SUN LR Rwanda - Program objectives
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The document outlines the SUN Civil Society Learning Route Program, aimed at enhancing the capacity of civil society alliances (CSAs) in nutrition advocacy through facilitated learning journeys in Africa and Asia. Funded by the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, the program promotes collaboration, participatory processes, and effective governance to improve national nutrition policies. Key objectives include strengthening CSAs' skills in advocacy and social mobilization, with measurable targets for participation and learning outcomes between February 2015 and January 2018.
SUN LR Rwanda - Program objectives
- 1. Learning Route Program Overview Cecilia Ruberto, SUN Civil Society Learning Route Program Coordinator 1
- 2. SUN Networks align their efforts behind country led plans for nutrition SUN Civil Society Efforts | April 2016 2
- 3. SUN Civil Society Efforts | April 2016 3 39 SUN countries with established Civil Society Alliances (CSAs)
- 4. SUN Civil Society Efforts | April 2016 4 Areas of intervention of the SUN Civil Society Alliances
- 5. General coordinates • Funded by the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) • Two learning routes, one in South East Africa (Rwanda), 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 SUN Civil Society Efforts | June 2016 5
- 6. What is a Learning Route? • A Learning Route is a capacity building tool, developed by Procasur Corporation, designed as a facilitated planned journey with specific learning objectives. • A LR is an on-going peer-to-peer training process that makes room for discussion, analysis and reflection, while encouraging an active and mutual knowledge exchange between participants and their hosts. • Best Practices: the process that led to the success constitutes the heart of the Learning Program • Key people in the host country (we call them ‘Local Champions’) lead the learning routes and act as the trainers. SUN Civil Society Efforts | April 2016 6
- 7. Learning themes • Policy review, policy tracking, participatory and democratic processes; • Engagement and stimulation of multi stakeholder platforms • Budget tracking, data collection and sharing • Advocacy • Social mobilization and campaign/ Communication • Good governance SUN Civil Society Efforts | June 2016 7
- 8. 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” SUN Civil Society Efforts | April 2016 8
- 9. Learning targets • At least 14 CSAs involved in 2 learning route • At least 60 individuals representing 14 CSAs participate to the LR (50% women) • At least 200 CSOs are aware of innovation plans/new ideas discussed during LR and 100 CSOs are “gaining” from the participants’ learnings and new ideas (action plan). • At least 50% of the innovation plans are implemented • At least 5 CSAs are actively supporting each other • At least 10 CSAs participating, recognize benefits associated to the Theory of Change expected outcomes SUN Civil Society Efforts | April 2016 9
- 10. Africa Learning Needs Survey SUN Civil Society Efforts | June 2016 10 More about: Learning Route survey • Unpack the macro-learning areas identified during the inception phase • To define learning route core learning areas: matching needs and expertise • Sets the baseline of the project, profiling CSAs intervention (complemented by Annual Survey)
- 11. Survey findings Anglophone Africa SUN Civil Society Efforts | June 2016 11
- 12. SUN Civil Society Efforts | June 2016 12 Learning needs and expertise matching (Anglof Africa LR) This is a snapshot: complete learning matching available here
- 13. Learning Route Anglophone Africa • Foster regional hub (South-East region) 11 CSAs applied in Africa • Rwanda selected as Learning Route Country Host SUN Civil Society Efforts | June 2016 13 Ethiopia Kenya Malawi Rwanda Sierra Leone Namibia Nigeria Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
- 14. Learning Route in Rwanda: Why? • The young Alliance is increasingly getting stronger and influential within member CSOs & Governmental institution. • The Alliance has clear governance tools that ensures CSOs participation, representation and decentralized intervention with clear overall strategy. • Successful experiences that match with the Learning Route audience needs • Great proactivity and receptiveness of the CSOs leads in sharing and discussing limits, gaps, challenges of the Alliance and interest in learning from other CSAs. • Great interest of Donors and UN in having a strong and visible CSAs that collectively advocate and engage at national and decentralized level for effective strategies to eliminate malnutrition. SUN Civil Society Efforts | April 2016 14
- 15. Areas of learning Rwanda • Policy review • Advocacy • Campaign and social mobilization • Governance • Multi-stakeholders platform engagement • Integrated approach to eliminate malnutrition • Collaboration among multi-actors: gov, non gov, international and small ngos SUN Civil Society Efforts | April 2016 15
- 16. Milestones SUN Civil Society Efforts | June 2016 16 Year Month Africa Asia 2016 February Workplan, Kickoff Africa LR & Planning (info) 2016 March-April CSAs Learning Needs, and expertise to offer survey (info) 2016 June LR hosting country selection (info) 2016 July Systematization of the best practices (LR Africa) Kickoff Asia LR 2016 July-August Learning material preparation Technical report, participants selection CSAs Learning Needs, and expertise to offer survey 2016 October SUN Learning Route in Rwanda. LR country host selection 2016 2017 October- February Action plans implementation and CSA mutual support. Systematization of the best practices ( LR in Asia) 2017 February- March Participatory Evaluation. Learning Route Asia
- 17. SUN Civil Society Efforts | April 2016 17 Thank you! Cecilia Ruberto, SUN Learning Route Program Coordinator Join the facebook community: SUNCSNLearning Route More info on the LR webpage: http://suncivilso cietynet.wix.co m/learningroute
Editor's Notes
- #15: The SUN Alliance in Rwanda has elements of unique value and offers key points of inspiration and discussion given the targeted learning audience (SUN Alliance) The young Alliance builds on a wide range of experiences of other CSA alliances (e.g. Tanzania), and is increasingly getting stronger and influential within member CSOs & government. The Alliance has clear governance tools that ensure CSOs participation, decentralized intervention with clear overall strategy. As empathized during the meeting with executive members: “young alliance but with old CSOs, decennals experience”. SUN alliance opportunity to have a platform 100% led by CSOs (not by government and/or donors) that engage in many other multistakeholder platforms. The development of the LR can also be an opportunity to foster sense of belonging, identity and ownership of the same alliance members. In this specific context a hosting the LR could accelerate the CSAs efforts and capacities Great proactivity and receptiveness of the CSOs leads in sharing and discussing limits, gaps, challenges of the Alliance and interest in learning from other CSAs. Great interest of Donors and UN in having a strong and visible CSAs that collectively advocate and engage at national and decentralized level for effective strategies to eliminate malnutrition. BUT TODAY WE EXPECT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS WHY DURING THE DISCUSSIONS!