On 31 October and 3 November 2014, the African Union and the Government of Malawi celebrated Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security. The day is celebrated annually and aims to create a platform for stakeholders to discuss solutions and make recommendations on food and nutrition security in...
Read MoreOn 24 October 2014, a meeting was organised by the Pakistan Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms to promote the formulation of the Pakistan business network for scaling up nutrition in Islamabad. The network was the result of a collaboration between the Ministry, the Global Alliance for...
Read MoreOn 9 October 2014, representatives from all SUN Networks participated in the monthly Network Facilitators teleconference hosted by the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement Secretariat. Updates came from recent activities including SUN Business Network Breakfast and Advisory Group Meeting in New York on the 24th September 2014 in...
Read MoreOn 17 October 2014, a media seminar about the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) was held in Accra, Ghana for journalists from private and public media. The event was organised by the Ghana News Agency (GNA), the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and the...
Read MoreOn 13 – 18 October 2014, the 41st Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) took place in Rome, Italy. The CFS meets annually to take stock of progress on reducing food insecurity in the world, and to map out key policy objectives...
Read MoreOn 13 October 2014, the Global Hunger Index (GHI) for 2014 was released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). The report, which was jointly prepared by IFPRI, Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts...
Read MoreOn 7 October 2014, the Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) hosted a three day meeting at the town hall in Oxford, United Kingdom. The aim of the meeting was to facilitate technical learning on nutrition in emergencies and high burden contexts. The meeting engaged over 100...
Read MoreAt the end of September 2014, consulting firm Mokoro Ltd in partnership with Valid International and FEG Consulting completed the SUN Movement Independent Comprehensive Evaluation Interim Report. The Interim Progress Report is intended to provide an update to the Lead Group, an interim assessment of the SUN Movement Secretariat (SMS) and...
Read MoreOn 22 September 2014, the sixth meeting of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Lead Group was held in New York to review the progress of, and provide guidance to, the SUN Movement. The Lead Group considered; Immediate priorities for the SUN Movement Opportunities to strengthen resilience...
Read MoreFrom 1 September 2014, the SUN Movement Secretariat held the 15th meeting of the network of SUN Government focal Points. The thematic discussion for the meeting was “Strengths and challenges of the SUN Monitoring and Evaluation Framework and the self-assessment workshops”. The latest meeting involved nine...
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