sesan

What sesan does

Secretaría de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional (SESAN) is the Guatemalan government secretariat legally mandated to coordinate national food security and nutrition policy under the SINASAN framework. It serves as the technical secretariat to CONASAN — the highest governance body chaired by the President — and operates the CONASAN/CODESAN/COMUSAN/COCOSAN cascade across national, departmental, municipal, and community levels, with direct field presence in all 22 Guatemalan departments. Its primary beneficiaries are children under five, women of reproductive age, rural and indigenous populations, and households in poverty, addressing a chronic malnutrition prevalence of 46% among children aged 0-59 months.

SESAN's core technology portfolio centers on SIINSAN, the national information system for open-data publication of food security metrics; MONISAN, a mobile application for household survey monitoring of the Estrategia Nacional para la Prevención de la Desnutrición Crónica (ENPDC) in seven priority departments; and the Tablero Ejecutivo ENPDC, an executive dashboard for public accountability. Supporting instruments include the Plan de Lucha Contra la Malnutrición (PLCM) 2025-2028, the Quinto Censo Nacional de Talla, and the Banco de Evidencias knowledge repository. Distribution occurs through departmental delegations, ministerial coordination with MSPAS, MAGA, MIDES, and MINEDUC, and community-level Mano a Mano change agents.

SESAN is funded through the Guatemalan national public budget and international cooperation agreements; it does not generate commercial revenue. Its go-to-market is governmental — coordination across ministries, departments, municipalities, and community councils, plus partnerships with UN agencies, civil society (INCOPAS), and bilateral donors. Operational scale is 101-250 employees, anchored by 22 departmental delegations and the Mano a Mano field network in prioritized municipalities.

Name

sesan

Legal name

Secretaría de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional de la Presidencia de la República de Guatemala

Website

https://sesan.gob.gt

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

SESAN is the Guatemalan government secretariat mandated by the SINASAN law to coordinate national food security and nutrition policy. It operates the SIINSAN information platform and field networks across all 22 departments to reduce chronic malnutrition among children, women, and indigenous populations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Security Policy Coordination

NAICS

Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Nutrition Governance, Policy & Coordination (SUN, National Plans) (BPADAJAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Nutrition Surveillance, Assessments & Early Warning Systems (BPADAJAF), Agriculture, Food Security & Nutrition Technical Assistance (BPADAEAG), Food Systems & Value Chain Development for Nutrition (BPADAJAG)

Keywords

• Food security policy
• Nutrition coordination
• Malnutrition prevention
• Public health governance
• Government nutrition programs

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SESAN is the Guatemalan government secretariat mandated to plan and coordinate national food and nutritional security (SAN) policy under the SINASAN framework. It operates the SIINSAN national information system, the MONISAN mobile monitoring application, and the Tablero Ejecutivo ENPDC public dashboard, and runs national programs such as the Gran Cruzada Nacional por la Nutrición and the Mano a Mano community strategy to prevent chronic malnutrition across prioritized departments.

Product overview

SESAN Guatemala operates as a government secretariat managing a portfolio of interconnected systems and strategic initiatives for food and nutritional security. The core platform is SIINSAN, which serves as the national information hub publishing open data. Governance is exercised through CONASAN, while operational programs include the Gran Cruzada Nacional por la Nutrición and ENPDC. Supporting systems include MONISAN for field monitoring and INCOPAS for civil society participation. All components are integrated through the SINASAN framework (Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SIINSAN: Sistema de Información Nacional de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional - National Information System for Food and Nutritional Security
• Mano a Mano

Products and services

• SIINSAN (Sistema de Información Nacional de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional)
• MONISAN Mobile Application
• Tablero Ejecutivo ENPDC
• Mano a Mano Intersectoral Strategy
• Plan de Lucha Contra la Malnutrición (PLCM) 2025-2028 National plan document with ISBN for combating malnutrition in Guatemala, published as a public policy instrument guiding multi-sectoral interventions across government, civil society, and international partners.

Quantifiable outcome

• 46% of children 0-59 months have chronic malnutrition according to the GCNN 2021-2022 baseline (vs. 46.5% in ENSMI 2014-2015), with Guatemala ranking 1st in Latin America and 6th globally for chronic child malnutrition prevalence
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• INCOPAS (Instancia de Consulta y Participación Social)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 June 2023INCOPAS is the formal multi-stakeholder consultative and participation mechanism within SINASAN, bringing together civil society organizations to participate in the governance, monitoring, and evaluation of national food security policy. SESAN coordinates with INCOPAS for the Open Government Partnership commitments and broader SINASAN governance.
• Fundación Prosperidad Guatemala (Prosperity Guatemala)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 June 2023Civil society organization participating in the Open Government Partnership's 6th National Action Plan under Commitment 2 (Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition), supporting transparency, accountability, and civil society oversight of SINASAN activities.
• Centro Internacional para Investigaciones en Derechos Humanos (CIIDH)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 June 2023Civil society organization participating in the Open Government Partnership's 6th National Action Plan under Commitment 2, contributing to human rights-based approaches to food security governance and oversight.
• ATRAHDOM (Asociación de Trabajadores del Hogar, a Domicilio y de Maquila)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 June 2023Labor organization participating as a civil society actor in the Open Government Partnership's 6th National Action Plan under Commitment 2, representing vulnerable worker populations in food security governance discussions.
• SITRADOM (Sindicato de Trabajadores Domésticas, de Maquila, Nexas y Conexas)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 June 2023Labor union organization participating in the Open Government Partnership's 6th National Action Plan under Commitment 2, contributing to social oversight of food security programs.
• Comisión Presidencial para la Reducción de la Desnutrición Crónica (CPRDC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Presidential commission overseeing the Gran Cruzada Nacional por la Nutrición and the ENPDC strategy. SESAN participates in coordination and provides technical secretariat functions. The commission receives MONISAN monitoring results and oversees program implementation.
• CONASAN (Consejo Nacional de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 September 2019CONASAN is the highest governance body for food security in Guatemala, chaired by the President of the Republic. SESAN serves as its technical secretariat. CONASAN approved the Protocolo Integrado de Actuación Interinstitucional, the Manual de Gobernanza SAN, and oversees all SINASAN operations.
• Government Ministries (MSPAS, MAGA, MIDES, MINEDUC, MINTRAB, MINECO, MINFIN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-sectoral coordination with key ministries including Ministry of Public Health (MSPAS), Ministry of Agriculture (MAGA), Ministry of Social Development (MIDES), Ministry of Education (MINEDUC), Ministry of Labor (MINTRAB), Ministry of Economy (MINECO), and Ministry of Finance (MINFIN) for the integrated delivery of food security and nutrition services through the SINASAN protocol.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Secretaría de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional de Honduras (SESAN Honduras): Direct institutional counterpart in Honduras with the same name and food security coordination mandate. Functions as a sister agency with overlapping structure and is highly comparable as a model for how national-level food security secretariats operate in the Central American region.

Direct peers

• INCAP (Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama): Regional intergovernmental institution dedicated to nutrition and food security research and technical assistance across Central America. Operates as a sister coordination and technical advisory body serving overlapping populations, with a comparable mandate to monitor and address chronic malnutrition in Guatemala.
• INCOPAS (Instancia de Consulta y Participación Social): Civil society consultation and participation instance embedded within SINASAN, partnered with SESAN. Comparable as the formal governance interface between citizens, NGOs, and government food security policy in Guatemala.
• CONASAN (Consejo Nacional de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional): Highest governance body for food security in Guatemala, chaired by the President and technically secretariat-led by SESAN. Directly comparable as the apex decision-making body that legitimizes and approves SESAN's coordination outputs, including the POASAN budget.
• FAO Guatemala Country Office: Food and Agriculture Organization's Guatemala office, a key technical partner of SESAN in food systems, value chain development, and agricultural-nutrition linkages. Comparable role in policy advisory and inter-institutional food security coordination.
• WFP Guatemala Country Office: United Nations World Food Programme's Guatemala operation, which co-implements food security programs with SESAN under the SINASAN framework. Comparable in mandate around nutrition governance, field monitoring, and inter-institutional coordination targeting the same vulnerable populations.
• UNICEF Guatemala Country Office: United Nations Children's Fund's Guatemala operation, focused on maternal and child nutrition, breastfeeding, and micronutrient interventions — directly aligned with SESAN's ENPDC and Gran Cruzada programs. Comparable in targeting the same at-risk child populations and co-funding national nutrition strategies.

Broad incumbents

• SUN Movement Secretariat: Global Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement coordinating body that supports national nutrition coordination platforms like SESAN. Comparable as a higher-level coordination architecture for multi-stakeholder nutrition governance and country-level action plans.
• Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social (MSPAS) Guatemala: Guatemalan Ministry of Public Health, a core SINASAN coordinating ministry alongside SESAN. Directly comparable because it executes nutrition service delivery at scale through health posts and maternal-child health programs that SESAN coordinates with rather than operates.
• Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación (MAGA) Guatemala: Guatemalan Ministry of Agriculture, the second core SINASAN coordinating ministry. Comparable because it owns agricultural and food systems policy that SESAN aligns with through the Gran Cruzada Nacional por la Nutrición, including food assistance and rural development programs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

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Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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