Additional Recommended Indicators. Addendum to UNGASS Monitoring the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, Guidelines on Construction of Core Indicators: Presents the 40 core national indicators that provide minimum necessary information for national-level monitoring of the HIV epidemic and response, and to provide detailed specifications and guidance on the 15 indicators recommended in addition to the 25 UNGASS indicators
A Framework for Monitoring and Evaluating HIV Prevention Programmes for Most-At-Risk Populations: Provides an overview of M&E methods and approaches for most at-risk populations; it covers the use of strategic information for programme planning, M&E. Its focus is on the M&E of targeted HIV prevention programme
Organizing Framework for a Functional National HIV M&E System: This framework describes 12 main M&E system components and defines a performance goal and results for each component. The framework helps countries to define an agreed set of national performance objectives and measures for the HIV M&E system and to guide strategies for building capacity, where needed, to reach these objectives.
Glossary of M&E Terminology: contains an alphabetical listing of M&E terms and their definitions often with more in-depth explanations than would customarily be provided by dictionary definitions. The Glossary will facilitate and improve dialogue and understanding among all those who are involved in M&E of development activities. It should also serve as a valuable reference guide in M&E training. The selection of terms and their definitions in the attached glossary have been carefully discussed and endorsed by the Global UNAIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group (MERG)
Indicator Standards Tool: This Tool consists of a set of agreed indicator standards that are relevant at the national level for program managers and service providers, who need to select, revise and use indicators to monitor, manage and implement their country’s response to the epidemic effectively monitor. This will ensure that indicators provide decision-makers and key stakeholders with useful, feasible and relevant information. An additional aim is to reduce the burden of global reporting on countries by harmonising global level indicators across multilateral and bilateral organisations. The Tool also supports:
- Technical experts, who are developing indicators for use in monitoring activities conducted in general and specific focus areas e.g. counseling and testing, PMTCT and male circumcision.
- Managers and M&E specialists, who are developing or reviewing indicators to monitor large-scale and/or donor funded programmes such as PEPFAR, the GF and the World Bank.
MERG Guidance HIV Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity-building: The purpose of this Guidance is to provide practical advice for national AIDS programmes that are planning and implementing capacity building activities as part of their effort to develop a unified and effective national HIV monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system. The Guidance is relevant to the wide range of individuals and organisations involved in the national HIV M&E system; it is particularly relevant for the health sector, given its central role in M&E of HIV. The Guidance is intended to:
- Enable stakeholders to reach a shared understanding of the overall goal of M&E capacity building (i.e., improved performance of the national HIV M&E system).
- Offer strategies and interventions for achieving M&E capacity building results, using a systems approach.
- Promote the development and implementation of complementary and coordinated actions to build capacity, using agreed standards that are adapted to local objectives.
- Provide basic steps for monitoring M&E capacity building as well as the performance of the national HIV M&E system.
MERG 12 Components M&E System Strengthening Tool: A tool for assessing how well each of the 12 components of a national HIV M&E system is functioning. The tool facilitates the identification of strengths and weaknesses in the national HIV M&E system and the prioritisation of system strengthening activities. 
12 Components M&E System Strengthening Tool
MERG 12 Components M&E System Assessment - Guidelines to support preparation, implementation and follow-up activities: The purpose of these Guidelines is to provide information on the preparation for and
implementation of an assessment of the national HIV monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system. It also includes key steps to take after an assessment to facilitate implementation of M&E system strengthening activities. The Guidelines are built around the 12 main components of the HIV M&E system, which define the Organizing Framework for a Functional National HIV Monitoring and Evaluation System (UNAIDS, 2008). Consequently, the Guidelines also focus on using the 12
Components Monitoring and Evaluation System Strengthening Tool (Geneva: UNAIDS, 2009a) to ensure a comprehensive and successful assessment.
On-line Indicator Registry: Indicator Registry is a central repository of HIV and AIDS indicators used to track the HIV epidemic and the response, including complete information on each indicator. The registry allows its users to select appropriate indicators to monitor a country’s epidemic and response and specifically highlights the harmonized indicators that have been endorsed by a wide range of multilateral agencies and international organizations.
URL: http://www.indicatorregistry.org
MERG Planning Tool for Developing a Digital Library for Monitoring and Evaluation Resources: The Planning Tool is not intended to be a detailed step-by-step implementation guide. Its purpose is to help assure that users of a digital library can successfully locate resources and can make informed decisions regarding the quality of the materials. The Planning Tool has two purposes: 1) To provide guidance to current owners and future developers of a digital library on the range of issues to be addressed in usability and user-friendliness of the library and 2) To provide a list of questions to help organisations brainstorm if they can and should invest their resources in developing a digital library 3)
MERG Guidance on developing Terms of Reference for HIV Prevention Evaluation: The purpose of this guidance is to facilitate planning of evaluations of HIV prevention, discussions about the design of evaluations, and drafting of TOR to guide such evaluations. It assumes that the reader is familiar with the basics of HIV prevention and with the fundamentals of monitoring and evaluation to follow each of the TOR template steps. The TOR provide an outline or template for the prevention evaluation. The outline is easy to use, adaptable, and not specific to a particular programme. It enables a clear definition of what needs to be evaluated, how and why; and, facilitates the selection of the evaluation team.
2009 Products (under development)
- Indicator Standards Tool, with accompanying guidance document and check-list
- Guidance to groups engaged in indicator development (principles for indicator development; use of standards tool; liaison with Indicator TWG)
- M&E Guidelines for HIV Prevention for MSM and Transgender
- M&E Guidelines for HIV Prevention for IDU
- Guidance on the most appropriate evaluation method(s) for evaluating HIV prevention programs/projects
- Standards for Monitoring and Evaluation Curricula/Trainings targeting M&E Leadership