Dear All
This is to inform you that AGM of UPGI is scheduled to be held on 10 September 2022 from 1030 hrs to 1400 hrs at UNICEF House, 73 Lodi Estate, New Delhi 110003.
Will inform, you the agenda and other details in due course.
Please make it a point to attend in person at the meeting.
Thanks
S.Ramadass
Secretary, UPGI
S.Ramadass
Secretary, UPGI
Given that a new country programme document for India is going to be approved by the Executive Board of UNICEF in September, many members of the UGPI may want to have a quick look at the (click) draft CPD. It may help to form an opinion whether the CPD is sufficiently clear, and describes a specific course of action; whether the CPD focuses adequately on the most deprived children in the sixth largest economy in the world and will help to redress inequities; and whether it explains exactly which capacities UNICEF will add to the already abundant capacities of the otherwise competent India civil service.
ReplyDeleteIt might also be a good opportunity to revisit the latest (click) annual report by UNICE India, to see whether it satisfactorily describes the difference that UNICEF made for the most marginalized children in the last year, with more than 300 million USD expended in 2021. I note, for example, that UNICEF innovated an App for students that will reduce exam-stress; however I do not know whether the office also created an App to reduce stress among those who were not able to attend school at all.
In no other country are there as many organized former UNICEF colleagues, who as experienced development officials and citizens of their country know the situation of the most marginalized children, and what is most required from UNICEF to create more equity. Feedback on available UNICEF reports and plans might be a good start for a wider public discourse.