24 October 2022

EU-UNICEF Public Finance Facility for South and Southeast Asia

The EU and UNICEF launched a partnership to establish the Public Finance Facility (PFF) in South and Southeast Asia to support the best possible use of public social sectors’ budgets. The four-year initiative covers seven countries, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar in Southeast Asia, and Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in South Asia., Challenges, Government budgets are the most important public policy instruments for the realization of the rights and well-being of children, as stipulated in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The decisions governments make about how to fund social services are critical to the equitable development of children. If allocations are insufficient,…, Solution, To respond to the challenges, the EU and UNICEF launched a partnership in 2019 to establish the Public Finance Facility (PFF) in South and Southeast Asia to support the best possible use of public social sectors’ budgets. The four-year initiative covers seven countries, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar in Southeast Asia, and Bangladesh, Nepal,…, Knowledge Products, Education Budget Brief 2021 Education Budget Brief 2020 Social Affairs Budget Brief 2021 Education Budget Brief 2022 Thematic Report on Disability in Cambodia Lao PDR In Lao PDR, the Facility focuses on PFM and advocacy on nutrition budget briefs, review and costing of the National Costed Plan for Nutrition, as well as the public investment needs…, Knowledge Products, Nutrition Budget Brief 2016-2019 Review of costing of the National Plan of Action for Nutrition 2016-2020 Nutrition Budget Brief 2020-2022 Myanmar In Myanmar, the Facility includes reviewing of the last decade social policy and budget reform process in Myanmar for the children, understanding and generating evidence of SAZ (special administrative…, Knowledge Products, Budget Brief Education 2019-2020 Budget Brief Social Welfare 2019-2020 (English Version) Rural Water Budget Brief 2018-2019 Diagnostic on the provision of social services in Myanmar Making Decentralization Work for Every Child Looking Back: Paths Towards Social and Financial Reform in Myanmar Rice porridge is served to the children at an EU…, Knowledge Products, Policy Brief on Advancing the interests of Bangladesh’s children in Covid times through the SSNPs Deconstructing Budget for 2021-22 (Child Budget Report) Policy Note - Child Budget for 2021-2022 Policy Note - Social protection allocations in the context of Covid-19 Policy Note - Scaling up of the Mother and Child Benefit Programme Policy Note -…, Knowledge Products, Budget Brief Overview of the Budget FY2022-23 Education Budget Brief 2021-2022 Health Budget Brief 2021-2022 Overview of Expenditure Allocations 2021-2022 Overview of Revenue Mobilization 2021-2022 Education Budget Brief 2020-2021 Health Budget Brief 2020-2021 Nutrition Budget Brief 20-21 Social Protection Budget Brief 20-21 Social Protection…, Knowledge Products, Budget Brief Child Protection Sector 2021 Budget Brief Education Sector 2021 Budget Brief Health Sector 2021 Budget Brief Social Assistance Sector 2021 Budget Brief Water Sanitation and Hygiene Sector 2021 Budget Brief Health Sector 2019 Budget Brief Education Sector 2019 Budget Brief Water Sanitation and Hygiene 2019 Budget Brief Sri Lanka Budget…, Knowledge Products, Where is the fiscal space for children? EU-UNICEF PFF Brochure Regional South-South Exchange 2023 in Nepal – Summary report Fact Sheet - The EU-UNICEF Public Finance Facility in South and Southeast Asia Fact Sheet - Macroeconomic outlook for South and Southeast Asia Fact Sheet – Education outlook for South and Southeast Asia Fact Sheet – Health…
21 September 2020

Help UNICEF build a climate-friendly city in Minecraft

The climate crisis is a child’s rights crisis. More and more youth know this, and they are standing up and demanding their right to a safe and sustainable environment.  Climate change will hit children and young people in East Asia & Pacific the hardest, because of natural disasters, increasing temperatures, rising sea levels and water…, What is the idea?, UNICEF is organizing a virtual workshop for young people between 15 and 17 years old, from different countries in East Asia & Pacific. During the workshop - which will take about 1-2 weeks in total - youth will use their climate-friendly ideas to build a city together in Minecraft.  The virtual workshop will follow this structure: Part 1: As a…, What’s the process?, If you would like to participate in this exciting project, please take the following steps:  Fill out this form: Child Utopia Submission Form Write a short paragraph (at least 15 lines) about your ideas for a climate-friendly city and how it would help make your city more sustainable We will contact you back with more questions and information…, Why should you participate?, By turning the ideas from youth into a video that will be shared on social media, we want to give participants a big opportunity: to show the world - children and adults alike - that youth have what it takes to find solutions to the climate crisis. UNICEF’s mission is to empower all children and youth to raise their voice and contribute to climate…
29 May 2020

The COVID-19 socio-economic crisis: a blueprint for action

The COVID-19 pandemic is casting a long shadow in countries across the world and has quickly moved beyond a health crisis alone.  As the UN Secretary General stated in The Impact of COVID-19 on Children : “Children are not the face of this pandemic. But they risk being among its biggest victims.” To understand the complex socio-economic impact of…, The picture today, In East Asia and Pacific, many governments have implemented strong policies to contain the spread of the disease and COVID-19-related deaths. Infections have remained low in comparison to many developed countries, but the impact of those interventions are being felt across the region in a profound way. Children today are vulnerable. Many are out…, After the pandemic, a new danger to address, As the world’s attempt was to flatten the curve of the virus, it is now equally important to flatten the curve of the socio-economic impact on children and their families, a curve with a higher deadly potential for children and their families. Shutdowns cause a daisy chain of lost incomes. If a factory worker loses their job, they will not buy…, Recover., To curb the immediate impact of the pandemic, governments should urgently scale up unconditional cash transfer programmes to reach all children during the lockdown and immediate aftermath. This would help parents like Suthat Namgasa in Thailand to be able to provide for their children tomorrow. Governments must be bold and ensure they reach and…, Rebound., As countries are getting ready to restart their economies, there is an unprecedented political support and strong fiscal space for social expenditures that needs to be directed to child friendly solutions. Governments in this region have announced a broad range of stimulus measures, including packages to support the most vulnerable through social…, Reimagine. , All evidence suggests that this crisis is going to drag on, with significant risks to both mounting rates of poverty and inequality between and within countries. Without a daring vision we not only risk losing the hard-won developmental gains in recent years in the region, we risk losing a generation of future thinkers, leaders, workers, and…