Nutrition for Growth: the 2017 Roadmap
The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals represent an ambitious and transformational
vision for the future. Achieving this vision will take concerted action by all countries andpreventing malnutrition will need to be at the heart of what we all do between now and2030. A failure to address malnutrition will not only hold back progress towards Global Goal
2 to end hunger and malnutrition in all its forms, it will also undermine at least 11 other
Global Goals. Eradicating disease, ending extreme poverty, empowering women will only
happen if people are free from malnutrition. Growth will only be inclusive if malnutrition
declines as economies grow. A healthy, prosperous and stable world is much less likely
whilst malnutrition exists.
On 1 April 2016, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2016-2025 the UN Decadeof Action on Nutrition. As an umbrella for consolidating and aligning nutrition actions andconvened by FAO and WHO, the decade offers an open and inclusive way for all actors toset, track and achieve commitments to end all forms of malnutrition worldwide.
With this in mind, we aim to make 2017 a Nutrition for Growth year to re-energise thenutrition community, bring others on board and to kick-start the UN Decade of Action
The Vision
Under the umbrella of the UN Decade of Action, Nutrition for Growth 2017 willencompass a series of events that bring different actors together to set out the action
they will take to help end malnutrition in all its forms by 2030.
The goal for N4G 2017 is to secure new financial and political commitment from
Governments, donors, civil society, UN and business. It will also re-energise political
momentum and global focus on nutrition. As well as providing platforms forcommitment, the year will also aim to enable exchange and learning on how to address
malnutrition effectively, and to foster a culture of transparency and accountability.
A core Nutrition for Growth stakeholder group will help lead key moments in 2017 but
we invite others to host their own events in support of the overall vision of the Decadeof Action.
We hope to bring N4G 2017 to a close in Rome under the leadership of Italy with acelebration of what we have collectively achieved and a promise to track whether
commitments are leading to action and delivering results.

Nutrition for Growth
The UK-hosted 2013 N4G Summit was transformational in raising $4 billion in nutrition
specific funding and $19 billion in nutrition sensitive funding. A Global Nutrition for Growthcompact was endorsed by 100 stakeholders (from science business, civil society, private
foundations and governments) committing by 2020 to reduce child stunting by 20 million.
Commitments made are being tracked by the annual Global Nutrition Report. The
communique from the Brazil-led 2016 N4G event highlighted the need for a global momentin 2017 to bring attention back to the nutrition challenge, ahead of a potential N4G event in2020 at the next Olympics in Tokyo.

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Our objectives
1. Secure new financial and policy commitments in line with the vision of the UN
Decade of Action.
2. Enable sharing, learning and innovation on what works to address
malnutrition.
3. Foster a culture of transparency and accountability.
4. Maintaining visibility, interest and commitment to nutrition.

The Roadmap below sets out a series of colour-coded events across N4G 2017 aimed atachieving these three objectives. The Roadmap is not intended to be exhaustive – wewelcome others to join us in making N4G 2017 a success.
Delivering the objectives of N4G 2017
1. Secure increased financial and policy commitments
2017 needs to generate significant financial and policy commitments to nutrition. The
Investment Framework to reach the Global Nutrition Targets, created by the World Bank andResults for Development, recommends that an additional $70bn is required over the UN
Decade of Action. This means $7bn per year on average is required to meet the Global
Nutrition Targets - $4bn from high burden country governments, and $2.6bn from donors.
We should aim to meet this target in 2017. The analysis highlights this investment will yield
tremendous returns over the next decade: 3.7m child lives saved, at least 65m fewer stunted
children, and 265m fewer women suffering from anaemia compared to the 2015 baseline.
This investment is needed alongside additional commitments to new solutions, R&D, andbuilding the evidence base for nutrition-sensitive approaches.
We hope to use opportunities this year to harness financial and policy commitments fromdeveloping countries. Possibilities are the World Bank Spring Meetings (21-23 April,Washington) and the African Development Bank Annual Meeting (22-26 May, India). The
possibility of using these events is being investigated and is not yet finalised.
The G7 provides a potential space for new policy and financial commitments from donors.
Whilst we will look to encompass all forms of malnutrition in events across the year, wewelcome offers from interested organisations to organise their own moments during theyear to focus on what commitment and action is needed to address overweight and obesity.
2. Enable sharing, learning and innovation on what works
A key focus will be to highlight commitments made throughout the year and provide aplatform for any new commitments. Events towards the end of the year could also shift thefocus to implementation, by getting stakeholders to showcase their plans for delivery andpromoting the exchange of ideas on best practice in nutrition across planningimplementation cycles, including through the SUN Global Gathering in November 2017.
3. Foster a culture of transparency and accountability
The proposed Italy-led Nutrition event around World Food Day could champion theimportance of translating commitment to action. The launch of the 2017 Global Nutrition2

report, due in November will also support this objective. The event could launch thenutrition repositories that are being developed to record and track commitments made bystate (under development by WHO/FAO) and non-state actors. The repositories will be
critical to ensure commitments are smart, build towards the same goal and that progress
can be tracked effectively.
4. Maintaining interest, visibility and commitment to nutrition.
Commitments made in 2017 could be celebrated at the potential Nutrition Event hosted by
Italy and FAO around World Food Day. This could provide a platform for key stakeholders
including donor ministries, high burden countries, civil society and multilateral agencies tocome together to bring N4G 2017 to a close. High level representatives from eachstakeholder group could publically outline the collective commitments made to nutrition
throughout the year and pass the baton to Japan.
Keeping track of commitments
All commitments made at N4G 2017 events will be eligible to be recorded in the Decade ofAction commitment repository that is under development. Guidance and support will beavailable to make sure commitments made are more likely to translate to action and toensure progress is tracked across the decade.
The Nutrition for Growth stakeholder group
The Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Stakeholders Group, led by the Department for International
Development (DFID), came together ahead of the Brazil Nutrition for Growth event in 2016
and worked alongside the N4G International Steering Committee that comprises the UK,
Japan and Brazil. The Stakeholder Group aims to provide coordinated leadership across theinternational community to secure commitment to address malnutrition. Members of thegroup include DFID, US State Department, Brazil and Japan Government representatives,BMGF, CIFF, WHO, FAO, the SUN Movement and the Global Nutrition Report.
We aim to enable wider engagement and input whilst also focusing on delivering concrete
results for the year. We will continue to consult widely to make sure N4G 2017 is a successand reflects the contributions and inputs of all those who have an interest in addressing
malnutrition.
The N4G Stakeholder Group will focus its efforts in 2017 on a selection of events and will act
as a hub to make sure N4G 2017 is well coordinated and supports the vision of the Decadeof Action.
To note: the events in this roadmap are all potential opportunities but have not yet been
agreed and are still under discussion.
Implementation: The N4G Stakeholders Group will have regular meetings to help oversee
the coordination of events throughout the year. There will be separate smaller working
groups to help progress specific work strands, including communications, how to include a
focus on obesity in 2017 and working with the private sector.
Please get in touch if you would like more information or if you are interested to host anevent in 2017 to help accelerate action to end malnutrition in all its forms.

3Annex A – Examples of Events and Outcomes
EventBusiness platform?*DateTBC

Key Outcomes
Challenge businesses to provide solutions toimprove nutrition.
Secure increased financial commitments tonutrition from finance ministers of developing
countries.

World Bank Spring
Meetings*

21-23 April,
Washington

African Development
Bank Annual Meeting*

22-26 May, India

Secure increased financial commitments tonutrition from finance ministers of developing
countries.

G7*

26-27 May,Taormina

Raise awareness of nutrition issues in broaderdiscussions on food security.
Build the way for an Italy Nutrition Event inOctober.

Platform for overweight/ obesity?

TBC

Italy Nutrition Event*October, Rome

Agreement on the action needed so that the world
can come together at N4G 2020 to make ambitious
commitments to address overweight / obesity as
well as undernutrition.
Bring global leaders, civil society and multilateralagencies together to put a spotlight on nutrition.
Celebrate commitments made throughout the year.
Provide a platform for new commitments.
Highlight the critical importance of accountability,
through the launch of the global repository.

SUN Global Gathering*

Global Nutrition Report
Launch*NovemberNovember

Enable reflection on what approaches to nutrition
work well and to share evidence.
Learn lessons from each other and challenge
thinking.
Showcase progress made in combating
malnutrition.
Look to the future challenges facing nutrition

Events marked with an asterisk are those that will be the core focus of the Nutrition for
Growth Stakeholder Group.

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