United Nations System
Standing Committee on Nutrition

Thirty-Third Session of the Standing Committee on Nutrition

Working Group on Capacity Development in Food and Nutrition

Wednesday 15 March 2006, 1300-1600 hours
Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 4

Chair: Cutberto Garza (UNU),
Co-Chair: David Sanders U of the Western Cape, South Africa)

Time	Topic
This is a Joint Meeting with the Working Group on Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights
1300-1310	Introduction (10 minutes) Opening and explanation of the joint session CD Co-Chairs, David Sanders, University of the Western Cape, and Patrick Stover, Cornell University, 5 minutes Integrating human rights into capacity development in nutrition NEHR Co-Chair, Uwe Kracht, Coordinator, World Alliance for Nutrition and Human Rights (WANAHR), 5 minutes
1310-1345	Capacity Development in the Central and East European (CEE) Countries (35 min) Inauguration of the Capacity Development Network for the CEE countries – report of the outcome of the meeting in Budapest February 2006 Mirjana Pavlovic, University of Belgrade, 20 min How can the UN agencies, NGO’s and states support regional priorities in capacity development such as in the CEE countries? General discussion, 15 min
1345-1455	Reports from other regional task forces and groupings (1 hr 10 min ) Southern African Capacity Development Task Force David Sanders, University of the Western Cape, 5 min Asian Capacity Development Task Force Emorn Wasantwisut, Mahidol University, 5 min Latin American Capacity Development Task Force Ricardo Uauy, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA), University of Chile & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 5 min Middle Eastern Development Task Force Azza Gohar , National Nutrition Institute, Cairo, 5 min The African Nutrition Leadership Program (ANLP) Fre Pepping, Wageningen University, 5 min African Graduate Student Network Mr Joseph Mensah-Homiah, Cornell University, 5 min General Discussion, 40 min
1455-1530	Towards incorporating human rights principles in capacity development for nutrition (35 min) Applying the Voluntary Guidelines: Capacity Strengthening Challenges Margret Vidar, Human Rights Adviser, FAO, 10 min What are the challenges of raising human rights to food and nutrition related health in capacity development in the CEE countries? Mirjana Pavlovic, University of Belgrade, 5 min Plans for an online Right to Food capacity building course for Brazilians and Mozambicans Flavio Valente, Technical Coordinator, Ação Brasileira Pela Nutrição e Direitos Humanos (ABRANDH), 5 min General discussion, 20 min
1535-1600	Update on existing human rights-based training – status, experience and prospects (25 min) University of Hawaii George Kent, University of Hawaii , 5 min University of Oslo/Akershus University College Wenche Barth Eide, University of Oslo, 5 min Briefs on other concrete examples invited - academic and non-academic Discussion