Monitoring and evaluation of WASH in schools programs: lessons from implementing organizations

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 512-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Deroo ◽  
Elynn Walter ◽  
Jay Graham
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
National Monitoring ◽  
Sanitation And Hygiene ◽  
School Programs ◽  
Access To Water ◽  
And Performance

Increasing access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in schools improves health and performance among learners. School WASH programs are being scaled-up globally, however little is known about how they are monitored and evaluated. We studied 21 organizations implementing WASH in school programs to assess monitoring and evaluation (M&E) policies and practices. Five barriers emerged: (1) logistical challenges; (2) limited staff capacity; (3) limited funding; (4) inadequate management systems; and (5) socio-political barriers. The findings highlight the need to better integrate M&E into government systems that will endure post-implementation. Further, there is a need to expand the data collected and improve the quality of national monitoring systems. This will likely require additional human and financial resources that can then translate into better planning and budgeting with the end goal of providing a hygienic environment for children to learn and grow.

Outsourcing at Fatima Memorial Hospital

2002 ◽  
Vol 06 (01) ◽  
pp. 15-26
Author(s):  
Zafar Iqbal Qureshi
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Memorial Hospital ◽  
Trust Hospital ◽  
Charitable Trust ◽  
The Needy

Fatima Memorial Hospital is the first charitable Trust Hospital in Pakistan, and its sponsoring body is Ferozesons Trust. In order to continue to provide services to the needy, the Trust needed to continuously improve its financial resources. When Dr. Qureshi took over the charge of the Hospital as its ACEC, he was asked to streamline the management systems to build a lean organization. He decided to outsource the janitorial services as a pilot project to achieve a number of objectives. If the janitorial services experiment proved successful, then the project would extend to laundry work as well. After the janitorial services were outsourced, concerns regarding cleanliness of the Hospital were brought up by patients and the management. They felt that the quality of service being provided by the contractor was not up to desired quality standards. In view of this, ACEC had two concerns: not to de-motivate the contractor; and not to compromise on the quality of service being provided by the contractor.

2002 Stockholm Statement: Urgent action needed for water security: Recommendations from the Stockholm Water Symposia, 1998-2002

2003 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 5-7
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Water Security ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Safe Drinking Water ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Access To Water ◽  
Target Set ◽  
Urgent Action

Water on our planet. The Development Target set by the UN Millennium Assembly is to halve by 2015 the proportion of people living in extreme poverty, suffering from hunger or unable to reach or afford safe drinking water. It will not be possible to achieve these goals unless governments realize that water is fundamental for almost any kind of development and human activity. Something must be fundamentally wrong when enormous interests and financial resources are engaged in finding water on other planets while we pay insufficient attention to water on our planet on which humanity's survival and quality of life genuinely depend. While part of the explanation may be the commonplace character of water in most industrialized countries, it should be stressed that the majority of the low income countries with large undernutrition are located in the dry climate tropics where daily access to water is every-one's number one priority.

scholarly journals Does payment by results work? Lessons from a multi-country WASH programme

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 716-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Howard ◽  
Zach White
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Process Evaluation ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Water And Sanitation ◽  
Sanitation And Hygiene ◽  
Access To Water ◽  
The Uk ◽  
First Time

Abstract Payment by results (PbR) for financing public services has attracted increasing interest over recent years in the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector. PbR is attractive to funders as a mechanism because it focuses attention on results rather than inputs, and because it transfers a proportion of risk to suppliers. This paper reviews the experience of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) funded WASH Results Programme (WRP), which used PbR, drawing on a process evaluation and the experience of the first author in commissioning the programme, and the second author in evaluating it. The WRP met its targets for people reached with first-time access to water and sanitation and generated high-quality programme data. The PbR mechanism provided strong incentives to the suppliers to improve their monitoring systems. However, the suppliers tended to use tried and tested approaches, with limited innovation. It is critical to consider certain key elements in the design of PbR programmes, including the proportion of funding that uses PbR and the proportions of PbR that focuses on outputs and outcomes.

KINERJA KOMITE SEKOLAH DALAM MENINGKATKAN KUALITAS PENDIDIKAN DI SMP AL-KHAIRAAT KALUMPANG KOTA TERNATE

EDUKASI ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anwar Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Education Quality ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Committee Meeting ◽  
Student Parents ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
School Committee ◽  
School Programs

The purpose are (1) to know the school committee to improve the quality of education at SMP Al-Khairaat Kalumpang Ternate; ( 2 ) to know the work achievement of school committee to improve the education quality  at SMP Al-Khairaat Kalumpang Ternate.The approaches used in this research is a qualitative approach.Research result indicates that ( 1 ) a school committee at SMP Al-Khairaat Kalumpang Ternate has formed by 2012 in accordance with the decree no. 325 / B-III / SMP.BP. Alkh / 11 / 2010 and has the school committee structure, namely; chief; secretaries, and the treasury; ( 2 ) the school committee meeting periodically, that is four times in a year. Involved in the talks is the principal, the teacher, student parents, Al-Khairaat foundation and the school committee. Things had been spoken in the meeting are; the school fee, standards graduation, the school programs plan ; ( 3 ) the school committee does not make a written report yet orally. This is a form of violations Kepmendiknas number 044 / u / 2002 about the school committee.( 4 ) the school committee ' s active, this could influence the development of education at SMP Al-Khairaat Kalumpang Tenate.It is a part breach Kepmendiknas number 044 / u / 2002 about the school committee. The keywords:  performance, the quality, the school committee

LIGHTING AND PERFORMANCE: AN ANALYSIS ON LIGHTING EFFICIENCY OF ARCHITECTURE STUDIO

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Fazidah Hanim Husain
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Comfort Level ◽  
Artificial Lighting ◽  
Level Measurement ◽  
Acceptable Range ◽  
Creative Learning ◽  
Illuminance Level ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Effect Of Light

Lighting is one of the key elements in any space and building infrastructure. Good design for an area in the building requires sufficient light that contributes to the efficiency of the activities. The correct method allows natural light to transmit, reduce heat and glare in providing a conducive learning environment. Light plays a significant influence to the quality of space and contributes focus of the students in an architecture studio. Previous research has shown that the effect of light also controlled emotions, behavior, and mood of the students. The operations of artificial lighting that have been used most of the time in an architecture studio during day and night may create lavishness and inadequacy at the same time. Therefore, this paper focuses on the identifying the quality of light for the architecture studio in UiTM (Perak), to instill a creative learning environment. Several methodologies adopted in this study such as illuminance level measurement using lux meter (LM-8100), and a questionnaire survey in gauging the lighting comfort level from students’ perspective. The study revealed that the illuminance level in the architecture studio is insufficient and not in the acceptable range stated in the Malaysian: Standards 1525:2007 and  not evenly distributed.  The study also concluded that the current studio environment is not condusive and appears monotonous. 

Strategic threats to energy security as risks of quality of people's life

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 730-744
Author(s):  
V.I. Loktionov
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Economic Well Being ◽  
The Way

Subject. The article reviews the way strategic threats to energy security influence the quality of people's life. Objectives. The study unfolds the theory of analyzing strategic threats to energy security by covering the matter of quality of people's life. Methods. To analyze the way strategic threats to energy security spread across cross-sectoral commodity and production chains and influences quality of people's living, I applied the factor analysis and general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis. Results. I suggest interpreting strategic threats to energy security as risks of people's quality of life due to a reduction in the volume of energy supply. I identified mechanisms reflecting how the fuel and energy complex and its development influence the quality of people's life. The article sets out the method to assess such quality-of-life risks arising from strategic threats to energy security. Conclusions and Relevance. In the current geopolitical situation, strategic threats to energy security cause long-standing adverse consequences for the quality of people's life. If strategic threats to energy security are further construed as risk of quality of people's life, this will facilitate the preparation and performance of a more effective governmental policy on energy, which will subsequently raise the economic well-being of people.

Return on Invesment (ROI) of Software Product: A Systematic Literature Review

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-57
Author(s):  
Rizqa Raaiqa Bintana ◽  
Putri Aisyiyah Rakhma Devi ◽  
Umi Laili Yuhana
Keyword(s):  
Return On Investment ◽  
Assessment Criteria ◽  
Software Product ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Rational Consideration ◽  
Actual Return ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Investment Models ◽  
The Impact

The quality of the software can be measured by its return on investment. Factors which may affect the return on investment (ROI) is the tangible factors (such as the cost) dan intangible factors (such as the impact of software to the users or stakeholder). The factor of the software itself are assessed through reviewing, testing, process audit, and performance of software. This paper discusses the consideration of return on investment (ROI) assessment criteria derived from the software and its users. These criteria indicate that the approach may support a rational consideration of all relevant criteria when evaluating software, and shows examples of actual return on investment models. Conducted an analysis of the assessment criteria that affect the return on investment if these criteria have a disproportionate effort that resulted in a return on investment of a software decreased. Index Terms - Assessment criteria, Quality assurance, Return on Investment, Software product

Integrating Safety-II into Safety Management

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toni Wäfler ◽  
Rahel Gugerli ◽  
Giulio Nisoli
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Safety Factor ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Safety Management Systems ◽  
Safety Science ◽  
Human Failure ◽  
The Given ◽  
Freedom Of Action

We all aim for safe processes. However, providing safety is a complex endeavour. What is it that makes a process safe? And what is the contribution of humans? It is very common to consider humans a risk factor prone to errors. Therefore, we implement sophisticated safety management systems (SMS) in order to prevent potential "human failure". These SMS provide an impressive increase of safety. In safety science this approach is labelled "Safety-I", and it starts to be questioned because humans do not show failures only. On the contrary, they often actively contribute to safety, sometimes even by deviating from a procedure. This "Safety-II" perspective considers humans to be a "safety factor" as well because of their ability to adjust behaviour to the given situation. However, adaptability requires scope of action and this is where Safety-I and Safety-II contradict each other. While the former restricts freedom of action, the latter requires room for manoeuvring. Thus, the task of integrating the Safety-II perspective into SMS, which are traditionally Safety-I based, is difficult. This challenge was the main objective of our project. We discovered two methods that contribute to the quality of SMS by integrating Safety-II into SMS without jeopardizing the Safety-I approach.

ANALYSIS OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND EFFICIENCY OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES IN AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS OF THE OREL REGION

2018 ◽  
pp. 101-111
Author(s):  
А.V. Alpatov ◽  
E.I. Lovchikova ◽  
A.N. Stavtsev ◽  
Farhad Idrisovich Ragimov ◽  
Alexander Alexandrovich Ivanov
Keyword(s):  
Financial Resources ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Agricultural Organizations

System errors of manufacturers of medicines detected by conducting of state control in the area of circulation of medicines

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (5) ◽  
pp. 32-38
Author(s):  
Валентина Косенко ◽  
Valentina Kosenko ◽  
Алла Трапкова ◽  
Alla Trapkova ◽  
Светлана Тарасова ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
State Control ◽  
Quality Management Systems ◽  
Conducting State ◽  
Pharmaceutical Quality ◽  
State Quality ◽  
System Errors

The article conducts the analysis of system errors detected by Roszdravnadzor by conducting state quality control of circulating medicines, as well as weaknesses in pharmaceutical quality management systems of the manufacturers, that can influence the quality of manufactured drugs.

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