownership is key to the success of any plan.
People commit to something they create.
Lessons
• Even with available rights programming tools
and “how to” guides, users should be flexible
and creative enough to modify and improve
the tools and processes during actual use;
• In rights programming, the focus is on the
change in people and institutions necessary
for children to enjoy their rights.
Lessons
• Biases can be avoided with good design and
facilitation skills, participatory decisionmaking processes, respect for each other’s
opinion, and availability of adequate factual
evidences. External inputs are valuable.
• Planning is a highly iterative and interactive
process where flexibility and creativity are key.
Thank you
Creating equal opportunities for Filipino children