Side Events

Topics

Organizers

Date & Venue

SUN Movement and
Accountability for Nutrition

• Report on the 2014 SUN Movement Global Gathering

• SUN Movement

19 November
13:00-14:30
(Green Room)

• Strengthening the Accountability Framework for Nutrition: Supporting Partner Countries and Global Players to Track Progress towards Undernutrition Reduction and Financial Commitments

• European Union et al

Transition from Safety Net Programs to Comprehensive Social Protection Systems: Food Security and Nutrition Perspective

• Transition from Safety Net Programs to Comprehensive Social Protection Systems: Food Security and Nutrition Perspective

• Russian Federation

19 November
13:00-14:30
(Iran Room)

• Launch of the Expanded SecureNutrition Knowledge Platform: Taking a Broad Approach to Tackling Malnutrition

• World Bank

Food Safety: a Right or a Privilege? Why food safety is an essential element of food and nutrition security

• Food Safety Concerns (with focus on red meat and fish)

• FAO/WHO

19 November
13:00-14:30
(Red Room)

Healthy Children, Growing Societies. The UN Nutrition networks’ support to countries’ stunting reduction efforts

• Healthy Children, Growing Societies – the UN Nutrition Network’s Support to Countries’ Stunting Reduction Efforts

• UN Nutrition Network (FAO, WHO, WFP, UNICEF, IFAD)

20 November
13:00-14:30
(Iran Room)

Enhancing the Impact
of Agricultural and Food Policies on Nutrition

• Agriculture and Food Policies for Improved Nutrition

• Nigeria, Global Panel  and African Union

20 November
13:00-14:30
(Red Room)

• Integrating Nutrition in Agricultural Policy of High Malnutrition Burden Countries

• European Union et al

• Agriculture and Nutrition Linkages

• IFPRI/FAO

Targets and accountability for nutrition
and the Post-2015 Development Agenda

• Accountability mechanism for nutrition

• Brazil et al

20 November
13:00-14:30
(Green Room)

• Getting to Results: World Health Assembly Nutrition Targets and the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda

• Canada/Ireland/USA

Accounting for Nutrition and Hunger - Global Nutrition Report and
Global Hunger

• Launch of the 1st Global Nutrition Report

• United Kingdom et al

20 November
18:30-20:00
(Red Room)

• Ending Hidden Hunger - From Awareness to Action Post-2015

• Global Hunger Index (Germany/Ireland/USA)

Addressing Overweight and Obesity

• Fighting Overweight and Obesity in a Developed Country - Strengthening Life Competence

• Germany

20 November
18:30-20:00
(Iran Room)

• Framework Convention for the Control of Obesity: a Discussion of Possibilities for Addressing Obesity in the Countries

• Brazil

• Addressing childhood obesity through healthier diets – reducing the marketing pressure

• WHO European Action Network

• Nutrition the Nordic Way: Policy, Recommendations and Labelling

• Nordic Council of Ministers

Promoting and achieving the Zero Hunger Challenge: UN at Expo Milano 2015 and South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean

• Italy, UN-Expo 2015 team, Expo S.p.A.

• Italy, UN-Expo 2015 team, Expo S.p.A.

20 November
17.45-19:30

17.45: Inauguration of the UN Spoon Installation for Expo Milano 2015,
FAO Atrium

18.10: side event continues in the Green Room

• Achieving the Zero Hunger Challenge: South-South Cooperation Initiatives on Nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean

• GRULAC