Deadline: 23 May 2025
Are you working to enhance the nutrition impacts of social protection systems? Collaborate with global experts, peers, and innovators to develop innovative, implementation-ready solutions. Applications are now open for the First Cohort of Co-Innovation Partnerships.
They invite representatives of national or sub-national governments and development partners engaged in the design and implementation of social protection programs to apply for the first cohort of participants in the Co-Innovation Platform for Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection.
This platform facilitates structured co-innovation processes designed to generate high-impact solutions for improving the nutrition impacts of social protection programs in the Global South. Selected participants will be matched with co-innovation partners from around the world and engaged in an intensive 5-phase virtual/hybrid innovation journey over 6-8 months.
By the end of the co-innovation process, participants will produce a high-fidelity, implementation-ready innovation solution that can be taken forward for further testing, fundraising, or implementation.
Benefits
- Gain access to global experts and innovators.
- Engage in a structured, high-impact innovation process.
- Develop an implementation-ready solution tailored to your local context.
- Strategically position your social protection program for future funding, piloting, or scaling.
Eligibility Criteria
- They welcome applications from:
- Representatives of national or sub-national governments in the Global South involved in the design and implementation of social protection programs.
- Development partners supporting social protection initiatives at country or regional levels.
Selection Criteria
- Applicants will be selected based on the following criteria:
- Demonstrated commitment to improving the nutrition impacts of their social protection system.
- Clear articulation of a challenge or opportunity with high impact potential that could benefit from structured co-innovation.
- Institutional capacity and willingness to engage in an intensive, collaborative innovation process over 6-8 months.
- Potential for scaling or implementing the innovative intervention within their social protection system.
For more information, visit GAIN.
