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ESAR RIATT UPDATE. Dorcas Amolo HACI. Inaugural meeting: 11 th October 06. 23 organizations present - Objectives: Agree on terms of reference Review current situation and responses Agree on priority tasks Identify means of working and coordination. Priority actions identified.
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ESAR RIATT UPDATE Dorcas Amolo HACI
Inaugural meeting: 11th October 06 23 organizations present - Objectives: • Agree on terms of reference • Review current situation and responses • Agree on priority tasks • Identify means of working and coordination
Priority actions identified • Social marketing of OVC tools • Regional OVC cutting edge and emerging trends conference for 2008 • Finance and resource tracking systems • Social protection / cash / credit transfer and national OVC responses • Joint country missions to support NPA’s • Advocacy and support of political processes • Africa representation on Global Fora • Social development innovations, research gaps, emerging issues towards programming
Four Refined Priority Areas • Social protection • Resource tracking • Advocacy for universal access and related inputs • Regional innovations conference in 2008
TOR for ESAR RIATT • Define priority roles for civil society, UN, Private Sector, and donors in support of common regional goals identified by continental and regional institutions (IGOs/RECs) for accelerated implementation at country level • Support operational research that stimulates a regional dialogue as well as provides insight for an scaled-up response for children • Define common technical support tasks for regional responses that support national priorities
TOR for ESAR RIATT • Act as a regional common platform for leveraging, advocacy and leadership around an African vision for children (trends) • Convene regional actors based upon an harmonized and coordinated response • Link with the Global IATT and GPF