How does the verification process function?
The verifiers have the technical, local and cultural capacities to conduct a rigorous verification process, which consists of: • An assessment of the certification studies will be carried out in the two countries. This activity will include an assessment of the research objectives and outcomes, interviews with enumerators, examination of suitability of research techniques, conducting a data quality assessment (DQA) and assessment of the data analysis and output quality (results). • A representative sample survey will be carried out in the two countries. This will include sampling design, instrument development, pilot testing, training, data collection and analysis and report writing. Based on these two approaches, a verification report will be developed, with a particular emphasis on ways to improve future certification surveys and the remediation efforts (both in the public and private sectors) that they inform.
