BackUNSCN Nutrition Partner's Kick-Off Meeting

Background documents for the Kick-off meeting:

14th - 15th December 2010

Executive Summary of the UNSCN Kick-off meeting (15 December 2010). Download pdf file here.

FULL REPORT OF THE UNSCN KICK-OFF MEETING IS NOW AVAILABLE. Download pdf file here.

The UNSCN Nutrition Partners' Kick-off Meeting is financially supported by Germany and France.

Purpose:

To respond to the nutrition momentum, the UNSCN would like to create an opportunity at its next Annual Session in 2011 for a large group of nutrition partners to take stock on progress in scaling up nutrition (SUN) and further identifying ways to support the development of country capacities. At the Meeting of Nutrition Partners (the UNSCN 36th Annual Session), the reformed UNSCN will be announced and key nutrition stakeholders are expected to agree on ways to work together within the reformed UNSCN to further harmonize and bringing coherence to global nutrition.
The UNSCN seeks the advice of representatives of all key nutrition stakeholders now to assure the successful completion of the UNSCN reform, and to prepare for a substantive Nutrition Partners' Meeting (the UNSCN 36th Annual Session) next year that adds value to the scaling up nutrition (SUN) process and further builds momentum for nutrition globally.
In a kick-off meeting in Rome, representatives of nutrition stakeholders will be updated on the on-going reform of the UNSCN and will be requested to provide further insight for completing it. They will be informed about the working arrangements between UNSCN and SUN initiative for implementation support. Stakeholders will be asked to provide advice on the Meeting of Nutrition Partners (the UNSCN 36th Annual Session) taking into consideration results achieved at the political High-Level nutrition leadership meeting in Ottawa, Canada, ending 1st December 2010, and other scheduled nutrition meetings, in order to bring convergence to the planned meetings, maximize results and avoid duplications. Videoconferencing facilities should be guaranteed for participants wishing to attend from remote.

Agenda 14th December 2010

LMIC and BRIC countries Workshop
09:30 - 10:00	Registration of participants
LMIC and BRIC countries workshop
10:00 - 10:10	Welcome remarks
	Welcome remarks, background to the kick-off meeting and objectives. Expected outcomes of day 1 working session by UNSCN Chair, Alexander Müller.
LMIC and BRIC countries workshop
10:10 - 10:40	Scaling Up Nutrition - Strengthening action at the country level
	A new momentum for nutrition is rising - Recent developments and opportunities in global nutrition. Denise C Coitinho Delmuè (UNSCN) Scaling Up Nutrition - A roadmap for action - Matthew Cousins (OSRSG) The three-stage process to scale up nutrition: stock taking, evidence based programming, implementing and tracking progress - Bjorn Lungqvist (REACH coordinator) The first two stages - multi stakeholder platforms at the country level for taking stock and agreeing on priorities, roles and responsibilities: : Lessons learned by the Mainstreaming Nutrition Initiative - David Pelletier (Cornell University and MNI coordinator)
	Attached document(s) : REACH presentation by Bjorn Lungqvist (pdf file) Mainstreaming Nutrition Initiative by David Pelletier (pdf file) Scaling Up Nutrition - A Roadmap for action by David Nabarro
LMIC and BRIC countries workshop
10:40 - 13:00	Facilitated discussion
	We wish participants to actively engage in open and in-dept discussions, based on their personal experiences with policy processes at the country level. Particular focus is on the following points that are vital for establishing effective multi stakeholders platforms and other processes at the country level, that provide support to scaling up nutrition actions. 1. How to galvanize political commitment at the appropriate high-level? 2. What can trigger the right champions? How can the national (and global) nutrition community best support these champions? 3. In addition to champions, who are the most effective advocates and behind-the-scenes "movers and shakers"? How to gain their support, bring them into the nutrition movement and support their efforts? 4. Implementation capacity for nutrition is said to be low across the board. What are the most effective mechanisms for identifying and developing endogenous capacities in countries? 5. Institutional arrangements for convening, coordinating, overseeing progress, overall M&E, accountability: what are the success factors and bottlenecks? 6. After effectively setting up mechanisms for convening multi stakeholders, how to reach consensus on priorities, and share roles and responsibilities? What are the success factors and bottlenecks? How to overcome those? 7. How to move from policy and strategy formulation to a robust programming with investment plans able to generate action? 8. How to make funding and support more sustainable? The facilitators will invite countries to look at the framework and fill in the checklist and corresponding stock staking instrument with their additional insights. Facilitators will then work on the summary document of experiences, views and advice of the group, to be presented to the whole group on the next day.
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch break
LMIC and BRIC countries workshop
14:00 - 16:30	Facilitated discussion
	The facilitators will invite countries to look at the framework and fill in the checklist and corresponding stock staking instrument with their additional insights. Facilitators will then work on the summary document of experiences, views and advice of the group, to be presented to the whole group on the next day.
LMIC and BRIC countries workshop
16:30 - 17:30	Discussion and approval of the summary document
LMIC and BRIC countries workshop
17:30 - 18:00	Wrap up and conclusion of the day
Welcome dinner
20:00 - 22:00	Welcome dinner
	A welcome dinner has been arranged for all participants. The dinner will take place on the evening of the 14th December from 8pm at Taverna Cestia (Viale della Piramide Cestia, 67 00153 Roma, phone 06 5743754). We will be very pleased if you accept our invitation and join us. Please confirm to the UNSCN Secretariat if you will be able to attend the dinner as we need to advise the restaurant.

Agenda 15th December 2010

Registration of participants
08:00 - 08:20	Registration of participants
	Administrative arrangements and reception of folder
	Attached document(s) : Participant_list_final_fordistribution.pdf
Remarks, background to the kick-off meeting and objectives.
08:20 - 08:30	Welcome
	Welcome remarks, background to the kick-off meeting and objectives by UNSCN Chair Alexander Müller.
Towards a Nutrition Partners Meeting
08:30 - 10:45	Bringing partners together to advance nutrition
	Co-chairs: Ted Greiner and Hanns-Christoph Eiden Background presentations: • Why having a Nutrition Partners Meeting next year? Which questions we will like to see answered then? Ezzeddine Boutrif, FAO • Towards a country mapping. Francesco Branca, Director NHD/WHO • Building country leadership and management capacity - lessons learned and best practices. David Pelletier, Cornell University • Working with countries from now to prepare for the meeting. Bjorn Ljungkvist, REACH Coordinator and Representative of LMIC. Discussion
	Attached document(s) : Why having a Nutrition Partners meeting next year by Ezzeddine Boutrif (pdf file) Scaling up action to address global nutrition challenges - the contribution of WHO by Francesco Branca (pdf file) Moving the nutrition agenda at country level - successes, challenges and strategies by David Pelletier (pdf file) Summary of country perspectives - presented by Elizabeth Madraa (pdf file) Working with countries from now to prepare for the meeting by Bjorn Ljungqvist (pdf file)
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:00	Coffee break
Achievements and future plans for Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)
11:00 - 12:30	Achievements and future plans for Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)
	• Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) next steps arrangements: SRSG Food Security and Nutrition and Chair of the SUN Transition Team, David Nabarro • Planned SUN implementation support (SUN IS): Denise Costa Coitinho Delmuè, UNSCN Executive Secretary Discussion
	Attached document(s) : Scaling Up Nutrition - A Roadmap by David Nabarro
Lunch break
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch break
Advancing and completing the UNSCN reform.
13:45 - 15:00	Advancing and completing the UNSCN reform.
	Chair of the session - One representative of the Group of 4 Stage 1: Towards one UN in nutrition (Alexander Müller - UNSCN Chair) Stage 2: Developing mechanisms for engaging the different stakeholder's groups (Denise Costa Coitinho Delmuè - Executive Secretary UNSCN) Assuring connections in a reformed UNSCN: Food Security and Nutrition - Mr. Hugo Verbist - Counsellor, Alternate Permanent Representative of Belgium to the UN Agencies in Rome and Vice-Chair of the Committee on World Food Security "The Secretary General Global Strategy, a platform for improving nutrition in women and children". - Dr. Viviana Mangiaterra - Partnerships Coordinator, Dept of Making Pregnancy Safer, WHO Linking social protection and nutrition - a country experience - Luciene Burlandy (CONSEA-Brazil) Discussion
	Attached document(s) : Towards one UN in nutrition by Alexander Müller (pdf file) Developing mechanisms for engaging key nutrition stakeholders by Denise C. Coitinho (pdf file) The SG global strategy, a platform for improving nutrition in women and children by Viviana Mangiaterra (pdf file) Linking social protection and nutrition - a country experience by Luciene Burlandy (pdf file)
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:15	Coffee break
Advancing and completing the UNSCN reform.
15:15 - 16:30	Discussion and agreements
	Chair: Alexander Müller
Wrap up, conclusions and next steps
16:30 - 17:00	Wrap up, conclusions and next steps
	by UNSCN Chair, Alexander Müller and SRSG Food Security and Nutrition, David Nabarro

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