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1. Learning Route Program Overview
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2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. Key phases
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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!

9. Expertise and learning needs
Africa LR survey
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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

11. Survey findings
Anglophone Africa
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12. Key phases
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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!

13. What’s next?
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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 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)

14. 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 Coordinator
C.Ruberto@savethechildren.org.uk
Skype: ceci1982lia
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15. 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
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