REPORTING OUT

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REPORTING OUT

• LAC PHN SOTA 98

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MEMO TO AA/LAC

• Transmitted October 22, 1998
• Summarized recommendations from reporting out
  sessions

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Regional/Inter-Agency Coordination/Summits

• More information to missions
• host country Summit preparations, and
• advance information on interagency regional
  initiatives, eg Vital Voices
• Enlist PAHO HQ to collaborate more w/USAID
  missions, and give credit
• Diversify partners in regional programs

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R4 Process

• Refocus review on innovation, vs. numbers
• Include qualitative indicators
• Review R4s in alternate years
• Increase transparency in budgeting
• Review R4s in the field
• No comparison of mission programs
• No extra credit for exceeding targets
• No ambitious targets when funds drop

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IG Audits of R4 Indicators

• Educate IG to accept CA reporting, not always UN
• Better guidance on indicator standards
• Summary of IG report on R4 indicators
• Consistency between IG and ADS

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PHN Human Resources

• Recruit more mid-levels and IDIs
• PHN staff commensurate with programs
• Train PHN staff in
• technical
• USAID business processes
• program management
• OE for training, despite budget cuts

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PHN Human Resources, cont.

• Promote exchanges between missions
• SOTAS recommended
• Annual -- Sub-regional
• Bi-annual -- Regional
• Quadrennial -- Global

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Regional Initiative on Family Planning

• Focus advocacy and reproductive rights
• reaffirm USAID commitment to human rights and
  informed consent
• support detection of womens perceptions of
  informed consent
• Use civil society institutions
• Avoid reliance on PAHO to lead
• Address quality at global or country level

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Other Technical Issues

• Assist missions to define ID indicators
• Encourage integrated MCH activities

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Lessons to Apply

• Recommendations used in Bureau discussions, but
• Little identification of responsible actors
• No explicit follow-up plan
• Each would have increased impact