Value for Money in Christian Aid’s Programmes January 2013

1. Value for Money in Christian Aid’s ProgrammesJanuary 2013

2. Internal & External Drivers Corporate strategy Bond & ICAI We need a position! DFID ?!?!? Programme Systems Financial crisis ToC Leverage

3. Christian Aid’s position • VFM = results / resources • Management NOT measurement • Downward transparency There is no magic wand! Value for money is about judgement, making better decisions, always seeking a better balance between results and resources

4. Three key questions • Is this result worth this investment? • Could we get the same result for less? • Could we get better results with the same resources?

5. What does value look like? • Organisational position • Scale (number of people reached) • Depth (intensity & sustainability of results) • Inclusion • Contextual definitions • Programme staff judgement • Comparison with available alternatives • Perspectives of women and men living in poverty

6. Whose value? “Now I can walk down the street and nobody spits at me” Christian Aid Accountable Governance Peer Review, India, 2009

7. Community Advocacy for Infrastructure, Nigeria • Community monitoring of local government infrastructure projects • Scorecards • Budget & expenditure tracking • Lobbying, public meetings • Media campaigns • 12 infrastructure projects reinstated • Public meeting process institutionalised

8. What does value look like?

9. Community Advocacy for Infrastructure, Nigeria Total CA funding: £330,000 Total government expenditure: • Flood controls £800,000 20,000 • Road upgrades £352,000 • Bridge £320,000 45,000 • 3 primary schools £120,000 30,000 • 4 boreholes £64,000 120,000 • 2 health centres £56,000 60,000 £1,712,000 275,000 ROI ~2:1 ROI ~1:2 ROI ~5:1 £1.20

10. Women in Governance, Sierra Leone • Mobilising women candidates for 2012 local and national elections • 5,400 women in “Women in Governance” network • Engagement with political parties & traditional authorities • Use of radio & other media • Working with men as well as women • Total CA funding: £437,000

11. What does value look like?

12. Women in Governance, Sierra Leone 2008 • 4 women councillors / 29 • 0 women MPs / 8 • In line with national average 2012 • 12 women councillors / 29 • 1 woman MP / 8 • Bucked national trend

13. Migrant Rights, Dominican Republic • Advocacy & practical support for rights of Haitian migrants to DR • Research / policy development, conferences, coalition advocacy • Monitoring human rights abuses • Direct support for migrant groups • Public mobilisation & campaigning • Legal casework – national & international • Total CA funding: £447,000

14. What does value look like?

15. Migrant Rights, DRLegal Casework National level • 130 / 212 citizenship cases successful • 6% of total budget = ~£27,000 • £206 per success International – IACHR • 0 successes yet – cases in progress • 2% of total budget = ~£9,500 • Potential to overturn core discriminatory national law in DR but 10 year process

16. Migrant Rights, DRPublic Campaigning • Little support in mainstream media • Strong political resistance • Post-earthquake shift in public opinion • Power analysis to aid rethink • Shifted approach: • Online campaign • Monthly demos outside electoral authority • 13% of total budget = ~£58,000

17. Migrant Rights, DRLobbying • Activities in coalition • Other CSOs / INGOs • Research institutions • Attendance at Inter-American processes • Policy positions / framing • 35% of total budget = ~£156,500

18. Questions for discussion • What is your organisation’s value proposition? • What have you learned from putting VFM into practice in your organisation? • What are you doing differently as a result of applying VFM within your organisation?