Commitment

Expand and strengthen the national coordination mechanism for improved nutrition

Government / Yemen

December 2021 — November 2030

Description

Strengthen the transition between humanitarian and development programming across sectors for better nutrition, including increased investment in preparedness and recovery. Led by the government authorities this will be achieved through enhanced coordinaton between humanitarian and development actors, while being sensitive to the local context. This will include

-Jointly updating, implementing and financing national nutrition plans and policies;

-Jointly agreed coordination and oversight mechanisms, with clearly defined linkages and clear lines of accountability to bridge the humanitarian-development-peace divide;

-Sectoral minsitries with support of UN agencies and Nutrition cluster to develop and strengthen existing national and subnational coordination mechanisms, and link to other platforms and stakeholders, including Scaling Up Nutrition networks (SUN Business Network (SBN) SUN Civil Society Alliances (SCAs)).

- enhance the localization of humanitarian actions between the donors, UN, INGOs, NNGOs and government in Yemen

Progress will be assessed by the government every two years.

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Humanitarian-development-peace Nexus

Description

By 2025. the government of Yemen commits to strengthen the transition between humanitarian and development programming across sectors for better nutrition, including increased investment in preparedness and recovery. Led by the government authorities this will be achieved through enhanced coordinaton between humanitarian and development actors, while being sensitive to the local context. This will include

-Jointly updating, implementing and financing national nutrition plans and policies;

-Jointly agreed coordination and oversight mechanisms, with clearly defined linkages and clear lines of accountability to bridge the humanitarian-development-peace divide;

-Sectoral minsitries with support of UN agencies and Nutrition cluster to develop and strengthen existing national and subnational coordination mechanisms, and link to other platforms and stakeholders, including Scaling Up Nutrition networks (SUN Business Network (SBN) SUN Civil Society Alliances (SCAs)).

- enhance the localization of humanitarian actions between the donors, UN, INGOs, NNGOs and government in Yemen

Progress will be assessed by the government every two years.

GNR assessment

Verification status
Superseded
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SMARTness index
Lower moderate
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Details

Global nutrition target(s)
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Raised blood pressure
Salt/sodium intake
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)
  • Resilience

Measurement

Key indicator Progress (expressed as %) of the activities within the framework for the HDPN. The framework includes agreement on effective coordination policy/platform between humanitarian and development actors (clearly defined respective roles and responsibilities and mechanisms for linkages)
Value Measurement date
Baseline 0% 2021
Target 70% November 2030

Progress

Status:
On Course
Why this status?
The reported progress indicates that the expected level thus far had been achieved, though must be maintained until the end date is reached.
Value Measurement date
Progress report 20% May 2024

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