<p>Bengaluru: City -based NGO Fields of View hosted a workshop titled “Hege, Yenu, Yeshtu” (how, what and how much) | Reimagining Resilience’ to introduce its new simulation model, E-QLT. The model uses a system dynamics approach to simulate household vulnerabilities based on factors like income, spending, member composition, exposure to shocks, and access to social protection schemes.</p>.<p>Central to the model is the Social Protection Score (SPS)—a metric akin to a credit score—that quantifies a household’s resilience across health, education, and finance dimensions. </p><p>Each category is scored out of 100, with a combined score ranging from 0 to 300. A higher score reflects greater capacity to sustain wellbeing and withstand shocks over a five-year period.</p>.<p>Participants at the workshop—ranging from researchers to members of community-based and civil society organisations—were invited to engage with six fictional family profiles of varying income levels and vulnerabilities. Through scenario simulations, they explored existing social protection schemes and designed their own interventions, gaining insights into how policies impact real-world resilience.</p>.<p>The health, education, finance dimension is determined by nutritional and physiological status. A score of 0 indicates all household members have dangerously low BMI (below 16) or have died; a score of 100 means all members have healthy BMI (≥20) and an 82-year life expectancy.</p>.<p>The SPS (Education) measures whether children can achieve age-appropriate education milestones, with 0 denoting complete lack of access and 100 indicating full attainment.</p>.<p>The SPS (Finance) assesses the household’s debt burden and repayment capacity. A score of 0 means the family would take over 20 years to repay its debt, while 100 indicates complete financial independence. Fields of View uses this simulation tool alongside interactive games it has developed to collect real-time data. The aim is to support policy development and offer actionable insights to lawmakers and other key stakeholders focused on reducing vulnerability and improving social protection.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: City -based NGO Fields of View hosted a workshop titled “Hege, Yenu, Yeshtu” (how, what and how much) | Reimagining Resilience’ to introduce its new simulation model, E-QLT. The model uses a system dynamics approach to simulate household vulnerabilities based on factors like income, spending, member composition, exposure to shocks, and access to social protection schemes.</p>.<p>Central to the model is the Social Protection Score (SPS)—a metric akin to a credit score—that quantifies a household’s resilience across health, education, and finance dimensions. </p><p>Each category is scored out of 100, with a combined score ranging from 0 to 300. A higher score reflects greater capacity to sustain wellbeing and withstand shocks over a five-year period.</p>.<p>Participants at the workshop—ranging from researchers to members of community-based and civil society organisations—were invited to engage with six fictional family profiles of varying income levels and vulnerabilities. Through scenario simulations, they explored existing social protection schemes and designed their own interventions, gaining insights into how policies impact real-world resilience.</p>.<p>The health, education, finance dimension is determined by nutritional and physiological status. A score of 0 indicates all household members have dangerously low BMI (below 16) or have died; a score of 100 means all members have healthy BMI (≥20) and an 82-year life expectancy.</p>.<p>The SPS (Education) measures whether children can achieve age-appropriate education milestones, with 0 denoting complete lack of access and 100 indicating full attainment.</p>.<p>The SPS (Finance) assesses the household’s debt burden and repayment capacity. A score of 0 means the family would take over 20 years to repay its debt, while 100 indicates complete financial independence. Fields of View uses this simulation tool alongside interactive games it has developed to collect real-time data. The aim is to support policy development and offer actionable insights to lawmakers and other key stakeholders focused on reducing vulnerability and improving social protection.</p>