United Nations System
Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

Thirty-Fifth Session of the Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

Working Group on Capacity Development in Food and Nutrition

Draft Agenda (11 Feb, 2008)

Chair: Patrick Stover (UNU Food and Nutrition Programme)

Co-Chair: Emorn Wasantwisut (Mahidol), David Sanders (University of Western Cape)

 

Sunday 2 March 2008

Time Topic
1300-1600 Closed meeting. By invitation only.

 

Wednesday 5 March 2008
Co-Chairs of the Session: Patrick Stover (UNU Food and Nutrition Programme), Emorn Wasantwisut (Mahidol), Anna Lartey (University of Ghana)

Time Topic
1615-1745 1. United Nations University Food and Nutrition Programme for Human and Social Development (2 min) Patrick Stover

2. Strengthening capacity in academic institutions & institutionalizing these efforts for sustainable faculty and research programs (15 minutes) Anna Lartey

Discussion (10 minutes)

3. Strengthening capacity in academic institutions to serve regional local food and nutrition programmes (training, monitoring, evaluation, programme research) for improving public health (15 Minutes) Arne Oshaug

Discussion (10 minutes)

4. Strategic plan for engagement: the academic network in the Middle East (5 minutes) Osman Galal

5. Comments from panel (2 minutes each)

  • Mirjana Pavlovic – University of Belgrade, UNU-FNP
  • Emorn Wasantwisut, University of Mahidol, UNU-FNP
  • Azza Gohar, National Nutrition Institute, Cairo, UNU-FNP
  • Joseph Ashong – Cornell University, AGSNet

General discussion led by the speakers and panel (30 minutes)