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: Uganda
CSA representatives:
Name Organization
1. James Kintu World Vision Uganda
2. Hilda Kajube Concern World Wide - Uganda
3. Richard Baguma Uganda Health Comunicativos Alliance
Innovation Plan´s Title:
Thematic
areas
addressed
by the
Innovation
Plan
Mark Thematic Area
 Advocacy
Social campaign and mobilisation
 Multi-stakeholder coordination
Communication for behavioural change
Integrated approaches to fight malnutrition
Governance
1.1 CHANGE
What is this Innovation Plan Innovation Plan for? What is the change you would you like to achieve
with this Innovation Plan? (50 words max.)
The innovation plan is to enhance multi-stakeholder engagements in reducing malnutrition in 3 pilot
districts of Uganda. This will be achieved through advocacy for dedicated nutrition budget lines and
resources allocation at the district levels. The project will support District Nutrition Coordination
Committees with other stakeholders to lobby for resource allocation.

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.)
The SUN Alliance in Uganda works in collaboration with the Office of the Prime Minister to facilitate
integration of nutrition in district plans and budgets. About 10 districts have established DNCCs and the
process of orienting them in nutrition guidelines is on-going. The critical gap is the lack of a specific
nutrition budget line for adequate allocation of budgetary resources with a downstream impact of poor
nutrition services delivery. This for example perpetuates stunting, estimated at 33% of children below 5
years pf age.
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.)
The plan is relevant because Uganda practices decentralized governance and therefore at the district
level is where the rubber meets the road in terms of services delivery. Therefore creation of a budget
line and subsequent allocation of resources will strengthen multi-sectoral engagement and nutrition
interventions. The expected beneficiaries will be mainly women of reproductive age and children
below five years of age. The plan is also relevant for Uganda because of the timing in the budget cycle,
to allow creation of budget line before actual planning in Octobe, 2017.
II. DESCRIPTION
2.1 OBJECTIVES

5. What are the Plan´s main objectives? (No words limit)
Objectives
1.Strengthen the capacity of DNCCs of 3 districts for effective Nutrition Budget Advocacy and
coordination by end of 2017
2. Enable 3 districts establish Specific Nutrition Budget Lines by June 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.)
Primary Beneficiaries
Mothers and children in the 3 districts
Secondary Beneficiaries
 Civil Society Alliance -Key objectives to be achieved
 District Nutrition coordination Committee -Stronger
 District-Fulfill their Mandate/ Nutrition Budget Line
 Nation –From the learning
 Community-Improved Nutrition Services by the District
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.)
The hosting agency for UCCOSUN will take lead in implementation and will handle resources, ensuring
transparency. The coordinator will ensure that all members are informed of the plans and progress
while ensuring their active participation. We shall engage media to ensure wider publicity of the plan
beyond the alliance members.

6. 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?)
1.Strengthen the capacity of DNCCs and nutrition
multipartner platforms of 3 districts in effective
Nutrition Budget Advocacy and coordination by end of
2017
a) Conduct meeting for DNCCs on nutrition
budgeting in three district
b) Mobilise stakeholders to define nutrition
priorities for budgeting
c) Mobilize and build public awareness on the
importance nutrition budgeting in the three
districts.
d) Hold a stakeholders reflection on progress
The stakeholders will
participate in building
evidences and also
engagements with
leaders.
This activity will
take six months
`2. Enable 3 districts establish Specific Nutrition Budget
Lines by June 2017.
a) Conduct a lobbying meeting targeting district
leaders on nutrition `
b) Follow-up meetings with district budget
committee on nutrition budget line.
c) Support members to attend district based
budget conferences to ensure budget
allocation
d) Development and dissemination of lobbying
paper
e) Monitoring, reviews and documentation of
learning.
The activity will
take six months
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7. 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?
 Activity monitoring, data collection and reporting
 Situation analysis
 Collecting Case studies and best practices
 End of project Evaluation
 Dissemination of Evaluation Report to –DNCC Forum, Local Government , Nutrition Technical
working Group and the media
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 civil society network can support in documentation and publication as building skills in
budget advocacy. The available resources include office space and basic logistics by the host agency.
The resources need are for direct program implementation including costs of coordination for the six
months.
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 Contribution form
UCCOSUN
members
SUN Alliance
complementary budget

8. Coordination costs 5000
a) Conduct meeting for
DNCCs on nutrition
budgeting in three district
1000
b) Mobilise stakeholders
to define nutrition
priorities for budgeting
1500
c) Mobilize and build
public awareness on the
importance nutrition
budgeting in the three
districts.
1500
d) Hold a stakeholders
reflection on progress
3000
e)Conduct a lobbying
meeting targeting district
leaders on nutrition `
1000
f)Follow-up meetings with
district budget committee
on nutrition budget line.
1500
g)Support members to
attend district based
budget conferences to
lobby for nutrition budget
allocation
1000
h)Development and
dissemination of lobbying
paper
1000
i)Monitoring, reviews and
documentation of
learning.
2000
Total amount estimated 5,000 10,000
THANK YOU!