Ghazal Keshavarzian CP MERG Knowledge Management Consultant 7 October 2013 What is CP MERG A global level forum established in 2010 for collaboration and coordination on child protection monitoring evaluation and research ID: 152715
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Child Protection Monitoring & Evaluation Reference Group (CP MERG)
Ghazal Keshavarzian CP MERG Knowledge Management Consultant 7 October 2013 Slide2
What is CP MERG?
A global level forum established in 2010 for collaboration and coordination on child protection monitoring, evaluation and research. Goals:Strengthening the quality of M&E, research and data collection in child protection, through the development of standards, tools and
recommendations.
Facilitate
coordination, communication and shared learning across organizations and entities on M&E of child protection.
Visit:
www.cpmerg.org
Contact:
Secretariat@cpmerg.org
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One key learning project
Measuring Violence against Children Technical Working Group: Established in 2011to assist countries and partners in their efforts to gather reliable, useful, comparable and ethically sensitive data on VAC
.
Members:
ILO, UNICEF, Save the Children, ICF MACRO, Population Council, Plan International, ChildFund, EU FRA.
Ethical principles, dilemmas and risks in collecting data on VAC Report (2012)
: Aims to capture current thinking on ethical issues and providing empirical support to guide recommendations for ethical research practice and decision-making in collecting data on VAC
.Measuring violence against children: Inventory and assessment of quantitative studies report (forthcoming) Slide4
Key Challenges
Do we reach
our target audience?
Is our knowledge management and resources useful and practical for country level practitioners?
What is our impact on improving CP M&E and research? How do we assess our impact? Small pool of qualified M&E experts in the field of child protection Expanding our core member so its more globally
representative
Encouraging participation of
individual members to co-chair/lead TWGsOverlaps with other networks/groups core objectives and work plans
Visit:
www.cpmerg.org
Contact:
Secretariat@cpmerg.org
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Key policy priorities over the next 3 years (draft)
Knowledge Management and Communications Peer Review of M&E tools, methodologies, and knowledge products
Convening of 2-3 additional TWGs to
take forward
specific priority activities as agreed upon by the CP MERG Core Members. Each TWG will led by a chair or co-
chairs.
Visit:
www.cpmerg.org
Contact:
Secretariat@cpmerg.org
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For more information:
Visit: www.cpmerg.orgContact: Secretariat@cpmerg.org