United Nations System
Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

Thirtieth Session of the Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

Working Group on Nutrition of School-Age Children

Hall 3, IIT, Chennai, Thursday 6 March 2003, 1300-1600 hours

Co-Chairs: Arlene Mitchell (WFP) and Joy del Rosso (Save the Children/USA)
Rapporteur: Celia Maier (Partnership for Child Development, UK)


Agenda

Thursday
6 March		 1300-1315 Welcome and Overview of Working Group Accomplishments — Arlene Mitchell
1315-1345 Update on Nutrition of School-Age Children — Celia Maier 15 minutes
Discussion 15 minutes
1345-1545 Alliances for Action in School Health and Nutrition
  • Intro to the examples — Arlene Mitchell
  • Sahel example: National Government/The Gambia — to be confirmed
  • WFP perspective — Arlene Mitchell
  • UNICEF perspective — Flora Sibanda
  • NGO perspective — to be determined
  • Next steps for alliances — in the Sahel and elsewhere — Arlene Mitchell

Discussion 30 minutes
  1545-1600 Next steps, and closure