Reprogramming August08: Funding decrease by$835,158.

This is a continuing activity COP08. UNICEF will continue their M&E work at the national level and will start

work to improve the performance of Provincial and District Directorates of Women and Social Action

(DPMAS) in their coordination of monitoring and evaluating service delivery and in their role as coordinators

of provincial technical working groups. In FYO8, UNICEF will expand this effort to include all 11 provinces in

Mozambique. This activity aims to train 4,000 MMAS staff (those working at local, district and provincial

levels).

An additional component to this activity in FY08 will include work with MMAS to facilitate community

participation in planning, development and implementation of action plans that will ensure that 165,000 OVC

have access to the six essential services via a community referral system.

Targets for this activity are attributed to SI.

Reprogramming August08: Funding decrease $500,000. UNICEF is currently fully funded for another year.

In addition, the COP review indicated that UNICEF is not the appropriate partner to provide the type of TA

that the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Action requires. Funds will be reprogrammed to TBD until

a new mechanism is identified.

This is a continuing activity under COP08. UNICEF will continue their M&E work at the national level and

will start work to improve the performance of Provincial and District Directorates of Women and Social

Action (DPMAS) in their coordination of monitoring and evaluating service delivery and in their role as

coordinators of provincial technical working groups. In FYO8, UNICEF will expand this effort to include all

11 provinces in Mozambique. This activity aims to train 4,000 MMAS staff working at local, district and

provincial levels.

An additional component to this activity in FY08 will include work with MMAS to facilitate community

participation in the planning, development and implementation of action plans that will ensure that 165,000

OVC have access to the six essential services via a community referral system.

The FY2007 narrative below has not been changed.

This activity is a follow-on to the COP06 activity #5386 and will continue the M&E work at the national level,

but will also focus on the Provincial Directorates of Women and Social Action (DPMAS) to improve their

performance in their role in monitoring and evaluating service delivery and in coordinating provincial

technical working groups. Furthermore, linkages with district authorities and with the communities

themselves will be strengthened to improve the monitoring of direct service delivery for OVC. Currently,

UNICEF is strengthening the capacity of provincial staff in all 11 provinces to collect updated information in

line with the national M&E system being developed. Funding from USAID would complement provincial

level interventions, by improving monitoring and evaluation and coordination systems at the district and

community level and establishing a model of best practice in Sofala and Zambezia Provinces.

The results would include: District level TWGs fully functional in at least 30 districts of Sofala and Zambezia

Provinces capable of collecting and reporting on numbers of OVC reached with basic services to DPMAS

officers on a quarterly basis. Approximately 65 MMAS provincial and district staff will be trained in

monitoring and evaluation methods and in how to utilize the national M&E system for better information flow

and better decision making. These activities fit with the aim of the Children and Family Initiative, and have

an estimated cost of $30,000.

The main component of UNICEF's support to MMAS, which is partially funded with COP06 money, is to

continue strengthening the planning and supervision capacity of representations from MMAS, ensuring (i)

that they are fully involved in the Provincial planning cycle; (ii) that they maintain updated information on the

different civil society interventions at provincial and district levels and that this information is fed back to the

DPMAS; (iii) that they are provided with the resources to play a effective supervision role for OVC service

delivery; and (iv) that they are able to build stronger communication links with community committees.

During COP07, UNICEF, will work towards the aims of the Children and Family Initiative, and will assist the

Ministry in drafting and disseminating appropriate legislation consistent with international standards for child

protection. They will also train and develop the capacity of civil servants and staff of child welfare and social

services. They will also work in creating international networks of child welfare and social service

professionals. UNICEF will also assist in building the provincial/district capacity to assisting with information

management challenges related to birth registration, case management and social service tracking.

($30,000)