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