ECD Parenting Toolkit

Planning

Planning

Definition

Planning

Planning effective, data-driven quality parenting programmes involves several key steps including conducting a needs assessment, identifying parents’ current circumstances using data such as household surveys, mapping the existing landscape of parenting support (e.g., existing services and policies). To ensure a targeted and well-informed programme, it is necessary to clearly identify the end-users of the programme and involve them and other key stakeholders in the planning of the programme. Additionally, recommendations from prior evaluations and assessments should be reflected in the programme planning process, and key considerations regarding the financing and sustainability of the programme should be made during this stage. 

Guiding questions and considerations

1.

Why is there a need for the parenting programme, and what specific issues or challenges does it aim to address within the target population or community? Has a needs assessment been conducted?

2.

Has a situational analysis that covers the situation and needs of parents and caregivers been conducted? Have administrative data, household surveys, and shadow reports been examined?

3.

Has a mapping of existing implementation modalities been conducted? Has an assessment of capacities and readiness of systems and structures to deliver parenting programmes been conducted? If yes, which sources of evidence from existing platforms and sectors were examined?

4.

Have existing policies, laws, and enabling environments that form the implementation ecosystem for an evidence-based parenting programme been evaluated? Have coalitions with key stakeholders been established to jointly advocate for an enabling environment for the programme?

5.

Who are the target individuals or groups within specific populations or communities that require support or intervention, and how will they be engaged in different stages of the programme planning, design, implementation and evaluation process?

6.

Which evidence-based databases and indicators are available to support the planning of parenting programmes?

7.

Are recommendations from prior evaluations and assessments reflected in planning?

8.

Are sufficient resources allocated to the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the programme?

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