Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Senior Level Meeting

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14 March 2013, 0:00 to 15 March 2013, 0:00

A two-day conference in Brussels brought together representatives from SUN countries, donors, UN agencies, civil society, academia and the business community to ensure that nutrition remains at the top of the international development agenda.

The meeting was hosted by the European Commissioner for Development and SUN Movement Lead Group Member, Andris Piebalgs, and featured presentations from SUN Focal Points, Lead Group Members and senior officials from development partner agencies. Participants from around the globe representing numerous sectors debated the best ways to ensure that nutrition features in the post-Millenium Development Goals development framework; how to cost, fund and measure the impact of nutrition investments; and how to ensure principled and sustainable efforts are made by all key partners to eradicate malnutrition in all its forms.

The closing speech was delivered by the European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva.

The SUN Movement meeting took place a day after the realease of the Commission's communication related to a new policy on nutrition. The aim of the communication is to boost global progress on addressing undernutrition (stunting and wasting). The policy outlines three strategic priorities:

Firstly, a stronger mobilization and political commitment for nutrition at country and international level (inter alia through the SUN Movement and the humanitarian cluster system).
Secondly, scaling up nutrition interventions (strengthening human and institutional/system capacity, increasing interventions specifically designed for nutrition and increasing nutrition-sensitive actions in both humanitarian and development settings).
Thirdly, the EU will invest in applied research, support information systems, and will provide technical expertise for the implementation of the communication.

SESSIONS AND TOPICS PRESENTED DURING THE MEETING:
Opening speech	Andris Piebalgs European Commissioner for Development
1. Nutrition in the post-MDG agenda. A global commitment to reduce undernutrition beyond 2015	Lawrence Haddad Director, IDS
2. Accountability of investments in nutrition. Developing a SUN resource tracking methodology	Jean-Pierre Halkin Head of Unit, European Commission (DG DEVCO)
3. The role of agriculture in nutrition security	Brian Thompson Senior Nutrition Advisor, FAO
4. Financing of Nutrition:
4.1. National Costing Exercises in SUN countries	David Nabarro SUN Mouvement Coordinator
4.2. CMAM financing	Jeremy Shoham and Carmel Dolan, Technical Directors, Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN)
4.3. Costing National Nutrition Plans	Meera Shekar Lead Health & Nutrition Specialist, the World Bank
4.4. Catalytic Financing of Nutrition	Agustin Flory Executive Director, CIFF
5. Results monitoring in nutrition: working towards a results monitoring system to measure the impact of nutrition interventions	Yves Martin-Prével Nutrition Advisory Service, European Commission (DG DEVCO)
6. Private sector involvement in nutrition security	Jay Naidoo Chairman, GAIN
Wrap-up and conclusions	Klaus Rudischhauser Deputy Director-General Policy and Thematic Coordination, European Commission (DG DEVCO)
Closing speech	Kristalina Georgieva European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response