3. learning route program overview
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Learning Route Program Overview
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General coordinates
• Funded by the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)• Two learning routes, one in South East Africa, one in Asia, at least
14 Civil Society Alliances (CSAs)• Timeframe: 2nd February 2015 to 31st January 2018 (2015 inception
phase, 2016-2017 implementation)• Cost: £1,009,038 • Coordination: SUN CSN Secretariat• Best practices systematization and learning exchanges facilitation:
PROCASUR Corporation
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Learning themes
• Policy review, policy tracking, participatory and democratic processes;
• Engagement and stimulation of multi stakeholder platforms• Budget tracking, advocacy, data collection and sharing • Advocacy, social mobilization and campaign development• Communication for accountability and awareness• Good governance
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Learning Route objectives
• To enhance CSAs Social Mobilisation, Advocacy and Communications skills to become stronger nutrition advocates and support the delivery of national nutrition priorities
• CSAs use budget tracking and advocacy skills to hold governments accountable for delivering on nutrition commitments.
• Learn from the CSAs and share learning with the SUN community of practice.
• Increase national government understanding and prioritisation of nutrition
CIFF Outcome: “Nutrition policies, plans and strategies for improved delivery and accountability on nutrition commitments are operationalized”
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Expected Outcomes
• CSAs have good institutional governance in place and are implementing guidance including ensuring ToR, steering group and strategies are in place
• CSAs develop and share case studies with SUN Communities of Practice on the impact of key learning areas
• National CS Alliances have social mobilisation, advocacy and communications plans supported by monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) frameworks and are advocating according to those plans
• CSAs are tracking government policy and budget allocation • CSAs agree and implement a shared data collection methodology
within which all participating are aligned
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Learning targets
• At least 14 CSA involved in 2 learning route• At least 50 individuals representing 14 CSA directly
involved in LR related activities (50% women)• At least 200 CSOs are aware of innovation plans/new
ideas discussed during LR and 100 CSO are “gaining” from the participants learning and new ideas (action plan).
• At least 50% of the innovation plans are implemented• At least 5 CSAs are actively supporting each other as a
result of opportunities identified during the LR• At least 10 of the CSA participating recognize benefits
associated to the Theory of Change expected outcomes
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Learning Route Anglophone Africa
• Foster regional hub (South-East region)• 11 CSAs applied in Africa• Started discussions about expertise
available and hosting country selection.• Building the strategy collaboratively with
CSAs (stimulating CSOs engagement)• Using Facebook, emails and Skype to
seek inputs from CSAs
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Key phases
Preparation: CSAs learning needs
Country HOST: Best practices and Champions,
fostering in-house peer to peer training capacity
Learning Route event: participants as agent of change Action plans: learning in action!
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Expertise and learning needsAfrica LR survey
More about: Learning Route survey
• To define learning route core learning areas: matching needs and expertise
• To map good practices and expertise, for further use
• Sets the baseline of the project, profiling CSAs intervention (complemented by Annual Survey)
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Learning needs and expertise matching (Anglof Africa LR)
This is a snapshot: complete learning matching available here
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Survey findingsAnglophone Africa
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Key phases
Preparation: CSAs learning needs
Country HOST: Best practices and Champions,
fostering in-house peer to peer training capacity
Learning Route event: participants as agent of change Action plans: learning in action!
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What’s next?
Year Month Africa Asia2016 February Workplan, Kickoff Africa LR & Planning (
info)
2016 March-April CSAs Learning Needs, and expertise to offer survey (info)
2016 May/June: LR hosting country selection (info) 2016 June/July Systematization of the best practices
(LR Africa)Kickoff Asia LR
2016 July-August Learning material preparation, participants selection
CSAs Learning Needs, and expertise to offer survey
2016 September-October:
Learning Route in Africa LR country host selection
2016 October-November
Action plans implementation and CSA mutual support.
Systematization of the best practices ( LR in Asia)
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THANK YOU and…… Join us!!!
• Join the facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SUNCSNLearningRoute/
• More info on the LR webpage:http://suncivilsocietynet.wix.com/learningroute
• Contact directly via email or Skype the Program [email protected]: ceci1982lia
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Opportunities and Challenges
• Inclusion and participation - Learning Product Award initiative• Participants as “Agents of Change” • CSAs willingness for mutual collaboration and readiness to put in
place learnings• Best practices: building and showcasing SUN CSN strengths for
further learnings, upscaling of success, increase visibility and expanding/ strengthening partnerships
• Champions: sustainability of our LR champions