Transcript India UNDAF - Nutrition Coalition

India UNDAF
Current UNDAF (2008-2012)
Mission Statement
“Promoting social, economic and political
inclusion of the most disadvantaged,
especially women and girls”
Current UNDAF (2008-2012)
• Common strategic framework for UN System
• Collective, coherent response
• Millennium Declaration and MDGs
• Harmonised with GoI’s Eleventh FYP
- In support of national priorities
- Five year period – 2008 to 2012
India UNDAF Outcomes
• Effective implementation of national flagship
programmes
• Improved capacities of all governance actors;
• Effective district planning to utilise all available
resources (in select districts);
• Reduced vulnerabilities to natural disasters,
environmental changes and public health
emergencies.
India UNDAF: Focus States
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Jharkhand
Madhya Pradesh
Orissa
Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh
UN Partners
Participating Agencies:
APCTT, FAO, IFAD, ILO, ITC, UNAIDS, UNCTAD,
UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UN-HABITAT,
UNHCR, UNICEF, UNIDO, UNIFEM, UNODC,
UNOPS, WFP, WHO
UNDAF Thematic Clusters
Theme
Lead Agency/ies
Poverty/ Livelihoods
ILO
Hunger and malnutrition
WFP
Education
UNICEF, UNESCO
Health
UNFPA, WHO
HIV/AIDS
UNAIDS
Gender based violence
UNIFEM
Governance and Convergence
UNDP/RCO
Disaster risk reduction
UNICEF
Water and climate change
UNDP/FAO
UNDAF Thematic Clusters
Key Role:
• Work Planning
• Monitoring & Evaluation
• Provide the link between UNDAF and
agency programmes
• Provide strategic inputs to UNCT:
opportunities, challenges
• Joint Advocacy
Hunger & Malnutrition
Member Agencies:
WFP, UNICEF, WHO, FAO
UNDAF Hunger and Malnutrition focuses its
activities around UNDAF Outcome 1.4:
Reduction in hunger and malnutrition levels,
especially amongst children and disadvantaged
groups
Update on Activities of the Cluster
 Compilation and collation of inputs to the draft Food Security Bill through a
Stakeholders review
 An interaction was organized with the Chhattisgarh State Assembly on the issue of
“Addressing malnutrition in the State”
 An interaction was organized with the Parliamentary forum on Children wherein a
presentation was made on the subject “Malnutrition and Urgency of Improving
Newborn Survival in India”
 Articles on infant and young child feeding as an intervention to address
malnutrition in India were written and disseminated through newsletters of the
Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare and their respective training institutes.
 Upcoming: Interaction with the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan
on “Combating Hunger and Malnutrition” between 14th-18th November, 2011
UNDAF 2013-2017
UNDAF Focus Areas:
1. Inclusive growth
2. Food and nutrition security
3. Gender equality
4. Equitable access to quality basic services
(Health, education, HIV/AIDS, WASH)
5. Governance
6. Sustainable development
UNDAF 2013-2017: Focus States
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Jharkhand
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Orissa
Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh
Food and Nutrition Security
Member Agencies:
WFP, WHO, UNICEF, FAO, IFAD, UNHCR, UNDP,
UNIDO, UNFPA
Outcome:
Vulnerable populations in the UNDAF priority
states have improved availability of, access to
and utilization of food and nutrition to meet
minimum standards.
UNDAF 2013-2017: Areas of work
1. Development and validation of a convergent model
linking agriculture, nutrition and health for improving
food and nutrition security
2. Capacity building of Government agencies and policy
makers to ensure effective and efficient response to
food and nutrition security issues.
3. Programme planners and policy makers have access
to and know how to incorporate Global/ National best
practices and evidences of food security and nutrition
into their policies and programmes.
THANKS