This document outlines the agenda for a conference on sustaining political commitments to scaling up nutrition. The full-day event included keynote addresses and panel discussions in the morning on global and country-level perspectives on nutrition. Breakout sessions in the afternoon covered topics like capacity development, best practices for nutrition interventions, the role of civil society, and nutrition-sensitive development. The conference concluded with breakout group reports, closing remarks, and a reception.
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June 10 sun cso meeting agenda
1. Sustaining Political Commitments to Scaling Up Nutrition
June 10, 2013 – Mead Center, Washington DC
8.00 – 8.30 Breakfast and Registration
8.30 – 9.30 Opening Plenary: Sustaining Political Commitments to Scaling Up Nutrition
Master of Ceremonies: Roger Thurow
Welcome: David Beckmann, CEO, Bread for the World and Joe Cahalan, CEO, Concern US
Key Note Address: Raj Shah, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
Key Note Address: Joe Costello, Minister of State, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
Ireland
9.30 – 10.20 Panel Discussion: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead to the Next 1,000 Days—Global
Perspectives
Facilitator - Lucy Sullivan, Executive Director 1000 Days Partnership
Robert Black, Chairman, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University
Keith Hansen, Acting Vice President and Network Head, Human Development, The World Bank
Rajul Pandya Lorch, Head 2020 Vision Initiative and Chief of Staff, International Food Policy
Research Institute
Martin Bloem, Senior Nutrition Advisor, World Food Programme, Rome
10.20 – 10.50 Second Morning Plenary
Introduction: Carolyn Miles, CEO, Save the Children
Key Note Address: Wilbald Lorri, Office of President Jakaya Kikwete, Republic of Tanzania
Key Note Address: Philip Bartion, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the United Kingdom
10.50 – 11.10 InterAction Nutrition Pledge
Sam Worthington, CEO, InterAction
11.10 – 12.00 Panel Discussion: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead to the Next 1,000 Days—Country-
level Perspectives
Facilitator – Kathy Spahn, CEO, Helen Keller International
Kaosar Afsana, BRAC, Bangladesh
Nina Sardjunani, National Development Planning Agency, Indonesia
Rose Ndolo, National Nutrition Coordinator, World Vision International, Kenya
Joyce Ngegba, Partnership for Nutrition in Tanzania, PANITA, Tanzania
Juan Carlos Paiz, Presidential Commissioner for Competitiveness, Investment and Millennium
Challenge Corporation, Guatemala
12.00– 1.00 Lunch
1.15 – 3.15 Afternoon Plenary: Taking SUN to Scale
Facilitator – Tom Arnold, SUN Lead Group
Panel Discussion: Perspectives from Zambia
o William Chilufya, Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance
o Cassim Masi, National Food and Nutrition Commission
o Highvie H. Hamududu, Member of Parliament and Chairperson of the Parliamentary
Committee on Estimates
2. Sustaining Political Commitments to Scaling Up Nutrition
June 10, 2013 – Mead Center, Washington DC
Panel Discussion: SUN Country Experiences on Scaling Up
o Rigobert Oladiran Ladikpo, Professional Association of Vegetable Oil Industries for the
West Africa Economic Monetary Union (WAEMU/ UEMOA )
o Dr. Ivan Mendoza, SESAN, Guatemala
o Emergency Nutrition Network Study, ACF Campaign on Community-based Management
of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM)
3.15 – 3.30 Mid-Afternoon Break (Instructions Given About Breakout Group Sessions)
3.30 – 5.00 Breakout Sessions
Workshop 1: Capacity Development in Nutrition
o Facilitator – Manisha Tharaney, SPRING
o Facilitator – Paul Amuna, African Nutrition Society, University of Greenwich
o Rapporteur – Anu Narayan, SPRING
Workshop 2: Best Practices – Nutrition-Specific Interventions
o Facilitator – Karin Lapping, Save the Children
o Facilitator – Francis Zotor, African Nutrition Society
o Rapporteur – Karen Leban, CORE (suggested)
Workshop 3: Best Practices – Nutrition-Sensitive Development
o Facilitator – Charlotte Dufour
o Sharing SUN Country Experiences -
o Rapporteur – Anna Herforth
Workshop 4: Civil Society’s Role in Advocacy and Monitoring Progress at National and Global
Levels
o Facilitator – Connell Foley, Concern Worldwide
o Facilitator – Buba Khan, ActionAid, the Gambia
o Rapporteur – Lisa Bos, WorldVision-US (suggested)
5.00 – 5.15 Breakout Rapporteurs and Facilitators collect workshop outcomes
Coffee break for other participants
5.15 – 5.45 Breakout Group Readouts
Facilitator – Tom Arnold, SUN Lead Group
Reports from each breakout session
5.45 – 6.15 Session Takeaways, Concluding Remarks and Looking Forward
Layla McCay, GAIN; Josh Lozman, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; David Beckmann
6.15 – 8.00 Reception for all participants
Remarks by Mayor Vincent Gray, District of Columbia, 7.00