For Ministry X for Budget Activities

FOR MINISTRY X FOR BUDGET ACTIVITIES

INTERVIEWER STEP 1: CIRCLE THE LINE ITEM YOU ARE GOING TO DISCUSS BELOW – only fill in answers for that ONE line item in this sheet. Please print enough questionnaires for each line item in this list.

Heading # 1 / Heading Title 1
Heading # 2 / Heading Title 2
Heading # 3 / Heading Title 3
Heading # n / Heading Title n
Q# / Question (INTERVIEWER: FILL OUT IN ENTRY FORM ONLY FOR CIRCLED LINE ITEM ABOVE) / Answer
1 / Does the budget line item listed have any component related to nutrition? / YES or NO
(If no, show national nutrition action plan (NNAP) activity list. If still no, END of Interview)
2 / We would like to estimate what part of this budget line item is related to nutrition. Can you share with us a workplan or budget breakdown of this line item, or provide a specific amount of funding going toward nutrition? (if no, then ask them to estimate percentage based on objectives, outputs, and/or indicators of heading) / YES or NO
Document provided (keep copy): ______
Or estimated %:
3 / (If no workplan, or confusion) As compared to the NNAP Activity list (at end of this file) , can you describe for us what within this heading is related to these NNAP activities (list activities), and approximately what the budget was for?
______/ Estimated Amount:
______
4 / For nutrition sensitive activities, does this nutrition activity have a primary (is the main objective of this work to improve nutrition) or a secondary outcome of improving nutrition? / PRIMARY
SECONDARY ( secondary )
5 / If secondary, are you able to estimate what percentage of the nutrition portion of this line item is focused on improving nutrition? / ______%
Or
DO NOT KNOW
6 / Please see the expenditure figure for this line item. This comes from the (YEAR, BUDGET DOCUMENT TITLE, and specify which year of data it represents).
Can you tell us if you believe this figure has changed since the Budget was published? / YES or NO
If NO, SKIP to #8
7 / If so who should we contact for the revised amounts?
8 / Do you plan to continue the nutrition activities in this line item for next year (e.g. 2016/17)? / YES or NO

ONCE COMPLETED, ENTER ALL DATA INTO WORKSHEET (Validation Interview Tool_Govt_WORKSHEET.xls)

Step 2:After reviewing all line items, please answer:

15. Which nutrition-related activities in your budget have we forgotten to include? Please list line item and nutrition related aspect:

Heading number / Heading or Project Title / Year of line item / Are figures in Budget accurate / Stand Alone or integrated (see Q2-3) / Specific or Sensitive?
(if Specific list from options on last page) / Dominant or Partial (see Q4-5)

16. Are there any new NNAP-related activities being planned for FY 2016/17? YES NO

If YES, Please list:

______

Full Budget Entry:

Heading number / Heading or Project Title / NNAP or Identified Activity / Funding type / Source of funds / 13/14 Allocated / 13/14 Expend. / 14/15

ANNEX 1: Nutrition-Specific Activities

SPRING defines the activities as nutrition-specific:

Management of severe acute malnutrition
Preventive zinc supplementation
Promotion of breastfeeding
Appropriate complementary feeding
Management of moderate acute malnutrition
Peri conceptual folic acid supplementation or fortification
Maternal balanced energy protein supplementation
Maternal multiple micronutrient supplementation
Vitamin A supplementation
Maternal calcium supplementation

This matches the list given in the executive summary of the 2013 Lancet Series (Lancet 2013). The one additional consideration SPRING gives for donor funding is whether the government has explicitly named it as nutrition funding.

For Ministry X for Budget Activities