1. Performance Measurement of
Local Authorities to Ensure the
Rights of a Child
Experience of project implementation
in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine in 2009-2011
Volodymyr Kuzminskyi, Chairman
Vasylyna Dybaylo, Director
Partnership for Every Сhild
2. Geography of the Project
City of Bila Tserkva
Brovary city
Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi city,
Fastiv city
Vyshgorod rayon
Bila Tserkva rayon
Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi rayon,
Baryshivka rayon
Tetiiv rayon
Tarascha rayon
Fastiv rayon
3. Understanding of Gatekeeping?
Gate-keeping
Gate-keeping is
the process of assessment and
planning of children’s needs and
circumstances which should
precede their admission into
residential care, and contribute to
their onward progression-back to
their families, into a form of
substitute family care, or moving to
some form of independent living.
(Tolfree)
4. Basic Requirements for Gatekeeping
• A range of targeted services in the
community
• Decision-making based on
assessment and review
• An agency responsible for
coordinating the assessment
•
• Results based monitoring systems
5. Current monitoring system and local
governments’ performance
• is too much oriented on measuring
“protection actions”, but not the whole
complex of measures for implementation of
the rights of the child in the community (very
small number of indicators measured)
• is assessing only some aspects of work of
certain governmental agencies, but not the
results/impact of their coordinated actions
• is based on absolute numbers which is not
comparable (there is possibility for
manipulation)
6. Principles and approach
• The whole system of implementation
of the rights of the child within local
community should be assessed
• All children of the city/rayon should be
counted and actions of all social
agencies should be taken into
consideration
• The assessment should be based on
the main rights rights which are defied
by the UN CRC
7. Model for Measuring Performance
B – Security Index
C – Education and Development
Index
D – Right for a life and Health
Index
F – Support of families in Needs
Index
G – Right to Family Index
J – Leaving Care Support Index
8. Model for Measuring Performance (2)
Generally model for measuring performance of local authorities can be
defined using the following formula:
PE=12∙sin60∙(B∙J+J∙G+G∙F+F∙D+D∙C+C∙B)
РЕ – overall performance
9. Advantages of the Model
• It is a comprehensive approach for
measuring all children’s rights in
accordance with UNCRC and current
legislation;
• Every group of the rights is measured by an
aggregated index which consists of the
several indicators describing certain
aspects of this right;
• It is based on the integrated approach and
interagency collaboration. It is does not
assess performance of certain departments
or agencies but only their synergetic work.
10. Aggregated Indexes of the Model
• В – Safety and Security Index
• С – Right for Education and Development Index
• D – Right for a Life and Healthcare Index
• F – Supporting Families and Children in Needs Index
• G – Right to Grow up in a Family Index
• J – Leaving Care Support Index
11. Safety and Security Index (В)
• The index is measuring child safety and includes such parameters
as crime rate, home and family safety, school safety, road safety
and failure of parents to fulfill their responsibility
• Most of the indicators forming index В are included into official
reports of Criminal Militia for Children, Department of Health and
the State Statistics. Indicator В1 is based on data from reports of
the Services for Children.
• Safety and Security Index is calculated by the following formula:
В = (В1 + В2 + В3 + В4 + В5 + В6 + В7 + В8 + В9 + В10 +
В11+B12) / 12
12. Safety and Security Index (В) – Indicators
В1 – Failure of parental responsibilities
В2 – Lost children
В3 – Juvenile delinquency
В4 – Repeated juvenile delinquency
В5 – Children victims of crime
В6 – Children victims of domestic violence
В7 – Children home accident rate
В8 – Child suicide rate
В9 – Child mortality rate due to home accidents
В10 – Child mortality rate due to road accidents
В11 – Child mortality rate due to external causes (diseases and
morbid conditions)
B12 – Child school accident rate
14. Right for Education and Development Index (C)
• Index indicates access to education for children including children
with special needs. It considers in particular such parameters as
access to pre-school education, promotion of inclusive education,
IT technology in schools, human resource needs in education
sector, etc.
• Most of the indicators within index С are included into official
reports of the Department of Education and the State Statistics.
Indicator С6 is calculated on the basis of data from the Department
of Statistics. Indicator C6 requires additional actions for the
collection.
• Index measuring right for education and development. It can be
defined using following formula:
С = (С1 + С2 + С3 + С4 + С5 + С6 + С7 + С8) / 8
15. Right for Education and Development Index (C) –
Indicators
С1 – Access to preschool education
С2 – Ratio of students in mainstream schools of all types and forms of
ownership who study on the afternoon shift
С3 – Level of provision of inclusive education
С4 – Provision of computers in schools
С5 – Access to high-speed broadband internet schools
С6 – Overcrowding of kindergartens
С7 – Staffing rate in mainstream schools
C8 – Participation rate in after-school activities (hobby groups,
classes, associations except sports)
18. Right for a Life and Healthcare Index (D)
• Index indicates access of children, including children with special
needs, to high-quality medical healthcare. It consists of such
parameters as children’s mortality and health (i.e. coverage by the
child health recovery programme, provision with infrastructure for
development and sports, staffing level in the healthcare sector etc).
• All the indicators within index D are included into official reports of
Department of Health, Department of Education, Criminal Militia for
Minors, Department for Family and Youth and the State Statistics.
Indicator D4 is calculated based on the data of Department of
Health. Indicator D5 requires additional collection of data.
• Index D is calculated by the following formula:
D = (D1 + D2 + D3 + D4 + D5 + D6 + D7 + D8 + D9 + D10 + D11)
/ 11, where
19. Right for a Life and Healthcare Index (D) –
Indicators
D1 – Infant mortality rate
D2 – Child mortality rate
D3 – Child disability rate
D4 – Primary medico-social care development rate
D5 – Nurse staffing rate
D6 – Perinatal HIV transmission rate
D7 – Alcohol and drug abuse rate among children
D8 – Participation rate in after-school sport activities
D9 – Provision of hot school meals for children of 1st-4th years
D10 – Rate of school-age children covered by the annual health
recovery programme
D11 – Rate of subsidized children covered by the annual health
recovery programme
20. Right for a Life and Healthcare Index (D) – Graph
21. Supporting Families and Children in Needs Index
(F)
• Index indicates access to the quality social services for vulnerable
families with children. It consists of individual parameters, such as
number of families in difficult life circumstances, social support and
service delivery provided to them, staffing level in the social
services sector etc.
• All indicators forming index F are either based on data from official
reports of Centers of Social Services for Family, Children and
Youth, Services for Children, Department of Health, Department for
Family and Youth, Criminal Militia for Monors and Department of
Labour and Social Protection.
• Index F is calculated by the following formula:
F = (F1 + F2 + F3 + F4 + F5 + F6 + F7) / 7, where
22. Supporting Families and Children in Need Index
(F) – Indicators
F1 – Number of vulnerable families
F2 – Ratio of children living in the vulnerable families
F3 –Ratio of families in difficult life circumstances
F4 – Social support efficiency delivery for families with children
F5 – Baby abandonment prevention rate
F6 –Teenage birth rate
F7 – Staffing rate of the social services sector
24. Right to Grow up in a Family Index (G)
• Index indicates placement of orphans and children without parental
care into family-based care. It includes such parameters as
institualisation of children, development of family-based care,
reintegration of children into family environment and their de-
institualisation
• All indicators forming index G, except G14 are based on data
directly included into official reports of Centers of Social Services
for Family, Children and Youth, Services for Children, Department
of Health, Department of Education and the State Statistics.
Indicator G14 requires additional data collection.
• Index G is calculated by the following formula:
G = (G1 + G2 + G3 + G4 + G5 + G6 + G8 + G9 + G10 + G11 +
G12 + G13 + G14) / 14, where
25. Right to Grow up in a Family Index (G) –
Indicators
G1 – Level of orphanhood
G2 – Level of the family-based care development
G3 – Actual placement rate of orphans and children without parental
care into family-based solutions
G4 – Level of institualisation of children under 3
G5 – Level of Institualisation of children (from birth till 18)
G6 – Ratio of orphans and children without parental care in
institutional care
G7 – Reintegration rate of children who have not been granted the
status of orphaned/deprived of parental care from institutional care
into their original biological families
G8 – Reintegration rate of orphans and children without parental care
from institutions to family based care
G9 – Level of national adoption
G10 – Reintegration rate of children from family-based care into
biological families
G11 – Adoption rate of children from family-based care
G12 – Level of placement children back to institutions
G13 – Level of cancelling adoption
27. Rights of Youth Deprived of Parental Care Index
(J)
• Index J indicates respect of the rights of young people to residence
and employment.
• All indicators forming index J are based on data from official
reports of Centers of Social Services for Family, Children and
Youth, Services for Children, Departments of Labour and Social
Protection, job centres and the State Statistics.
• Index J is calculated by the following formula:
J = (k1*J1 + k2*J2 + k3*J3 + J4 + J5) / 5
