This document describes Tanzania's experience with using different platforms to share knowledge on nutrition issues. It outlines the various government, CSO, donor, and business platforms that facilitate both intra- and cross-platform knowledge sharing. The platforms ensure multisectoral collaboration and allow for planning, implementation, and monitoring of nutrition interventions. They also enable sharing of information, best practices, and research findings to support nutrition programs in Tanzania. Challenges include insufficient priority on nutrition, coordination difficulties, weak information management, and lack of resources, but the platforms provide benefits like communicating nutrition messages and improving program quality.

1.
Presented by:
SARAH MSHIU, Nutrition Focal Person- PMO
12th
June 2015, Nairobi Kenya
Functional Capacity- Knowledge
Sharing.
Tanzania Experience

2. Introduction
 Tanzania use different forums and platforms to
share knowledge on nutrition issues.
 Nutrition platforms in Tanzania
Governments platforms
CSOs platform
Donor Platform
Business Platform
 In Platforms Knowledge sharing happens intra and
across
 Intra platform- coordinated by individual platform.
 Across platforms- Coordinated by government

3. Introduction
 The platforms are multisectoral,
multidisplinary and multistakeholder in
nature.
 They ensure planning, implementation and
monitoring of nutrition interventions
 Facilitate sharing of infor on nutrition both
within and btn sectors, including plans,
data on nutrition, best practices, lesson
learned and research findings.
 The platforms are at both national and
sub-national

4. Government Platforms
 High Level Steering Committee on Nutrition
(HLCN),
Chaired by PS PMO and comprises members
from government (Ps of 9 ministries), DPs,
CSOs, High learning Institutions/researchers,
FBO and Private sector.
Receive, discuss and make decision onReceive, discuss and make decision on
implementation and accountability of NNS.implementation and accountability of NNS.
CSCNCSCN-- multisectoral in nature. Chaired bymultisectoral in nature. Chaired by
DEDDED
Progress on the implementation of different
intervention by different stakeholder at
council level

5. Government Platforms
 National Maltisectoral Technical Working Group-
 Chaired by TFNC and co chaired by Ministry of
Agric. Meets on quarterly bases.
 Facilitate policy and technical dialogue across all
relevant sectors in Tanzania.
 Provide advisory support on nutrition key sectors
and to monitor performance with respect to
nutrition against NNS and other national plans.
 Progress on nutrition interventions are reported,
emerging concerns discussed and
recommendations suggested for high level
decisions (HLSC)

6. CSO Platform
Coordination of CSO & advocacy
Work closely key and influential groups e.g.
member of parliaments to Create political
accountability across political parties e.g.
prototype Nutrition manifesto. :
Use regional meetings, emails, website to
share;
best practices among members
progress, challenges and come up with
recommendations on the implementation
nutrition programmes.

7. Donor platform
 Co-conveners: Irish Aid, USAID
 Development Partners Group (Nutrition)
Chaired by DFID, Co-chaired by Unicef
Harmonize partners to support national
nutrition policy
Provide technical and financial support to
nutrition programmes
Progress on the implementation of
nutrition programs from different partners

8. Business Platforms
 They share;
opportunities for business to invest in
nutrition
Progress on the implementation of
nutrition programmes e.g fortification
Best practice from other industries
High degree of Flexibility- invite
presentation and co-opting new members
as need arises basis.
All the platforms at their levels influence
decisions.
They all have representative at the
HLSCN

9. Other Forums
 Planning and Budget Meetings
 Conducted at the LGAs once in a year during
planning session
 Dialogue and discussion on how and what to
plan
 Sharing of new insight or emerging issues on
nutrition
 Joint Multisectoral Nutrition Review
 Conducted once a year
 Accommodate more stakeholder to review
NNS and recommend areas for future
planning

10. Benefit of knowledge sharing
 Nutrition messages are being communicated
openly to the public.
 Help implementing partners to prioritise
interventions and planning
 Improve quality of the programmes in the
country
 Review of policies and strategies
 Develop guidelines to address specific issues
 Integration of nutrition interventions into
National Budget Guideline and sectorial
plans.

11. Challenges
 Insufficient priority to nutrition
 Coordination
Mult sectoral nature of nutrition (Need too
many players)
Linking plans across constituencies with
national plans;
Mistrust & agenda beyond nutrition, both
within outside constituencies
Resources to support coordination (both
financial and technical)
 Weak nutrition information management

12. Lesson learned
 Putting coordination structure & mechanism
in place is critical for effective engagement
of different platforms.
 Platform are good vehicles for facilitating
knowledge sharing but need strong leadership