1. CARE Southern Africa FNS & CCR Impact Growth Strategy
IMPACT & REACH
May 2018, MEAL Training, Moshi

2. Reach vs. Impact
What is the difference?

3. Where impact data comes from?
Impacts & Outcome data
External evaluations
Solid project MIS
Qualitative & quantitative data from program teams
PIIRS forms
REACH (annual)
IMPACT (throughout year)
AIIR Tool (after influencing success)
Revision & compilation
Checking data consistency & validity (vs. evaluation)
Q&A with COs
Adding to data from FY16 (cumulative)
Corrections/adjustments by CO teams, if necessary

5. Reach & Impact

7. Impacts by area – Food & Nutrition Security
Food security indicators used:
Household Hunger Scale
Minimal Acceptable Diet
Food Consumption Score
HH with at least 9 months of food from own production
HH having one meal a day

8. Impacts by area – FNS & resilience
Resilience indicators used:
HH carrying out disaster risk reduction actions
Adoption of improved resilient agriculture practices
Knowledge of interventions to increase resilience, or adapt to climate change
Use of savings to cope with shocks

9. Impacts by area – Women’s Empowerment
Informal financial inclusion has gone up particularly, as we’re using Access Africa data collection figures, rather than only projects reporting through PIIRS – so is more complete in FY17

10. Impacts by area – Humanitarian & Governance

11. Disaggregation by sex
Other indicators are 100% women (financial inclusion, HH $ decision-making)

12. Impact by Country and Role
We will only reach our 10m target through Multiplying Impact, not projects alone

13. Advocacy and Influencing Impact Reporting (AIIR) Tool
The AIIR Tool broadly looks at:
Success
What is the advocacy/influencing success? Why is it important?
Contribution
Describe CARE’s contribution and any evidence
Potential impact/reach
What is the impact population that is expected to benefit from this win?
Actual impact/ reach
Do we have any evidence that these expected outcome have been achieved? Can it be quantified?
Reflection and Learning
Main challenges, effective/ineffective tactics, and next steps
November 3, 2019

14. Madagascar Example
Success - Madagascar: influencing policy and practice on Disaster Risk Reduction Potential Impact/Reach: CARE’s DRR programs reached more than 670,000 people, and Government & NGOs applying these tools reached a further 1.2m. Actual Impact/Reach: CARE Madagascar’s DRR programs have indirectly contributed to increased resilience for a further 756,000 people. Contribution: High contribution. CARE Madagascar considered one of the pioneers of DRR in Madagascar. CARE's advocacy at all levels was also critical to help the National Office of the DRR in Madagascar convince stakeholders to revise the national DRR policy. Reflection and Learning: The main challenges faced include limited central Government allocations to date for DRR funding for local authorities, and the initial reluctance of other organizations to replicate or adapt CARE’s DRR approaches. Other examples: Completed AIIR forms, Peru Example
Pulling from the AIIR tool (multiplying impact tool). This is what we should be doing internally to the determine if we need to do further investigation.

15. Ways to Multiply Impact in Southern Africa
Types of change that CARE & partners have influenced:
Spontaneous replication of successful experiences
Policy or strategy development
Policy implementation & resourcing
Adoption of proven tools & approaches
Design & implementation of programs
New/revised international agreements
Changing harmful social norms
Other
Tanzania - land policy
Tanzania – WWF alliance (budget for CSA)
Zimbabwe – ENSURE (gender tools)
Mozambique – PACT (improved resettlement plan)
COP23 – UNFCC (agriculture workplan)
Zimbabwe – ECRAS (hybrid forecasts)
Madagascar - DRR
Malawi – VSLAs
Madagascar – VSLAs
For COP23, 7 steps before impact:
Getting countries to agree that this new joint work in agriculture should produce guidance re: what ag/climate work should look like
UNFCCC joint work produces guidance
We influence that so it is responsive to small-scale farmers
Ag/cc finance/initiatives/donors take that guidance into account
National governments integrate it into policies/programs
Those programs are actually implemented
Data from national statistics/programs shows positive impacts on FNS & CCR for small-scale farmers, particularly women).
But, it is fine that there's such a long line-of-sight between our advocacy and the ultimate impact: it is how the world works, but also we know there is huge potential scale if it happens!
Zambia - SCALE
Zambia - SCALE (VSLAs in WB/GoZ program)
So that:
Positive impacts will be increased
Negative impacts will be reduced
Path will be set for future influencing
That can be measured:
From available evidence and statistics
Based on projections from existing evidence
In the future, as available statistics are updated
If we had resources for further study
Possibly in the future
Unfortunately, very unlikely
Too early to project
Other

16. From Influence to Impact
How many people have improved their FNS, & how?
1. Has a significant influencing win occurred?
2. Was CARE's contribution significant?
3. Is there reasonable evidence to show that CARE contributed to the win?
4. Is the change actually being implemented?
5. Is there evidence to show the impact that is occurring?
Tanzania - land policy (not yet passed)
IMPACT
COP23 – UNFCC (joint work on agriculture not yet begun)
Tanzania – WWF alliance (budget for CSA is for FY18/19)
Malawi – VSLA (Indicator 16: TBC)
Madagascar - DRR (Indicator 21: 756,000)
Mozambique – PACT (resettlement plan not yet implemented)
Zimbabwe – ECRAS (Indicator 21: 4,900)
Zambia - SCALE (no #s yet on GEWEL project site)
Madagascar – VSLA (no #s yet, beyond CARE)
Zimbabwe – ENSURE (no #s [yet?] on impact of application of gender tools by GoZ/USAID partners)

17. Emerging Lessons re Multiplying Impact
Use field visits & participant testimonies to persuade
Combine strategies (advocacy, technical support, evidence building, convening alliances, etc.)
Co-develop approaches with Goverment, to build ownership
Long-term, persistent involvement
I will work more on this slide

18. Recommendations and requests
GENDER!!!
Hubs to draw out learning and recommendations from relevant successes (e.g. Madagascar nutrition)
Keep documenting your Multiplying Impact successes
Submit impact forms throughout the year - Mozambique NACC, and Madagascar (3)
Review your country data, for any omissions, errors, or double-counting – PowerBi