Annual Action Programme 2016 part 2 and 2017 part 1 in favour of Pakistan

Published on 13 December 2016 on the website of the DG International Cooperation and Development, the Annual Action Programme for Pakistan aims i) to support the Government of Pakistan in its promotion of human rights; ii) to contibute to the second round of the Multi-Donor Trust Fund to the Khyber Oakhtunkhwa, FATA and Balochistan; iii) to support the Government of Pakistan in the implementation of its electoral processes and iv) to support the Government of Sindh to improve nutrition in the province.

The Action Document for Programme for Improved Nutrition in Sindh (PINS) aims at reinforcing the capacity of the Government of Sindh (GoS) to fully implement its nutrition policy framework, through technical assistance as well as via nutrition focused activities that it would implement directly or outsource, while, in parallel, undertaking a number of nutrition sensitive activities at the community level through grants.Over the past 3 years, the GoS has taken a strong political stance and a more proactive role in addressing malnutrition. Its capacities to tackle malnutrition, especially from a multi-sectoral perspective, remain so far however weak and limited. This Action supports Specific Objective 3 of Sector of Concentration 1 of the Pakistan MIP 2014-2020 (Rural Development – 'Augment the nutritional status of women and children in rural areas and households affected by severe under-nutrition') and the GPGC thematic flagships of “Human Development” and “Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture”. It is inscribed within Strategic Priority 2 ('Scale up actions at country level') of the 2014 Nutrition Action Plan of the EU Commission. It also contributes to the achievement of SDG Goal 2 / target 2 ('By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women and older persons').