In Nepal, the High Level Nutrition and Food Security Steering Committee (HLNFSSC) provides the strategic guidance to the National Nutrition and Food Security Coordination Committee (NNFSC) which is the multi-stakeholder platform. The National Nutrition and Food Security Secretariat (NNFSS) was established in 2013 to provide technical support to the NNFSC.
The HLNFSSC is chaired by the National Planning Commission (NPC) and includes representatives from relevant line ministries including Health, Agriculture, Education and Women, Children and Social Welfare. The Ministry of Information and Communication is the most recent to join.
The NNFSS is yet to be fully institutionalised, however, meetings among the multi-stakeholder groups are being held regularly and have resulted in substantial achievements. This includes Nepal’s Common Results Framework (CRF) for nutrition, the Multi-Sector Nutrition Plan (2013-2017) (MSNP) and the production of the Joint Multi-sector Advocacy & Communication Strategy. In addition to the coordinating structures, an academic platform and three multi-sectoral working groups (Capacity Development, Advocacy and Communication, Monitoring & Evaluation and Management Information System) have been established, in which United Nations (UN) agencies, donors, civil society groups and government officials are engaged.
A Media Network, which includes trained journalists, has been set up to scale up engagement throughout the country. The Civil Society Alliance for Nutrition Nepal (CSANN) was created in 2014 and a private sector platform is being planned.
The earthquakes in 2015 have caused widespread damage across the country. With the support of the international community, Nepal is recovering although the situation remains fragile. This has also impacted progress towards their scaling up nutrition efforts.
Last updated: October 2015
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