Children benefitting from school meals in Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia. These programmes are successfuly to help combat undernutrition country-wide.
24 July 2024, Brasil – Forty-four member states and 34 partners of School Meals Coalition endorsed a School Meals Policy, which was submitted to the G20-led Task Force for a Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty.
The School Meals Policy puts forward school meals as an evidence-backed and effective intervention to reduce hunger, poverty and inequality around the world.
At the G20 Leaders’ Summit in November this year, the Brasil G20 Presidency is set to officially launch the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty, including a Policy Basket with 48 policies. The School Meals Policy now features in the Policy Basket as living document. The version endorsed by 44 member states and 34 partners of School Meals Coalition is shared on this page, for reference.
Read the endorsed policy here: Policy basket of the Global Alliance against hunger and poverty – School Meals_Final
Governments and regional bodies which have endorsed the policy submission:
Argentina, African Union, Belgium, Brasil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Coté D’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico, Monaco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Norway, Rwanda, Senegal, Sri Lanka, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sweden, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, United States.
Partners which have endorsed the policy submission:
Academy for Strategic Analysis & Leadership (ASAL), Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT – CGIAR, Chefs in Schools, Clean Cooking Alliance, Deep Poverty Network, Dubai Cares, Education Coalition, Education for All – Georgia, FAO, Food for Education, FRESH, Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI), Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF), Global Partnership for Education (GPE), ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, IFAD, International Diabetes Federation, International Parliamentary Network for Education (IPNEd), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP), Muslim Hands, Pacific School Food Network, Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition (RCSHN), Save the Children, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Civil Society Network, Sustainable Financing Initiative (SFI), Tanzania Agricultural Modernization Association, The NGO International Film Festival, The Rockefeller Foundation, UNESCO, UNICEF, University of Southampton, World Food Programme (WFP), World Vision International.
