It is increasingly recognised that public finance and nutrition financing reforms are most effective when a problem is identified locally and when solutions emerge from a process that considers countries’ administrative, political, and economic contexts. This is at the core of the Building Public Finance Capabilities for Nutrition programme (BPFCN) and the Problem-driven Iterative Adaption (PDIA) approach.

In January 2025, three country-teams from Ghana, Liberia and The Gambia, embarked on the Building Public Finance Capabilities for Nutrition (BPFCN) Programme. Following a five-week online course, the country-teams are in South Africa this week for a framing workshop to engage with their peers on ways to tackle complex public finance for nutrition problems, applying the PDIA approach. 

The country-teams are meeting their peers as well as their coaches in person for the first time since their journey began. 

The focus of the four-day workshop are on: (i) framing and constructing the public finance problem; (ii) identifying the main causes and sub-causes of the problem; (iii) agreeing on the immediate actions to be taken; and (iv) designating specific responsibilities to team members.