7000000205-Technical Assistance and advice to the European Commission (DG INTPA and EU Delegations)

By 2030, 582 million may remain chronically undernourished, and healthy diets could remain unaffordable for 2.8 billion people. Partner countries need strategic investments in food systems and early human capital development to meet rising environmental, social, and nutritional challenges. Tight resources threaten funding for nutrition-specific interventions; expected donor cuts risk reversing progress. A renewed strategic focus and coordination (Team Europe+) are essential. Council Conclusions on Food Security and Nutrition (Dec 2024) called for Global Gateway investments in value chains and corridors under a Team Europe approach. The EU"s 360-degree Global Gateway offers additional opportunities for nutrition by creating an enabling environment for sustainable and quality investments. The Multi-Donor Action "Capacity for Nutrition 2.0" (C4N 2.0) is jointly co-financed by the European Union (EU) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH as part of the BMZ Global Programme (GP) "Knowledge and Policy Coherence for Nutrition" (KPCN). C4N 2.0 contributes to the following overall objective: "To contribute to the transition to inclusive, climate-neutral, resilient and sustainable agri-aquatic food systems". The specific objective of C4N 2.0 is "to support the nutrition and gender sensitive transformation of agri-food systems". Good nutrition is a human rights marker and a driver of health, resilience, economic development and stability. Multiple crises and competing budgets jeopardize shifts toward efforts to transform agri-food systems to support healthy and sustainable diets. Effective nutrition requires multisectoral approaches and sustained investments across sectors. Strengthened nutrition governance will be essential for advancing nutrition integration, including a reinforced Team Europe approach and enhanced multistakeholder engagement