The Federal Republic of Somalia joined the SUN Movement in 2014 with a letter of commitment from the Director General of the Ministry of Health and Human Services. At the central level, the Office of the Prime Minster hosts the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Secretariat. The SUN Secretariat is working with development partners to establish a multi-sectoral high level committee in Mogadishu.
In the Puntland region in north-eastern Somalia, significant progress has been made in bringing stakeholders together to align scaling up nutrition efforts and gain high level commitment. This has been successful with the Vice President of Puntland in February 2015 who inaugurated the first SUN high level multi-sector committee meeting and announced that his office will host the Puntland multistakeholder latform for nutrition.
In the Somaliland region in north-western Somalia, plans are underway to establish coordination arrangements with support from partners at the central level and external development partners.
Priorities for the future include institutionalisation of SUN Secretariats at central and regional levels and agreement with partners on future work plans. Work plan discussions will include identifying a feedback process for the central level which includes local levels partners, assessment of results, information sharing and advocacy plans.
Last updated: October 2015
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