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MeetingInternational Conference on Nutrition (ICN2). Resumed meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG). Information for Participants 2014
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MeetingConcept Note on Non-State-Actors participation in the ICN2 2014
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No results found.The high-level conference will propose a flexible policy framework to address major nutrition challenges and identify priorities for enhanced international cooperation on nutrition. Evidence shows that creating more inclusive fora has enabled greater participation, transparency, inclusion and plurality in policy discussions, thus leading to increased ownership of decisions made at a global level. It is also necessary to mobilize the knowledge and capacities of all different stakeholders to gener ate a political consensus to promote nutrition as a priority in the global development agenda. In light of the above, the Governing Bodies of FAO and WHO have requested both agencies to ensure consultations with all relevant stakeholders, including other United Nations organizations working in the field of nutrition, nongovernmental organizations and the private sector. -
DocumentExecutive Summary of the International Scientific Symposium on Food and Nutrition Security Information, 17 – 19 January 2012
From valid measurement to effective decision making
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No results found.The 2012 Symposium brought together nearly 400 practitioners working on issued related to food and nutrition security information. The objectives of the symposium were to: 1) report on progress made in the five methods originally reviewed in the 2002 symposium, with a special focus on FAO’s undernourishment estimates, the use of household income and expenditure data, and questionnaires for measuring people’s experience of food security and hunger. 2) report on innovations in new metrics, particularly in regard to changes in the global and country contexts cited above. 3) move the discourse past information generation per se towards taking a closer look at how to increase the use of that information in decision making for food and nutrition security.
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