Launched in September 2010, the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement catalyzes co...
Launched in September 2010, the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement catalyzes collective action towards ending malnutrition in all its forms. Led by 61 SUN Countries and the Indian States of Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh, the SUN Movement is an unprecedented effort to bring together stakeholders – governments, national and international civil society organizations, 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:
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Expanding and sustaining an enabling political environment;
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Prioritizing effective actions that contribute to good nutrition;
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Implementing actions aligned with national common results frameworks;
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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 the implementation of the Strategy and Roadmap, heads the SUN Movement Secretariat, and represents the SUN Movement globally. Day-to-day management of the Secretariat is the responsibility of the Chief of Staff of the SUN Movement Secretariat.