The second CAADP Nutrition Capacity Development workshop was held in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, from February 25 to March 1, 2013, for East and Central Africa.

Participants from 18 countries represented the sectors of agriculture, health, education, finance, private sector, and civil society.  Representatives from the African Union Commission, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), CAADP and Nutrition Development Partners, Donors, UN and NGOs also attended.

The outputs of the workshop at country level include:

1. Nutrition Country Papers summarizing information and providing an analysis on the nutritional status as well as on the key policies, actions and coordination mechanisms in place of each country.

2. Country-specific roadmaps based on a guidance check list, outlining how countries will address their nutrition gaps and how they will move forward with developing, strengthening and/or implementing priority program areas that add value to the CAADP Compacts and IPs.

 Countries covered during East and Central Africa  Workshop : Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Congo DRC, Congo Republic, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda.