SUN Civil Society NetworkMay 2016

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Civil Society

Drivers of change and sustainable development

A progress update on NVF grantees efforts

Nutrition Advocacy Fund granteesApplicant Country Final Funding

AmountAction Against Hunger Burkina Faso USD 132,000.00

CALMA and SUN CSA El Salvador USD 119,000.00

Concern and SUN CSA Malawi USD 100,000.00

SUN CSA Mozambique USD 132,000.00

Micronutrient Initiative Pakistan USD 132,000.00

Care and SUN CSA Peru USD 132,000.00

Family Health Rwanda Rwanda USD 132,000.00Eau-Vie-Environnement, SUN Senegal Senegal USD 120,000.00

Focus 1000 Sierra Leone USD 130,000.00

PANITA Tanzania USD 135,000.00

SUN CSA Zambia USD 103,000.00

TOTAL USD 1,367,000.00

NVF grantees

Thanks to your support

Between Jan- May 2016, NVF grantees have

• Secured financial and political commitments for nutrition in Pakistan, Peru, Zambia

• Supported constitutional reform in Sierra Leone to encourage inclusion of the right to food

• Organised large scale advocacy efforts and social mobilisation activities to raise awareness of importance of nutrition in Malawi, Mozambique, Pakistan, Peru, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Zambia

• Increased nutrition media coverage in Sierra Leone, Mozambique and Zambia

• Supported Civil Society Alliances to conduct budget analysis at national and sub-national levels leading to…

• Informed advocacy for increased investment in nutrition in Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone and Senegal CSAs also plan to conduct similar efforts

Thanks to your support

• Secured commitment to nutrition by new political candidates in national and local election processes in Peru, Pakistan and Zambia

• Driven parliamentarian engagement in nutrition across all countries.

• Galvanised advocacy initiatives in other countries who are not NVF recipients including Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and Myanmar

• Enabled collaboration with other organisations in a more strategic manner including Graca Machel Trust, Global Nutrition Report.

Progress at country level

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Burkina Faso CSARESONUT (réseau de la société civile pour la nutrition)Since 16 Dec 2014

132,000.00 USD - NVF

Hosted by Action Against Hunger – an international

NGO

32 Civil Society Organisations

INGOs 5

Local CSOs14

Social Movements

13

Membership

NUTRITIONSENSITIVE ACTIVITIES

CSA focuses on

NUTRITIONSPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

Treatment of acute malnutrition

Micronutrient supplementation

Water and Sanitation

Agriculture

Access to healthcare Women’s empowerment

Disaster resilience

Exclusive breastfeedingup to 6 months of age

Food fortification

Burkina Faso

Progress & Impact

Budget and situation analysis & Advocacy for increased investment for nutrition• RESONUT (SUN Civil Society Alliance in Burkina Faso) contributes to the nutrition situation analysis for

Burkina Faso multi-stakeholder effort & ensure nutrition commitments are integrated• RESONUT is contracting consultants to lead on nutrition budget analysis work in alignment with government

efforts & to inform advocacy for increased investments in nutrition• RESONUT started working with MPs in March/April before the examination of the Finance Act (in April), to

ensure there is a significant amount / percentage of budget allocated to nutrition in the 2017 national budget.

• Advocacy note on nutrition related issues (financing, coordination... ) to the President of the National Assembly and to the Minister of Economy, Finance and Development

• RESONUT worked with the United Nations Network for Nutrition and civil society members to promote the integration of nutrition into the new Burkina Faso's development strategic document : Economic and Social Development Plan (PNDES 2016-2020)

• Training of members on public policies and budget (related to nutrition) monitoring and analysis (SUN Methodology and sharing experiences with the Collective All United for Nutrition (TUN) from Niger

Public mobilization• A song and a video clip to mobilize the general public on stakes in Nutrition are in production• RESONUT published a press release on the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition

Burkina Faso

Progress & Impact

Accountability• RESONUT continues to track progress made on nutrition commitments (including Nutrition for Growth and

WHA)• RESONUT contributes to a West Africa Civil Society Declaration calling for increased investment in

nutrition, SMART commitments and accountability and making CS commitments. The declaration is being use for WHA and African Development Bank advocacy efforts.

• RESONUT continues to track progress made on nutrition commitments (including Nutrition for Growth and WHA)

• RESONUT will soon launch studies on: Existing types of multi-sectoral anchorage and functionality ; and on Existing accountability mechanisms in the health sector in Burkina Faso;

• RESONUT contributes to a West Africa Civil Society Declaration calling for increased investment in nutrition, SMART commitments and accountability and making CS commitments – cf later in presentation.

• RESONUT participates to the joint assessment of progress in 2015 (SUN Burkina Faso Platform)Parliamentarian champions• In Burkina Faso a parliamentary network for nutrition is under construction was created, with support from

RESONUT. Several contacts have already been made, especially towards already existing MP networks (women and development, water and sanitation). The network regulations are currently under development and a plan of actions have recently been developed, under the direction of the Deputy GNOUMOU Dissa Boureima.

NUTRITIONSENSITIVE ACTIVITIES

CSA focuses on

NUTRITIONSPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

Water and Sanitation

Agriculture

Access to healthcare Women’s empowerment

Disaster resilience

Education and employment

Exclusive breastfeedingup to 6 months of age

El Salvador CSAAlianza de las organizaciones de la Sociedad CivilNUTRES- El SalvadorSince 27 Aug 2014 119,000.00 USD - NVF

Hosted by CALMA– a local CSO

7 Civil Society Organisations

Local CSOs1

Social Movements

6

Membership

El Salvador

Progress & Impact

Advocacy efforts• Meetings engaging various actors around advocacy efforts to get SMART financial and political commitments

and Rio attendance resulted in commitments to actively participate in efforts in the build up to Rio through a coalition (CONASAN, MINSAL, technical secretary within the president’s office, UNICEF, FAO, INCAP, WHO/PAHO, CALMA, consultants ).

• An advocacy plan was developed with clear steps to getting commitments from various actors• In process of documenting nutrition profile and analysis for El Salvador

Meeting with CONASAN Meeting with a nutrition specialist from the Technical Secretary of the President’s

Office

Meeting with PAHO/WHO

Malawi CSAMalawi Civil Society Organisations Nutrition Alliance (CSONA)Since 1 May 2013

100,000.00 USD - NVF

Hosted by Concern– an

international NGO

45 Civil Society Organisations

NUTRITIONSENSITIVE ACTIVITIES

CSA focuses on

NUTRITIONSPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

Treatment of acute malnutrition

Micronutrient supplementation

Water and Sanitation

Agriculture

Access to healthcare Women’s empowerment

Disaster resilience

Education and employment

Exclusive breastfeedingup to 6 months of age

Food fortification

INGOs 32

Local CSOs 13

Membership

Malawi

Progress & Impact

Accountability• CSA holds government to account on not progressing / achieving the WHA targetsBudget analysis and advocacy for increased investment• Budget tracking workshop with parliamentarians held in Malawi - breaking nutrition budget down to

community level. • CSONA to conduct rapid budget analysis – 2 week window as soon as budget released to be able to review

and track what has been allocated.• CSA coordinator presents and advocates at World Bank Spring meeting.Parliamentarian champions• A dynamic parliamentarian group for food and nutrition is present in Malawi. The civil society organisation

for nutrition action (CSONA) has been working closely with the group to inform them of the nutrition situation in Malawi and through undertaking analysis of budgets for nutrition. CSONA has engaged MPs in two fact finding missions on nutrition and organised training for MPs on budget analysis and tracking in partnership with Save the Children International and Graca Machel Trust (GMT).

• Parliamentarians keen to know how money breaks down at community level. • 13 MPs have signed pledges to champion Nutrition in advance of the Rio Olympics in 2016 and the signed

pledges were published in national press.

Mozambique CSASince 17 Jul 2013

132,000.00 USD - NVF

Hosted by the Associação de Nutrição e Segurança

Alimentar (ANSA – Association for nutrition

and food security – a national CSO

78 Civil Society Organisations 23 at national level & 55 at Provincial level

INGOs 41

Local CSOs 37

Membership

NUTRITIONSENSITIVE ACTIVITIES

CSA focuses on

NUTRITIONSPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

Treatment of acute malnutrition

Micronutrient supplementation

Water and Sanitation

Agriculture

Access to healthcare Women’s empowerment

Exclusive breastfeedingup to 6 months of age

Food fortification

Mozambique

Progress & Impact

Accountability and advocacy for nutrition prioritisation & increased investment• The Advocacy Campaign

– Targets decision makers– Focus - nutrition is a key factor for the wellbeing of the child and society/community– 6 areas - Infant, pregnant women, health, Education, Gender – early marriage and early pregnancy, and

Development/economy• As part of their advocacy campaigns the alliance has met with parliamentarian commissions for Planning

and Budget & Social affairs, Gender, Technology and social communication respectively. They have also planned meetings with commissions for Agriculture, Economy and Environment, the Cabinet of Parliamentarian Women and Cabinet of Parliamentarian Youth). In addition, the alliance has met with key Ministries such as Health, Education, Youth and Sport, and National Institute for Social affairs as well as the First lady Cabinet.

• Face to face meetings with parliamentarians, ministries, and First Lady calling for nutrition budgeting and tracking and government high level participation at Rio 2016

• MoH launching end of May (26th) strategy for behaviour change communication• TV spots, posters, ads, digital tools for raising awareness on importance of nutrition and nutrition

investment• Planning meetings have been held at both national and provincial level in order to advance commitment

and action this year

Pakistan CSASUN Civil Society Alliance PakistanSince 24 Dec 2014

132,000.00 USD - NVF

Hosted by Micronutrient Initiative – an

international NGO

108 Civil Society Organisations

NUTRITIONSENSITIVE ACTIVITIES

CSA focuses on

NUTRITIONSPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

Treatment of acute malnutrition

Micronutrient supplementation

Agriculture

Access to healthcare

Exclusive breastfeedingup to 6 months of age

INGOs 8

Local CSOs97

Social Movements3

Membership

Pakistan

Progress & Impact

Budget and situation analysis & Advocacy for increased investment for nutrition• SUN CSA Pk advocates in various forums - a meeting to discuss a multisectoral strategy for nutrition; a

national conference on nutrition sensitive agriculture; at provincial level in Balochistan where rates of malnutrition are high

• In process of conducting policy landscape analysis in Pakistan to prepare policy briefs. • The minister of planning has committed 100 million rupees per year for nutrition. The aim is to have a

commitment of 500 million per year. • Local government of Balochistan recognises nutrition, food security and DRR as a priority and commits

more financial resources• Budget analysis to track spending on nutrition is in process

Accountability• CSA members met prime minister – PM very interested to allocate resources for nutrition and decided to

set up a cell to look after monitoring of SDGs and nutrition activities as well as tracking nutrition spending and allocation

Pakistan

Progress & Impact

Other advocacy efforts• CSA also builds capacity of CSOs to advocate effectively - adapting the CSN tool kit • Production of 3 TV talk shows, 10 radio programs and 10 newspaper supplements/pieces & social media

campaign to Generate Public debate on the impact of malnutrition underway• Conducted training need assessment of CSA member organizations and started trainings of CSOs on nutrition

advocacy skills

Accountability• CSA members met prime minister – PM very interested to allocate resources for nutrition and decided to

set up a cell to look after monitoring of SDGs and nutrition activities as well as tracking nutrition spending and allocation

Parliamentarian champions• The civil society alliance has registered considerable interest from parliamentarians in their work. They have

a relationship with the Meeting with the speaker for parliament Rahila Rahmid. Their work involves national representatives of government as well as regional province based political representatives.

Peru CSAIniciativa contra la Desnutrición Infantil (IDI)Since 1 Sep 2006

132,000.00 USD - NVF

Independent entity

75 Civil Society Organisations

INGOs 13

Local CSOs 6

Membership

NUTRITIONSENSITIVE ACTIVITIES

CSA focuses on

NUTRITIONSPECIFIC ACTIVITIESMicronutrient

supplementation

Water and Sanitation

Agriculture

Access to healthcare Women’s empowerment

Disaster resilience

Exclusive breastfeedingup to 6 months of age

Peru

Progress & Impact

Advocacy for commitments and sustained nutrition prioritisation

• IDI conducts large campaign & advocacy efforts (workshops, meetings with ministers and vice-ministers,...) targeting politicians and political parties, mobilising citizens to make specific nutrition asks and demand for SMART and accountable commitments from government

• Impact so far– Congress candidates sign commitments to fight childhood malnutrition– Citizens call for the president to sign a commitment for childhood malnutrition– IDI secures nutrition commitments from 7 of 9 candidates (2 of which are leads in the second round)

in advance of 2016 national elections and now hopes to reach out to regional governors and sub-national government to demonstrate the groundswell of public support for improving nutrition in Peru and maintaining the gains the country has made.

• More can be found here.– workshop with regional governors who are already supporting interventions with candidates so they

can feel there is pressure from sub-national governments– a big public campaign via social media and in press and radio– Preparing with the MoH to support resolutions at the WHA

Rwanda CSASUN Civil Society Alliance (CiSA) RwandaSince 25 Mar 2015

132,000.00 USD - NVF

Hosted by Society for Family Health (SFH) Rwanda – a

local CSO

79 Civil Society Organisations

INGOs 16

Local CSOs & social movements

63

Membership

NUTRITIONSENSITIVE ACTIVITIES

CSA focuses on

NUTRITIONSPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

Treatment of acute malnutrition

Micronutrient supplementation

Water and Sanitation

Agriculture

Access to healthcare Women’s empowerment

Disaster resilience

Education and employment

Exclusive breastfeedingup to 6 months of age

Food fortification

Rwanda

Progress & Impact

Advocacy for nutrition prioritisation• Working with the Office of the Prime Minister to support the development of a secretariat to improve

multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral coordination for nutrition in Rwanda. Impact: The secretariat was established under a cabinet decision a few weeks ago and will be coordinated by the Ministry of Local Government.

• SFH Rwanda in collaboration with the SUN Alliance contracted key artists in the country such as; award winners, film actors, media and Miss Rwanda 2016. These have accepted to work with both organisations for a period of one year as nutrition champions. Impact: These have so far been invited to open dialogues to share their views on nutrition.

• Actively organising events and meetings with different stakeholders - policy makers, donors, government agencies, MPs & Minister of agriculture, MoH, Ministry of Local Government etc... to raise nutrition as a priority and advocate for increased investment. Impact: Community consultation is underway on issues of nutrition.

Rwanda

Progress & Impact

Parliamentarian champions

The SUN Alliance in Rwanda has been working to organize parliamentary hearings and policy makers engagement on the theme of nutrition for health, the nutrition situation and needed actions. The first public session took place in the Chamber of Deputies on March 15, 2016. The Alliance also continues its advocacy for increased investment for nutrition and tracking of results. This is backed by a series of workshops at provincial levels engaging all decision makers in a province is made up of Six districts.

Senegal CSAPlateforme des organisations de la société civilepour le renforcement de la nutrition et de la sécuritéalimentaire au Sénégal (Plateforme OSC SUN)Since 15 Dec 2015 120,000.00 USD - NVF

Hosted by Eau-Vie-environnement – a

local CSO

30 Civil Society Organisations

NUTRITIONSENSITIVE ACTIVITIES

CSA focuses on

NUTRITIONSPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

Treatment of acute malnutrition

Micronutrient supplementation

Water and Sanitation

Agriculture

Access to healthcare Women’s empowerment

Disaster resilience

Education and employment

Exclusive breastfeedingup to 6 months of age

Food fortification

INGOs 23

Local CSOs3

Social Movements

4

Membership

Senegal

Progress & Impact

Budget and situation analysis & Advocacy for increased investment for nutrition• Budget analysis and dialogue with government planned• The SUN Civil Society Alliance in Senegal is going to work closely with the health commission in link ahead of

the vote of the 2017 budget.• Improving nutrition advocacy through cross-learning• Working with local authorities and elected local officials.• Fact finding mission with parliamentarians.• Running a nutrition caravan to visit communities and encourage public mobilisation.

Parliamentarian champions• In Senegal, a few Members of the Parliament got involved in budget advocacy for nutrition. In 2015,

members of the national assembly health commission undertook a study of the budgetary lines within the 2013-2015 national budgets that are dedicated to nutrition sensitive and specific interventions. Dr Mame Gueye Dione, Vice President of this commission, is very active and had the opportunity to present the results of the budget analysis and to discuss nutrition advocacy with the civil society during a regional conference on undernutrition in West Africa that was organized by Action Against Hunger last June, in Dakar.

INGOs 13

Local CSOs237

Social Movements10

Membership

Sierra Leone CSAHANSL-CSPSince 1 Oct 2013

130,000.00 USD - NVF

Hosted by FOCUS 1000 – a local CSO

260 Civil Society Organisations

NUTRITIONSENSITIVE ACTIVITIES

CSA focuses on

NUTRITIONSPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

Water and Sanitation

Agriculture

Access to healthcare Women’s empowerment

Disaster resilience

Exclusive breastfeedingup to 6 months of age

Sierra Leone

Progress & Impact

Parliamentarian champions• The HAN-SL has reached out to parliamentarians in their advocacy work. They are currently working on

encouraging the new national constitution includes the right to food and recently supported the country’s first food and nutrition fair.

• Impact: First Draft of Sierra Leone’s Constitution makes provision for the rights to food – http://www.han-sl.org/index.php/news/61-first-draft-of-sierra-leone-s-constitution-makes-provision-for-the-rights-to-food

Advocacy efforts• Health partners hold meeting to reduce Anaemia in Sierra Leone• Orientation of Market Women, Drivers Union and Bike Riders Union Members for MCH Week• Media plays a strong role in key activities relating to nutrition and health:

– Media invited to Press Conference on 21 April and encouraged to support promotion of the national nutrition fair - Resulting in - Media houses offered free TV and Radio slots including: 6 TV slots, (AYV, SLBC TV) and Radio programmes/ interviews and 3 newspaper publications on the Health and Nutrition Fair.

– During the event - Live radio coverage for the 3 days, Float Parade: live broadcast on 2 radio stations ( VOI and Freetown Radio), Live interviews broadcasted in 6 partner stations, set up of a mini studio at the Fair to conduct Panel interviews of experts (on nutrition, health, immunization) and members of the public to broadcasted live.

– “Good Nutrition: Key For a Healthy Nation” video• National Health and Nutrition Fair 2016 a 3 day event 29 April -1 May designed to showcase interventions

by Govt, CSOs, UN and business partners to end hunger and malnutrition and improve health outcomes in Sierra Leone.

Tanzania CSAPartnership For Nutrition In Tanzania (PANITA)Since 1 Oct 2013

135,000.00 USD - NVF

Registered as an independent entity

288 Civil Society Organisations

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Tanzania

Progress & Impact

Calling for commitments and increased investments• Joint statement given by the Civil Societies Organisation under the umbrella of t

he Partnership For Nutrition In Tanzania (PANITA) on 6th April 2016 Calls for government, on the road to Rio, to increase domestic spending on Nutrition interventions based on the estimated cost of $8.5 per child to reach the WHA targets by 2025, and participate in the upcoming Rio summit and pledge for increased political commitment for sustainable leadership and provision of resources from its domestic sources as this is necessary for improved nutrition status of the country

• Champion Graca Machel meets with VP to highlight importance of nutrition to new government

• PANITA Conducted outreach meetings to key government officials in support of the Rio pledge (Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Children and Elderly; Deputy Minister for Information Culture, arts and Sports; Deputy Minister Education, technology and vocational; Minister for PMO- Policy coordination and Parliamentary Affairs) resulting in a promise to encourage government to attend Rio N4G

PANITA secretariat with members of PGNFSCR during the meeting held at Pius Msekwa Hall Dodoma, on 08th

June 2016.

“Courtesy call” PANITA at the Deputy Speaker’s office advocating for high level governmental presence at the

Nutrition for Growth summit II in Rio de janeiro Brazil in August 2016. Deputy Speaker Dr. Tulia Ackson

(Center) with PANITA staff.

Tanzania

Progress & Impact

• PANITA also organized the Deputy Speaker as a means of pushing for Rio Pledge , it was also an opportunity to highlight the country Nutrition situation and the deputy speaker promised to also push for increased resources for Nutrition

Raising nutrition profile in Tanzania• Launches a journalists competition for 3 months to incentivise more focus on nutrition and resource

mobilisation - PANITA Journalists excellence in reporting on nutritionBudget tracking at sub-national level• PANITA will build on efforts previously conducted on tracking nutrition funds at the local level to inform

advocacy efforts.Parliamentarians• PANITA has been working extensively with parliamentarians. They assisted in the creation of a

parliamentarian group and supported their development of a manifesto for nutrition in the country. With the change of government the group is being reinvigorated to keep nutrition a non-partisan issue.

• PANITA plans to work with parliamentarians around Rio commitment sand budget issues. So far PANITA organized a meeting with members of the parliament which was mainly aiming at discussing the post-election engagement but also to garner support from them on the forth coming Rio Pledge

INGOs 15

Local CSOs 60

Social Movements

3

Membership

Zambia CSACSO-SUN Alliance ZambiaSince 1 Oct 2013

132,000.00 USD - NVF

Registered as an independent entity

75 Civil Society Organisations

NUTRITIONSENSITIVE ACTIVITIES

CSA focuses on

NUTRITIONSPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

Water and Sanitation

Agriculture

Women’s empowerment

Exclusive breastfeedingup to 6 months of age

Zambia

Progress & Impact

Advocacy for increased investment & accountability• Active work with parliamentarians (see below)• The alliance has also worked to support political figures to make SMART commitments in advance of

international nutrition events.• Successfully mobilising and engaging media for nutrition (building on strong existing partnerships)• Planning a political conference in support of efforts• Impact

– Seven key political parties pledge to fight malnutrition following a workshop organised by CSO-SUN alliance– Advocate for increased commitment and investment in exclusive breastfeeding – Nutrition in political party manifesto & here– Civil Society proposes agriculture policy reform to curb malnutrition in Zambia

Parliamentarian champions• The civil society alliance CSO-SUN Alliance in Zambia has been working with current and future

parliamentarians to build awareness among current and future parliamentarians of the importance of nutrition. This has included working to secure nutrition commitments from all future political figures through targeted messaging.

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Progress at regional and global level

Global levelSUN Civil Society NetworkSince 1 Jun 2013

Currently funded by the SUN MPTF through Dec 2016. Some of our activities funded and supported by GIZ, DFID and CIFF

Hosted by Save the Children – an

international NGO

2500 Civil Society Organisations

INGOs 18

Local CSOs 11

Regional CSOs4

Academia2

SUN CSAs 39

Membership

Extracted from SUN CSN publication on Civil Society Successes

Global & regional

Progress & Impact

The SUN CSN is actively supporting the NVF grantees• Monthly calls sharing progress and fostering cross-learning across NVF grantees• A West African Civil Society workshop to strengthen capacities of 12 CSAs in budget analysis and advocacy for increased

investments and accountability – organised by ACF, UNICEF, Terre des Hommes and the SUN CSN – Dakar, Senegal – May 3-5, 2016

• Tools to support efforts:– A budget analysis tool in 4 languages– An advocacy tool kit in 4 languages

Global & regional

Progress & Impact

Advocacy opportunities – capitalising on existing key moments and creating new ones

• Ensuring Civil Society Alliances, including NVF grantees are present or influence country representatives at key moments

– 12 SUN CSAs call for SMART and accountable nutrition political and financial commitments through a declaration presented to donors and UN agencies in Dakar, Senegal – May 2016

– Malawi CSA speaks at Word Bank Spring meetings– CSAs prepare with officials for the African Development Bank meeting.

ACF and others support with social media tool kit. African Development Bank event calls for leadership, partnership and investment in nutrition to shape the economic growth of the continent

– SUN CSAs actively working to prepare the MoH for the World Health Assembly representation in various countries (including Kenya, Mozambique and Rwanda)

• Organising opportunities for calling for commitments - Chef and Campaigner Jamie Oliver joins Ministers of Health at the 69th World Health Assembly to talk about nutrition globally: Result – 13 governments spoke and made nutrition commitments + a celebrity Chef as nutrition champion commits for life-long engagement starting with Food Revolution Campaign

• Asian and West African countries call for regional commitment moments. Nahas Angula, member of the SUN Movement Lead Group and former Prime Minister of Namibia with Jamie Oliver, celebrity chef.

What we achieved

between 2013 & 2016

• Supported the establishment and strengthening of national CIVIL SOCIETY ALLIANCES in 39 countries coordinating more than 2500 civil society organisations who have become essential contributors to scaling up nutrition

• CIVIL SOCIETY ALLIANCES have

UNITED community groups, national CSOs and international civil society organisations at national and sub-national levels

COORDINATED civil society advocacy and action on nutrition at national, sub-national levels

ENRICHED nutrition policies

CHANNELED expertise, evidence, reality of those suffering from malnutrition into government policies & plans

SUPPORTED governments ensure multi-sectoral efforts for nutrition

ENSURED ACCOUNTABILITY of governments and other actors for nutrition commitments

Our unique contribution

• Civil society essential for sustainable nutrition efforts

• ‘Eyes and ears’ embedded in communities, implementing programmes

• Sharing on-the-ground expertise, community knowledge of what works

• Working with decentralised structures and local champions to ensure nutrition efforts reach most vulnerable

The Value we bring

1- Speaking with one voice

2- Raising nutrition’s profile and sustainability

3- Enriching Nutrition Policy

4- Highlighting gender needs and sharing effective practices on the ground

5- Promoting accountability

6- Building local capacity

7- Ensuring efforts are sustainable

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