Announcements

23 - 25 September, 2010, Porto, Portugal.
 
Only 5 days left to register at the regular fee! Pre-Congress Courses registration closes 3rd September

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.

The Nutrition Society of Nigeria announces her 41st Annual Conference and Scientific Meeting for 21st to 25th September 2010 at the Conference Hall, Arewa House in the historic town of Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeia. Details are in the attached flyer. Abstract of papers for presentation are welcome, to be submitted to nsnkadunaconference2010@yahoo.com on or before 31st August 2010.

Olumuyiwa OWOLABI
For and on behalf of the Local Organizing Committee

These courses are being held as part of a new initiative led by the Emergency Nutrition Network to improve the capacity to respond to nutritional emergencies by strengthening professional training. There are several projects being funded via OFDA, including this one coordinated by the Centre for International Health and Development (CIHD - part of University College London). CIHD is collaborating with the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre in Thailand, the University of Makerere in Uganda, and the American University of Beirut in Lebanon to run professional training courses in emergency nutrition. The intensive short courses are based on the Harmonized Training Package, developed by the Global Nutrition Cluster, and combine theory with practical group exercises and problem solving. Course modules will be led by experts in the field of emergency nutrition. Each course will culminate with an emergency simulation to help participants apply their knowledge and to understand the challenges of working in emergency settings.

The courses are suitable for a wide range of professionals, including nutritionists who are interested in working in the emergency sector and individuals working in health, food security and livelihoods who want to learn how to prevent and treat malnutrition in emergencies.

The first courses will run on the following dates:
Lebanon: 6th to the 12th September 2010 (by invite only)
Thailand: 11th to the 23rd October 2010
Uganda: 17th to 29th January 2011

The courses in Thailand and Uganda will cost US$2500 for 12 days training including all meals and accommodation. For 2010 the course in Lebanon will be by invite only (we are targeting this course at practitioners from the Middle East). More courses will be run in 2011. 

This initiative is also featured in the current edition of Field Exchange.

GH/Innovate 2011 - Presented by Unite For Sight, 8th Annual Conference
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Saturday, April 16 - Sunday, April 17, 2011

http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference

Unite For Sight's must-attend, thought-leading conference convenes leaders, changemakers, and participants from all fields of global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship.  The conference convenes 2,200 people from all 50 states and from 50 countries. 

Conference registration is now open. Register during June to secure the lowest registration rate.  The registration rate increases after June.

On behalf of the Organizers:

Dear Colleagues and Friends,
We are pleased to send you the invitation of  the 14th International Meeting on Trace Elements in Man and Animals (TEMA-14).
TEMA-14 will take place from September 19 to 24, 2011 in Enshi City, Hubei Province, China. We would be grateful if you could share further this information to anyone who may be interested in the TEMA-14.

For more information: please contact Prof. Junquan Gao Secretary-General of TEMA-14. We are looking forward to seeing you in Enshi, China.

The 17th Seminar of the European Nutrition Leadership Programme will be held in Luxembourg from 13 to 21 April 2011.  The aim of the programme is to assist in the development of future leaders in the field of human nutrition in Europe.  These seminars are not focused on science but on other skills and behavioural competencies which future leaders need to have.

Applications should be received at the ENLP secretariat at the latest by 30 November 2010.

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

The 8th Euro Fed Lipid Congress on Oils, Fats and Lipids will be held in Munich, Germany, on 21-24 November 2010.

The Director of Nutrition reports to the Director of the Center for Global Health and Economic Development (CGHED) in the Earth Institute at Columbia University, and is responsible for expanding public awareness about food availability, food choices that are healthy for humans and food sustainability that impacts the environment and development. S/he provides strategic leadership for an interdisciplinary program that facilitates and accelerates collaboration among leading academics working on health and development in a global context based within Columbia University as well as expert groups working on international nutrition issues.

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.

To address the humanitarian impact of conflicts, crisis and natural disasters, Tufts University offers three distinct graduate-level degree programs: Master of Science in Food Policy and Applied Nutrition, Master of Arts in Humanitarian Assistance and Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy.

The 8th International Conference on Diet and Activity Methods will take place on 8-10 May 2012, Rome, Italy

For further information, please click here
 

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.

The International Symposium on Dietary Protein Quality for Humans will take place in
March 2011, Auckland, New Zealand

For further information, please click here

The 9th International Food Data Conference will take place in
September 2011, Norwich, England.

For further information, please click here

UNICEF is looking for a Nutrition Cluster Coordinator in Niger.  The Nutrition Cluster Coordinator will facilitate a timely and effective nutrition response in Niger and ensure that the capacity of national and local institutions is strengthened to respond to and coordinate emergency nutrition interventions that demonstrate results and impact achieved.

Interested candidates are requested to write directly to Dr. Eric-Alain Ategbo, Nutrition Manager, UNICEF Niger, at eaategbo@unicef.org.

For further details, please click below.

 Sphere is looking for a trainer/advisor.  Purpose of the job is to develop and deliver training on Sphere standards and indicators for the RedR/BioForce Disaster Response Support Service (DRSS) programme, in partnership with the Sphere project, in Haiti, within the context of the response to the earthquake of January 2010.

Location:  Port-au-Prince, Haiti

ACF-USA is looking for a qualified person for the design and implementation of a research project. The profile they are looking for is someone with academic/research background who has experience in rigorous, scientific based studies.

This position will be salaried and requires a 6 - 8 month engagement, including all the data collection to be done in DRC.

French speaker is seen as being vital for this role, but out of necessity ACF-USA could consider an English speaker working with a translator.

The  "Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology Info Day and Brokerage Event on Call FP7-KBBE-2011-5"  will take place in Brussels on 13 September 2010.

The info-day is also announced under "events" on the Cordis Home page, from where you can directly access the programme and the on-line registration facility.

Action Against Hunger (ACF) is currently developing a 9-month project, whose main objective is to increase ACF capacity and impact in preventing nutritional and humanitarian crises in areas heavily affected by climate change and cyclical natural disaster.

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.

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.

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

The high-level international conference on Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health will take place on February 10-12, 2011, in New Delhi, India.  Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has graciously agreed to inaugurate it.

This conference is motivated by the recognition that agriculture has important impacts on poor people's nutrition and health, and people's nutrition and health in turn affects their productivity. It will seek to help understand and unleash the potential of agriculture-as a supplier of food, a source of income, and an engine of growth-to significantly and sustainably improve poor people's nutrition and health.

The following short courses in the field of food and nutrition will be offered at Wageningen-UR, Centre of Development Innovation. Scholarships are available for certain countries (www.nuffic.nl).

For more information and online application please consult the website: www.cdi.wur.nl/UK/newsagenda/

Initially, the deadline was 1 September for all courses, but NUFFIC has relaxed the deadline for submission of fellowship applications of the second and third course below by two months

o 10 - 21 January 2011 (2 weeks): Rights based approach to food and nutrition security. This course focuses on the different aspects of a right to food approach. The training addresses the following topics:
* different concepts used in the right to food approach
* lobby and advocacy
* how to develop an intervention using the right to food approach to address food and nutrition insecurity.
The deadline for application for an NFP fellowship at CDI is 1 September 2010 and the deadline for the ensuing application at the Royal Netherlands Embassy is 1 October 2010.

o  11 - 29 April 2011 (3 weeks): HIV/AIDS and food and nutrition security. This course focuses on the two-way relationship between HIV/AIDS and food and nutrition security. The training addresses the following topics:
* the medical aspects of HIV/AIDS and their relation to nutrition (ARVs plus food; importance of an adequate nutritional status...)
* the interrelation between livelihood/food security and (the risk of) HIV/AIDS
* nutrition promotion, education and advocacy
* how to develop or improve an existing intervention to mitigate the effects of HIV/AIDS
The deadline for application for an NFP fellowship at CDI is 1 November 2010 and the deadline for the ensuing application at the Royal Netherlands Embassy is 1 December 2010

o 6-24 June 2011 (3 weeks): Monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment of food and nutrition security programmes This course focuses on the design of information support systems at various levels (from national to household level) for monitoring and evaluating the impacts of food and nutrition security policies and programmes. The training addresses the following topics:
* what entails an M&E system for food and nutrition security and in particular what is needed to do an impact assessment
* impact assessment in programme design and learning for impact
* participatory approaches in assessing impact
* use of different data for M&E
* interpretation and communicating of results of M&E.
The deadline for application for an NFP fellowship at CDI is 1 November 2010 and the deadline for the ensuing application at the Royal Netherlands Embassy is 1 December 2010.

For additional information and online application please go to www.cdi.wur.nl/UK/newsagenda/

HKI has several openings in Africa for senior leadership positions as country directors in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Nigeria and Zimbabwe.

Vacancies can be accessed on HKI web site: http://www.hki.org/about-us/careers/

Posting will be kept opened until suitable candidates are identified.

Action Against Hunger (ACF) is launching its White Paper, Taking Action: Nutrition for Survival, Growth & Development, which proposes a new and feasible strategy for ending child hunger. It
details 5 priority areas and presents 25 essential actions to address acute
malnutrition.

To have a look at the White Paper, please click below.

Africa Regional Nutrition Program Advisor
Dakar, Senegal
Initial closing: September 10, 2010 (but will remain posted until filled).

Scope of the position:
The position of Africa Regional Nutrition Program Advisor reports to the
Vice President and Regional Director for Africa and to the Senior
Scientific Advisor for Nutrition and Child Survival for special projects.
The Regional Nutrition Program Advisor works in close collaboration with
the two Deputy Regional Directors, program and technical staff in the
region and headquarters, and Country Directors. The position is based at
the Regional Office in Dakar, Senegal, with extensive field travel
throughout HKI's Africa programs.

For more information, click below.

Concern Worldwide is currently advertising for the position of an Environmental Health Advisor for the Health Support Unit that will be based in Dublin, Ireland, or London, England.

Please send your CV and Covering letter to ukhrenquiries@concern.net before closing date 12^th September 2010

Candidates must be legally entitled to work in either Ireland or United Kingdom at the time of application

Click on the link below for more information

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

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

This is a reminder from the Alive & Thrive (A&T) Small Grants Program. The deadline for submission of Letters of Interest (LOIs) for the Small Grants Program is September 14, 2010.

The A&T Small Grants Program aims to fund operational research projects that will identify novel approaches and overcome key barriers to improving infant and young child feeding (IYCF) at scale in low and middle-income countries. Awards for small grants will generally be in the range of $50,000-100,000 USD.

Please visit the A&T website for more information:
http://www.aliveandthrive.org/grants/LOI-application-instructions

USAID is looking for a Nutrition Advisor.

Please see below for more details: Job Title: Nutrition Advisor
Grade: GS-0630-14
Type of Appointment: Excepted Service (Time Limit) Appointment
Length of Appointment: up to 5 Years
Location: Washington, D.C.

Closing date: 5 pm on September 10, 2010 in Washington DC

Note: You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position and be able to
obtain and maintain a secret security clearance for this assignment.

Months of appeals to the international community for help fell on deaf ears, leaving Niger
facing the all too familiar spectre of a major hunger crisis. Samuel Loewenberg reports.

For the full report, please click here.

AED operates the Livelihood and Food Security Technical Assistance (LIFT) which is a project designed to work in close collaboration with US Government (USG) agencies, implementing partners, and other key players to integrate sustainable, market-driven livelihoods strengthening into food and nutritional security interventions. LIFT aims to heighten the impact of work done through USAID, PEPFAR, Feed the Future, USDA, CDC, and the Peace Corps, as well as local governments, civil society, and the private sector. LIFT's ultimate goal is to support the food security of vulnerable households by improving their livelihoods and economic circumstances.

AED is seeking a Senior Specialist who will manage new business development for the LIFT project; contribute to LIFT technical assistance activities in the field; supporting LIFT's global leadership agenda; support project learning identification, capture, and dissemination; and strengthen LIFT's capacity to offer cutting-edge technical assistance in economic strengthening, livelihood and food security to the US Government and its implementing partners.

Qualifications:
Masters degree and at least 11 years of related work experience.
• Proven technical knowledge in food security, economic strengthening, or a related technical field required.
• Thorough familiarity with USAID and US Government processes and regulations (preferred).
• Experience working with USAID Missions (preferred).
• Experience working with technical specialists from a range of disciplines.
• Experience with or knowledge of programmatic approaches used in market-driven enterprise development activities.
• Experience with or knowledge of programmatic approaches and models used in agricultural production and marketing.
• Experience with or knowledge of programmatic approaches and models used in food security activities.
• Experience in management positions in development programs.
• Experience working and living in developing countries, particularly those with substantial levels of poverty helpful.

To review the full job description and to apply, please visit : http://www.aed.org/Employment/AED-Current-Openings.html. The job requisition number is 10340.

Imperial College London
31 August - 10 September 2010  

MoH-UNICEF Uganda is urgently looking for a Consultant to conduct a Gap Analysis on Nutrition Surveillance and Information in Uganda.
Please see attached TOR for more details.

Duration: 50 working days

Duty station: Kampala, and 2-3 selected districts, Uganda

Application Process: CV and a brief cover letter should be sent directly to ugderecruit@unicef.org

Closing date for applications: 9 September 2010.

The World Bank is looking for a Nutrition Research Coordinator,a local short-term consultant appointment.
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Duty station: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Application process: Interested candidates should send their application to Yuki Isogai, Co-Task Team Leader of Nutrition Team, at yisogai@worldbank.org with the following:
(i) resume; and
(ii) a short statement of 3 paragraphs (with a maximum of 4 sentences in each paragraph) saying why they think they would be suitable for the available position.

Closing date for applications: September 06, 2010.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

CONCERN Worldwide is looking for a consultant to undertake an evaluation of Ethiopia's National CMAM programme.

Please see attached TOR for more details.

Interested applicants: please send CV and cover email to Kate Golden (kate.golden@concern.net) and Marie Rongeard (Marie.rongeard@concern.net) by September 12, 2010.

 

18 - 20 November 2010, Pamplona (Spain)
Click here to read more.

The 4th Africa Nutritional Epidemiology Conference (ANEC IV) will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 4 to 8 October 2010.

Online registration is available at www.anec4.or.ke.

The Infant & Young Child Nutrition Project maintains a collection of infant feeding and HIV resources including counseling tools, training materials, journal articles, and a variety of other publications.

Please visit: http://www.iycn.org/resources-infant-feeding.php

7 - 10 September 2010 

13-24 September 2010, Wageningen, The Netherlands

19-22 September 2010, Sokhna Resort, Egypt

23 September 2010, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

6 - 9 October 2010, Bad Hofgastein, Salzburg, Austria

The main objective of the EHFG is to facilitate the establishment of a framework for advising and developing European health policy while recognising the importance of national and regional authorities and decision-making bodies.

For more information, click here.

8 - 12 November 2010, Hanoi, Vietnam