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.
