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CREATING AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT AND CAPACITY FOR SCHOOL FOOD AND NUTRITION IN EASTERN AFRICA

May 2020

SDGs:

Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda

TCP/SFE/3604

USD 298 000

2 November 2017 – 31 December 2019

FAO Subregional Office for Eastern Africa

[email protected]

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Implementing Partners

Department of Social Affairs of the African Union

Commission.

Beneficiaries

School children, local smallholder farmers, school boards,

school canteen committees, policy-makers and

government ministries involved in education, agriculture

and health.

Country Programming Framework (CPF) Outputs

Ethiopia CPF 2016–2020 Outcome 1 (Crop production,

productivity and commercialization improved).

Rwanda CPF 2013–2018 Priority Area A (Improved Food

Security and Human Nutrition among Rwandan

population).

Uganda CPF 2015–2019 Outcome 1 (Sustainable

production and productivity of agriculture, forestry and

fisheries commodities increased).

For several decades, school feeding programmes have

been utilized to achieve non-educational goals, particularly

when they are sustainable and readily scalable. In

particular, school meals have the potential to address both

the immediate and underlying causes of food and

nutrition-related health issues, especially dietary

disparities among children from different socio-economic

backgrounds that often lead to undernutrition and

obesity. In addition, school feeding programmes hold

great potential for stimulating local economies and

improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers by

strengthening market linkages with local producers.

FAO, recognizing school feeding as a fundamental

intervention area for combating hunger, malnutrition and

poverty, as well as a high-yielding investment in terms of

educational outcomes and national economies, developed

a food systems-based approach to school feeding, which

connects local agriculture to meals. This approach has

immense potential for reducing the rates of stunting and

underweight children by complementing the food

consumed at home and ensuring adequate nutrition for all

schoolchildren in Africa. The FAO School Food and

Nutrition Framework has four core pillars:

Healthy school meals governed by a set of guidelines,

rules, principles and recommendations that aim to

ensure meals offered in schools are safe and meet the

nutritional requirements of children, fostering a

healthy food environment.

Local, farmer-friendly procurement mechanisms that

include local production, value chain development and

linkages to a stable, structured and predictable market

for producers and processors, contributing to the local

economy and community empowerment.

Food and nutrition education that provide children

with strong, hands-on, behaviourally-focused

knowledge and life skills in order for them to

voluntarily adopt and influence their families’ dietary

behaviours and habits, which are conducive to better

health and well-being.

Enabling legal, policy and regulatory frameworks that

are aligned with national development policy agendas

and provide an enabling institutional environment that

takes agriculture, the food system, procurement,

nutrition education and cross-cutting issues into

account.

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BACKGROUND

Malnutrition causes devastating effects on the health of

children, particularly in terms of their physical and

cognitive development. Moreover, childhood

undernutrition can lower learning capacity, limit

educational outcomes and thus compromise both future

employment opportunities and overall health. Ultimately,

this can perpetuate a generational cycle of poverty and

malnutrition, which has negative consequences both for

individuals and for countries. For example, stunting is

estimated to cause 1–18 percent of school repetitions and

decrease earnings by more than 20 percent in adulthood.

It is further estimated that the African economy suffers an

11 percent loss to its gross domestic product due to the

effects of stunting. Interestingly, preventing malnutrition

in Africa has a 16 dollar return for every dollar spent,

highlighting the importance of intervention measures. This

is related to the fact that providing healthy, diverse and

nutritionally-adequate diets in African schools is essential

for increasing school attendance and performance levels,

in addition to supporting optimal nutrition for growth and

development and providing opportunities for other

interventions, such as water sanitation and hygiene

(WASH), deworming and reproductive health programmes.

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The FAO School Food and Nutrition Framework was

created to guide countries in the design, implementation

and evaluation of sustainable school food and nutrition

interventions, with the broader aim of advancing the right

to food of school communities. Currently, FAO delivers

ongoing support and expertise to Members as part of

this approach, which both strengthens existing global

and national efforts and advocates for further investment

in sustainable programmes. Importantly, FAO has

partnered with the World Food Programme (WFP), the

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United

Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

(UNESCO) and the World Health Organization (WHO),

among others, to foster intervention efforts that aim to:

support the establishment and revision of national

food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) and school meal

guidelines that are in line with FBDGs;

strengthen national capacities for the creation of

healthy school environments through comprehensive

school nutrition policies and programmes based on the

FAO School Food and Nutrition Framework;

improve the capacities of development partners in

designing and implementing nutrition-sensitive

agriculture and food system policies and programmes,

as well as in establishing suitable monitoring and

evaluation systems that support evidence-based

analysis for policy design and accountability; and

support smallholder farmers in acquiring the

production, managerial and organization skills required

for meeting quality standards set by local

governments, while promoting nutrition-sensitive

value chain development.

In 2016, FAO undertook studies in Ethiopia, Kenya,

Rwanda and Uganda to identify gaps and determine the

areas and capacities in which it could contribute to more

comprehensive implementation of its School Food and

Nutrition Framework. The continental assessment

revealed that many African countries had prioritized

school feeding objectives that were in line with what they

viewed as important – in terms of educational outcomes,

the elimination of hunger and the improvement of

national nutrition. Moreover, governments were

implementing school feeding programmes (together with

development partners) in areas that were identified as

having (i) high vulnerability to food insecurity, (ii) high

levels of malnutrition, (iii) low enrolment and/or high

dropout rates, as well as in (iv) arid and semi-arid regions

and (v) conflict-prone regions.

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Importantly, the studies also found that there was

substantial government interest in buying local products

for school meals, but no policies or strategies were in

place to support this interest. Additionally, the competitive

bidding processes being used appeared to limit the

potential of local farmers to become reliable and

sustainable suppliers.

In terms of nutrition, school meals generally lacked

nutrient-dense foods, such as animal products and

bio-fortified/fortified commodities. The diversity of school

diets was determined to be very low and little attention

was being directed to health and hygiene education.

Moreover, the potential of school feeding programmes

was not being fully harnessed for the creation of

nutrition-literate communities.

Although school feeding was commonly referenced in

national food and nutrition security policies, as well as in

school health and nutrition policies, very few countries

had specific school feeding policies or strategies. Several

other gaps related to school feeding were identified,

including a lack of sustainability due to high dependency

on donor funding; the low coverage of school meals; low

political will and insufficient government ownership;

insufficient financial, human, and technical resources; the

lack of nutritional guidelines/standards for school meals;

poor/inadequate quantity and quality of school meals;

poor infrastructure/facilities; and inappropriate

monitoring and evaluation mechanisms.

These findings were later presented at the ninth meeting

of the Africa Task Force on Food and Nutrition

Development (ATFFND) as key contributions from FAO to

the implementation of the Africa Regional Nutrition

Strategy (ARNS) 2015-2025 and the Comprehensive Africa

Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), which had

both already identified school feeding initiatives as key

drivers of nutritional outcomes and mechanisms through

which the achievement of development goals can be

realized. The African Union recognized the potential of

FAO intervention in this area and invited the organization

to present its school feeding approach at the second

meeting of the Specialized Technical Committee on

Health, Population and Drug Control. As a result, health

ministers pushed for the adoption of the FAO initiative as

a strategic programme within the Africa Regional Nutrition

Strategy 2015-2025, which aims to fulfil the nutritional

status targets indicated in the Malabo Declaration (2014).

Ministers subsequently prompted Member States to work

with FAO, as well as other partners and stakeholders, in

the implementation of the Sustainable School Food and

Nutrition initiative, which the African Union positioned as

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The aim of this TCP project was to address the food

security and nutrition gaps identified in participating

countries by contributing to the transformation of existing

school feeding programmes into sustainable, nutrition-

sensitive and local farmer-friendly initiatives that can drive

local economies.

IMPACT

Through the creation of a supportive enabling

environment and the development of local capacities, the

project promoted the development of sustainable, local

farmer-friendly and nutrition-sensitive school meal

programmes in Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda.

ACHIEVEMENT OF RESULTS

Output 1: Feasibility assessment conducted for healthy

school meals procured by local farmers

The work carried out under the project went far beyond

a feasibility assessment for the procurement of healthy

foods for school meals from local farmers. An assessment

of the nutritional value of existing school meals in more

than 70 schools across Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda

revealed that the meals provided did not meet the targets

of 30 percent and 100 percent of students’ nutritional

requirements at day schools and boarding schools,

respectively. The information gathered from the

assessment was utilized to develop healthy school meal

guidelines in Ethiopia and identify areas for review in

Uganda’s school meal guidelines. The development of

guidelines in Rwanda was postponed and awaiting efforts

to be carried out according to the joint FAO/WFP

methodology for school meal guidelines. Finally, through a

consultative process involving FAO staff and key

representatives from Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda, the

Guidelines for Nutrition-sensitive School Meal

Programmes in Eastern Africa were developed and

disseminated in participating countries.

Output 2: Legal and institutional environment for local

farmer friendly school meals strengthened

In Ethiopia and Uganda, the existing legal and institutional

frameworks for school food and nutrition were assessed.

The assessments served as a basis for advocacy and

policy dialogue regarding a comprehensive approach to

school food and nutrition that brings together education,

agriculture, health and public procurement. Additionally,

a specific recommendation was made to develop an

addendum to the public procurement directive in Ethiopia

that specifically addresses school meals. The assessments

also provided inputs for a regional knowledge sharing

event on home-grown school feeding (HGSF), which was

organized by FAO and hosted by the African Union

Commission. Twelve African countries were represented

at the event.

Following consultation between FAO, the WFP and the

Government of Rwanda, a decision was reached for the

WFP to take the lead on the assessment of existing

legal and institutional frameworks for school food and

nutrition. Consequently, local farmer-friendly regional

guidelines were not developed for the procurement of

school meals as the national assessment in Rwanda had

not been completed and the two country assessments

available were deemed insufficient for the attainment

of regional scope. This was especially the case because of

the notable differences observed between national public

procurement systems.

Finally, the key findings and lessons learned from these

assessments were used for advocacy and capacity building

at the regional level, extending the reach of the project

to the whole continent. More specifically, the Africa

Regional Workshop on Designing and Implementing

Sustainable Public Food Procurement for Home Grown

School Meals Programmes (HGSF) was held at the African

Union Commission headquarters in Addis Ababa. The

workshop supported African governments in the design

and implementation of initiatives that promoted

sustainable public food procurement from smallholder

farmers through home-grown school meal programmes.

The workshop was attended by participants from

ministries of agriculture, ministries of education, public

procurement authorities and ministries of social

protection from 15 countries, namely Botswana,

Cameroon, Chad, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya,

Lesotho, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia, Uganda,

and Zambia.


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Output 3: Feasibility assessment for a parliamentarian

platform on food and nutrition security in Eastern African

Three high-level advocacy and policy dialogue events were

organized that covered legislating for food systems that

lead to improved food security and nutrition. These

included (i) the inaugural general assembly of the Eastern

Africa Parliamentarian Alliance for Food Security and

Nutrition (EAPA FSN) meeting held on 15–17 April 2019

in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania (ii) the second

meeting of the EAPA FSN and participation by members

of parliament in the commemoration of World Food Day

on 13–16 October 2019 in Kampala, Uganda and (iii) the

African Union Member States’ consultation on sustainable

school food and nutrition held on 10–11 December 2019

in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Notably, the project not only assessed the feasibility of a

parliamentary platform on food and nutrition security, it

facilitated the establishment and launch of the EAPA FSN.

The EAPA FSN comprises members of parliament from

Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda,

Somalia, South Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania and

Uganda, as well as members of the Intergovernmental

Authority on Development (IGAD) Interparliamentary

Union and the East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA).

Following an assessment of hosting options, it was

decided that the EAPA FSN would be hosted by the EALA

in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania.

IMPLEMENTATION OF WORK PLAN

Project activities were implemented within the planned

budget, with additional outputs being delivered,

whenever possible, under the regular budget for the

FAO Subregional Office for Eastern Africa (SFE). Delays

were experienced during the course of implementation,

resulting in a six-month no-cost project extension being

granted. The project inception meeting was postponed

for two months due to the unavailability of the

primary project partner, the African Union. Additionally,

as the project was implemented at the regional level,

participating countries requested to carry out

national-level inception meetings to present the project

and its methodology in order to strengthen stakeholder

buy-in and facilitate the implementation of activities.

Finally, since the three countries had different school

calendars, the most opportune time to start the field

component of the project (school visits for the assessment

of the nutritional composition of school meals) was in

January 2018 – more than eight months after project

launch.

Potential risks to the effective implementation of the

project were identified during the formulation phase

and monitored throughout the implementation phase.

Since the project primarily involved consultative activities

and capacity building/knowledge development events, the

environmental and social risks were deemed to be minor

and ultimately, had a negligible impact on the project. In

addition, the project emphasized the sensitization of

participants to the requirement for sustainability

measures in the development of school meal

programmes, which strengthened stakeholder buy-in

throughout the implementation period.

FOLLOW-UP FOR GOVERNMENT ATTENTION

As the project largely delivered its envisioned outputs,

no specific follow-up actions were identified. More

generally, however, the Government of Rwanda is

expected to ensure that its national procurement and

bidding legislation for school meals are reviewed. In

addition, participating governments are strongly

encouraged to make use of the Guidelines for

Nutrition-sensitive School Meal Programmes in Eastern

Africa through their adaptation and incorporation into

national policy frameworks.

SUSTAINABILITY

1. Capacity development

With the long-term of goal of improving school feeding

programmes in Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda, the project

capitalized on the involvement of the respective ministries

of education during implementation efforts at the national

level. Consequently, the results of the project are firmly

embedded in existing institutional structures, which will

promote the use of knowledge products and

recommendations developed under the project and,

ultimately, support national processes to develop school

feeding programmes.

The partnerships developed under the project are also

expected to promote the use of project deliverables in

the advancement of school feeding programmes. Under

the guidance of each country’s ministry of education,

consultative processes at the national level brought

together a wide range of stakeholders with a common

goal. In addition, the project fostered the first ever

dialogue between the African Union Development

Agency’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development

(AUDA-NEPAD) and three departments of the African

Union – Social Affairs (the project custodian), Rural

Economy and Agriculture, and Human Resources, Science

and Technology (the HGSF custodian) – which each

possess a unique set of expertise related to school feeding

programmes.


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Overall, the project had a solid exit strategy, leaving

the region in a stronger position for the development of

national school feeding programmes. By the conclusion of

the implementation period, the Sustainable School Food

and Nutrition initiative for Africa had been endorsed by

the African Union. Additionally, implementation modalities

for the initiative were discussed and agreed upon at a

consultative workshop that brought together Member

States (Comoros, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Lesotho and

Kenya), the AUDA-NEPAD and multiple UN agencies (FAO,

the WFP, UNICEF and UNESCO). Finally, in Uganda, a

Memorandum of Understanding was being developed

with SNV for the implementation of project

recommendations.

2. Gender equality

The project was not specifically designed to target gender

issues but is expected to benefit men and women in an

equitable manner.

3. Environmental sustainability

Environmental sustainability was not directly addressed

under the project; however, the project is not expected to

negatively affect the environment.

4. Human Rights-based Approach (HRBA) – in particular

Right to Food and Decent Work

Although the project did not directly address the

advancement of human rights, the work carried out is

expected to strengthen national school feeding

programmes in the region, supporting students’ long-term

access to nutritionally adequate diets, as well as their

healthy development.


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5. Technological sustainability

The project primarily introduced knowledge and skills

that stakeholders can utilize in policy development and

programming to improve school food across the region.

Numerous workshops were held, including inception and

validation workshops at the regional level, as well as

inception, consultative and validation workshops at the

national level. The workshops served to sensitize

stakeholders to the FAO School Food and Nutrition

Framework, as well as to introduce stakeholders to a

broader, comprehensive approach for school feeding

programmes. In addition to the Governments of

target countries, delegates from Egypt, Lesotho, Nigeria

and Sierra Leone also benefited from the project’s

capacity-building and knowledge-sharing efforts.

Importantly, at the closing of one of the workshops, the

Commissioner of Rural Economy and Agriculture from the

African Union highlighted how the project emphasised and

raised awareness on the importance of local procurement

in the development of sustainable school feeding

programmes and local economies. Finally, the knowledge

products developed under the project are expected to be

utilized by various stakeholders in the future. In particular,

the African Union, having already endorsed the

Sustainable School Food and Nutrition initiative, will be

able to continue the work started under the project

without the requirement for further FAO assistance.

6. Economic sustainability

The framework established for the Sustainable School

Food and Nutrition initiative fosters opportunities for joint

resource mobilization with the African Union and various

UN agencies. In Uganda, for example, a memorandum of

understanding between SNV and FAO was already being

developed for the implementation of country-specific

project recommendations. More generally, efforts to

mobilize additional resources for sustainable school

feeding programmes are under way and countries can

make use of the knowledge products developed under the

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DOCUMENTS AND OUTREACH PRODUCTS

Documents

Sustainable School Food and Nutrition Initiative for Africa. FAO and the African Union. 2019.

Founding Document of the EAPA FSN. EAPA FSN. 2019.

Nutrition Profile of School Meals in Ethiopia. FAO Ethiopia. Addis Ababa, 2019.

Nutrition Profile of School Meals in Rwanda. FAO Rwanda. Kigali, 2019.

Nutrition Profile of School Meals in Uganda. FAO Uganda. Kampala, 2019.

Aligning public procurement rules and practices to support the implementation of Home-grown School Feeding (HGSF) initiatives: the case of Ethiopia. L Swensson. Rome, 2019. 33 pp.

Guidelines for nutrition-sensitive school meal programmes in Eastern Africa. FAO SFE. 2020.

Outreach Products

Press releases.

School Food and Nutrition Initiative in Eastern Africa Project Factsheet. FAO SFE. Addis Ababa, 2018. 2 pp.

EAPA FSN Communique. Djibouti, 14 April 2020. 2 pp.©FAO SFE

ACHIEVEMENT OF RESULTS - LOGICAL FRAMEWORK

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Expected Impact

School meals programme is more local farmer friendly, sustainable and nutrition sensitive

Outcome

Enabling environment and capacity to design and implement local farmer friendly and sustainable school food and nutrition programme strengthened

Indicator

1. Healthy school meal guidelines in place based on locally available foods 2. Guidelines for farmer friendly legislation to procure food for school meals from locally

produced foods 3. East Africa Parliamentarian Platform for Food and Nutrition Security

Baseline 1. 0 2. 0 3. 0

End Target 1. 3 (1 per country) 2. 1 (for the subregion) 3. 1 (at the subregional level)

Comments and follow-up action to be taken

The Guidelines for Nutrition-sensitive School Meal Programmes in Eastern Africa were developed under the project. Additionally, the EAPA FSN was established, institutionalized and launched in 2019. Farmer-friendly legislation for the procurement of healthy school meals, however, was not developed. Since the assessments of the legal and institutional frameworks for school food and nutrition were completed in Ethiopia and Uganda, but not in Rwanda, the basis for creating regional-level guidelines was deemed insufficient.

Output 1

Feasibility assessment conducted for healthy school meals procured by local farmers

Indicators Target Achieved

Yes (Output Changed)

Baseline

Comments

Overall, the work carried out under the project exceeded the original goals of Output 1. During the inception meeting, a decision was reached to refocus efforts on developing regional guidelines for school meal programmes that can be utilized by countries, rather than performing a feasibility study for the local procurement of school meals. Although national school meal guidelines were strengthened to varying degrees in Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda, regional-level guidelines were successfully developed. The Guidelines for Nutrition-sensitive School Meal Programmes in Eastern Africa were formulated through a consultative process involving representatives from participating countries and FAO staff. These guidelines were established within and adopted by participating countries by the conclusion of the implementation period.

Activity 1.1

Develop national healthy school meals guidelines and decentralized menus based on locally produced foods

Achieved Partially

Comments

An assessment of the nutritional value of school meals was carried out in more than 70 schools across various regions of Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda. Overall, the nutritional content of school meals was determined to be low, failing to provide 30 percent (at day schools) and 100 percent (at boarding schools) of students’ daily nutritional requirements. The data collected was utilized in the development of healthy school meal guidelines in Ethiopia, as well as in the identification of areas for review in Uganda’s school meal guidelines. Moreover, in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia, decentralized menus were developed. In Rwanda, the development of guidelines was postponed and pending further efforts for their alignment with the global, joint FAO/WFP methodology for developing school meal guidelines. Importantly, however, regional school meal guidelines were developed under the project.

Activity 1.2

Complete a feasibility study for nutrition sensitive school meals

Achieved Yes – activity replaced with the development of regional guidelines for school meals.

Comments A feasibility assessment for nutrition-sensitive school meals based on locally available foods, as well as their procurement mechanisms, is expected to be performed at a later stage.

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Output 2

Legal and institutional environment for local farmer friendly school meals strengthened


Partially

Baseline

Comments

A comprehensive assessment of the legal and institutional frameworks for school food and nutrition was completed in Ethiopia and Uganda. Moreover, in Ethiopia, the development of an addendum to the public procurement directive that specifically addresses school meals was recommended. These assessments provided opportunities for advocacy and policy dialogue on a comprehensive approach to school food and nutrition, bringing together education, agriculture, health and public procurement. It also provided inputs for the regional knowledge sharing event organized by FAO and hosted by the African Union Commission, which was attended by delegates from 12 African countries. In Rwanda, the assessment was not completed because, following consultation with the Government and the WFP, an agreement was reached for the WFP to take the lead on this work.

Activity 2.1

Review the procurement and bidding legislation for school meals set by governments

Achieved Partially

Comments A comprehensive review of legal and institutional frameworks for school food and nutrition was completed in Ethiopia and Uganda. In Rwanda, however, an agreement was reached for this work to be carried out by the WFP.

Activity 2.2

Develop regional guidelines for farmer-friendly legislation to procure healthy school

Achieved Partially

Comments

The regional guidelines for farmer-friendly legislation in the procurement of healthy school meals was not developed. As the assessment of procurement and bidding legislation had not been completed in Rwanda, the project team determined that two country assessments were not sufficient for the development of regional guidelines, especially given the discrepancies between national public procurement systems. Nevertheless, at the regional level, the findings were used for both policy dialogue and advocacy, as well as in awareness-raising and capacity-building efforts related to local, farmer-friendly public procurement for HGSF. In particular, the findings provided inputs for (i) the HGSF regional capacity building and knowledge sharing event organized by FAO, which was hosted by the African Union Commission and involved 12 African countries and (ii) the parliamentary dialogue on school food and nutrition at a side event of the African Union meeting.

Output 3

Feasibility assessment for a Parliamentarian Platform on Food and Nutrition Security in Eastern African


Assessment Report 1 Yes

Baseline 0

Comments The output was fully achieved. Advocacy efforts were undertaken, parliamentary dialogues were held and the EAPA FSN was created and launched. The founding document of the EAPA FSN and its meeting reports are now accessible.

Activity 3.1

Organize high-level advocacy and policy dialogue targeting parliamentarians for enabling legislation on food systems for improved nutrition

Achieved Yes

Comments

Three high-level advocacy and policy dialogue events were held involving parliamentarians from Eastern Africa (15–17 April 2019 in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania and 13–16 October 2019 in Kampala, Uganda) and from African Union Member States (10–11 December 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia).

Activity 3.2

Assess the feasibility of an East Africa Parliamentarian Platform on Food and Nutrition Security

Achieved Yes

Comments

The EAPA FSN was established and launched on 15 April 2019 in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania. It comprises members of parliament from ten countries (Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania and Uganda), as well as from the IGAD Interparliamentary Union and EALA. An assessment of hosting options was completed, covering the potential for the EAPA FSN to be hosted by one of its Member States, the East African Community, FAO or the IGAD. It was agreed that the EAPA FSN would be hosted by the EALA in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania.

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