child protection monitoring & evaluation reference group (cp merg)
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Child Protection Monitoring & Evaluation Reference Group (CP MERG). Ghazal Keshavarzian CP MERG Knowledge Management Consultant 7 October 2013. What is CP MERG?. Visit: www.cpmerg.org Contact: [email protected]. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Child Protection Monitoring &
Evaluation Reference
Group (CP MERG) Ghazal Keshavarzian
CP MERG Knowledge Management Consultant
7 October 2013
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What is CP MERG? A global level forum established in 2010 for
collaboration and coordination on child protection monitoring, evaluation and research.
Goals: Strengthening the quality of M&E, research and
data collection in child protection, through the development of standards, tools and recommendations.
Facilitate coordination, communication and shared learning across organizations and entities on M&E of child protection.
Visit:
www.cpmerg.org
Contact:
Secretariat@cpmerg.
org
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One key learning projectMeasuring Violence against Children Technical Working Group:
Established in 2011to assist countries and partners in their efforts to gather reliable, useful, comparable and ethically sensitive data on VAC.
Members: ILO, UNICEF, Save the Children, ICF MACRO, Population Council, Plan International, ChildFund, EU FRA.
Ethical principles, dilemmas and risks in collecting data on VAC Report (2012): Aims to capture current thinking on ethical issues and providing empirical support to guide recommendations for ethical research practice and decision-making in collecting data on VAC.
Measuring violence against children: Inventory and assessment of quantitative studies report (forthcoming)
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Key Challenges Do we reach our target audience?
Is our knowledge management and resources useful and practical for country level practitioners?
What is our impact on improving CP M&E and research? How do we assess our impact?
Small pool of qualified M&E experts in the field of child protection
Expanding our core member so its more globally representative
Encouraging participation of individual members to co-chair/lead TWGs
Overlaps with other networks/groups core objectives and work plans
Visit:
www.cpmerg.org
Contact:
Secretariat@cpmerg.
org
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Key policy priorities over the next 3 years (draft)
1. Knowledge Management and Communications
2. Peer Review of M&E tools, methodologies, and knowledge products
3. Convening of 2-3 additional TWGs to take forward specific priority activities as agreed upon by the CP MERG Core Members. Each TWG will led by a chair or co-chairs.
Visit:
www.cpmerg.org
Contact:
Secretariat@cpmerg.
org