1. M ONITORING AND E VALUATION W ORKING G ROUP THE INTER-AGENCY TASK TEAM ON CHILDREN AND HIV & AIDS Meeting of Steering Committee September 9-11, 2009 Washington, DC

2. IATT M&E CABA WG: G OAL To improve data related to children affected by HIV and AIDS, including improving the: Availability of data Quality of data, and Use of data At all levels Global, Regional, and National & Sub-national Through efforts to make M&E guidelines, tools, systems, and reporting of results which are Collaborative, Coordinated, and Harmonized.

3. M EMBERSHIP Facilitators: Beverly Nyberg (PEPFAR/OGAC-Dept of State), Ronnie Lovich (SCF-US), Priscilla Akwara (UNICEF/NYHQ) Member organizations: UNICEF (NYHQ, ESARO, Zimbabwe CO) UNAIDS PEPFAR (OGAC,USAID) Save the Children MEASURE DHS World Vision Plan USA Population Council

4. 2008-09 WORK PLAN : FOUR MAJOR ACTIVITIES 1. Review of internationally used OVC indicators. 2. Development of progress report on children affected by HIV/AIDS 3. Estimating numbers of vulnerable children 4. Sharing & dissemination of OVC M&E documents

5. P ROGRESS & ACHIEVEMENTS

6. A CTIVITY 1: R EVIEW OF INTERNATIONALLY USED OVC INDICATORS. 1. Review of DHS & MICS Both DHS & MICS found the chronic illness and OVC module difficult to implement WG held 3 conference calls to review and discuss possibilities of improving the OVC questions in DHS/MICS Consensus to exclude most OVC specific questions until better modifications are developed. Request to expand ages re: education and birth registration 2. Review of UNGASS OVC indicators – Yet to be completed.

7. A CTIVITY 2: D EVELOPMENT OF PROGRESS REPORT ON CHILDREN AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS Consultants completed work during Q2, 2009 Decision made to update data with 2009 SOWC Will be published in Q4, 2009

8. A CTIVITY 3: E STIMATING NUMBERS OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN Two day meeting (July 2008) to examine possible models for estimating all vulnerable children and vulnerable children due to HIV/AIDS. Meeting and calls identified multiple ways of defining/understanding vulnerable children. Consensus to develop 2 different models: 1. Number of children at risk of being vulnerable - based on risk factors (UNICEF). 2. Number of children currently in need of additional support – based on current status (USG-PEPFAR). Both models are to be presented at the Oct. meeting where strengths, weaknesses and uses of each model will be discussed.

9. ACTIVITY 4: SHARING AND DISSEMINATION OF OVC M&E DOCUMENTS National M&E Guidance Document M&E WG reviewed and provided feedback Q3-4 2008 Content finalized Q3, 2009 To be published Q4, 2009 Planning begun for joint M&E TA as part of document rollout

10. N EXT STEPS Face-to-face meeting planned for end October, 2009 Finalize 2010-2011 TOR Possible areas of work in discussion include: Continue process of reviewing and recommending modifications and harmonization of OVC related DHS and MICS survey questions Review of UNGASS OVC indicators Estimating numbers of vulnerable children (continued from previous TOR) M&E information dissemination and knowledge sharing Identify priority research areas - both operational & impact evaluation support 2-5 countries to develop national OVC M&E systems