Operationalize Multi-Sector Nutrition Action Plan for the period 2025 to 2030

The Government of Sri Lanka, through the Scaling Up Nutrition Focal Point, the Ministry of Trade Commerce Food Security and Cooperative Development, and the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with various other line ministries and stakeholders, commits to developing and implementing the Multi-Sector Action Plan for Nutrition (MSAPN) for the period 2025-2030. This plan aims to address nutritional challenges and improve food security across the nation, achieving and maintaining the nutrition well-being of all Sri Lankans, enabling them to contribute effectively towards sustainable development.

The MSAPN will receive official approval from the Cabinet of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka by the second quarter of 2025 and will be operationalized within the same year. The plan will be implemented at multiple levels, with similar plans tailored for each of the 25 districts in Sri Lanka. These district-level plans will be guided by the 9 provinces and will incorporate inputs from the 336 Divisional Secretariats to ensure decentralized and locally appropriate actions.

To support the implementation, the MSAPN will be costed and accompanied by a comprehensive resource mobilization plan. A robust monitoring mechanism will be established at the national, provincial, and district levels to review progress on a quarterly basis, starting from the third quarter of 2025. Progress will be tracked and recorded through a digital platform beginning in the first quarter of 2026.

Operationalization of MSAPN is crucial to achieving the aforementioned four N4G commitments, emphasizing the need for a coordinated and effective approach to nutrition.