Action plan on nutrition Second progress report April 2016 - March 2017: food and nutrition security / sustainable agriculture

The First Progress Report gave account of the work the European Commission had undertaken in relation to each of the three strategic priorities identified in the Communication on Nutrition and hence in the Action Plan on Nutrition: - Strategic priority 1: Enhance mobilisation and political commitment for nutrition - Strategic priority 2: Scale up actions at country level - Strategic priority 3: Knowledge for nutrition (strengthening the expertise and the knowledge-base) This Second Progress Report seeks to provide an update of significant achievements. 2017 is a pivotal point in the planning and funding cycles, in the context of the Multiannual Financial Framework. The Multiannual Financial Framework (including the 11th European Development Fund – EDF) runs from 2014 to 2020. So, at this near midpoint, the opportunity should be seized to determine what remains to be done to reach the nutrition commitments as set. To maximise the impact of the Action Plan on Nutrition, the Commission identified countries of strategic priority for its support for nutrition. These countries had: (i) a high burden of stunting; (ii) a politically committed government; and (iii) requested support from the EU Delegations to address undernutrition. Forty countries were initially included, and two more have been added, at the request of the respective Delegations, in the last 12 months (Sudan and Djibouti).