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.
How to Apply
Interested applicants should submit their expression of interest by 23rd May 2025. To apply, please return the application form to coinnovation@gainhealth.org or apply using the online submission form
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.
Anthony Wenndt
Technical Officer
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