Promotion of SAARC Social Agenda
- SAARC Social Charter
- Health and Population Activities
- Children and Youth
- Gender Related Issues
Regional Instruments
- Regional strategy on Non-Communicable Diseases
- South Asia Regional Action Framework for Sanitation
- South Asia Regional Action Framework for Nutrition
- Establishment of SAARC Supra-national
Reference Laboratory at STAC
Purpose
To provide a shared roadmap for South Asian countries to accelerate progress in ending all forms of malnutrition, particularly among children and women, through regional collaboration, political commitment, and multisectoral action.
Strategic Objectives
- Strengthen Political Leadership & Governance
- Scale Up Effective Nutrition Interventions
- Build Capacity & Institutions
- Improve Monitoring & Accountability
- Platform to discuss certain cross border issues pertaining to nutrition.
- Support the member countries in strengthening their human and institutional capacity through the University Grants Commission or the South Asian University (Delhi, India).
- Knowledge management platform to share experiences, better practices, and lessons learnt