The FACIT Project - Facility for Assessing the Child Impact of Economic Trends and Policies
Facility for Assessing the Child Impact of Economic Trends and Policies
09 Dec 2010
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Children in a primary school of Bobigny, France, participate in a discussion on the rights of children with their teachers, on 20 November 2008
Children in a primary school of Bobigny, France, participate in a discussion on the rights of children with their teachers, on 20 November 2008
The FACIT Project develops and compiles analytical tools to help advance child rights in UNICEF's upstream social and economic policy work. Through the FACIT website, child rights advocates and UNICEF's staff could gain access to resources for social and economic policy work, including guides, empirical methodologies and applied examples of evidence-based policy analyses.
The main objectives of the project are:
The FACIT website will also serve as a hub for UNICEF and its partners by featuring information on ongoing collaborations, and the intention is to spur new ones to advance the "state of the art" and spread and adapt the most effective tools and initiatives. Inquiries on the different tools and initiatives, as well as possible contributions to this resource base are encouraged and could be addressed to FACIT@unicef.org.
The main objectives of the project are:
- To produce analytical tools that could generate empirical evidence on the links between socioeconomic conditions, public policy and child outcomes;
- To use analyses to help fine-tune policy advice and advocacy to reflect upon the impact of economic and other types of shocks as well as different policy reforms on child poverty;
- To leverage data and analyses into partnerships and the development of institutions and policies that support national strategies to advance child rights.
The FACIT website will also serve as a hub for UNICEF and its partners by featuring information on ongoing collaborations, and the intention is to spur new ones to advance the "state of the art" and spread and adapt the most effective tools and initiatives. Inquiries on the different tools and initiatives, as well as possible contributions to this resource base are encouraged and could be addressed to FACIT@unicef.org.