This User Guide is intended to help grantees who are implementing an AmplifyChange grant.
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This User Guide was prepared by Zeytuna Abdella Feyissa, Grant Support Team (African Women’s Development Fund) and PeiYao Chen, LME Adviser (Global Fund for Women)
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MILESTONES ARE…
• a means to verify the achievements of indicators
• significant check-points in the project’s lifecycle – not every single activity or deliverable is a milestone
• a management tool to monitor progress towards project goals – progress markers
• a communications tool to report meaningful status of the project to stakeholders
• could be qualitative, quantitative or both
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MILESTONES ARE NOT…
• detailed activities or outputs of your project (they are already captured in your work plan)
• progress at every single step of your project
• set in stone – they should be modified as needed in response to changing needs and circumstances
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TIPS FOR CREATING MILESTONES
• Start with each indicator you selected. Always refer back to the indicator to set your milestones.
• Describe what success would look like by the end of this grant – this is your final milestone.
• Work backwards to create mid-point milestones – what do you need to achieve at this mid-point in order to meet the final milestone?
• Focus on the major results in your project’s lifecycle – these are the significant check points that provides meaningful status report of your project.
• You can have a couple of milestones for each time period, but we encourage you to select one that is most important – no more than 2 please!
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In the following pages, we provide examples of milestones for AmplifyChange core indicators.
They are only illustrative. Please do not feel confined to these examples as you develop your own milestones.
Please use your workplan to give an idea of activities in that reporting period – but milestones should be the results in that reporting period you want to see (not activities)
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1. Stronger more inclusive movements for SRHR
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2. Changes in policies and laws
3. Access to SRHR resources, information and services
4. Transforming social norms
5. Improved awareness of SRHR as human rights
1. Stronger more inclusive movements for SRHR
2. Changes in policies and laws
3. Access to SRHR resources, information and services
4. Transforming social norms
5. Improved awareness of SRHR as human rights
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1. Stronger more inclusive movements for SRHR
2. Changes in policies and laws
3. Access to SRHR resources, information and services
4. Transforming social norms
5. Improved awareness of SRHR as human rights
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OUTCOME 1STRONGER, MORE INCLUSIVE MOVEMENTS FOR SRHR (MB)
Milestone 1 (6 months)
Milestone 2
(Final report, cumulative)
Review of existing evidence conducted and major gaps identified
6 strategy documents developed that address major gaps in SRHR knowledge/attitudes/ behaviour
20 partners use the evidence generated for advocacy and policy dialogues/ engagements
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Core Indicator: MB 1.1: New evidence on SRHR generated, or existing evidence synthesised, or major gaps in SRHR knowledge/attitudes/behaviour synthesised. This is used for evidence-based advocacy & policy engagement
OUTCOME 1STRONGER, MORE INCLUSIVE MOVEMENTS FOR SRHR (MB)
Milestone 1 (6 months)
Milestone 2
(Final report, cumulative)
Capacity building needs identified. Areas of
capacity needs include: board development,
advocacy on FGM, and LMEBoard by-laws in place
Organisational capacity building plan developed
with clearly defined goals and activities to achieve
them
Board members are more engaged
Staff acquired knowledge and skills on research and data gathering on FGM
A new advocacy campaign on FGM developed and implemented
LME system in place
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Core Indicator: MB 3.1 AmplifyChange grantee needing capacity building support developed,
implemented and achieved organisational capacity-building plans
OUTCOME 1STRONGER, MORE INCLUSIVE MOVEMENTS FOR SRHR (MB)
Milestone 1 (6 months)
Milestone 2
(Final report, cumulative)
Mapping of allies including non-traditional SRHR
allies conducted
New partnership established with 5 non-traditional
SRHR allies.
Meetings organised with 7 non-traditional allies
10 Joint actions implemented with and among non-traditional allies : religious leaders, faith movements, social justice / budget tracking / research / media
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Core Indicator: MB 5.1 More inclusive networks, with partnerships established with non-
traditional SRHR allies (including: religious leaders, faith movements, social
justice / budget tracking / research / media organisations that don’t
traditionally work in SRHR)
OUTCOME 1STRONGER, MORE INCLUSIVE MOVEMENTS FOR SRHR (MB)
Milestone 1 (6 months)
Milestone 2
(Final report, cumulative)
Lesson learning strategy developed and started
100 CSOs participating in learning meetings
20 CSOs implemented at least one lesson learnt
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Core Indicator: MB 6.1 Lessons learnt from grantees gathered and shared by
AmplifyChange, and used by grantees and AmplifyChange to adapt
activities
1. Stronger more inclusive movements for SRHR
2. Changes in policies and laws
3. Access to SRHR resources, information and services
4. Transforming social norms
5. Improved awareness of SRHR as human rights
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1. Stronger more inclusive movements for SRHR
2. Changes in policies and laws
3. Access to SRHR resources, information and services
4. Transforming social norms
5. Improved awareness of SRHR as human rights
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OUTCOME 2CHANGES IN POLICIES AND LAWS (PL)
Milestone 1 (6 months)
Milestone 2
(Final report, cumulative)
Rigorous advocacy planning with partners started.
Describe the type of planning
Creation of a comprehensive advocacy strategy
document with partners informed by the planning
Review of the advocacy strategy to reflect changing
contexts in each of the target countries
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Core Indicator: PL 0.1: AmplifyChange grantee undertakes rigorous advocacy planning
(including policy mapping, audience analysis, decision-making pathways in
order to structure and target advocacy activities logically) for SRHR policy
change
OUTCOME 2CHANGES IN POLICIES AND LAWS (PL)
Milestone 1 (6 months)
Milestone 2
(Final report, cumulative)
Identification of 30 CSOs working to influence
policy and budgetary processes
10 CSOs supported by the network grantee
actively taking part in policy formulation, planning
and budgetary processes
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Core Indicator: PL 1.2: Increased participation of civil society groups in policy and
budgetary processes (e.g. Joint Annual Reviews, development of health
sector strategic plans, national delegations on the country's SRHR
commitments, etc.)
OUTCOME 2CHANGES IN POLICIES AND LAWS (PL)
Milestone 1 (6 months)
Milestone 2
(Final report, cumulative)
Mapping and review of national policy processes
Evidence that recommendations made by CSOs are
included in the new policy proposals
3 policies are amended/ improved
1 new policy is introduced
5 negative policies that were not favourable
removed
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Core Indicator: PL 2.1: National policies, laws, budget allocations improved by civil society
engagement. (These include the introduction of new and or improved
policies, or the mitigation of negative policies, all to create a more
favourable policy environment for SRHR)
1. Stronger more inclusive movements for SRHR
2. Changes in policies and laws
3. Access to SRHR resources, information and services
4. Transforming social norms
5. Improved awareness of SRHR as human rights
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1. Stronger more inclusive movements for SRHR
2. Changes in policies and laws
3. Access to SRHR resources, information and services
4. Transforming social norms
5. Improved awareness of SRHR as human rights
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OUTCOME 3ACCESS TO SRHR RESOURCES, INFORMATION AND SERVICES (AR)
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Milestone 1 (6 months)
Milestone 2
(Final report, cumulative)
Mapping of different types of SRHR services/
information/ products available for marginalised
groups
2 new SRHR services made available to
marginalised groups
3 new SRHR products available to marginalised
groups
1000 members of marginalised groups accessing SRHR services
Core Indicator: A 0.1: Greater access to SRHR services for marginalised groups.
Marginalised groups include but not limited to: sex workers, people of diverse
sexual orientations and gender identities, migrants, indigenous people, people
with disability, people living with HIV/AIDs, refugees and internally displaced
persons.
OUTCOME 3ACCESS TO SRHR RESOURCES, INFORMATION AND SERVICES (AR)
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Milestone 1 (6 months)
Milestone 2
(Final report, cumulative)
5% key population reached for the SRHR services
and human rights awareness, including:
• Condoms
• ICTC
• STI
• ART
• Counselling on SRHR
• Behaviour Change Communication
30 % key population reached for the SRHR services
and human rights awareness, including:
• Condoms
• ICTC
• STI
• ART
• Counselling on SRHR
• Behaviour Change Communication
Core Indicator: AR 2.3: Increased range (i.e. # of different types) of SRHR services (including
information and products) available due to AmplifyChange grantee activity
1. Stronger more inclusive movements for SRHR
2. Changes in policies and laws
3. Access to SRHR resources, information and services
4. Transforming social norms
5. Improved awareness of SRHR as human rights
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1. Stronger more inclusive movements for SRHR
2. Changes in policies and laws
3. Access to SRHR resources, information and services
4. Transforming social norms
5. Improved awareness of SRHR as human rights
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OUTCOME 4TRANSFORMING SOCIAL NORMS (SN)
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Milestone 1 (6 months)
Milestone 2
(Final report, cumulative)
List of traditional, Community and religious leaders
complied
34 traditional, community and religious leaders
demonstrate improved support for SRHR in public
48 government officials publicly endorse the SRHR campaign
Core Indicator: SN 1.1: Increased and more public support for SRHR, and less negative statements, from key influencersKey influencers are defined as: traditional, community and religious leaders, police, government policy-makers (both national and sub-national), celebrities, political leaders.
OUTCOME 4TRANSFORMING SOCIAL NORMS (SN)
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Milestone 1 (6 months)
Milestone 2
(Final report, cumulative)
100 service providers identified and trained in
SRHR
80 service providers trained actively participating
in advocacy campaign activities
Core Indicator: SN 1.3: Increased engagement amongst service providers to actively support SRHR for all populations, including vulnerable and marginalised
1. Stronger more inclusive movements for SRHR
2. Changes in policies and laws
3. Access to SRHR resources, information and services
4. Transforming social norms
5. Improved awareness of SRHR as human rights
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1. Stronger more inclusive movements for SRHR
2. Changes in policies and laws
3. Access to SRHR resources, information and services
4. Transforming social norms
5. Improved awareness of SRHR as human rights
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OUTCOME 5IMPROVED AWARENESS OF SRHR AS HUMAN RIGHTS (IA)
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Milestone 1 (6 months)
Milestone 2
(Final report, cumulative)
1500 members from an indigenous community
identified and invited to SRHR trainings
700 members from an indigenous community
reported an increase in knowledge of laws and
policies regarding SRHR in their countries as well as
increased knowledge of where and how to seek
SRHR information and/or services they need, etc.
Core Indicator: IA 1.1: number of individuals amongst marginalised groups reached by the
program have increased awareness of SRHR as a human right
Marginalised groups include but not limited to: sex workers, people of diverse
sexual orientations and gender identities, migrants, indigenous people, people
with disability, people living with HIV/AIDs, refugees and internally displaced
persons.
OUTCOME 5IMPROVED AWARENESS OF SRHR AS HUMAN RIGHTS (IA)
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Milestone 1 (6 months)
Milestone 2
(Final report, cumulative)
500 youth identified and invited to SRHR advocacy trainings
400 youth taking leadership roles in a campaigns and conducting workshops to train others
Core Indicator: IA 1.3: # of individuals from marginalised groups increase their engagement
in activism to advocate for SRHR