SUN Civil Society Learning Route: innovation plan submitted by the National Civil Society alliance. More info: http://suncivilsocietynet.wixsite.com/learningroute/rwanda-learning-route or contact C.Ruberto@savethechildren.org.uk

1. INNOVATION PLAN FORM
Guidelines for the design of the Innovation Plan
The design of the Innovation Plan intends to support participants in capitalising on the knowledge acquired
during the Learning Route in Rwanda, transforming this knowledge into practical actions to strengthen SUN
Civil Societies Alliances’ coordinated activities to address malnutrition.
The Innovation Plan has to be framed within the strategies and initiatives currently carried out by Civil
Society Organizations, part of the SUN Alliances, participating in the Learning Route. The Plan aims to
enhance the results of on-going activities, adding value to existing initiative and furthering efforts made by
Civil Society to improve nutrition in their own countries.
The Innovation Plan will have to address, through an integrated approach, at least two out of five of the
thematic areas of the Learning Route:
I. Advocacy
II. Policy review and policy tracking
III. Campaign and social mobilisation
IV. Multi-stakeholder coordination
V. Communication for behavioural change
VI. Integrated approaches to fight malnutrition
VII. Governance
The Innovation Plan must be the result of your coordinated work as Country Team and representatives of
the SUN Civil Society Alliance (CSA) of your country. Take this opportunity to work together, consolidate
existing partnerships and open-up opportunities for new collaborations!
Very important! The timeframe of your Innovation Plan should not exceed 6 months.

2. Key criteria for the self-assessment of the Innovation Plan
Here you can find some smart criteria to assess the quality of your Innovation Plan. We suggest you to
check them carefully and try to score your Plan before delivering it.
CRITERIA GUIDING QUESTIONS
1. INNOVATION (a) Is the proposal referring to experiences that can be considered innovative in your
country, in relation to the strategies, approaches or methodologies employed?
(b) Does the Plan have the potential to contribute substantially to address nutrition-
related issues at country level?
(c) Does this Plan have potential to be scaled-up?
(d) Is it feasible to implement the Plan with the stakeholders’ available human and
financial resources and in the proposed timeframe?
2. SUSTAINABILITY
AND GOVERNANCE
(e) Sustainability: Can the changes of the Plan be sustained beyond the timeframe of 6
months?
(f) SUN Civil Society Alliance: is the Plan contributing to the long-term goals of the SUN
CSA and its sustainability?
(g) Governance: Does the Plan apply inclusive, participatory and transparent
approach/management?
(h) Collaboration and mutual support: does the plan contribute to the enhancement of
collaboration, learning and mutual support among CSAs of the region?
3. CLEARNESS AND
GENERAL QUALITY
(i) Is the Plan presenting, with a clear and direct language, the opportunities and
challenges that are going to be addressed?
(j) Are the stakeholders clearly described?
(k) Are the objectives clearly defined?
(l) Are the activities result-oriented?
INNOVATION PLAN - SOME KEY CONCEPTS
Change What is the change you would you like to achieve with this Innovation Plan?
Relevance/
Justification
Why is this relevant for the CSA in your country? Who will benefit from the Plan?
Enabling Factors What kind of favourable conditions, existing today in your country, can enable the
achievement of this Plan?
Main Objectives What are the short-term objectives that lead you to the expected change?
Strategic Actions What strategic actions or innovative practices would be implemented in order to reach these
objectives?
Stakeholders Which organizations and institutions from the Civil Society, public and/or private sector,
donor and/or and international cooperation agencies should be involved in the
implementation of the Plan? What would be their role?
Follow-up and
dissemination
How are you going to evaluate the results of the Innovation Plan and how are you going to
disseminate these results at the national (CSA) and or/ regional level?

3. LEARNING ROUTE
Leveraging the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network: building regional platforms to promote
learning on how to address malnutrition
The Learning Route in Rwanda
INNOVATION PLAN FORM
I. OVERVIEW
Country/ Team: KENYA
CSA representatives:
Name Organization
1. George Ogola International medical corps
2. Koki Kyalo Concern Worldwide
3. Clementina Ngina Feed the Children
Innovation Plan´s Title:
Mainstreaming nutrition as a multi-sectoral agenda in Mombasa
county- Kenya.
Thematic
areas
addressed
by the
Innovation
Plan
Mark Thematic Area
Advocacy
Social campaign and mobilisation
X Multi-stakeholder coordination
Communication for behavioural change
X Integrated approaches to fight malnutrition
Governance
1.1 CHANGE
What is this Innovation Plan for? What is the change you would you like to achieve with this
Innovation Plan? (50 words max.)
Facilitated by the SUN CSA, the government owned process will ensure a well-coordinated
nutrition programming in Mombasa county through a common result framework. All actors in
Nutrition will maximise already scarce resources in the most cost-effective way and avoid
duplication of efforts.

4. 1.2 CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
What are the main challenges the Innovation Plan is addressing? How does the Plan link to the on-
going initiatives carried out by the SUN CSA in your country to address malnutrition? (75 words max.)
There is no multi-stakeholder coordination for nutrition programming in Mombasa
county. Despite the Food and Nutrition Security Policy backing for multi-sectoral
collaboration, there is only sporadic and unsustained interaction between key sectors
including Health, Agriculture, Education, among others, hence affecting the ability to
maximise already scarce resources in the most cost-effective way. The Kenyan
constitution provides an opportunity for county level coordination since most of these
government functions are devolved. A well-established SUN CSA chapter that will
spearhead the process already exists in Mombasa County.
1.3 RELEVANCE AND JUSTIFICATION
Why is this Plan relevant for the CSA in your country? Who will benefit from the Plan? (75 words max.)
Stunting rate in Mombasa county is 21% and causes are multifaceted in nature. There is
need to link nutrition specific to sensitive interventions to address all forms of
malnutrition. A multi-sectoral coordination forum will inform scale up of good practices
and ensure complementarity and reduced duplication. If successfully implemented, the
Mombasa county multi-sectoral coordination forum will act as a learning centre for other
counties, hence ease of scale up. The SUN CSA is currently implementing nutrition
advocacy intervention in Mombasa county hence ease of complementary budget to the
innovation plan.
II. DESCRIPTION
2.1 OBJECTIVES
What are the Plan´s main objectives? (No words limit)
Objectives
1. Development of common result framework for nutrition actors in Mombasa county by
July 2017
2. Facilitate strategic partnership/s among nutrition sensitive and specific actors by July
2017
2.2 TARGET GROUPS
Who are the main target groups (direct beneficiaries) and what would be the significant change for
them? Define the main outputs and outcomes (in quantity and quality) of the Innovation Plan. (75
words max.)
Women and children will be the ultimate beneficiaries as the duty bearers will be able to fulfil their
mandate of service provision to the citizens in a coordinated manner and as enshrined in the
constitution. The county government will be able to make informed decision for resource mobilization
and distribution. The platform will provide the SUN CSA with adequate evidence for informed advocacy
for top-level political prioritization of nutrition agenda.
2.3 GOVERNANCE
How will the Plan ensure that all stakeholders will take active part in the decision-making process?
What mechanisms will be put in place to guarantee transparent and accountable management of
the Plan’s resources? (75 words max.)
To ensure that the process is government owned and participatory, the SUN CSA will seek buy-in at the

5. multi-stakeholder steering committee chaired by the SUN focal point at the national level. the
government focal point will engage the county level government focal point to coordinate the process
including development of Terms of Reference with clear mandate and responsibilities of each
stakeholder. At inception, all resources available for the plan shall be communicated to the stakeholders
in a transparent manner. A monitoring plan shall be developed to track efficiency and effectiveness of
expenditure and activities. All procurement shall be subjected to the laws governing procurement
procedures in Kenya. All books of account shall be audited to ascertain compliance.
2.4 KEY ACTIONS / INITIATIVES
What are the actions or initiatives each stakeholder will have to take in order to achieve the Plan´s
objectives? Link each action to the respective stakeholder/s and the approximate length of time for
implementing the proposed initiatives. (No words limit)
Description of activities per objective Stakeholders´ role Length of time
(when will you
start and how
long will it last?)
Objetive 1: Development of common result
framework for nutrition actors in Mombasa
county by June 2017
Act. 1.1. Sensitization of the national multi-
stakeholder steering committee for buy-in.
Act. 1.2. Sensitization of county stakeholders and
development of Terms of reference.
Act. 1. 3. Mapping of all county nutrition actors in both
sensitive and specific programs.
Act. 1. 4. Conduct county level cross-training on the
approach to multi-sectoral collaboration.
Act. 1. 5. Develop a common result framework and
implementation plan.
Active participation
Ownership of the
process.
Provide link to the county
level focal point and key
stakeholders.
Leading the process
Coordination and
supervision of the process
Identification of the key
participants and the
cross-training materials.
leadership
mobilizing the top-level
2ND
FEBRUARY-
4TH
JUNE 2017
2nd -3rd
February
2017
15th
– 22nd
February 2017
27th
February -
10th
march 2017
14th
March -17th
Marc 2017
27th
-31st
March
2017
14th
April 2017

6. Act. 1. 6. Official launch of the multi-sectoral platform.
county leadership for the
launch 4th
June 2017
Objective 2: Facilitate strategic partnership/s
among nutrition sensitive and specific
actors by June 2017
Act. 2.1. Conduct 3 monthly review meetings among
the nutrition actors
Act. 2.2 Conduct 1 supportive supervision to ascertain
the effectiveness of the MSP and provide feedback.
Act. 2. 3. report writing and transmission to the SUN
CSN
coordination
Participation in the joint
supervision.
12th
June -10th
August 2017
4th
May, 6th
June,
12th
July 2017.
14th
-16th
June
2017
1st
-10th
August
2017.
2.5 FOLLOW-UP AND DISSEMINATION
How are you going to evaluate and capitalize the results of the Innovation Plan?
 Please consider (if appropriate) to apply qualitative evaluation techniques (e.g. Most
Significant Change, Outcome mapping…)
 How are you going to disseminate these results at the national (CSA) and or/ regional level?
County level multi-stakeholder steering committee shall be established. All monitoring processes and
feedback shall be channeled to the committee. The launch of the multi-stakeholder platform shall be
made public. Joint support supervision shall be conducted and feedback communicated to all
stakeholders. There shall be monthly review meetings to share good practices and learning.
2.6 SUN MOVEMENT
How could the SUN Civil Society Network support the implementation of the Innovation Plan? What
capacities need to be built or strengthened? What resources are available and which ones need to be
mobilised to successfully implement the Plan? (50 words max.)
The SUN CSA may need technical support from the SUN CSA in planning and monitoring of the whole
process. Financial support is very paramount. The human resource is readily available and SUN CSA
chapter already established in Mombasa to support the process.
3.6 BUDGET
Please provide us an estimation of costs broken down per category and indicate if you foresee to
complement the grant with in house funding (if so, how much)
Activity LR grant budget SUN Alliance
complementary budget
Act. 1.1. Sensitization of the national
multi-stakeholder steering committee for
buy-in.
USD 1000

7. Act. 1.2. Sensitization of county stakeholders
and development of Terms of reference.
USD 500 USD 1000
Act. 1. 3. Mapping of all county nutrition actors
in both sensitive and specific programs.
USD 1000
Act. 1. 4. Conduct county level cross-training on
the approach to multi-sectoral collaboration
USD 2000 USD 1000
Act. 1. 5. Develop a common result framework
and implementation plan.
USD 500
Act. 1. 6. Official launch of the multi-sectoral
platform.
USD 2000
Act. 2.1. Conduct 3 monthly review meetings
among the nutrition actors
USD 1500
Act. 2.2 Conduct 1 supportive supervision to
ascertain the effectiveness of the MSP and
provide feedback.
USD 1000
Act. 2. 3. report writing and transmission to the
SUN CSN
Total amount estimated USD 5,000 USD 6500
THANK YOU!