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Components of Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation (ACSM) Planning Format

  • Activity - The number of planned activities is mentioned against the timeline (for every quarter). Common activities listed in the format include community meetings, patient-provider meetings, school activities and outreach activities.
  • Timeline - Timelines are divided into four quarters, but one must ensure that activities are spread across all the quarters and not aggregated in the last quarter of January–March.
  • Budget - Budgeting for ACSM activities should cover materials, events, training, monitoring, evaluation, etc.
  • Justification - The reason/ purpose for undertaking the ACSM activities is recorded.

The planning format also collects historical budgets proposed, allotted and spent for previous years to see if allotted budgets were properly utilised. The current allocation depends on the historical trend of spending. 

Table: Example of ACSM Implementation Plan Format  

 

Activity

Timeline

Budget

Justification/ Remarks

 

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

 

 

 

(Apr - June)

(July - Sep)

(Oct - Dec)

(Jan - Mar)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2. District Level

 

 

                     Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation

 

Justification/ Remarks

 

Activity

 

Budget Proposed in last annual action plan

(2012 – 2013)

 

Amount available in this Head (2012 – 2013)

 

Amount spent by district (2012 - 2013)

 

Approved ACSM Plan for 2013 -2014

 

Amount spent in 2013-2014 (till Sep 2013)

 

Permissible Budget as per population norm for 2014 - 2015

 

Budget proposed for 2013 - 2014

 

 

Total

         

 

       0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Activity

 

Number of activities undertaken in 2012-2013

 

Number of activities undertaken in 2013-2014 (till Sep 2013)

 

Number of Activities Proposed in 2014-15

 

Budget Proposed for Next FY 2014-2015

 

Apr-Jun

 

Jul-Sep

 

Oct-Dec

 

Jan-Mar

 

Total

 

Community meeting

           

 

0

 

 

Patient – provider meeting

           

 

0

 

 

School activity

           

0

 

 

Outreach activity

           

 

0

 

 

CME

           

 

0

 

 

           

 

0

 
             

 

0

 
             

 

0

 

 

Total

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

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Answer 2​   Answer 3​   Answer 4​   Correct answer​   Correct explanation​  
How many components are there in the ACSM planning format?  3  4    5   2  2 Activity, Timeline, Budget and Justification are the key components of PIPs for ACSM.

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