Capacity Development for

Local Government Units

on Nutrition Program
Management
 MODULE 4
Phase 1 of NPM:
Plan Preparation and
Adoption
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Session 7
Financing and
Packaging the LNAP
Activity 1 Identifying Resources for the
LNAP
Activity 2 Packaging and Adopting the
Plan
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Objectives
1. identify the sources of funding
support for nutrition programs
2. enumerate the strategies by which
nutrition funding can be done
3. describe how to package the LNAP
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Activity 1

Identifying Resources
for the LNAP
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“A plan cannot take off the

ground without the
necessary resources”
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Possible Sources of Funds

a. Fiscal resources
1) Local regular budget through

a) identified inputs in each department’s

or office’s budget
b) general fund
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Possible Sources of Funds

a. Fiscal resources
1) Local regular budget through

c) possibly the LCE’s discretionary fund

d) supplemental budgets as may be
allocated
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Possible Sources of Funds

a. Fiscal resources
2) The Priority Development Assistance
Fund or its equivalent

3) National Government Agencies (NGA)

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Possible Sources of Funds

b. Non-government Organization (NGO)

c. Private sectors and people’s

organization

d. Academic institutions
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Possible Sources of Funds

e. International organizations
1) Bilateral organizations
2) Financing institutions
3) International NGOs
4) UN agencies
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Possible Sources of Funds

f. LNC-organized fund raising activities
1) Adopt-a-child or family or barangay
campaign
2) Benefit dance
3) Bingos
4) Food fairs
5) IGPs
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Possible Sources of Funds

f. LNC-organized fund raising activities
6) Newspaper drive
7) Raffles
8) Rummage sale
9) Solicitation/Sponsorship
10) Variety shows
11) Walk/Run for a cause
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Financing the LNAP

is a challenge!
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“be the DRIVER for

nutrition”
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We will take the action:

DIALOGUE
REMIND
INNOVATE
VIGILANT
ENGAGE
READY
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Tips to innovate and

experiment
a. establish contacts

b. tap NGOs & international

organizations that are involved in
social development projects
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Tips to innovate and

experiment
c. Establish linkages with key persons
in these organizations

d. Develop skills for formulating project

proposals and submit proposal for
funding (page 208)
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NOW you can be…

D–R–I–V–E–R

To reach the goal of

implementing the LNAP!
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Activity 2
Packaging and
Adopting the Plan
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A sample outline for the LNAP write-up
3-Year Local Nutrition Action Plan
(Inclusive years)
LGU

1. Introduction
2. The nutrition situation
a. What forms of malnutrition exist?
b. How many are malnourished?
c. Who are malnourished?
d. Where are the malnourished?
e. What are the causes of malnutrition?
f. What have been done to address malnutrition? How effective have these
been?
g. What are resources available to address malnutrition?
h. What constraints could affect the effective implementation of
interventions?
3. Goals and objectives
4. Plan of Operations (How will you get there?)
5. Monitoring and Evaluation Scheme (How will you measure success/failure?)
6. Budgetary Requirements
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Steps in Adoption of a Plan

1. Approval of the LNC chair and
members
2. Integration in the LDP
3. Approval of LNAP as part of
LDP and AIP by the SP/SB
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Steps in Adoption of a Plan

3. A member of the local legislative
body should “sponsor” the
adoption of the LNAP

4. Resolution filed for the adoption

and funding of the LNAP
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To ensure funding…

LNAP integrated to
LDP and AIP
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THANK YOU!
Capacity Development for Local Government
Units on Nutrition Program Management and
Basic Course for Barangay Nutrition Scholars
in Priority One and Priority Two Areas

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