The workshop focused on enhancing engagement to improve nutrition in Malawi, emphasizing a multisectoral platform established in 2007. Key accomplishments included improved coordination and accountability at various government levels, driven by high-level commitment and the establishment of a coordinating office. Challenges faced involved the movement of the coordinating office and varying priorities among partners.

1. Workshop on Strengthening Effective
Engagement to Scale Up Nutrition
10-12 June 2015
Nairobi, Kenya

2. Malawi
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3. Multisectoral Platform
 Joined SUN on 15th
March,2011
and launched on 28th
July, 2011
 MSP was formed around 2007
 Membership of the MSP depends
on the plat form

4. National
− Cabinet Committee on Nutrition, HIV and AIDS
− Parliamentary Committee on Nutrition, HIV and AIDS
− Principle Secretaries’ Committee on Nutrition, HIV and AIDS
− National Nutrition Committee
− Government-Development Partners Nutrition Committee
− Donor Nutrition Security Group
− Policy Advisory Committee
− Civil Society Organisation Nutrition Alliance
− Business Network on Nutrition
− SUN Task Force
District
– District Nutrition Coordinating Committee
– SUN Task force committee
Traditional Authority (Sub district)
 Area Development Committee
– Oversight,
– Coordination, and
– Community mobilisation
Village
• Village Development Committee
– Oversee implementation
– Village level mobilisation, and
– Demand creation
StructureoftheMSP–OPC/MoH

5. Fully active / Partially
active / Inactive
Government partners Fully active
United Nations Fully active
Civil Society Fully active
Donors Fully active
Business (NFA) Full active (re-defining TORs)
Technical community Fully active (Care Groups)

6. Accomplishments or Progress
• Improved coordination at district and
community level
• Improved accountability -
− M & E plan in place
− Web based data base in place
− Web based financial tracking
mechanism under development
• Technical Working Groups functional

7. How was this achieved
• High level commitment – Cabinet, MPs,
PSs
• Prioritization of nutrition in the
government development agenda
• Instituting of DNHA as a coordinating
office
• Mainstreaming of nutrition in other line
ministries
• Existence of national multi-sectoral
policy and strategy

8. Enabling factors that helped make
this possible?
• DNHA as a coordinating office
provided advocacy
• Global agenda (SUN) promotes
multi-sectoral coordination
• Support from partners

9. Challenges and Risks
 DNHA movement to MoH
− Cannot coordinate other ministries
− Priorities may be towards
treatment
 Partners engaging and negotiating
using different fora and structures

10. Thank you!