Save the Children Support 2020 - Save the Children Mid-Term Evaluation Save the Children Support 2020 Rädda Barnen Sverige har ansökt om finansiering av Sida för 55 miljoner SEK för att genomföra insatsen "Hållbar förändring för barns rättigheter” (Driving Sustainable Change for Children's Rights Program) samt en responsplan för Covid19 i Zambia under perioden 2020-2023.

Insatsen syftar främst till att barn i Zambia ska kunna dra nytta av rättsliga och politiska ramar, planer, budgetar och tjänster som fokuserar på barns rättigheter, för att kunna förverkliga sina rättigheter genom att 1) civilrättsorganisationer får förbättrad kompetens och kan engagera regeringen för att prioritera effektiv fördelning av resurser för att förbättra barns utbildning, hälsa, barnskydd och socialt skydd; 2) civilrättsorganisationer och barn håller regeringen ansvariga för tillhandahållandet av sociala tjänster (hälsa, utbildning, barnskydd och socialt skydd) som gynnar barn; och 3) Zambia får en förbättrad och oberoende samordnad övervaknings- och ansvarsskyldighetsmekanism som tillhandahåller främjande och skydd av barns rättigheter. Rädda barnen kommer att genomföra interventionen tillsammans med de lokala civilrättsorganisationer och andra myndigheter.

Responsplanen för Covid-19, som kommer att genomföras under projektets första år, syftar till att skydda de mest utsatta barnen och samhällena från infektion, samt att bromsa överföringen av viruset. Responsplanen kommer också att fokusera på de sekundära effekterna relaterade till hälsa, utbildning och skydd. Save the Children Sweden has applied to Sida for funding of 55 million SEK to carry out the "Driving Sustainable Change for Children's Rights Programme"  and the Covid19 Response Plan in Zambia during the period 2020-2023. 

The main purpose of the intervention is that children in Zambia benefit from child-focused legal and policy frameworks, plans and budgets and services for the realization of their rights by 1) CSOs and communities having enhanced skills to engage government to prioritise the effective allocation and spending of resources to improve children`s outcomes in education, health, child protection and social protection ; 2) CSOs, communities and children holding government accountable to the delivery of social services (Health, Education, Child protection and Social protection) that benefit children ; and 3) Zambia having an independent coordinated monitoring and accountability mechanism that provides for the promotion and protection of children`s rights. Save the Children will implement the intervention together with the local CSOs and other agencies. 

The Covid-19 Response Plan which will be implemented in the first year of the support, aims to protect the most vulnerable children and communities from infection, to slow down the transmission, alongside the secondary impacts on non-COVID-19 related health, education and protection. 

The intervention’s total budget is 55 million SEK and will be fully funded by Sida. Approximately 28.5 million SEK of the intervention budget will be forwarded from Save the Children to CSOs. The intended outcome of the intervention is that children in Zambia benefit from child-focused legal and policy frameworks, plans, budgets and services for the realisation of their rights. 
The main intervention has one strategic objective and three specific objectives as follows:
Strategic Objective: Zambia has adequate space for girls and boys, women and men to participate and influence national planning and implementation processes through community-based social accountability, public investment in children's rights and holding government accountable to children's rights.
Specific Objectives:1. CSO, children and communities influence budgeting processes for improved spending on children2. Children in the targeted districts benefit from improved quality service delivery in education, health, nutrition, child protection and social protection.3. Children benefit from improved legal and policy frameworks that align with and meet regional and international children's rights instruments and mechanisms
Covid-19 Response Plan
Overall goal
To protect the most vulnerable children and communities from infection, to slow down the transmission, alongside the secondary impacts on non-COVID-19 related health, education and protection. 
Specific Objectives 
1. To reinforce and support local capacity to prevent and contain wider spread of the COVID-19, as well as mitigate associated risks. 
2. Mitigate the social and other associated impacts of the outbreak on communities and children
3. Integrated activities to support the contain and mitigate the impacts of the outbreak on communities and children