End Child Hunger and Undernutrition Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean

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End Child Hunger and Undernutrition Initiative in
Latin America and the Caribbean
WFP Global Meeting Copenhagen June 2006
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Achievement of the Hunger Objective in the
Millennium Development Goals
Possibilities of Achieving the Target
Would achieve both Indicators
At least one indicator
May not achieve any indicators
Objective 1 of Millennium Development -
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Not analyzed in this study
Target 2 - Reduce by half the proportion of
people who suffer from hunger
Indicator 1 Global Malnutrition in Children
under five years (Weight/Age) Indicator 2
of Population Undernourished
Fuente CEPAL. Panorama Social de América Latina
2002-2003. Los límites y los nombres y las
designaciones que figuran en este mapa no
implican su apoyo o aceptación oficial por las
Naciones Unidas.
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From the Outset Regional Political Endorsement

• Chile, April 2005 Meeting of Health Ministers
  of South America endorsed WFP as leader in
  networking and knowledge management initiatives
  related to hunger reduction
• Panama, July 2005 Heads of State of the
  Association of Caribbean States (ACS) requested
  WFP to take the lead in the fight towards
  eliminating all forms of hunger and malnutrition
  in the upcoming decade
• Belize, September 2005 RESSCAD XXI - Meeting of
  Health Ministers of CA and Dom Rep - requested
  WFP to take the lead in formulating a
  sub-regional project to eradicate child
  malnutrition by 2015 in partnership with
  governments and other cooperation agencies
• Panama, March 2006 The Special Summit of Heads
  of State of the Central American Integration
  System (SICA) gave its political endorsement to
  the WFP/Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
  project proposal Towards the Eradication of
  Child Malnutrition in Central America and the
  Dominican Republic by 2015. The programme
  concept will be submitted for endorsement to the
  next SICA Presidential Summit in late June in
  Panama.

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Strategic Partnerships and Consensus Building
Joint IDB-WFP Regional Programme Towards the
Eradication of Child Malnutrition in Central
America and the Dominican Republic by 2015
Endorsed by the UNDG LAC RD group in May and
was subject to an extensive stakeholder
consultation in early June in which consensus was
reached on the key components and requirements of
the regional programme. Participants included
representatives of national governments, regional
experts, the World Bank, members of civil
society, UN agencies and NGOs. Plans are
underway to adopt a similar approach in the
Andean Region through an eventual partnership
with the Corporacion Andina de Fomento (CAF)
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Working Together WFP and UNICEF Regional
Strategic Partnership Meeting

• Executive Directors Jim Morris and Anne Veneman
  presided over the May meeting in Panama that
  addressed ECHUI and related themes of HIV/AIDS,
  emergency response and UN reform
• The LAC region has made more progress on the MDGs
  than most other regions, but the challenge is how
  to reach those who remain excluded
• Need to work with governments, civil society and
  the private sector to make a systemic difference
• To achieve sustainability it is critical to
  ensure reporting on and monitoring of results,
  including impact assessment
• Many opportunities exist for cross-fertilization
  across countries and organizations which can help
  demonstrate effectiveness (facilitating
  South-South cooperation)

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Working in Partnership to Support to National
Hunger Reduction Plans

• Bolivia
• WFP, UNICEF and PAHO/WHO will provide integrated
  support to the recently-launched National
  Strategy for Zero Malnutrition. The two agencies
  have been working together since 2003 on
  institutional strengthening, advocacy and
  micronutrient supplementation and fortification
• Guatemala
• UNICEF, WFP and PAHO/WHO implementing a joint
  programme to reduce chronic malnutrition for
  children under 3 years and pregnant and lactating
  women
• Panama
• WFP/UNICEF/UNFPA Evaluation of Social
  Programmes with Food and/or Nutrition Components
  helped support major policy changes regarding the
  MCH national programme

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Ending Child Hunger is Possible in LAC

• Joint advocacy Cost of Hunger Studies
  Investing in early childhood nutrition brings
  high economic returns Increased allocation of
  national resources to MCHN programmes
• Creating a strong coalition of committed national
  governments, civil society, regional
  organizations, UN System, NGOs, international
  cooperation agencies, academic experts
• Building on the political momentum among strong
  players in the region willing to place
  eradicating child malnutrition on their political
  agendas and to invest in making it possible

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United in the Battle to End Child Hunger!