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Project ID: | 00085562 | Description: | SUN 02/MLI/005 Civil Society |
Fund: | Start Date *: | 12 Feb 2013 | |
Theme: | Country Catalytic Programmes |
End Date*: | 31 Dec 2015 |
Country: | Mali | Project Status: | Financially Closed |
Participating Organization: | WFP - World Food Programme |
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Mobilizing the Civil Society of Mali in Support of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement
BACKGROUND With poor infant and young child nutrition practices, underlying food insecurity, and high levels of poverty (63.8% of the total population lives in poverty)Mali suffers from very high levels of malnutrition. Nearly 9% of children under five years of age suffering from wasting (acute malnutrition) and more than one-quarter from stunting (chronic malnutrition) (2010 -MICS). Malnutrition continues throughout the life cycle with over 13 percent of women of reproductive age suffering from chronic energy deficiency (2006 DHS). Micronutrient deficiencies are also at extremely high levels, with more than 70 percent of children 6 to 59 months and over half of pregnant women suffering from anemia (MICS). Exacerbating the situation is the fact that health worker capacity in nutrition varies widely in Mali, compounded by frequent stock-outs of critical nutrition and health commodities. Security situation in the north of the country poses additional challenges. In order to position nutrition more prominently in national health, growth, and poverty reduction strategies, a National Nutrition Forum was organized in 2010, which resulted in the assignment of a Nutrition Focal Point and creation of a Nutrition Select Committee comprised of representatives from the Ministries of Education, Agriculture, Industrial Development, and Health, as well as the Food Security Commissioner. This Committee, along with civil society and international NGOs, developed a national-level Policy Document for the Development of Nutrition, which focuses on reducing acute malnutrition, chronic malnutrition, and anemia, as well as improving nutritional management of pregnancy and food security. Given the attention nutrition has recently received in Mali through the National Nutrition Forum and the establishment of a nutrition focal point, the timing is ideal for civil society to take on a more significant role in advocating for continued political commitment for, investment in, and planning of nutrition service delivery. With this project, the Civil Society Alliance will therefore strengthen the capacity, coordination, and effectiveness of Malian civil society to advocate for nutrition in a multi-sectoral manner that engages both the public and private sectors. While many Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) implement nutrition programs in country, their experience in advocacy, and particularly in nutrition advocacy, is limited. Moreover, partnerships among CSOs implementing nutrition programs with the broader non-health civil society community are lacking. A common voice on nutrition with a consistent message communicated by multiple stakeholders is urgently needed to ensure continued and expanded support for nutrition. GOALS and OBJECTIVES Given the attention nutrition has recently received in Mali through the National Nutrition Forum and the establishment of a nutrition focal point, the timing is ideal for civil society to take on a more significant role in advocating for continued political commitment for, investment in, and planning of nutrition service delivery. This project, the Civil Society Alliance, will, therefore, strengthen the capacity, coordination, and effectiveness of Malian civil society to advocate for nutrition in a multi-sectoral manner that engages both the public and private sectors. While many Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) implement nutrition programs in country, their experience in advocacy, and particularly in nutrition advocacy, is limited. Moreover, partnerships among CSOs implementing nutrition programs with the broader non-health civil society community are lacking. A common voice on nutrition with a consistent message communicated by multiple stakeholders is urgently needed to ensure continued and expanded support for nutrition. The project will begin with policy analysis, progress to CSO advocacy capacity building, and lead to advocacy campaigning and monitoring. Objectives include:
OUTCOMES and main ACTIVITIES To ensure the project will result in better nutrition policy and program analysis, in CSOs equipped and trained to successfully engage public and private sector actors to promote nutrition, and in ongoing advocacy by CSOs, the following bundles of activities with their associated outcomes and outputs are envisaged. OUTCOME 1: Improved Environment for Nutrition Advocacy
OUTCOME 2: Malian Civil Society has the capacity to Influence and Advance the Nutrition Policy Agenda
OUTCOME 3: National and Community-level Nutrition Policy Campaigns bring nutrition in national policies and programs, including the Strategic Framework for Growth and Poverty Reduction (CSCRP 2012-2017).
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