Thirty Third Session of the Standing Committee on Nutrition

Tackling the Double Burden of Malnutrition: A Global Agenda

Agenda

Monday 13 March - Friday 17 March 2006, Geneva, Switzerland

Hosted by the World Health Organization

Chaired by Catherine Bertini, SCN Chair


Sunday 12 March		Pre-session meetings held at Ecumenical Centre/World Council of Churches
	1000-1200	Joint Meeting: Working Group on Nutrition in Emergencies Chair: Fathia Abdallah (UNHCR), Co-Chairs: Caroline Abla (OFDA/USAID), Caroline Wilkinson (ACF France) Working Group on Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding Chair: David Clark (UNICEF), Co-Chairs: Isatou Jallow (The Gambia), Kay Dewey (UC Davis) Working Group on School-Age Children Chair: Francisco Espejo (WFP), Co-Chairs: Karin Lapping (Save the Children US), Lesley Drake (Partnership for Child Development) Working Group on Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights Co-Chairs: Wenche Barth Eide (IPRFD) and Uwe Kracht (WANAHR)
	1200-1300	Lunch
	1300-1600	Working Group on Nutrition in Emergencies (continued) Working Group on School-Age Children (continued) Working Group on Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding (continued) Working Group on Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights (continued)
	1600-1730	Closed meeting: Working Group Chairs/Co-Chairs
	1900-2100	Closed meeting: Steering Committee

Monday 13 March		Symposium: Tackling the Double Burden of Malnutrition: A Global Agenda Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 2
	0900-1100	Opening and Welcome: Ms Catherine Bertini, SCN Chair and Dr Jong-Wook Lee, Director-General, World Health Organization
		Nutrition: an input and foundation for health Catherine Le Gales-Camus, Assistant Director-General, Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, World Health Organization Nutrition: a new opportunity in development Jean-Louis Sarbib, Senior Vice President, Human Development Network, World Bank Implementing the life cycle approach to nutrition to support the Millennium Development Goals Kul Gautam, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF
	1100-1130	Break
	1130-1300	What actions are needed at the individual and family level? Kay Dewey, UC Davis and Co-Chair SCN Working Group on Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding (20 minutes) Discussion (20 minutes) What actions are needed at the local community level? Isatou Jallow, Executive Director, National Nutrition Agency, The Gambia and Co-Chair SCN Working Group on Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding (20 minutes) Discussion (20 minutes)
	1300-1400	Lunch Break
	1400-1530	What actions are needed at the national level? [Professor Yu Xiaodong, PNDC/NDRC, Beijing, China--to be confirmed] (20 minutes) Discussion (20 minutes) What actions are needed at the international level? Ricardo Uauy, President IUNS, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine/INTA University of Chile and Co-Chair SCN Working Group on Nutrition Throughout the Life Course (20 minutes) Discussion (20 minutes)
	1530-1600	Break
	1600-1700	Dr Abraham Horwitz Memorial Lecture 'Avoiding the nutrition transition trap in Latin America' Camila Corvalán, University of Chile/Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
	1700-1730	Summary, conclusions and closure of Symposium
	1830-1930	Receptionâï¿½ï¿½hosted by World Health Organization

Tuesday 14 March		Plenary Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 2
	0900-0945	Opening of working sessions Catherine Bertini, SCN Chair Explanation of meeting objectives, agenda and announcements Proposal for Participants' Statement: Addressing Malnutrition: Double burdenâï¿½ï¿½one agenda Steering Committee/Task Force recommendations on SCN interaction with the private sector SCN Annual Report, Strategic Framework and Action Plan
	0945-1000	Break
	1000-1300	Separate, parallel working sessions UN Agencies Chaired by Catherine Bertini, SCN Chair Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 2 Bilateral Partners Chaired by Arne Oshaug, Norway Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 3 NGOs/Civil Society Chaired by Flavio Valente, National Rapporteur on the Human Right to Food, Brazilian Forum on Food and Nutritional Security Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 4
	1300-1400	World Bank Information Session: Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development
	1300-1400	Lunch Break
	1400-1600	Working Group on Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding Chair: David Clark (UNICEF), Co-Chairs: Isatou Jallow (The Gambia), Kay Dewey (UC Davis) Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 3 Working Group on Nutrition in Emergencies Chair: Fathia Abdallah (UNHCR), Co-Chairs: Caroline Abla (OFDA/USAID), Caroline Wilkinson (ACF France) Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 4
	1600-1630	Break
	1630-1830	Working Group on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Chair: Andrew Tomkins (ICH), Co-Chairs: Randa Saadeh (WHO), Stuart Gillespie (IFPRI), Bruce Cogill (FANTA/USAID) Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 2

Wed 15 March		Working Sessions
	0900-1200	Joint Meeting: Working Group on Nutrition Throughout the Life Cycle Chair: Ricardo Uauy (UNU), Co-Chair: Ted Greiner (PATH) Working Group on Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights Co-Chairs: Wenche Barth Eide (IPRFD) and Uwe Kracht (WANAHR) Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 3
	1200-1300	Lunch Break
	1300-1600	Joint Meeting: Working Group on Capacity Development in Food and Nutrition Chair: Cutberto Garza (UNU), Co-Chair: David Sanders U of the Western Cape, South Africa) Working Group on Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights Co-Chairs: Wenche Barth Eide (IPRFD) and Uwe Kracht (WANAHR) Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 4
	1600-1630	Break
	1630-1830	Working Group on Micronutrients Chair: Martin Bloem (WFP), Co-Chairs: Jacques Berger (France), Gary Gleason (INF) Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 3
	1930	SCN Annual Dinner: Edelweiss Restaurant (no host event)

Thursday 16 March		Working Sessions
	0830-1030	Working Group on School-Age Children Chair: Francisco Espejo (WFP), Co-Chairs: Karin Lapping (Save the Children US), Lesley Drake (Partnership for Child Development) Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 3
	1030-1100	Break
	1100-1300	Working Group on Household Food Security Chair: Florence Egal (FAO), Co-Chair: Shakuntala Thilsted (DANIDA) Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 4
	1300-1400	Lunch break
	1400-1530	Separate, parallel working sessions (as on Tuesday) UN Agencies Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 2 Bilateral Partners Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 3 NGOs/Civil Society Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 4
	1530-1600	Break
	1600-1700	Side meeting: Round table discussion of agency nutrition strategies Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 2
	1600-1730	Closed meeting: Working Group Chairs/Co-Chairs Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 13
	1800-1900	Closed meeting: Steering Committee Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 13

Friday 17 March		Plenary Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 2
	0830-0930	Announcement of SCN 34th Session date and venue Key recommendations for action arising from the Working Groups and Draft Secretariat Annual Work Plan/Key recommendations for SCN Secretariat SCN Chair and SCN Secretary
	0930-1030	Reports from Chairs of Bilateral Partners, NGOs/Civil Society and UN Agencies (10 minutes each) Discussion (30 minutes)
	1030-1100	Break
	1100-1200	Discussion of Draft Annual Work Plan Adoption of Annual Work Plan Adoption of Participants' Statement Double Burden of Malnutrition - A Common Agenda
	1200-1300	Any other business
	1300	Close of 33rd Session

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Tackling the Double Burden of Malnutrition: A Global Agenda

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