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Illustrating the high-level national political commitment for scaling up nutrition, 13 Governors representing all regions in Namibia met in Windhoek in August 2011 at the invitation of Prime Minister Angula, to build awareness about the nutrition situation in the country and all the respective regions. The regional Governors were galvanized into action and at the close of the meeting all 13 participants signed the Declaration of Commitment pledging their support to scale up nutrition.

The UK Government has reaffirmed their commitment to tackle hunger and malnutrition – confirming their promise to host a special event ahead of the G8 summit.

The efforts of the Movement for Scaling-Up Nutrition (SUN) are contributing to better nutrition for people in SUN countries – especially women and young children. We are pleased to share some examples in the January 2013 Update.

New materials are now available for download to share as part of outreach and advocacy to scale up nutrition.

Read the December 2012 Update and sign up to receive monthly updates from the SUN Movement.

At a recent nutrition meeting I realized that I don’t yet have a clear idea of where nutrition should fit into the next set of development goals. I also realized that the wider nutrition community has not had this discussion either.As many critical decisions will be made in the next 6 months, we need to get our act together.

La création de la Coalition de la société civile pour le renforcement de la Nutrition en Ouganda (UCCO-SUN) renforcera les partenariats de plaidoyer pour une meilleure élaboration des politiques et allocation des ressources en vue de l’amélioration des résultats de la Nutrition. Le projet appuiera également le renforcement des capacités dans le cadre des efforts de mise en œuvre des OSC aux niveaux national et local et permettra le suivi et l’évaluation des investissements de la Nutrition ainsi que des rapports d’activités de SUN.

MPTF funding in Malawi will support the establishment of a strong, sustainable and influential Civil Society Organizations’ (CSO) Alliance to support the implementation of nutrition interventions outlined in the national agenda.

Funding to support a civil society platform in Niger will seek to build awareness and capacity for nutrition and strengthen the ability of civil society to coordinate on issues related to nutrition as well as conduct a unified outreach effort among government and donors.

Funding for strengthening capacity and coordination among civil society in Mozambique comes at an important time, as the country works to roll out implementation of the 10-year Action Plan for reducing chronic malnutrition.