MDGs in the OECS and the Caribbean Region OECS Secretariat Regional Meeting Grenada, November 2013 Frederic UNTERREINER Monitoring and Evaluation Chief UNICEF Office for the Eastern Caribbean Area

RELEVANCE of the MDGs in Middle Income Countries MDG Declaration – National leadership and ownership (“driver seat”, ‘localised’ MDGs, etc.) – Partnerships modalities (strengthen national processes and systems, role of public-private partnerships, global trust funds, etc.) – Strong reference to Human Rights (more than economic growth, social and human development as the objective) MDG Goals – 8 Goals, 21 Targets, 60 indicators – Vision of the ‘desired society’ (centrality of Human Rights) – A global norm (global and national objectives) and an incentive structure (RBM, Funds, etc.)

CHALLENGES in Middle Income Countries The “situation is good” Many MDGs are or will be achieved. However, – What about the unfinished agenda? – Recent data to support this statement? – Beyond national averages, hard to reach groups MDGs in Middle Income Countries are about : -EQUITY issues (the last 10%, the hard to reach, etc.) --- New Strategies -QUALITY of social services (including gender- and culture- sensitive social services) --- Improved Systems -SUSTAINING the gains overtime and despite the economic crisis --- adequate investments, M&E systems

MDG Reporting - Status Reporting in the region is low – Proportion of MDG indicators reported on ranges from 23% in Montserrat to 51% in Trinidad & Tobago – Assessment of progress towards the achievement of the MDGs can only be conducted for an average of 32% of the indicators – 11 indicators can be compared across all countries of the region – 45% of the indicators can not be compared MDGs date back to 2000…

MDG monitoring: Constraints Reporting on MDGs still too often in response to Development Partners’ request MDGs still not enough at the core of National Development strategies, policies and programs (‘MDGs achieved by accident’) National M&E systems still not a sufficient source of data for MDG reporting Cost of surveys to report on MDGs (and workload) g

MDG Monitoring: Opportunities Use of proxy can help increase reporting (2015 reporting) Funds for MDG (global funds, UNDP-Acceleration, UNICEF-APR and equity-focus set-aside funds, etc.) Increased efforts to strengthen Administrative Data Systems Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey – MICS (Barbados, St Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago) – Filling the data gaps in the absence of DHS – 120+ indicators out of which about 50 MDG indicators – USD / 18 months / first results 3 months after the fieldwork

Increased interest for Multi-Dimensional Poverty measurement – UNDP MPI: nutrition, years of schooling, child mortality, children enrolled, cooking fuel, water, toilet, electricity, floor, assets – UNICEF child poverty: Nutrition, Education, Water and Sanitation, Health, Housing, Information Post 2015 MDG Agenda (St Lucia): localized, costing of the MDGs, etc. The way forward ? --- a re-designed CPA/SLC – Standardized methodology – Multi-dimensional poverty – MDG related

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