The UN Decade of Action on Nutrition 2016-2025
Regional Symposia on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition
Although the Decade of Action creates an enabling political environment for turning commitments into action, countries need additional technical support to translate their political will into actionable programmes. In the stream of events following the 2014 ICN2, and under the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition, in December 2016 FAO and WHO co-convened the International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition in order to create an opportunity to share practical solutions and successful country experiences in implementing sustainable food systems for healthy diets.
This Symposium is being replicated at regional level, to better address challenges specific to each region.
- 5-7 September 2017 (El Salvador, Actual Pro Tempore Presidency of the Community of Latin America and Caribbean States - CELAC): Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Eating, co-organized by FAO and PAHO/WHO. Video recording can be accessed here.
- 10-11 November 2017 (Bangkok, Thailand): Asia and the Pacific Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition, in collaboration with WHO, WB, WFP, UNICEF. Video recording can be accessed here.
- 16-17 November 2017 (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire): Africa Regional Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition, in collaboration with WHO, African Union, NEPAD, UNICEF, WFP, IFPRI, Africa Development Bank, ADFNS Secretariat.
- 4-5 December 2017 (Budapest, Hungary): FAO/WHO Regional Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for healthy diets in Europe and Central Asia, in collaboration with UNICEF and WFP.
- 11-13 December 2017 (Muscat, Oman): Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition Symposium from the Near East and North Africa, in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF, WFP, the League of Arab States, IFPRI.
Recordings of ALL sessions will be available online after the event.
