Pérou

Peru has aligned its Nutrition and Child Development Policy and related programmes with international commitments based on a Common Results Framework and results-oriented management. The scope and complexity of early childhood work requires multisectoral and intergovernmental coordination, which is still being established. Initiatives have been established that promote coordination between sectors and levels, such as the Multisectoral Plan to Combat Anaemia, the Children First Territorial Strategy, the results-based budget, incentive mechanisms (which result in commitments for adequate follow-up) and complementary and coordinated work.

Peru is working towards achieving its national goals but significant gaps and challenges remain, with pockets of malnutrition existing in all its forms throughout the country. Interventions therefore need to be adapted to different contexts, with strategies differentiated by age groups and rural/urban areas, for example, and taking an intercultural approach. Further improvements are needed in multisectoral and intergovernmental work and operational evaluations and research need to be promoted. The last two years have been challenging due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has required innovation and the adaptation of early childhood and nutrition services.

The Multisectoral Working Group responsible for defining additional guidelines for joint action within the context of the Early Childhood Development Results-Based Budget Programme has been established by supreme decree, bringing together 15 vice-ministers across nine government sectors. Institutionalization nevertheless remains weak as changes in the Government and various government officials, along with the health situation resulting from the pandemic, have limited the supreme decree’s practical implementation.