BUILDING TRUST AND DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP

1. Workshop on Strengthening Effective
Engagement to Scale Up Nutrition - Zambia
10-12 June 2015
Nairobi, Kenya

2. ZAMBIA
BUILDING TRUST AND DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP
26/26/2015

3. Multisectoral Platform
 Date of joining SUN: December 2010
 Date when MSP was formed: 2012
 Under which office does MSP sit: National Food and Nutrition Commission
(NFNC)
 Membership of the MSP: Representatives from the 5 Government key Line
Ministries (Health, Agriculture, Community Development, Education, and
Local Government) CSOs, NGOs, Quasi-government Institutions, UN System ,
Donor Agencies, and more recent the Business community.
 List of SUN Networks in the country:
Fully active / Partially active / Inactive
Government partners Fully Active
United Nations Fully Active
Civil Society Fully Active
Donors Fully Active
Business Fully Active
Technical community Fully Active

4. Coordination mechanism For Scaling Up
Nutrition
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Nutrition
Governance
Framework
@NFNC
2014

5. Accomplishments or Progress
 Networks working according to identified Government
priorities
 Networks collaborating with each other to find
synergies, reduce duplication, and strengthen collective
efforts
 Strong engagement of non-traditional partners, such as
the private sector, to expand strategic partnerships in
support of national nutrition efforts
 Allowing each group to lead from where they are
All Networks functional, and regularly engaging with
NFNC and other Government line ministries in SUN
movement

6. How was this achieved
 Strong national commitments at Nutrition for Growth
Summit in 2013
 Extensive advocacy efforts on behalf of Civil Society for
Nutrition
 Good communication between NFNC, line ministries,
implementers, and supporting partners (both donors
and implementers) – enabled joint planning and joint
progress reviews
All of the above supported by a considerable drive
and motivation on behalf of various stakeholders to
positively impact malnutrition in Zambia

7. Challenges and Risks
1) Delayed institutionalization of coordinating structures at national
and sub-national levels by government.
2) Slow pace to Amend the Mandate of NFNC; Commission is
tasked with some tasks that should be shifted to line ministries,
and not given enough political clout to coordinate effectively
3) Involved line ministries implementing the programme in “silos”
without converging on same target groups and same location
HOWEVER:
• National Food and Nutrition Act is currently under
revision, so some of the above challenges may be
lessened in the coming few years
• Coordination strategy now in place for all levels

8. Thank you!