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Learn about the importance of strategic information in shaping national responses to HIV/AIDS, the role of CRIS in aiding data collection, analysis, and dissemination, and the benefits of NARIS for monitoring and reporting purposes.
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Strategic Information and Introduction to the Country Response Information System By Geoff Manthey, Chief CRIS Unit, UNAIDS.
Strategic Information used for National Strategic Plans Situational assessment • Policy index • Resources • Prevention • Care • Treatment • Knowledge and behaviour • Impact
Questions for national responses • How can we ensure that lessons learned are not lessons lost? • How do we begin to have greater access, synergy and cohesion vis-à-vis strategic information? • How to coordinate a variety of information sources? • How do our information systems work together?
What is Strategic Information? • lessons learned – in countries of Southern America, globally • Knowledge of “what works” among and between partners • Indicators – input, impact, outcome, etc • Inventories – partners, research, activities • Resource tracking • Policies and legislation
What strategic information is needed? • Does it have relevance to NSP and the national response • Can the data be collected according to agreed guidelines? • Are there resources available to collect the data • Will the data used? Will it be made available to all partners? Collect what will be used for your program management.
Information for a strengthened AIDS program Improved data collection and strategic information Sustained expanded national response Improved analysis and synthesis of information Strengthened policy and planning
National Strategic Plan (including National M&E Plan) Programmatic data with core and local Indicators National Reporting to UNGASS or partners
CRIS – the system Questions to answer! • How will it work in your country? • Where will it be, where will it live? • Who will use it? • What indicators and other information will be contained within the system?
Issues we considered when developing CRIS • How to improve flow of national and sub-national data for national AIDS responses? • How to prepare NAC information systems (if they exist) for the Internet? • What analytical tools are required by NACs / NAPs? • How do we leverage existing applications and their analytical tools for NACs / NAPs?
CRIS An information system for National AIDS Councils – allows systematic (1)collection, (2) storage, (3) analysis, (4) retrieval and (5) dissemination of information on a country’s response to HIV/AIDS
What does CRIS look like? • Indicator database (Version 1.4 available) • Project / resource tracking database (end 2003) • Research Inventory database (end 2003)
Who can use CRIS? • National entities including National AIDS Councils & National AIDS Programs • NGOs and civil society • GFATM (Global Fund) • Regional entities • Donor/bilateral agencies (CDC GAP) • The UN system (World Bank MAP)
Immediate benefits of CRIS • Rapid establishment of an information system at country level • Strengthening of existing systems • Enhanced ability to monitor National Strategic Plan and the national response • Improved ability to report to funding sources e.g. GFATM, WB and UN
Other benefits….. • Supports global indicator standardization process, transmission format and prioritisation • Supports next generation indicator development process • Manages large volumes of information • Streamlines information flows and greater local access
Where will the principle CRIS live? • Negotiated with each country • National AIDS Commission / Council recommended • Consider technical and human resource capacity available and/or planned • Can have a “temporary” home • Can be installed as “peer” systems in line Ministries, sub-national and/or NGOs
Introduction to the GRID Global Response Information Database available via the UNAIDS website
links via the GRID….. • AIDS Programme Indicator Survey • AIDS Programme Effort Index • HealthMapper / Global Atlas (WHO) • EpiFact Sheets • DHS • Key documents • Contacts
Indicator Database • 1st available component of CRIS • Core indicators (UNGASS) that are consistent across all CRIS • Ability to add indicators specific to national AIDS responses • Ability to add regionally specific indicators
Indicator Database V1.4b • Multilingual capability (EN,FR,RU,SP) • It could easily be translated into Asian languages including Indonesian • PivotTable and charting capability • Indicator management, e.g. status • Data import/export of data and definitions • Comments field to support report making
Features of CRIS IND? • Allows countries to load all global data • Ability to share indicator definitions • Demonstrated that minimal training required • Immediate use – rapid installation via CD-Rom • Leverages the functionality of other information systems through data exchange
More features • Application is browser based • Configured as stand alone, but in future network and web-enabled • HTML technology allows for ease of addition of screens to the system • SQL Server 2000 Desktop allows for migration to SQL Server
Project / resource tracking database • Available end 2003 • Allows data collection in a hierarchical fashion • Project – Intervention – Activity • Project level data (summary information) exportable
PRT Data to include: • Sub-national functional level i.e. province or district • Executing/implementing organization • Resource provider (donor) • Planned or actual start and/or end dates for projects • Target populations' sex, age group, occupation and/or ethnicity • A variety of activity descriptions or keywords that more fully describe projects • How a project fulfills the goals in the National Strategic Plan.
Research Inventory Database • To be released by end of 2003 • Existing systems evaluated • Database design in progress • Compatibility with PRT database • Harmonization with existing systems, e.g. NIH, USAID • Data from funding agencies & from the country level • Information available on GRID • Analysis on gaps and opportunities (research and partners)
RID • Pilot in a number of priority countries • National Research Institution to partner with National AIDS Council / Commission • Match global research award data with national research data
Current issues • CRIS complements & leverages other information systems – how to communicate this message well • CRIS can be used to leverage the establishment / improvement of a basic M&E system – how do we do this? • Need for “model” countries where CRIS / M&E is functioning – which countries and in what time frame? • Developing capacity among (cosponsors’) country based staff for M&E and CRIS – joint action required
CRIS endorsed by: • UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board • UNAIDS Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations • Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group (MERG) and its members • USAID • CDC • DfID • Governments of Japan, Norway & Portugal.
Things to remember before installing CRIS • Does your Hardware meet the documented requirements • You will need to have administrator rights to computer for installation • Your computer Operating System must be Windows 2000 not an earlier model
A User Guide has been developed to guide you through the installation process as well as other functionality.