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2016 09 December

The SUN Movement Progress Report is presented to Geneva based Permanent Representatives

On 22 November 2016, a briefing on the 2016 SUN Movement Annual Progress Report was held with Permanent Missions in Geneva. The pre-launch event of the report gave the opportunity for SUN Movement Coordinator, Gerda Verburg, to share progress made towards eradicating malnutrition across 57...

2016 05 December

Sub-national orientation and campaigns are helping to scale up nutrition in Nepal

Thuy | Advocacy Capacity building Community Multi-stakeholder planning SUN Country Network 0

From 14 - 18 November 2016, a two-day orientation was held in Kathmandu with Central and District teams working on Nepal’s Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Plan (MSNP) to better collaborate them on its implementation....

2016 24 November

Nutrition awareness spikes with phase two of Pakistan’s civil society campaign

Thuy | Advocacy Investments Multi-stakeholder planning Nutrition commitments SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network 0

From 20 to 22 November 2016, the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance in Pakistan (SUNCSA-Pak) launched the second phase of their #InvestInNutrition campaign with support from the Micronutrient Initiative. The campaign built on the success of the first phase of the campaign which was...

2016 24 November

Nutrition at COP22, the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech, Morocco

Nicole Martinez | Advocacy Climate Global initiatives SUN Business Network, SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN UN Network 0

From 7- 18 November 2016, the 22nd session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) was held in Marrakech, Morocco....

2016 08 November

Myanmar’s UN Network for Nutrition and Food Security holds their first retreat

Thuy | Advocacy Multi-stakeholder planning SUN UN Network 0

On 31 May 2016, the UN Network for Nutrition and Food Security in Myanmar came together for their first retreat in Yangon. Funded and facilitated by the UN Network’s REACH, the event brought together over 50 representatives from FAO, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNOPS (LIFT and 3...

2016 01 November

New Food and Nutrition Policy and hunger report launched at a high level event in Lesotho

Thuy | Advocacy Champions SUN Country Network 0

On 20 October 2016, a high level event was held in Lesotho to launch the Cost of Hunger report and the new Food and Nutrition Policy. It also represented a moment to promote the membership of Lesotho in the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement and...

2016 31 October

The CSN Learning Route in Rwanda opens with an Experience Fair

Nicole Martinez | Advocacy Community Multi-stakeholder planning Peer-to-peer learning Blogs, SUN Civil Society Network 0

This blog has been written by Ramatu Jalloh, SUN CSA coordinator in Sierra Leone. The first day of the Learning Route in Rwanda for civil society alliances kicked off with an Experience Fair at Umubano Hotel in Kigali. Planned as a preparation session for this...

2016 28 October

SUN Civil Society Alliance in Liberia renews efforts and elects a steering committee

Thuy | Advocacy Humanitarian field Multi-stakeholder planning SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network 0

From 24-25 October 2016, a two day workshop was held to organize the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance in Liberia with 42 locals and 3 international civil society organisation under the theme “Better Nutrition For All”. The event was organized by Action Contre la...

2016 28 October

The first international Learning Route exchange among Civil Society Alliances is held in Rwanda

Nicole Martinez | Advocacy Capacity building Community Multi-stakeholder planning Peer-to-peer learning SUN Civil Society Network 0

From 30 October to 5 November 2016, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Alliance Rwanda in collaboration with SUN Civil Society Network and PROCASUR Corporation today launch the first international Learning Route exchange program among Civil Society Alliances in Rwanda. ...

2016 25 October

2016 World Food Day calls for more resilient, productive and sustainable food systems

Thuy | Advocacy Agriculture Climate Global initiatives SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

On 16 October 2016, World Food Day was celebrated around the world under the global theme "Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too". Led by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the day drew attention to one of the biggest issues related to...