TAN Technical Assistance for Nutrition

The Technical Assistance for Nutrition (TAN) programme is intended to help strengthen the capacity of countries within the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement to deliver policies and programmes that reduce malnutrition. The anticipated programme impact is increased coverage of quality multi-sectoral plans and interventions that address the underlying and immediate causes of malnutrition. 

The TAN programme aims to deliver:

• Coordinated provision of Technical Assistance (TA) that helps national SUN focal points overcome gaps in capacity in design and delivery of multi-sectoral national nutrition plans; 
• Improved learning and accountability across the SUN Movement that influences decision making by the SUN Movement’s leadership, networks and national governments; 
• Sustained national and international leadership that drives prioritization of and investment in nutrition in the first 1000 days. 

The TAN programme is funded by the Department for International Development (DFID). It runs for 5 years (2015–2020) and is aligned with the SUN Movement Road Map for the strategic period 2016–2020.