FIDR has been conducting nutrition improvement projects for more than 10 years in Cambodia, where nutrition and dietetics professionals do not exist. FIDR established the system to provide hospital food and nutrition services, formulated Nutrition standards for schoolchildren, and are promoting nutrition education by developing IEC materials and support writing of school textbooks. In February 2020, FIDR was selected as one of five member organizations of the Executive Committee of the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance (SUN-CSA) in Cambodia.

"SUN (= Scaling Up Nutrition) Movement" is a movement to strengthen political commitment and accountability for improving nutrition, which was initiated by the United Nations in 2010 and being participated by 61 countries as of March 2020. Cambodia joined the SUN movement in June 2014, and as a government agency, the Council for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) leads different technical working groups with line Ministries to implement national multi-sectoral nutrition events.

SUN has various networks. SUN movement is supported by 4 networks: the United Nations Network (UNN), the Business Network (SBN), the Donor Network (SDN) and the Civil Society Alliance (CSA). FIDR joined the SUN-CSA in May 2017. Forty-two NGOs are members of SUN-CSA as at the end of the year 2019, each of which is involved in activities related to nutrition improvement, maternal and child health, food security, and hygiene practices.

In Cambodia, SUN-CSA is currently taking the lead in sharing information among domestic member organizations, disseminating information to governments and the general public, and cooperating with governments and the private sector. In addition, UN agencies (FAO, WFP, WHO, UNICEF, etc.) have strong ties with the Cambodian government and SUN-CSA.

Specific activities of SUN-CSA include:
• Reports and presentations on the activities of each organization through regular meetings and gatherings with government and UN officials
• Once in 2years, the survey document summarizing information on members' nutrition activities is issued.
• Sharing of training information and news from each group
• Conducts events for university students and youth.
• Planning and implementation of Cambodian National Nutrition Day
• Participation in consultation on national policy formulation, and so on.

FIDR introduced "Food-Based Dietary Guidelines" in (1), FIDR staffs participates in trainings in (3), participates in (5) every year since 2017, and almost every time in (6).

This time, FIDR was selected as one of SUN-CSA Executive Committee Memberss because of active participation in SUN-CSA activities and was nominated by other organizations. It means that FIDR has been widely recognized as an active organization working on nutrition improvement. In the future, FIDR hopes to strengthen its ties with other organizations and government agencies and to expand its activities in cooperation with various actors.

Members of the SUN-CSA Executive Committee. The third person from the left is Ms. Hong Kimlong, staff of FIDR Cambodia (From SUN-CSA-Cambodia Newsletter: January  February 2020)