Tool 2:“Information & Coordination Checklist” for reinforcing the functioning of HWF planning
Tool type: Checklist
Target group: decision-makers, Ministries, the administrative level of the Ministry of Health
Benefit of the tool: provides support for assessing the current state of national HWF planning and the areas to be improved

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Level: PoliticalTechnical

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Preconditions: HWF planning environment PHASE 1		HWF planning PHASE 2		HWF planning Evaluation/Sustainability PHASE 3
Have you set-up an explicit and clear objective for HWF planning?     Yes No		Do you have a clearly communicated and accepted HWF planning structure?   Yes No (go to Tool 3)		Are the results of HWF planning channelled into policy implementation?   Yes No
Have you confirmed clear roles for the actors in HWF planning?     Yes No (go to the R1 HWF Planning Pathway Model and consider the steps)		Have you approved a National HWF Plan/strategic plan?   Yes No (prepare one with the established components scope, tasks, timeframe, budget and actors)		Are the interventions and policy actions based on the results of HWF planning?   Yes No
Have you authorised any dedicated actors accountable/responsible for HWF planning, i.e. a HWF Planning Committee with an appropriate mix of skills?   Yes No (go to Tool 4)		Do you have clearly communicated and accepted information and data flow at the national level?     Yes No (go to Tool 3)		Do you regularly revise, alter and refine the HWF Planning System?     Yes No (go to R12)
Have you prepared a list of relevant types of stakeholders in the field of HWF planning?   Yes No (go to Tool 5)		Do you have an integrated data warehouse for HWF planning?     Yes No (go to Tool 7)		Have you dedicated financial resources for continuous and sustainable HWF planning?     Yes No (go to R4)
Have you set-up a coordination path among the stakeholders?       Yes No (go to Tool 3)		Do you link different data sources in order to get a comprehensive overview of the HWF? Yes No (go to Tool 7)		Have you dedicated infrastructural resources for continuous and sustainable HWF planning?   Yes No (go to R4)
Have you involved all stakeholders in the HWF planning process? (consider, for example, regional-level representatives)         Yes No (go to Tool 5)		Do you have an explicit national HWF planning and forecasting model? (from simple scenarios, e.g.,the HWF to population ratio, to complex mathematical simulations)     Yes No (go to D052)		Have you dedicated technical resources for continuous and sustainable HWF planning?         Yes No (go to R4)
Do you hold regular consultations with stakeholders?     Yes No (go to Tool 3)		Do you use platforms and HR information systems to support HWF planning? Yes No (go to Tool 7 and 9)		Have you dedicated human resources for continuous and sustainable HWF planning?   Yes No (go to Tool 4)
Do you collaborate or have you initiated collaboration with other sectors, e.g., education, finance, labour and social sectors?   Yes No (go to Tool 3)		Do you carry out environmental scans for continuous situation analysis?     Yes No (go to Tool 7)		Have you involved stakeholders in the HWF evaluation process?     Yes No (go to D054)
		Do you regularly update HWF planning (processes and data)?   Yes No (go to D052)

Preconditions: HWF planning environment PHASE 1

Have you set-up an explicit and clear objective for HWF planning?     Yes No (go to D052)

Have you confirmed clear roles for the actors in HWF planning?     Yes No (go to the R1 HWF Planning Pathway Model and consider the steps)

Have you authorised any dedicated actors accountable/responsible for HWF planning, i.e. a HWF Planning Committee with an appropriate mix of skills?   Yes No (go to Tool 4)

Have you prepared a list of relevant types of stakeholders in the field of HWF planning?   Yes No (go to Tool 5)

Have you set-up a coordination path among the stakeholders?       Yes No (go to Tool 3)

Have you involved all stakeholders in the HWF planning process? (consider, for example, regional-level representatives)         Yes No (go to Tool 5)

Do you hold regular consultations with stakeholders?     Yes No (go to Tool 3)

Do you collaborate or have you initiated collaboration with other sectors, e.g., education, finance, labour and social sectors?   Yes No (go to Tool 3)

HWF planning PHASE 2

Do you have a clearly communicated and accepted HWF planning structure?   Yes No (go to Tool 3)

Have you approved a National HWF Plan/strategic plan?   Yes No (prepare one with the established components scope, tasks, timeframe, budget and actors)

Do you have clearly communicated and accepted information and data flow at the national level?     Yes No (go to Tool 3)

Do you have an integrated data warehouse for HWF planning?     Yes No (go to Tool 7 and 9, and see R9)

Do you link different data sources in order to get a comprehensive overview of the HWF? Yes No (go to Tool 7 and 9, and R10)

Do you have an explicit national HWF planning and forecasting model? (from simple scenarios, e.g.,the HWF to population ratio, to complex mathematical simulations)     Yes No (go to D052)

Do you use platforms and HR information systems to support HWF planning? Yes No (go to Tool 7 and 9)

Do you carry out environmental scans for continuous situation analysis?     Yes No (go to Tool 7)

Do you regularly update HWF planning (processes and data)?   Yes No (go to D052)

HWF planning Evaluation/Sustainability PHASE 3

Are the results of HWF planning channelled into policy implementation?   Yes No (go to R12)

Are the interventions and policy actions based on the results of HWF planning?   Yes No (go to R12)

Do you regularly revise, alter and refine the HWF Planning System?     Yes No (go to R12)

Have you dedicated financial resources for continuous and sustainable HWF planning?     Yes No (go to R4)

Have you dedicated infrastructural resources for continuous and sustainable HWF planning?   Yes No (go to R4)

Have you dedicated technical resources for continuous and sustainable HWF planning?         Yes No (go to R4)

Have you dedicated human resources for continuous and sustainable HWF planning?   Yes No (go to R4-R5, and Tool 8)

Have you involved stakeholders in the HWF evaluation process?     Yes No (go to D054)