C4D technical support to UNICEF
Dominique Thaly has carried out several communication for development support for UNICEF in Africa. This includes support for the "Making Data Talk" project in education and support for the UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa office's C4D systemic strengthening project.
Dominique collaborated in the Back-to-School (BTS) Campaign conducted by UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa: she supported Country Officess to design, implement, monitor and document BTS C4D initiatives, focusing on the strengthening of the community engagement platforms leveraged to ensure that the majority of learners return to school, including the most vulnerable.
Publications:
- UNICEF ESARO (2021), Good practice series on Social and Behaviour Change Communication for Safe Reopening and Back to School (SBC) in Eastern and Southern Africa Region
- UNICEF ESARO (2021), Back to school for all children: Multidimensional interventions supported by UNICEF in ESAR Social and Behaviour Change interventions guide June 2021.
- UNICEF ESARO (2021), Back to school agenda: Social and Behaviour Change Interventions, Engaging Teachers May 2021
The Data Must Speak (DMS) project aimed to introduce community participation and social accountability in education for improved learning outcomes and equity in education in Africa. This work was based on the development and use of simplified school and community dashboards in 7 participating African countries (Chad, Niger, Togo, Namibia, Zambia, Madagascar and Angola).
Publications:
Dominique was responsible for the development of the guidelines and toolkit, as well as the development of action plans and case studies. She provided technical support to the countries in carrying out a diagnosis and proposing country action plans. This was done with the UNICEF Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa and headquarters in New York.
As part of the systemic strengthening of C4D in the UNICEF Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa, Dominica developed a concept for measuring C4D results, results chains, and performance indicators. It has also developed checklists for improving the quality of C4D strategic and technical documents for the 21 countries in the region, and a strategic framework for C4D capacity building. Dominique prepared and facilitated a C4D training in Madagascar.
Publications:
- UNICEF ESARO (2020), Measuring Results in Social and Behaviour Change Communication Programming in English, French and Portuguese
- UNICEF ESARO (2021), C4D Checklists to Enhance the Articulation of SBCC in Country Programmes
- UNICEF ESARO (2020), C4D/SBCC Capacity Development Framework Working Paper
People who collaborated with Dominique on this project:
Ngbita Pendje-Wallace (DMS project)