Report of the Network for Capacity Development in Nutrition in Central and Eastern Europe NCDN CEE M

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Report of the Network for Capacity Development in
Nutrition in Central and Eastern EuropeNCDN
CEEMirjana Pavlovic, Fre Pepping, Arne Oshaug
andthe participants from CEE countries 34th
SCN Meeting , Rome 28th February 2007

• Report from the inaugural meeting of the Network
  on Capacity Development nutrition in CEE
  countries

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• Background
• The NCDN-CEE had its first capacity development
  meeting in FAO Budapest 16-17th November 2006.
  The web site is http//agrowebcee.net/subnetwork/
  ncdn/
• Participation
• The meeting was attended 11 countries
• Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech
  Republic, FYR Macedonia, Hungary, The
  Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Serbia and
  Slovakia.

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Initial activities

• 33rd SCN meeting in Geneva from 13 -17th March
  2006 in Geneva
• Joint meeting of SCN Working Groups on Capacity
  Development and Nutrition, Ethics and Human
  Rights 15th March 2006, Geneva
• Network electronic Newsletter I (March 2006)
  Network for Capacity Development in Nutrition
  (NCDN) in CEE

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Link to EC Projects

• Euro FIR-European Food Information Resource
  Network (NoE) FP6 www.eurofir.net
• EURRECCA- Harmonising nutrient recommendations
  across Europe with special focus on vulnerable
  groups and consumer understanding (NoE) FP6
  www.eurreca.org
• DIETS Dieticians Improving Education Training
  Standards across Europe, Thematic Network for
  Dieticians in Europe, Socrates Erasmus fund

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Linking the Network to International Meetings

• Regional Conference Balkan medicine towards FP7,
  from 4-5 May 2006 in Bucharest, Romania
  www.incds.ro/bmt2006
• Management of microbiological hazards of foods
  course in Wageningen 18 - 22 September 2006

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Linking the Network to International Meetings

• 2nd EuroFIR Network Meeting Associated
  Workshops, Training/Exchange Opportunities for
  PhDs Nantes, France 21st September 2006
• Current initiatives and plans for possible areas
  for collaboration and training needs in CEE and
  non- EuroFIR countries, Mirjana Pavlovic
• EuroFIR Course on Production of Food Composition
  Data in Nutrition, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
  16-28 October 2006
• Training initiatives in Central and Eastern
  Europe, Mirjana Pavlovic
• 30 participants from 24 European countries
• Participants from the Network from non EuroFIR
  countries as well with EuroFIR support (Romania
  2, Macedonia 1)

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Linking the Network to International Meetings

• 1st World Congress on Public Health Nutrition,
  Barcelona, Spain 28-30th September
• One poster of the NCDN - CEE
• Network for Capacity Development in Nutrition
  (NCDN) in CEE. Mirjana Pavlovic, Fre Pepping,
  Lajos Biro, Arne Oshaug
• Planning in Barcelona
• Agenda for the capacity development activities in
  the 2nd Network Meeting on CDN in CEE. Mirjana
  Pavlovic, Fre Pepping, Arne Oshaug

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Capacity development activities in Budapest,
November 2006

• Information on EuroFIR and EURRECCA
• Adequate food as a human right An important new
  paradigm or old wine in new bottles? New
  developments
• Lecture
• E-learning
• WHO Child Growth Standards A growth chart for
  the 21st century (WHO, Geneva)

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Future planned activities

• 34th SCN (26 February 2 March 2007 in Rome)
• Posters of NCDN CEE at the FENS Conference,
  Paris, July 2007
• Formalization of links between the NCDN, EuroFIR,
  EURRECCA and Diets
• Modify curriculum of Nutritional and lifestyle
  epidemiology course in Wageningen to EURRECA/CEE
  needs in 2008

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Future planned activities

• 3rd Network meeting, autumn 2007 Belgrade
• Relevant Action Plans for CEE countries WHO
  (obesity, food, nutrition, physical activity,
  diet)
• EURRECA
• DIETS
• 2nd edition of Food Comp Data Course for CEE
  Countries in 2008

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