Developing SMART statements of commitments
2014 HLM Preparatory Webinar seriesWebinar 5 – 20 February 2013
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• Introductions and house rules (translation/ chat/questions)
• Preparation checklist
• Developing SMART HLM Commitments: Outputs
• Developing SMART HLM Commitments: ‘ Golden Rules’
• Developing SMART HLM Commitments: Process
• Q & A
Agendas Decision-making for WASH
Prep checklist
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Preparatory tracks to the HLM
Donors dialogue
Dev. Countries dialogue
Advocacy/ engagement
HLM
11 Apr. 2014
Commitments
SMM
10 Apr. 2014
Sum-mary slide
Statement of
Commit-ments
SWA partners/donors in
country
ELIMINATING INEQUALITYIMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
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Prep Checklist – So far
Technical Sector dialogue
2nd/3rd timers 1st timers
1. Meet Ministers of Finance
2. Agree plan with stakeholders
3. Send status of 2012 Commitments
4. Review priorities bottlenecks
5. Draft 2014 Commitments
Observers
Dec - Jan Dec
9 Feb
Jan
Feb
Mar
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
70% of countries already
responded
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Prep Checklist – Next steps
Technical Sector dialogue
2nd/3rd timers 1st timers
7. Send RSVP
9. Send slides
8. Final Validation of statements
10. Final briefing of Ministers
Observers
5 Mar
7 Mar
31 Mar
1 Apr
5 Mar
7 Mar
31 Mar
1 Apr
6. Send 2014 Commitments for review (optional)
28 Mar28 Mar
7 Mar
1 Apr
4 countries already sent
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Focus on Developing Commitments
Technical Sector dialogue
Advocacy/ engagement
Prep DIALOGUE
AnalyticalTOOLS
Articulation of commitments
COUNTRY STATEMENTof commitments
SUMMARY of commitments
By 5 Mar. 2014
By 10 Apr. 2014
4 slides for the SMM
1 slide for the HLM
Outputs of the HLCD (inputs to the HLM/SMM)
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Output 1: Statement of commitments
1. Key Sector Indicators
2. Long term vision and focus for 2014-2016
3. Key bottlenecks identified
4. Summary of progress on 2012 HLM Commitments
5. Key 4-6 SMART commitments
6. Validation
Structure (2 pages max):
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Output 2: Four slides
Slide 4 is to be
presented at the HLM
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Slide 1: The vision
1. Today’s situation: Key Sector Indicators• Coverage and disparities
2. Focus for 2014-2016• Indicate focus achievements between 2014-2016
3. Long term vision • Indicate a roadmap towards universal access • Indicate how the roadmap will address elimination
of inequalities and improvement of sustainability
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Slide 2: The challenges
4. Key bottlenecks• Identify the key barriers and bottlenecks that
you aim at tackling
5. Process of identification• Describe the process, the actors and the
sources involved
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Slide 3: The progress on 2012 commitments
6. Key achievement areas• Indicate in which category of commitments you
made most progressed7. Areas of incomplete progress
• Indicate which type of commitments represented most challenges and why
8. Carry-over to 2014• Indicate which commitments will be carried over,
but with a different angle, to 2014
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Slide 4: 2014 Commitments
9. Commitments contributing to Sustainability• 2-3 SMART commitments
10. Contributing to Eliminating Inequalities• 2-3 SMART commitments
Will be presented at the HLM too
‘Golden rules’ for SMART commitments
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Framework: 1 bold vision 11 areas of action
ELIMINATING INEQUALITYIMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY
11 Key areas of action
1 Bold vision
Political Prioritization
Evidence Based Dec-Making
National Processes
1. Financing 2. Visibility
3. Global Monitoring4. National
monitoring systems5. Transparency6. Evidence7. Linking monitoring
to planning
8. Policy & Plans9. Coordination and aligment10. Decentralization11. Capacity (including HR)
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
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Learning from 2012 HLM commitments: a melting pot?
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Learning from 2012 HLM commitments: a melting pot?
Screen-shot on commitments from website; both circles and the histogram
Political Prioritization
EvidenceBased Decisions
National Processes
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Creative tensions of 2012 HLM commitments
1. Too Many vs. Too Few
2. Old vs. New
3. Quick wins vs. Structural Changes
4. Broad vs. Specific
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The rules of dream 2014 HLM commitments
1. Few, but of quality
2. Rooted in plans, but with a new lens
3. Sequence short-term and structural
4. SWA –MART: Smart and SWA categories
1. Too few vs. too little
2. Old vs. New
3. Short-term vs. structural
4. Broad vs. Specific
2012 HLM 2014 HLM
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1. Few, but of quality
‘90 second’ rule- Max. 5 commitments- Commitments tell a story to the high level
‘game-changing’ rule- Bold commitments that will carry a step-change on:
1. Sustainability2. Elimination of inequalities 3. Universal access
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2. Rooted in plans, but with new lens
Good commitments are - rooted in existing plans- Understand bottlenecks of unfinished agenda
- Recognise shifting agenda (Universal access, tackling inequalities, sutainabiliy, aid-effectiveness) - will be integrated in next planning cycle
BUT
Balance Rule
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3. Sequence short vs. long term
‘Approppriate timeframe’ rule
- Quick wins for ‘1st timers / 2 yr. periods- For 2nd timers, focus should shift to structural changes
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4. Make them SWA-MART
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Timebound
NO
Ensure coordination of sector activities
?
NO
?
?
‘SMART rule’
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4. SWA- MART
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Timebound
YES
Establish over the next two years a fully formal coordination mechanism for partners jointly provided by Ministry of Health and Ministry of Public Works
YES
YES?
?
SMART
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4. SWA- MART
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Timebound
NO
Inclusion of sanitation in the political agenda
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NO?
?
SMART
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4. SWA- MART
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Timebound
Yes
Include Sanitation as priority in the Growth Strategy for Poverty Reduction Document (2014-2018) and Government Priority Actions Program (2014-2018)
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Yes?
Yes
SMART
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4. SWA- MART
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Timebound
Yes
Include Sanitation as priority in the Growth Strategy for Poverty Reduction Document (2014-2018) and Government Priority Actions Program (2014-2018)
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Yes?
Yes
SMART
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4a. SWA Specific
• Indicate an action, lead ans supporting ministers/parners
• Makes sense at country level • BUT fits into SWA CATERGORIES
Political Prioritization
Evidence Based Dec-Making
National Processes
1. Financing 2. Visibility
3. Global Monitoring4. National
monitoring systems5. Transparency6. Evidence7. Linking monitoring
to planning
8. Policy & Plans9. Coordination and aligment10. Decentralization11. Capacity
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4b. SWA Measurable
• No global/ common indicators• BUT country-specific indicator included upfront • Check for measurability by national systems
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4c. Achievable
ACHIEVABLE:
- Consistent with progress on previous commitments
- Consistent with what other countries do- Anticipating all facets/ level off effort required
E.g.: Build knowledge-sharing networks 1yr later: centres have been built but no meny to run them!
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4d. Relevant
Fit to fix the main problems!
Comitments reflect:1. Key sector bottlenecks – JSRs, CSOs, BAT, JSR,
GLAAS2. Progress of previous commitments - SWA update3. Country broader priorities - PSRP etc.4. Commitments in regional/global fora - AfricaSan,
SACOSAN
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4d. Timebound
Timebound:
- What can be achieved before 2016?- If the comitment is longer term, then it should be broken
down into milestones, one of which should be achievable by 2016
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What happens to 2012HLM commitments in 2014?
1. Has the 2012 HLM commitment been achieved?
Yes Par-tially
YesNo
2. Is the commitment still relevant to the current context ?
Archive commitment Analyze barriers and refocus/rephrase
Process and tools
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The process of developing HLM commitments
6. Getting stakeholders together7. Analyzing bottlenecks and previous progress8. Balancing old and new priorities9. Aligning with regional processes10. Linking Post-2015 country consultations
PREPDIALOGUE
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Support from the secretariat
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SWA Website: Global comparisons
• Guidance notes• Sample statement of commitments• SWA website- progress of commitments• GLAAS profiles• Econ Cases• Review of draft statement of commitments• Template for slides
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SWA Website: Global comparisons