Food Security & Nutrition Network Social & Behavioral Change Task Force Meeting #1

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Agenda The problem and why we need you Introductions TOPS Overview FSNN SBCTF Overview Brainstorming on tasks for Task Force Brainstorm other people to invite (Next meeting: Presentation by Dan Heath)

The rate and absolute number of children who die every year from preventable causes in the world declined by about two-thirds between 1960 and 2002 (and continues to decline). (2.5%  /year between 1960 and 1990, now 1.1%  /year.) Many organizations doing child survival in the world are well networked, and sharing tools and approaches. It’s been easy to identify what works.

After falling from 1969 to a low in 1995, the number of undernourished people in the world has increased by about 5% between 1969 and It’s now higher than it was 40 years ago. The proportion of people who are undernourished has dropped four percentage points in 20 years and is still unacceptably high. Most organizations working on under-nutrition in the world – especially in some sectors like Agriculture – are not well networked, and are not sharing many tools and approaches. It’s been difficult to know what works. SBC underlies progress – at least to a certain degree – in every sector (e.g., Agriculture, health/nutrition, NRM, WATSAN). TOO FLAT!

Behavior based Commodity- based

Doing the right things: Children (“proven efficacy,” from the Lancet Nutrition Series) For addressing undernutrition in neonates, infants, and children: BCC for breastfeeding BCC for improved complementary feeding (very low national coverages) Improving hygiene practices Zinc supplementation and use in management of diarrhea Vitamin A supplementation Iron fortification Iron supplementation Treatment of SAM Conditional cash transfer programs with nutrition education

Introductions NameOrganization Why you wanted to be part of this group

TOPS Strategic Objective & Program Strategies TOPS Strategic Objective Highest quality information, knowledge, and best practices for improved methodologies in Title II food aid commodity program performance identified, established, shared and adapted. TOPS Program Strategies Focused capacity building Community of practice—Food Security and Nutrition Network Knowledge management web portal Small grants program

TOPS Key Stakeholders & Priorities TOPS Key Stakeholders Title II grantees USAID Washington and Missions USDA Academic and research institutions International organizations Other food security and nutrition implementing agencies Priorities for Program Year One Establish an inclusive, stakeholder-driven, field-oriented collaboration mechanism designed to develop, reach consensus on, and build capacity in state of the art standards for food security program planning, design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. Establish an inclusive, stakeholder-driven, field-oriented collaboration mechanism designed to develop, reach consensus on, and build capacity in state of the art standards for food security program planning, design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation.

TOPS Priority Technical Areas and Staffing Priority Technical Focus Areas Commodity management Nutrition and food technology Agriculture Social and behavior change Monitoring and Evaluation Gender Equity Emergencies TOPS Key Technical Staff Mark Fritzler, Project Director, Tom Davis, Social and Behavior Change, Joan Jennings, Nutrition & Food Technology, Arif Rashid, Monitoring and Evaluation, John Russell, Agriculture, Joan Whelan, Knowledge Management,

Resource Flows Small Grants: A small grants program will promote use and adaptation of capacity building tools, field-led and collaborative activities, and dissemination of best practices to Title II FSN stakeholders.. LWA Awards: This pre-competed LWA mechanism makes funding available for direct project development and implementation through Missions, non-FFP Bureaus and Offices at USAID and other USG Agencies.

QUESTIONS ABOUT TOPS??

Goals of FSNN Social & Behavior Change Task Force Bottom Line: Whatever you as members want to do! Possible functions: Develop a community of practice of SBC practitioners, academics, and other experts interested in reducing hunger / improving food security globally. Learn from each other! Identify gaps in SBC IMT, and find/create tools to fill the gap. Identify and disseminate best practices and best information products (e.g., guides), methods, and tools (IMT) being used in SBC, especially to food security practitioners. Identify core competencies for SBC, and build field capacity in these.

Brainstorming: Tasks

Find out what food security practitioners are doing in SBC: Identify proven and promising SBC information, methods, and tools (IMT) from FS practitioners and others working in SBC globally through surveys, document reviews, and networking. … Find the outliers / positive deviants in terms of behavioral change. Develop a list of SBC core competencies Create/package SBC tools to fill gaps Propose SBC sessions for the Food Security & Nutrition Network Spring Meeting (May 9) Creation of articles for a FSN Network e-newsletter.

Other People to Invite? Food security implementers? SBC experts / authors? Others?