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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. We 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.

About the Co-Innovation Platform

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.


Each co-innovation process will be driven by a collaboratively developed Action Agenda, ensuring that each process yields innovations tailored to real-world challenges and contextual needs. 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.


Want to learn more? Read the full Co-Innovation Platform Concept Note 

 

 

Who Should Apply?

We 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.
     

Eligibility 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.
     

Why Participate?

  • 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.


 

Join us in shaping the future of nutrition-sensitive social protection through co-innovation!

For more information or enquires related to this initiative, you may contact Dr. Anthony Wenndt, GAIN Social Protection Lead.