Update on the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2018-2021 - 31 March 2017
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Update on the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2018-2021 31 March 2017
Outline
The Context
Purpose of the Strategic Plan
Lessons Learned
Guiding Principles
Draft Key Elements of the Strategic Plan
The proposed framework
The ‘WHAT’ (result areas)
The ‘HOW’ (change strategies)
The ‘Enablers’
Outline of the Strategic Plan narrative
Next Steps
The Context
The Context
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...but we can have a considerable impact, with a set of clear,
focused goals.
...and by starting with the most deprived.
This forms the basis for UNICEF’s 2018-2021 Strategic Plan.
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Purpose and Approach of the 2018-2021 Strategic Plan
Purpose of the Strategic Plan
To enhance the impact of UNICEF’s work for children by:
Aligning the work of different Assisting the
parts of the organization organization to make
around common goals and strategic choices
strategies
Creating a communication Strengthening the
vehicle internally and organization’s
externally on what UNICEF accountability
aims to achieve for children framework
The Strategic Plan will reflect UNICEF’s commitment to delivering
results for all children in the context of the SDGs.
10Overall approach
Build on Emphasize Attention to
lessons learned UNICEF’s multi-sectoral
from the Mid contribution to issues of
Term Review the SDGs; 2021 sustainability,
results as a equity, gender
stepping stone and the
to 2030 humanitarian-
development
nexusLessons Learned from the 2014-2017 Strategic Plan
Overall Lessons Learned
highlight the importance of…
Intensifying community Enhanced systems for
mobilization humanitarian response
and risk-informed
Stronger private sector programming
engagement
Greater focus on
Strengthening national reaching the most
service delivery systems disadvantaged children
in national plans
Multi-sectoral planning
and action
13Guiding Principles and Design Considerations
SP Design Considerations
What is different; what is reinforced?
The Strategic Plan will include 2021 Clear change strategies (HOW) and
results in the context of 2030 goals Enablers
Focus on UNICEF’s universal Addressing QCPR implications
mandate in response to both the CRC
and SDGs – CRC (Articles 2, 6, 19, There will be an increased focus on
adolescents
23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, 36, 37,
and 38) and SDGs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and
Build on progress in addressing
16.) reinforced; and the call “leave no
gender equality
child behind
Provide clear indicators on
Addressing equity and sustainability
humanitarian response and
– addressed through dedicated Goal
humanitarian-development
Areas as well in a cross-cutting way
integration in results frameworkKey elements of the 2018-2021 Strategic Plan
Results Framework Architecture
SP Impact IMPACT LEVEL
Realizing the rights of every child, Shared results
especially the most disadvantaged based on SDG
impact-level
indicators
SP Goals GOAL AREA 1 GOAL AREA 2 GOAL AREA 3 GOAL AREA 4 GOAL AREA 5 OUTCOME LEVEL
EVERY EVERY EVERY CHILD EVERY CHILD EVERY CHILD Shared results
CHILD CHILD IS PROTECTED LIVES IN A HAS AN based on SDG
SURVIVES LEARNS FROM SAFE AND EQUITABLE outcome-level
indicators
AND VIOLENCE AND CLEAN CHANCE IN
THRIVES EXPLOITATION ENVIRONMENT LIFE
SP Key
OUTPUT LEVEL
Results –
UNICEF’s UNICEF’s direct
direct
contribution
25 RESULT AREAS (WHAT) contribution on
the basis of its
comparative
advantages
Support
achievement of
planned results
7 CHANGE STRATEGIES (HOW) Key
Performance
Indicators
Internal
effectiveness
and efficiency 4 ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (ENABLERS)
factorsSummary proposal on the Result Areas
GOAL AREA 1 GOAL AREA 2 GOAL AREA 3 GOAL AREA 4 GOAL AREA 5
EVERY CHILD EVERY CHILD EVERY CHILD EVERY CHILD EVERY CHILD
SURVIVES LEARNS IS PROTECTED LIVES IN A HAS AN
2030 AND THRIVES FROM SAFE AND EQUITABLE
VIOLENCE AND CLEAN CHANCE IN
EXPLOITATION ENVIRONMENT LIFE
nutritional status out-of-school violence safe drinking gender equality
of children girls and boys harmful water adolescent
maternal and learning practices basic empowerment
newborn care outcomes against girls sanitation
disaster risk multidimensional
and boys
immunization skills reduction and child poverty;
development access to social protection
childhood justice social
illnesses cohesion integrated
2021 grave violations
RESULT AREAS
early childhood child- support for girls
against girls
development responsive and boys with
and boys in
urban settings disabilities
gender- armed conflict*
environmental
responsive birth pollution and
adolescent registration* climate action
health and rights of child
nutrition migrants*
HIV/AIDS
Cross-cutting priorities
Gender Equality Humanitarian Response
WHO: The most disadvantaged children everywhere
* as
indicatorsUpdated Result Areas Goal 1: Every Child Survives and Thrives Prevention of stunting and other forms of malnutrition Treatment of severe wasting and other forms of severe acute malnutrition Newborns and mothers receive an essential package of quality maternal and newborn care services at scale Achieve and sustain full immunization coverage at national and district levels At scale treatment of pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria for children under five years Girls and boys under five have increased access to quality early childhood development services Enhanced country action in support of adolescent health and nutrition HIV treatment and care for girls and boys HIV Prevention – PMTCT scale up; prevention among adolescents
Updated Result Areas Goal 2: Every Child Learns Increase and sustain access for girls and boys to early learning, primary and lower and upper secondary education Increase learning outcomes for girls and boys Increase access for girls and boys to the skills necessary for full participation in society, including productive and fulfilling work Goal 3: Every Child is Protected from Violence and Exploitation Girls and boys receive prevention and response services for violence against children Girls receive prevention and care interventions to address harmful practices (FGM/C and child marriage) Girls and boys that come in contact with the law have their rights protected
Updated Result Areas Goal 4: Every Child Lives in a Safe and Clean Environment Safe drinking water services in communities (with others, 60 million people) Sanitation and hygiene and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls (150 million people) Countries adopt policies, strategies and programmes that address risks related to disasters and conflict Child-responsive urban settings for children (urban slums) Monitoring air pollution Goal 5: Every Child has an Equitable Chance in Life Programmes to overcome gender discriminatory roles and practices Adolescent empowerment Multidimensional poverty reduced for girls and boys Most disadvantage girls and boys receive social protection support Girls and boys with disabilities reached by accessible and inclusive programmes
Summary proposal on the HOW
GOAL AREA 1 GOAL AREA 2 GOAL AREA 3 GOAL AREA 4 GOAL AREA 5
EVERY CHILD EVERY EVERY CHILD EVERY CHILD EVERY CHILD
2030 SURVIVES CHILD IS PROTECTED LIVES IN A HAS AN
AND LEARNS FROM SAFE AND EQUITABLE
THRIVES VIOLENCE AND CLEAN CHANCE IN
EXPLOITATION ENVIRONMENT LIFE
25 RESULT AREAS
2021
HOW: change strategies
1. Programming excellence for at-scale results for children:
(Cross sectoral programming) (Systems strengthening and service delivery; Humanitarian and development integration; Gender-
informed programming; Community dialogue and behaviour change; South-south and horizontal cooperation)
2. Winning support for the cause of children from decision makers and the wider public:
(Advocacy, public engagement, communication and movements; Children as change agents)
3. Develop and leverage resources and partnerships for children:
(Leveraging resources for children; Resource mobilization)
4. Harnessing the power of business and markets for children:
(Leveraging private sector/corporate partnerships; Market shaping)
5. UN working together
(Strengthen system coherence)
6. Fostering innovations in programming and advocacy processes and practices
(Promote the use of new technologies)
7. Harnessing the power of evidence as a driver of change for children
(Evaluations, research and data)Updated HOW Strategies
1. Programming excellence for at-scale results for
children:
i. Fostering cross-sectoral and multisectoral programming that responds to children
holistically and to the environment in which they grow up (Cross sectoral
programming);
ii. Improve the delivery of essential services to the most disadvantaged children,
directly and through policy and system strengthening (Systems strengthening and
service delivery);
iii. Enhancing at-scale capacity for humanitarian action and develop results-focused
programming on the humanitarian development nexus, including on accountability
to vulnerable and affected people, preparedness, recovery and resilient
development (Humanitarian and development integration);
iv. Strengthening gender-informed programming in all areas of UNICEF’s work
(Gender-informed programming);
v. Promoting behaviours, demand for services and social norms that contribute to the
realization of child rights, directly and through policy and system strengthening
(Community dialogue and behaviour change);
vi. Promoting cooperation, share lessons learned, best practices and foster innovation
between countries and across regions (South-south and horizontal cooperation).Updated HOW Strategies
2. Winning support for the cause of children from
decision makers and the wider public:
i. Becoming an even stronger advocacy, campaigning,
fundraising and communications force for children,
strengthening the UNICEF brand, and working with others
to build alliances and movements for change. Through
this public engagement we make progress towards the
goal of recruiting 100 million supporters to our cause: to
give, to advocate and volunteer (Advocacy, public
engagement, communication and movements);
ii. Helping support young people and children as agents of
change (Children as change agents);Updated HOW Strategies
3. Develop and leverage resources and
partnerships for children:
i. Leveraging resources and partnerships for children,
including by influencing domestic planning, financing and
delivery of services for children (Leveraging resources for
children)
ii. Mobilizing resources and fundraising for UNICEF from
governments and the private sector (individuals,
foundations and corporates) to maximize longer term,
flexible and predictable revenue in support of
programmes for children (Resource mobilization and
fundraising)Updated HOW Strategies
4. Harnessing the power of business and markets
for children:
i. Leveraging the power of the private sector to improve the
lives of children around the world, through harnessing
their core business, their innovation and ensuring that
they uphold child rights. (Leveraging private
sector/corporate partnerships)
ii. Developing products, technologies and global and local
markets for children - including pursuing a R&D pipeline
of vaccines, medicines, technologies for achievement of
SDG targets, reduction of market barriers that prevent
access to essential supplies for children (Market shaping)Updated HOW Strategies
5. UN working together
i. In line with the quadrennial comprehensive policy review,
work collaboratively with other United Nations entities to
strengthen system coherence towards greater results for
children, more integrated approaches to the 2030
Agenda, and increased alignment with national
government priorities and plans (Strengthen system
coherence)Updated HOW Strategies
6. Fostering innovations in programming and
advocacy processes and practices
i. Promoting the use of new technologies to more efficiently
and effectively serve children, especially the most
disadvantaged (Promote the use of new technologies)
7. Harnessing the power of evidence as a driver of
change for children
i. Generating, synthesizing and promoting the use of
evaluations, research and data about child well-being to
catalyze change, including through new and existing
partnerships (Evaluations, research and data)Updated ENABLERS
GOAL AREA 1 GOAL AREA 2 GOAL AREA 3 GOAL AREA 4 GOAL AREA 5
EVERY CHILD EVERY CHILD EVERY CHILD IS EVERY CHILD EVERY CHILD
SURVIVES AND LEARNS PROTECTED LIVES IN A SAFE HAS AN
2030 THRIVES FROM VIOLENCE AND CLEAN EQUITABLE
AND ENVIRONMENT CHANCE IN
EXPLOITATION LIFE
2021 25 RESULT AREAS
1. Governance
(Modern, transparent and accountable governance for the organization)
2. Management
(Results oriented, efficient, effective, and collaborative management)
3. People
(Versatile staff, staff as agents of change)
4. Knowledge and information systems
(Efficient, safe and secure systems connecting results & people)Updated ENABLERS
1. Modern, transparent and accountable governance:
i. Risk management
ii. Efficient operating processes - simplification, technology &
innovation, vertical and horizontal integration – GSSC & BOS)
iii. Greening
iv. Accessibility
v. Publicly trackable results (IATI)
vi. Working in different contexts – HIC, MICs, LDCs, fragile contexts
vii. Independent oversight bodies and management responseUpdated ENABLERS
2. Results oriented, efficient, effective and collaborative
management at all levels:
i. RBM/RBB strengthening, including team approach to management for
results and clear accountabilities for quality assurance of RBM process;
and staff development on programme and project management as core
skills
ii. Strengthening Evaluation and Lessons Learned – as key parts of mid
course adjustment to programme implementation
iii. Value for Money as management principle
iv. Fraud prevention as management principle
v. Make progress towards matrix management across the organizationUpdated ENABLERS
3. People - versatile staff as agents of change:
i. Gender and geographical diversity at team level
ii. Versatility, learning, voice, agency and collaboration/knowledge transfer
as core skills of staff (recruitment, training & performance management
strategies)
iii. Mobile workforce across geography, sectors (development and
humanitarian work) in support of the priorities of the Strategic Plan
iv. Performance management (Individual performance linked to team
performance)
v. Compliance with conflict of interest and disclosure policyUpdated ENABLERS
4. Knowledge and information systems - efficient
knowledge and information systems:
i. All knowledge and information systems contribute to either
programmatic results or organizational efficiency and effectiveness
results
ii. Collaborative knowledge exchange arrangements and
mechanisms
iii. Child Safeguarding Policy operationalized
iv. Key element of business continuityIndicative Outline of Strategic Plan 2018-2021
I. Overview II. Strategic III. Annex
Approach
Context Goal areas Integrated resource
Lessons learned Contributions to plan 2018-2021
international agenda
Integrated results and
Priorities and Result areas resources framework
opportunities; A
Cross-cutting priorities 2018-2021
vision for 2021
and beyond Change strategies
Organizational
Guiding effectiveness and efficiency The Strategic Plan will
principles be accompanied by a
Mitigating risks
Effective results-based Results Framework
management that includes
Conclusion indicators, baselines
Draft decision and targetsFinalizing the SP
1. Deliverables:
i. SP (narrative) Board document – March 2017
ii. Results Framework – April 2017
iii. Integrated Results & Resources Framework – the link between
SP and the Integrated Budget – July 2017 as linked to the IB
iv. Annexes – SP Theory of Change, others – June/July 2017
v. Harmonizing with other agencies (chapeau, ‘common indicators’
and IRRF structure, etc.) – March-May
2. Ongoing work:
i. The SP narrative document, including around humanitarian
action, gender equality, equity, child rights and the CRC, etc.
ii. Refine result statements to portray UNICEF’s contribution
iii. Develop the full Results Framework, including indicators that
are measurable on an annual basis and identify baselines,
annual milestones and end of cycle targetsProposed timelines for
the SP and IB processes
Date Item Type of engagement
25 Aug 2016 Road map to the Strategic Plan Informal briefing / consultation
Second Regular Road map to the Strategic Plan For information
Session - Sep 2016
Oct - Nov 2016 Development of Discussion Paper for Consultation purposes (not
consultation purposes only official Board paper)
Oct 2016 - Jan 2017 Consultation with the private sector, civil Consultation
society, and within UNICEF
14 Dec 2016 Updated road map Informal briefing
23 Jan 2017 Updated road map and draft outline Informal briefing
10 Feb 2017 Informal workshop on the Strategic Plan Informal consultation /
Workshop with Member States
Apr / May 2017 UNICEF Strategic Plan – draft for review Informal briefing
Annual Session - UNICEF Strategic Plan – draft for review For information
Jun 2017
Jul 2017 Review of draft Integrated Budget by ACABQ For information
Jul 2017 UNICEF Strategic Plan – final version Informal briefing
Second Regular UNICEF Strategic Plan, Integrated Budget For decision
Session - Sep 2017 and Gender Action Plan – final versionsYou can also read
