The Scaling Up
Nutrition (SUN) Movement has advanced plans to launch its strategic roadmap
2020 in the month of September, reports NaijaAgroNet.
The launch, NaijaAgroNet gathered would form part of the inauguration
of the SUN Movement’s new Lead Group at the UN General Assembly in New York on Assembly
in New York on 22 September, 2016.
Disclosing this, the interim coordinator, SUN Movement, Mr.
Tom Arnold, told NaijaAgroNet, pointed out that it would be a moment members
strive to connect all every member to join the event and engage with the Lead
Group via webinar.
According to him, the SUN Business Network, for instance, is
also organising an event in New York on August 20 to highlight business
commitments to nutrition.
This meeting, he revealed will be a prelude to Ministers of
Finance from partnering countries, presenting their scale up plans to
accelerate actions on early child development and stunting reduction will be
held during the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary
Fund in Washington in October.
Arnold further said that the SUN Movement Lead Group,
Networks and Secretariat will support SUN country stakeholders in efforts to
engage with Ministries of Finance ahead of this important meeting and in
follow-up initiatives focusing on resource mobilization.
Just as he said, the 43rd session of the Committee for World
Food Security will take place in Rome between October 17 and 21 with a focus on
“Making a difference in Food Security and Nutrition.”
All SUN Countries and SUN Stakeholders, he said, are
encouraged to participate to share their experience and to contribute to
defining policy guidance which promotes convergence for food security and
nutrition.
The Micronutrient Forum, Arnold said will be held in Cancun
during the month of October from 24 through 28, where there will be an
opportunity to convene SUN stakeholders, especially those from Latin America,
for experience sharing.
With the SUN Movement Secretariat, we are dedicated to
ensuring that you and your countries can make the most of these significant
opportunities to bring political attention to nutrition, and galvanise finance
for effective action.
“Given this busy agenda for nutrition actors across the
Movement, in order to maximise attendance at the SUN Movement Global Gathering
and offer an innovative and content rich opportunity for sharing and learning,
the SUN Movement Secretariat will organise the Global Gathering in late
February 2017,” he submitted, assuring that information to this effect will
follow shortly on its location and logistical aspects of the event.
