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

End Child Hunger and Undernutrition Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean. WFP Global Meeting Copenhagen June 2006. Achievement of the Hunger Objective in the Millennium Development Goals. Possibilities of Achieving the Target. Would achieve both Indicators. At least one indicator.

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

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  1. End Child Hunger and Undernutrition Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean • WFP Global Meeting • Copenhagen • June 2006

  2. 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.

  3. Chile, April 2005: Meeting of Health Ministers of South America endorsed WFP as leader innetworking and knowledge management initiatives related to hunger reduction Panama, July 2005: Heads of State of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) requestedWFP 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 asub-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. From the Outset: Regional Political Endorsement

  4. 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)

  5. Executive Directors Jim Morris and Anne Veneman presided over the May meeting in Panama that addressedECHUI 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 asystemic 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) Working Together: WFP and UNICEF Regional Strategic Partnership Meeting

  6. 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 nationalprogramme Working in Partnership to Support to National Hunger Reduction Plans

  7. 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 regionwilling to place eradicating child malnutrition on their political agendas and to invest in making it possible Ending Child Hunger is Possible in LAC

  8. United in the Battle to End Child Hunger!

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