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? Does this Plan have potential
to be scaled-up?
(c) Is it feasible to implement the Plan with the stakeholders’ available
human and financial resources and in the proposed timeframe?
2. SUSTAINABILITY
AND
GOVERNANCE
(d) Sustainability: Can the changes of the Plan be sustained beyond the
timeframe of 6 months?
(e) SUN Civil Society Alliance: In which way is the Plan contributing to the
long-term goals of the SUN CSA and its sustainability?
(f) Governance: Is the Plan inclusive, participatory and transparently
managed?
(g) 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
(h) Is the Plan presenting, with a clear and direct language, the
opportunities and challenges that are going to be addressed?
(i) Are the stakeholders clearly described?
(j) Are the objectives clearly defined?
(k) Are the activities result-oriented?

3. 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?
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: RWANDA
CSA representatives:
Name Organization
1. MBONYI Paul The Future In Our Minds (FIOM RWANDA)
2. TUYISENGE Egide AFrica Evangelist Entreprise ( AEE)
3. MUKANTABANA Crescence Poor Women’s Development Network
4. KARABARANGA Alphonse Rwanda Consumer’s Rights Protection Organization
(ADECOR)

4. 5. MUGENZI Jean Nepo Rwanda Nutritionists’Society
6. KUBWIMANA Laurien Pentecostal Church of Rwanda (ADEPR )
7. MUHAMYANKAKA Venuste SUN Alliance Rwanda
Innovation Plan´s Title:
ENHANCING FAITH BASED NUTRITION BEHAVIOR CHANGE COMMUNICATION
Thematic
areas
addressed
by the
Innovation
Plan
Mark Thematic Area
Social campaign and mobilization
Communication for behavioral change
Integrated approaches to fight malnutrition
Campaign and social mobilisation
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.)
This innovation plan aims at making Religious Leaders more aware to malnutrition issues and
actively involved in food and nutrition policies and programs implementation through faith
based behaviour change among the community.

5. 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.)
Challenges: Limited information about nutrition policies, negative attitudes and resistance
towards nutrition behaviour change for some religions representatives leads to their low
involvement to address malnutrition. This plan will help SUN Alliance Rwanda in community
mobilization against malnutrition through multistakeholders approach.
Opportunities: Most of Rwandans trust religious leaders; religious network; all Faith
Organizations are registered before operation; some Faith Organizations are members of SUN
Alliance; many health facilities belong to faith organizations.
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.)
This plan meet with the second strategic objective of SUN Alliance Rwanda which is to
encourage and facilitate coordination among all civil society actors, including academia,
international, national and local CSOs and ensure alignment of their strategies, programmes
and resources with national nutrition priorities. Primary beneficiaries are religious leaders and
the community. Indirect beneficiaries are SUN Alliance, central and local government.
II. DESCRIPTION
2.1 OBJECTIVES
What are the Plan´s main objectives? (No words limit)
Objectives
1. To raise awareness of Religious leaders to make them more sensitive to food security
and nutrition issues
2. Improve collaboration and linkages with faith based organizations and other food and
nutrition actors (health system, public and private sectors, civil society
3. Improve positive attitudes and good practices in relation to nutrition among community

6. 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.)
Targeted groups are religions’ leaders and their adherents.
Outcomes:
Increased role, involvement of religious leaders in nutrition
Positive nutrition attitudes and practices adopted by religious leaders and community members
Improved collaboration and linkages among faith organizations and other actors
Outputs:
Awareness workshop organised with National Faith Network
Leaflets on nutrition education messages produced
Radio talks organized
Educative messages delivered through prayers sessions
National Peer review meeting with National Faith Network and other actors
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.)
A steering committee including religious, civil society, community and SUN Alliance
representatives to follow up during the innovation implementation and after the end of the
project. For accountable management, careful use of resources, openness and transparency will
guide. Culture seeking continuous improvement will guide all of actions, good planning to
minimize the risk of failing to deliver the intended outcomes. Based on effective
communication, we will work in compliance with legal and other requirements.

7. 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.Objective 1: Awareness to Religious leaders
to make them more sensitive on food
security and nutrition issues
Act. 1.1. Design nutrition education messages
to deliver
Act. 1.2. Organize awareness workshops on
malnutrition issues among religious leaders
at national level
National Food and Nutrition
Coordination Secretariat:
Technical support in
nutrition messages design
to ensure that those
messages are relevant to
national policies
Media: Participate in
workshops and in
dissemination of nutrition
messages.
SUN Alliance national
committee: Coordination,
technical and financial
support
First month after
getting grants
Between the
second and third
months of the
innovation’s
implementation
period
2. Objective 2: Improve positive attitudes and
good practices vis-a- vis nutrition among
community
Act. 2.1. Organize radio talks with Faith
Leaders for mass mobilization
Act.2.2. Deliver nutrition education
messages during prayer sessions
Rwanda National Faith
Network:
- To facilitate radio talks
and deliver nutrition
messages.
-To give instructions to their
representatives at grass
root level for delivering
nutrition education
messages to adherents
SUN Alliance national
committee: Coordination,
technical and financial
support
Districts and SUN Alliance
These activities
will be
conducted from
the second
month to the
sixth month of
the
implementation
of innovation

8. district committees: Follow
up of nutrition messages
delivering in community
Objective 3: Improve collaboration and
linkages with faith community and other food
and nutrition actors a (health system, public
and private sectors, civil society
Act. 3.1. Organize peer review meeting with
National Faith Network and other main
nutrition actors at national level for follow-
up and evaluation
National Food and Nutrition
Coordination Secretariat:
Technical support in
meeting session
preparation and conducting
SUN Alliance national
committee: Coordination,
technical and financial
support
Media: Participate in
workshop and in
dissemination
During the next
(sixth) month of
the innovation’s
implementation
period
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?
The progress of the innovation will be monitored through periodic assessments against the
project outputs and indicators set out in the monitoring and evaluation. Focus Group Discussion
will be used at community in order to see if the messages from Religious Leaders were delivered
in appropriate manner. Face to Face discussion will be organized randomly targeting Religious
Leaders. The final evaluation of the innovation will be undertaken by an independent consultant
at the end of the of the project. Progress and final reports will be prepared and submitted to
the Steering Committee, National Faith Network and relevant government authorities through
an organized peer review workshop and media will be part of the session for expended
dissemination.

9. 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.)
In addition to financial funds mobilization, as consultative partner, the SUN Civil Society
Network is requested to provide technical assistance during the implementation to achieve
goals. 1625 USD are available to be allocated to the innovation plan and 5000 USD need to be
mobilized to successfully implement the plan.
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
(USD)
SUN Alliance
complementary
budget
(USD)
Educative messages tools production 865 130
Organize awareness workshop with 54
religious network leaders 1,029 154
Organizing 2 radio talks 819 247
Organizing 2 Peer review meeting 1,053 158
Monitoring and evaluation including
final evaluation
1234 186
5. Other costs, services 0 750
Total amount estimated 5,000 1625
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