Benin Multisectoral Food Health Nutrition Project

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The development objective of the Multisectoral Food Health Nutrition Project for Benin is to increase the coverage and utilization of community-based child growth and nutrition interventions in selected areas in the Recipient's territory. The project has two components. The first component is policy and program development, management, and coordination. This component will support the Recipient to: (i) strengthen coordination and monitoring capacity at the commune level by establishing communal consultative groups in order to develop a common result framework for improved service delivery for child nutrition; (ii) develop a multisectoral policy, coordination, and oversight mechanisms at the central level (among Food and Nutrition Council (CAN), line ministries, other public institutions, and development partners) and at the decentralized level (among the communal councils and their stakeholders); and (iii) strengthen sectoral programs, inter alia in agriculture, health and social affairs, at the central level for improved nutrition. The second component is community mobilization and services delivery strengthening. This component will support the Recipient to: (i) improve public service delivery in the food, health, and nutrition sectors by the members of the communal consultative groups; and (ii) carry out communal subprojects for, inter alia, social and behavior change, communication, and community mobilization.