N4D provides technical support and facilitates strategy and operational development processes. We help local and national actors in scaling up implementation of multisectoral nutrition strategies and plans; and integrating nutrition priorities into wider national policies and plans. This area of support also includes monitoring, evaluation and learning, and the related national information systems and platforms that can be harnessed to strengthen multisectoral nutrition action plans and nexus approaches. N4D has a major (but not exclusive) focus on countries affected by protracted fragility and conflict. 

N4D works with countries in building and sharing learning. Every country context is unique; however, there are elements common to all countries which means that sharing learning can be highly beneficial, especially between those countries with innovative and successful approaches. It is particularly important to capture sub-national implementation learning and experiences, which in turn can inform global level understandings of country realities. A major focus for N4D is on amplifying and sharing learning between countries on implementing multisectoral programmes, resource mobilisation and the sub-national operationalisation of the nexus approach. 

N4D aims to influence how global support is provided to countries, advocating for a more direct and informed relationship that better matches country needs. The goal of these advocacy efforts is to increase impact and accountability in how funding is provided to countries by international humanitarian and development actors. Together with our country partners we seek to influence policies and practices that support countries to advance a nexus approach to nutrition and to catalyse nutrition financing aligned with country priorities. The goal of N4D’s advocacy efforts is to increase impact and accountability in how funding is provided to countries by international humanitarian and development actors.