Commitment

Approval of the FNS Policy developed.

Government / El Salvador

December 2021 — May 2024

Description

Strengthen the rectory and governance:

• Renew and strengthen the governing body of the FNS.

• Lobby for the approval of laws on FNS, school feeding, water use, land-use planning and losses and waste.

Strengthen the system’s competencies:

• Strengthen programme interventions in human resources, including training for key actors in FNS and sustainable food systems, government at all three levels, nongovernmental organisations, international cooperation, academia and civil society organisations.

• Develop guidelines and intervention protocols, including technical guidelines for interventions, evaluations and coordinating material for FNS, among others.

• Strengthen the information systems to follow up on FNS progress for accountability.

Strengthen participatory mechanisms:

• Establish strategic partnerships in the country’s government at any administrative level and international levels.

• Establish multisectoral coordination platforms and support networks at any government administration level.

• Establish regional and international coalitions for work in FNS.

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Fortify FNS governance and investment.

Description

Strengthen governance for FNS law and national policy implementation, with a comprehensive and multisectoral approach, functioning as a legal framework to derive sectoral and multisectoral strategies, programmes, projects and plans for FNS improvement. Additionally, within this framework, it is expected to have new laws on school feeding, public purchases from small producers and a reform of the land-use planning law.

GNR assessment

Verification status
Verified
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SMARTness index

Details

Target population characteristic
  • Ability
  • Age or life course stage/status
  • Community geography
  • Gender identity
  • Indigenous status
  • Socioeconomic status
Global nutrition target(s)
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Enabling > Leadership and governance
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
  • 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Health
  • Data
  • Financing

Measurement

Key indicator Percentage of new policies and laws approved
Measurement plan Collect own data
Value Measurement date
Baseline 0% 2021
Target 85% May 2024

Progress

Value Measurement date Status
Progress report 90% January 2022 Reached by end date
The target had been reached on or before the end date.

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