What does the global community expect of UNICEF? How should UNICEF respond?

What does the global community expect of UNICEF?

How should UNICEF respond?Lawrence HaddadIFPRIUNICEF Global Nutrition Meeting June 1, 2015My perceived position of UNICEF: Forefront of action and norm settingUNICEFWFPWHO & FAOActionNorm setting

What does the nutrition community want from UNICEF?

LeadershipInnovationMeasurementDocumentSupportChange

What does the nutrition community want from UNICEF?LeadershipStand up for nutrition when nobody else doesBanish complacency when nutrition in limelightWork with anyone who can advance nutritionThink about what is next

What does the nutrition community want from UNICEF?

Innovation

What does the nutrition community want from UNICEF?Innovation Remind us that innovation shouldnt detract from doing your jobTells about what is working at field levele.g. m-nutrition in MalawiInfluence high level thinking e.g. Power of Nutrition financing facility

What does the nutrition community want from UNICEF?

Measurement

What does the nutrition community want from UNICEF?Measure MICS

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Assess ProgressIdentify Actions Improve Accountabilitywww.globalnutritionreport.org

Stakeholder GroupIndependent Expert Group60 authors80+ indicators, 193 countriesopen access datawww.globalnutritionreport.org

Glaring Nutrition Data Gaps49 % of countries dont have enough data to assess if on/off course for 4 WHA indicators

40 % of most recent child growth surveys are over 5 years oldwww.globalnutritionreport.org

What does the nutrition community want from UNICEF?

Document

What does the nutrition community want from UNICEF?DocumentSupport rigorous analysis/storytelling

Source: GNR 2015Stories that need telling

What does the nutrition community want from UNICEF?

Support

What does the nutrition community want from UNICEF?

Supporting countriesPSNP, EthiopiaUttar Pradesh Nutrition Mission

What does the nutrition community want from UNICEF?

What does the nutrition community want from UNICEF?

Change

How should UNICEF respond?Exploit cross-sector position betterHelp sort out what to do in double burden contextHelp navigate the private sectorMore visioning -whats next?Be more self-criticalChild protectionAdolescent developmentECDHealth

WASHGirls educationGender equitySocial exclusionnutrition

UNICEF: What We Do

% of government budgets, Africa, 2010Big chunks of government budgets go to nutrition relevant sectorswww.globalnutritionreport.org The New Normalof countries are dealing with undernutrition & overweight/obesity%we need to see malnutrition in multiple dimensions

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How to navigate the business and nutrition space?Is this Peak Nutrition? More commitment than everMore known than everMore funding than everMore actions than ever

oneun uno The number of times nutrition is mentioned in 169 SDG targets?

Can we lock in the commitments before the bubble bursts? SDGsNutrition?

We all need to hold ourselves to account UNICEF toowww.globalnutritionreport.orgWe dont have a great track record.N4G and ICN2 commitments were vaguewe all must do better

What should UNICEF do Less of?www.globalnutritionreport.orgNew surveys contain promising data on stunting trendsSource: GNR 2015

We needto increase our ambition on the progress we can make2030 goals must be more than business as usual extensions of 2025 goalswww.globalnutritionreport.org

What does the nutrition community want from UNICEF?LeadershipThink about what is nextWork with anyone who can advance nutritionBanish complacency when nutrition in limelightStand up for nutrition when nobody else does

Worlds Moral Compass on Nutrition

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Positive for nutrition status Expanding access to fortified foods in accordance with national policy and plans Reformulating products to have an improved nutrient profile Strengthening health and labour practices Responsible marketing and promotion Generating employment Paying taxes Pricing decisions

Negative for nutrition status Large corporations use of economic power to undermine public nutrition policy when against their interests Inappropriate marketing to vulnerable groups Communicating messages that do not support or contradict national nutrition policies Not supporting best practice standards and policies (e.g. the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes) Providing nutrition information that is hard to interpret