United Nations System
Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

Agenda
 

Thirty Fourth Session of the Standing Committee on Nutrition

Working Together

 

hosted jointly by FAO, IFAD and WFP, at FAO, Rome, Italy
Monday 26 February—Thursday 1 March 2007, with Pre-Session meetings on Sunday 25 February
Chaired by Ann M. Veneman, Executive Director, UNICEF and SCN Chair


 

Sunday
25 Feb		  

Pre-session meetings (by invitation only)
rooms to be decided
  0900-1600 Working Group on Nutrition in Emergencies
(lunch break 1330-1415)
  0900-1540 Working Group on Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights
(lunch break 1300-1330)
  1000-1300 Task Force on Advocacy, Communication and Partnership Building
  1000-1530 Working Group on Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding
(lunch break 1200-1300)
  1300-1600 Task Force for Developing Integrated Approaches
  1400-1600 Task for on Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation
  1400-1600 Working Group on Capacity Development in Food and Nutrition
  1400-1600 Working Group on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS
  1600-1730 Working Group Chairs/Co-Chairs
  2000 Steering Committee
Monday
26 Feb		   Symposium: Working Together to Achieve Freedom from Child Hunger and Undernutrition
Green Room
0800-0900 Registration
  0900-0930 Welcome and opening:
  • Welcoming Remarks by Alexander Muller, Assistant Director General/Officer-in-Charge, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department, FAO on behalf of the Rome-based agencies
  • Welcome and Opening Statement by the SCN Chair
    Ann M. Veneman, Executive Director, UNICEF
0930-1100 First Session: Panel presentations
Chaired by Ann M. Veneman
1100-1115 Break
  1115-1245 Second Session: Panel presentations
Chaired byEmile Frison, Director General, Bioversity International
(15 minute presentations with 15 minutes discussion)
  1245-1430 Lunch Break
  1430-1530 Third Session: Panel presentations
Chaired by Rodney Cooke, Director, Technical Advisory Division, IFAD (15 minute presentations with 15 minutes discussion)
  1530-160 Break
  1600-1700 Fourth Session: Dr Abraham Horwitz Lecture
Chaired by WFP
  1745- Reception―hosted by FAO, IFAD and WFP
Tuesday
27 Feb		   Plenary
Green Room
0830-1000
  • Opening of working sessions
    Denise Coitinho, SCN Vice Chair
  • Explanation of meeting objectives, agenda, expected outcome and products. Introduction to parallel business session of UN, Bilateral Partners and NGOs/CSOs
  • Introduction of discussion documents
    • Secretariat Annual Report and Biennium Budget Proposal (2008-2009)
    • Proposal for engaging with the private sector in SCN activities
  • Presentation of ECHUI
    Joseph Scalise, WFP
  • Presentation of Steering Committee Task Force Proposals
    (10 minutes presentation and 5 minutes discussion)
1000-1030 Break
  1030-1300 Separate, parallel working sessions
  • UN Agencies
    Chaired by Denise Coitinho, SCN Vice Chair
    Philippine Room
  • Bilateral Partners
    Chaired by Arne Oshaug, Norway
    Ethiopia Room
  • NGOs/Civil Society
    Chaired by Elisabeth Sterken, IBFAN, Canada
    Green Room
  1300-1400 Lunch Break
The SCN History Project
Richard Longhurst, IDS
Ethiopia Room
  1400-2000 Working Group Meetings
  1400-1600 Working Group on Nutrition in Emergencies
Chair: Caroline Wilkinson (ACF France), Co-Chairs: Zita Weise Prinzo (WHO), Anne Callanan (WFP), Caroline Abla (OFDA/USAID)
Green Room
  1600-1800 Working Group on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS
Chair: Andrew Tomkins (ICH), Co-Chairs: Randa Saadeh (WHO), Stuart Gillespie (IFPRI), Bruce Cogill (UNICEF)
Green Room
  1800-2000 Working Group on Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights
Chair: Margret Vidar (FAO), Co-Chairs: Flavio Valente (FIAN), Federica Donati (OHCHR), Marlis Lindecke (GTZ). Rapporteur: Marc Cohen (IFPRI)
Green Room
  2100 SCN Annual Dinner (no host event)
Wed
28 Feb		   Working Group Meetings
  0830-2000 Working Group on Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding
Chair: David Clark (UNICEF), Co-Chairs: Isatou Jallow (WFP), Kay Dewey (UC Davis)
Green Room
  1030-1230 Working Group on Household Food Security
Chair: Florence Egal (FAO), Co-Chair: Shakuntala Thilsted (Denmark)
Green Room
  1230-1400 Lunch Break
Poster Session
  1400-1600 Working Group on School Age Children
Chair: Francisco Espejo (WFP), Co-Chairs: Karin Lapping (Save the Children US), Lesley Drake (Partnership for Child Development)
Green Room
1600-1800 Working Group on Capacity Development in Food and Nutrition
Chair: Patrick Stover, UNU, Co-Chairs: David Sanders University of the Western Cape, South Africa, Emorn Wasantwisut, Mahidol University
Green Room
  1800-2000 Working Group on Micronutrients
Chair: Martin Bloem (WFP), Co-Chairs: Jacques Berger (France), Gary Gleason (INF)
Green Room
Thursday
1 March		   Separate, parallel working sessions
  0830-1030 Separate, parallel working sessions (as on Tuesday)
  • UN Agencies
    Philippine Room
  • Bilateral Partners
    Ethiopia Room
  • NGOs/Civil Society
    Green Room
  1030-1045 Break
  1045-1200 Parallel meetings
  • By invitation only: Working Group Chairs/Co-Chairs
    Mexico Room
  • Parallel Side sessions:
    • The Mainstreaming Nutrition Initiative
      Edward Frongillo, Cornell University
      Green Room
    • African Food and Nutrition Strategies
      Funke Bogunjoko, WHO Regional Office for Africa
      Ethiopia Room
    • Latin American Food and Nutrition Strategies
      Denise Coitihno, WHO
      Philippine Room
    • European Food and Nutrition Strategies
      Francesco Branca, WHO Regional Office for Europe
      Indonesian Room
      Presentation by Francesco Branca
      Presentation by Jutta Krause
  1200-1400 Lunch break
  1400-1530 Plenary
Chaired by Denise Coitihno
Green Room
  • Reports from Chairs of Bilateral Partners, NGOs/Civil Society and UN Agencies (15 minutes each)
  • Discussion (30 minutes)
  • Key recommendations for action arising from the Working Groups SCN Secretary (30 minutes)
  • Discussion (15 minutes)
  1530-1600 Break
  1600-1700
  • Summary conclusions/outcome/follow-up
  • Any other business
  • Announcement of venue and date of 35th Session
  • Close of 34th Session