Since 2010, the SUN Movement has inspired a new way of working collaboratively to end malnutrition, in all its forms. With the governments of SUN countries in the lead, SUN unites people - from governments, civil society, the United Nations, donors, businesses and research - in a collective effort to improve nutrition with a vision to have the world free from malnutrition by 2030.

 

As one of the four pillars of the SUN Movement, the SUN Donor Network (SDN) provides a space where donors at global and country levels can work together and in collaboration with other SUN Movement stakeholders, to help improve nutrition for all, by promoting high-level political commitment for nutrition, evidence based policies and actions, more and better financing, aligned implementation, monitoring of progress and impact and the sharing of lessons learnt.

 

The global SUN Donor Network brings together development partners including bilateral and multilateral donors, foundations, development banks and other institutions funding nutrition in support of SUN countries’ goals and objectives.

 

The SUN Donor Network works together to: 

• Support national donor networks in SUN countries to enhance donor coordination, alignment and effectiveness of policy implementation and program delivery (e.g. through sharing of guidance and advice, facilitating learning exchanges between national donor networks, encouraging high-level donor engagement on nutrition at country level etc.)

• Help strengthen the functioning and effectiveness of the SUN Movement (e.g. through financial support to global support structures etc.)

• Help ensure that lessons from the SUN Movement inform and strengthen wider global and regional processes for nutrition and sustainable development and nutrition resource-tracking.

 

By joining the SUN Donor Network, member organisations commit to:

• emulate the Good Nutrition Donor Partnership Principles and the SUN Movement Principles of Engagement

• engage proactively and regularly to support the SDN activities 

• contribute towards achieving the SDN strategic objectives

• ensure that gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are at the core of all nutrition policies and activities