Thirty-Fourth Session of the Standing Committee on Nutrition

Working Together

Agenda

26 February - 1 March 2007, Rome, Italy
Hosted jointly by FAO, IFAD and WFP

Chaired by Ms 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 Sustainable Livelihoods for Food Security and Good Nutrition: the Role of Food and Agriculture Sector Alexander Muller; Assistant Director General/Officer-in-Charge, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department, FAO Nutrition, Food Security and Agriculture Kevin Cleaver, Assistant President, IFAD Actions Needed to Make Freedom from Child Hunger a Reality Sheila Sisulu, Deputy Executive Director, WFP
	1100-1115	Break
	1115-1245	Second Session: Panel presentations Chaired byEmile Frison, Director General, Bioversity International (15 minute presentations with 15 minutes discussion) Achieving Freedom from Child Hunger and Undernutrition: What the Bilateral Partners Can Contribute Poul Engberg-Pedersen, Director-General, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation Achieving Freedom from Child Hunger and Undernutrition: What Civil Society Organizations Can Contribute David Sanders University of Western, Cape South Africa Achieving Freedom from Child Hunger and Undernutrition: What the Private Sector Can Contribute Roger Shrimpton, SCN Secretary
	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) Achieving Freedom from Child Hunger and Undernutrition: Working Together in Emergencies Marie McGrath, Emergency Nutrition Network Achieving Freedom from Child Hunger and Undernutrition: The Lancet Nutrition Series Saul Morris, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
	1530-160	Break
	1600-1700	Fourth Session: Dr Abraham Horwitz Lecture Chaired by WFP 11th Dr Abraham Horwitz Lecture Building National Nutrition Coordination from the Field Up: Lessons learnt from the Afghan Reconstruction Charlotte Dufour
	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) Advocacy, Communication and Partnership Building Activities Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation Development of Integrated Approaches
	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

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Working Together

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