"Capacity for Nutrition"_Eastern / Southern Africa

The action is a Multi-Donor Action (MDA), jointly co-financed by the EU, under the Development CooperationInstrument (CDI), and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The proposed MDA — ‘Capacities for Nutrition’ (C4N) — will be implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fürInternationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH based on an agreement with the EC.
To achieve SDG 2.2, the eradication of all forms of malnutrition by 2030, a balance between actions that are nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive is required. While there have been important achievements with respect to global food availability and nutrition, overall progress to eliminate all forms of malnutrition by 2030 continues to be slow and uneven. Two major commitments have been made:
(i) support partner countries in reducing the number of stunted children under the age of 5 by at least 7 000 000children by 2025;
(ii) ensure the allocation of 3 500 000 000 EUR between 2014-2020 to this end.

Tasks of the expert

Output 1: Capacity Development: Strengthened capacities for nutrition programming and policy response. Support to EUDs/MS and partner countries in Southern and East Africa:

• Development/adaptation of a methodology for capacity assessments for nutrition;
• Support to comprehensive government-led capacity assessments for nutrition;
• Conducting/facilitation of training workshops;
• Engagement and support to training programmes/workshops conducted by (other) MS;
• Support to the identification, formulation, monitoring and evaluation of EU and MS nutrition programmes (including nutrition-sensitive budget support programmes).

Output 2: Governance and Accountability: Enhanced nutrition governance and accountability. Support to EUDso /MS and partner countries in Southern and East Africa:

• Support to the process of developing Humanitarian-Development (and Peace) Nexus / Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development (LRRD) approaches in pilot countries identified by the EC;
• Support and guidance to EUDs and MS that have assumed the role of SUN donor convenor in-country;
• Support the EC and MS towards better recognition of nutrition in joint programming exercises;
• Strengthening of nutrition-related multisectoral policy coherence;
• Support to the identification of both nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive indicators appropriate for ensuring a system of accountability against national priorities/targets.

Any other nutrition-related task by the contracting authority upon request