Commitment

Humanitarian-development-peace Nexus

Government / Yemen

Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation

Partner organisations:
Country government at any administrative level: Ministry of Public Health and Population (MOPHP), Ministry of Agriculture and Fishery Wealth (MOAFW), Social Fund for Development (SFD), Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT)
Donor organisation, including philanthropic organisations: WHO/ UNICEF/ FAO/ WFP/ UNDP/ OCHA/ Save the Children/UNRC
Commitment made: 08 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

National - All governorates

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Commitment 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.

Global Nutrition Targets

Anaemia
Under-5 stunting
Under-5 wasting
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Under-5 overweight
Low birthweight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Salt/sodium intake

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 WHO/ UNICEF/ FAO/ WFP/ UNDP/ OCHA/ Save the Children
Funding mechanism External Assistance - HDPN Project
Cost secured 88,000 $ (of the HDPN Project funded by EU through FAO) is secured in 2022/2023.
Total costs estimated Yes, and the amount publicly disclosed
Currency (YER) - Yemeni Rial
Cost amount 104,904,000.0
$USD equivalent 101,310.516 (World Bank average exchange rate for 2021)

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