It helps to “accelerate the attainment of our goals.” Mrs. Hiwot Darsene
The 2023 Joint Annual Assessment (JAA) workshop held on Jan 30, 2024, at Jupiter Hotel, Addis Ababa.
The workshop aimed at assessing the progress and challenges of nutrition actors in Ethiopia entitled Scaling Up Nutrition -Ethiopia Multi Stakeholders Platform (MSP). Mrs. Hiwot Darsene, Lead Executive Officer for the Nutrition Coordination Office at the Federal Ministry of Health, delivered a welcoming speech. In her opening speech she addressed the importance of collaboration of nutrition actors. She added her expectation of the outcome of the workshop “ to identify priorities to be more problem solving oriented, actionable, achievable and could accelerate the attainment of our goals.”
The joint annual assessment workshop has four purposes according to Dr. Sisay Sinamo, Senior Program Manager, Federal Program Delivery Unit of Seqota Declaration and Government SUN Focal Point. Participatory and inclusive gathering, celebrate success and identify bottleneck, agree on priorities to plan as well as share best practice are the main purpose of the annual joint assessment, as to Dr. Sisay.
Members of SUN Network present their achievements of 2023 and challenges by their respective leads. Advocacy and program priorities were identified and discussed by participants.
It is recalled that, SUN movement has 6 networks in Ethiopia and committed to end malnutrition in all its forms.
