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Towards a Global Nutrition Cluster Advocacy Strategy

This advocacy strategy aims to strengthen partnerships, communication, and resource mobilization for improved nutrition in emergency-affected populations. It includes activities such as developing an advocacy plan and establishing inter-cluster linkages.

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Towards a Global Nutrition Cluster Advocacy Strategy

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  1. Towards a Global Nutrition Cluster Advocacy Strategy

  2. GNC strategy 2014-2016: • Strategic pillar 1: Partnership, communication, advocacy, and resource mobilization Advocacy priority activities: Develop an advocacy plan that addresses advocacy with external partners in nutrition (UNSCN/SUN/REACH) and inter-cluster linkages (WASH/Health/Food Security clusters).

  3. The Advocacy Cycle Related to GNC vision What? Who? How?

  4. Timelinefordevelopmentof GNC Advocacy strategy

  5. Whatis Advocacy? UNICEF definition of advocacy: Advocacy is a deliberate process, based on demonstrated evidence, to directly and indirectly influence decision makers, stakeholders and relevant audiences to support and implement actions that contribute to the fulfilment of an individual’s rights. Education Cluster definition of Advocacy: Advocacy is about building relationships and using those relationships to engage people and influence opinion (Education cluster advocacy guidance tool) ACF definition of advocacy: Advocacy aims to make lasting changes to the policies, practices and intervention capacities in order to put an end to hunger and undernutrition and especially acute malnutrition in children under five by influencing political and economic decision makers and by mobilising public support.

  6. WhatisAdvocacy? • It is about influencing change(in policy, attitudes and practice) • Aims to achieve lasting and positive change in poor peoples’ lives • It is strategic. It is planned. With clear goals and objectives • It is a long term process rather than a one-off event • It is not an end in itself • Draws legitimacy and credibility from our knowledge and experience (evidence base)

  7. The Advocacy Cycle Related to GNC vision What? Who? How?

  8. Group work • Areas of work (10 mins) • SWOT analysis (20 mins) • Identification of advocacy issues (20 mins) Feedback to plenary (5 mins per group)

  9. Problemidentification GNC vision: To safeguard and improve the nutritional status of emergency affected populations by ensuring an appropriate response that is predictable, timely and effective and at scale.

  10. Problemidentification Overall advocacy aim: Improved nutrition for vulnerable population sustained in the long term Proposedareasfor GNC advocacy: • Support principled and effective humanitarian action • Ensure adequate funds for nutrition in humanitarian responses to reach all in need • Raise the profile of nutrition as an essential intervention to support development gains • Any others?

  11. SWOT analysis Identify the Nutrition Cluster potential and capabilities as an advocacy voice

  12. Identification of advocacyissues + Impacton your issue + - Probability of occurrence in your context

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