European Commissioner Andris Piebalgs: ‘The SUN Movement gives us the leadership we need to make malnutrition a thing of the past’

A two-day conference in Brussels brought together representatives from SUN countries, donors, UN agencies, civil society, academia and the business community to ensure that nutrition remains at the top of the international development agenda.

March 15, 2013 - Last update: July 4, 2022

A two-day conference on the 14th and 15th of March in Brussels brought together representatives from SUN countries, donors, UN agencies, civil society, academia and the business community to ensure that nutrition remains at the top of the international development agenda.

The meeting opened with a key note address by the European Commissioner and SUN Movement Lead Group Member, Andris Piebalgs, and featured presentations from SUN Focal Points, Lead Group Members and senior officials from development partner agencies. Discussions focused on ensuring that the opportunities in 2013 deliver tangible results for nutrition. Participants from around the globe representing numerous sectors debated the best ways to ensure that nutrition features in the post-Millenium Development Goal development framework; how to cost, fund and measure the impact of nutrition investments; and how to ensure principled and sustainable efforts are made by all key partners to eradicate malnutrition in all its forms.

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