On 8 March 2025, join GAIN in celebrating International Women’s Day under the powerful theme:
"For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment."
This year, we’re calling for bold actions that unlock equal rights, power, and opportunities for every woman and girl—no matter where they are. It’s a reminder that gender equality isn’t just a goal—it’s a right.
This year's World Food Day theme, "Right to Food for a Better Life and Future", underscores the urgent need to address the global hunger crisis.
Despite producing enough food to feed the world, an alarming 733 million people still face hunger due to a complex interplay of factors, including climate shocks, conflicts, and inequality caused by the steep rise in food prices.
Africa’s Food Systems Forum, formerly AGRF, is the world’s premier forum for African agriculture and food systems, bringing together stakeholders to take practical actions and share lessons that will move African food systems forward. Africa Food Systems Forum is designed to energise political will and advance the policies, programs, and investments required to achieve an inclusive and sustainable food systems transformation.
The Youth Leadership Initiative aims to enable young people aged 18-25 to play a pivotal role in shaping food systems, through leadership and collective action with a special focus on national and global decision-making.
Prompted by the 2012 London Olympics, the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit is the flagship international conference on global nutrition hosted every four years by the country organizing the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
N4G brings together governments, international organizations, philanthropies, businesses, NGOs and others at a global and regional level to elevate nutrition as a key element of the development agenda and accelerate progress against malnutrition.
The N4G Summit offers a unique platform for sharing successes and solutions and building commitments for Nutrition for Growth, and Nutrition for… Good!
With five years left to rapidly accelerate progress toward the achievement of the Sustainable Development Agenda’s target of ending malnutrition by 2030, N4G aims to mobilise new and ambitious political and financial commitments from the international community.
The Paris N4G will have a renewed opportunity to progress the mobilization achieved at the 2021 Tokyo N4G. Hosted by the French Government on 27-28 March 2025 at the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs for premises, the Paris N4G will engage all stakeholders with the aim to anchor nutrition at the center of sustainable development policies, striving to bring development finance institutions on board.
The Paris N4G Summit aims at:
1. Put nutrition at the heart of the sustainable development agenda
| 2. Make the fight against all forms of malnutrition a universal cause
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3. Create continuity between N4G Summits and in commitments to good nutrition
| 4. Maintain a high level of political and financial commitment
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What is in for GAIN?
For GAIN, in addition to supporting the achievement of the above goals through engagement and advocacy efforts, we will showcase the full range of joined-up food system interventions to achieving healthier diets for all in the countries where we are operational. GAIN will support governments in the N4G stock-taking and formulation of stronger, broader and more implementable country commitments for nutrition.
GAIN is eager to emphasise the importance of pivotal solutions such as workforce nutrition, role of SMEs and SMEs financing, and most importantly data, accountability, and policy influencing in moving forward the needle to ending malnutrition. Together with its partners, GAIN will work with DFIs and climate finance organizations to make the first time N4G nutrition commitments.
Built on our efforts at Tokyo N4G, GAIN will try to harness the capacity of the private sector to transform food systems and tackle malnutrition. Businesses large and small are the main drivers behind the action, investment, and financial flows that supply our diets everywhere. By providing an open platform for meaningful dialogue, we aim at achieving impactful and measurable results with consumers, government, investors, and markets.
Paris N4G will be an inclusive multi-stakeholder summit advocating for open and meaningful dialogue between different actors from all continents to move the nutrition agenda forward: governments, international organisations, civil society, investor community, philanthropies, private sector actors and many more will be called to help maintain high level political and financial engagement for nutrition.
A National Steering Committee (Team France), comprising French policy-markers, NGOs, academics and private sector representatives, will provide and coordinate the process, facilitate national and global commitments, support decision-making and finalization of the N4G Principles of Engagement, Vision and Roadmap.
An International Advisory Group (Team World), comprising international organisations, governments including a Troika made up of the last, current, and future N4G hosts, was set up in September to produce meaningful contributions around the N4G thematic priorities.
The Independent Expert Panel, bringing together a group of opinion leaders, will convey the views of high-level experts and inform the negotiations. The Expert Panel will support the identification and then prioritization of essential actions required to improve nutrition in all its aspects.
The 2025 N4G will feature three core areas and three cross-cutting themes:
Six thematic working groups have gathered over the past months under the convening power of UN agencies. These groups have formulated reccommendations and examples of commitments across the six areas. The thematic commitments guides are now publicly available at the following Link.
GAIN is one of the official partners involved in the N4G process, actively contributing to ensure that nutrition is uplifted in the global agenda, mobilizing and catalysing interest. A successful N4G is everyone’s interest. It benefits nutrition, health, and global prosperity.
GAIN will be actively involved in the Paris N4G through different angles:
GAIN is one of the international organizations involved in the International Advisory Group (IAG)
With ATNi and Paris Peace Forum, GAIN is co-facilitating the Private Sector Working Group (PSWG) and hosting the High-level event Private Sector and Nutrition: Everyone’s Business on 26 March
GAIN countries have contributed to the national, regional and federal stakeholders mobilization and supported N4G local players with the development of the 2025 commitments
GAIN will be present at the Village of Solutions as one of the 30 exhibitors
The N4G Summit will take place on March 27–28, 2025, in Paris, at 27 Rue de la Convention at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Participation is limited to approximately 300 people.
Participation in the main conference is by invitation only. Official invitation letters have already been sent to states and non-states actors involved in the International Advisory Group (IAG). Invitations have been sent via the French embassies in the case of governments, public development banks and international organizations or directly for other stakeholders. For governments, while invitations are addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, it is at the discretion of the Government to identify the ministry or institution they wish to represent their government. Participation is expected at Minister level and at the head of the organizations involved. Unfortunately, those who have not received an invitation will not be able to attend.
GAIN will be represented at the 2025 N4G Summit by Dr. Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, and Aimé Kwizera, Global Coordinator of the SUN Business Network.
GAIN is involved in the development and lead of the following sessions at the main conference:
Executive Director, GAIN
Programme Lead, Nutrition Enterprise Development
Along side the official N4G summit, an exhibition called the "Villages of Solutions" will take place at Le Parc André Citroën, 2 Rue Cauchy, from March 26 to 28, 2025.
The exhibition will highlight food systems innovations, featuring 30 exhibitors from NGOs, civil society, the private sector, and governments, all invited to showcase their work and solutions. On March 26, the Villages of Solutions will be open to the public, while on March 27 and 28, exclusive to Summit participants. Further details on participating exhibitors and invitees will be shared soon.
GAIN at the N4G Villages des Solutions
GAIN has been selected to participate in the Villages of Solutions and will have a dedicated stand showcasing key initiatives, including:
Additionally, GAIN is supporting two SMEs - Galaxy Foods and Hunza Food Processing - which have been selected to present their innovative solutions to address malnutrition at the Village des Solutions.
A series of side events organized by various stakeholders will take place before and during the N4G Summit, from March 25 to 28, 2025.
To ensure alignment with the Summit’s objectives, the Summit Secretariat launched a call for applications to select events that would be granted the right to use the N4G branding and be featured in the official program. More than 100 applications were submitted, with selections made based on the following criteria:
The official N4G side events will be featured on the N4G website soon. In the meantime, find in the attached PDF the ones we have captured so far.
The N4G Summit provides a platform for taking decisive action against malnutrition. Commitment makers pledge political and financial actions to accelerate progress, ensure accountability, and measure advancements toward global nutrition goals.
To make an N4G Commitments, stakeholders must adhere to the Principles of Engagement, which can be found in the N4G Paris Commitment Guide, and ensure that their commitments are:
Additionally, commitments should align with the N4G thematic areas to drive meaningful impact.
The deadline for registering your nutrition commitment has been extended to 7 March 2025. However, there will be several deadlines to register the nutrition commitments. Commitments registered on the Nutrition Accountability Framework by 7 March will be included in the Compact Annex draft 1 that will be attached to the N4G Paris Declaration and presented at the Summit. Commitments registered by 31 March will be included in the Compact Annex draft 2 that will be released by end of April. Commitments registered by 30 June will be included in the final Compact Annex that will be released by 4 November and presented at the SUNGG.
Ahead of the 2025 Paris Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit, the Independent Expert Panel on Nutrition (IEG) released policy recommendations to amplify actions across health, agrifood, social protection, education sectors as well as Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) system. Convened by the Paris Peace Forum and led by Shawn Baker of Helen Keller Intl., the Independent Expert Panel on Nutrition included senior opinion leaders included Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director at GAIN and many other nutrition experts. The report "Nutrition at the Heart of a Functioning Global Order" outlines evidence-based, multisectoral recommendations to address global malnutrition. This is a call to action for governments, civil society, and private sector leaders. The N4G Paris Summit taking place in March 2025 will be a pivotal moment to catalyze the political and financial will needed to tackle malnutrition head-on.
The PSWG fosters an open dialogue between public and private sector actors on selected priority areas in addressing all forms of malnutrition. It recognizes that many of the root causes of malnutrition cannot be solved without the involvement of those who grow, produce, and market food. The PSWG is identifying key areas for action and facilitating the development of SMART commitments to further scale up positive and sustained private sector action for nutrition. Prioritization criteria include potential impact on nutrition, feasibility, SMART-ness, and ease of and willingness to report on progress. These commitments, while important, are part of a larger goal to catalyse sustained private sector action, complementing efforts by other N4G stakeholders.
The N4G Paris Vision and Roadmap was released on Monday, December 16, ahead of the N4G Paris Summit. Building on efforts already undertaken since its establishment, the preparation for the N4G Paris Summit presents a renewed opportunity for dialogue, consultation, and coordination among stakeholders, under the leadership of governments.
The N4G process has successfully mobilized political and financial commitments across multiple sectors, including health, food, and social protection. The 2025 Summit is a call for bold and decisive political and financial commitments to scale up ambitions and sustain the momentum achieved at the N4G Tokyo Summit in 2021.
N4G Paris aims to build on the knowledge and progress already achieved, accelerating the mobilization of resources and implementation of actions to improve nutrition and advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
In preparation for the 2025 N4G Summit, which aims to galvanize global and national nutrition action to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, France has released the N4G Paris Commitment Guide. This guide offers guidance to all stakeholders - including governments, donors, philanthropic organizations, UN agencies, civil society organizations, the private sector, and research institutions - on formulating bold, innovative, and SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) political and financial commitments.
The guide also presents high-level recommendations, outlines the criteria for making commitments, provides some examples, and defines the principles of engagement for stakeholders. This document is intended to be read alongside the N4G Paris Vision and Roadmap and will be complemented by the commitment recommendations produced by the six thematic working groups of the N4G International Advisory Committee.
If you have queries on N4G and GAIN’s involvement, don’t hesitate to contact Camilla De Nardi
