Resources for coverage assessment

And here ... http://www.brixtonhealth.com/handbookSQUEAC/handbookSQUEAC.html is the latest draft of the SQUEAC and SLEAC handbook. This will be the basis of a handbook to be published by FANTA in 2012.

Workshop on Coverage Assessment Methods, Oxford, 27-30 March 2012 Valid International is convening two sets of 2-day workshops on coverage assessment methods on the 27th to the 28th of March 2012 and 29th to the 30th of March 2012 respectively. The first workshop is aimed at mid-level managers and technicians particularly (but not limited to) those based at headquarters of international non-governmental organisations. The second workshop is intended for donors / funders and United Nations organisations. The workshops will be held at Jesus College, University of Oxford. The workshop aims to make participants aware and have a basic understanding of the various coverage assessment methods currently being used such as SQUEAC, SLEAC and S3M allowing them to make more informed decisions on planning and budgeting for appropriate coverage methods for their programmes in different countries. The workshop is not meant to train participants on how to conduct coverage assessments. Each workshop is limited to 20-25 participants. Registration will start on the 2nd of January 2012. For further information and / or to signify your interest, visit the workshop webpage at http://www.validinternational.org/coverage.

And here you can find updates on recent coverage investigations and surveys, including summaries of main findings, full reports and upcoming events http://www.coverage-monitoring.org/ The full-page prototype will be replaced by a fully functional site in the coming months.

Just a note to say that you can get the latest drafts of the SQUEAC and SLEAC technical reference here.

We are pleased to share a new resource on coverage assessment methods. This can be accessed through the following link: http://www.validinternational.org/coverage This resource site provides all materials provided and discussed during the recently concluded Workshop on Coverage Assessment Methods held in Oxford. The same resource can be downloaded as a zip file which can be saved on your computer on a USB drive and accessed anytime even without being on the internet. This resource kit can be downloaded by clicking on this link: http://www.validinternational.org/coverage/resourcekit.zip Once downloaded, unzip the contents and you will get an HTML file named 'open_resource_kit.html' and a folder named 'workshop'. Save the contents on to your hard drive or your USB drive. Please ensure that the HTML is in the same directly as the folder. Open the HTML file by double-clicking and your default web browser will open and you will be able to access the contents of the resource kit even offline. The materials above are best viewed using Safari and Firefox web browsers. We are currently updating the materials to be optimised for Chrome and for Internet Explorer.

Dear Colleagues, We are happy to share with all of you a document summarising the different coverage assessment methods that have been developed / in development. This is an output of the recent workshop on coverage assessment methods held in Oxford at the end of March 2012. The document can be downloaded from http://www.validinternational.org/coverage/summaryCoverage.pdf Please feel free to share to your colleagues and programme staff. We would be happy to field any questions that you may have regarding the methods and would encourage you to put forward your questions to us through the coverage assessment forum here on EN-NET.

Updated version of the SQUEAC / SLEAC technical reference is available here. This is a minor revision. The FANTA-III version should be available soon.

And here it is ... FANTA (in collaboration with Valid International, Action Against Hunger, Concern Worldwide, Tufts University, and Brixton Health) have developed a technical reference guide for the SQUEAC and SLEAC coverage assessment methods. A soft copy (i.e. PDF) of the SQUEAC / SLEAC Technical Reference can be found on the FANTA Project website here. Share and enjoy!

The Coverage Monitoring Network (CMN), VALID International, and Brixton Health have produced a photo-journal slideshow of a recent CMN training in Kenya. If you have a few minutes to spare you may want to point your browser here or here.

Here is the updated link to the FANTA-III SQUEAC / SLEAC Technical Reference.