Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Ensuring healthy diets for better nutrition

17 April 2024
. Ensuring healthy diets for better nutrition for all: accelerating efforts and leveraging partnerships for sustainable development
  • This conference, organised by the Belgian Federal Public Service of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation, the Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and Ghent University, is a collective effort to align with the Sustainable Development Goals, offering a unique opportunity to address interconnected global challenges.
  • The anticipated outcome is not just knowledge but actionable insights—a roadmap towards ensuring healthy diets and better nutrition for all.
Download the Programme and the Speakers

Opening

  • Prof. Rik van de Walle, Rector Ghent University 
  • Ambassador Hugo Brauwers, Deputy Director General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid 
  • Mr Maurizio Martina, FAO Deputy Director-General 
  • Laeticia Toé, IRSS Burkina Faso & Ghent University, Belgium

Healthy diets for nutrition: are we making progress? 

  • Caroline Bollars, WHO
  • Leonard Mizzi, Head of Unit Sustainable Agri-Food systems and Fisheries - European Commission, International Partnerships 
  • Bridget Holmes, Nutrition Officer, FAO 

Scaling up effective approaches and policy frameworks Speakers: 

  • Katharina Beelen, Rikolto, Belgium 
  • Bridget Fenn, Nutrition Research facility 
  • Bruno Gautrais, Head of Unit E2, DG Health and Food Safety, 
Accelerating efforts and effective partnerships for healthy diets and nutrition: what’s needed? 
  • MSc Nutrition and Food Systems Ghent University 
  • Antonia Potter Prentice, Director of Alliance 2015 Generation Nutrition
  • Namukolo Covic, Regional Director, East and Southern Africa, CGIAR 
  • Josep Puxeu Rocamora, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Group I — Employer's, representing the Spanish Food and Drink Industry Federation (FIAB) and Director-general of the Soft Drinks Association (ANFABRA) 
  • Ambassador Brieuc Pont, Special Envoy for the Nutrition for Growth Summit, French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs - closing remarks
  • Prof. Carl Lachat, Ghent University - closing remarks

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