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DEVELOPING MILESTONESUser Guide #7

This User Guide is intended to help grantees who are implementing an AmplifyChange grant.

Readers are free to download and reproduce any of our user guides. We would request that due acknowledgement to AmplifyChange is made where reproduced.

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

AMPLIFYCHANGE’S OUTCOMES

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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







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AMPLIFYCHANGE’S CORE INDICATORS

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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



Milestone 2


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



Milestone 2


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)



Milestone 2


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







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OUTCOME 2CHANGES IN POLICIES AND LAWS (PL)


Milestone 2


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



Milestone 2


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.)



Milestone 2


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)







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OUTCOME 3ACCESS TO SRHR RESOURCES, INFORMATION AND SERVICES (AR)

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Milestone 2


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 2


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







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OUTCOME 4TRANSFORMING SOCIAL NORMS (SN)

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Milestone 2


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 2


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







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OUTCOME 5IMPROVED AWARENESS OF SRHR AS HUMAN RIGHTS (IA)

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Milestone 2


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 2


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

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