Launched in
September 2010, the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement catalyses co...
Launched in
September 2010, the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement catalyses collective
action towards ending malnutrition in all its forms. Led by 60 SUN Countries
and the Indian States of Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, the SUN
Movement is an unprecedented effort to bring together stakeholders –
governments, national and international civil society organisations,
businesses, the UN system, researchers and scientists across different sectors –
to create an enabling environment to improve nutrition.
SUN
countries, and all stakeholders in the Movement are committed to scaling up
nutrition, by strengthening four strategic processes at country-level as set
out in the SUN Movement Strategy and Roadmap 2016-2020:
- Expanding and sustaining an enabling political
environment;
- Prioritising effective actions that contribute
to good nutrition;
- Implementing actions aligned with national
common results frameworks;
- Effectively using, and significantly
increasing, financial resources for nutrition.
The SUN
Movement Secretariat was established in 2012 as a small coordinating mechanism
to support SUN countries, helping them connect with each other for support and
advice, and ensuring coordinated and coherent support from actors in a series
of networks. The Secretariat also maintains momentum across the SUN Movement,
catalyzing interest and action in new or problematic nutrition issues. Finally,
the Secretariat tracks and communicates the progress made by each SUN country,
and the Movement as a whole.
The SUN
Movement Coordinator, a UN Assistant Secretary General, oversees implementation
of the Strategy and Roadmap, leads the SUN Movement Secretariat and represents
the SUN Movement globally. Day-to-day management of the Secretariat is the
responsibility of the Director.