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Common instructions for application

- The first plenary technical meeting should be held involving the PWG, the NSG,
and extended stakeholders (see Annex 7 for agenda suggestions). The PWG is
requested to recommend a list of relevant stakeholders/additional organizations.

- For more details about the roles and tasks of organizers and participants, as
well as the meeting run-of-show, please refer to the guidelines on subnational
dialogues (Pham Thi Hanh Tho et al., 2025).

• During the plenary technical meeting

- The criteria for scoring the initial indicators will be introduced to the PWG and
experts in the plenary session for review and feedback (See Table 3 for the
scoring criteria and Annex 8 for further details).

Table 3. Scoring criteria for the indicators

No. List of criteria/ questions Score Description

5 Representative at the provincial level
1 Representativeness*
1 Not representative at the provincial level
3 Available
Unavailable, but able to be calculated
2 from available data
2 Data availability
1 Unavailable, but will be available in the
upcoming time
0 Unavailable
Is indicator related to 1 Yes
3 tasks of the sector/your
organization? 0 No
3 <=1 year

4 Data collection frequency* 2 2-4 years
1 5-10 years
* Notes: Criteria 1 and 4 are adapted from Step 8 in Béné et al. (2022)

HIGHLIGHTS FOR USERS

The criteria for the pre-selection of indicators should be reviewed, adjusted,
or supplemented by the Provincial Inter-Sectoral Working Group and relevant
stakeholders. However, three criteria–Criteria 1: Representativeness, Criteria 2:
Data availability, and Criteria 3: Is the indicator related to tasks of the sector – are
compulsory.

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