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1. How did we get there?

2. 1. A global network of Civil Society Alliances and members that has
continued to grow… You!
2. Requests for information on:
– Advocacy planning
– Budget analysis and advocacy
– Governance and management of civil society alliances.
– Working with government and other stakeholders.
– Fundraising
– Documenting experiences and improved impact tracking
3. Need for innovative ways of learning, sharing and building on civil society
alliance impact and activity.
4. We learn from best from experience and from each other

3. 39 SUN countries with established Civil Society Alliances (CSAs)

5. Figure 2. Number of Civil Society Alliances in each region including those in process of establishment
2014/15 CSA regional composition

8. Key areas for support
2014/15 Key needs expressed No.
Capacity development 11
Institutional development (ways of working/ToR etc.) 10
Financial support (linked to sustainability in long-term & financial
management) 10
Advocacy, communications, strategies & approaches 9
Experience sharing 6
Sustainability planning 5
Knowledge management & dissemination 4
(55 total as
could mark
more than one
option)

9. Responding to needs
• Needs as highlighted in the SUN evaluation, MPTF evaluation
– Technical support and expertise to be shared between CSAs and their participating CSOs.
– Civil society learning routes as a means of sharing lessons about how to be an effective CSA.
– Agreeing global level policies and policy guidance particularly around the following;
– Making multi-stakeholder platforms really functional and building capacity to deliver scaled up
actions.
• In alignment with the SUN road map need for improved response to country
needs and 4 capabilities
1. Policy and financial cycle
2. Advocacy, communications and social mobilisation
3. Working across sectors and stakeholders effectively
4. Equity integrated throughout
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10. Vision for country support
to civil society alliances
1. Provide predictable, coherent systematic support to CSAs
2. Effective, efficient knowledge management and sharing within the network
3. Tailored technical assistance from within and ensuring links with external
providers where required
4. Understand formal and informal support processes currently in place
5. Support capability efforts within the SUN movement
6. Provide useful, timely documentation to CSAs
7. Enable & strengthen cross learning through linking CSAs
8. Minimise duplication of efforts
9. Strengthen documentation of progress and evidence of impact
10. Improve mechanisms for enabling accountability at all scales within the
network

11. Learning from each other – West Africa Advocacy Workshop

12. Learning from observation & experience
Walk in the night market of Yangon, Myanmar CSA

13. Learning visually.
Through
individual
reflection and
shared
communication –
Bangladesh CSA
children’s
drawing
competition

14. Aims of learning route
• CSAs become stronger nutrition advocates and support the
delivery of national nutrition priorities
• CSAs increase national government understanding and
prioritisation of nutrition
• CSAs hold governments accountable for delivering on nutrition
commitments

15. Focus of the Learning Route
• Policy review, policy tracking, communications, participatory/democratic
processes;
• Engagement and stimulation of multi stakeholder platforms
• Budget tracking, advocacy, communication, data collection and sharing for
monitoring and accountability
• Advocacy, social mobilization, campaign development, communication for
accountability and awareness
• Good governance, accountability and participatory processes
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