This ‘lessons learnt’ report summarises the experiences of civil society organisations working in nutrition. Therefore discovering effective ways to build partnerships and coalitions with government bodies and other organisations working towards shared goals.
Developed through a consultative process with SUN CSN members, this guidance sets out good practice in establishing the governance of civil society alliances in a way that ensures transparency, accountability, effectiveness, responsiveness, and participation, while clearly defining roles and responsibilities.
The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, launched in 2010, has inspired a new way of working collaboratively to end malnutrition in all its forms. Led by countries and additional stakeholders, it has mobilized an unprecedented political will to improve nutritional status’ of everyone, everywhere.
This Strategy and its accompanying Road Map (2016-2020) underscores that there are few challenges facing the global community today that match the scale of malnutrition, a condition that directly affects one in three people. There has been some progress, but much more needs to be done.
The SUN Movement has brought together governments, United Nations agencies, businesses, donors, civil society organizations and individuals in a collective mission to uphold the right to good food and nutrition. It has also helped to illuminate the importance of nutrition in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Based on a number of requests for support in resolving conflicts within CSAs in countries, the SUN CSN developed a process for conflict resolution between national SUN CSAs.
This guidance note is intended to assist Civil Society Organisations, who are working to tackle malnutrition, to come together at a country level in an organised Civil Society Alliance (CSA) under the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement, therefore fully embracing the SUN principles of engagement. Such a CSA can be a new entity or based on existing relevant civil society networks or coalitions. This note will provide a road map towards establishing and/or strengthening a SUN CSA. The guidance provided in this document is based on SUN movement experiences and learnings so far.
This document was developed by the SUN CSN and is the result of a network-wide consultation.
It is based on civil society contribution to the SUN Movement during SUN 2.0 (2016-2020).
Similarly, it is centred around the guidance from the SUN CSN Strategy and Sustainability Task Force (SUN CSN SSTF).
The SSTF was established in order to ensure civil society contribution to SUN visioning efforts and therefore shaping contribution to efforts in SUN 2.0.
The terms of reference for the SUN Civil Society Network.
