Nutrition Financing Week - N4G Side Event Series
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The Tokyo “N4G” Summit in December 2021 brought together 45 countries and numerous donors, the private sector, civil society groups and academia to deliver policy and financial commitments to end malnutrition. More than US$27 billion was pledged, along with the commitment of delivering more effective and sustainable financing actions for nutrition. To achieve nutrition targets and leave no one behind, countries and the global community will also need to strengthen accountability for nutrition actions and results.
To support stakeholders in translating their commitments to concrete action, the World Bank, the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF), Results for Development (R4D), World Health Organization (WHO), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Republic of Indonesia and the Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN) are hosting the Nutrition Financing Week through a series of virtual N4G official side events, taking a deep dive into key actions and strategies to strengthen nutrition financing and accountability mechanisms and maximize results.
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The series of virtual events include:
Webinar 1: Leading by Example: A Conversation on How to Achieve N4G Financing Goals | Monday, January 24, 2022 | 8.00-9.30am EST | Add to Calendar
This kick-off event aims to offer inspirational insights on emerging initiatives in nutrition financing and broad overview of thematic areas that subsequent webinars in the week will explore in greater detail. With an engaging panel of country representatives from different contexts, participants will learn about strategies and the institutional capacity building needed to strengthen nutrition financing and achieve financing goals for nutrition. This includes mobilizing funding, increasing efficiency and effectiveness of resource use, and ensuring data-driven accountability. Important enabling system issues such as public financial management and governance will also be highlighted.
Do not miss this session if you are:
- a country policy maker or program implementor from nutrition or finance teams,
- a development partner supporting nutrition policy and governance, financing, programs, advocacy and M&E, or
- part of a World Bank internal task team in areas related to nutrition and human capital, including health, agriculture, food security/systems, education, social protection and governance.
Session led and coordinated by the World Bank, Results for Development, and the GFF. Please direct any inquiry to Mary D’Alimonte, Results for Development - mdalimonte@r4d.org
Webinar 2: Optimizing Health Financing Levers for Nutrition: Commitment to Action | Tuesday, January 25, 2022 | 8.00-9.30 am EST | Add to Calendar
This session will dive into how UHC-oriented reforms offer an opportunity to optimize health financing arrangements to reach global nutrition targets and bridging the disconnect between known advantages of investing in nutrition with actionable recommendations on how to leverage financing reforms and mechanisms. Participants will gain knowledge on how to use health financing levers (revenue raising, pooling and strategic purchasing) to improve nutrition service coverage and quality as part of the movement toward UHC. Drawing from their experiences, panelists from different countries will share concrete lessons learned on challenges and solutions in optimizing health financing levers for nutrition. This highly interactive session will also give participants the opportunity to engage with panelists and authors through breakout rooms for group discussions.
Materials: Discussion Paper | Brief
Do not miss this session if you are:
- a country policy maker or program implementor from nutrition, health or finance teams,
- a development and finance partner supporting nutrition policy and governance, financing, programs, advocacy and M&E, or
- part of a World Bank internal task team in health and nutrition.
Session led and coordinated by the World Bank, the GFF, and the World Health Organization. Please direct any inquiry to Michelle Mehta, The World Bank - mmehta2@worldbank.org
Webinar 3: The Fizzy Potential of Fiscal Policies for Nutrition: How Taxes and Other Tools Can Encourage Healthy Diets | Wednesday, January 26, 2022 | 7.00–8.30 am EST | Add to Calendar
Fiscal policies, such as taxation and subsidies, have enormous potential to promote healthy behavior and improve nutrition. These policies include taxing unhealthy food and drinks such as sugar-sweetened beverages, subsidizing healthy substitutes such as fruit and vegetables, and other measures. Through this session, participants will learn about the range of fiscal policies available to encourage healthy diets, the evidence of their effectiveness to date, and a vision for the future. This dynamic session will also hear about the experiences of policymakers from champion countries that have pursued pioneering fiscal policies for nutrition.
Do not miss this session if you are:
- a country policy maker or program implementor from nutrition, health, or finance teams,
- a development partner supporting domestic revenue mobilization, non-communicable diseases, or nutrition policy and governance, or
- part of a World Bank internal task team in health, nutrition, tax, and food security/systems.
Session led and coordinated by the World Bank and the Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN). Please direct any inquiry to Kate Mandeville, The World Bank - kmandeville@worldbank.org
Webinar 4: Allocative Efficiency Analysis for More Nutrition for the Money: Country Experiences with Optima Nutrition | Wednesday, January 26, 2022 | 9.00–10.30 am EST | Add to Calendar
The N4G Summit saw numerous countries and key stakeholders pledging more than US$27 billion for nutrition, but how can policymakers, implementors and partners maximize the efficiency of these investments for nutrition? Optima Nutrition is a data-driven tool developed to support country planning and decision-making for allocative efficiency to maximize the impact of nutrition investments. This event gives participants the opportunity to discover the tool's potential and to learn more about the process of undertaking an allocative efficiency analysis. Presenters from different contexts will share lessons learned, challenges encountered, and results achieved from their experiences developing Optima Nutrition analyses. The session will involve presentations of country experiences with different stages of the process and a panel discussion, and a Q&A session for participants to engage with the speakers.
Materials: Optima Nutrition Brief and FAQ
Do not miss this session if you are:
- a country policy maker or program implementor from government health, nutrition, finance, and planning units,
- a development partner supporting governments in nutrition policy and governance, financing, program implementation, advocacy, and M&E, or
- part of a World Bank task team supporting country projects in health and nutrition.
Session led and coordinated by the World Bank and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Please direct any inquiry to Jonathan Kweku Akuoku, The World Bank - jakuoku@worldbank.org
Webinar 5a: Nutrition-Responsive Public Financial Management: Strengthening Financing and Accountability for Results | Thursday, January 27, 2022 7.30–9.00 am EST | Add to Calendar
Strengthening accountability for nutrition financing is critical to efficiently deploy the resources committed at the N4G Summit and achieve the desired results by 2030. This session will focus on the emerging concept of Nutrition-Responsive Public Financial Management (PFM) and on critical reforms, tools and mechanisms for its institutionalization. With the aim to move towards stronger accountability for nutrition financing and results, participants will be exposed to the lessons learned, challenges and opportunities experienced by different countries that have implemented multi-sectoral Nutrition Public Expenditure Reviews and nutrition budget tagging and tracking system and the critical reforms and enabling policy environment.
Do not miss this session if you are:
- a country policy maker or program implementor from government health, nutrition, finance, and planning units,
- a development partner supporting governments in nutrition policy and governance, financing, program implementation, advocacy, and M&E, or
- part of a World Bank internal task team in areas related to nutrition and human capital, including health, agriculture, food security/systems, education, social protection and governance.
Session led and coordinated by the GFF and the World Bank. Please direct any inquiry to Ali Subandoro, GFF Secretariat - asubandoro@worldbank.org
Webinar 5b: Making the N4G Financing Goals A Reality: Translating Commitment to Action | Thursday, January 27, 2022 | 9:15–10:00 am EST | Add to Calendar
This brief session concludes the N4G Nutrition Financing Week. The webinar will summarize key highlights from previous webinars, give space for stakeholders to share concrete actions that can be undertaken to fulfill their policy commitments, and harvest from participants ideas to keep momentum for nutrition financing.
Session led and coordinated by the GFF and the World Bank. Please direct any inquiry to Kyoko Shibata Okamura, The World Bank - kokamura@worldbank.org
