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Main Expectations: 1. Provide guidance to the Poverty Observatory regarding the overall direction of its work;
2. Support the poverty observatory regarding substantive work, studies and researches for the attainment of the MDGs;
3. Enhance the capacity of the poverty observatory by training its members;
4. Provide overall assessment and evaluation of the work of the poverty observatory.
Objective/Purpose of Project: In Mali, the project is supporting the establishment of Poverty Observatory (PO) as a tool for both the Government, civil society organizations and the international partners to follow-up the implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) and the monitoring, evaluation and consultation processes of the MDGs. DPADM role is to supervising the Poverty Observatory of Mali.
Key Accomplishments: The Poverty observatory organized in April 2009 a successful training workshop on the measurement of Human Development that brought together more than 200 people from Mali, Niger, Senegal, Guinea, and Rwanda, and help clarify how the index is being calculated, where the data are coming from, etc. By the end of the workshop, there has been more understanding by participating countries on how this index is elaborated. Other achievements of the project in Mali are: Various studies that help better understand poverty dynamics; Publication regularly of Human development reports; Surveys on Poverty and Human Development issues; Management of a database on human development indicators; Training workshops and sensitizing activities in relation to Human development.
Cooperation Partners: UNDP Mali
Time Frame: October 2008 – December 2011
Funding: XBTC
Proposed Budget: US$ 160,000
Division: DMB