Commitment

Increase nutrition financing

Government / Ethiopia

February 2025 — December 2030

Description

The Ethiopian government is committed to mobilise 25 percent of the total 2021 to 2030 funding commitments from government and development partners by performing the following actions.

• Government

Action 1: Allocate government treasury budget for food nutrition and security (FNS) and the Seqota Declaration (SD) at the federal level and engage with regions.

Action 2: Monitor budget allocation for FNS implementing sectors for FNS and SD implementation.

Action 3: Operationalise the Nutrition Budget Tagging and Tracking system within the Integrated Financial Management Information System.

Action 4: Monitor off-budget resources and align financing.

Action 5: Conduct an annual review of nutrition budget allocation and expenditure at all levels.

Action 6: Use budget briefs to advocate for different key stakeholders on nutrition fiscal policy.

Action 7: Increase engagement of the private sector to support nutrition financing.

Action 8: Implement excise and sugar and sugar-sweetened and unhealthy foods tax.

Action 9: Create pool funding mechanisms in partnership with donors and private sectors.

• Civil society organisations

Action 1: Mobilise resources and implement interventions outlined in FNS and SD roadmaps.

Action 2: Conduct advocacy for different key stakeholders on nutrition fiscal policy.

Action 3: Advocate to incentivise the private sector/producers.

Action 4: Advocate tax collection from unhealthy foods.

Action 5: Provide technical and financial support for an annual review of nutrition budget allocation and expenditure.

• UN

Action 1: Mobilise funding to finance the FNS and SD implementation.

Action 2: Conduct advocacy for different key stakeholders.

Action 3: Advocate to incentivise the private sector/producers.

Action 4: Advocate tax collection from unhealthy foods.

Action 5: Provide technical and financial support for an annual review of nutrition budget allocation.

• Donors

Action 1: Mobilise resources and finance the nutrition priorities.

Action 2: Harmonise funding possibilities to maximise the budget allocation and utilisation effort.

Action 3: Use the flexible and multiyear funding modality.

Action 4: Support pool funding mechanisms for nutrition.

• Private sector

Action 1: Mobilise the private sector to contribute to the nutrition financing in Ethiopia.

Action 2: Advocate to incentivise the private sector/producers engaged in healthy food production.

Action 3: Advocate tax collection from unhealthy foods (e.g., sweet beverages).

Action 4: Provide technical and financial support for an annual review of nutrition budget allocation and expenditure.

• Community

Action 1: Participate and implement modalities for local financing.

Action 2: Actively participate on local-level resource mobilisation and enhance accountability.

Action 3: Mobilise local resources and contribute to nutrition actions at local levels.

GNR assessment

Verification status
Verified
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SMARTness index

Details

Global nutrition target(s)
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Enabling > Financial
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Linked event(s)
  • 2025 Paris N4G Summit
  • 2025 UN Food Systems Summit/Stocktaking
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Financing and accountability for nutrition

Financial commitment details

Allocation Disbursement
Nutrition-specific amount 248,820,000
Nutrition-sensitive amount 389,180,000
Total 638,000,000

Measurement

Key indicator Total financial commitment
Measurement plan Use data collected by others
Value Measurement date
Baseline USD 0 February 2025
Target USD 638,000,000 December 2030

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