Increase nutrition financing

The Ethiopian government committed to mobilize 25 percent of the total 2021 to 2030 funding commitments to be mobilized from government and development partners by doing the following actions:-

Government

Action 1: Allocate government treasury budget for FNS and SD at federal level and engage with regions

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

Action 3: Operationalize the NBTT system within the Integrated Financial Management Information System

Action 4: Monitor off-budget resources and align financing

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

Action 6: Utilize budget briefs to advocated for different key stakeholder on Nutrition Fiscal policy

Action 7: Increase the 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

ii. Civil society organizations

Action 1: Mobilize resources and implement interventions outlined in FNS and SD roadmap

Action 2: Conduct advocacy for different key stakeholder on Nutrition Fiscal policy

Action 3: Advocate to incentivize Private sectors/ producers

Action 4: Advocate tax collection from unhealthy foods

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

UN

Action 1: Mobilize funding to finance the FNS and SD implementation

Action 2: Conduct advocacy for different key stakeholder

Action 3: Advocate to incentivize Private sectors/ producers

Action 4: Advocate tax collection from unhealthy foods

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

iv. Donors

Action 1: Mobilize resources and finance the nutrition priorities

Action 2: Harmonize funding possibilities to maximize the budget allocation and utilization effort

Action 3: Utilize the flexible and multi-year funding modality

Action 4: Support pool funding mechanisms for nutrition.

v. Private sectors

Action 1: Mobilize private sectors to contribute to the nutrition financing in Ethiopia

Action 2: Advocate to incentivize Private sectors/ producers of engaged in healthy foods production

Action 3: Advocate tax collection from unhealthy foods (sweet beverage),

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

vi. Community

Action 1: Participate and Implement modalities for local financing

Action 2: Actively participate on local level resource mobilization and enhance accountability

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