Learning Route on women’s empowerment, business development and sustainable natural resource management. Scaling-up programmes for the rural poor in Nepal. 6 to 13 December, 2014. IFAD & PROCASUR. More contents at: http://asia.procasur.org/portfolio_item/nepal-learning-route/

1. Innovation Plans

2. Learning Route Cycle
Experience
Fair
6 Dec
CA WS
10 & 12 Dec
AP WS
10,12 & 13
Dec
Follow up
?
Introduction
Field visits
Analysis
Innovation
CoP

3. What we expect from the participants
 Constant motivation and
good attitude for learning
 Feedback: to deliver and
share experiences
 Critical and constructive
focus
 Learning at different levels.
 To be creative and open for
proposals and contributions

4. Innovation Plans
INNOVATION: WHAT’S ALL ABOUT?
Not a completely new idea, it’s new to me (or to the
context where I work)
Innovation brings (positive) changes and new ways of
doing things, new approaches
It adds value to what I’m already doing
Can bring lessons to others (scaling-up)
It’s based on opportunities already in place

5. IP Framework
 The IP is framed within the on-going activities of the
institutions and organizations represented by the Teams.
 The IPs will enhance (boost) the performance of on-going
activities, not generate new ones.
 The IP has a max. duration of 15 months.
 Through a contest, the best 5 IPs will be prized with USD
2500.- as starting capital.

6. Timeline of your Action Plan
CONCEPT
NOTE
6 to 13 Dec
IP FAIR: CN
13 Dec
IP SUBMIS
15 Jan
IP Contest
15 Feb Follow up

7. Building a Vision
Relevant
changes
Actors
involved
Strategic
actions
Vision

8. Some concepts
INNOVATION PLAN
Vision What is your goal / priority? What would you like to achieve on the long-term?
Ex. Women’s empowerment
Relevance Why is this important or a priority?
Think about the current situation and the constraints that difficult the achievement of your vision / goal.
Actions to Take What new actions or new practices can we implement in order to address these objectives?
Get inspired from what you have learned during the Learning Route! What could be done similarly?
List the Actions, step by step.
Actors Involved What kind of actors should be involved?
In order to undertake the actions /steps you set, to reach the objectives you planned and the final
goal you would like to achieve: who are the key people to involve? (Ex. local authorities, groups of
women, supporting projects etc.) NB: Maybe not all actors need to be involved at the same time. Try
to identify who are the key people / organizations/ institutions you should involve according to the
specific action you want to take.

9. Agenda 7th Day of the LR
15:00 – 15:10 Energizer
15:10 – 15:20 Preliminary conclusions on the Rural Institutions lessons
learned, Meena Pokherel
15:20 – 15:40 Comments by participants
15:40 – 16:00 Thematic analysis (Strenghts, Opportunitites and
challenges) by groups of the Bijuwa experience:
1. Women´s empowerment (Giulia, Silvia)
2. Cooperatives (Ariel, Tanya, Alisa)
3. Natural Resource Management (Dhruba, Bala Ram)
16:00 – 16:15 Extracting the lessons by thematic
16:15 – 16:45 Share Fair
18:30 Innovation Plan Happy Hour
Vision, beer and snacks

10. Timeline of your Action Plan
CONCEPT
NOTE
6 to 13 Dec
IP FAIR: CN
13 Dec
IP SUBMIS
15 Jan
IP Contest
15 Feb Follow up

11. Sharing your Concept Note
 This is the final exercise of the Learning Route and has as
objective the participatory contribution to the Innovation Plan
(IP) first concept note.
 The concept note (CN) is a tool for sharing, improving and
validating the lessons learned in your organization and
contexts of origin.
 Today, each team presents in plenary the CN and will receive
the feedback of the peers.

12. Sharing your Concept Note
 The CN is followed by the full design of the IP for 15
January 2015.
 There will be a review/feedback on the Innovation
Plans;
 There will be a contest of the submitted Innovation
Plans and the 5 with an highest score will receive a co-funding
of 2500 USD each for its implementation.

13. Building a Vision
Relevant
changes
Actors
involved
Strategic
actions
Vision

14. Sharing your Concept Note
1. Up to 3 objectives
2. By Objective
2.1 Results (who is benefiting and how, note: quality and quantity)
2.2 Actors (who is doing what):
2.3 Actions (organization in time)

15. The feedback exercise
An example
Presenting Team
5 minutes max.
Speaker of
the panel
Engage w/the
others
Panel of peers (2 + IFAD)
2 minutes discussion max
3 minutes feedback max

16. The feedback exercise
Another example
Presenting Team
5 minutes max.
Speaker of
the panel
Engage w/the
others
Panel of peers (2 + IFAD)
2 minutes discussion max
3 minutes feedback max

17. Random process
Presenting Team Feedback Team
Facilitator