Tab 2.0 Checklist Tab 2.0  Checklist



  • Does a national plan of action for children exist? Have relevant social policy statements been identified?

  • Have relevant stakeholders been identified and consulted to determine levels of interest, perceptions of problems, and possible conflicts? (See table 2.1.)

  • Have existing projects and programs been inventoried? (See table 2.2.)

  • Has information been obtained on the status of children?

  • Survival, health, nutrition

  • Child development, including psychosocial development

  • Progress and performance in primary school

  • Has information been obtained on the economic and social context of child development?

  • Income and employment levels and distribution

  • Literacy and schooling levels and distribution

  • Population distribution, including children from birth to age six

  • Social and ethnic organization and distribution

  • Rural-urban and temporary agricultural migration

  • The roles and condition of women

  • The availability and distribution of services (health, education, water, sanitation)

  • Family structure and home conditions

  • Has information been obtained on child rearing practices? (See tables 2.3 and 2.4.)

  • Has an institutional analysis been carried out? What resources are available or lacking?

  • Has a central problem been identified and agreed on?

  • Has a project goal been formulated and agreed on—one that is clearly stated and associated with indicators (of quantity, quality, and time) for assessing progress in attaining it?

  • Have one or more project purposes been agreed on—purposes that are clearly stated and associated with indicators (of quantity, quality, and time) for assessing progress in attaining them?