Future Plans
Assessment of water supply system for
rehabilitation, Kosan County, Kangwon, May 2002.
From 1 January 2004, UNICEF will embark on a new three-year country programme of cooperation. In view of the ongoing emergency situation in the country, this will continue to prioritize the most basic humanitarian needs of children and women. It also, however, envisages a modest development agenda, centred on improvements in care for the youngest children in order that they might achieve optimal growth and development and reach their full human potential.
The country programme’s strategic intent is that the health and nutritional status of children and women will be improved and all boys and girls will be well educated. The goals to which it will contribute are that by 2006:
1. Infant, under-five and maternal mortality rates are reduced by one-quarter of year 2000 levels, in line with Millennium Development Goal targets;
2. Stunting and maternal malnutrition are reduced by one-fifth of their 2002 levels;
3. All girls and boys complete kindergarten, primary and secondary schooling and achieve minimum learning levels.
Achievement of these results will be measured through national and provincial multiple indicator cluster surveys to be conducted in 2004 and 2006, the educational management information system (under development), and annual national and provincial programme reviews with counterparts and partners.
The key strategies are that:
1. On a nationwide basis, the country programme (i) assures delivery of the most essential supplies needed for the operation of basic health and education services, including development and implementation of emergency prepared plans; and (ii) improves the quality of planning and execution of services for children and women in preparation for longer term development.
2. In ten focus counties/districts (one-twentieth of the total number in the country), pilot convergent development approaches are formulated and implemented, centred particularly on achieving optimal early childhood growth and development, with the aim of feeding the results into national policy and planning. These approaches might then be taken to scale once sufficient resources become available.
All of the component programmes will have both nationwide and focus county/district features. Those component programmes seek to achieve the following results:
Nutrition and care:
By 2006, ten focus counties/districts operate new strategies for improved family and institutional care of young children and pregnant/nursing mothers with a sustained reduction in malnutrition and a plan to go to scale.
By 2005, all households use iodized salt.
Health services:
By 2006, immunization coverage is raised to above 90 per cent, vitamin A supplementation maintained at above 95 per cent and other such periodic interventions will be operational nationwide.
During 2004-2006, all provincial paediatric hospitals correctly provide rehabilitation for severely malnourished children, and by 2006 referral from county hospitals is fully operational.
During 2004-2006, all health institutions nationwide correctly and adequately treat diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections.
By 2006, maternity hospitals in eight provinces/cities provide adequate emergency obstetric care; stabilization and referral are operational in ten focus county/district hospitals; and a plan to go to national scale is developed.
Water and environmental sanitation (WES):
By 2006, 80 per cent of households and all childcare institutions in ten focus counties/districts have access to drinking water of adequate quantity and quality.
By 2006, proper sanitation facilities are installed in all childcare institutions in ten focus counties/districts.
By 2006, provincial WES improvement plans are developed in six provinces.
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, with plans further developed to go to nationwide scale.
By 2006, all schools nationwide provide learning for children on child rights and prevention of HIV/AIDS.
Planning and advocacy:
By 2006, the situation of children and National Programme of Action (NPA) for the Wellbeing of Children targets are tracked in eight provinces/cities.
In 2006, NPA targets are reviewed and updated based on progress.
In 2005, progress and lessons learned in the ten focus counties/districts are evaluated.
Cross-sectoral costs:
During 2004-2006, the UNICEF human resources deployment and development plan is fully implemented.
During 2004-2006, financial resources adequate to the needs of the programme are raised and provided.
Funding for the new country programme will come from three sources: UNICEF regular resources; other resources to be solicited from donors; and participation in the annual consolidated interagency appeal (also to be raised from donors). The country programme budget for 2004-2006, excluding the annual appeal is shown below. The appeal amount will be determined each year, based on need and taking into account previous and current donor interest.
| Programme |
US Dollars (thousands) |
||
|
Regular Resources |
Other Resources |
TOTAL | |
| Nutrition and Care |
1500 |
1500 |
3000 |
| Health Services |
300 |
3900 |
4200 |
| Water and Environmental Sanitation |
300 |
2700 |
3000 |
| Education |
150 |
750 |
900 |
| Planning and Advocacy |
600 |
150 |
750 |
| Cross-Sectoral Costs |
460 |
0 |
460 |
| TOTAL |
3310 |
9000 |
12310 |