Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit

Background

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!

2025 PARIS N4G

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.

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What would success look like for Paris N4G?

The Paris N4G Summit aims at:

Elevate nutrition in the global development agenda to maximize the impact of existing investment and aid to improve nutrition now and post-SDGs.
Mobilize and catalyse interest from the international community to step up for better nutrition. With invitations extended to 30 countries, including 15 from the European Union and 15 from non-EU regions to bring a diverse array of geographical perspectives and experiences. Development banks engagement will be emphasized to deepen their involvement in addressing nutrition challenges.
Create continuity in the N4G processes and the commitments for good nutrition, working closely with the Japanese, French and US governments, hosts of the N4G Summits
Maintain a high level of political and financial engagement to nutrition.

1. Put nutrition at the heart of the sustainable development agenda

Prioritize local and sustainable approaches to ensure diverse and accessible, healthy, nutritious, and sustainable diets.
Integrate actions with positive climate and nutrition outcomes into agri-food systems.

2. Make the fight against all forms of malnutrition a universal cause

Mobilize efforts for nutrition services to be provided through health care coverage and social protection systems to reduce and include all forms of malnutrition.
Focus on finding solutions to reduce and eliminate the nutrition gap among the most vulnerable.

3. Create continuity between N4G Summits and in commitments to good nutrition

Support new and/or scaled nutrition commitments to ensure the Summit narrative integrates priorities around the N4G thematic areas.
Indicate opportunities for enhancing evidence-based policies and programs aligned with national strategies and priorities.

4. Maintain a high level of political and financial commitment

Emphasize policy and financial coherence across multiple sectors, ensuring commitments are adequately reflected and supported through innovative financing methods.
Collect innovative practices to better track progress on commitments and improve decision-making and accountability at global, regional, and national levels.

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 Governance

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 makers, NGOs, academics and private sector representatives, will provide and coordinate the process, facilitate national and global commitments, support decision-making and finalisation of the N4G Principles of Engagement, Vision and Roadmap.

An International Advisory Group (Team World), comprising international organisations, and including a Troika made up of the last, current, and future N4G hosts, will be set up in September to produce meaningful contributions in several key thematic areas under the convening power of UN agencies:

Nutrition and gender equality
Climate and Sustainable Food Systems
Nutrition, health and social protection
Nutrition and resilience to crises (nutritional efforts in fragile and conflict-affected contexts)
Nutrition, data, Innovation, IA
Nutrition, finance and accountability

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 prioritisation of essential actions required to improve nutrition in all its aspects.

GAIN’s Involvement in the N4G Process

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:

Lawrence Haddad, GAIN Executive Director, is one of the members of Independent Expert Panel

GAIN is one of the international organizations involved in the International Committee

With ATNI and Paris Peace Forum, GAIN is co-chairing the Private Sector Working Group

Ahead of the N4G Summit: Policy Recommendations to Tackle Malnutrition

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.

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Framework for N4G Private Sector Working Group (PSWG)

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.

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N4G Paris 2025 Vision and Roadmap

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.

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N4G Paris Commitment Guide

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.