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PROPOSED PROGRAMME OF COOPERATION 2004 - 2006

DPRK - UNICEFMARCH 2003

PRIMARY CONSIDERATIONS• Humanitarian needs will continue but the end of the emergency can only come through extensive development co-operation.

• UN cooperation must maintain a minimal humanitarian safety net and, with its limited

resources, should focus on building human and institutional capacities for development.

ROLE OF UNICEF COOPERATIONAims to assure the foundation for human development by ensuring the survival, growth and development of the youngest children in a holistic and focused manner.

ROLE OF UNICEF COOPERATION

Preventive & curative

health care

Enhanced physical growth &

psychosocial development

Improved physical

environment

Improved position & condition of

women

Enhanced quality of early, primary and continuing

learning

Improved capacity for analysis, planning and

implementation

Mobilization of financial, human and institutional resources

RESULTSGOAL

Children and women’s health and nutritional status is improved, boys and girls are well educated

TARGETS BY 2006:• Infant, under-five and maternal

mortality are reduced from year 2000 levels, in line with MDG targets

• Stunting in young children and maternal malnutrition are

reduced by one third of their 2002 levels (level to be refined further).

• All girls and boys complete kindergarten, primary and secondary schooling and achieve

minimum learning levels.

COUNTRY PROGRAMME STRATEGY• Maintain essential humanitarian safety net.

• Move forward towards development and achievement of key MDGs / WFFC goals and

organizational priorities of UNICEF’s global medium-term strategic plan.

• Collaborative programming with UN agencies and other partners.

COUNTRY PROGRAMME STRATEGYNATIONWIDE• Assure delivery of most essential supplies needed for operation of basic health and education services, including development and implementation of emergency preparedness plans.

• Improve quality of planning and services for children and women in preparation for

longer- term development.

COUNTRY PROGRAMME STRATEGYIN 10 FOCUS COUNTIES/DISTRICTS• Pilot convergent development approaches to feed into national policy and to be taken to

scale once sufficient resources are available.

• All programmes will have both nationwide and focus county components.

RESULTSPURPOSE

Support and strengthen national capabilities to meet essential humanitarian needs of children and women and to develop sustainable strategies for the progressive realization of their rights.

TARGETS:• Annual humanitarian action plans are developed and implemented covering the essential needs of children and women in the areas of health, nutrition, water and sanitation and education.

• Longer-term multisectoral development initiatives are formulated and implemented in

10 focus counties/districts with the results feeding into

overall national sectoral development policies.

RESULTSOUTCOME 1

Feeding and care of young children and quantity and quality of care for women, including pregnant and nursing mothers, improved.

TARGETS:• By 2006, ten focus counties /

districts will operate new strategy for improved family and

instiututional care of young children and pregnant/nursing mothers with a sustained reduction

in malnutrtion and a plan to go to national scale developed.

• By 2005, all households use iodised salt.

RESULTSOUTCOME 2

Preventive, promotive and curative health services for children and women strengthened.

TARGETS:• By 2006, immunisation coverage raised to above 90%; vitamin A supplementation maintained at above 95% and other such periodic interventions are operational nationwide.

• During 2004-2006, all provincial paediatric hopitals correctly provide rehabiliation for

severely malnourished children: by 2006, referal from county hospitals fully functioning.

RESULTSOUTCOME 2 (continued)

Preventive, promotive and curative health services for children and women strengthened.

TARGETS:• During 2004-2006, all health

institutions nationwide correctly and adequately treat diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections.

• By 2006, maternity hospitals in six provinces / two cities provide

adequate emergency obstetric care; stabilisation and referal is operational in ten focus county / district hospitals and a plan to

go to national scale developed.

RESULTSOUTCOME 3

Planning, implementation, maintenance and quality control of sustainable drinking water supply and environmental sanitation systems strengthened.

TARGETS:• By 2006, 80% of households and all child care institutions in ten

focus counties/districts have access to drinking water of

adequate quantity and quality • By 2006, proper sanitation facilities installed in all child care

institutions in ten focus counties

• By 2006, provincial WES improvement plans developed in

six provinces.

RESULTSOUTCOME 4Quality of pre-primary, primary and secondary education enhanced.

TARGETS:• During 2004-2006, all girls and

boys in three most vulnerable provinces receive textbooks and essential school supplies.

• By 2006, ten focus counties / districts implement school

physical and quality improvement plans; plans are developed to go to scale.

• By 2006, all schools nationwide provide learning for children on child rights and prevention of HIV/AIDS.

RESULTSOUTCOME 5Information-based planning systems, responsive to the situation of children and women strengthened.

TARGETS:• By 2006, children’s situation and National Plan of Action for Children targets are tracked in six provinces and two cities.

• In 2006, NPA targets are reviewed and updated based on progress

• In 2006, progress, including lessons learned, in the ten focus counties/districts is evaluated

RESULTSOUTCOME 6UNICEF support capacities assured.

TARGETS:• Human resources deployment and development plan is fully implemented. • Financial resources adequate to

the needs of the programme are raised and provided.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE5 PROGRAMMES AND 1 SUPPORT PROGRAMME

DPRK/UNICEFCOUNTRY PROGRAMME OF

COOPERATION

Nutrition and Care

Water and Environmental Sanitation

Health Services

Education

Cross-Sectoral CostsPlanning and Advocacy

PROGRAMME COMPONENTS: NUTRITION AND CARE• Growth monitoring and promotion of young

children and pregnant and nursing mothers.

• Local production and use of appropriate fortified foods.

• Universal salt iodization.

• Cross-cutting programme communication on family and community care practices for children and women.

PROGRAMME COMPONENTS: HEALTH SERVICES• Universal immunization and other preventive health activities (e.g. micronutrient supplementation) working towards sustainability.

• Integrated management of childhood illness and severe malnutrition.

• Safe motherhood, including emergency obstetric care.

• Provision of essential drugs and facilitation of appropriate local production.

PROGRAMME COMPONENTS: WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION• Comprehensive rehabilitation of water supplies in focus counties and key child care institutions.

• Rehabilitation of sanitation facilities in child care institutions and communities in focus counties.

• Limited supply of disinfectants to urban water treatment stations.

• Facilitating provincial water supply and sanitation improvement plans.

PROGRAMME COMPONENTS: EDUCATION• Development and tracking of National Plan on ‘Education for All’.

• Development and implementation of school improvement plans in focus counties.

• Provision of essential school supplies targeting schools in most vulnerable areas (north-east).

PROGRAMME COMPONENTS: PLANNING AND ADVOCACY• Regular tracking of key indicators on the situation of children and women through ChildInfo and annual assessments of the National Plan of Action for Children.• Focal programme for emergency preparedness planning.

• Country programme monitoring and evaluation, including mid-year, annual and end-of-cycle reviews and annual thematic evaluations.

• MICS national assessments in 2004 and 2006.

PROGRAMME COMPONENTS: CROSS-SECTORAL COSTS• Recruitment, deployment and development of high quality human resources, with a special emphasis on capacity building of national staff.

• Strategic approach to funds mobilization, monitoring and reporting.

PROPOSED PROGRAMME BUDGET• Regular programme budget $ 4 million per year.

• Annual emergency appeal (CAP) of around US$10 to12 million.

PROPOSED PROGRAMME BUDGETPROGRAMME

FUNDING SOURCE

AMOUNT (US$ thousands)

2004 2005 2006 TOTAL

Nutrition & care RR 500 500 500 1,500

OR 500 500 500 1,500

Sub-total 1,000 1,000 1,000 3,000

Health services RR 100 100 100 300

OR 1,300 1,300 1,300 3,900

Sub-total 1,400 1,400 1,400 4,200

Water & environmental sanitation RR 100 100 100 300

OR 900 900 900 2,700

Sub-total 1,000 1,000 1,000 3,000

Education RR 50 50 50 150

OR 250 250 250 750

Sub-total 300 300 300 900

Planning & advocacy RR 200 200 200 600

OR 50 50 50 150

Sub-total 250 250 250 750

Cross sectoral costs RR 93 166 201 460

OR 0 0 0 0

Sub-total 93 166 201 460

Country Programme RR 1,043 1,116 1,151 3,310

OR 3,000 3,000 3,000 9,000

TOTAL 4,043 4,116 4,151 12,310

CAP not included

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