Commitment

Fortify FNS governance and investment

Government / El Salvador

CONASAN

Partner organisations:
Country government at any administrative level: National Food and Nutritional Security Council (CONASAN) in conjuction with Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Government, Ministry of Local Development
Country government at any administrative level (functioning in a non-donor capacity), such as ministry, municipality or any other national/regional/local authority or body: Ministry of Agriculture
Commitment made: 28 Oct 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

National - Overall population at national coverage. | Overall population. National coverage.
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Commitment description

Strengthen governance for the Food and Nutrition Security (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 the FNS improvement. Additionally, within this framework, it is expected to have diferent new laws on: SchoolFeeding, Public Purchases from small producers, along with a reform of the land use planning law.

- Strengthen information systems, in the short and medium term, for efficient monitoring of the FSN, evidence generation, decision making, and timely accounting of the commitments established in this area.

- Reduce in the medium term, the economic impact of the triple burden of malnutrition.

Commitment goals

Approval of the FNS Policy developed.

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Leadership and governance
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

Reduce the cost of the double burden of malnutrition for the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), from 10.3% to 10%.

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Financial
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

Develop a system to monitor efficiently FNS in the population (underway)

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Research monitoring and data
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

Global Nutrition Targets

Anaemia
Under-5 stunting
Under-5 wasting
Adult obesity
Under-5 overweight
Low birthweight
Exclusive breastfeeding

Nutrition Action Classification across all goals

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

N4G themes covered by goals

  • Food
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Data
  • Financing

Total funding and costs across all goals

Funders Government funds and financial assistance from Cooperation Agencies, namely, FAO, FIDA, PMA, OXFAM, UNICEF
Funding mechanism Public and private
Cost secured 0.5
Total costs estimated Yes, and not willing to disclose the amount

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