Leveraging Social Protection Programs for Improved Nutrition : Report on the Proceedings of the Global Forum on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs, 2015
The Global Forum on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs,co-hosted by Secure Nutrition and the Russian Federation Ministry of Finance,was held in Moscow, Russia on the 10th and 11th of September, 2015. Theevent drew approximately 150 part...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/11/26924218/leveraging-social-protection-programs-improved-nutrition-report-proceedings-global-forum-nutrition-sensitive-social-protection-programs-2015 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25337 |
| Summary: | The Global Forum on Nutrition-Sensitive
Social Protection Programs,co-hosted by Secure Nutrition and
the Russian Federation Ministry of Finance,was held in
Moscow, Russia on the 10th and 11th of September, 2015.
Theevent drew approximately 150 participants from over
twenty countries, and provided a space for in-depth
conversations anchored to country case studies that featured
programs integrating social protection instruments and
nutrition principles. The role of effective
nutrition-sensitive social protection programs has been
increasing, and the current global development agenda calls
for the profile of nutrition to be raised by ensuring strong
leadership and commitment at alllevels and across multiple
sectors. Partnerships are playing an increasinglyimportant
role in the development of assistance architecture. The
GlobalForum on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection
Programs (Global Forum)aimed to support these efforts by
contributing to the evidence base for policyoptions and
operational actions. Objectives and Achievements are
follows i) Better understand existing needs of countries to
assist them in settingup well-functioning
nutrition-sensitive social protection programs; (ii) Support
countries in catalyzing, building commitment for,
designing,establishing, managing, and scaling up
nutrition-sensitive social protectionprograms through
providing technical assistance and capacitydevelopment to
governments; (iii) Disseminate best policies and practices
and innovative approaches inthe area of social protection
systems linking food security and nutrition,poverty
reduction, and agricultural production; (iv) Improve access
to knowledge and build awareness related to
nutrition-sensitive social protection through presentation
of existing internationalinitiatives, knowledge platforms
and tools, including theSecureNutrition Knowledge Platform;
(v) Facilitate South-South and Triangular Cooperation and
exchange ofexperience and lessons learned among countries,
allowing them to identify their own pathways in developing
nutrition-sensitive socialprotection programs specific to
their national needs; (vi) Enhance coordination and
cooperation among development partnersand international
organizations to harness the resources of a diverserange of
actors involved in nutrition-sensitive social
protectionprograms; (vii) Promote engagement of
all-interested stakeholders, including governments,private
sector, civil society, NGOs, international and
regionalorganizations, and other development partners in
designing andimplementing nutrition-sensitive social
protection programs. |
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