UNICEF Kenya Country Programme 2014-2018Innovations for Results

Minu Limbu, @minulimbuEmergency Specialist/Innovation Focal Point mlimbu@unicef.org, UNICEF Kenya

For the sake of children….

Context, Situation, Opportunities

Three Strategic “Shifts”

Results: Regional Priorities and the new CP

Examples of Innovation

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Kenya – Context

49% of population <18 years, and 62% are <24 years

75% of children & adolescents experience 1 or multiple deprivations

Prolonged and repetitive cycles of drought cause economic losses – spillover conflicts & increased number of refugees

42% living in poverty – 145th

out of 186 poorest country ( human development index)

• Rights based constitution adopted in 2010

• Economic growth rate - 4.7% in 2013

• Transition to Devolved governance ends in 2016

• 32% allocation of government revenue allocation for counties (2013-2014)

• Delivering as One environment – UNDAF & MTPII in place (2014)

• New Kenya External Resource Policy (2014)

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Children and Adolescents – Situation

20 million children

15.8 million deprived in sanitation

13.1 million inadequate

shelter

5.3 million deprived in education

7.8 million deprived of safe water

1.1 million deprived in

health*

2.1 million stunted*

75%Children experience (at least)single deprivation

Three Strategic Shifts for Children

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E Embedding Child Rights into devolved governance

Reaching the most deprived children within ASAL, Urban and focus on low-income

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Building resilience of systems and communities in the face of recurrent conflicts

and crisis

Strategic shifts…..

Embedding Child Rights into Devolved Governance

Political ManifestoNational Plan Priorities and

Standards

Constitutional & legal

provisions

InternationalHuman Rights

Treaties

One National Government, 47 Counties, 10 municipalities

Advocacy, Policies

Plans

Evidence and Info

Mgmt

Budgeting, financing,

fund raising

Partnershipsalliances

Capacity Enhancement &

Technical Assistance

Baselines; Research; Real Time Monitoring

Social Budgeting; Costing; Fund Raising

& Leveraging

Alliance Building, Leveraging Resources, Community Education

& Engagement

UNICEF’s KEY ROLES

Systems for service delivery

Support for Essential Service Provision;

Modeling resilience

BENCHMARKS AND STANDARDS FOR CHILDREN WITHIN DEVOLVED GOVERNANCE

• Kenya Overview of children experiencing multiple deprivations in health, education, water and sanitation and nutrition rights together with deprivations in material well-being.

Composite Index on child deprivation – Kenya 2013

Reaching the most deprived children in Kenya

Humanitarian Response – Recovery & DRR – Resilience building

Response – Recovery & DRR – Resilience…..

UNICEF Kenya Country Programme for 2014-2018

Results

1. Inclusive Environment

Outcome 1

Behavior and social change

Outcome 2

Child-responsive budgeting

Outcome 3

Evidence-based approaches

2. Protective Environment

Outcome 4

Child Protection

Outcome 5

HIV&AIDS

Outcome 6

Social Protection

3. Healthy Environment

Outcome 7

Health

Outcome 8

Nutrition

Outcome 9

Water Sanitation and Hygiene

4. Learning Environment

Outcome 1

Education

Outcome 11

Early Childhood

Development Education

UNICEF Country Programme 2014-18 Outcomes

Cross Sectoral ( covers operational and management results)

Survive and Thrive: Maternal Neonatal Health; EPI; Birth registration; Early

learning

Reduce Stunting: Infant and Young

Child Feeding; Management of SAM;

Hygiene and Diarrhoea prevention

Quality Education and Learning: Early learning; Education

quality; Out of school learning

Results for Adolescents: HIV

prevention for adolescents; violence

prevention for adolescents;

Social Protection: Social Protection

Systems Strengthening; Child sensitive budgetary

frameworks for social protection

ESAR REGIONAL PRIORITIES: KENYA RESPONSE

INNOVATION: DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY

“Innovation at UNICEF is collaboration that translates ideas, technologies, and partnershipsinto products, services, and processes to bring about better, more equitable results for children. UNICEF creates and guides approaches that are transformative, at scale, for the world’s most vulnerable children.”

Figure 1: (MAP A) 47 counties in Kenya showing Level of Child Deprivation also known as Child Deprivation Index/Source: UNICEF (MAP B) Mobile telephone network coverage of Kenya in 2010/Source: © Europa Technologies & GSM Association

Full Report: Minu Limbu and Marcel Rudasingwa URL: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2585686

Child Deprivation Index Mobile 2G Coverage

Child Rights Vs Digital Divide

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Child Protection Education Emergency Health Nutrition Social Policy

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Planning Ongoing

Programmes

Products

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ProcessesPartnershi

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Transformation through Innovation

Sector(s) Best Practices Description KCO Partners

eMIS SMS/web based education information management with direct access to over 20K head teachers

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CPIMS (Kakuma) Process based and partners owned information system for child crisis in Kakuma Refugee Camp x x

Uterine Balloon Tamponade

To address extremely high maternal mortality rates in rural areas.

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Cash Transfer for Orphan Vulnerable Children

CT-OVC have high fiduciary risks at payment system. Now, over 50,000 HH i.e. 150,000 beneficiaries

x x

Improvement in real time data collection

Support 20 – 30 cross nutrition assessment and generate evidence in almost real time. x x

Kenya Inter Agency Rapid Assessment

Addresses HoA real time evaluation on lack of inter agency decision support mechanisms during emergency

x x

PCA Database Partnership Dbase

To improve efficiency and effectiveness of the partnership engagement through proper MnE,reporting

x

Sector(s) Best Practices Description KCO Partners

eMIS SMS/web based education information management with direct access to over 20K head teachers

x x

CPIMS (Kakuma) Process based and partners owned information system for child crisis in Kakuma Refugee Camp x x

Uterine Balloon Tamponade

To address extremely high maternal mortality rates in rural areas.

x x

Cash Transfer for Orphan Vulnerable Children

CT-OVC have high fiduciary risks at payment system. Now, over 50,000 HH i.e. 150,000 beneficiaries

x x

Improvement in real time data collection

Support 20 – 30 cross nutrition assessment and generate evidence in almost real time. x x

Kenya Inter Agency Rapid Assessment

Addresses HoA real time evaluation on lack of inter agency decision support mechanisms during emergency

x x

PCA Database Partnership Dbase

To improve efficiency and effectiveness of the partnership engagement through proper MnE,reporting

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ProgrammesProducts

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Processes Partnerships

Kenya featured in Global Innovation Meet and Global Innovation Project Mappings

KCO Focus for InnovationIn the new CPD

For CPD 2014 - 2018

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inclusiveenvironmnet

protectiveenvironment

healthyenvironment

Learningenvironment

Cross Sectoral

Best Practices in Kenya

My school is a place where pupils have access to clean water for drinking and washing needs. A) YES or B) NO

Measuring quality education (via Android and Web)

Power to the Phone@echo_mobi

ICF Primary SchoolWajir County

Quick Glance

TSC Code: 933904027Sub County: Wajir EastHead Teacher: Rashid YussufPhone: 0723903014 Merit Score: 64.6%KCPE Score: 267.1CFS Score: 56.1%

Book-Pupil Ratio 3:1Pupil-Teacher Ratio 1:46Pupil-Classroom Ratio: 98:1GER: 98%NER: 89%Monthly Attendance: 76%Completion Rate: 32%

Enrollment Boys: 316 Enrollment Girls: 868Enrollment Total: 1184# of Teachers: 17Water Source: WellWASH Pupil-Latrine Ratio: 40:1Solar Panels for Lighting: YesCFS Training: YesC4D Enrollment Drive: No

Map| Resources| School Plan | MERIT | CFS | M-Learning | EMIS | Partners

VideosPhotosMap School Plan

CFS Scores Merit Scores EMIS Data Partners

Documents M-Learning

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Wajir WestCONSTITUENCY

ICF Pri. Sch.SCHOOL

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Question 3: Analyzing quality education. EMIS Light Online dashboard

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Kenya Multi Agency Rapid Assessment (KIRA), Bottom Up Innovation from Africa

Oxford University Humanitarian Innovation Conference 2014

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Minu Limbu, @minulimbuEmergency Specialist/Innovation Focal Point mlimbu@unicef.org, UNICEF Kenya