20 APPENDIX1 Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020 INDICATORS FOR MEASURING PROGRESS TOWARDS DEFINED TARGETS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH ACTION PLAN 2013-2020 The indicators for assessing progress towards meeting the global targets of the comprehensive mental health action plan represent a subset of the information and reporting needs that Member States require to be able to monitor adequately their mental health policies and programmes.Given that targets are voluntary and global,each Member State is not necessarily expected to achieve all the specific targets but can contribute to a varying extent towards reaching them jointly.As indicated under Objective 4 of the plan,the Secretariat will provide guidance,training and technical support to Member States,upon request,on the development of national information systems for capturing data on indicators of mental health system inputs. activities and outcomes.The aim is to build on existing information systems rather than creating new or parallel systems. Baselines for each target will be established early during the implementation phase of the global action plan. Objective 1:To strengthen effective leadership and governance for mental health Global target 1.1 80%of countries will have developed or updated their policy/plan for mental health in line with international and regional human rights instruments (by the year 2020). Indicator Existence of a national policy and/or plan for mental health that is in line with international human rights instruments [yes/no]. Means of verification Physical availability of the policy/plan and confirmation that it accords with international and regional human rights standards. Comments/assumptions Many policies and plans older than 10 years may not reflect recent developments in international human rights standards and evidence-based practice.For countries with a federated system,the indicator will refer to policies/plans of the majority of states/provinces within the country.Policies or plans for mental health may be stand-alone or integrated into other general health or disability policies or plans Global target 1.2 50%of countries will have developed or updated their law for mental health in line with interna- tional and regional human rights instruments [by the year 2020). Indicator Existence of a national law covering mental health that is in line with international human rights instruments [yes/nol. Means of verification Physical availability of the law and confirmation that it accords with international and regional human rights standards. Comments/assumptions Laws older than 10 years may not reflect recent developments in international human rights standards and evidence-based practice.For countries with a federated system,the indicator will refer to the laws of the majority of states/provinces within the country.Laws for mental health may be stand-alone or integrated into other general health or disability laws.20 Mental Health Action Plan All' 2...:2J INDICATORS FOR MEASURING PROGRESS TOWARDS DEFINED TARGETS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH ACTION PLAN 2013-2020 The indicators for assessing progress towards meeting the global targets of the comprehensive mental health action plan represent a subset of the information and reporting needs thai Member Slates require to be able to monitor adequately their mental health policies and programmes. Given that targets are voluntary and global. each Member State is not necessarily expected to achieve aLL the specific targets but can contribute to a varying extent towards reaching them jointly. As indicated under Objective 4 of the ptan, the Secretariat will provide guidance, training and technical support to Member States. upon request, on the deveLopment of national information systems for capturing data on indicators of mental health system inputs, activities and outcomes. The aim is to build on existing information systems rather than creating new or parallel systems. Baselines for each target will be established early during the implementation phase of the global action plan. Objective ,: To strengthen effective leadership and governance for mental health