Inclusive Social Accountability (ISA) Framework

Counterpart International’s Inclusive Social Accountability (ISA) developmental framework integrates elements of social inclusion and community accountability into one comprehensive approach. It is designed to be mutually supportive at every level — educating and allowing informed citizens to effectively hold their governments accountable, while simultaneously building the capacity of governments (and where necessary, their private sector partners) to deliver quality social services that are equitably distributed. The framework includes the building blocks of the ISA approach along with a number of methodologies that can facilitate its implementation.

Sectors

Democracy, Rights & Governance

Project Stages

Cross-cutting, Implementation, Monitoring & Evaluation, Project Design

Classifications

Frameworks & Models

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Improving Development Outcomes Through Social and Behavior Change Communication Applying a Government Lens

This analytical study SBCC identifies and examines best practices in SBCC efforts by African governments. The study seeks to contribute to USAID Africa Bureau objectives to expand its analytic capacity, incorporate these principles into activity design and ultimate impact, and enhance its ability to better understand how African governments are using SBCC campaigns to improve the well-being of African citizens. Understanding SBCC best practices and their potential for improving state-society relations contributes to establishing a framework for future USAID Africa project design, which can further contribute to the development of compelling theories of change.

Sectors

Democracy, Rights & Governance

Project Stages

Project Design

Classifications

Frameworks & Models, SBC Tools & Resources

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Health of People and the Environment in the Lake Victoria Basin (HoPE-LVB): Resource toolkit

The Health of People and the Environment in the Lake Victoria Basin (HoPE-LVB) toolkit is a collection of resources that was developed to promote “a complete status of well-being” of individuals and families by converging activities related to the three sectors of population, health and environment.” The HoPE-LVB toolkit was created using the lessons learned and best practices from the project.

Sectors

Population, Health & Environment

Project Stages

Cross-cutting, Implementation, Monitoring & Evaluation, Project Design

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Focus on Families and Culture: A guide for conducting a participatory assessment on maternal and child nutrition

This guide is for program managers and planners conducting a Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) assessment to investigate intra-household roles and influence. The Focus Families and Culture (FFC) guide introduces a holistic framework that can assist program staff to more effectively identify key priority groups for interventions. After learning about the development and key concepts and the methodology. The guide also includes a step-by-step review of the assessment process, complete with case examples, sample tools and diagrams.

Sectors

Agriculture, Food Security & Nutrition, Family Planning & Reproductive Health

Project Stages

Project Design

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Developing BCC Interventions for PHE Projects

This Guide was designed for facilitators/trainers who work with Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) implementing Population, Health and Environment (PHE) activities to develop a Behavior Change Communication (BCC) intervention that supports the achievement of the PHE project’s goals and objectives. It instructs the facilitator on how to train participants on the basic components of a BCC intervention. It also advises how to adapt these components for PHE projects that need integrated messages to raise community awareness of the PHE linkages of health and pro-conservation behaviors.

Sectors

Population, Health & Environment

Project Stages

Project Design

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Designing for Behavior Change: For Agriculture, NRM, Health and Nutrition

This field-tested, six-day training curriculum responds to community development managers’, program planners’ and behavior change officers’ need for a practical behavioral framework that helps them with developing effective behavior change strategies in the fields of agriculture, Natural Resource Management (NRM), health, and nutrition.

Sectors

Agriculture, Food Security & Nutrition, General Health (non FP/RH)

Project Stages

Monitoring & Evaluation, Project Design

Links

Designing for Behavior Change For Agriculture, Natural Resource Management, Health and Nutrition

This field-tested, six-day training curriculum responds to community development managers’, program planners’ and behavior change officers’ need for a practical behavioral framework that helps them with developing effective behavior change strategies in the fields of agriculture, Natural Resource Management(NRM), health, and nutrition.

Sectors

Agriculture, Food Security & Nutrition, Conservation, General Health (non FP/RH)

Project Stages

Monitoring & Evaluation, Project Design

Links

CORE Group: Resource Library

CORE Group’s research library is a searchable list of state-of-the-art tools, curriculums and technical resources covering multiple focus areas including Social and Behavior Change (SBC), FP, social accountability, general health and nutrition. The library was produced with multiple partner and member organizations.

Sectors

Family Planning & Reproductive Health, General Health (non FP/RH)

Project Stages

Cross-cutting, Implementation, Monitoring & Evaluation, Project Design

Links

Care Groups: Resource Guides and Tools

This Care Group repository contains information, presentations, tools, curricula, and results reports regarding Care Group programs. The guides review how care groups are formed, how care groups are used to reduce child deaths and results from using various Care Group models.

Sectors

Agriculture, Food Security & Nutrition, Family Planning & Reproductive Health, General Health (non FP/RH)

Project Stages

Implementation, Project Design

Links