Table 2.
Accomplishments: strengthening the enabling environment and subnational cascading
| Country | Accomplishment | |
|---|---|---|
| Strengthening the Enabling Environment | Subnational Cascading | |
| Burkina Faso | MSN awareness and government commitment increased, S |
Infant and child feeding program as an entry point for MSN, S MSN platform formed in the Yako district, H MSN platform operationalized in the Yako district, (H) |
| Government ownership and leadership strengthened | ||
| Coordinating structure reformed (awaiting final signature), (H) | ||
| Progress in making the nutrition policy and strategy multisectoral, (H) | ||
| Development of a common result framework in process, (H) | ||
| Strengthening nutrition sensitivity of sectoral policies in progress, (H) | ||
| Civil society alliance for nutrition created, H | ||
| Infant and child feeding program became more multisectoral, (H) | ||
| Mali | MSN action plan developed, launched, and disseminated, H | MSN platform created and coordinating committees formed in the Bankass and Yorosso districts, H |
| Coordination structures formed, H | Subdistrict platforms formed, H | |
| National coordinating structures operationalized, (H) | Subdistrict platforms operationalized, (H) | |
| Civil society alliance for nutrition formed, H | Capacity for cascading strengthened in the national team, S | |
| Functionality of MSN committee and funding gaps assessed, S | Expansion to other districts in the Sikasso region underway, (H) | |
| Progress in aligning policies and programs, S | Capacity to mainstream nutrition in local development plans strengthened, S | |
| Full‐time implementation unit created and awaiting staff appointments, (H) | 3 national actors trained as certified instructors in participatory evaluations and strategic planning and MSN group facilitation, S | |
| Uganda | Strengthened capacity for coordinating the MSN action plan, S | Strengthened implementation structures in 5 districts, S |
| Stakeholder convergence concerning MSN anchorage, S | Strengthening local government planning for MSN in 5 districts, S | |
| Strengthened government ownership for nutrition, S | Learning platforms for MSN formed in 5 districts, (H) | |
| Strengthened national implementation team, (H) | Integration of nutrition indicators in district development plans in 5 districts, H | |
| Bottlenecks identified and being addressed at national and district levels, S | Stakeholders in 5 districts fully engaged in creating MSN guiding principles, including the supports districts need from the national level, S | |
| Formal agreement by government and partners on guiding principles for MSN implementation, H | The progress and learning in these 5 districts profoundly shape the guiding principles subsequently agreed upon at the national level, H | |
| Ethiopia | NNP launched (2013) and revised (2015), H | Official dissemination of NNP to all 9 regions, H |
| High‐level MSN coordination body formed, H | Official launch of NNP by senior regional officials, H | |
| Regular and effective meetings of high‐level body, (H) | MSN structures created and focal points assigned in 4 regions, H | |
| MSN Technical Committee formed, H | Cascading workshops in 4 regions, zones, and woredas and menu of intervention workshops held at the zonal level, H | |
| Strengthened common understanding among members of the Technical Committee, S | Regional learning platforms formed, (H) | |
| Sectoral working groups formed in some ministries, (H) | MSN integrated into annual review meetings and supportive supervision, H | |
| Nutrition advocacy for parliamentarians and First Lady Ambassador, S | ||
| Draft MSN implementation guidelines developed and launched, (H) | ||
Abbreviations: H, hard accomplishment; (H), hard accomplishments in progress; MSN, multisectoral nutrition; NNP, National Nutrition Program; S, soft accomplishment.