Source: UN Children's Fund, Scaling Up Nutrition
Country: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam, World
The report summarizes the technical content of the workshop, highlights key principles, lessons and way forward. The workshop was jointly organized by UNICEF and the SUN Movement Secretariat, aimed to accelerate the efforts of Asian countries in the SUN movement to increase the dialogue and alignment among sectors by reporting on multi-sectoral nutrition budgets and costs of multi-sectoral nutrition plans, addressing the issue of decentralized public finance, and contributing to making the investment case for nutrition. It also aimed to make a contribution to strengthening public finance management systems and procedures for improved nutrition.