CSONA, the SUN civil society alliance in Malawi, is proving that advocacy works. By partnering with parliamentary nutrition champions and the SUN Civil Society Network, they’ve fought to secure a bigger national nutrition budget – and to make sure those resources actually reach the districts that need them most. But this isn’t just a story […]
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From commitment to action: civil-society led accountability for nutrition results. Reflections from the East and Southern Africa regional workshop.
From 2–6 March 2026, representatives from 17 Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Civil Society Alliances (CSAs), including 12 from East and Southern Africa (ESA) and five from Anglophone West, Central Africa, and the Islands (WCAI), convened in Gaborone for a regional workshop under the theme ‘strengthening accountable food systems for nutrition security and health’, hosted by Food Bank Botswana. Coming at an important moment – […]
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Applications are now open for the SUN CSN Nutrition Dialogues Youth Advocacy Fund!
Overview The SUN Civil Society Network is offering grants of up to €10,000 to Civil Society Alliances (CSAs) for youth-led community dialogues on nutrition. This funding will amplify the voices of marginalised young people and community members, transforming local conversations into concrete policy asks that influence nutrition decision-making from local to global levels. This opportunity builds on the momentum of the Nutrition […]
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SUN Civil Society Network launches SUN CSN 4.0 Strategy to accelerate locally led nutrition action (2026–2030)
The Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network (SUN CSN) has officially launched its new five-year strategy, SUN CSN 4.0, setting out a bold, locally led roadmap for advancing nutrition outcomes worldwide from 2026 to 2030. The strategy aligns with the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement 4.0 framework while clearly defining SUN CSN’s unique mandate within the […]
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The Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network at a turning point
As 2025 comes to a close, we look back on a year of extraordinary commitment and collective impact across the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network (SUN CSN). It has been a year marked by global turbulence, shrinking civic space, widening inequalities and an unprecedented contraction in funding. Yet, despite these challenges, civil society has shown remarkable resilience. Our […]
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Nourish to Flourish: Putting nutrition at the heart of social development
Originally published by UN Nutrition. From 4–6 November 2025, leaders gathered in Doha, Qatar, for the Second World Summit on Social Development (WSSD). Convened by the UN General Assembly, the Summit renewed global commitments to the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the 2030 Agenda. Nourish to Flourish Against this backdrop, UN-Nutrition, together with the Governments of the Netherlands and Brazil, co-organised […]
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Youth Assembly capacity development session: Understanding the role of nutrition and healthy diets in agrifood systems transformation
This article was originally published by the World Food Forum. The World Food Forum (WFF)’s Youth Assembly, in collaboration with the SUN Civil Society Network, Act4Food and McGill Youth Advisory Delegation, hosted a youth-led capacity development session titled “Understanding the role of nutrition and healthy diets in agrifood systems transformation”. Held virtually on 11 August 2025, […]
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African Food Systems Forum: A week of intensity and inspiration
Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network (SUN CSN) Youth Leader Brice Kouderin travelled from Benin to Dakar, Senegal to attend the Africa Food Systems Forum summit, September 2025. Here he shares his reflections. Last week, Dakar pulsed to the rhythm of the Africa Food Systems Forum 2025. Six days filled with encounters, debates and reflections […]
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Local solutions, global stewardship: 7 SUN CSN recommendations for UNFSS+4
Civil society is not waiting for transformation – it’s already driving it. From budget tracking and rights-based advocacy to gender equality and local food production, organisations across the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network (SUN CSN) are reshaping food systems every day. As governments and stakeholders meet in Addis Ababa for the UN Food Systems […]
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We’ve registered our N4G commitments – and we’re ready to act with accountability!
The March 2025 Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit in Paris was an important moment for the global nutrition community. Governments, donors, civil society and the private sector came together to commit to stronger, smarter and more coordinated efforts to end malnutrition in all its forms, despite the challenging context and dwindling development funding. Building on […]
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The March 2025 Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit in Paris was an important moment for the global nutrition community. Governments, donors, civil society and the private sector came together to commit to stronger, smarter and more coordinated efforts to end malnutrition in all its forms, despite the challenging context and dwindling development funding. Building on the foundations laid in Tokyo, the Summit called for bold action rooted in evidence, sustained financing and meaningful collaboration.
In that spirit, and after having successfully met or exceeded our 2021 N4G commitments, the SUN Civil Society Network (CSN) Secretariat is proud to have registered our new commitments in the Nutrition Accountability Framework (NAF).
These are not exhaustive of all the nutrition actions we will take or all the advocacy areas we will cover – but they spotlight three topics where we absolutely want to reinforce our efforts in answer to network members’ needs and priorities expressed in the 2024 annual survey, deepen our impact, and even step a little outside our comfort zone.
Here’s what we’re committing to by 2028:
🔹 Commitment 1: Accelerate cross-country learning to strengthen civil society leadership for nutrition
We will create more spaces for civil society alliances (CSAs) to learn from each other – facilitating and documenting at least 12 peer-to-peer exchanges and equipping members to turn learnings into real advocacy impact. Our goal: 20 CSAs applying learnings from their peers to drive change in their countries.
🔹 Commitment 2: Support youth coordinators to deliver community-informed advocacy
We’ll equip at least 20 young people to organise community dialogues in at least ten countries and to elevate their voices in national and global spaces to inform decision-making processes. By 2028, we aim to have supported the delivery of at least 300 youth-led community dialogues.
🔹 Commitment 3: Strengthen civil society advocacy for responsible private sector engagement in nutrition and food systems
We will support CSAs in at least 15 countries to engage in strategic advocacy toward private sector and government actors to promote nutrition equity and accountability in food systems. This includes action to improve the availability and responsible marketing of nutritious and safe foods, reduce the promotion of unhealthy ultra-processed products – especially to vulnerable populations – and ensure that food companies act in the public interest and contribute meaningfully to national nutrition goals.
These commitments are more than numbers. They reflect our values, our solidarity, and our belief that civil society and young people must be at the heart and centre of all learning, formulation and decision-making processes.
We’re excited for what lies ahead and look forward to implementing these ambitious commitments with network members during the next SUN CSN strategy period. And we’re ready to keep learning, sharing, and acting together with ambition and accountability.
👉 You can read our full commitments soon to be published on the NAF portal.
