Welcome to the SCN website
SCN is the food and nutrition policy harmonization forum of the United Nations.
The mandate of the SCN is to promote cooperation among UN agencies and partner organizations in support of community, national, regional, and international efforts to end malnutrition in all of its forms in this generation. It will do this by refining the direction, increasing the scale and strengthening the coherence and impact of actions against malnutrition world wide, and raise awareness of nutrition problems and mobilize commitment to solve them at global, regional and national levels. Read more
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Conference: II World Congress in Public Health Nutrition (Oporto)
23 - 25 September, 2010, Porto, Portugal.
Only 5 days left to register at the regular fee! Pre-Congress Courses registration closes 3rd September
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Call for contributions for the SCN News 39
SCN News is the biannual newsletter of the United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition. It is currently printed and distributed to a readership of 7500 nutrition professionals, programme managers and policy makers - 75% of whom reside in developing countries. Each issue features a selected topic, in addition to regular columns with updates of interest to nutrition development practitioners.
The next edition of the SCN News, number 39, will feature "the private sector as stakeholder in nutrition". This is a very interesting and relevant topic, which needs to be looked at with different lenses and from a variety of perspectives. What do we understand as the private sector? Conflict and conversion of interests: how to manage these? What are the good examples of public-private collaboration in the field of food and nutrition? How do we monitor public-private partnerships (PPP)? Who needs to monitor PPPs? How do we assess a "successful" public-private partnership (PPP)? What are the human rights and ethical considerations which need to be taken into account when working with the private sector? As a key stakeholder, does the private sector have a role to play in governing bodies of development organizations? What does the private sector expect when engaging with the public sector? What is a win-win situation when engaging in a PPP?
We want to constructively contribute to a global discussion on the role and responsibilities of the private sector with regard to food and nutrition by sharing experiences, opinions and in-depth analyses. We invite you to actively contribute to this reflection and to the SCN News 39.
For more information on how you can contribute to the SCN News 39, please click on the link below to download the information pdf file.
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Conference: First Global Conference on Biofortification
The First Global Conference on Biofortification is the first international effort to take stock of progress made in developing nutrient-rich crops, share lessons learned, and chart the future of biofortification. This three-day event will bring agricultural scientists, public health specialists, policymakers, donors, and business leaders together to move this emerging agricultural intervention for public health forward.
When: Tuesday, November 9, 2010 8:00 AM - Thursday, November 11, 2010 2:00 PM
Where: Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center. 3800 Reservoir Road, Washington, DC
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Nutrition Policy Briefings from Save the Children UK
With continuing global focus on the best means to work our way out of the global economic slowdown please see Save the Children (UK)'s new policy briefing making the case for the Economic Benefits of Investing in Children's Nutrition.
The global community still has a long way to go to ensure the global effort aiming to tackle undernutrition achieves a scale of response that is commensurate with the problem. Amarty Sen stated that 'tackling undernutrition is the biggest battle in international development and the most urgent area of development in our time' in a high profile lecture at the London School of Economics earlier this year. We must continue to do what we can together to marshal appropriate arguments for different audiences.
The Policy Briefing Hungry for Change provides a concise version of the report outlining a plan of action to tackle hunger and undernutrition.
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Conference: NEW - Call for Abstracts: Scientific Symposium on Biodiversity and Sustainable Diets
FAO has announced the following upcoming conference:
Scientific Symposium on Biodiversity and Sustainable Diets
3-5 November 2010, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
Deadline for call for abstracts is 6 September 2010.
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Conference: 7th Asia Pacific Conference on Clinical Nutrition
The 7th Asia Pacific Conference on Clinical Nutrition (APCCN 2011) will be held in Bangkok, Thailand on June 5-9, 2011.
This conference will provide clinicians, nutritionists and specialists with fascinating insights, practical expertise and the latest scientific knowledge in the field. The multidisciplinary scientific program will feature pre-conference workshops, lectures, poster sessions and symposia.
APCCN 2011 will focus on key topics in the field of clinical nutrition, including:
Enteral nutrition, Nutrigenomics, Obesity in children, Food, brain and development, Prebiotic and probiotic supplements.
For more information and brochure, click here.
To register, click here.
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Training: NiE Training in Lebanon - September 2010
There are a few places remaining on the 6-day NIE training course in Lebanon in September.
This course will provide a great introduction to emergency nutrition programming and will cost just $500 for 6 days of intensive training with international experts in the sector (this price does not include accommodation).
If you are interested, please get in touch with Abigail Perry, Nutrition in Emergencies Training Coordinator, UCL Centre for International Health and Development Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK, www.nietraining.net.
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Appetite for Reading? Food Justice
Food Justice: the Report of the Food and Fairness Inquiry has been published by the UK based Food Ethics Council. It is the result of a year-long investigation into social justice in food and farming, undertaken by a committee of respected and influential figures from across the food sector. They include Fairtrade Foundation CEO Harriet Lamb, Andrew Opie from the British Retail Consortium, Melanie Leech, Chief Executive of the Food and Drink Federation, Paul Whitehouse, Chair of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority, and Jeanette Longfield, who runs the campaign group Sustain. The Food Ethics Council set up the Inquiry because they were concerned that issues of social justice were underplayed in debates about food policy. The Inquiry committee's report vindicates this concern. It finds that injustice is widespread throughout the UK and the global food system; and it shows how a fairer food system is central to achieving wider sustainability and health goals.
To read more, click here
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Vacancy: Senior Liaison and Food Security Officer, UNHCR, Geneva
UNHCR is looking for a Senior Liaison and Food Security Officer based in
Headquarters. The position is based in Geneva and is advertised at the P4
level.
Interested candidates should send applications with a full curriculum
vitae, including nationality and references, to: UNHCR, Vacancy Management
Unit (quoting ref.10002187), case postale 2500, 1211 Geneva 2 Dépôt,
Switzerland, or by fax (+41 22) 739 7322, or preferably, by e-mail:
hqpe14@unhcr.org
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Vacancy: Vacancy:Nutrition Officer, UNHCR, Chad
UNHCR is looking for a Nutrition Officer for operations in Chad. The
position is based in N'Djamena and is at the P3 level.
Interested candidates should send applications with a full curriculum
vitae, including nationality and references, to: UNHCR, Vacancy Management
Unit (quoting ref.10009967), case postale 2500, 1211 Geneva 2 Dépôt,
Switzerland, or by fax (+41 22) 739 7322, or preferably, by e-mail:
hqpe14@unhcr.org
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SUN : Scaling up Nutrition
