You are asked to identify the THREE most important issues that relate to each of the questions or statements below. Each question relates to a sub-component of one of the four sections (the numbering system is identical to that used in the text of the Assessment Tool). The Assessment Team should discuss the questions, and agree on which are the three most important issues or responses by reaching a consensus within the Team.
Section I: ASSESSING THE MACRO-ENVIRONMENT
1) Assessing the macro policy environment
You have identified which policies and strategies relevant to nutrition exist in your country, which of these are actively implemented, and whether monitoring is adequate. Now identify which three would most strengthen the macro policy environment if better implemented, or if better implemented, as appropriate. You should state briefly also how these policies could help your programme.
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2) Assessing intersectoral collaboration
Either the three greatest barriers to effective intersectoral collaboration in your country, or if you judge that such collaboration is effective, identify the three most important contributors to this success.
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3) Assessing the government’s resource commitment to nutrition
Identify the three most important constraints to increasing the resources for nutrition from the government.
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4) Assessing the contribution of the international community to nutrition
Identify three ways by which the international community could improve its support to nutrition in your country.
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5) Assessing the adequacy of national technical expertise in nutrition
Identify the three most important issues related to the adequacy of national technical expertise in nutrition, in your country.
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Section II: ASSESSING THE MICRO-ENVIRONMENT
1) Assessing diversity
Identify the three most important issues relating to diversity that the programme has not taken into account.
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2) Assessing the local food economy
Identify three ways in which the programme has accommodated or supported the local food economy.
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3) Assessing community development
Describe briefly how the programme can address the three most significant constraints to community development in the programme area.
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4) Assessing access to basic services and technical expertise
Describe three ways in which the programme can improve, within its area, the quality of basic nutrition services and communities’ access to technical advice.
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5) Assessing local development structures
What local development structures exist in the programme area? Identify three important issues with regard to their involvement in the community base of the programme.
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Section III: ASSESSING PROGRAMME DESIGN
1) Assessing programme relevance
Describe the three most important issues with regard to the adequacy and relevance of the programme’s objectives.
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2) Assessing programme interventions
Identify three ways to improve the appropriateness and effectiveness of programme interventions.
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3) Assessing community activities
Has the programme achieved, or is it working towards achieving, real community participation? If yes, list the programme’s three main strengths in relation to community participation. If not, identify the programme’s three main constraints to implementation of the participatory approach.
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4) Assessing the effectiveness of community mobilizers
Identify three ways by which the performance of community mobilizers could be improved, in the programme area.
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5) Assessing programme management
Describe the three most important management issues that have confronted the programme.
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6) Assessing programme monitoring and evaluation
Identify the three most important issues relating to the quality of the programme’s monitoring (including participatory monitoring) and evaluation system.
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7) Assessing programme linkages
Identify the three most supportive and useful partnerships that the programme has established, and describe briefly how they have influenced programme performance and impact.
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Section IV: ASSESSING SUSTAINABILITY
1) Assessing programme resources
Which are the three most important resource constraints which may limit the programme’s sustainability?
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2) Assessing programme ownership
Has programme institutionalization been achieved? If yes, identify three reasons why this has occurred. If no, identify three reasons why it has not occurred.
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3) Assessing the programme’s ability to respond to future needs
How has the programme has considered future needs and changing priorities?
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