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Public-Private Engagement

GCNF brings governments and businesses to the same table.

GCNF’s Public-Private Sector Engagement is built on:

Why GCNF?

We offer a credible and nimble strategy, bridging gaps that other institutions – constrained by bureaucracies or broader mandates – cannot easily navigate.

GCNF’s strategy for private sector engagement is grounded in our mission to ensure school meals sustainably nourish all children and help them, their families, communities, and nations to thrive. This mission requires transparent, mutually beneficial public and private partnerships.

GCNF approaches public private sector engagement in school meals with intention by:

Private Sector:

Public Sector:

Our Approach

1. Mediator of Public-Private Engagement:

With deep knowledge of the school feeding landscape and a reputation for impartial insights, GCNF is well positioned to bridge interests, mediate tensions, and ensure that private sector engagement contributes meaningfully and equitably to sustainable, country-led school meal programs.

As a mediator for public-private engagement in school meal programs, GCNF:

2. Knowledge Sharing:

GCNF synthesizes and disseminates knowledge in support of private sector engagement in school feeding. Through our Global Survey of School Meal Programs© data, international convenings, country experience, and case studies, we provide insights into what works, where the needs are, and how companies can engage responsibly and effectively

3. Addressing Research Gaps:

GCNF partners with governments, businesses, associations, NGOs, universities and others on key research questions that advance the work of school feeding. Current research includes a study of school menus using the Global Diet Quality Score (GDQS), a case study on private sector engagement in a specific Latin American country, and analyzing the influence of institutional food procurement on nutrition, food quality and safety and sustainable food systems.

Interested in working with GCNF on one of our approaches to public-private engagement?

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