Preparing the Country Report and Report Cards

• The Process• Contents of the Country Report• Templates: Report and report card• Analysis and Verification process

Summary

The Assessment Process and Finalising the Report

Country CoordinatorCountry Coordinator

Core groupCore group

Assessment Partners Assessment Partners

Incorporate comments and suggestions into the final outcome of the report

Incorporate comments and suggestions into the final outcome of the report

WBTi Team at IBFAN Asia RCO

WBTi Team at IBFAN Asia RCO

Trains

Formulates

Collect information, Conduct assessments, finalise amongst core

group and prepare a report

Report presented to a wider audience for

review and comments and build consensus

Report presented to a wider audience for

review and comments and build consensus

After the assessment process is completed

and findings are shared with the WBTi secretariat & IBFAN Asia by the country

coordinator,

Analysis & Verification Process begins

Process of Generating Report Card

Basic Information

1. Country Name 2. Assessment Year3. Photo4. Introduction5. Background6. Assessment process followed by the country7. List of the partners for the assessment process

Contents of a Country Report

Report Template

http://www.worldbreastfeedingtrends.org/documents.php

Verification Process

Part - I : policy and programmes (indicator 1-10)

Findings Sources of findings Gaps Recommendations

Assessment Findings

Part - II : infant feeding practices (indicator 11-15)

National in scope data. Source of the data with year Summary comments Recommendations

Analysis and Verification Process

Analysis & Verification

Contd

• Implementation of the International Code: We Verify with ICDC Blue SOC (State of the code by country)

Contd. For : Indicator 3:

Indicator 4: Maternity Protection: – Verify with WABA “Status of

Maternity Protection by Country” (see WBTi portal)

– Verify with Ratifications of C183 Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183) available on ILO website:

(http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:11300:0::NO:11300:P11300_INSTRUMENT_ID:312328:NO)

Contd.: Indicator 4

Finalisation

• Reports requiring clarifications/corrections are sent back to the country coordinator

• This process goes on till the report is finalized• Final report is sent to the country coordinator for

written approval as well• After the the country coordinator agrees, the

report is uploaded on the web portal, which generates scores and colour coding.

Report Card Template

How to make use of report cards

• Govt. agencies– To include interventions in the country plan discussion ----

implementation– To focus more on critical areas

• Donor agencies– To focus on areas of immediate concerns and fitting in

their plans

• Media – To develop stories on the pressing issues– To initiate a debate in public domain

Who can use the information generated by WBTi

• Advocacy with govt. agencies– MOHFW / MOPH– MWCD– MON– HIV/AIDS agency– Labour ministry– MO Internal security/ Home– Ministry of statistics– Ministry of Law– Others

• Advocacy with UN agencies• Advocacy with Donors• Advocacy with Media• Advocacy with professional organizations• Sharing with other civil society groups and having a collective response• To develop actions on campaigns, trainings, code monitoring etc.

Civil Society Organisations can use the report for

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