Dear Tamuna,

I hope you are doing well and staying safe. It is very encouraging to see numbers of new cases going down as it gives us hope this will soon be over. We have not been able to meet for some time so I wanted to brief you on the progress of the pilot in Adjara.

Since January 2020, the pilot of the social model of disability assessment and status determination in Adjara has moved to the new phase that entails an in-depth analysis of the collected data. More specifically,

All the assessment data are incorporated to the electronic database that was created within the pilot;
Children’s Functional Assessment Instrument has been standardized by EPRA and utilized by pilot frontline professionals. Further validation of the instrument will take place from June;
New assessment forms for doctors have been formulated and incorporated in the electronic application. This ensures that doctors are more engaged in the social model and provide structured information within the pilot;
Self-assessment forms have been implemented for pilot participants to increase their participation;
Analytical tools to analyze the assessment data have been formulated. Analytical modules are incorporated into the electronic programme and include data analysis of pilot participants per demographic information, social and functional needs, and discrepancy between the disability status according to the social and medical model;

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the state of emergency, the fieldwork has been suspended on 10 March 2020. The pilot frontline team switched to the work-from-home mode due to the COVID-19 related circumstances. The team was focused on refining the interview data and case conference notes. They were also conducting online case conferences with other specialists and getting online supervision if needed. GASW, in close collaboration with UNICEF, continues to focus on the analytical aspect of the pilot entailing an in-depth analysis of the field work, "winner-loser", cost-benefit analysis and so forth.

We are in a process of contracting an international consultant to review the work in Adjara and advise us on the roll out plan. Same consultant will help us with the work on social entitlements.

If you are available, we would like to meet you next week and discuss a few issues mostly around the roll out – institutionalization of training programme and roll out to another region.

With kind regards,

Milena

Milena Harizanova

Chief Child Protection

Mobile: + 995 591 225 286

(995 32) 25 11 30 ext 225

UNICEF Georgia

9 Eristavi street, IV floor, UN House

From :	Milena Harizanova <mharizanova@unicef.org>
To :	tbarkalaia@moh.gov.ge
Subject :	brief up-date on the pilot in Adjara
Cc :	Ketevan Melikadze <kmelikadze@unicef.org>; Tinatini Tsertsvadze <ttsertsvadze@unicef.org>; Maguli Shaghashvili <mshaghashvili@unicef.org>; Tea Gvaramadze <tgvaramadze@moh.gov.ge>
Received On :	14.05.2020 06:54