[{"bbox": [189, 153, 501, 183], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.5 The Intervention Logic"}, {"bbox": [97, 200, 1134, 307], "category": "Text", "text": "The intervention logic follows a two-prone approach; on the one hand supporting the Timorese Government on the implementation of their two most relevant strategies in this area: National Health Sector Nutrition Strategic Plan (NHSNSP) for 2022-2026 and the National Strategy for Social Protection for 2021-2030; and on the other supporting the concrete and direct actions at local level to the most vulnerable people."}, {"bbox": [97, 317, 1134, 425], "category": "Text", "text": "The underlying intervention logic for this action is that if the government capacity on management, implementation and monitoring of social protection actions, the mechanisms and approaches to deliver social benefits to the most vulnerable people, in particular mothers and children, will be improved and more accessible to communities, thus the nutrition and social inclusive practices will have more impact in the beneficiaries."}, {"bbox": [97, 436, 1134, 569], "category": "Text", "text": "Furthermore, the actions expected to be conducted at local level, by NGOs and CBO, will ensure an active participation and involvement of local beneficiaries and will promote a social change behaviour related to nutrition, health and hygiene conditions. The demonstration of good examples in feeding practices, basic sanitation, and waste management and the follow up cases under treatment will contribute to change the mind-set of mothers, children and communities towards a better understanding of the effects of malnutrition in human development."}, {"bbox": [97, 582, 1134, 794], "category": "Text", "text": "By publicising and extending the reach of the social security systems being done at the same time as actual delivery of social support will be an advantage for the population. The school feeding programmes with delivery of social services and cash transfers provide an opportunity to link those in need of such social services to children that could be dropping out of schools, if it was not for the meals provided. The establishment of monitoring systems, both at health facilities and schools, will give a clearer picture of nutritional failures at family level. Furthermore, MSSI and INSS staff at local level will be better capacitated and able to improve the service delivery capacity. In this way, the capacity of the Government officials to monitor, assess and eventually adapt the strategy action programmes can be better focused on the needs of the beneficiaries."}, {"bbox": [97, 806, 1134, 992], "category": "Text", "text": "With these strategies in place and also with ongoing programmes, such as Bolsa da Mae or the INSS initiatives, social delivery at local level is key to ensure as successful implementation of the strategies. Actual implementation and service delivery should take place at local level. Therefore, capacitating local officials in the municipalities and in the communities, together with local support to deliver the services, will have a clear impact in the targeted population. All of the actions at local level, such as publicising the social protection schemes, supporting young mothers, both at social services centres and health facilities, together with supporting young children in the nutritional need can have big impact on the overall well-being of the population."}, {"bbox": [97, 1004, 1134, 1138], "category": "Text", "text": "Very much interlinked to school feeding and nutritional outcomes is the need to have the right infrastructure in place. Provision of kitchens, once the sustainability is ensured by the municipal authorities, as well as the improvement of water supply sources and sanitary infrastructures will be key to ensure that safe drinking and sanitary practices take place at school. The impact of sanitary infrastructures on malnutrition must be stressed, not only at school level but also needs to be addressed at the level of the municipal authorities and communities."}, {"bbox": [97, 1149, 1134, 1310], "category": "Text", "text": "Another element that has to take place at local level is the actual cash transfers to beneficiaries of social protection schemes. The cash transfer process is a very relevant one that will have to be monitored at municipal level with all relevant local participants involved. This programme does not intend to actually deliver funds to beneficiaries but to support the actions of the Government in this regard. In any event, the involvement of the municipal authorities is key to the success in the coordination of this action given that, under the new decentralisation legislation, which transfers power to the municipal authorities, they will be in charge of the actual delivery of all these services."}, {"bbox": [97, 1321, 1134, 1428], "category": "Text", "text": "The role of the NGOs will be key to deliver specific trainings, counselling and socialisation of these initiatives with the local population. The local cultural specificities and even local languages could only be effectively delivered by organizations that know the right language and practices that can trigger the interest of local populations and ensure the sustainability of new practices in their own context."}, {"bbox": [97, 1440, 1134, 1573], "category": "Text", "text": "Lastly, key to local welfare is to have a thriving local economy. Having local products as the main source of the school feeding actions can provide a further income for local farmers and cooperatives. This programme will support local farmers and cooperatives with the difficulties faced on production, supply, storage facilities and access to markets to make available locally produced food for the school feeding and also trigger a process of resorting more to local production rather than just imported cheap and non-nutritious rice."}, {"bbox": [97, 1584, 1134, 1638], "category": "Text", "text": "Therefore, through supporting actions at Government level so the key elements that are required from the central government are available at local level, together with the delivery of social protection and nutrition-related actions"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1682, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 13 of 23"}]