Using iSIKHNAS for Budget Advocacy

1. Using iSIKHNAS for Budget Advocacy 3.4 Using disease costs and benefits for budget advocacy

2. Objectives for this session • On completion of this session the participants should be able to: • Develop a simple case for budget advocacy for an animal health activity

3. Review • Losses due to disease: • Direct losses • Indirect losses • Non-financial losses • To estimate losses due to disease: • Obtain information about the affected production system • Calculate the unit loss from disease for each affected farm or animal • Estimate the number of affected farms (or animals) • Calculate the total annual loss • Undertake a sensitivity analysis

4. Review (2) • Costs of animal health programs: • Fixed and variable costs • Surveillance activities • Control activities • Operational costs • Program management • Farmer costs • Communications • Benefits of animal health programs • Disease losses without program – disease losses with program

5. Using economic analyses for budget advocacy • Identify the problem: • what is the disease/problem of concern? • Why is it a problem (is it important)? • Estimate cost of disease • How would you fix it? • Identify a proposed response to reduce the impact • Is it worth doing? • Estimate costs and benefits of the program • Other issues to consider: • Non-financial impacts, competing priorities, budget constraints • Propose a case for funding to go to your superiors • What will it cost? who will pay? who will benefit? what are the risks?

6. Session summary • Budget advocacy needs to consider economic analysis as part of broader issues in budget planning • Other issues include: • Budget availability • Social/political factors • Non-financial impacts • Competing priorities • Risks of failure • Proposal needs to identify and address these issues

7. Discussion and questions?

8. Exercise • In groups of 4-5: • Each group (for 45 min): • outline a case for a proposed animal health activity (one of following diseases) for a Kabupaten: • HPAI control program, helminthiasis, haemorrhagic septicaemia, brucellosis, Others? • Estimates of current costs of disease (no program) • Broad outline of a proposed program • Estimates of costs and benefits of proposed program • How would you present the case for budget to implement the program? • Are there competing priorities? If so how might you address these? • Are there risks that might affect the ability to deliver the program successfully? • groups report back and discuss (after break)

9. Discussion and questions? • For each group: • have they: • identified why the disease is a problem? • Estimated losses experienced due to disease? • Estimated losses costs and benefits of control? • Is the disease worth controlling? • Have they presented a good argument for their proposal? • Have they identified and addressed other issues and priorities or risks that might affect ability to deliver?

10. Session summary • Budget advocacy for animal health activities has multiple components: • Losses due to disease • Outline of program • Costs and benefits of program • Identification and response to other issues • Budget availability • Social/political factors • Non-financial impacts • Competing priorities • Risks of failure